Salman Rushdie – Midnight’s Children
The winner of the Booker Prize in 1981, the Booker of Bookers in 1993, and the Best of the Booker in 2008, this book is much-acclaimed and highly recommended. The New York Times claims: The literary map of India has to be redrawn… Midnight’s Children sounds like a continent finding its voice. And, I can’t […]
Rohinton Mistry – Such A Long Journey
This book is not in the same league as A Fine Balance, or even, for that matter, Family Matters. However, the more I think about this book, the more I appreciate it. Mistry has this amazing knack of bringing to life a realistic Indian society, and how they handle various crises and catastrophes that life […]
Vikas Swarup – Q&A
I bought this book very hesitantly. I’m wary of bestsellers, and the way everyone was bigging this up, I was sure this would be a repeat of The Da Vinci Code or The Kite Runner – two books everyone I know loved, but I could barely get through them. For once, I was pleasantly surprised. […]
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- San on Donna Tartt – The Goldfinch
- Donna Tartt – The Goldfinch : another cookie crumbles on Daphne du Maurier – Rebecca
- Daphne du Maurier – The House On The Strand : another cookie crumbles on Daphne Du Maurier – My Cousin Rachel
- Care on Gabriel García Márquez
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- catherine on Daphne du Maurier – The Doll: Short Stories
books read in 2012
4. Jeanette Walls - The Glass Castle
3. Carlos Ruiz Zafon – The Prince of Mist
2. Thomas Keneally - The Tyrant's Novel
1. Neil Gaiman - American Gods
books read in 2011
34. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - The Thing Around Your Neck
33. Haruki Murakami - The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
32. Vladimir Nabokov - Laughter In The Dark
31. Daphne du Maurier - The House On The Strand
30.Angela Carter - Nights at the Circus
29. Suzanne Collins - The Hunger Games
28. Marghanita Laski - Little Boy Lost
27. Jane Austen - Northanger Abbey
26. JD Salinger - Catcher In The Rye
25. Muriel Spark - The Driver's Seat
24. Sarah Winman - When God Was A Rabbit
23. Hilary Mantel - Wolf Hall
22. Alice Munro - Too Much Happiness
21. Jussi Adler-Olsen - Mercy
20. Philippe Claudel - Brodeck's Report
19. Jeff Lindsay - Dexter By Design
18. Anita Brookner - Hotel du Lac
17. Colum McCann - Let The Great World Spin
16. Colette - Claudine at School
15. JG Ballard - Empire of the Sun
14. Toni Morrison - Sula
13. Ryu Murakami - 69
12. Téa Obreht – The Tiger’s Wife
11. William S Burroughs - Junky
10. Sebastian Faulks - A Week In December
9. Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Of Love and Other Demons
8. David Mitchell - Ghostwritten
7. Michael Chabon - The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
6. Margaret Atwood - Oryx And Crake
5. Chuck Palahniuk - Diary
4. Helene Hanff - 84 Charing Cross Road
3. Cormac McCarthy - Child of God
2. Haruki Murakami - South of the Border East of the Sun
1. Marghanita Laski - To Bed With Grand Music
books read in 2010
49. John Green - Paper Towns
48. Gabriel García Márquez – Chronicle of a Death Foretold
47. Daniel Keyes - Flowers for Algernon
46. Michael Cunningham - Specimen Days
45. Mikhail Bulgakov - The Master and Margarita
44. Christos Tsiolkas - The Slap
43. Paul Murray - Skippy Dies
42. Emma Donoghue - Room
41. Lisa Moore - February
40. Andrea Levy - The Long Song
39. David Mitchell - Black Swan Green
38. Rachel Ferguson - The Brontes Went To Woolworth
37. Frances Hodgson Burnett - Little Lord Fauntleroy
36. Doris Lessing - The Fifth Child
35. Ernest Hemingway - The Old Man and the Sea
34. J.M. Coetzee - The Life and Times of Michael K
33. Colleen McCullough - Angel
32. Grace Metalious - Peyton Place
31. Haruki Murakami - Kafka On The Shore
30. John Wyndham - The Chrysalids
29. James Scudamore - Heliopolis
28. Muriel Spark - Loitering With Intent
27. Sarah Waters - Affinity
26. Lorrie Moore - A Gate At The Stairs
25. Truman Capote - Breakfast At Tiffany's
24. David Mitchell - The Thousand Autumns Of Jacob De Zoet
23. Stieg Larsson - The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest
22. Monica Dickens - Mariana
21. Angela Carter - Shadow Dance
20. Terry Pratchett - Nation
19. Angela Carter - The Bloody Chamber
18. Jose Saramago - Death At Intervals
17. Jeffrey Eugenides - Middlesex
16. Simon Lelic - Rupture
15. Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice
14. Angela Carter - Several Perceptions
13. Nancy Huston - Fault Lines
12. Alice Munro - Runaway
11. Muriel Spark - A Far Cry From Kensington
10. Maya Angelou - I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
9. Sarah Waters - The Night Watch
8. Erich Segal - Doctors
7. Jennifer Dawson - The Ha-Ha
6. Michael Cunningham - The Hours
5. David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas
4. Haruki Murakami - A Wild Sheep Chase
3. Virginia Woolf - Mrs. Dalloway
2. J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix
1. Terry Pratchett - Equal Rites
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