Jan 03

Books read in 2006:

  1. Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
  2. Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal
  3. Praisesong for the Widow
  4. One Hundred Years of Solitude
  5. The Known World
  6. The Line of Beauty
  7. The Battle for God
  8. The Migration of Ghosts
  9. Interpreter of Maladies
  10. Sense and Sensibility
  11. Cross Creek
  12. A Room of One’s Own
  13. 50 Facts that Should Change the World
  14. A Continent of Islands: Searching for the Caribbean Destiny
  15. How to Read a Book
  16. McGee and Stuckey’s Bountiful Container
  17. The Orchid House
  18. Freakonomics
  19. Arthur and George
  20. Digging to America
  21. Anansi Boys
  22. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
  23. Black Swan Green
  24. Manwatching: A Field Guide to Human Behaviour
  25. The State of Africa
  26. Africa: A Biography of the Continent
  27. A Fine Balance
  28. Such a Long Journey
  29. Howard’s End
  30. Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby
  31. The Parish Behind God’s Back
  32. Oryx and Crake
  33. Un Mal Prinicipio
  34. El Príncipe Caspian
  35. Us and Them: Understanding Your Tribal Mind
  36. The Handmaid’s Tale
  37. The Gunny Sack
  38. Ake: The Years of Childhood
  39. Telling Tales
  40. Rock My Soul: Black People and Self Esteem
  41. The Art of Loving
  42. Ugly Ways
  43. Devil in a Blue Dress
  44. Cuentos de Eva Luna
  45. En el tiempo de las Mariposas
  46. The Phantom Tollbooth
  47. Love in the Time of Cholera
  48. Hotel World
  49. Number9Dream
  50. The House Gun
  51. Heat and Dust
  52. The Enchanted April
  53. Guns, Germs and Steel
  54. Middlesex
  55. La Travesía del Viajero del Alba
  56. You: the Owner’s Manual
  57. Philosophy Made Simple
  58. The Overcrowded Barracoon
  59. Cuando Era Puertorriqueña

Favourites included Shake Hands with the Devil, Black Swan Green, Un Mal Principio, Ake, En el tiempo de las Mariposas, Cuando Era Puertorriqueña, Number9Dream and Guns, Germs and Steel. Biggest disappointment? Freakonomics. All-round worst book read last year? Ugly Ways.

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comments

Just finished Black Swan Green, and enjoyed it immensely. Am ploughing my way through Guns, Germs and Steel at the moment.

Jonathan · January 04, 2007

damned that’s more dan average of one a week..good going.

Campfyah · January 04, 2007

bwoy, your mind must be so full of good stuff! Work means very little reading for when I have worked 12 hours, 6 days a week, I dont want to read anything heavy. So ask me how many magazines I’ve read, and then my list would be full!

Yamfoot · January 05, 2007

I really enjoyed Black Swan Green; it was probably my favourite book of the year. I enjoyed both of Diamond’s books (Guns, Germs and Steel moreso), but he sure does like to belabour a point, eh?

titilayo · January 08, 2007

Impressive list!

Ursula · January 09, 2007

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