The Book I Read 2011
Not bad going this year. "Gravity's Rainbow" was a slog and to be honest I prefer the Pat Benatar album of the same name.
1. Sapphire - Push
2. Alice Walker - In Love And Trouble
3. Alice Pung - Unpolished Gem
4. David Crystal - How Language Works
5. Christopher Hichens - God Is Not Great
6. Simon Beckett - The Chemistry Of Death
7. Stephen King - Desperation
8. Geoffrey Lincoln - No Moaning Of The Bar
9. James Patterson & Andrew Gross - 3rd Degree
10. Anh Do - The Happiest Refugee
11. Michel Foucault - History Of Madness
12. Umberto Eco - Travels In Hyperreality
13. Sandy Troy - Captain Trips: The Life And Fast Times Of Jerry Garcia
14. Faye Kellerman - Milk And Honey
15. Irvine Welsh - Reheated Cabbage
16. Alan M Dershowitz - Why Terrorism Works: Understanding the Threat, Responding to the Challenge
17. Dan Brown -The Lost Symbol
18. Dean Koontz - The Husband
19. Timothy White - Long Ago And Far Away: James Taylor, His Life And Music
20. Sarah Whitehead - How To Speak Cat!
21. Vicki Myron with Bret Witter - Dewey’s Nine Lives
22. Nick Hornby - Juliet, Naked
23. Robert Rankin - Necrophenia
24. Carl Sagan - Cosmos
25. Chuck Palahniuk - Tell-All
26. Irvine Welsh - Crime
27. Val McDermid - The Wire In The Blood
28. Robert Rankin - Retromancer
29. James Patterson & Maxine Paetro - The 5th Horseman
30. Alek Wek - Alek
31. Paul Roberts - The End Of Food
32. Thomas Pynchon - Gravity’s Rainbow
33. Robert McCrum - Globish
34. Ann Granger - Watching Out
35. Kathy Reichs - Monday Mourning
36. Jeffrey Masson - The Nine Emotional Lives Of Cats
37. Deborah Rodriguez - The Little Coffee Shop Of Kabul
38. Mary Fallon - Working Hot
39. Frances Fyfield - Perfectly Pure And Good
40. Dr. Rick Brinkman & Dr. Rick Kirschner - Dealing With Difficult People
41. Patrick White - The Solid Mandala
42. Vince Lombardi Jr - The Lombardi Rules
43. G.P. Taylor - Wormwood
44. Mark Kurzem - The Mascot
45. Sue Walker - The Dead Pool
46. Ann Cleeves - Silent Voices
47. Bill Hayes - The Anatomist
48. Michael Cunningham - By Nightfall
49. Alan Sillitoe - Travels In Nihilon
50. Nicci French - Until It’s Over
51. Kate Atkinson - One Good Turn
52. Nicci French - Blue Monday
53. Colin Bateman - I Predict A Riot
54. Val McDermid - The Mermaids Singing
55. Tim McNamara & Carsten Roever - Language Testing: The Social Dimension
56. Sue Gough - The Nether Regions
57. Clotaire Raaille - The Culture Code
58. Sue Walker - The Reckoning
59. Nicci French - Catch Me When I Fall
60. Stephen King - The Dark Half
61. Laura Jackson - Mercury: The King Of Queen
62. Tony Fletcher - Moon
63. Peter Robinson - Before The Poison
64. Ayaan Hirsi Ali Infidel
65. Iain Banks - The Steep Approach To Garbadale
66. Michael Crichton - Next
67. John Field - Psycholinguistics: The Key Concepts
68. Doug Johnstone - The Ossians
69. Maureen Duffy - Love Child
70. Robert Lane Greene - You Are What You Speak
71. Carole Hayman & Lou Wakefield - Ladies Of Letters
72. Roger E Axtell - Gestures
1. Sapphire - Push
2. Alice Walker - In Love And Trouble
3. Alice Pung - Unpolished Gem
4. David Crystal - How Language Works
5. Christopher Hichens - God Is Not Great
6. Simon Beckett - The Chemistry Of Death
7. Stephen King - Desperation
8. Geoffrey Lincoln - No Moaning Of The Bar
9. James Patterson & Andrew Gross - 3rd Degree
10. Anh Do - The Happiest Refugee
11. Michel Foucault - History Of Madness
12. Umberto Eco - Travels In Hyperreality
13. Sandy Troy - Captain Trips: The Life And Fast Times Of Jerry Garcia
14. Faye Kellerman - Milk And Honey
15. Irvine Welsh - Reheated Cabbage
16. Alan M Dershowitz - Why Terrorism Works: Understanding the Threat, Responding to the Challenge
17. Dan Brown -The Lost Symbol
18. Dean Koontz - The Husband
19. Timothy White - Long Ago And Far Away: James Taylor, His Life And Music
20. Sarah Whitehead - How To Speak Cat!
21. Vicki Myron with Bret Witter - Dewey’s Nine Lives
22. Nick Hornby - Juliet, Naked
23. Robert Rankin - Necrophenia
24. Carl Sagan - Cosmos
25. Chuck Palahniuk - Tell-All
26. Irvine Welsh - Crime
27. Val McDermid - The Wire In The Blood
28. Robert Rankin - Retromancer
29. James Patterson & Maxine Paetro - The 5th Horseman
30. Alek Wek - Alek
31. Paul Roberts - The End Of Food
32. Thomas Pynchon - Gravity’s Rainbow
33. Robert McCrum - Globish
34. Ann Granger - Watching Out
35. Kathy Reichs - Monday Mourning
36. Jeffrey Masson - The Nine Emotional Lives Of Cats
37. Deborah Rodriguez - The Little Coffee Shop Of Kabul
38. Mary Fallon - Working Hot
39. Frances Fyfield - Perfectly Pure And Good
40. Dr. Rick Brinkman & Dr. Rick Kirschner - Dealing With Difficult People
41. Patrick White - The Solid Mandala
42. Vince Lombardi Jr - The Lombardi Rules
43. G.P. Taylor - Wormwood
44. Mark Kurzem - The Mascot
45. Sue Walker - The Dead Pool
46. Ann Cleeves - Silent Voices
47. Bill Hayes - The Anatomist
48. Michael Cunningham - By Nightfall
49. Alan Sillitoe - Travels In Nihilon
50. Nicci French - Until It’s Over
51. Kate Atkinson - One Good Turn
52. Nicci French - Blue Monday
53. Colin Bateman - I Predict A Riot
54. Val McDermid - The Mermaids Singing
55. Tim McNamara & Carsten Roever - Language Testing: The Social Dimension
56. Sue Gough - The Nether Regions
57. Clotaire Raaille - The Culture Code
58. Sue Walker - The Reckoning
59. Nicci French - Catch Me When I Fall
60. Stephen King - The Dark Half
61. Laura Jackson - Mercury: The King Of Queen
62. Tony Fletcher - Moon
63. Peter Robinson - Before The Poison
64. Ayaan Hirsi Ali Infidel
65. Iain Banks - The Steep Approach To Garbadale
66. Michael Crichton - Next
67. John Field - Psycholinguistics: The Key Concepts
68. Doug Johnstone - The Ossians
69. Maureen Duffy - Love Child
70. Robert Lane Greene - You Are What You Speak
71. Carole Hayman & Lou Wakefield - Ladies Of Letters
72. Roger E Axtell - Gestures