The Best Books of 2011
I reviewed 71 books in 2011. These below are
the best of the bunch.
Non-Fiction:
Bluestockings – The remarkable Story of the
First Women to Fight for an Education by Jane Robinson
Jane’s Fame – How Jane Austen Conquered the
World by Claire Harman
The Resistance – The French Fight against the
Nazis by Matthew Cobb
The Planet in a Pebble – A Journey into
Earth’s Deep History by Jan Zalasiewicz
The Buried Soul – How Humans Invented Death
by Timothy Taylor
Fiction:
Heart of the Comet by David Brin and Gregory
Benford
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Ship of Rome
A Gentle Axe by R N Morris
Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir
Sharpe’s Trafalger by Bernard Cornwell
Emma by Jane Austen
Captain of Rome
Destroyermen - Maelstrom by Taylor Anderson
Sunshine by Robin McKinley
The Sword of Albion by Mark Chadbourn
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
2 comments:
Well done. It would not be worth me doing a list as my volume of reading does not come close to yours, though I am working on a movie one. I'm just trying to watch a bunch of the year end top 10 ones first.
I really like the 2 Jane Austen books you read. I'd like to read the book about Jane Austen you mentioned.
I have a book by Brin and a book by Benford, but have not read either (or any books by those authors). It's encouraging to see you liking their book.
Glad to see you read Into the Wild. It's one of my favorites.
You are much better about reading general history and all the books of that ilk you mentioned sound interesting. The past year, it seems most of my non-fiction has been science/physics/cosmology related, though I did read Where Men Win Glory about Pat Tillman, also by Krakaeur, which was also good.
dbackdad said: You are much better about reading general history and all the books of that ilk you mentioned sound interesting.
Over the past few years I've become seriously addicted to history - both fiction and non-fiction. I'm trying to narrow the focus a bit so I don't spread myself too thinly. I'm planning to concentrate on UK and European History mainly.... I feel its about time I learnt more about the Continent I'm living on/near... [grin]
dbackdad said: The past year, it seems most of my non-fiction has been science/physics/cosmology related...
I definitely need to read more science this year. Nothing so far but its still early days...
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