http://thewiredjester.co.uk/2006/12/22/books-of-the-year-2006/ Outjesting boredom since 2004. The webhome of Alex Watson, tech journalist, writer and rambler Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://thewiredjester.co.uk/2006/12/22/books-of-the-year-2006/#comment-3173 My Year in Books, 2009 « The Wired Jester Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:55:09 +0000 http://thewiredjester.wordpress.com/2006/12/22/books-of-the-year-2006/#comment-3173 [...] 2006 – 25 books, 28% non-fiction, and my book of the year was Jonathan Safran Foer’s Everything is Illuminated. 2007 – 24 books, 33% non-fiction, far fewer contemporary novels, and my pick of the year was Crime and Punishment. 2008 – 22 books, 54% non-fiction, all but one of the novels were contemporary. Best book I read that year was Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried. [...] [...] 2006 – 25 books, 28% non-fiction, and my book of the year was Jonathan Safran Foer’s Everything is Illuminated. 2007 – 24 books, 33% non-fiction, far fewer contemporary novels, and my pick of the year was Crime and Punishment. 2008 – 22 books, 54% non-fiction, all but one of the novels were contemporary. Best book I read that year was Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried. [...]

]]> http://thewiredjester.co.uk/2006/12/22/books-of-the-year-2006/#comment-2756 Books of the Year 2008 « The Wired Jester Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:07:23 +0000 http://thewiredjester.wordpress.com/2006/12/22/books-of-the-year-2006/#comment-2756 [...] 2006 - 25 books, 28% non-fiction, and my book of the year was Jonathan Safran Foer’s Everything is Illuminated. 2007 - 24 books, 33% non-fiction, far fewer contemporary novels1, and my pick of the year was Crime and Punishment. [...] [...] 2006 – 25 books, 28% non-fiction, and my book of the year was Jonathan Safran Foer’s Everything is Illuminated. 2007 – 24 books, 33% non-fiction, far fewer contemporary novels1, and my pick of the year was Crime and Punishment. [...]

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