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What are your favourite books of 2010 ?
Posted by vgom on 31 December 2010 - 12:08pm.
The books I have enjoyed most this year are ;
Hare with Amber eyes - Edmund de waal
C - Tom McCarthy
Freedom -Jonathan franzen
Gold boy , emerald girl - yiyan li
Letters to Monica - Philip lark in
Human chain - seams Heaney
Seeing stars - Simon armiatge
Has anyone read anything they would like to recommend ? I have already recommended the Edmund de waal to two relatives who have thoroughly enjoyed the book.
Happy new year to all , may the hangovers be slight !
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William Boyd
Not new releases this year but I have read 4 of his books and loved each and every one (Armadillo, Ordinary Thunderstorms, Ice Cream War, Restless). I am planning to go through the full set.
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even without the tragic backdrop of his illness
I thoroughly enjoyed Hitch 22. I do hope he beats the odds and gets better. I don't always agree with him, but he's a damn fine writer.
even without the tragic backdrop of his illness
I thoroughly enjoyed Hitch 22. I do hope he beats the odds and gets better. I don't always agree with him, but he's a damn fine writer.
Reading my original post
i realise i need Reading Glasses in 2011 !
Stuff I've enjoyed this year...
..can't guarantee that they were new out this year though
"Echoes from the dead" - Johan Theorin
"The Rescue Man" - Anthony Quinn
"Unseen Academicals" - Terry Pratchett
"Operation Mincemeat" - Ben Mcintyre
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William Boyd: KB, you've got
William Boyd: KB, you've got lots more to get stuck into - The New Confessions, Brazaville Beach and The Blue Afternoon are all great. I'd read Confessions next, it's brilliant. And of course Any Human Heart, recently adapted for C4.
You must read...
The Time Traveler by Ronald Mallett.
You must read...
The Time Traveler by Ronald Mallett.
Transition by Iain Banks
Which seems to have come out very quietly. It's very good.
Borrowed Light by Graham Hurley was very good as well.
I've read some good military histories this year as well. And some bad ones. Particularly bad was A.C. Grayling's Amongst The Dead Cities, a philosophical argument against area bombing in WW2 which missed the point completely and served to show how people who don't understand a subject shouldn't try to write about it.
Graphic Novels:
Duncan the Wonder Dog - Adam Hines
and Bodyworld by Das Shaw
despite what Bob says I'm calling them graphic novels. They are the best two books I've read this year.
Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers and the Pirate Cruncher by Jonny Duddle are my favourite children's books but I'm not sure if either of those came out this year.