The Schleicher Spin

The following is a list of books I have read over the past few years along with my ratings on a scale of one to five stars.  I tried to list the books in reverse chronological order starting with the most recently read.  However, as I frequently read multiple books at once, there may be some jumbling in the timeline, and there were a few titles which I couldn’t recall exactly when I read them.  For instance, many of the Graham Greene novels I don’t recall the exact reading order within a given year as I always have something from my favorite author waiting to be read.  Also, with regards to short story collections, some of them are so huge it may take me years to read every story.  Many of the books here have been formally reviewed or mentioned on this blog, so feel free to type any title in the “Search” field on the sidebar to pull up more details.

2009:

• Monsignor Quixote by Graham Greene (currently reading)
• The Honorary Counsul by Graham Greene — ***
• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck — *****
• Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen — ***
• The Best American Short Stories (2008 edition) — ****
• Hater by David Moody — **
• Loser Takes All by Graham Greene — ****
• The Man Within by Graham Greene — ***
• A Mercy by Toni Morrison — *****
• American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by John Meacham — ****
• The Collected Short Stories of Richard Yates — *****
• Ulysses by James Joyce — ****
• England Made Me by Graham Greene — ***
• Intruder in the Dust by William Faulkner — ***
• The Human Factor by Graham Greene — *****

2008:

• The Comedians by Graham Greene — ****
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy — ***
• Serena by Ron Rash — *****
• The Quiet American by Graham Greene — *****
• The End of the Affair by Graham Greene — *****
• The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke  – ****
• The Captain and the Enemy by Graham Greene — ****
• The Spies of Warsaw by Alan Furst — ***
• A Burnt Out Case by Graham Greene — ***
• The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene — *****
• “The Turn of the Screw” (novella) by Henry James — ****
• Dubliners by James Joyce — *****
• The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl (could not finish) — *
• The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway — *****
• Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene — ****
• The Collected Short Stories of William Faulkner – ****

2007:

• Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker — zero stars
• The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene — *****
• Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje — ****
• Brighton Rock by Graham Greene — *****
• The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene — *****
• Fire in the Blood by Irene Nemirovsky — ****
• Orient Express by Graham Greene — ***
• Twice Dead by Yoram Lubling — ****
• Light in August by William Faulkner — *****
• A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene — *****
• Bogombo Snuff Box by Kurt Vonnegut — ****
• The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner — ***
• As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner — ****
• The Tenth Man by Graham Greene — ****
• Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky — *****
• The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen — ****
• Winterwood by Patrick McCabe — *****
• Portraits in the Dark by Nancy O’Greene — ****

2006:

• Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch — ***
• The Complete Short Stories of Graham Greene — *****
• The Great Escape by Kati Marton — *****
• Whispers: The Voices of Paranoia by Ronald K. Siegal — ****
• Love & Hate in Jamestown by David A. Price — ****
• The Ruins by Scott Smith — **

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