2016 - Reading List

[Sassafras]

Books read in June 2016.

The Ousider by Albert Camus.

Farther Away by Jonathan Franzen.

A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway.

 

[bradrowe#32]

Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace
The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
Freedom - Jonathan Franzen
Rock Springs - Richard Ford
Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
We Need To Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
Brooklyn - Colm Toibin
Jasper Jones - Craig Silvey
A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara

There could be a few more...not too bad considering some of them are pretty hefty books. Haven't had much time this year.

 

[BEaston]

Jasper Jones - Craig Silvey
A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara

Currently reading Jasper Jones, and have A Little Life sitting ready next to my bed.

 

[Sassafras]

The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand

This is on my "books to read" table, did you enjoy it?

 

[Gigantic]

13. The Genius of Dogs by Brian Hare
14. A Time to Kill by John Grisham
15. The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley
16. The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
17. Sycamore Row by John Grisham
18. Moneyball by Michael Lewis
19. Food of the Gods by Terrence McKenna

 

[bradrowe#32]

Currently reading Jasper Jones, and have A Little Life sitting ready next to my bed.

I had a love/meh relationship with JJ, but ultimately enjoyed it.

A Little Life was a stunning book. Loved every moment.

 

[bradrowe#32]

This is on my "books to read" table, did you enjoy it?

Loved it. The main character is one my all-time favourites. It's a hefty read, but a good one. Rand has a very readable style.

 

[Demosthenes]

Ayn Rand is a terrible writer, dunno why you'd waste your time.

 

[Gigantic]

20. Shelter by Harlan Coben
21. The Charisma Myth by Olivia F Cabane
22. Seconds Away by Harlan Coben
23. Found by Harlan Coben
24. Tell No One by Harlan Coben

 

[bradrowe#32]

I had a love/meh relationship with JJ, but ultimately enjoyed it.

A Little Life was a stunning book. Loved every moment.

Fair enough. I loved her book.

I can add Butcher's Crossing by John Williams and The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt.

Butcher's Crossing is pretty cool. Four men go buffalo hunting in wild America.

The Goldfinch was good. I loved her book The Secrety History. This one was strong, but the ending kinda felt a bit flat for me.

 

[Claude Balls]

Sapiens, by Harari, which I'm currently reading

Heat, by George Monbiot

Merchants of Doubt, by Namoi Oreskes

Coal: a human history, by Barbara Freese

Atmosphere of Hope, Tim Flannery


... been on a bit of a global warming/environmentalism binge this year

 

[Deaneus!]

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.

Halfway through and shelved it... you know it's a work of genius, but it's so dense. I loved the Eschaton game the kids at the tennis academy played.

Ayn Rand is a terrible writer, dunno why you'd waste your time.

Somewhere in her work there might be an idea worth considering, if it weren't for the writing, the terrible terrible writing.

Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole.

After ten pages... meh
After finishing... brilliant, just exemplary.

 

[Ocha905]

Sapiens, by Harari, which I'm currently reading

Heat, by George Monbiot

Merchants of Doubt, by Namoi Oreskes

Coal: a human history, by Barbara Freese

Atmosphere of Hope, Tim Flannery


... been on a bit of a global warming/environmentalism binge this year

What is the pick of that bunch?

 

[Claude Balls]

What is the pick of that bunch?

Sapiens and Merchants of Doubt, both among the best books I've read over the past few years.

 

[Claude Balls]

After ten pages... meh
After finishing... brilliant, just exemplary.

Might have to give it another go then. Read 30 or so pages a few months ago and found the dialogue clunky and couldn't stand Ignatius.