Reading 2011
These are the books I’ve read this year. I’m linking to the blog posts where I discuss them (and provide further links). Key: a=Audiobook; b=abridged (which only happens when I don’t – yet – have access to the whole); g=Gift (I didn’t choose the book for myself); l=Read it aloud to someone; n=New to me; p=Partial Reread (I’ve started the book before, but not finished it, or I’ve read part of the book in another publication previously); r=Reread (I’ve read the whole book before); w=Read it for work.
- Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. r
- Cool! by Michael Morpurgo. r
- An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon. n
- The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo. r
- Dear Olly by Michael Morpurgo. r
- Toro! Toro! by Michael Morpurgo. r
- Richard Scarry’s Things to Love. l,n
- Dr. Seuss‘s ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book. l,r
- The Well-Mannered Balloon by Nancy Willard. l,n
- Clover by Susan Coolidge. a,r
- Daughter of Satan by Jean Plaidy. n
- In the High Valley by Susan Coolidge. a,n
- The Sea Kingdoms by Alistair Moffat. n
- Speech in the English Novel (2nd ed.) by Norman Page. n
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. n
- In the House of the Seven Librarians by Ellen Klages. n
- The River That Gave Gifts by Margo Humphrey. n
- The Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove. n
- On the Beach by Nevil Shute. n
- Here Comes Charlie Moon by Shirley Hughes. n
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows. n
- The Baby Owner’s Manual by Louis and Joe Borgenicht. n
- Noisy by Shirley Hughes. l,n
- One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr Seuss. l,n
- Mrs Honig’s Cakes 1 by Pessie Frankel and Yocheved Leah Perkal. n
- Heartbeat by Sharon Creech. r
- Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick. r
- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. n
- Our Babies, Ourselves by Meredith Small. n
- Sky Burial by Xinran. n
- The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin. n
- The Fire Pony by Rodman Philbrick. n
- מספרים (Misparim – Numbers). l,n
- ברוזונים (Barvezonim – Ducklings). l,n
- Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury. l,n
- My Home. l,n
- Fred’s Fire Engine by Sally Hobson. l,n
- Evelyn by Evelyn Doyle. n
- The Family Bed by Tine Thevenin. n
- 97 Ways to Make a Baby Laugh by Jack Moore. n
- Caps, Hats, Socks & Mittens: A Book About the Four Seasons by Louise Borden. l,n
- Worldwar: Upsetting the Balance by Harry Turtledove. n
- Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens. a,n
- Homeward Bound by Harry Turtledove. n
- Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. n
- A Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman. n
- The First Eagle by Tony Hillerman. n
- Coyote Waits by Tony Hillerman. n
- The Sinister Pig by Tony Hillerman. n
- Polishing Diamonds by Rabbi Dovid Kaplan. p
- Donkey’s Ears Apart by George Torode. n
- Perfecting Diamonds by Rabbi Dovid Kaplan. p
- Days of Infamy by Harry Turtledove. n
- Moving Molly by Shirley Hughes. l,r
- The Trouble with Jack by Shirley Hughes. l,n
- The Tale of Two Bad Mice by Beatrix Potter. l,n
- Miss Chopsticks by Xinran. n
- Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney. n
- The Channel Island Joke Book edited by Jason Grainger. n
- Bounce Bounce Bounce by Kathy Henderson. l,n
- Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson. n
- Worldwar: In the Balance by Harry Turtledove. n
- The Cat in the Hat by Dr Seuss. l,r
- The Cat in the Hat Comes Back by Dr Seuss. l,r
- Horton Hears a Who by Dr Seuss. l,n
- Darwin’s Radio by Greg Bear. n
- The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck by Beatrix Potter. l,r
- Baby Born by Anastasia Suen. l,n
- The Eye Book by Theo. LeSieg. l,n
- The Tooth Book by Theo. LeSieg. l,n
- The Ruby Spy Ring by Libi Astaire. n
- How the Hebrew Language Grew by Edward Horowitz. n
- Moments by Nachman Seltzer. p
- How I Came West, and Why I Stayed by Alison Baker. n
- The Land of Painted Caves by Jean M. Auel. n
- The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon. n
- Farewell, My Queen by Chantal Thomas. n
- Surprise Island by Gertrude Chandler Warner. n
- The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. n
- Wild Swans by Jung Chang. r
- The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum. n
- Mr Brown Can Moo! Can You? by Dr Seuss. n
- From Pulpit … to Couch by Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski. r
- China Witness by Xinran. n
- Walt Disney’s Lady and the Tramp (novelisation) by Todd Strasser. n
- I Want My Mum by Tony Ross. n
- Talk to the Hand by Lynne Truss. n
- The Escape Orbit by James White. n
- Alex’s Adventures in Numberland by Alex Bellos. n
- The Man Who Ate The World by Frederik Pohl. n
- Federation by H. Beam Piper. p
- The Cosmic Computer by H. Beam Piper. p
- Paratime by H. Beam Piper. n
- Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen by H. Beam Piper. n
- Space Viking by H. Beam Piper. n
- Four-Day Planet by H. Beam Piper. n
- Lone Star Planet by H. Beam Piper. n
- Empire by H. Beam Piper. n
- The Sioux Spaceman by Andre Norton. n
- Crisis in 2140 by H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire. n
- First Cycle by H. Beam Piper and Michael Kurland. n
- Murder in the Gunroom by H. Beam Piper. n
- The Worlds of H. Beam Piper. n
- Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier. n
- The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. a,n
- Venus Plus X by Theodore Sturgeon. n
- Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper. a,r
- Earthman’s Burden by Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson. n
- Not On The Label by Felicity Lawrence. n
- The Green Girl by Jack Williamson. a,n
- In High Places by Harry Turtledove. n
- Gunpowder Empire by Harry Turtledove. n
- Who? by Algis Budrys. n
- Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini. n
- Bernice Bobs Her Hair by F. Scott FitzGerald. a,n
I stopped getting around to updating this list in the summer/autumn. If I remember some of the missing books I’ll add them.
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