Unless I do some pretty quick reading over the next two days, I think I’m able to compile a complete list of the books I’ve read over the last year! I’ve managed to extend my record of 38 books last year to 41! I’ve also increasingly branched into reading non-fiction, largely around historical or political topics though also some science as well, but I’m making sure to keep up the fiction as well. Like last year, I’ve compiled the books into two lists: in order by date read and my enjoyment of them. I’m beginning to wonder whether it might be better to have two separate lists for the fiction and non-fiction, as it’s so difficult to compare the two forms. I’ll bear that in mind for 2014. For now, here they are:
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Order Read
- Twilight (2005) – Stephenie Meyer
- New Moon (2006) – Stephenie Meyer
- Eclipse (2007) – Stephenie Meyer
- The Battle for the Arab Spring: Revolution, Counter-Revolution and the Making of a New Era (2012) – Liu Noueihed and Alex Warren
- Breaking Dawn (2008) – Stephenie Meyer
- American Gods (2001) – Neil Gaiman
- Brave New World [re-read] (1932) – Aldous Huxley
- Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class (2011) – Owen Jones
- Cloud Atlas (2004) – David Mitchell
- The Bridge (1986) – Iain Banks
- Teach Yourself Islam (2003) – Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
- Heart of Darkness (1902) – Joseph Conrad
- Death on a Longship – Marsali Taylor (2012)
- The Great Powers 1814 – 1914 (1992) – Eric Wilmot
- Romeo and Juliet (1597) – William Shakespeare
- Doctor Who: The Witch Hunters (1998) – Steve Lyons
- The Thief of Time (2000) – John Boyne
- Gaia: A New Look At Life on Earth (1979) – James Lovelock
- Fight Club (1996) – Chuck Palahniuk
- Battle Royale (2000-2005) – Koushun Takami
- Hamlet (1603) – William Shakespeare
- Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936) – George Orwell
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003) – Mark Haddon
- Consider Phlebas (1987) – Iain Banks
- Stalin’s Nemesis: The Exile and Murder of Leon Trotsky (2009) – Bertrand M. Patenaude
- Paradise Lost (1667) – John Milton
- The Great Gatsby (1925) – F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Turn of the Screw (1898) – Henry James
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961) – Muriel Spark
- Oliver Cromwell (1991) – Barry Coward
- The Decline of the English Murder and other Essays (1965) – George Orwell
- The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824) – James Hogg
- Waiting For Godot (1953) – Samuel Beckett
- Cloud 9 (1979) – Caryl Churchill
- The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) – Oscar Wilde
- Richard III (1592) – William Shakespeare
- Ishi’s Brain: In Search of the Last “Wild” Indian (2004) – Orin Starn
- Pride and Prejudice (1813) – Jane Austen
- The Wasp Factory (1984) – Iain Banks
- The Casual Vacancy (2012) [re-read] – J. K. Rowling
- Road to Referendum (2013) – Iain Macwhirter
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Order of Enjoyment
- Cloud Atlas (2004) – David Mitchell
- Brave New World [re-read] (1932) – Aldous Huxley
- The Bridge (1986) – Iain Banks
- The Casual Vacancy (2012) [re-read] – J. K. Rowling
- Road to Referendum (2013) – Iain Macwhirter
- The Great Powers 1814 – 1914 (1992) – Eric Wilmot
- The Great Gatsby (1925) – F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Consider Phlebas (1987) – Iain Banks
- The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824) – James Hogg
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003) – Mark Haddon
- Pride and Prejudice (1813) – Jane Austen
- Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936) – George Orwell
- Death on a Longship – Marsali Taylor (2012)
- Doctor Who: The Witch Hunters (1998) – Steve Lyons
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961) – Muriel Spark
- The Battle for the Arab Spring: Revolution, Counter-Revolution and the Making of a New Era (2012) – Liu Noueihed and Alex Warren
- Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class (2011) – Owen Jones
- Waiting For Godot (1953) – Samuel Beckett
- Gaia: A New Look At Life on Earth (1979) – James Lovelock
- The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) – Oscar Wilde
- The Wasp Factory (1984) – Iain Banks
- Ishi’s Brain: In Search of the Last “Wild” Indian (2004) – Orin Starn
- The Decline of the English Murder and other Essays (1965) – George Orwell
- Battle Royale (2000-2005) – Koushun Takami
- Cloud 9 (1979) – Caryl Churchill
- Oliver Cromwell (1991) – Barry Coward
- Hamlet (1603) – William Shakespeare
- Richard III (1592) – William Shakespeare
- Teach Yourself Islam (2003) – Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
- Stalin’s Nemesis: The Exile and Murder of Leon Trotsky (2009) – Bertrand M. Patenaude
- American Gods (2001) – Neil Gaiman
- Paradise Lost (1667) – John Milton
- Heart of Darkness (1902) – Joseph Conrad
- The Turn of the Screw (1898) – Henry James
- Romeo and Juliet (1597) – William Shakespeare
- Twilight (2005) – Stephenie Meyer
- The Thief of Time (2000) – John Boyne
- Breaking Dawn (2008) – Stephenie Meyer
- New Moon (2006) – Stephenie Meyer
- Eclipse (2007) – Stephenie Meyer
- Fight Club (1996) – Chuck Palahniuk
