Not a particualerly long list this year, compared to others, though just as eclectic. Surprise delights were Wolf Hall, Flatland, and The Broken Sword - I’d never read a Poul Anderson before, but I’ll certainly be reading more of his in the future. In The Broken Sword, he uses a lot of myth and lore that I was looking at for my Ancient Earth series. It’s interesting to see another writer’s take on it. The books I include in my non-fiction section may be slightly contentious, but I hold to it.
Fiction
Dr No Ian Flemming
Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel
Star Wars: Bloodlines Karen Traviss
Flatland Edward A Abbot
Theodore Boone John Grisham
The Lacuna Barbara Kingsolver
Pulp Fiction: The Crimefighters ed. Otto Penzler
Ubik Philip K Dick
The Help Kathryn Stockett
I Shall Wear Midnight Terry Pratchett
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia Samuel Johnson
The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Goldfinger Ian Flemming
The Broken Sword Poul Anderson
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner James Hogg
The Scandal of Father Brown G K Chesterton
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J K Rowling
The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman
Villette Charlotte Bronte
Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen P G Wodehouse
20th Century Ghosts Joe Hill
Non-Fiction
The MabinogionTremendous Trifles, G K Chesterton
The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies Rev Robert Kirk
Tain Bo Cuailnge
Tribes Seth Godin
