Title links to my diary, author links to Amazon.
Non-fiction
- Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie
- The Years of Talking Dangerously by Geoffrey Nunberg
- Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries by Jon Ronson
- The Stoic Idea of the City by Malcolm Schofield
- Adventures of an Accidental Sociologist by Peter L. Berger
- Supermac: The Life of Harold Macmillan by D.R. Thorpe
- Attlee by David Howell
- The Hellenistic Philosophers by A.A. Long, D.N Sedley
- Let IT Go by Stephanie Shirley
- The Day Parliament Burned Down by Caroline Shenton
- Persian Fire by Tom Holland
- The Glorious Revolution by Edward Vallance
- Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke
- Thoughts on the Cause of the Present discontents by Edmund Burke
- A Radical History of Britain by Edward Vallance
- Chavs by Owen Jones
- The Dictator's Learning Curve by William J. Dobson
- The Net Delusion by Evgeny Morozov
- Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton
- Red Dusk and the Morrow by Paul Dukes
- Among the Hoods by Harriet Sergeant
- Outsider by Brian Sewell
- Common Sense by Thomas Paine
- The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine
- It's a PC World by Edward Stourton
- Le Ton Beau de Marot by Douglas Hofstadter
- The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
- Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care by Benjamin Spock
- On Wheels by Michael Holroyd
- A Fundamental Mistake by Graham Cliff
- The History of Mary Prince by Mary Prince
- People Power by Dan Jellinek
- The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
- The Expectant Dad's Survival Guide by Rob Kemp
- The New Contented Little Baby Book by Gina Ford
- Secrets Of The Baby Whisperer by Tracy Hogg, Melinda Blau
- Capital by Karl Marx
- Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
- Faking It by Hugh Barker, Yuval Taylor
- The Emperor by Ryszard Kapuscinski
- Red Country by Joe Abercrombie
- The Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M. Banks
- The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter
- Railsea by China Mieville
- Among Others by Jo Walton
- Cold Days by Jim Butcher
- The Islanders by Christopher Priest
- Jack Glass by Adam Roberts
- Sharps by K. J. Parker
- Redshirts by John Scalzi
- The Apocalypse Codex by Charles Stross
- Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch
- The Ouroboros Wave by Jyouji Hayashiz
- Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks
- The Fractal Prince by Hannu Rajaniemi
- Equoid by Charles Stross
- Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch
- The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers
- Killing Floor by Lee Child
- Die Trying by Lee Child
- Dodger by Terry Pratchett
- The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers
- The New Republic by Lionel Shriver
- Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers
- Cock and Bull by Will Self
- Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
- The People of Forever are Not Afraid by Shani Boianjiu
- Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
- How's the Pain by Pascal Garnier
- The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman
- My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time by Liz Jensen
- Antwerp by Roberto Bolano
- Konstantin by Tom Bullough
- The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico
- Lost Girls by Alan Moore, Melinda Gebbie
- Interiorae by Gabriella Giandelli
- Market Day by James Sturm
- Zahra's Paradise by Amir & Khalil
- To the Heart of the Storm by Will Eisner
- Safe Area Gorazde by Joe Sacco
- Kiki de Montparnasse by Catel,Jose-Luis Bocquet
- Deep Sleeper by Phil Hester
Non-comics overall numbers:
By type:
Highlights
Non-fiction
A lot of good books to choose from here. "Supermac" was a good biography
of shrewd political figure, who gets somewhat overlooked as a compromising pragmatist
rather than an idealogue. "A Radical History of Britain" was a good overview
of how political change actually happens.
SF
"Among Others" was the standout here: haunting fantasy about a young SF
fan in the Seventies
Non-SF fiction
Have to be conventional and agree with the bestseller lists and
Booker Prize committees that the historical novels "Wolf Hall" and "Bring Up the Bodies"
are great, compelling characters and realistic sense of place.
Comics
"Safe Area Gorazde" is a tough read, but worthwhile.
"Zahra's Paradise" was good too.
Overall picture: numbers seem roughly stable. The share of SF I read seems to be gently declining: I suspect that reflects what's actually being published. Bit of a resurgence of comics. Will see what happens next year...
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