2010 was the year I got back into reading again, and I read a slew of incredible literature of which this list is just a taste. I fully recommend all these books (listed by preference) and I can only hope that 2011 is as amazing.
Honorable Mentions:
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The Guernsey Literary and the Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
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After the Quake by Haruki Murakami
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Identity by Milan Kundera
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Written on the Body by Jeannette Winterson
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This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
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Fire in the Blood by Irène Némirovsky
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Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
10. Zoli by Colum McCann (
Review)
9. So Many Ways to Begin by Jon McGregor (
Review)
8. Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
7. The Bishop's Man by Linden MacIntyre
6. Vanishing and Other Stories by Deborah Willis (
Review)
5. A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood (
Review)
4. By Nightfall by Michael Cunningham (
Review)
3. The Art of Disappearing by Ivy Pochoda (
Review)
2. Half-Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls (
Review)
And the number one book I read in 2010 is..
1. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson (
Review)
we have the same number 1 pick for 2010.
ReplyDeletehappiest new year to you zoe!
The only one of your top 10 I read was Half Broke Horses. I guess I'll have to add The Gargoyle to my TBR list!
ReplyDeleteI have 5 of your honorable mentions on my Wishlist but most of your top 10 is new to me, thank you.
ReplyDeleteYour revie3w for Gargoyle, wow, I added to my Wishlist.
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