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Reading List 2003 (Alphabetical Order):
|
Author (with links) |
Title (with book links) |
Notes |
| Ackerley,
J. R. |
We
Think The World of You |
. |
| Aeschylus |
Agamemnon |
Lattimore
translation |
| Atwood,
Margaret |
Oryx
and Crake |
Booker Prize
Shortlist 2003; Beth Top 2003 List |
Baker,
Nicholson |
A
Box of Matches |
. |
| Barnes,
Julian |
Flaubert's
Parrot |
Booker Prize
Shortlist 1984; Beth Top 2003 List |
| Barthelme,
Donald |
The
King |
. |
| Begley,
Louis |
About
Schmidt |
. |
| Berg,
Elizabeth |
Say
When |
. |
| Berg,
Elizabeth |
Durable
Goods |
. |
| Blamires,
Harry |
The
New Bloomsday Book: A Guide Through Ulysses |
. |
| Boyle,
T. Coraghessan |
Drop
City |
National Book Award
Finalist 2003 |
| Braselton,
Jeanne |
A
False Sense of Well Being |
. |
| Brown,
Dan |
The
Da Vinci Code |
. |
| Carey,
Peter |
My
Life as a Fake |
Beth Top 2003 List |
| Carter,
Stephen L. |
The
Emperor of Ocean Park |
. |
| Clarke,
Arthur C. |
Childhood's
End |
. |
| Coben,
Harlan |
No
Second Chance |
. |
| Coetzee,
J. M. |
Life
& Times of Michael K |
Booker
Prize 1983; Nobel Prize Author 2003 |
|
Crane,
Elizabeth |
When
the Messenger is Hot |
. |
| Crichton,
Michael |
Prey |
. |
| Daudet,
Alphonse |
In
the Land of Pain |
. |
| Day,
Marele |
Lambs
of God |
. |
|
DeBernieres,
Louis |
Corelli's
Mandolin |
Commonwealth Writers
Prize 1995 |
| DeLillo,
Don |
Cosmopolis |
. |
| Dexter,
Pete |
Train |
Beth Top 2003 List |
| Dick,
Philip K. |
The
Man in the High Castle |
Hugo
Award 1963 |
| Dickinson,
Charles |
A
Shortcut in Time |
. |
| Donleavy,
J. P. |
The
Ginger Man |
M.L.'s
100 Best Novels of the 20th Century; Beth Top 2003 List |
| Donoghue,
Emma |
Slammerkin |
. |
| Dostoevsky,
Fyodor |
Notes
From Underground |
. |
| Dybek,
Stuart |
The
Coast of Chicago |
. |
| Fforde,
Jasper |
Well
of Lost Plots |
. |
|
Fielding, Joy |
Whispers
and Lies |
.
|
| Flagg,
Fannie |
Standing
in the Rainbow |
. |
| Fry,
Stephen |
Moab
Is My Washpot: An Autobiography |
. |
| Fry,
Stephen |
Revenge |
. |
| Gaiman,
Neil |
Smoke
and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions |
. |
| Gaiman,
Neil |
The
Wolves in the Walls |
. |
| Gutcheon,
Beth |
More
Than You Know |
. |
| Haddon,
Mark |
The
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time |
Whitbread Novel
Award Shortlist 2003; Beth Top 2003 List |
| Hamill,
Peter |
Forever |
. |
| Hansberry,
Lorraine |
A
Raisin in the Sun |
. |
| Hardy,
Thomas |
Jude
the Obscure |
. |
| Harrison,
Kathryn |
Seeking
Rapture: Scenes from a Woman's Life |
. |
| Heller,
Zoe |
What
Was She Thinking |
Booker Prize
Shortlist 2003; Beth Top 2003 List |
| Jin,
Ha |
The
Crazed |
. |
| Johnson,
B.S. |
Christie
Malry's Own Double-Entry |
Beth Top 2003 List |
| Joyce,
James |
Ulysses |
M.L.'s
100 Best Novels of the 20th Century; Beth Top 2003 List |
| Julavits,
Heidi |
The
Effect of Living Backwards |
. |
| Kimmel,
Haven |
A
Girl Named Zippy |
. |
|
King,
Stephen |
From
a Buick 8 |
Stoker Award Shortlist 2002
|
| King,
Stephen |
The
Gunslinger (Dark Tower, Book 1) |
. |
| Lasdun,
James |
The
Horned Man |
Beth Top 2003 List |
| Lehane,
Dennis |
Shutter
Island |
. |
| Lipman,
Elinor |
The
Dearly Departed |
. |
| Lively,
Penelope |
The
Photograph |
. |
| Lodge,
David |
Home
Truths |
. |
|
Marai,
Sandor |
Embers |
Beth Top 2003 List |
| Marquez,
Gabriel Garcia |
Of
Love and Other Demons |
. |
| Martin,
Valerie |
Property |
Orange Prize 2003 |
| Maupin,
Armistead |
The
Night Listener |
. |
| McGrath,
Patrick |
Spider |
. |
| McNeil,
Gil |
The
Only Boy For Me |
. |
| Michaels,
Anne |
Fugitive
Pieces |
Orange
Prize 1997, Giller Prize 1997; Beth Top 2003 List |
|
Miller, Andrew |
Oxygen |
Booker
Prize Shortlist 2001 |
| Mosby,
Katherine |
The
Season of Lillian Dawes |
. |
| Munro,
Alice |
Hateship,
Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage |
National
Book Critics Circle Finalist 2001 |
| Murdoch,
Iris |
The
Bell |
. |
| Nelson,
Sara |
So
Many Books, So Little Time |
. |
| Niffenegger,
Audrey |
The
Time Traveler's Wife |
Beth Top 2003 List |
|
Nothomb,
Amelie |
Fear
and Trembling |
. |
| Novello,
Don |
From
Bush to Bush: The Lazlo Toth Letters |
. |
| Oates,
Joyce Carol |
Rape |
|
| O'Nan,
Stewart |
A
Prayer for the Dying |
Beth Top 2003 List |
| O'Nan,
Stewart |
The
Speed Queen |
. |
| O'Nan,
Stewart |
The
Night Country |
. |
|
Otsuka, Julie |
When
the Emperor Was Divine |
. |
| Palahniuk,
Chuck |
Lullaby |
Stoker Award
Shortlist 2002 |
| Parkhurst,
Carolyn |
The
Dogs of Babel |
. |
| Perrotta,
Tom |
Bad
Haircut: Stories of the Seventies |
. |
| Picoult,
Jodi |
Second
Glance |
. |
| Pierre,
DBC |
Vernon
God Little |
Booker Prize 2003; Beth Top
2003 List |
| Pullman,
Philip |
The
Golden Compass |
. |
| Quindlen,
Anna |
Black
and Blue |
. |
| Quindlen,
Anna |
How
Reading Changed My Life |
. |
| Redel,
Victoria |
Loverboy |
. |
| Rogers,
Fred |
The
World According to Mister Rogers |
. |
| Sachar,
Louis |
Holes |
. |
| Savage,
Dan |
Skipping
Towards Gomorrah |
. |
| Savage,
Dan |
Savage
Love |
. |
| Schulberg,
Budd |
What
Makes Sammy Run? |
. |
| Shapiro,
Dani |
Family
History |
. |
| Shreve,
Anita |
All
He Ever Wanted |
. |
|
Siegel, James |
Derailed |
.
|
| Sleator,
William |
Among
the Dolls |
. |
| Smiley,
Jane |
Good
Faith |
. |
| Smith,
Alexander McCall |
The
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency |
. |
| Smith,
Ali |
Hotel
World |
Booker Prize
Shortlist 2001 |
| Trevor,
William |
The
Story of Lucy Gault |
Booker Prize
Shortlist 2002 |
| Trillin,
Calvin |
Travels
With Alice |
. |
| Turow,
Scott |
Reversible
Errors |
. |
| Updike,
John |
Seek
My Face |
. |
| Ward,
Amanda Eyre |
Sleep
Toward Heaven |
. |
| Whitehead,
Colson |
The
Intuitionist |
. |
| Weber,
Katharine |
The
Music Lesson |
. |
| Weber,
Katharine |
The
Little Women |
. |
| Wolff,
Tobias |
Old
School |
Beth Top 2003 List |
|
Yates, Richard |
Revolutionary
Road |
Beth Top 2003 List |
Have a comment on a book listed here or think of a book that you'd like to suggest for my
2004 reading list? Please
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updated 20 March 2004 |
