This is the second part of my two-part autumnal assessment of my 2009 reading progress. The first part tallied up the total of books I have read so far in 2009 from the lists in the right column. This post looks at progress on my author lists.THE AUTHORS
Kingsley Amis
Books read so far: 4/48
Books read in 2009: one (The Alteration)
Books on my TBR shelf: 5
Cara Black
Books read so far: 2/9
Books read in 2009: zero
Books on my TBR shelf: one
James Lee Burke
Books read so far: 13/17 (Dave Robicheaux series only)
Books read in 2009: 3
Books on my TBR shelf: 3
Lee Child
Books read so far: 11/11 (unless he has a new one)
Books read in 2009: zero
Books on my TBR shelf: zero
M. F. K. Fisher
Books read so far: 4/27
Books read in 2009: zero
Books on my TBR shelf: 4
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Books read so far: 8/13
Books read in 2009: zero
Books on my TBR shelf: zero
Penelope Fitzgerald
Books read so far: 2/9
Books read in 2009: zero
Books on my TBR shelf: one
Richard Ford
Books read so far: 5/10
Books read in 2009: zero
Books on my TBR shelf: 3
Jim Harrison
Books read so far: 19/19 (prose only)
Books read in 2009: zero
Books on my TBR shelf: zero
Nick Hornby
Books read so far: 2/11
Books read in 2009: one (High Fidelity, reviewed here)
Books on my TBR shelf: 2
John Lescroart
Books read so far: 16/18 (Dismus Hardy series and spin offs)
Books read in 2009: zero
Books on my TBR shelf: one
Elinor Lipman
Books read so far: 2/10
Books read in 2009: one (My Latest Grievance, reviewed here)
Books on my TBR shelf: 5
David Lodge
Books read so far: 2/15 (fiction only)
Books read in 2009: one (Changing Places, reviewed here)
Books on my TBR shelf: 7
Ian McEwan
Books read so far: 5/13
Books read in 2009: 2
- The Innocent(reviewed here)
- Saturday
Anthony Powell
Books read so far: 13/32
Books read in 2009: zero
Books on my TBR shelf: one
Philip Roth
Books read so far: 8/30
Books read in 2009: one (Goodbye, Columbus: And Five Other Short Stories, reviewed here)
Books on my TBR shelf: 5
Martin Cruz Smith
Books read so far: 6/6 (Arkady Renko series only)
Books read in 2009: 2
- Red Square, reviewed here
- Stalin's Ghost
Julia Spencer-Fleming
Books read so far: 5/7
Books read in 2009: 3
- Out of the Deep I Cry
- To Darkness and to Death (reviewed here)
- All Mortal Flesh (reviewed here)
William Styron
Books read so far: 2/10
Books read in 2009: zero
Books on my TBR shelf: 3
Anne Tyler
Books read so far: 4/18
Books read in 2009: one (The Amateur Marriage)
Books on my TBR shelf: 5
John Updike
Books read so far: 8/26
Books read in 2009: zero
Books on my TBR shelf: 9
Andrea U'ren
Books read so far: zero/2
Books read in 2009: zero
Books on my TBR shelf: zero
Simon Winchester
Books read so far: 5/16
Books read in 2009: zero
Books on my TBR shelf: one
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I loved Simon Winchester's The Professor and the Madman and have the San Fran earthquake book around the house. I need to read more by him. And I have 3 Nick Hornbys in my TBR pile ... not to mention looking at buying the new book.
ReplyDeleteI like that you have a brief(ish) author list. I could use that sort of focus.
I'm wondering: if an author's writing language isn't English and not all of his/her books are translated into English, what will the list look like? Will you include those works into the lists of books-to-read or will they seemingly not exist? This doesn't appear to be an issue with this specific list but I may adopt similar list-making tactics to organize my reading and I'm curious to know how you would tackle a translation issue.
ReplyDeleteKristen -- Professor and the Madman was the first Winchester book I read and the one that got me hooked. The earthquake books ended up being more of a geology book than a San Francisco book, but it was still interesting. Have fun with it. And the Hornby books!
ReplyDeleteChild -- If I ever get around to adding non-English authors, which I will one of these days, I plan to list all the works, but note if a book is not (yet) available in an English translation. That method appeals to my compulsive need to keep complete track, but gives me an excuse for not finishing. :)