2010: The Year In Books

I didn’t quite meet my goal of reading 52 books in 2009, so this year I’ll be making a better effort to surpass the previous mark. As last year, the list in progress will be maintained here. See also: 2009 Reading Wrap-Up for last year’s highlights.

Current [Jul 25th]: Theft, Peter Carey, 2006 (269p)
On Deck: Purge, Sofi Oksanen, 2008 (390p)

1. The Aleph, Jorge Luis Borges, 1949 (178p)
2. Lucky Hans and Other Merz Fairy Tails, Kurt Schwitters, 1948 (205p)
3. Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs, 1959 (215p)
4. Stasiland, Anna Funder, 2002 (282p) non-fic
5. Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack Adventure, Dave Gorman, 2004 (343p) non-fic
6. The Name Of The Rose, Umberto Eco, 1980 (608p)
7. What Is The What, Dave Eggers, 2007 (536p)
8. Lullaby, Chuck Palahniuk, 2002 (252p)
9. Invisible Monsters, Chuck Palahniuk, 1999 (297p)
10. Marabou Stork Nightmares, Irvine Welsh, 1995 (264p)
11. Pygmy, Chuck Palahniuk, 2009 (256p)
12. The Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett, 1989 (912p)
13. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger 1951 (256p)
14. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold 2002 (328p)
15. Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk, 1996 (208p)
16. Portnoy’s Complaint, Philip Roth 1969 (289p)
17. The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath, 1963 (288p)
18. The Dying Animal, Philip Roth, 2001 (176p)
19. The Life of Hope, Paul Quarrington, 1985 (288p)
20. Write Turns: New Directions in Canadian Fiction, Anthology, 2001 (268p)
21. Testament, Nino Ricci, 2002 (464p)
22. A Room With A View, E.M. Forster, 1908 (204p)
23. Special Topics in Calamity Physics, Marisha Pessl, 2006 (514p)
24. The Punisher MAX series, Garth Ennis, 2004 (1,380p) graphic novel
25. The French Lieutenant’s Woman, John Fowles, 1969 (467p)
26. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, 2005 (590p)
27. Bangkok Haunts, John Burdett, 2007 (350p)
28. Neverwhere, Niel Gaiman, 1996 (372p)
29. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Seth Grahame-Smith, 2009 (317p)
30. Kilter, John Gould, 2003 (205p)
31. The Golden Mean, Annabel Lyon, 2009 (282p)
32. Through Black Spruce, Joseph Boyden, 2008 (407p)
33. 2666, Roberto Bolaño, 2004 (898p)
34. Breath, Tim Winton, 2008 (218p)
35. The Magicians, Lev Grossman, 2009 (402p)
36. The History of Love, Nicole Krauss, 2005 (253p)
37. Enduring Love, Ian McEwan, 1997 (245p)
38. Vanishing and other stories, Deborah Willis, 2009 (285p)
39. Lullabies For Little Criminals, Heather O’Neill, 2006 (352p)
40. The Thousand Autumns Of Jacob De Zoet, David Mitchell, 2010 (479p)
41. Solar, Ian McEwan, 2010 (283p)
42. The Year Of The Flood, Margaret Atwood, 2009 (431p)