Books read this year (last post!)
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Jan. 1st, 2011 | 01:24 am
January
The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene (reread)
Martian Time Slip by Phillip K Dick (reread)
The Future of an Illusion by Sigmund Freud
The Eyre Affair and Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
February
The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper FForde
Hiding in the Mirror by Lawrence Krauss
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation by Olivia Judson
The Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-Hwan & Pierre Rigoulot
If This is a Man, The Truce, The Drowned and the Saved by Primo Levi (technically, counts as two books)
March
The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde
The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde
Parting the Waters America in the King years (1954-63) by Taylor Branch
Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (reread)
April
The World Without Us - Alan Weisman
Zen at War - Brian Daizen Victoria
Genome - Matt Ridley
The Flamingo's Smile - Steven Jay Gould
Trick or Treatment - Simon Singh and Edzard Ernst
May
The First Three Minutes by Steven Weinberg
The Fallout by Andrew Anthony
The Code Book by Simon Singh
Theism or Atheism by Chapman Cohen
Religion and Sex by Chapman Cohen
June
The Diversity of Life by EO Wilson
Beyond the Hoax by Alan Sokal
Skim by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki (reread)
July
Ontogeny and Phylogeny by Stephen J Gould
The Plague by Albert Camus (english translation)
The Panda's Thumb by Stephen J Gould
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien (reread)
August
Theism or Atheism by Chapman Cohen (re-read)
The Missionary Position by Christopher Hitchens (re-read)
Regime Change by Christopher Hitchens
Scott Pilgrim vol 6 (read twice)
Scott Pilgrim vol 1-5 (re-read)
September
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot
The Case of the Pope - Geoffrey Robertson QC
Godless Morality - Richard Holloway
Science on Trial - Douglas Futuyma
The Tangled Bank: An Introduction to Evolution - Carl Zimmer
October
Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why it Matters - Donald Prothero
Ever Since Darwin - Stephen Jay Gould
Fashionable Nonsense - Alan Sokal, Jean Bricmont
Life's Grandeur (Published in the States as Full House) - Stephen Jay Gould
November
Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould
At the Water's Edge by Carl Zimmer
The Girl and the Gorilla by Madéleine Flores
Psychiatric Tales by Darryl Cunningham
The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould
December
Love, Poverty and War by Christopher Hitchens
So, I've read 57 books this year. Just ONE off my count last year. NOT BAD. But next year, I must read MORE!
Well, this is my last post here. I've had fun! In case you haven't seen it you can follow me here...
tumblr: http://daleof.tumblr.com/
facebook: My facebook profile
twitter: http://twitter.com/daleof
The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene (reread)
Martian Time Slip by Phillip K Dick (reread)
The Future of an Illusion by Sigmund Freud
The Eyre Affair and Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
February
The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper FForde
Hiding in the Mirror by Lawrence Krauss
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation by Olivia Judson
The Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-Hwan & Pierre Rigoulot
If This is a Man, The Truce, The Drowned and the Saved by Primo Levi (technically, counts as two books)
March
The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde
The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde
Parting the Waters America in the King years (1954-63) by Taylor Branch
Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (reread)
April
The World Without Us - Alan Weisman
Zen at War - Brian Daizen Victoria
Genome - Matt Ridley
The Flamingo's Smile - Steven Jay Gould
Trick or Treatment - Simon Singh and Edzard Ernst
May
The First Three Minutes by Steven Weinberg
The Fallout by Andrew Anthony
The Code Book by Simon Singh
Theism or Atheism by Chapman Cohen
Religion and Sex by Chapman Cohen
June
The Diversity of Life by EO Wilson
Beyond the Hoax by Alan Sokal
Skim by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki (reread)
July
Ontogeny and Phylogeny by Stephen J Gould
The Plague by Albert Camus (english translation)
The Panda's Thumb by Stephen J Gould
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien (reread)
August
Theism or Atheism by Chapman Cohen (re-read)
The Missionary Position by Christopher Hitchens (re-read)
Regime Change by Christopher Hitchens
Scott Pilgrim vol 6 (read twice)
Scott Pilgrim vol 1-5 (re-read)
September
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot
The Case of the Pope - Geoffrey Robertson QC
Godless Morality - Richard Holloway
Science on Trial - Douglas Futuyma
The Tangled Bank: An Introduction to Evolution - Carl Zimmer
October
Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why it Matters - Donald Prothero
Ever Since Darwin - Stephen Jay Gould
Fashionable Nonsense - Alan Sokal, Jean Bricmont
Life's Grandeur (Published in the States as Full House) - Stephen Jay Gould
November
Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould
At the Water's Edge by Carl Zimmer
The Girl and the Gorilla by Madéleine Flores
Psychiatric Tales by Darryl Cunningham
The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould
December
Love, Poverty and War by Christopher Hitchens
So, I've read 57 books this year. Just ONE off my count last year. NOT BAD. But next year, I must read MORE!
Well, this is my last post here. I've had fun! In case you haven't seen it you can follow me here...
tumblr: http://daleof.tumblr.com/
facebook: My facebook profile
twitter: http://twitter.com/daleof
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date: Jan. 1st, 2011 02:30 am (UTC)
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happy new year :)
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date: Jan. 5th, 2011 03:51 am (UTC)
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I don't have a Tumblr, FB or Twitter, so I hope maybe you'll come back here sometime!
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