Following my recent books of the year post, some people have asked if I read anything other than economics books, & the answer is yes, especially on holiday. So here are my books of the year in this more frivolous category (in no special order), even including some fiction – although my reading of literary fiction was a bit sparse this year. I did finish the marvellous Javier Marias trilogy, [amazon_link id=”0099461994″ target=”_blank” ]Your Face Tomorrow[/amazon_link], but have omitted it here as I read most of it in 2010.
Other people’s suggestions are welcome, with the Christmas holiday coming up!
[amazon_link id=”1861975961″ target=”_blank” ]Pompeii[/amazon_link] by Mary Beard
[amazon_link id=”0571243037″ target=”_blank” ]Different Drummer: The Life of Kenneth Macmillan[/amazon_link] by Jann Parry
[amazon_link id=”0747568766″ target=”_blank” ]Just Kids[/amazon_link] by Patti Smith
[amazon_link id=”1846683564″ target=”_blank” ]An Optimist’s Tour of the Future[/amazon_link] by Mark Stevenson
[amazon_link id=”0340898534″ target=”_blank” ]A Case of Two Cities[/amazon_link] by Qiu Xiaoling
[amazon_link id=”0805086641″ target=”_blank” ]Chinese Lessons[/amazon_link] by John Pomfret
[amazon_link id=”0340953586″ target=”_blank” ]Blood Safari[/amazon_link] by Deon Meyer
[amazon_link id=”0091918324″ target=”_blank” ]Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper[/amazon_link] by Fuschia Dunlop
[amazon_link id=”1841957453″ target=”_blank” ]A Field Guide to Getting Lost[/amazon_link] by Rebecca Solnit
[amazon_link id=”0340995742″ target=”_blank” ]The Attenbury Emeralds [/amazon_link]by Jill Paton Walsh
[amazon_link id=”1843549220″ target=”_blank” ]Hitch 22[/amazon_link] by Christopher Hitchens
[amazon_link id=”0141019468″ target=”_blank” ]Changing My Mind[/amazon_link] by Zadie Smith
[amazon_link id=”0330492322″ target=”_blank” ]Kraken[/amazon_link] by China Mieville
[amazon_link id=”0773674616″ target=”_blank” ]Paris Notebooks[/amazon_link] by Mavis Gallant
[amazon_link id=”0571222862″ target=”_blank” ]The Strangest Man: The Life of Paul Dirac[/amazon_link] by Graham Farmelo
[amazon_image id=”0747568766″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]Just Kids[/amazon_image]