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Books I've Read This Year
- 17. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox - Maggie O'Farrell 3/8/10
- 16. The Unnamed - Joshua Ferris 3/1/10
- 15. Excellent Women - Barbara Pym 2/28/10
- 14. A Lot to Ask - Hazel Holt 2/21/10
- 13. As We Are Now - May Sarton 2/11/10
- 12. Diary of a Provincial Lady - EM Delafield 2/11/10
- 11. A Way of Life, Like Any Other - Darcy O'Brien 2/9/10
- 10. What's to Become of the Boy? - Heinrich Boll 2/6/10
- 9. Stoner - John Williams 2/6/10
- 8. The Priory - Dorothy Whipple 2/5/10
- 7. The Dearly Departed - Elinor Lipman 1/31/10
- 6. A Song of Sixpence - AJ Cronin 1/30/10
- 5. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood 1/18/10
- 4. The Distance Between Us - Maggie O'Farrell 1/16/10
- 3. Her Fearful Symmetry - Audrey Niffenegger 1/15/10
- 2. The Awakening - Kate Chopin 1/6/10
- 1. The Arena - William Haggard 1/1/10
Books I Read In 2009
- 110. Moon Tiger - Penelope Lively 12/30/09
- 109. Mariana - Monica Dickens 12/27/09
- 108. House Bound - Winifred Peck 12/25/09
- 107. City Boy - Edmund White 12/20/09
- 106. The Home-Maker - Dorothy Canfield Fisher 12/12/09
- 105. Christmas Holiday - W. Somerset Maugham 12/10/09
- 104. Official Book Club Selection - Kathy Griffin 12/09/09
- 103. The Brontes Went to Woolworths - Rachel Ferguson 12/6/09
- 102. The Big Clock - Kenneth Fearing 12/6/09
- 101. Utz - Bruce Chatwin 12/6/09
- 100. The Pilgrim Hawk - Glenway Wescott 11/30/09
- 99. My Latest Grievance - Elinor Lipman 11/29/09
- 98. The Year of the Flood - Margaret Atwood 11/22/09
- 97. Queen of the Tambourine - Jane Gardam 11/21/09
- 96. Cheerful Weather for the Wedding - Julia Strachey 11/13/09
- 95. Pied Piper - Nevil Shute 11/10/09
- 94. The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway 11/8/09
- 93. The Bookshop - Penelope Fitzgerald 11/8/09
- 92. Old Books in the Old World - Rostenberg & Stern 11/5/09
- 91. All is Vanity - Christina Schwarz 11/4/09
- 90. Iris Murdoch: As I Knew Her - AN Wilson 11/2/09
- 89. We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson 10/31/09
- 88. Mr Clive and Mr Page - Neil Bartlett 10/27/09
- 87. Manservant and Maidservant - Ivy Compton-Burnett 10/27/09
- 86. Howards End is on the Landing - Susan Hill 10/25/09
- 85. The Photograph - Penelope Lively 10/23/09
- 84. Persuasion - Jane Austen 10/21/09
- 83. The Return of the Soldier - Rebecca West 10/20/09
- 82. Oleander, Jacaranda - Penelope Lively 10/16/09
- 81. Home to Roost - Deborah Devonshire 10/12/09
- 80. Arthur & George - Julian Barnes 10/4/09
- 79. Plant Dreaming Deep - May Sarton 9/27/09
- 78. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins 9/23/09
- 77. Murder in the Dark - Margaret Atwood 9/16/09
- 76. Amos Barton - George Eliot 9/16/09
- 75. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Shaffer & Barrows 9/14/09
- 74. Man in the Dark - Paul Auster 9/13/09
- 73. Henrietta's War - Joyce Dennys 9/10/09
- 72. The Summer Before Dark - Doris Lessing 9/7/09
- 71. The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James 9/6/09
- 70. Some Tame Gazelle - Barbara Pym 8/31/09
- 69. Fly Away Home - Marge Piercy 8/29/09
- 68. The Mill on The Floss - George Elioit 8/26/09
- 67. Good Harbor - Anita Diamant 8/18/09
- 66. A Perfect Waiter - Alain Claude Sulzer 8/16/09
- 65. The Light of Day - Graham Swift 8/13/09
- 64. Strangers - Anita Brookner 8/7/09
- 63. The Rose Garden - Maeve Brennan 8/3/09
- 62. The Ladies Man - Elinor Lipman 7/29/09
- 61. Mrs Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing - May Sarton 7/25/09
- 60. The Public Image - Muriel Spark 7/18/09
- 59. A Separate Peace - John Knowles 7/15/09
- 58. Decline and Fall - Evelyn Waugh 7/12/09
- 57. The Ripening Seed - Collette 7/12/09
- 56. The Game of Opposites - Norman Lebrecht 7/11/09
- 55. Deluxe - Dana Thomas 7/5/09
- 54. The Life and Death of Classical Music - Norman Lebrecht 7/1/09
- 53. A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute 6/22/09
- 52. Crome Yellow - Aldous Huxley 6/21/09
- 51. For the Love of Letters - Samara O'Shea 6/18/09
- 50. Consequences - Penelope Lively 6/18/09
- 49. A Meeting by the River - Christopher Isherwood 6/16/09
- 48. The Masters - C.P. Snow 6/13/09
- 47. The Children - Edith Wharton 6/13/09
- 46. Alice Waters & Chez Panisse - Thomas McNamee 6/9/09
- 45. Gods Behaving Badly - Marie Phillips 6/2/09
- 44. No Signposts in the Sea - Vita Sackville-West 5/31/09
- 43. Loitering with Intent - Muriel Spark 5/28/09
- 42. Skinned Alive - Edmund White 5/23/09
- 41. The House by the Sea - May Sarton 5/17/09
- 40. Journal of Solitude - May Sarton 5/7/09
- 39. The Ten Year Nap - Meg Wolizter 5/1/09
- 38. Clea - Lawrence Durrell 4/27/09
- 37. Anything for Jane - Cheryl Mendelson 4/25/09
- 36. The Only Problem - Muriel Spark 4/24/09
- 35. The Ice Age - Margaret Drabble 4/23/09
- 34. Steppenwolf - Herman Hesse 4/15/09
- 33. The Warm Feeling - Merle Miller 4/13/09
- 32. On the Black Hill - Bruce Chatwin 4/11/09
- 31. Harriet Hume - Rebecca West 4/8/09
- 30. All the Stops - Craig R. Whitney 4/6/09
- 29. Jacob's Hands - Huxley & Isherwood 4/3/09
- 28. A Jest of God - Margaret Laurence 3/29/09
- 27. Slightly Chipped - Lawrence & Nancy Goldstone 3/28/09
- 26. Di and I - Peter Lefcourt 3/27/09
- 25. The Innocent - Ian McEwan 3/25/09
- 24. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde 3/24/09
- 23. Hotel de Dream - Edmund White 3/18/09
- 22. Flashman - George Fraser MacDonald 3/16/09
- 21. The Peppered Moth - Margaret Drabble 3/15/09
- 20. Our Paris - Edmund White and Hubert Sorin 3/11/09
- 19. A Disorder Peculiar to the Country - Ken Kalfus 3/10/09
- 18. The King is Dead - Jim Lewis 3/5/09
- 17. Rise and Shine - Anna Quindlen 3/1/09
- 16. The Inn at Lake Devine - Elinor Lipman 2/24/09
- 15. The Godmother - Carrie Adams 2/23/09
- 14. Eisenhower - Geoffrey Perret 2/18/09
- 13. The Woody - Peter Lefcourt 2/11/09
- 12. Mr Phillips - John Lanchester 2/9/09
- 11. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater - Kurt Vonnegut 1/31/09
- 10. The Seven Stairs - Stuart Brent 1/28/09
- 9. On the Water - HM Van Den Brink 1/27/09
- 8. Love, Work, Children - Cheryl Mendelson 1/25/09
- 7. Ship of Fools - Katherine Anne Porter 1/23/09
- 6. The Stone Angel - Margaret Laurence 1/21/09
- 5. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley 1/11/09
- 4. The Trick of It - Michael Frayn 1/8/09
- 3. The London Scene - Virginia Woolf 1/4/09
- 2. The Jane Austen Book Club - Karen Joy Fowler 1/4/09
- 1. Dreams from My Father - Barack Obama 1/3/09
Books I Read in 2008
- 60. Richistan - Robert Frank 12/31/08
- 59. Ghost Town - Patrick McGrath 12/29/08
- 58. Kinds of Love - May Sarton 12/23/08
- 57. Supreme Courtship - Christopher Buckley 12/17/08
- 56. Spending - Mary Gordon 12/16/08
- 55. Maps of My Life - Guy Browning 12/13/08
- 54. Julie & Julia - Julie Powell 12/12/08
- 53. Then We Came to the End - Joshua Ferris 12/5/08
- 52. Slow Man - J.M. Coetzee 12/2/08
- 51. Ruined by Reading - Lynne Sharon Schwartz 11/9/08
- 50. Ashenden - W. Somerset Maugham 11/4/08
- 49. The Snow Goose - Paul Gallico 10/7/08
- 48. Mrs 'Arris Goes to New York - Paul Gallico 10/5/08
- 47. Mrs 'Arris Goes to Paris - Paul Gallico 10/2/08
- 46. The King's English - Betsy Burton 10/1/08
- 45. The Gate of Angels - Penelope Fitzgerald 9/29/08
- 44. The Deal - Peter Lefcourt 9/14/08
- 43. A Season in England - P.H. Newby 9/11/08
- 42. Cheerio, Titan - Eileen O'Casey 9/10/08
- 41. How Can We Keep From Singing? - Joan Oliver Goldsmith 9/6/08
- 40. Innocence - Kathleen Tessaro 9/5/08
- 39. My Horizontal Life - Chelsea Handler 8/31/08
- 38. The Small Room - May Sarton 8/26/08
- 37. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas 8/20/08
- 36. Memento Mori - Muriel Spark 7/29/08
- 35. Hudson River Bracketed - Edith Wharton 7/19/08
- 34. The Last Chronicle of Barset - Anthony Trollope 7/13/08
- 33. Books: A Memoir - Larry McMurtry 7/12/08
- 32. The Zig Zag Way - Anita Desai 7/6/08
- 31. The Big Love - Sarah Dunn 7/4/08
- 30. The Good Life - Jay McInerney 7/1/08
- 29. The Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennett 6/28/08
- 28. The Evidence of Things Not Seen - James Baldwin 6/25/08
- 27. A Soldier of the Revolution - Ward Just 6/24/08
- 26. When the Nines Roll Over - David Benioff 6/22/08
- 25. Queen Victoria's Private Life - E.E.P. Tisdall 6/21/08
- 24. The Garden of Eden - Ernest Hemingway 6/18/08
- 23. Martin Bauman, or A Sure Thing - David Leavitt 6/13/08
- 22. Alva & Irva - Edward Carey 6/6/08
- 21. Family History - Vita Sackville-West 5/30/08
- 20. How to Be Alone - Jonathan Franzen 5/29/08
- 19. Spring Fever - P.G. Wodehouse 5/23/08
- 18. Moral Disorder - Margaret Atwood 5/19/08
- 17. The Way I Found Her - Rose Tremain 5/16/08
- 16. Straight Man - Richard Russo 5/1/08
- 15. Mrs Pringle of Fairacre - Miss Read 4/28/08
- 14. Village Centenary - Miss Read 4/22/08
- 13. The Shadow of the Sun - A.S. Byatt 4/18/08
- 12. Bunner Sisters - Edith Wharton 3/24/08
- 11. Mademe de Treymes - Edith Wharton 3/19/08
- 10. Sanctuary - Edith Wharton 3/12/08
- 9. The Touchstone - Edith Wharton 3/10/08
- 8. The Flood - David Maine 3/8/08
- 7. 44 Scotland Street - Alexander McCall Smith 2/29/08
- 6. The Ordinary White Boy - Brock Clarke 2/24/08
- 5. The Wonder Spot - Melissa Bank 2/14/08
- 4. The Quality of Life Report - Meghan Daum 2/6/08
- 3. About Grace - Anthony Doerr 1/30/08
- 2. Ordeal - Nevil Shute 1/29/08
- 1. The Ice Queen - Alice Hoffman 1/24/08
Books I Read in 2007
- 71. The House of Paper - Carlos Maria Dominguez 12/29/07
- 70. Seventh Heaven - Alice Hoffman 11/30/07
- 69. Leaving Home - Anita Brookner 11/23/07
- 68. The Tent - Margaret Atwood 11/19/07
- 67. The Clothes They Stood Up In - Alan Bennett 11/10/07
- 66. In the City of Fear - Ward Just 11/10/07
- 65. Plane Insanity - Elliott Hester 11/7/07
- 64. Osprey Island - Thisbe Nissen 11/3/07
- 63. Summer Crossing - Truman Capote 10/28/07
- 62. Run - Ann Patchett 10/27/07
- 61. Grief - Andrew Holleran 10/24/07
- 60. Strangers: A Family Romance - Emma Tennant 10/2307
- 59. On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan 10/22/07
- 58. The Emperor's Children - Claire Messud 10/20/07
- 57. London: A History - A.N. Wilson 10/8/07
- 56. The Brooklyn Follies - Paul Auster 9/20/07
- 55. My Sister Life - F.D. Reeve 9/29/07
- 54. An Italian Affair - Laura Fraser 9/24/07
- 53. Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson 9/11/07
- 52. Trafficking in Old Books - Anthony Marshall 9/8/07
- 51. The Sea - John Bainville 8/25/07
- 50. The Secret Fruit of Peter Paddington - Brian Francis 8/22/07
- 49. The Needle's Eye - Margaret Drabble 8/19/07
- 48. Wish - Melina Gerosa Bellows 8/16/07
- 47. Surrender, Dorothy - Meg Wolitzer 7/29/07
- 46. Palladian - Elizabeth Taylor 7/26/07
- 45. The Abbess of Crewe - Muriel Spark 7/25/07
- 44. Book Doctor - Esther Cohen 7/22/07
- 43. Native Son - Richard Wright 7/19/07
- 42. The Inner Voice - Renee Fleming 7/16/07
- 41. Point Counter Point - Aldous Huxley 7/16/07
- 40. The Body of Jonah Boyd - David Leavitt 7/1/07
- 39. Edith Wharton: A Woman in Her Time - L. Auchincloss 7/1/07
- 38. The Mandelbaum Gate - Muriel Spark 7/1/07
- 37. Remembering Babylon - David Malouf 6/25/07
- 36. Loveless Love - Luigi Pirandello 6/25/07
- 35. When the World Was Steady - Claire Messud 6/24/07
- 34. Apple of My Eye - Helene Hanff 6/12/07
- 33. The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street - Helene Hanff 6/10/07
- 32. Q's Legacy - Helene Hanff 6/9/07
- 31. Magical Thinking - Augusten Burroughs 6/7/07
- 30. Out of Time - Paula Martinac 6/6/07
- 29. A Word Child - Iris Murdoch 6/4/07
- 28. The Big Money - John Dos Passos 5/30/07
- 27. The Rainbow - D.H. Lawrence 5/23/07
- 26. Dirty Snow - Georges Simenon 5/20/07
- 25. A Guide to Elegance - Genevieve Antoine Dariaux 5/8/07
- 24. A Nervous Splendor - Frederic Morton 5/8/07
- 23. Imagined London - Anna Quindlen 5/8/07
- 22. What I Loved - Siri Hustvedt 5/5/07
- 21. If You Lived Here... - Sandra Tsing Loh 4/27/07
- 20. I Am Charlotte Simmons - Tom Wolfe 4/20/07
- 19. Call Me By Your Name - Andre Aciman 4/14/07
- 18. The Kitchen Boy - Robert Alexander 4/12/07
- 17. The Hunters - Claire Messud 4/5/07
- 16. A Simple Tale - Claire Messud 4/5/07
- 15. The Concert Pianist - Conrad Williams 4/1/07
- 14. Publish and Perish - James Hynes 3/6/07
- 13. Mountolive - Lawrence Durrell 2/27/07
- 12. The House in Paris - Elizabeth Bowen 2/16/07
- 11. A Family Trust - Ward Just 2/8/07
- 10. Go Ask Alice - Anonymous 2/4/07
- 9. Palladian Days - Sally & Carl Gable 2/2/07
- 8. The Wife - Meg Wolitzer 1/27/07
- 7. Aiding and Abetting - Muriel Spark 1/23/07
- 6. The Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion 1/19/07
- 5. A Landing on the Sun - Michael Frayn 1/18/07
- 4. Pastoral - Nevil Shute 1/14/07
- 3. The Cement Garden - Ian McEwan 1/12/07
- 2. Travels With My Aunt - Graham Greene 1/9/07
- 1. The Perfect Summer - Juliet Nicolson 1/2/07
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I love these pics.
Ti: Can't you just picture sitting on a bench there reading a book...
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