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i've also decided to use this entry to keep tabs on all the books etc. i read in 2011. find me on goodreads if you want real-time reviews of the books. bolded are my top 20 favorite books of the year (excluding re-reads).
1. P.G. Wodehouse - Much Obliged, Jeeves
2. Patricia Wrede - Thirteenth Child
3. Cornelia Funke - Inkheart
4. Cornelia Funke - Inkspell
5. Oguma Eiji - 『「日本人」の境界』
6. Cornelia Funke - Inkdeath
7. Maureen Johnson - 13 Little Blue Envelopes
8. An Ushik - 『金史良-その抵抗の生涯』
9. Rex Stout - Black Orchids
10. Rex Stout - Three Doors to Death
11. Kurokawa Sou - 『朝鮮 (「外地」の日本語文学選)』
12. Emma Donoghue - Room
13. Shiina Karuho - 『君に届け』 vols. 8-12
14. Wendelin Van Draanen - Flipped
15. Jonathan Safran Foer - Everything is Illuminated
16. Ibuse Masuji - 『神屋宗湛の残した日記』
17. Sonia Ryang & John Lie [eds.] - Diaspora without Homeland: Being Korean in Japan
18. Juliet Marillier - Seer of Sevenwaters
19. Anthony Bourdain - Kitchen Confidential
20. Melissa L. Wender [ed.] - Into the Light: An Anthology of Literature by Koreans in Japan
21. Rebecca Skloot - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
22. Jennifer Crusie - Welcome to Temptation
23. Julie Kagawa - The Iron King
24. E. Taylor Atkins - Primitive Selves: Koreana in the Japanese Colonial Gaze, 1910-1945
25. Maria V. Snyder - Poison Study
26. Maria V. Snyder - Magic Study
27. Maria v. Snyder - Fire Study
28. Suzuki Sadami - 『文藝春秋とアジア太平洋戦争』
29. Edward P. Jones - Lost in the City
30. Edward P. Jones - All Aunt Hagar's Children
31. Julie Berry - Secondhand Charm
32. Kazuo Ishiguro - Nocturnes
33. Anne Bishop - The Invisible Ring
34. Patricia McKillip - The Bards of Bone Plain
35. Alison Goodman - Eon
36. P.G. Wodehouse - The Code of the Woosters
37. Patricia Highsmith - Mermaids on the Golf Course
38. Tanaka Hidemitsu - 『酔いどれ船』
39. Laura Kinsale - Lessons in French
40. Kim Puja - 『植民地期朝鮮の教育とジェンダー』
41. Edward Mack - Manufacturing Modern Japanese Literature
42. Tsurumi Shunsuke - An Intellectual History of Wartime Japan, 1931-1945
43. Raymond Chandler - The Lady in the Lake
44. Ueno Chizuko - 『ナショナリズムとジェンダー』
45. M.K. Hobson - The Native Star
46. Ann Stoler - Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power
47. Jackson Pearce - Sisters Red
48. Emma Donoghue - Slammerkin
49. Maria V. Snyder - Storm Glass
50. Maria V. Snyder - Sea Glass
51. Linda Hutcheon - A Theory of Parody: The Teachings of Twentieth-Century Art Forms
52. Maria V. Snyder - Spy Glass
53. Linda Hutcheon - Irony's Edge: The Theory and Politics of Irony
54. Jenny Davidson - The Explosionist
55. Jenny Davidson - Invisible Things
56. 岩波講座 アジア・太平洋戦争(6) - 『日常生活の中の総力戦』
57. Rachel DeWoskin - Big Girl Small
58. Kim Brandt - Kingdom of Beauty: Mingei and the Politics of Folk Art in Imperial Japan
59. M.F.K. Fisher - The Gastronomical Me
60. Edward P. Jones - The Known World
61. Jay Asher - Thirteen Reasons Why
62. Maureen Johnson - The Last Little Blue Envelope
63. Chang Hyŏkchu - 『張赫宙 日本語作品選』
64. Ransom Riggs - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
65. Louis Sachar - The Cardturner
66. Yoshinaga Fumi - 『大奥』 vol. 7
67. Jennifer Egan - A Visit from the Goon Squad
68. Kamio Youko - 『虎と狼』 vols. 1-3
69. Shiina Karuho - 『君に届け』 vol. 13
70. Eilis O'Neal - The False Princess
71. Kikuchi Kan - 『菊池寛 (ちくま日本文学全集)』
72. Sarah Waters - Fingersmith
73. Shirakawa Yutaka - 『朝鮮近代の知日派作家、苦闘の軌跡』
74. Justine Larbalestier - How To Ditch Your Fairy
75. Takasaki Souji - 『植民地朝鮮の日本人』
76. Shirakawa Yutaka - 『植民地期朝鮮の作家と日本』
77. Chang Hyŏkchu - 『岩本志願兵』
78. P.G. Wodehouse - Joy in the Morning
79. John Lie - Zainichi (Koreans in Japan)
80. Heather Dixon - Entwined
81. Franny Billingsley - Chime
82. Claire LaZebnik - Epic Fail
83. Karen Russell - Swamplandia!
84. Tonomura Masaru - 『在日朝鮮人社会の歴史学的研究』
85. Aimee Bender - The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
86. Higuchi Yuuichi - 『協和会: 戦時下朝鮮人統制組織の研究』
87. Raymond Chandler - Farewell, My Lovely
88. Patricia Wrede - Across the Great Barrier
89. Michelle Cooper - A Brief History of Montmaray
90. Michelle Cooper - The FitzOsbornes in Exile
91. Raymond Williams - Marxism and Literature
92. Sheila Miyoshi Jager - Narratives of Nation Building in Korea
93. Barak Kushner - The Thought War: Japanese Imperial Propaganda
94. Sakuramoto Tomio - 『文化人たちの大東亜戦争』
95. Sakuramoto Tomio - 『本が弾丸だったころ』
96. Kenneth J. Ruoff - Imperial Japan at its Zenith
97. E. Nesbit - The New Treasure Seekers [re-read]
98. Ben-Ami Shillony - Politics and Culture in Wartime Japan
99. Sarah Frederick - Turning Pages: Reading And Writing Women's Magazines in Interwar Japan
100. Justine Larbalestier - Liar
101. Kate Elliott - Cold Magic
102. Oliver Sacks - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat [re-read]
103. Oliver Sacks - An Anthropologist on Mars [re-read]
104. Hilari Bell - The Goblin Wood
105. Kate Elliott - Cold Fire
106. Maureen Johnson - The Name of the Star
107. Victoria Schwab - The Near Witch
108. Sherwood Smith - Coronets and Steel
109. Sherwood Smith - Blood Spirits
110. Roald Dahl - Someone Like You
111. Okita Shin'etsu - 『植民地時代の古本屋たち』
112. Shirley Jackson - We Have Always Lived in the Castle
113. Shirley Jackson - The Haunting of Hill House
114. Nagashima Hiroki - 『戦時期朝鮮における「新体制」と京城帝国大学』
115. Kamio Youko - 『虎と狼』 vol. 4
116. D.H. Lawrence - Lady Chatterley's Lover
117. Ozaki Hotsuki - 『近代文学の傷痕』
118. Shiina Karuho - 『君に届け』 vol. 14
119. Emma Donoghue - The Sealed Letter
120. Emma Donoghue - Landing
121. Mette Ivie Harrison - The Princess and the Hound
122. Lionel Shriver - We Need to Talk About Kevin
123. Mark Driscoll - Absolute Erotic, Absolute Grotesque
124. Shirley Jackson - The Lottery and Other Stories
125. Emma Donoghue - The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits
126. Josephine Tey - Miss Pym Disposes
127. Rex Stout - Three for the Chair
instead of doing the awards thing i've done in previous years, here are some links to goodreads reviews of 2011. this is not a list of the best/worst books i read in 2011 but a list of goodreads reviews i particularly liked writing.
reviews of some books i loved:
edward p. jones, all aunt hagar's children
raymond williams, marxism and literature
roald dahl, someone like you
shirley jackson, the haunting of hill house
emma donoghue, room
rebecca skloot, the immortal life of henrietta lacks
reviews of some books i hated:
julie kagawa, the iron king
lionel shriver, we need to talk about kevin
karen russell, swamplandia!
d.h. lawrence, lady chatterley's lover
anthony bourdain, kitchen confidential
i've also decided to use this entry to keep tabs on all the books etc. i read in 2011. find me on goodreads if you want real-time reviews of the books. bolded are my top 20 favorite books of the year (excluding re-reads).
1. P.G. Wodehouse - Much Obliged, Jeeves
2. Patricia Wrede - Thirteenth Child
3. Cornelia Funke - Inkheart
4. Cornelia Funke - Inkspell
5. Oguma Eiji - 『「日本人」の境界』
6. Cornelia Funke - Inkdeath
7. Maureen Johnson - 13 Little Blue Envelopes
8. An Ushik - 『金史良-その抵抗の生涯』
9. Rex Stout - Black Orchids
10. Rex Stout - Three Doors to Death
11. Kurokawa Sou - 『朝鮮 (「外地」の日本語文学選)』
12. Emma Donoghue - Room
13. Shiina Karuho - 『君に届け』 vols. 8-12
14. Wendelin Van Draanen - Flipped
15. Jonathan Safran Foer - Everything is Illuminated
16. Ibuse Masuji - 『神屋宗湛の残した日記』
17. Sonia Ryang & John Lie [eds.] - Diaspora without Homeland: Being Korean in Japan
18. Juliet Marillier - Seer of Sevenwaters
19. Anthony Bourdain - Kitchen Confidential
20. Melissa L. Wender [ed.] - Into the Light: An Anthology of Literature by Koreans in Japan
21. Rebecca Skloot - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
22. Jennifer Crusie - Welcome to Temptation
23. Julie Kagawa - The Iron King
24. E. Taylor Atkins - Primitive Selves: Koreana in the Japanese Colonial Gaze, 1910-1945
25. Maria V. Snyder - Poison Study
26. Maria V. Snyder - Magic Study
27. Maria v. Snyder - Fire Study
28. Suzuki Sadami - 『文藝春秋とアジア太平洋戦争』
29. Edward P. Jones - Lost in the City
30. Edward P. Jones - All Aunt Hagar's Children
31. Julie Berry - Secondhand Charm
32. Kazuo Ishiguro - Nocturnes
33. Anne Bishop - The Invisible Ring
34. Patricia McKillip - The Bards of Bone Plain
35. Alison Goodman - Eon
36. P.G. Wodehouse - The Code of the Woosters
37. Patricia Highsmith - Mermaids on the Golf Course
38. Tanaka Hidemitsu - 『酔いどれ船』
39. Laura Kinsale - Lessons in French
40. Kim Puja - 『植民地期朝鮮の教育とジェンダー』
41. Edward Mack - Manufacturing Modern Japanese Literature
42. Tsurumi Shunsuke - An Intellectual History of Wartime Japan, 1931-1945
43. Raymond Chandler - The Lady in the Lake
44. Ueno Chizuko - 『ナショナリズムとジェンダー』
45. M.K. Hobson - The Native Star
46. Ann Stoler - Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power
47. Jackson Pearce - Sisters Red
48. Emma Donoghue - Slammerkin
49. Maria V. Snyder - Storm Glass
50. Maria V. Snyder - Sea Glass
51. Linda Hutcheon - A Theory of Parody: The Teachings of Twentieth-Century Art Forms
52. Maria V. Snyder - Spy Glass
53. Linda Hutcheon - Irony's Edge: The Theory and Politics of Irony
54. Jenny Davidson - The Explosionist
55. Jenny Davidson - Invisible Things
56. 岩波講座 アジア・太平洋戦争(6) - 『日常生活の中の総力戦』
57. Rachel DeWoskin - Big Girl Small
58. Kim Brandt - Kingdom of Beauty: Mingei and the Politics of Folk Art in Imperial Japan
59. M.F.K. Fisher - The Gastronomical Me
60. Edward P. Jones - The Known World
61. Jay Asher - Thirteen Reasons Why
62. Maureen Johnson - The Last Little Blue Envelope
63. Chang Hyŏkchu - 『張赫宙 日本語作品選』
64. Ransom Riggs - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
65. Louis Sachar - The Cardturner
66. Yoshinaga Fumi - 『大奥』 vol. 7
67. Jennifer Egan - A Visit from the Goon Squad
68. Kamio Youko - 『虎と狼』 vols. 1-3
69. Shiina Karuho - 『君に届け』 vol. 13
70. Eilis O'Neal - The False Princess
71. Kikuchi Kan - 『菊池寛 (ちくま日本文学全集)』
72. Sarah Waters - Fingersmith
73. Shirakawa Yutaka - 『朝鮮近代の知日派作家、苦闘の軌跡』
74. Justine Larbalestier - How To Ditch Your Fairy
75. Takasaki Souji - 『植民地朝鮮の日本人』
76. Shirakawa Yutaka - 『植民地期朝鮮の作家と日本』
77. Chang Hyŏkchu - 『岩本志願兵』
78. P.G. Wodehouse - Joy in the Morning
79. John Lie - Zainichi (Koreans in Japan)
80. Heather Dixon - Entwined
81. Franny Billingsley - Chime
82. Claire LaZebnik - Epic Fail
83. Karen Russell - Swamplandia!
84. Tonomura Masaru - 『在日朝鮮人社会の歴史学的研究』
85. Aimee Bender - The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
86. Higuchi Yuuichi - 『協和会: 戦時下朝鮮人統制組織の研究』
87. Raymond Chandler - Farewell, My Lovely
88. Patricia Wrede - Across the Great Barrier
89. Michelle Cooper - A Brief History of Montmaray
90. Michelle Cooper - The FitzOsbornes in Exile
91. Raymond Williams - Marxism and Literature
92. Sheila Miyoshi Jager - Narratives of Nation Building in Korea
93. Barak Kushner - The Thought War: Japanese Imperial Propaganda
94. Sakuramoto Tomio - 『文化人たちの大東亜戦争』
95. Sakuramoto Tomio - 『本が弾丸だったころ』
96. Kenneth J. Ruoff - Imperial Japan at its Zenith
97. E. Nesbit - The New Treasure Seekers [re-read]
98. Ben-Ami Shillony - Politics and Culture in Wartime Japan
99. Sarah Frederick - Turning Pages: Reading And Writing Women's Magazines in Interwar Japan
100. Justine Larbalestier - Liar
101. Kate Elliott - Cold Magic
102. Oliver Sacks - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat [re-read]
103. Oliver Sacks - An Anthropologist on Mars [re-read]
104. Hilari Bell - The Goblin Wood
105. Kate Elliott - Cold Fire
106. Maureen Johnson - The Name of the Star
107. Victoria Schwab - The Near Witch
108. Sherwood Smith - Coronets and Steel
109. Sherwood Smith - Blood Spirits
110. Roald Dahl - Someone Like You
111. Okita Shin'etsu - 『植民地時代の古本屋たち』
112. Shirley Jackson - We Have Always Lived in the Castle
113. Shirley Jackson - The Haunting of Hill House
114. Nagashima Hiroki - 『戦時期朝鮮における「新体制」と京城帝国大学』
115. Kamio Youko - 『虎と狼』 vol. 4
116. D.H. Lawrence - Lady Chatterley's Lover
117. Ozaki Hotsuki - 『近代文学の傷痕』
118. Shiina Karuho - 『君に届け』 vol. 14
119. Emma Donoghue - The Sealed Letter
120. Emma Donoghue - Landing
121. Mette Ivie Harrison - The Princess and the Hound
122. Lionel Shriver - We Need to Talk About Kevin
123. Mark Driscoll - Absolute Erotic, Absolute Grotesque
124. Shirley Jackson - The Lottery and Other Stories
125. Emma Donoghue - The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits
126. Josephine Tey - Miss Pym Disposes
127. Rex Stout - Three for the Chair
instead of doing the awards thing i've done in previous years, here are some links to goodreads reviews of 2011. this is not a list of the best/worst books i read in 2011 but a list of goodreads reviews i particularly liked writing.
reviews of some books i loved:
edward p. jones, all aunt hagar's children
raymond williams, marxism and literature
roald dahl, someone like you
shirley jackson, the haunting of hill house
emma donoghue, room
rebecca skloot, the immortal life of henrietta lacks
reviews of some books i hated:
julie kagawa, the iron king
lionel shriver, we need to talk about kevin
karen russell, swamplandia!
d.h. lawrence, lady chatterley's lover
anthony bourdain, kitchen confidential