Wednesday, December 31, 2003

2003 in Books

Following is the result of me actually keeping a new year's resolution from last year: to keep a list of all the novels I completed in 2003. (Not in order.)

  • Laughter in the Dark, Vladimir Nabokov
  • A Tomb for Boris Davidovich, Danilo Kis
  • In the Skin of a Lion, Michael Ondaatje
  • Chimera, John Barth
  • The Baron in the Trees, Italo Calvino
  • The Confessions of Zeno, Italo Svevo
  • Minty Alley, C.L.R. James
  • Enduring Love, Ian McEwan
  • The Book of Illusions, Paul Auster
  • Lafcadio's Adventures, Andre Gide
  • Atonement, Ian McEwan
  • City of Glass, Paul Auster
  • The Virgin in the Garden, A.S. Byatt
  • Kindred, Octavia Butler
  • Another Country, James Baldwin
  • The Emigrants, W. G. Sebald