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The Big Read 2013

This year, I hope to maintain 50-books target as per 2012, with at least 15 books allocated to those written in French but with one caveat – they are to be books written originally in French and not translated from another language.

En français
001 | Histoires Inédites du Petit Nicolas, Tome 1 – René Goscinny
002 | Curiosités de Paris – Dominique Lebros
003 | Métronome: l’histoire de France au rythme du métro parisien – Lorànt Deutsch
004 | Extension du domaine de la lutte – Michel Houellebecq
005 | Une désolation – Yasmina Reza
006 | Cinq méditations sur la mort – François Cheng

In English
001 | A Walk Across the Sun – Corban Addison
002 | Eleven – Mark Watson
003 | The Postmistress – Sarah Blake
004 | The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald
005 | Kissed in Paris – Juliette Sobanet
006 | Black Skies – Arnaldur Indridason
007 | The Upper Side of the World – Kadio Kolymva
008 | The Discovery of France – Graham Robb
009 | Certainty – Madeleine Thien
010 | Tota Kahani – George Small
011 | The Ghost Bride – Yangsze Choo
012 | Blog, Inc – Joy Deangdeelert Cho
013 | Surely You’re Joking, Mr Feynman – Richard P Feynman & Ralph Leighton
014 | The Volcano that Changed the World – James W Mercer
015 | The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway
016 | I Am Executioner – Rajesh Parameswaran
017 | Pearl of China – Anchee Min
018 | Learn Me Good – John Pearson
019 | The Art of Thinking Clearly – Rolf Dobelli
020 | The 100 Thing Challenge – Dave Bruno
021 | So Good They Can’t Ignore You – Cal Newport
022 | The Abundance – Amit Majmudar
023 | Mastering the Art of French Eating – Ann Mah
024 | The Book Thief – Markus Suzak
025 | The Autumn Bride – Anne Gracie
026 | Four Days with Hemingway’s Ghost – Tom Winton
027 | Steal the Menu – Raymond Sokolov
028 | A Lady Never Lies – Juliana Gray
029 | A Gentleman Never Tells – Juliana Gray
030 | A Duke Never Yields – Juliana Gray
031 | Odd and the Frost Giants – Neil Gaiman
032 | M Is For Magic – Neil Gaiman
033 | The Ocean at the End of the Lane – Neil Gaiman
034 | The Brain and Emotional Intelligence – Daniel Goleman
035 | Neverwhere – Neil Gaiman
036 | The Luckiest Lady in London – Sherry Thomas

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