December 31, 2004
Books Read in 2004
(In opposite order, last read up top)
- The Genocides by Thomas M. Disch
- The Weather in Berlin, by Ward Just
- Pagan Babies, by Elmore Leonard
- (sections of) Boys & Girls Forever: Children's Classics from Cinderella to Harry Potter, by Alison Lurie
- (sections of) Don't Tell the Grown-ups: Subversive Children's Literature, by Alison Lurie
- The Daughter in Law, by Diana Diamond
- California Girl, by T. Jefferson Parker
- The New York Trilogy (City of Glass, Ghosts, The Locked Room), by Paul Auster
- Witch Hunt, by Ian Rankin
- Mrs. Satoris, by Elke Schmitter
- The Final Solution, by Michael Chabon
- The Polysyllabic Spree, by Nick Hornby
- Lucky Girls, by Nell Freudenberger
- Shadow Baby, by Alison McGhee
- The Girl Who Played Go, by Shan Sa
- Never Mind the Pollacks, by Neal Pollack
- Don't Think of an Elephant, by George Lakoff
- The Line of Beauty, by Alan Hollinghurst
- Stars and Bars, by William Boyd
- How to Get into Law School, by Susan Estrich
- The Rotters Club, by Jonathan Coe
- The Armies of the Night, by Norman Mailer
- The Evening of the Holiday, by Shirley Hazzard
- Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
- The Adventures of Flash Jackson, by William Kowalski
- Marriage: A Duet, by Anne Taylor Fleming
- The Plot Against America, by Philip Roth
- Twice Shy, by Dick Francis
- The Gunslinger, Dark Tower Part I, by Stephen King
- Macbeth, by Shakespeare (reread)
- Men in the Off Hours, by Anne Carson
- Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
- The Dogs of Riga, by Henning Mankell
- Blood of Victory, by Alan Furst
- Eva Moves the Furniture, by Margot Livesey
- Rainlight, by Alison McGhee
- The Other Boleyn Girl, by Philippa Gregory
- Something Rotten, by Jasper Fforde
- The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger (reread)
- Light of the Moon, by Elizabeth Buchan
- Chasing Shakespeare, by Sarah Smith
- The Great Fire, by Shirley Hazzard
- Ghostwritten, by David Mitchell
- Daughter of God, by Lewis Perdue
- Flashman, by George Macdonald Fraser
- French Lessons, by Alice Kaplan
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
- Gallows View, by Peter Robinson
- The Houdini Girl, by Martyn Bedford
- Uniform Justice, by Donna Leon
- The Jane Austen Book Club, by Karen Joy Fowler
- The Photograph, by Penelope Lively
- The Game, by Laurie R. King
- The Big Love, by Sarah Dunn
- Truth & Beauty, by Ann Patchett
- The Winshaw Legacy, by Jonathan Coe
- The Black Book, by Ian Rankin
- Hopscotch, by Julio Cortazar
- Something Rising (Light and Swift), by Haven Kimmel
- Hearing Birds Fly, by Louisa Waugh
- The Long Firm, by Jake Arnott
- Dead Souls, by Ian Rankin
- Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination, by Helen Fielding
- Faceless Killers, by Henning Mankell
- Decider, by Dick Francis
- Rat Race, by Dick Francis
- Driving Force, by Dick Francis
- To the Hilt, by Dick Francis
- Abandon, by Pico Iyer
- Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, by Alexandra Fuller
- The Epicure's Lament, by Kate Christensen
- Let It Bleed, by Ian Rankin
- Fox River, by Emilie Richards
- New Spring: The Novel, by Robert Jordan
- Strip Jack, by Ian Rankin
- Mortal Causes, by Ian Rankin
- Angelica, by Sharon Shinn
- Mrs. Kimble, by Jennifer Haigh
- The Fall, by Simon Mawer
- Tooth and Nail, by Ian Rankin
- The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse, by Louise Erdrich
- Final Target, by Iris Johansen
- The Patron Saint of Liars, by Ann Patchett
- A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep, by Rumer Godden
- What I loved, by Siri Hustvedt
- The Solace of Leaving Early, by Haven Kimmel
- Little Children, by Tom Perrotta
- Wild Horses, by Dick Francis
- Wedding Season, by Darcy Cosper
- Bringing Down the House, the Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions, by Ben Mezrich
- A Fistful of Rain, by Greg Rucka
- The Last Detective, by Robert Crais
- Hide and Seek, by Ian Rankin
- Trial Run, by Dick Francis
- The New Confessions, by William Boyd
- Straight, by Dick Francis
- Dead Aim, by Iris Johansen
- Isn't It Romantic, by Ron Hansen
- The Dog of the South, by Charles Portis
- Remember Me, by Trezza Azzopardi
- Knots and Crosses, by Ian Rankin
- On Love, by Alain de Botton
- I Wish Someone Were There Waiting for Me, by Anna Gavalda
- Untangling my Chopsticks: A Culinary Sojourn in Kyoto by Victoria Abbott Riccardi
- The Well of Lost Plots, [Thursday Next book 3] by Jasper Fforde
- Any Human Heart, by William Boyd
- Blood Brothers, by Richard Price
- Picture Palace, by Paul Theroux
- Giving Up the Ghost, a Memoir, by Hilary Mantel
- The Good Doctor, by Damon Galgut
- Perfume, by Patrick Susskind
- Nothing Remains the Same; Rereading and Remembering, by Wendy Lesser
- Eats, Shoots & Leaves, by Lynne Truss
- Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, by Al Franken
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