Wednesday, April 25, 2012

My 2011 Reads

Well, Better Late Than Never . . .
I read 54 books in 2011, of which 36 were re-reads (marked with an asterisk (*) - 21 of those 36 were by Agatha Christie.

T I T L E
First Published
Author
Read
THREE-ACT TRAGEDY*
1934
Christie, Agatha
01/11
LAURA*
1943
Caspary, Vera
01/11
ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE*
1958
Christie, Agatha
01/11
CLOCKS, THE*
1963
Christie, Agatha
01/11
DEMON IN MY VIEW, A*
1976
Rendell, Ruth
01/11
IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS
2010
Skloot, Rebecca
01/11
MOVING FINGER, THE*
1943
Christie, Agatha
02/11
TOWARDS ZERO*
1944
Christie, Agatha
02/11
SPARKLING CYANIDE*
1945
Christie, Agatha
02/11
THEY CAME TO BAGHDAD*
1951
Christie, Agatha
02/11
CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS*
1959
Christie, Agatha
02/11
IMPERFECTIONISTS, THE
2010
Rachman, Tom
02/11
DISTANT HOURS, THE
2010
Morton, Kate
02/11
BOX OF DARKNESS, A
2011
Brady, Sally Ryder
02/11
SITTAFORD MYSTERY, THE*
1931
Christie, Agatha
03/11
MURDER IS EASY*
1939
Christie, Agatha
03/11
BODY IN THE LIBRARY, THE*
1942
Christie, Agatha
03/11
DEATH IN THE FIFTH POSITION
1952
Box, Edgar (Gore Vidal)
03/11
NANNY, THE
1964
Piper, Evelyn
03/11
NEMESIS*
1971
Christie, Agatha
03/11
SLEEPING MURDER*
1976
Christie, Agatha
03/11
MAISIE DOBBS
2003
Winspear, Jacqueline
03/11
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
2004
Winspear, Jacqueline
03/11
LOST HORIZON*
1933
Hilton, James
04/11
NEVER LOVE A STRANGER*
1948
Robbins, Harold
04/11
GIANT
1952
Ferber, Edna
04/11
NEVER LEAVE ME
1954
Robbins, Harold
04/11
MIRROR CRACK’D FROM SIDE TO SIDE*
1962
Christie, Agatha
04/11
AT BERTRAM’S HOTEL*
1965
Christie, Agatha
04/11
FENGRIFFEN: A Chilling Tale
1970
Case, David
04/11
BABY DOLL: An Autobiography
1983
Baker, Carroll
04/11
MARGARET MITCHELL’S GONE WITH THE WIND: A Bestseller’s Odyssey From Atlanta to Hollywood
2011
Brown, Ellen F., and
John Wiley, Jr.
04/11
ANOTHER LIFE
1999
Korda, Michael
05/11
SOUTH RIDING
1936
Holtby, Winifred
05/11
DUMB WITNESS*
1937
Christie, Agatha
05/11
FIVE LITTLE PIGS*
1943
Christie, Agatha
05/11
VEILED ONE, THE*
1988
Rendell, Ruth
06/11
SLEEPNG LIFE, A*
1978
Rendell, Ruth
06/11
ROBBINS, HAROLD: THE MAN WHO INVENTED SEX
2007
Wilson, Andrew
06/11
MAN LAY DEAD, A
1934
Marsh, Ngaio
06/11
VAULT, THE
2011
Rendell, Ruth
06/11
4.50 FROM PADDINGTON*
1957
Christie, Agatha
06/11
FROM DOON WITH DEATH*
1964
Rendell, Ruth
06/11
HOUSE OF STAIRS, THE*
1988
Barbara Vine
07/11
MEMORIES OF ANOTHER DAY*
1979
Robbins, Harold
07/11
DREAM MERCHANTS, THE*
1949
Robbins, Harold
07/11
BUILD MY GALLOWS HIGH*
1946
Homes, Geoffrey
07/11
BUTTERFLY CABINET, THE
2010
McGill, Bernie
07/11
SOW NOT IN ANGER*
1961
Hoffenberg, Jack
08/11
MURDER AT THE VICARAGE, THE*
1930
Christie, Agatha
08/11
GREATER JOURNEY, THE
2011
McCullough, David
08/11
VERTIGO
1956
Boileau, Pierre &
Thomas Narcejac
08/11
FULL DARK HOUSE
2003
Fowler, Christopher
09/11
DEATH BEFORE BEDTIME
1953
Box, Edgar (Gore Vidal as)
09/11
MURDER IS ANNOUNCED, A*
1950
Christie, Agatha
09/11
WASHINGTON, D.C.
1967
Vidal, Gore
09/11
MYRA BRECKINRIDGE
1968
Vidal, Gore
09/11
POCKET FULL OF RYE, A*
1953
Christie, Agatha
10/11
SYBIL EXPOSED
2011
Nathan, Debbie
10/11
THIN MAN, THE
1934
Hammett, Dashiell
11/11
THEN AGAIN
2011
Keaton, Diane
11/11
ASTA’S BOOK*
1993
Vine, Barbara
12/11
KEYS TO THE STREET*
1996
Rendell, Ruth
12/11
BRIMSTONE WEDDING, THE*
1995
Vine, Barbara
12/11