Letture 2011/2011 reading list

Libri letti nel 2011/Books read in 2011

1. Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek
2. Valerio Massimo Manfredi, L’oracolo
3. Victoria Hislop, The Island
4. Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Lo scudo di Talos
5. Muriel Barbery, L’élégance du hérisson
6. Amara Lakhous, Divorzio all’islamica a Viale Marconi
7. Tracy Chevalier, Girl With the Pearl Earring
8. Anita Nair, Cuccette per signora
9. Marilyn Glenville, Quero um bébé
10. Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Archanes
11. Frank Schaetzing, Il diavolo nella cattedrale
12. Donna Leon, Friends in High Places
13. José Eduardo Agualusa, Milagrario pessoal
14. Mario Vargas Llosa, La zia Julia e lo scribacchino
15. Sjon, A Raposa Azul
16. José Eduardo Agualusa, Catalogo de sombras
17. Sue Monk Kidd, The Mermaid Chair
18. Peter Carey, Oscar e Lucinda
19. Diane Noble, The Last Storyteller
20. Ellen Crosby, Merlot Murders
21. Dai Sijie, Balzac e a costureirinha cinesa
22. Diana Wynne Jones, Il castello errante di Howl
23. Audrey Niffenegger, Her Fearful Symmetry
24. Lucy & Stephen Hawking, Caccia al tesoro nell’universo
25. Kent Nerburn, Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace
26. Amara Lakhous, Scontro di civiltà per un ascensore a Piazza Vittorio
27. Amitav Ghosh, Il palazzo degli specchi
28. Giulio Bedeschi, Centomila gavette di ghiaccio
29. Bill Willingham et al., Fables 6 – Homelands
30. Keith Miller, The Book on Fire
31. Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless
32. Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
33. Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth
34. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Cronaca di una morte annunciata
35. Robert Harris, Pompeii
36. Roxanne Henke, Learning to Fly
37. Noah Charney, The Art Thief
38. Siobhan Dowd, Bog Child
39. José Saramago, Storia dell’assedio di Lisbona
40. Heidi Murkoff, Mazel Sharon, Cosa aspettarsi quando si aspetta
41. Daniel Silva, A Death in Vienna
42. Brunonia Barry, La lettrice bugiarda
43. George R.R. Martin, Game of Thrones
44. René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, Astérix le Galois
45. René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, Astérix gladiateur
46. René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, Astérix legionnaire
47. Sophia McDougall, Romanitas
48. Amin Maalouf, Samarcande
49. Louis James, Xenophobe’s Guide to the Austrians
50. Henry Rider Haggard, Le miniere di re Salomone
51. Mikhail Bulgakov, Il maestro e Margherita
52. Monica Pradhan, Il gusto proibito della cannella
53. Dree Venier et al., Gnognosaurs 2
54. Joseph Roth, La marcia di Radetzky
55. Bill Willingham et al., Fables 7 – Arabian Nights (and Days)
56. Bill Willingham et al., Fables 8 – Wolves
57. René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, Asterix l Gaulés
58. Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy
59. Eric Orsenna, L’Entreprise des Indes
60. George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
61. Richard Fortney, The Earth – An Intimate History
62. Alessandro Baricco, Novecento
63. George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords
64. Frank Miller, 300
65. Tim Powers, The Drawing of the Dark
66. Bill Willingham et al., Fables 9 – Sons of Empire
67. Martin Mucha, Papierkrieg
68. Bill Willingham et al., Fables 10 – The Good Prince
69. Matt Dembicki (ed.), Trickster
70. *Geraldine Brooks, People of the Book
71. Alice Vieira, Os olhos de Ana Marta
72. Matilde Asensi, L’ultimo Catone
73. Alexandre Dumas, Piccola guida ai grandi vini d’Europa
74. Erik Fosnes Hansen, Corale alla fine del viaggio
75. *Philip Pullman, La bussola d’oro
76. *Philip Pullman, La lama sottile
77. Philip Pullman, Il cannochiale d’ambra
78. Mia Couto, O outro pé da sereia

(* riletture / rereads)

Liste di libri da leggere 2011/Reading goals 2011

Travel with books: Greece

• Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek
• Valerio Massimo Manfredi, L’oracolo
• Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Lo scudo di Thalos
• Victoria Hislop, The Island
• Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Archanes

Travel With Books: Rome

• Divorzio all’islamica a Viale Marconi
• Scontro di civiltà per un ascensore a Piazza Vittorio
• Romanitas
• Rome Burning
• The Art Thief
• The Agony and the Ecstasy
• The Geometry of Love

One Two Theme

• Art: The Art Thief
  
• Wine: The Merlot Murders
• Wine: Piccola guida ai grandi vini d’Europa
• Geology: Journey to the Center of the Earth
• Geology: Pompeii
• Geology: The Earth: An Intimate History
• Pregnancy: What to Expect When You Are Expecting
• Pregnancy: Quero um bébé
• Pregnancy: Learning to fly
• Pregnancy: The last storyteller

What’s in a Name

• Number: A Hundred Thousand Ice-Filled Mess Kits
  
• Jewelry or gem: Girl with a Pearl Earring
• Size: Friends in High Places
• Travel or movement: Learning to Fly
• Evil: Death and the Devil
  
• Life stage: Bog Child

I Want More

• Mia Couto, O Outro Pé da Sereia
• Sue Monk Kidd, The Mermaid Chair
• Anita Nair, Ladies’ Coupé
• Audrey Niffenegger, Her Fearful Symmetry
• Amitav Ghosh, The Glass Palace

South Asia Challenge

• Anita Nair, Ladies’ Coupé
• Amitav Ghosh, The Glass Palace
• ???

Global Reading Challenge

• Africa: Eduardo Agualusa, Milagrario Pessoal
• Asia: Anita Nair, Ladies’ Coupé
• Oceania: Markus Zusak, The Book Thief
• Europe: Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog
• North America: Sue Monk Kidd, The Mermaid Chair
• South America: Mario Vargas Llosa, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
• the Seventh Continent: Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless

Italy in Books Challenge

1. Divorzio all’islamica a Viale Marconi
2. Archanes
3. Friends in High Places
4. Scontro di civiltà per un ascensore a Piazza Vittorio
5. Pompeii
6. The Art Thief
7. Romanitas
8. Rome Burning
   
9. First Man in Rome
10. The Agony and the Ecstasy
11. The Geometry of Love
12. L’ultimo Catone

Travel With Books: Lisbon

• The History of the Siege of Lisbon
• Night Train to Lisbon
• L’entreprise des Indes

Travel With Books: Vienna

• A Death in Vienna
• People of the Book
• Xenophobe’s Guide to Austrians
• La marcia di Radetzky
• Tim Powers, The Drawing of the Dark
•  Martin Mucha, Papierkrieg
• Erik Fosnes Hansen, Psalm at Journey’s End

Travel With Books: Norway

• Jostein Gaarder, The Ringmaster’s Daughter
• Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda
• Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials trilogy
• Vendela Vida, Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name
• Jessica Day George, Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow