The time has now come to brag, to boast of the books that I have read in 2011. There were a lot of good ones this year and also the joy of discovering some good authors.
Here’s the list :
- Everything’s Eventual : Stephen King.
- Koko : Peter Straub.
- The Rite : Matt Baglio
- Amadeus : Peter Shaffer.
- The Constant Gardener : John Le Carre.
- Legends II – An anthology : Edited by Robert Silverberg.
- Lustrum : Robert Harris.
- The Italian Secretary : Caleb Carr.
- The Concise 48 Laws Of Power : Robert Greene.
- Silence Of The Lambs : Thomas Harris.
- The Graveyard Book : Neil Gaiman.
- The Veteran : Fredrick Forsyth.
- The Accidental Billionaires : Ben Mezrich.
- Heart Shaped Box : Joe Hill.
- The Girl Who Played With Fire : Steig Larsson.
- Blood Meridian : Cormac McCarthy.
- A Clockwork Orange : Anthony Burgess.
- The First Man In Rome : Colleen McCullough.
- The Rozabal Line : Ashwin Sanghi.
- Black House : Stephen King/Peter Straub.
- L.A. Confidential : James Ellroy.
- The Groaning Bookshelf : Pradeep Sebastian.
- Tinker,Tailor,Solider,Spy : John Le Carre.
- Hannibal : Thomas Harris.
- The Briar King : Greg Keyes.
- The Blaft Anthology Of Tamil Pulp Fiction : Edited by Pritham Chakravarthy.
- Eric : Terry Pratchett.
- The Road : Cormac McCarthy.
- Palpasa Cafe : Narayan Wagle.
- Sign Of The Cross : Chris Kuzneski.
- Night Train To Lisbon : Pascal Mercier.
- The Ring Of Solomon : Jonathan Stroud.
- Fragment : Warren Fahy.
- The Shadow Of The Wind : Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
- Iron Council : China Mieville.
- The English Assassin : Daniel Silva.
- Garden Of Beasts : Jeffrey Deaver.
- The Sunset Club : Khushwant Singh.
- Mister Monday : Garth Nix.
- Pyre Of Queens : David Hair.
- The Snow Leopard : Peter Mathiessen.
- Talking About Detective Fiction : P.D.James.
- Harry Potter & The Sorcerer’s Stone : J.K. Rowling.
- The Pirate : Harold Robbins.
- The Good Man Jesus & The Scoundrel Christ : Philip Pullman.
- In The Heart Of The Sea : Nathaniel Philbrick.
- Live & Let Die : Ian Fleming.
- A Murder Of Quality : John Le Carre.
- The Fourth Protocol : Fredrick Forsyth.
- Four Past Midnight : Stephen King.
- Anansi Boys : Neil Gaiman.
- The Dhammapada : The Buddha (Translation by Glenn Wallis)
- The Calcutta Chromosome : Amitav Ghosh.
- Harry Potter & The Chamber Of Secrets : J.K. Rowling.
- Collected Essays : Graham Greene.
- Presumed Innocent : Scott Turrow.
- Agents Of Innocence : David Ignatius.
- Vengeance Of Ravana : Ashok Banker.
- Shibumi : Trevanian.
- The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest : Steig Larsson.
- The Eye Of The Needle : Ken Follett.
- Icon : Fredrick Forsyth.
- True Grit : Charles Portis.
- Satori : Don Winslow.
- Last Of The Amazons : Steven Pressfield.
- The Charm School : Nelson DeMIlle.
- The Song Of Kali : Dan Simmons.
- Inkheart : Cornelia Funke.
- Troy – Shield Of Thunder : David Gemmell.
- Night Of The Krait : Sashi Warrier.
- Haroun & The Sea Of Stories : Salman Rushdie.
- The Secret History Of Moscow : Ekaterina Sedia.
- Beatrice & Virgil : Yann Martel.
- Ragnarok – The End Of The Gods : A.S. Byatt.
- The Left Hand Of Darkness : Ursula K Le Guin.
- The Sisters Brothers : Patrick deWitt.
- Dreadful Tales : Richard Laymon.
- Honor Among Thieves : Jeffrey Archer.
- Archangel : Robert Harris.
- India Authentic : The Book Of Shiva : Virgin Comics.
- Ravanayan : Book 1 : Vijyendra Mohanty & Vivek Goel.
- Comic Jump : The Complete Season 1.
- Francis Ittikora : T.D. Ramakrishnan.
- Thrikkottoor Kathakal (Stories From Thrikkoottoor ) : U.A. Khader.
- Pannivetta ( The Pig Hunt) : V.M.Devadas.
- Paleri Manikyam : Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha ( A Midnight Murder Story) : T. P. Rajeevan.
- Padmarajan Ente Gandharvan ( Padmarajan My Celestial Lover ) : Radhalakshmi Padmarajan.
- Thrikkottoor Vilakku ( The Lamp Of Thrikkottoor ) : U.A. Khader
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