2013

2013 Reading List
In alphabetical order


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A
ALEX ~ Pierre Lemaitre ***
ALL THE BIRDS, SINGING ~ Evie Wyld **
ALL THAT IS ~ James Salter -
AMULET ~ Roberto Bolano **
B
BAD MONKEY ~ Carl Hiaasen ***
BEAUTIFUL RUINS ~ Jess Walters ***
BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP ~ S. J. Watson ***
BILLY LYNN'S LONG HALFTIME WALK ~ Ben Fountain *****
BLACK SWAN GREEN ~ David Mitchell **
THE BRIEF WONDEROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO ~ Junot Diaz ***
BRING UP THE BODIES ~ Hilary Mantel **
BUILDING STORIES ~ Chris Ware x
THE BURGESS BOYS ~ Elizabeth Strout **
BURIAL RITES ~ Hannah Kent ***

C
A CLASH OF KING ~ George R. R. Martin ***
A CONSTELLATION OF VITAL PHENOMENA ~ Anthony Marra **
A COOK'S TOUR ~ Anthony Bourdain ***
CRAZY RICH ASIANS ~ Kevin Kwan ****

D

THE DAUGHTER OF TIME ~ Josephine Tey -
DIVERGENT ~ Veronica Roth x
DOCTOR SLEEP ~ Stephen King **

E

ELEANOR & PARK ~ Rainbow Rowell**

F
A FEAST FOR CROWS ~ George R R Martin **
FIVE STAR BILLIONAIRE ~ Tash Aw ****
THE FLAME THROWERS ~ Rachel Kushner x-
FOBBIT ~ David Abrams **

G

A GAME OF THRONES ~ George R. R. Martin ***
GHANA MUST GO ~ Taiye Selasi ***
GIRT ~ David Hunt ***
THE GOLDFINCH ~ Donna Tartt *** 
THE GOOD LORD BIRD ~ James McBride ***
 
H

HHhH ~ Laurent Binet (January) **

A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING ~ David Eggers ****
HOW TO GET FILTHY RICH IN RISING ASIA ~ Mohsin Hamid ****

I

IVYLAND ~ Miles Klee -- x

J


K
KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL ~ Anthony Bourdain *****


L


LAST CHANCE TO SEE ~ Douglas Adams ***
LIFE AFTER LIFE ~ Kate Atkinson *****
LITTLE STAR ~ John Ajvide Lindqvist ***
THE LOVE SONG OF JONNY VALENTINE ~ Teddy Wayne x
THE LOWLAND ~ Lahiri Jhumpa ***
 
M

MADDADDAM ~ Margaret Atwood ****
THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE ~ Philip K Dick **
THE MAN HE BECAME ~ James Tobin ****
MATESHIP WITH BIRDS ~ Carrie Tiffany **
METAMORPHOSIS ~ Franz Kafka ***
ME BEFORE YOU ~ Jojo Moyes x


N
THE NIGHT CIRCUS ~ Erin Morgenstern  **

NIGHT FILM ~ Marisha Pessl ****
THE NIGHT GUEST ~ Fiona McFarlane **
THE NEW YORK TRILOGY ~ Paul Auster x


O

THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE ~ Neil Gaiman ***
THE 100-YEAR-OLD MAN ~ Jonas Jonasson  ***

ONE SUMMER : AMERICA 1927 ~ Bill Bryson **
ORKNEY ~ Amy Sackville -

P
PATTERN RECOGNITION ~ William Gibson ****

Q


R 

THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST ~ Mohsin Hamid ***
THE ROSIE PROJECT ~ Graeme Simsion ***

S

THE SHINING GIRLS ~ Lauren Beukes ****
THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS ~ Elizabeth Gilbert 
THE SNOW CHILD ~ Eowyn Ivey **

STORM BIRD ~ Colin Thiele **
A STORM OF SWORDS ~ George R. R. Martin ****
STORMY WEATHER ~ Carl Hiaasen ****

T

A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING ~ Ruth Ozeki *****
TENTH OF DECEMBER ~ George Saunders ****

THIS SIDE OF PARADISE ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald - **
TOBY'S ROOM ~ Pat Barker x
TRANS ATLANTIC ~ Colum  McCann **

U



V


W 

WAKE IN FRIGHT ~ Kenneth Cook **** 
WATCHING YOU ~ Michael Robotham ****
WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDE OURSELVES ~ Karen Joy Fowler **
WONDER ~ R. J. Palacio **
WOOL (Omnibus) ~ Hugh Howey ***
WORLD WAR Z ~ Max Brooks ***


X


Y
THE YELLOW BIRDS ~ Kevin Powers **

YOU ARE ONE OF THEM ~ Elliot Holt ***

Z

Z : A NOVEL OF ZELDA FITZGERALD ~ Therese Anne Fowler **