My Reading List (2009-2010)

Books that I am reading or plan to read (in no particular order):

  1. The Coldest Winter, by David Halberstam, 2007, Hyperion, New York
  2. Shantaram, by Gregory David Roberts, 2003,  St. Martin’s Press, New York
  3. World Without End, Ken Follett, 2008, New American Library, Penguin Books Ltd., London
  4. The Age of Turbulence, Adventures in a New World, by Alan Greenspan, 2007, The Penguin Press, New York
  5. The Prince of the Marshes and Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq, by Rory Stewart, 2006, Harcourt Books, Orlando
  6. Boom!, Voices of the Sixties, Personal Reflection on the ’60′s and Today, by Tom Brokaw, 2007, Random House, Inc., New York

Books that I have read listed by the most recent at top:

(Please note that the star ratings given are entirely my own opinion.)

2010

  1. Founding Brothers, The Revolutionary Generation, by Joseph J. Ellis, audio book narrated by Nelson Runger, 2000  by Joseph J. Ellis, 2001 by Recorded Books, LLC four starsMy Review
  2. The Tenderness of Wolves, by Stef Penney, 2006, Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, New York 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  3. The Path Between the Seas, The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914, by David McCullough, 1977, Simon and Schuster, New York 4 1/2 starsMy Review
  4. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson, translated from the Swedish by Reg Keeland, audio book read by Simon Vance, 2008, Books on Tape, Westminster, MD 3 starsMy Review
  5. Dr. Finlay’s Casebook Omnibus, by A. J. Cronin, 2010, Birlinn Limited, Edinburgh, Scotland (from Dr. Finlay of Tannochbrae published in 1978 and Adventures of a Black Bag, first published in 1943 and revised in 1969) 3 starsMy Review
  6. Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane, 2003, HarperCollins Publishers, NY 3 starsMy Review
  7. The Secret Scripture, by Sebastian Barry, audio book read by Wanda McCaddon, 2008 by Blackstone Audio, Inc. (checked out from the Collier County Library) 2 1/2 starsMy Review
  8. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, first published 1860-1861, Audio Book narrated by Frederick Davidson, 1993, Blackstone Audio, Inc. (checked out from the Collier County Library and downloaded to my Sansa Clip mp3 player). 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  9.  The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, 2009, Amy Einhorn Books, published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York 4 1/2 starsMy Review
  10. Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen, written in 1798-1799, revised by the author in 1803, and first published (posthumously) in 1803, Audiobook narrated by Flo Gibson, Recorded Books, LLC. 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  11. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford, 2009, Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks, New York 3 starsMy Review
  12. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, 2008, Dial Press Trade Paperbacks, Random House, New York 4 1/2 starsMy Review
  13. Rasputin’s Daughter, by Robert Alexander, 2006, Viking, The Penguin Group, New York3 starsMy Review
  14. The Sellout, How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System, by Charles Gasparino, 2009, Harper Business, New York four starsMy Review
  15. American Gospel, God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation, by Jon Meacham, 2007, Audiobook. 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  16. The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver, 2009, HarperCollins Publishers, New York 3 starsMy Review 

2009

  1. Southern Exposure, A Solo Sea Kayaking Journey Around New Zealand’s South Island, by Chris Duff, 2003, The Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, CT 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  2. The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, 2005, Alfred A. Knopf, New York four starsMy Review
  3.  Hot Mahogany, a Stone Barrington Novel, by Stuart Woods, 2008, Read by Tony Roberts, 2008, Penguin Audio two starsMy Review
  4. Teacher Man, by Frank McCourt, 2005, Performed by the Author, 2005, Simon and Schuster Audio 2 1/2 starsMy Review
  5. The Hour I First Believed, by Wally Lamb, 2008, HarperCollins Books, New York three starsMy Review
  6. Wild Blue, The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24′s over Germany, by Stephen E. Ambrose, 2001, Simon & Shuster, New York 2 1/2 starsMy Review
  7. The First Salute, by Barbara W. Tuchman, 1988, Alfred A. Knopf, New York four starsMy Review
  8. The Cat who Went to Paris, by Peter Gethers, 1991, Fawcett Columbine, New York 2 1/2 starsMy Review
  9. American Lion,  Andrew Jackson in the White House, by Jon Meacham, 2008 2 1/2 starsMy Review
  10. Body and Soul, by Frank Conroy, 1993 4 1/2 starsMy Review
  11. The Reavers, by George MacDonald Fraser, 2007 2 1/2 starsMy Review
  12. Bitter, An American Mother and Daughter in China, 1987-88 — A Memoir, 2007, by Marguerite Linsert Lentz, self-published at Lulu.com
  13. Dewey, The Small-Town Library Cat who Touched the World, by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter, 2008, Grand Central Publishing, New York 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  14. Term Limits, by Vince Flynn, 1997, Pocket Books, a Division of Simon & Schuster, New York 3 1/2 starsMy Review
  15. Act of War, by Dale Brown, Read by Larry Pressman, 2005, Harper Collins Publishers (Abridgement approved by author)two stars
  16. Ten Thousand Islands, by Randy Wayne White, Read by Ron McLarty, 2000 by Randy Wayne White, 2005 by Recorded Books, LLC. three starsMy Review
  17. The Ha Ha, by Dave King, 2005, Little, Brown, and Company, New York three stars