Read in 2011

The books I read in 2011:

Total – 70

 

Asimov, Isaac – Foundation *** Foundation and Empire **** Second Foundation ***

Austen, Jane – Sense and Sensibility *****

de Botton, Allain – The Consolations of Philosophy ***

Bradbury, Ray – The Martian Chronicles ****

Bronte, Charlotte – Jane Eyre *****

Button, Eileen – The Waiting Place *

Byrne, Robert – The 2548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said **

Enger, Lief – Peace Like a River ***

Foster, Thomas C. – How to Read Literature Like a Professor ****

Gilbreth, Frank Jr. – Cheaper by the Dozen ***

Griffin, John Howard – Black Like Me ****

Guin, Ursula K. le – The Wizard of Earthsea ***, The Tombs of Atuan ***

Haggard, Rider – The Saga of Eric Brighteyes ****

Halpert, Justin – Sh*t My Dad Says***

Heathcock, Alan – Volt *****

Herbert, Frank – Dune **** Dune Messiah ***

Hobbs, Peter – The Short Day Dying ****

Ishiguro, Kazuo – Never Let Me Go ***

James, P.D. - The Children of Men ***

Lamott, AnneBird by Bird ****

Leithart, Peter – Solomon Among the Postmoderns *****

Lee, Euna – The World is Bigger Now **

Lewis, C.S. – The Great Divorce *****  Out of the Silent Planet *****  The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ****  Prince Caspian ****  The Voyage of the Dawn Treader *****  The Silver Chair ***** The Horse and His Boy ***** The Magician’s Nephew ***** The Last Battle *****

Lowry, Lois – The Giver ***

McCarthy, Cormac – No Country For Old Men****

Martin, George R.R. – A Game of Thrones **** A Clash of Kings *** A Storm of Swords **** A Feast for Crows *** A Dance with Dragons ***

Miller, Walter M. Jr.  A Canticle for Leibowitz ****

Moody, Ralph – Mary Emma and Company ***

Pieper, Josef – “Divine Madness”: Plato’s Case against Secular Humanism ****

Purtill, Richard L. – The Lord of Elves & Eldils ***

Roberts, Chris – Heavy Words, Lightly Thrown ***

Smith, Kimberly L. - Passport Through Darkness ***

Tolkien, J.R.R. – The Hobbit **** The Fellowship of the Ring ***** The Two Towers ***** The Return of the King *****

Udall, Brady – The Lonely Polygamist ***

Veyne, Paul – When Our World Became Christian ***

Voskamp, Ann – One Thousand Gifts **

Wilson, N.D. The Dragon’s Tooth ****

Wodehouse, P.G. Leave It To Psmith ***** Piccadilly Jim **** Ring for Jeeves **** Pigs Have Wings ****

Wolfe, Gene - The Fifth Head of Cerberus *****, An Evil Guest ****, Soldier of Arete *****, The Best of Gene Wolfe *****, The Sorcerer’s House****, Pirate Freedom ****, Operation Ares *** The Shadow of the Torturer ***** The Claw of the Conciliator ***** The Sword of the Lictor ***** The Citadel of the Autarch *****

3 Responses to “Read in 2011”

  1. Daniel Says:

    No Country for Old Men?

  2. Thanks | 200 Books Says:

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  3. Jem Says:

    I can understand the 3 star rating on Wizard of Earthsea, but Tombs was much better, more tightly written, and a simpler, more universal story. I wish I'd read more books like it when I was a youngster.

 

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