Books read 2005-2020

Acherson, Neal Stone Voices: The Search for Scotland Adiga, Aravind The White Tiger Akunin, Boris Winter Queen Akunin, Boris The State Counselor Al Rashidi, Yasmine Chronicles of a Last Summer Alexievich, Svetlana Voices From Chernobyl Ambler, Eric A Coffin for Dimitrios Ambler, Eric Cause for Alarm Amis, Kingsley Lucky Jim Amis, Martin The Second Plane: September 11:  Terror and Boredom Amis, Martin London Fields Amis, Martin Money Amis, Martin Time's Arrow Andrukhovich, Yuri Perverzion Applebaum, Anne Gulag:  A History Arendt, Hannah Eichmann in Jerusalem Ascherson, Neal  Black Sea:  Birthplace of Civilisation and Barbarism Auster, Paul City of Glass Auster, Paul Ghosts Auster, Paul Man in the Dark Auster, Paul The New York Trilogy Auster, Paul Leviathan Auster, Paul The Music of Chance Auster, Paul The Book of Illusions Auster, Paul Oracle Night Auster, Paul In the Country of Last Things Auster, Paul Moon Palace Auster, Paul Invention of Solitude Ball, Philip Universe of Stones Ball, Philip Critical Mass Ballard, J. G. Crash Ballard, J. G. Millenium People Banks, Iain The Wasp Factory Banks, Iain M. Consider Phlebas Banks, Iain M. The Player of Games Barnes, Julian Flaubert's Parrot Barry, Sebastian The Secret Scripture Batuman, Elif The Possessed:  Adventures with Russian Books and the People who Read Them Beevor, Anthony Stalingrad:  The Fateful Siege, 1942-43 Bellow, Saul Herzog Bely, Andrei Petersburg Bernhard, Thomas Correction Borg, Marcus Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time Boswell, James Boswell's London Journal, 1762-63 Bourdieu, Pierre Homo Academicvs Boym, Svetlana The Future of Nostalgia Bradley, John R. Inside Egypt Brande, Dorothea Becoming a Writer Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights Brown, Charles Brockden Wieland, or the Transformation Brown, Charles Brockden Edgar Huntly Brown, Kate A Biography of No Place:  From Ethnic Borderland to Soviet Heartland  Bryson, Bill At Home:  A Short History of Private Life Buchan, John The Thirty-Nine Steps Buford, Bill Heat Bulgakov, Mikhail The White Guards Burgess, Anthony A Clockwork Orange Cain, Susan Quiet:  The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking Calvino, Italo If on a Winter's Night a Traveler Card, Orson Scott Ender's Game Carr, Caleb The Alienist Carr, Patrick and M. Kefalis Hollowing out the middle Cather, Willa My Antonia Chandler, Raymond The Big Sleep Chapman, Gary The Five Love Languages Charyn, Jerome Johnny One-Eye Chopin, Kate The Awakening Coetzee, J M Master of Petersburg Coetzee, J. M.  Summertime Cole, Stephen Hockey Night Fever Collins, Wilkie The Moonstone Collins, Wilkie The Woman in White Conrad, Joseph Under Western Eyes Cooper, James Fenimore The Spy Cooper, James Fenimore The Last of the Mohicans Coviello, Peter Intimacy in America Cronin, Justin The Passage Cummins, Maria The Lamplighter Davis, Mike Planet of Slums Davis, Mike Planet of Slums Davis, Mike City of Quartz De Jean, Joan How Paris Became Paris Del Toro, Guillermo The Strain DeLillo, Dom Mao II DeLillo, Dom Underworld Deutscher, Isaac The  Prophet Armed Dexter, Colin The Last Bus to Woodstock Dick, Philip K. A Scanner Darkly Dick, Philip K. The Man in the High Castle Dickens, Charles Pickwick Papers Dickens, Charles Oliver Twist Dickens, Charles Nicholas Nickleby Dickens, Charles The Old Curiosity Shop Dickens, Charles Martin Chuzzlewit Dickens, Charles Barnaby Rudge Dickens, Charles Dombey and Son Dickens, Charles David Copperfield Dickens, Charles Bleak House Dickens, Charles Little Dorritt Dickens, Charles A Tale of Two Cities Dostoevsky, Fyodor The Brothers Karamazov Dostoevsky, Fyodor Poor Folk Dostoevsky, Fyodor Notes from the Underground Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Crime and Punishment Dostoyevsky, Fyodor The Idiot Doyle, Arthur Conan Study in Scarlet Doyle, Arthur Conan The Hound of the Baskervilles Dreiser, Theodore Sister Carrie Duffy, Maureen Capital Duhigg, Charles The Power of Habit Dunnett, Dorothy The Game of Kings Dunnett, Dorothy Queens' Play Dunnett, Dorothy Niccolo Rising Dunnett, Dorothy The Spring of the Ram Dunnett, Dorothy The Disorderly Knights Eco, Umberto The Name of the Rose Eco, Umberto Foucault's Pendulum Edel, Leon Henry James:  The Untried Years, 1843-1870 Edel, Leon The Conquest of London Edel, Leon The Middle Years Edel, Leon The Treacherous Years Edel, Leon The Master Eggers, Dave The Circle Eliot, George Daniel Deronda Ellis, Bret Easton American Psycho Ellis, Joseph J. His Excellency George Washington Ellison, Ralph Invisible Man Erikson, Kai Wayward Puritans Evans, Richard J. The Coming of the Third Reich Evans, Richard J. Third Reich in Power Fallada, Hans Every Man Dies Alone Faulkner, William Light in August Ferguson, Niall War of the World Fevziu, Blendi Enver Hodxa Figes, Orlando Natasha's Dance:  A Cultural History of Russia Fitzgerald, F. Scott Tender is the Night Fitzgerald, F. Scott The Great Gatsby Foer, Franklin How Soccer Explains the World Fowles, John The Magus Frank, Joseph Dostoevsky:  The Seeds of Revolt, 1821-1849 Frankl, Victor Man's Search for Meaning French, Tana In The Woods Furst, Alan Dark Star Furst, Alan The Polish Officer Gaiman, Neil Neverwhere Gaiman, Neil Stardust Gaines, James Evening in the Palace of Reason Galgut, Damon In a Strange Room Galison, Peter Einstein's Clocks, Poincaré's Maps Galloway, Janice The Trick is to Keep Breathing Gaskell, Elizabeth North and South Giardina, Denise Storming Heaven Gibson, William Pattern Recognition Gladwell, Malcolm Tipping Point Goleman, Daniel et al. Primal Leadership Goltz, Thomas Chechnya Diary Gorra, Michael Portrait of a Novel Grandin, Temple Thinking in Pictures:  My Life with Autism Grass, Gunther The Tin Drum Gray, Alaisdair Lanark Greene, Graham The Quiet American Griffiths, Niall Wreckage Grossman, Vassily Life and Fate Gruen, Sara Water for Elephants Hardy, Thomas The Mayor of Casterbridge Hardy, Thomas Far from the Madding Crowd Hart-Davis, Rupert, ed. The Lyttelton Hart-Davis Letters, Volume one and Two Hasek, Jaroslav The Good Soldier Svejk  . . . Hawthorne, Nathaniel The Scarlet Letter Hebdige, Dick Subculture Hendrix, Harville Getting the Love You Want Heyer, Georgette Why Shoot a Butler? Holmes, Richard The Age of Wonder Hornby, Nick Fever Pitch Hosseini, Khaled The Kite Runner Howells, William Dean The Rise of Silas Lapham Howells, William Dean The Minister's Charge Hrabal, Bohumil Too Loud a Solitude Hugo, Victor Les Miserables Huxley, Aldous Brave New World Huxley, Aldous Brave New World Huyssen, Andreas Present Past:  Urban Palimpsests and the Politics of Memory Ings, Simon Stalin and the Scientists Jacobson, Harold The Finkler Question James, Henry The Awkward Age James, Henry The Tragic Muse James, Henry The Ambassadors James, Henry The Wings of the Dove James, Henry The Ambassadors James, Henry The Spoils of Poynton James, Henry The Princess Casamassima James, Henry  The Princess Casamassima Jardine, Lisa On a Grander Scale:  The Outstanding Life . . . Christopher Wren Johnson, Steven The Ghost Map Johnson, Steven Ghost Map Jones, Edward P. The Known World Judt, Tony Thinking the Twentieth Century Kadare, Ismail Twilight of the Eastern Gods Kahneman, Daniel Thinking, Fast and Slow Kammen, Michael Seasons of Youth Kapuscinski, Ryszard Imperium Kazik (Simha Rotem) Memoirs of a Warsaw Ghetto Figher Kennedy, A. L. Paradise Kerr, Philip Hitler's Peace Kerr, Philip March Violets Kerr, Philip Pale Criminal Kerr, Philip German Requiem Kidder, Tracy Mountains Beyond Mountains Kidder, Tracy Mountains Beyond Mountains King, John The Football Factory Koestler, Arthur Darkness at Noon Krasikov, Sana The Patriots Krushelnycky, Askold An Orange Revolution Krzhizhanovsky, Sigizmund Autobiography of a Corpse Kundera, Milan The Book of Laughter and Forgetting Kuper, Simon Soccer Against the Enemy Kurkov, Andrey Death and the Penguin Kurkov, Andrey Ukraine Diaries:  Dispatches from Kyiv Larsson, Steig The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Lawrence, D.H. Lady Chatterley's Lover Le Carre, John Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Le Carre, John The Looking Glass War Le Carre, John The Honourable Schoolboy LeCarre, John Smiley's People LeCarré, John A Call for the Dead LeCarré, John The Russia House Lermontov, Mikhail A Hero of Our Time Lethem, Jonathan Chronic City Liss, David Day of Atonement Lucas, Edward The New Cold War:  Putin's Russia and the Threat to the West Lukyanenko, Sergei Nightwatch Machiavelli, Niccolo The Prince Mahfouz, Naguib Khufu's Wisdom Malamud, Bernard The Fixer Manguel, Albert The Library at Night Manning, Olivia The Great Fortune Mantel, Hilary Wolf Hall Mather, Cotton Wonders of the Invisible World Mawer, Simon The Glass Room Mazower, Mark Dark Continent McCarthy, Cormac Suttree McCullough, David 1776 McDougall, Christopher Born to Run McGuinness, Patrick The Last Hundred Days:  A Novel McNeil, Legs Please Kill Me:  The Uncensored Oral History of Punk McPhee, John Founding Fish McPhee, John Basin and Range Meier, Andrew Black Earth Melville, Herman Moby Dick Melville, Herman Typee Melville, Herman Omoo Merridale, Catherine Ivan's War:  Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945 Mieville, China The City and the City Miller, Andrew Snowdrop Miller, Andrew Pure Milosz, Cseslaw Native Realm Milosz, Cseslaw The Captive Mind Mirvis, Tova Visible City Mitzner, Adam Dead Certain Mogford, Thomas Shadow of the Rock Moretti, Franco Signs Taken for Wonders Morrissey Autobiography Nabokov, Vladimir Lolita Nesbo, Jo The Bat Norris, Frank The Octopus Novick, Sheldon Henry James:  The Young Master Novick, Sheldon Henry James:  The Mature Master O'Brian, Patrick Master and Commander Orbuch, Sonia Here, There Are no Sarahs Orsini, Alessandro Sacrfice:  My Life in a Fascist Militia Owen, Lauren The Quick Pasternak, Boris Doctor Zhivago Peace, David Nineteen Seventy Four Peace, David Nineteen Seventy Seven Pears, Iain An Instance of the Fingerpost Pears, Iain Stone's Fall Penny, Laurie Unspeakable Things:  Sex, Lies, and Revolution Perec, George Life:  A User's Manual Perez-Reverte, Arturo Club Dumas Petroski, Henry To Engineer is Human Phillips, Arthur Prague Pink, Daniel Pink:  The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us Pinker, Steven The Language Instinct:  How the Mind Creates Language Plokhy, Serhii Gates of Europe:  A History of Ukraine Politkovskaya, Anna A Small Corner of Hell:  Dispatches from Chechnya Politkovskaya, Anna Putin's Russia:  Life in a Failing Democracy Pollan, Michael Omnivore's Dilemma Postman, Neil Technopoly Powell, Anthony A Question of Upbringing Powers, Richard Goldbug Variations Powers, Richard Galatea 2.2 Price, Richard Lush Life Pullman, Philip The Golden Compass Pullman, Philip The Subtle Knife Pynchon, Thomas Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas Mason & Dixon Pynchon, Thomas Bleeding Edge Pynchon, Thomas Inherent Vice Pynchon, Thomas The Crying of Lot 49 Ramqvist, Karolina The White City Rankin, Ian Black and Blue Rankin, Ian Exit Music Rankin, Ian Knots and Crosses Rankin, Ian Tooth and Nail Rankin, Ian Saints of the Shadow Bible Reed, John Ten Days that Shook the World Reichman, Lee Timebomb Reid, Anna Leningrad:  The Epic Siege of World War II Remnick, David Lenin's Tomb Reynolds, Simon Rip it Up and Start Again:  postpunk 1978-1984 Ross, Alex The Rest is Noise Rushdie, Salman The Satanic Verses Rybakov, Anatoli Fear Rybakov, Anatoli  Children of the Arbat Sansom, C. J.  Dissolution Saramago, Jose Blindness Satter, David Darkness at Dawn Savage, Jon England's Dreaming Schelling, Thomas C Micromotives and Macrobehaviors  Schumacher, Julie Dear Committee Members Scott, Walter Waverley Scott, Walter Rob Roy Scott, Walter Ivanhoe Sebald, W. G. Austerlitz Sedgwick, Catharine A New-England Tale Sedgwick, Catharine Hope Leslie Sedgwick, Catherine New England Tale Sedgwick, Catherine Hope Leslie Sedgwick, Marcus Mister Memory Seltzer, Mark Henry James and the Art of Power Shapiro, James A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare:  1599 Shchedrin  The Golovlyov Family Shevchenko, Arkady Breaking with Moscow Sinclair, Iain London Orbital Smith, Martin Cruz Gorky Park Smith, Tom Rob Child 44 Smith, Zadie White Teeth Snyder, Timothy Bloodlands:  Europe between Hitler and Stalin Solzhenitsyn, Alexsandr One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch St. Aubyn, Edward Lost for Words Stasiuk, Andrzej On the Road to Babadag:  Travels in the Other Europe Steinhauer, Olen The Tourist Steinhauer, Olen The Nearest Exit Stephenson, Neal Quicksilver Stephenson, Neal Snow Crash Stephenson, Neal Anathem Stephenson, Neal Cryptonomicon Sterne, Lawrence Tristram Shandy Stevenson, Robert Louis Kidnapped Syed, Matthew Bounce:  Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success Szpilman, Wlodislaw The Pianist Taleb, Nassim Nicholas Black Swan Tayler, Jeffrey Siberian Dawn:  A Journey Across The New Russia Tenner, Edward Why Things Bite Back Thackeray, William History of Henry Esmond Tolkien, J. R. R. Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R.  The Two Towers Tolkien, J. R. R.  The Hobbit Tolstoy, Leo War and Peace Toltz, Steve A Fraction of the Whole Trachtenberg, Alan Incorporation of America Tremain, Rose Music and Silence Trollope, Anthony The Way We Live Now Turgenev, Ivan Fathers and Sons Twain, Mark Pudd'nhead Wilson Vollman, William T. Europe Central Vonnegut, Kurt Slaughterhouse Five Waldman, Amy The Submission Walls, Jeannette The Glass Castle Walpole, Horace Castle of Otranto Waters, Sarah Fingersmith Waters, Sarah The Little Stranger Weiner, Jonathan Beak of the Finch Welsh, Irvine Trainspotting Welty, Eudora One Writer's Beginnings Wener, Markus On the Edge Wharton, Edith The House of Mirth Wharton, Edith Age of Innocence Whitehead, Colson The Intuitionist Willis, Connie The Doomsday Book Wolfe, Tom From Bauhaus to Our House Woolf, Virginia To The Lighthouse Zafon, Carlos Ruiz Shadow of the Wind Zola, Emile Germinal