Reading List: Year Three

April 2008

121: Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer - 30 Apr

120: Geisha in Rivalry by Nagai Kafu - 28 Apr

119: The Mystery of the Blue Train by A. Christie (RR) - 21 Apr

118: The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie - 18 Apr

117: Call of the Weird by Louis Theroux - 17 Apr

116: Beautiful Boy by David Sheff - 15 Apr

115: Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie - 8 Apr

114: Grendel by John Gardner - 7 Apr

113: The Brief & Frightening Reign of Phil by G. Saunders - 5 Apr

112: Borkmann’s Point by Håkan Nesser - 4 Apr

March 2008

111: The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde - 31 Mar

110: The Luck of the Bodkins by P.G. Wodehouse - 29 Mar

109: Mozart and the Whale by Jerry and Mary Newport - 27 Mar

108: Murder on the Orient Ex. by Agatha Christie (RR) - 25 Mar

107: Dead Man’s Folly by Agatha Christie - 21 Mar

106: The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie - 18 Mar

105: The Big Four by Agatha Christie - 16 Mar

104: Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich - 8 Mar

103: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro - 1 Mar

February 2008

102: A Spy in the House of Love by Anais Nin - 27 Feb

101: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (RR) - 23 Feb

100: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger - 19 Feb

99: Legally Blonde by Amanda Brown - 18 Feb

98: Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote - 17 Feb

97: Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse - 16 Feb

96: The Lost Van Gogh by A.J. Zerries - 14 Feb

95: The Mysterious Mr. Quin by Agatha Christie - 9 Feb

94: Confessions of a Yakuza by Saga Junichi - 9 Feb

93: Matilda by Roald Dahl (RR) - 8 Feb

92: Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie - 7 Feb

91: The Secret Diary of A. Mole aged 13 by Sue Townsend - 6 Feb

90: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (RR) - 5 Feb

89: Animal Farm by George Orwell - 4 Feb

88: Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn - 3 Feb

87: The Book of Incense by Morita Kiyoko - 3 Feb

86: Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit by P.G. Wodehouse - 1 Feb

January 2008

85: Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen by P.G. Wodehouse - 31 Jan

84: Shopgirl by Steve Martin (RR) - 29 Jan

83: More Twisted by Jeffrey Deaver - 27 Jan

82: Foreign Babes in Beijing by Rachel DeWoskin - 25 Jan

81: Being Jewish by Ari L. Goldman - 23 Jan

80: The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells - 21 Jan

79: The Commitment by Dan Savage - 20 Jan

78: The Eaten Heart by Giovanni Boccaccio - 19 Jan

77: Casino Royale by Ian Fleming - 18 Jan

76: Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan - 18 Jan

75: The Three Evangelists by Fred Vargas - 17 Jan

74: The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side by A. Christie - 12 Jan

73: Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff - 10 Jan

72: Mistresses,Tigresses & Others by G. Casanova - 9 Jan

71: Brainiac by Ken Jennings - 7 Jan

70: While the Light Lasts by Agatha Christie - 2 Jan

69: Parker Pyne Investigates by Agatha Christie - 1 Jan

68: Danny the Champion of the World by R. Dahl - 1 Jan

December 2007

67: Poirot,The Complete Short Stories by A. Christie - 30 Dec

66: One Liter of Tears by Kito Aya - 28 Dec

65: Quill, the Life of a Guide Dog by Ishiguro Kengo - 28 Dec

64: The Adventure of the Xmas Pudding by A. Christie - 28 Dec

63: Red Mandarin Dress by Qiu Xiaolong - 25 Dec

62: I am Legend by Richard Matheson - 16 Dec

61: Piercing by Murakami Ryuu - 15 Dec

60: At Bertram’s Hotel by Agatha Christie - 12 Dec

59: The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie - 9 Dec

58: Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie - 8 Dec

57: Towards Zero by Agatha Christie - 7 Dec

56: On Royalty by Jeremy Paxman - 5 Dec

55: Lost in a Good Book by Japer Fforde - 2 Dec

November 2007

54: The Stuff of Thoughts by Steven Pinker -30 Nov

53: Princess Masako by Ben Hills -19 Nov

52: Lost in Austen by Emma Campbell Webster -18 Nov

51: Gangsters Wives by Lee Martin - 17 Nov

50: God is not Great by Christopher Hitchens - 13 Nov

49: Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie - 11 Nov

48: Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich - 9 Nov

47: Much Obliged, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse - 8 Nov

46: In the Name of Honour by Muhktar Mai - 5 Nov

45: Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi - 4 Nov

October 2007

44: An Ordinary Man by Paul Rusesabagina - 31 Oc

43: Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet - 30 Oct

42: Wild Geese by Mori Ogai - 26 Oct

41: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen - 25 Oct

40: A Box of Matches by Nicholson Baker - 23 Oct

39: Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie - 19 Oct

38: A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie - 16 Oct

37: The Naked Jape by Jimmy Carr - 16 Oct

36: A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah - 6 Oct

35: Dead Man’s Mirror by Agatha Christie - 5 Oct

34: The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke - 2 Oct

33: Lipstick Jungle by Candace Bushnell - 2 Oct

September 2007

32: An Autobiography by Agatha Christie - 29 Sept

31: I was a Child of Holocaust Survivors by B. Eisenstein - 22 Sept

30: The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam by A. M. Fleming - 22 Sept

29: The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie - 20 Sept

28: Vita Sexualis by Mori Ogai - 18 Sept

27: The Bilingual Edge by K. King and A. Mackey - 15 Sept

26: Curtain by Agatha Christie - 11 Sept

25: Why Men Don't Listen and Women... by A & B Pease - 9 Sept

24: The Nanny Diaries by E. McLaughlin and N. Kraus - 8 Sept

23: Jewels by Victoria Finlay - 4 Sept

August 2007

22: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini - 23 Aug

21: I am not Myself These Days by Josh Kilmer-Purcell - 23 Aug

20: Interworld by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves - 24 Aug

19: Virgin: The Untouched History by Hanne Blank - ? Aug

18: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi - 20 Aug

17: The Kid by Dan Savage - 17 Aug

16: Female Chauvinist pigs by Ariel Levy - 17 Aug

15: Veronika Decides to Die by Paul Coelho - 6 Aug

July 2007

14: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen - 25 July

13: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K.R. - 22 July

12: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen - 17 July

11: Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie - 11 July

10: Crossfire by Miyabe Miyuki - 8 July

9: The Hollow by Agatha Christie - 6 July

8: The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin - 3 July

June 2007

7: Unnatural Death by Michael Baden - 31 June

6: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick - 23 June

5: Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel GM - 19 June

4: On the Road to Kandahar by Jason Burke - 17 June

May 2007

3: The Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez - 29 May

2: The Adventures of Sally by P.G. Wodehouse - 17 May

1: The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell - 8 May