My 2007 in Books
Posted on Friday December 28, 2007 at 11:27am.
2007 is almost over. Below, more or less in order of reading, are the books I read this calendar year. Most were not published in 2007. It was an interesting year in books for me. I read some good, completely absorbing novels, and some disappointing, overhyped novels. (I'll leave it to you to guess which is which.) I read some intriguing and informative nonfiction. If I had to pick, I'd say that the book that will stay with me the longest is GULAG. Feel free to weigh in about any of the books on this list, whether or not you've read them. Here's to a good 2008 in books.
1. AMERICAN GODS, a novel by Neil Gaiman
2. UNDERSTANDING COMICS: THE INVISIBLE ART, by Scott McCloud
3. NEUROMANCER, a novel by William Gibson
4. SHOCKWAVE: COUNTDOWN TO HIROSHIMA, by Stephen Walker
5. THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY, a novel by Michael Chabon
6. RESTORING THE LOST CONSTITUTION: THE PRESUMPTION OF LIBERTY, by Randy E. Barnett
7. THE AGE OF ABUNDANCE: HOW PROSPERITY TRANSFORMED AMERICA'S POLITICS AND CULTURE, by Brink Lindsey (Read the review I wrote for the Philadelphia Inquirer, published on Sunday, July 8, 2007)
8. THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE, a novel by Audrey Niffenegger
9. ON THE ROAD, a novel by Jack Kerouac
10. ENDER'S GAME, a novel by Orson Scott Card
11. A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 6 GLASSES, by Tom Standage
12. SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, a novel by Jane Austen
13. THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, a novel by John Le Carre
14. JEEVES AND THE TIE THAT BINDS, a novel by P.G. Wodehouse
15. MILES: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY, by Miles Davis and Quincy Troupe
16. THE COLOR OF MAGIC, a novel by Terry Pratchett
17. MADAME BOVARY, a novel by Gustave Flaubert
18. SERVANTS OF THE MAP, stories by Andrea Barrett
19. NANNY STATE: HOW FOOD FASCISTS, TEETOTALING DO-GOODERS, PRIGGISH MORALISTS, AND OTHER BONEHEADED BUREAUCRATS ARE TURNING AMERICA INTO A NATION OF CHILDREN, by David Harsanyi (My review should be in the Philadelphia Inquirer on January 6, 2008. I'll link to it when it's published)
20. GULAG: A HISTORY, by Anne Applebaum
21. INVISIBLE CITIES, fiction by Italo Calvino
22. THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY, by Jean-Dominique Bauby
23. DINOSAUR LIVES: UNEARTHING AN EVOLUTIONARY SAGA, by John R. Horner and Edwin Dobb
1. AMERICAN GODS, a novel by Neil Gaiman
2. UNDERSTANDING COMICS: THE INVISIBLE ART, by Scott McCloud
3. NEUROMANCER, a novel by William Gibson
4. SHOCKWAVE: COUNTDOWN TO HIROSHIMA, by Stephen Walker
5. THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY, a novel by Michael Chabon
6. RESTORING THE LOST CONSTITUTION: THE PRESUMPTION OF LIBERTY, by Randy E. Barnett
7. THE AGE OF ABUNDANCE: HOW PROSPERITY TRANSFORMED AMERICA'S POLITICS AND CULTURE, by Brink Lindsey (Read the review I wrote for the Philadelphia Inquirer, published on Sunday, July 8, 2007)
8. THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE, a novel by Audrey Niffenegger
9. ON THE ROAD, a novel by Jack Kerouac
10. ENDER'S GAME, a novel by Orson Scott Card
11. A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 6 GLASSES, by Tom Standage
12. SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, a novel by Jane Austen
13. THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, a novel by John Le Carre
14. JEEVES AND THE TIE THAT BINDS, a novel by P.G. Wodehouse
15. MILES: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY, by Miles Davis and Quincy Troupe
16. THE COLOR OF MAGIC, a novel by Terry Pratchett
17. MADAME BOVARY, a novel by Gustave Flaubert
18. SERVANTS OF THE MAP, stories by Andrea Barrett
19. NANNY STATE: HOW FOOD FASCISTS, TEETOTALING DO-GOODERS, PRIGGISH MORALISTS, AND OTHER BONEHEADED BUREAUCRATS ARE TURNING AMERICA INTO A NATION OF CHILDREN, by David Harsanyi (My review should be in the Philadelphia Inquirer on January 6, 2008. I'll link to it when it's published)
20. GULAG: A HISTORY, by Anne Applebaum
21. INVISIBLE CITIES, fiction by Italo Calvino
22. THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY, by Jean-Dominique Bauby
23. DINOSAUR LIVES: UNEARTHING AN EVOLUTIONARY SAGA, by John R. Horner and Edwin Dobb
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- Thank you, Jeeves!
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