Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Science Fiction

I thought of another genre that I have read from.

Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

Another book that I absolutely love and have read several times, even though I don't consider myself into science fiction, is Inferno by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. It is a modern-day interpretation of Dante's Inferno, and I think it's brilliant.

Monday, January 15, 2007

Fiction books I have read over the last 5 years

These are just the ones I can remember. The question is, what are the dominant genres? Chick lit, yes, and a little mystery, but into what genre do the other fall?

About a Boy - Nick Hornby
All Families are Psychotic - Douglas Coupland
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons - Lorna Landvik
Basket Case - Carl Hiassen
Caravans - James A. Michener
Citizen Girl - Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
The Devil Wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger
Diary of a Mad Bride - Laura Wolf
East of Eden - John Steinbeck
Eleanor Rigby - Douglas Coupland
Empire Falls - Richard Russo
A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom
Geek Love - Katherine Dunn
The Giver - Lois Lowry
Good in Bed - Jennifer Weiner
Goodnight Nobody - Jennifer Weiner
High Fidelity - Nick Hornby
Hoot - Carl Hiassen
The Hotel New Hampshire - John Irving
In Her Shoes - Jennifer Weiner
Jemima J. - Jane Green
Kill the Messenger - Tami Hoag
Little Earthquakes - Jennifer Weiner
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
Microserfs - Douglas Coupland
Miss Wyoming - Douglas Coupland
My Friend Leonard - James Frey
Mysteries of Pittsburgh - Michael Chabon
The Nanny Diaries - Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination - Helen Fielding
The 158-Pound Marriage - John Irving
Persuassion - Jane Austen
Play it as it Lays - Joan Didion
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Prodigal Summer - Barbara Kingsolver
Skinny Dip - Carl Hiassen
Skinny Legs and All - Tom Robbins
The Stranger - Albert Camus
White Noise - Don DeLillo
White Teeth - Zadie Smith