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Saturday, December 31, 2011

Top 10 in 2010

Again, in no particular order (I'd find it hard to put these in order; sad that only four are by women)

The Light of Day – Graham Swift
The Secret History – Donna Tartt
David Copperfield – Charles Dickens
Fugitive Pieces – Anne Michaels
Life of Pi – Yann Martel
The Plague – Albert Camus
Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell
Between the Acts – Virginia Woolf
Time’s Arrow – Martin Amis
Daniel Deronda – George Eliot

First runner up: Silk – Alessandro Baricco

So, yeah, go read these! But remember how I feel about skills at recommending books.
Posted by JenniferKK at 7:32 AM
Labels: Anne Michaels, Baricco, Camus, Charles Dickens, David Mitchell, George Eliot, Martin Amis, Swift, Tartt, Virginia Woolfe, Yann Martel

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