Thursday, March 12, 2009

Books of 2008

Complete list is in the sidebar on the right (scroll down a bit) and can only be described as a very poor effort, with a total of only 26 books (one a fortnight). Not helped by only reading 16 pages of Kafka on the Shore between December 1 and December 31 ...

Top 10
1 In Another Light – Andrew Greig
2 The Testament of Gideon Mack – James Robertson
3 Sputnik Caledonia – Andrew Crumey
4 Miracles of Life – JG Ballard
5 Slicing the Silence – Tom Griffiths
6 Riddley Walker – Russell Hoban
7 Midnight in Sicily – Peter Robb
8 Wildwood – Roger Deakin
9 The Wild Places – Robert MacFarlane
10 One Good Turn – Kate Atkinson

Statistics
Fiction: 15 titles
Non-fiction: 11 titles
Number of authors: 26
Male authors: 21
Female authors: 5
Books published in 2008: 5
Books published in 2007: 8
Books published in 2006: 5
Books published in 2005: 5
Books published 2000-04: 2
Books published 1990-99: 0
Books published 1980-89: 1
Books published before 1980: 0

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