Monday, January 03, 2011

Books read in 2010

Here are the books that I read last year (re-reads are marked with an R) :

Fantasy / Horror
The Last Argument of Kings (Joe Abercrombie) - very good
The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaimain) - good
Necronomicon (H.P.Lovecraft) - anthology of stories, pretty good
Dead Until Dark (Charlaine Harris) - a very light read
Wormwood (G.P.Taylor) - strange, but good

Historical / History
The Eagle's Conquest (Simon Scarrow) - good
The Penelopiad (Margaret Atwood) - good
Rubicon (Tom Holland) - very good
Catullus The Complete Poems (Catullus) - interesting

Crime / Thriller
The Lonely Skier (Hammond Innes) (R) - ok
The Medici Secret (Michael White) - ok with silly ending
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson) - good, a pageturner
The Empty Chair (Jeffery Deaver) - good, another pageturner
A Question of Belief (Donna Leon) - good

General
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky) - ok
Travels with my Aunt (Graham Greene) - good
The Behaviour of Moths (Poppy Adams) - good
The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Muriel Barbery) - ok
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende) - ok, good in parts

RPG Books
Victoriana (Cubicle 7) - good apart from some typographical issues
Runequest II Core Rulebook (Mongoose) - good, best version since RQ2

Audiobooks
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Mark Twain)