2013 proved to be an ordinary reading year, I finished the year with 77 books as against my pre-set target of 75.
1. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
2. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
3. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
4. Angle of Repose by Wallace Stagner
5. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The complete list of 77 books finished this year is listed below, in the order in which they were read, the average rating being 3.25:-
1. By Grace and Banners by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (
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2. Hard Times by Charles Dickens (
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3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald ()
4. A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson ()
)4. A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (
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5. Louise de la Vallière by Alexandre Dumas ()
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6. The Listerdale Mystery by Agatha Christie ()
7. The Immortals of Meluha by Amish Tripathi ()
)7. The Immortals of Meluha by Amish Tripathi (
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8. The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami ()
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9. Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming ()
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11. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert ()
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12. The Secret of the Nagas by Amish Tripathi ()
13. The Oath of the Vayuputras by Amish Tripathi ()
)13. The Oath of the Vayuputras by Amish Tripathi (
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14. The Clicking of Cuthbert by P. G. Wodehouse ()
15. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton ()
)15. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton (
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16. Best Kept Secret by Jeffrey Archer ()
17. Brothers at War by Alex Rutherford ()
18. The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean ()
)17. Brothers at War by Alex Rutherford (
)18. The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean (
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19. Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold ()
20. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney ()
21. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney ()
)20. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (
)21. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney (
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22. The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas ()
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23. Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb ()
)24. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Last Straw by Jeff Kinney (
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25. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift ()
)26. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney (
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27. The Golden Fool by Robin Hobb ()
)28. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney (
)29. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney (
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30. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney ()
31. The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino ()
32. Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb ()
)31. The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino (
)32. Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb (
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33. The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux ()
)34. The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson (
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35. Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts ()
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36. The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne ()
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37. Beloved by Toni Morrison ()
)38. Jaws by Peter Benchley (
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39. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami ()
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40. The Cobra by Frederick Forsyth ()
41. Salvation of a Saint by Keigo Higashino ()
42. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher ()
)41. Salvation of a Saint by Keigo Higashino (
)42. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher (
)43. The Firm by John Grisham (
)44. The Tower of Silence by Gyan Prakash (
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45. The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain ()
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46. Echoes from the Dead by Johan Theorin ()
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47. 1st to Die by James Patterson ()
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48. Quantum: Einstein, Bohr, and the Great Debate about the
Nature of Reality by Manjit Singh ()
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49. Stardust by Neil Gaiman ()
)50. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (
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51. Empire of the Moghul: Ruler of the World by Alex Rutherford ()
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52. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway ()
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53. Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson ()
54. The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson ()
)54. The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson (
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55. Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs ()
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56. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey ()
)57. Blockade Billy by Stephen King (
)58. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (
)59. Brother Thomas by Dean Koontz (
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60. Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami ()
61. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy ()
)61. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy (
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62. The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon ()
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63. Day Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko ()
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64. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King ()
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65. The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura ()
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66. Daisy Miller and other Stories by Henry James ()
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67. Accidental Apprentice by Vikas Swarup ()
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68. Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner ()
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69. The Tainted Throne: Empire of the Moghul by Alex Rutherford
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70. Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
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71. On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin ()
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72. Deadhouse Gates - Steven Erikson ()
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73. In Fed We Trust - David Wessel ()
)74. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
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75. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn ()
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76. The Kill List by Frederick Forsyth ()
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77. Where Eagles Dare by Alistair MacLean ()
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