January
- Under the Dome by Stephen King *My guilty pleasure author. I love his stuff.
- Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the NHM by Richard Fortley*
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer*
- Seer of Egypt by Paline Gedge *I've read all of her stuff and love it.
- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See*
- Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson* the whole Mistborn series is super cool
- Cape Breton Road by D.R. MacDonald
- The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger*
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Carroll
- Treasure Island by R.L. Stevenson
- Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie *
February
- Three Cups of Tea by G. Mortenson and D. Relin*
- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman *though I think I liked American Gods better
- Magician: Apprentice by R.E. Feist (an interesting series but not for everyone)
- Magician: Master by R.E. Feist
- Lies My Father Told Me by Norman Allen
- Silverthorn by R.E. Feist
- A Darkness at Sethanon by R.E. Feist
- Leaven of Malice by Robertson Davies
- Why I Am Not A Scientist by Jonathan Marks *must read for any Anthropologist
- Daughter of the Empire by R.E. Feist and Janny Wurts
March
- Servant of the Empire by R.E. Feist and Janny Wurts
- Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
- The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
- More than Human by Theodore Sturgeon*
- Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell*
- Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb
- Parchute Infantry by David Kenyon Webster (a must for all Band of Brothers fans)
- Waiting for Columbus by Thomas Trofimuk
- West of Eden by Harry Harrison
April
- Howard's End by E.M. Forster
- Winter in Eden by Harry Harrison
- Return to Eden by Harry Harrison
- Papillon by Henri Charriere*
- A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
- Nikolski by Nicolas Dickner
- Up in the Air by Walker Kirn
- Misstress of the Empire by Feist and Wurst
- Generation X by Douglas Coupland
- Inferno by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle* super cool & inspired me to finally read Dante
- Escape from Hell by Niven and Pournelle*
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald*
- Fall On Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald*
May
- Help Me, Jacques Cousteau by Gil Adamson
- The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle*
- Boy by Roald Dahl
- Neuromancer by William Gibson
- The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier*
- Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
- The Garneau Block by Todd Babiuk
- The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
- The Jade Peony by Wayson Choy
- The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (the John Ciardi translation)* Inferno is the best of the three parts.
- Amsterdam by Ian McEwan
- The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico
- The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
June
- Personal Effects: Dark Art by J.C. Hutchins and Jordan Weisman*
- The Concubine's Daughter by Pai Kit Fai
- The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike
July/August
I was in the field in Tanzania so didn't get much reading done
- Homo Britanicus by Chris Stringer
- How to Practice: The Way to a Meaningful Life by His Holiness the Dalai Lama*
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
- Immortality by Milan Kundera
- Flow, My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick
- Living Next-Door to the God of Love by Justina Robson
September
- Blindness by Jose Saramago*
- The Persimmon Tree by Bryce Courtenay
- Tales from Firozsha Baag by Rohinton Mistry
- Good to a Fault by Marina Endicott* My favourite of the 2010 Canada Reads selections
- The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman*
- Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
- The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
October
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
- The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest by Stieg Larsson
- I Shall Not Hate by Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish* the best book I read all year. Read it. Now.
- Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
- The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
- The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldrich by Philip K. Dick
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick*
- Ubik by Philip K. Dick
November
- Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
- John Dies @ the End by David Wong*
- The Walking Dead books 1-6* which had to re-read before I started watching season 1!
- Little Bee by Chris Cleeve*
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett*
- Insomnia by Stephen King
- Moby Dick by Herman Melville
- We Are All the Same by Jim Wooten*
December
- All This Is So by John F. Roe
- Unfeeling by Ian Holding*
- The Beauty of Humanity Movement by Camilla Gibb*
So we've got a couple of weeks left in 2010 so I'm sure I could add another book or two to the list.
What were your favourite reads of 2010? What's on your bookshelf for 2011?
