Books I've read so far this year...

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1. The human Christ: the search for the historical Jesus by Charlotte Allen.
2. Lisey's Story by Stephen King
3. Orientalism by Edward Said
4. I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
5. The curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon
6. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
7. Language death: The Life Cycle of a Scottish Gaelic Dialect by Nancy C. Dorian
8. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
9. The Inferno by Dante Alighieri. Tranlated by Robert Pinsky.
10. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
11. The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
12. Fray by Joss Whedon
13. Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
14. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
15. Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
16. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
17. The Bone People by Keri Hulme
18. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
19. The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
20. Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
21. The Doll's House, Dream Country, and Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman
22. Dreams of My Father by Barack Obama
23. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
24. A Game of You and Fables & Reflections by Neil Gaiman
25. Brief Lives, Worlds' End, The Kindly Ones, and The Wake by Neil Gaiman
26. Into the Forest by Jean Hegland
27. Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman
28. The Tale of Genji by Lady Murasak

29. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire -- This was written by the same author who wrote Wicked, the book the musical was based on. Overall, it was a pretty entertaining book. Here, he takes the story of Cinderella and situates it in Holland. One of the biggest themes of the book explores the definition of beauty and whether it's a gift or a curse. I would write more, but I'm tired and it's time to go to bed...