Books of the Year

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Fiction in italics, non-fiction in bold. Listed in the order they were read.

1. The Cherry Orchard Anton Chekov
2. Joshua Then and Now Mordecai Richler
3. The Loved One Evelyn Waugh
4. The Medieval Art of Love Michael Camille
5. Constructing Medieval Sexuality Lochrie et al
6. Common Women: Prostitution in Medieval England Ruth Karras
7. Sexuality and Medicine in the Middle Ages  Danielle Jacquart and Claude Thomasset
8.  The Underpainter  Jane Urqhart
9. The Unadulterated Cat Terry Pratchett
10. High Fidelity  Nick Hornby
11. Family and Household in Medieval England Peter Flemming
12. Growing Up in Medieval London: The Experience of Childhood in History Barbara Hanawalt
13. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon
14. Marriage in Medieval England: Law, literature and Practice Conor McCarthy
15. The English Family 1450-1700 Ralph Houlbrooke
16. A Medieval Life: Cecilia Penifader of Brigstock, C. 1295-1344 Judith Bennett
17. A Medieval Home Companion Tania Bayard (ed/trans)
18. Bloodletting and Other Miraculous Cures Vincent Lam
19. Medieval Households David Herlihy
20. Holy Feast and Holy Fast: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women Caroline Bynum
21. Medieval Children Nicolas Orme
22. Holy Anorexia Rudolph Bell
23. Food in Medieval Times Melitta Weiss Adamson
24. Eating Right in the Renaissance Ken Albala
25. The Nanny Diaries Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
26. The Last of the Crazy People Timothy Findley
27. Confessions of a Shopoholic Sophie Kinsella
28. Everyone Worth Knowing Lauren Weisberger
29. An Ordered Society: Gender and Class in Early Modern England Susan Dwyer Amussen
30. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Rowling
31. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Rowling
32. Women in Medieval Europe: 1200-1500 Jennifer Ward
33. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Rowling
34. The Book of the City of Ladies Christine de Pizan
35. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rowling
36. The Paston Letters: A Selection in Modern Spelling
37. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Rowling
38. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Rowling
39. Don't Get Too Comfortable David Rakoff
40. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Rowling
41. Villette Charlotte Bronte
42. Shopgirl Steve Martin
43. Jonathon Wild the Great Henry Fielding
44. Shopoholic Ties the Knot Sophie Kinsella
45. Empire of the Sun J.G. Ballard
46. The Blithedale Romance Nathaniel Hawthorne
47. Jitterbug Perfume Tom Robbins
48. Monsignor Quixote Graham Greene
49. The Fabulous Girl's Guide to Decorum Kim Izzo and Ceri Marsh
50. The Good Earth  Pearl S. Buck
51. A Spot of Bother Mark Haddon
52. The Princess Bride William Goldman
53. The Celebrated Mexican Jumping Frog and Other Stories Mark Twain
54. Atonement Ian McEwan
55. Tempest Tost Robertson Davies