Books Read: 2001
January 4th, 2005This is such a vanity project. I started keeping track of books I read (but not comics or graphic novels) in 2001. They’re roughly in the order in which I read them that year. As you can see, I was in danger of being swallowed up by either 19th century American literary fiction or more Dune prequels, but fortunately I was rescued by China Mieville.
334, by Thomas M. Disch
Silent Extras, by Arnon Grunberg
Blue Mondays, by Arnon Grunberg
The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
Mysteries of Pittsburgh, by Michael Chabon
Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon
Low Life (non-fiction), by Luc Sante
722 Miles (non-fiction), by Clifton Hood
Five-Finger Discount (non-fiction), by Helene Stapinski
Manhattan Transfer, by John Dos Passos
The Faithful Narrative of the Pastor’s Disappearance, by Benjamin Anastas
Winesburg, Ohio, by Sherwood Anderson
The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton
Washington Square, by Henry James
On Borrowed Words (non-fiction), by Ilan Stavans
The One-Handed Pianist and Other Stories (collection), by Ilan Stavans
Longitude (non-fiction), by Dava Sobel
1939: The Lost World of the Fair (non-fiction), by David Gerlernter
The European Discovery of America: The Southern Voyages, 1492-1616 (non-fiction), by S.E. Morrison
Phantom Islands of the Atlantic (non-fiction), by Donald Johnson
My Own Ground, by Hugh Nissenson
Song of the Earth, by Hugh Nissenson
American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
Darwinia, by Robert Charles Wilson
The Color of Magic, by Terry Pratchett
House Atreides, by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville
VALIS, by Philip K. Dick
Radio Free Albemuth, by Philip K. Dick
Ubik, by Philip K. Dick
A Hazard of New Fortunes, by William Dean Howells
The Gilded Age, by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner
A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. LeGuin
The Natural, by Bernard Malamud
City of Saints and Madmen, by Jeff VanderMeer
The Enquiries of Dr. Eszterhazy, by Avram Davidson
(Total: 36 books)
January 4th, 2005 at 11:50 am
Just for comparison’s sake, I’ve only read six of those books. The Tolkien, of course (probably my favorite book). The two by Chabon. The Gaiman. The Pratchett. And the Mieville.
January 4th, 2005 at 12:17 pm
That was a weird year. We probably have more in common in my later lists, which are coming soon.