36. Madlands by Rosemund J Handler
35. Disobedience by Naomi Alderman
34. Aidsafari: A Memoir of My Journey with Aids by Adam Levin
33. A Change of Tongue by Antjie Krog
32. Game Control by Lionel Shriver
31. Faith in Turmoil: The Seven Days War by Lou Levine
30. In the Kitchen by Monica Ali
29. The Sorrows of an American by Siri Hustvedt
28. A Man in the Dark by Paul Auster
27. Everyman by Phillip Roth
26. Yesterday’s Weather by Anne Enright
25. Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro
24. Time and Again by Jack Finney
23. The Sum of Our Days by Isabel Allende
22. Things I Want My Daughters to Know by Elizabeth Noble
21. The Art of Keeping Secrets by Patti Callahan Henry
20. The Virus, Vitamins & Vegetables edited by Kerry Cullinan and Anso Thom
19. The Children’s Book by AS Byatt
18. On Writing by Stephen King
17. When a Man Cries by Sipho Mahala
16. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
15. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
14. When Will There be Good News by Kate Atkinson
13. Planet Germany by Cathy Dobson
12. From Rock to Kraut by Anli Serfontein
11. Sweet Poison by David Gillespie
10. Away by Amy Bloom
9. Engleby by Sebastian Faulkes
8. The Unknown Terrorist by Richard Flanagan
7. Getting Rid of Matthew by Jane Fallon
6. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
5. A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve
4. The Group by Mary McCarthy
3. Careless in Red by Elizabeth George
2. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
1. Dreams from my Father by Barack Obama
Charlotte – have you ever read a Fred Vargas novel? I think you would enjoy her writing. Also Alan Bennett “The Uncommon Reader” is great fun.
I just saw on your booklist that you also have read “When Will There Be Good News” by Kate Atkinson. How did you find it? It hasn’t captivated me, yet, and I keep putting it down.
I need to know- are these the only books you read or do you have a secret genre list with the non-respectable book:).
No these are what I read, though I have fallen behind on my list. I’ve got another 30+ to add. The only genre fiction I really like is crime, and I’m sure there must be a couple of crime novels in here somewhere!