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"To Be Read" List - Recent Buys:
"To Be Read" List - Additional (if
it's on this list, I own it):
|
Author (with links) |
Title (with book links) |
Notes |
| Alexie,
Sherman |
The
Toughest Indian in the World |
. |
| Ali, Monica |
Brick Lane |
Booker Prize
Shortlist 2003 |
| Auchincloss,
Louis |
Tales
of Manhattan |
. |
| Bainbridge,
Beryl |
Master
Georgie |
Booker
Prize Shortlist 1998 |
| Balzac,
Honore de |
Pere
Goriot |
. |
| Barker,
Pat |
The
Ghost Road |
Booker
Prize 1995 |
|
|
. |
| Barrett,
Andrea |
Ship
Fever: Stories |
National
Book Award 1996 |
| Barth,
John |
The
Sot-Weed Factor |
. |
| Beattie, Ann |
Another You |
. |
| Bellow,
Saul |
The
Adventures of Augie March |
National
Book Award 1954, Nobel Prize Author 1976 |
| Bennett,
Ronan |
The
Catastrophist |
. |
| Berger, Thomas |
Meeting Evil |
. |
|
|
. |
| Bowen,
Elizabeth |
The
Death of the Heart |
M. L.'s 100 Best
Novels of the 20th Century |
| Boyd, William |
Any Human Heart |
IMPAC Literary Awards Shortlist 2004 |
| Brown, Carrie |
Confinement |
. |
| Brownstein,
Gabriel |
The
Curious Case of Benjamin Button Apt. 3W |
. |
| Bulgakov,
Mikhail |
The
Master and Margarita |
. |
| Burt,
Guy |
Sophie |
. |
| Caldwell, Bo |
The Distant Land of
My Father |
. |
|
|
. |
| Carroll,
Jonathan |
The
Marriage of Sticks |
. |
| Carson,
Tom |
Gilligan's
Wake |
. |
| Cary, Joyce |
Mister Johnson |
. |
| Chandra,
Vikram |
Love
and Longing in Bombay |
. |
| Chaon, Dan |
You Remind Me of Me |
. |
| Christensen, Kate |
The Epicure's Lament |
. |
| Clark, Martin |
Plain Heathen
Mischief |
. |
| Clark, Walter Van
Tilburg |
The Ox-Box Incident |
. |
| Coe,
Jonathan |
The
House of Sleep |
. |
| Coetzee,
J. M. |
Elizabeth
Costello |
Nobel
Prize Author 2003 |
| Crace,
Jim |
Genesis |
. |
| Craig,
Amanda |
In
a Dark Wood |
. |
| Crane, Elizabeth |
All This Heavenly
Glory |
. |
| Danielewski,
Mark Z |
House
of Leaves |
Guardian
First Book Awards Shortlist 2000 |
| Davies,
Robertson |
The
Manticore |
. |
| Davis, Kathryn |
|
. |
| de
Botton, Alain |
On
Love |
. |
| Delany,
Samuel R. |
Dhalgren |
. |
| Dewitt,
Helen |
The
Last Samurai |
IMPAC Literary Awards Shortlist 2002 |
| Drabble,
Margaret |
The
Peppered Moth |
. |
| Dunant, Sarah |
The Birth of Venus |
. |
| Dunbar, Wylene |
My Life With Corpses |
. |
| Dunmore,
Helen |
A
Spell of Winter |
Orange
Prize Winner 1996 |
| Dunn, Mark |
Ibid: A Life |
. |
| Edwards, G.B. |
The Book of Ebenezer
Le Page |
. |
| Faber,
Michel |
The
Crimson Petal and the White |
. |
| Fergus,
Jim |
One
Thousand White Women |
. |
| Flanagan, Richard |
Death of a River
Guide |
. |
| Fletcher,
Helen |
Bluestocking |
. |
| Foer, Jonathan
Safran |
Extremely Loud &
Incredibly Close |
. |
| Ford,
Richard |
Independence
Day |
Pulitzer
Prize 1995 |
| Fowler, Karen Joy |
The Jane Austen Book
Club |
. |
| Fowles,
John |
A
Maggot |
. |
| Franklin,
Miles |
My
Brilliant Career |
"500
Great Books by Women" |
| Gaddis,
William |
A
Frolic of His Own |
National
Book Award 1994 |
| Gibson, William |
Pattern Recognition |
. |
| Gold,
Glen David |
Carter
Beats the Devil |
Guardian
First Book Awards Shortlist 2001 |
| Goldman,
William |
Boys
and Girls Together |
. |
| Gordimer,
Nadine |
None
to Accompany Me |
Nobel
Prize Author 1991 |
| Gordon, Mary |
Pearl |
. |
| Graver, Elizabeth |
Awake |
. |
| Grenville, Kate |
The Idea of
Perfection |
Orange Prize 2001 |
| Grimwood,
Ken |
Replay |
. |
| Hardie,
Kerry |
A
Winter Marriage |
. |
| Hazzard,
Shirley |
The
Great Fire |
National
Book Award 2003 |
| Hoban,
Russell |
Riddley
Walker |
. |
| Houellebecq,
Michel |
The
Elementary Particles |
IMPAC
Dublin Literary Award 2002. |
| Huneven,
Michelle |
Jamesland |
. |
| Hustvedt, Siri |
What I Loved |
. |
| Hynes,
James |
The
Lecturer's Tale |
. |
| Infante,
A. Cabrera |
Three
Trapped Tigers |
. |
| Isherwood,
Christopher |
The World in the
Evening |
. |
| Jackson,
Mick |
The
Underground Man |
1997
Booker Prize Finalist |
| Jackson,
Shirley |
We
Have Always Lived in the Castle |
. |
| Japrisot,
Sebastien |
A
Very Long Engagement |
Prix
Interallie Award 1991 |
| Jin, Ha |
War Trash |
. |
| Johnston,
Wayne |
The
Colony of Unrequited Dreams |
Giller
Prize Shortlist 1998 |
| Joyce,
Graham |
The
Tooth Fairy |
. |
| Kelman, James |
How Late It Was, How
Late |
Booker Prize 1994 |
| Kennedy,
A.L. |
Original
Bliss |
. |
| Kennedy,
William |
Roscoe |
PEN/Faulkner Award Shortlist 2003 |
| Kirino, Natsuo |
Out |
. |
| Kunzru,
Hari |
The
Impressionist |
Whitbread First Novel Award Shortlist 2002 |
| Langer, Adam |
Crossing California |
. |
| Lapcharoensap,
Rattawut |
Sightseeing |
. |
| Laxness,
Halidór Kiljian |
Independent
People |
Nobel
Prize Author 1955 |
| Lee, Chang-rae |
Aloft |
. |
| Lessing,
Doris |
The
Golden Notebook |
. |
| Lethem,
Jonathan |
Amnesia
Moon |
. |
| Lethem,
Jonathan |
The
Fortress of Solitude |
. |
| Lipsyte, Sam |
The Subject Steve |
. |
| Lodge, David |
Author, Author |
. |
| Lodge,
David |
Small
World |
Booker
Prize Shortlist 1984 |
| MacLeod,
Alistair |
No
Great Mischief |
IMPAC
Dublin Literary Award 2001 |
| Malamud,
Bernard |
The
Fixer |
Pulitzer
Prize 1967 |
| Malouf, David |
Remembering Babylon |
Booker Prize
Shortlist 1993 |
| Mantel, Hilary |
A Change of Climate |
. |
| Maxwell, William |
Time Will Darken It |
. |
|
|
. |
| Mehta, Suketu |
Maximum City: Bombay
Lost and Found |
. |
| Miller,
Andrew |
Ingenious
Pain |
IMPAC Literary Award 1999 |
| Mills,
Magnus |
All
Quiet on the Orient Express |
. |
| Mills, Mark |
Amagansett |
. |
| Mistry,
Rohinton |
Family
Matters |
Booker Prize Shortlist 2002 |
| Mitchell,
David |
Number9Dream |
Booker
Prize Shortlist 2001 |
| Moore, Brian |
The Doctor's Wife |
Booker Prize
Shortlist 1976 |
|
|
. |
| Munro, Alice |
Runaway |
. |
| Murakami,
Haruki |
The
Wind-Up Bird Chronicle |
IMPAC
Dublin Literary Awards Shortlist 1999 |
| Naipaul,
V. S. |
A
House for Mr. Biswas |
Nobel
Prize Author 2001 |
| Narayan, Kirin |
Love Stars and All
That |
. |
| Norman,
Howard |
The
Museum Guard |
. |
| Oates,
Joyce Carol |
Them |
National
Book Award 1970 |
| O'Brien,
Edna |
Down
By the River |
. |
| Okri,
Ben |
The
Famished Road |
Booker
Prize Winner 1991 |
| Pamuk,
Orhan |
My
Name is Red |
IMPAC Literary Award
2003 |
| Perlman, Elliot |
Seven Types of
Ambiguity |
. |
| Phillips, Scott |
The Ice Harvest |
Poe Best First Novel Award Shortlist 2001 |
| Powell,
Dawn |
The
Wicked Pavilion |
. |
| Powers,
Richard |
The
Gold Bug Variations |
. |
| Prose,
Francine |
Blue
Angel |
. |
| Richards,
David Adams |
Mercy
Among the Children |
2001
Giller Prize |
| Robinson,
Kim Stanley |
The
Years of Rice and Salt |
. |
| Rolvaag,
O.E. |
Giants
in the Earth |
. |
| Rush,
Norman |
Mating |
National
Book Award 1991 |
| Saki |
The
Best of Saki |
. |
| Salter, James |
A Sport and A
Pastime |
. |
| Saramago,
Jose |
All
the Names |
Nobel
Prize Author 1998 |
| Saramago,
Jose |
The
Stone Raft |
Nobel
Prize Author 1998 |
| Searcy,
David |
Ordinary
Horror |
. |
| Seiffert,
Rachel |
The
Dark Room |
Booker
Prize Shortlist 2001 |
| Sharma, Akhil |
An Obedient Father |
. |
| Sharpe, Matthew |
The Sleeping Father |
. |
| Shields,
Carol |
Swann |
. |
| Shteyngart,
Gary |
The
Russian Debutante's Handbook |
. |
| Simmons,
Dan |
Summer
of Night |
Stoker Award
Shortlist 1991 |
| Sinclair, May |
Mary Olivier: A Life |
. |
| Sinisalo, Johanna |
Troll: A Love Story |
. |
| Skvorecky, Josef |
The Engineer of
Human Souls |
. |
| Slesinger,
Tess |
The
Unpossessed |
. |
| Smith, Alison |
Name All the Animals |
. |
| Smith,
Zadie |
White
Teeth |
Guardian
First Book Award 2000 |
| Sprott, Duncan |
The Ptolemies |
. |
| Svevo,
Italo |
Zeno's
Conscience |
. |
| Swift,
Graham |
Last
Orders |
Booker
Prize 1996 |
| Takagi, Akimitsu |
The Tattoo Murder
Case |
. |
| Trollope, Joanna |
Brother and Sister |
. |
| Tuck, Lily |
The News From
Paraguay |
. |
| Tutuola, Amos |
The Palm-Wine
Drinkard |
. |
|
|
. |
| Undset,
Sigrid |
Kristin
Lavransdatter I: The Wreath |
. |
| Unsworth,
Barry |
Sacred
Hunger |
Booker
Prize Co-Winner 1992 |
| Vonnegut,
Kurt |
The
Sirens of Titan |
. |
| Wallace,
David Foster |
Infinite
Jest |
. |
| Watson,
Larry |
White
Crosses |
. |
| White,
Patrick |
Riders
in the Chariot |
Nobel
Prize Author 1973 |
| Wiggins, Marianne |
Evidence of Things
Unseen |
National
Book Award Finalist 2003 |
| Wynd, Oswald |
The Ginger Tree |
. |
| Yates,
Richard |
The
Easter Parade |
. |
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