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Here are 15 books that caught my interest lately.
Fresh, off-beat, quirky or curious titles that might deserve more attention:
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01: LAUREN KIRSHNER, „Where we have to go“, 336 pages, 2009. [Canada, Coming-of-Age]
02: MICHAEL DAHLIE, „The Best of Youth“, 288 pages, January 2013.
03: NOELLE REVAZ, „With the Animals“, 232 pages, 2002. [Switzerland]
04: PAUL RUSSELL, „The Unreal Life of Sergey Nabokov“, 375 pages, 2010.
05: PETER RUSHFORTH, „Kindergarten“, 224 pages, 1979.
06: ANDRÉ MAUROIS, „Climates“, 400 pages, 1928. [France]
07: CHARLES NEWMAN, „In Partial Disgrace“, 600 pages, March 2013.
08: ANDRÉ CARL VAN DER MERWE, „Moffie“, 314 pages, 2006. [South Africa]
09: FRANK NORRIS, „The Octopus. A Novel of California“, 688 pages, 1901.
10: DIANE ATHILL, „Stet. An Editor’s Life“, 256 pages, 2000. [Memoir]
11: ALEKSANDER WAT, „My Century“, 448 pages, 1977. [Memoir / Journalism; Poland]
12: KEVIN GUILFOILE, „Cast of Shadows“, 336 pages, 2005. [Sci-Fi / Thriller]
13: SALLY CLARK, „Waiting for the Revolution“, 362 pages, 2010. [Toronto]
14: CONSTANCE SQUIRES, „Along the Watchtower“, 320 pages, 2011. [Coming-of-Age]
15: ALICE ZENITER, „Take this Man“, 176 pages, 2011. [Nonfiction, France]
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Here are five books that made me curious enough to buy them:
01: JOSEPH KESSEL, „Belle de jour“, 188 pages, 1928.
02: BARBARA STAFFORD, „The Mountain Lion“, 240 pages, 1972.
03: DANZY SENNA, „Caucasia“, 413 pages, 1998.
04: JOHN LANCHESTER, „The Debt to Pleasure“, 272 pages, 1996.
05: PATRICK McGUINNESS, „The Last Hundred Days“, 384 pages, 2011. [Romania]
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…and finally, here are three books that I read – and that were really good:
5 of 5 stars: CARSON McCULLERS, „The Member of the Wedding“, 240 pages, 1946. [Coming-of-Age / Southern Fiction]
5 of 5 stars: MARIA SEMPLE, „Where’d you go, Bernadette“, 326 pages, 2012.
4 of 5 stars: 05: BARBARA DEMICK, „Nothing to envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea“, 314 pages, 2009. [non-fiction]
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related Posts:
- my 20 Best Books of 2012 (Link)
- my 20 Best Books of 2011 (Link)
- Summer Reading – 60 books for the next couple of months! (Link)
- Still unread: books I plan to read (pretty soon?) (Link)
- 40 disappointing Literary Classics (Link)
- Essay: “Futter für die Bestie – Literaturkritik in digitalen Zeiten” (Link, German)
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- Underdog Literature: April 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: March 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: February 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: January 2013 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: December 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: November 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: October 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: September 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: August 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: July 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: June 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: May 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: April 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: March 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: February 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: January 2012 (Link)
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