Library
As I have about 24 hours a day to myself to do whatever I fancy, I read. A lot. So far, here’s my travelling library thus far. (The * means I highly recommend you check it out.)
1. The Age of Kali- William Dalrymple (*recommended for anyone who travels to India)
2. The Liar- Stephen Fry
3. A Short History of Nearly Everything- Bill Bryson (a nice review of all the things you learn in school, thought you maybe understood but only because the teacher told you to, and instantly forgot the moment you got your diploma)
4. The Girl Who Played With Fire- Stieg Larrson (*the second part of a trilogy that you never want to put down)
5. Freakonomics- Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
6. Holy Cow!- Sarah MacDonald (another memoir about India, that’s a bit too picture perfect)
7. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest- Stieg Larrson (*the last in the trilogy)
8. The Unbearable Lightness of Being- Milan Kundera (*beautiful prose and equally tragic)
9. After Dark- Haruki Murakami (reads wonderfully like a movie script)
10. A Spot of Bother- Mark Haddon (*point of views read wonderfully)
11. The Dante Club- Matthew Pearl (morbid and I gather not intended for a beach read, though that’s how I read it)
12. A Spy in the House of Love- Anais Nin
13. One For My Baby- Tony Parsons
14. Long Way Down- Nick Hornby
15. The Corrections- Jonathan Franzen
16. The Vesuvius Club- Mark Gatiss (*easy, witty, and well written)
17. The Tesseract- Alex Garland
18. Company of Liars- Karen Maitland
19. The Hours- Michael Cunningham
20. Meridian- Alice Walker
21. The Book Thief- Markus Zusak (*one of the most beautiful books I’ve read in a long time)
22. The Messenger- Markus Zusak (I don’t normally read the same author right after the other, but I found this at a hostel and gave it a go. Decent, but not as brilliant as The Book Thief.)
23. New Zealand Short Stories Collection- Various Authors (lovely insight into NZ cultures and traditions)
24. We Are All Made of Glue- Marina Lewycka (Not as good as her first two novels, but still love the way she has a cast list that you feel like you’ve befriended by the end of the story.)
