Eclectic books I've recently enjoyed

'Grown Up' Books

• Human Croquet by Kate Atkinson
• Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
• Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
• The Regeneration Trilogy by Pat Barker - Regeneration, The Eye in the Door and The Ghost Road
• Border Crossing by Pat Barker
• A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters by Julian Barnes
• Rebecca's Tale by Sally Beauman
• Where There's a Will by Matt Beaumont
• The Romantic Movement by Alain de Botton
• My Booky Wook by Russell Brand
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
• Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
• The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier
• The lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
• Falling Angels by Tracy Chevalier
• The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
• Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho - what a book!
• By the river Piedra I sat down and wept by Paulo Coelho
• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
• Life After God by Douglas Coupland
• J-Pod by Douglas Coupland
• The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl by Belle de Jour
• The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
• Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
• Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
• Venus Flaring by Suzannah Dunn
• You Shall Know Our Velocity by Dave Eggers
• The Girl at Lion D'Or by Sebastian Faulks
• The Sad Truth About Happiness by Anne Giardini
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
• Coastliners by Joanne Harris
• Holy Fools by Joanne Harris
• Everything You Know by Zoe Heller
• Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
• Mrs De Winter by Susan Hill
• How to be Good by Nick Hornby
• A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
• Lanzarote by Michel Houellebecq
• The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
• Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
• On the Road by Jack Kerouac
• Thinks by David Lodge
• Queen Mum by Katie Long
• A Life's Music by Andrei Makine
• Embers by Sandor Marai
• Property by Valerie Martin
• Amsterdam by Ian McEwan
• Enduring Love by Ian McEwan
• Saturday by Ian McEwan
• On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
• Bedlam Burning by Geoff Nicholson
• The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble
• The Best a Man Can Get by John O'Farrell
• My Lover's lover by Maggie O'Farrell
• Animal Farm by George Orwell
• One for my Baby by Tony Parsons
• Brokeback Mountain by Annie E. Proulx
• Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
• Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth
• The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
• All He Ever Wanted by Anita Shreve
• The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
• The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
• Anita and Me by Meera Syal
• Paperchase by Marcel Theroux
• The Travelling Hornplayer by Barbara Trapido
• Brother of the more famous Jack by Barbara Trapido
• The Life and Loves of a She-Devil by Fay Weldon
• The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
• East of Wimbledon by Nigel Williams
• Fortysomething by Nigel Williams

Horror, Crime and Thrillers

• Flowers for the Judge by Margery Allingham
• Gone for Good by Harlan Coben
• Land of the Living by Nicci French
• The Red Room by Nicci French
• The Memory Game by Nicci French
• Killing Me Softly by Nicci French
• The Safe House by Nicci French
• Beneath The Skin by Nicci French
• Secret Smile by Nicci French
• Catch me when I Fall by Nicci French
• Losing You by Nicci French
• Cell by Stephen King
• The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh

Lightweight girl trash

• Confessions of a Failed Grown-Up by Stephanie Calman
• Working Wonders by Jenny Colgan
• Looking for Andrew McCarthy by Jenny Colgan
• Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination by Helen Fielding
• Sex, Lies and Online Dating by Rachel Gibson
• Babyville by Jane Green
• Spellbound by Jane Green
• Best Enemies by Jane Heller
• Simply Divine by Wendy Holden
• Ralph's Party by Lisa Jewell
• Thirtynothing by Lisa Jewell
• One-Hit Wonder by Lisa Jewell
• A Friend of the Family by Lisa Jewell
• Vince and Joy by Lisa Jewell
• Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
• Under the Duvet by Marian Keyes
• Angels by Marian Keyes
• Anyone Out There? by Marian Keyes
• Seven Sunny Days by Chris Manby
• Marrying for Money by Chris Manby
• More to life than this by Carole Matthews
• Dot.Homme by Jane Moore
• The Second Wives Club by Jane Moore
• The Learning Curve by Melissa Nathan
• The Nanny by Melissa Nathan
• The Waitress by Melissa Nathan >
• Sally by Freya North
• Cat by Freya North
• Pip by Freya North
• Polly by Freya North
• Chloe by Freya North
• Love Rules by Freya North
• The Other Woman's Shoes by Adele Parks
• Come Together by Emlyn Rees & Josie Lloyd
• The History of Lucy's Love Life in 10 1/2 Chapters by Deborah Wright
• Dating Big Bird by Laura Zigman

Travel

• Neither Here Nor There by Bill Bryson
• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
• A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke
• Merde Actually by Stephen Clarke
• Spanish Lessons by David Lambert
• McCarthy's Bar by Pete McCarthy
• An Englishman in Paris (L'Education Continentale) by Michael Sadler

Comedy and Fantasy

• The Dilbert Future:Thriving on stupidity in the 21st century by Scott Adams
• Laptop of the Gods by Peter Chippindale
• Blast from the Past by Ben Elton
• The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
• Flight from Deathrow by Harry Hill
• I Lick my Cheese by Oonagh O'Hagan
• Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
• Adrian Mole- The Cappucino Years by Sue Townsend

Non-Fiction

• A Horse in the Country by Clive Aslet
• A Bad Birdwatcher's Companion by Simon Barnes
• The Farm by Richard Benson
• Urban Dreams, Rural Realities by Daniel Butler and Bel Crewe
• The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt & Jeff Cox
• Cat Confidential by Vicky Halls
• A Surrey Christmas by John Hudson
• Downsize This! by Michael Moore
• Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
• Eats Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss
• Talk to the Hand by Lynne Truss
• Curiosities of Surrey - a county guide to the unusual by John Wittich

Kids Choices

• The Children of Greene Knowe by Lucy M. Boston
• The Treasure of Greene Knowe by Lucy M. Boston
• Bumface by Morris Gleitzman
• Children of the Dust by Louise Lawrence
• Ginger's First Kiss by Janet Quin-Harkin, courtesy of the library bargain bin. GOD it's a bad book!

Top Artists and Songs (stats courtesy of Audioscrobbler)

ARTISTS

1 Low
2 Alasdair Roberts
3 Vashti Bunyan
4 Björk
5 Ida
6 Brian Eno
7 Barefoot Walker
8 Mogwai
9 Sufjan Stevens
10 Sigur Rós
11 Joanna Newsom
12 Feist
13 Smog
14 Rachel's
15 Piano Magic
16 Tom McRae
17 Stars of the Lid
18 Nick Drake
19 Damien Rice
20 Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson & Sigur Ros
21 Ben Folds Five
22 A Silver Mt. Zion
23 Jim O'Rourke
24 Devendra Banhart
25 Plush
26 Eliza Carthy
27 Eels
28 The Beach Boys
29 Red House Painters
30 The Pastels
31 Duncan Browne
32 Appendix Out
33 Brian Wilson
34 Nirvana
35 Slint
36 Mark Kozelek
37 Adem
38 Otis Redding
39 Joni Mitchell
40 Donovan
41 The Smashing Pumpkins
42 Directorsound
43 Shirley Collins
44 Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
45 Iron & Wine
46 Vetiver
47 Judee Sill
48 Sparklehorse

SONGS

1 Eliza Carthy - Worcester City
2 Feist - Lonely Lonely
3 Damien Rice - Cannonball
4 Low - When I go deaf
5 Jim O'Rourke - Halfway to a Threeway
6 Ida - Honeyslide
7 The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
8 Alasdair Roberts - Carousing
9 Björk - Army Of Me
10 Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Face Like Summer
11 Ida - Down On Your Back
12 Vashti Bunyan - Diamond Day
13 The Dead Texan - The 6 Million Dollar Sandwich
14 Joanna Newsom - Cosmia
15 Alasdair Roberts - When a man is in love he feels no cold
16 Low - Monkey
17 Low - Dinosaur Act
18 Songs: Ohia - How To Be Perfect Men
19 Adem - These Are Your Friends
20 Piano Magic - No Closure
21 The Smashing Pumpkins - Today
22 Sufjan Stevens - Abraham
23 Low - Murderer (live)
24 Low - On the Edge Of
25 Low - Step
26 Feist - Secret Heart
27 The Czars - Lullabye 6000
28 Low - Cue The Strings
29 Otis Redding - Hard To Handle
30 Mogwai - Cody
31 Joni Mitchell - River
32 Low - Pissing
33 Vashti Bunyan - Hebridean Sun
34 Pedro the Lion - Bad Diary Days
35 Low - Everybody's Song
36 Gavin Bryars - Titanic Hymn (Autumn) All Strings
37 Tom McRae - Draw Down the Stars
38 Slint - Good Morning, Captain
39 Alison Krauss - Down To The River To Pray
40 Stars of the Lid - Mullholland
41 Mogwai - Ratts of the Capital
42 Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
43 Low - California
44 Feist - Leisure Suite
45 Joanna Newsom - Sadie
46 James Yorkston and the Athletes - St Patrick
47 Low - Death of a Salesman
48 Low - Broadway (So Many People)
49 Ida - Capo
(as of 15/6/05)

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