Books of 2013

Going through my Shelfari statistics, I discovered that I had read very few books this year. Less than half of my usual number. I cannot explain it. I do not feel that I have been reading less. I read in bed every night. Have I read less every night? Have I read longer and slower books this year? Have I re-read more books this year? I have been writing a lot this year, which involves re-reading that I do not register on Shelfari. But this should not reflect on my bed-time reading. And I cannot say that I watched more movies this year, or did something else that replaced reading. Maybe I have just stopped reading as much as I did before, end of story.

Anyway, here are highlights from my 2013 reading.

Best novel: Wolf Hall (and Bring up the bodies), by Hilary Mantel

Next best novel: Blindness, by Jose Saramago

Best classic: Agnes Grey, by Anne Bronte

Best re-read: Oblomov, by Ivan Goncharov

Best humour: Sleuth on skates, by Clémentine Beauvais

Best young adult novel: She is not invisible, by Marcus Sedgwick

Best children's book: A boy and a bear in a boat, by Dave Shelton

Best nonfiction: Gossip from the forest, by Sara Maitland

Best unexpected: The diamond age, by Neal Stephenson (thanks to Pontus)

Worst book in any category: Ender's game, by Orson Scott Card