Books in 2011
- Best Book: Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder and The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
- Worst Book: Many contenders for this category, but I will settle with Truly, Madly, Deeply by Faraaz Kazi
- Most Disappointing Book:Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami comes a close second.
- Most Surprising (in a good way) Book: The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
- Book You Recommended the Most to People: Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder
- Best Series You Discovered: Wallander Series by Henning Mankell
- Favourite New Authors Discovered:Haruki Murakami, Henning Mankell
- Most Hilarious Read: I have not read a single humorous book in 2012. Shocking!
- Most Thrilling Unputdownable Read: Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell
- Books You Most Anticipated: None
- Favourite Cover of a Book You Read:Jaya by Devdutt Pattanaik
- Most Memorable Character: Inspector Wallander
- Most Beautifully Written Book: The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
- Book That Had the Greatest Impact on You: Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder
- Book You Can’t Believe You Waited Until 2011 to Read: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
January 9, 2012 at 3:48 pm
Sophie’s world that good? And thanks for this post, it would come handy 🙂
January 9, 2012 at 4:59 pm
Sophie’s world is good, no doubt, but the reason why this book is at the top is because I haven’t read many good books in the last year. It was a disappointing year, from that aspect.