Same post as every year, here are the book I read last year. However, this time around there are several novelties: first off, my Spanish got good enough to actually read books, so there are 3 languages now (English, German, Spanish). Also my Kindle Fire allowed me to get back into comics, so I (re-)read a lot of the classics and great stuff I missed out on over the years. Last but not least this is also the year where I started listening to audiobooks, mostly because they are really practical on long bus journeys because they keep you occupied but you can still enjoy the landscape.
The links are affiliate links by the way, I have to finance my reading habit somehow ;–)
Books:
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson
Chronic City, Jonathan Lethem
The Sheltering Sky, Paul Bowles
Eleven, Mark Watson
Aristoi, Walter Jon Williams
Sin noticias de Gurb,
Eduardo Mendoza (Spanish)
Half of a Yellow Sun, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Essays in Humanism, Albert Einstein
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving
A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan
The Bad Girl, Mario Vargas Llosa
Dog, Daniel Pennac
An Easy Thing, Paco Ignacio Taibo II
One Life To Ride, Ajit Harisinghani
The Lost Continent, Bill Bryson
Reise durch einen einsamen Kontinent, Andreas Altmann
Damned, Chuck Palahniuk
El Rey Solito, Rafael Estrada (Spanish)
Bhakta – Eine indische Odysee, Walther Eidlitz
Food Inc.: A Participant Guide, Karl Weber
La Ultima Jugada, Fernando Trujillo Sanz (Spanish)
American Empire: Blood & Iron, Harry Turtledove
El club de la pelea, Chuck Palahniuk (Spanish)
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, Eckhart Tolle
Delirium, Laura Restrepo
Myths and Legends of All Nations, Logan Marshall
Zoo City, Lauren Beukes
The Impressionist, Hari Kunzru
The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
Fundamental Chess Patterns, Rodolfo Pardi
First They Killed My Father, Loung Ung
Mi primera vez, Juan Goytisolo et al. (Spanish)
Mother Night, Kurt Vonnegut
Eye of the Needle, Ken Follett
The Awakening of Lovingkindness: Chin Kung
Essence of Islam: Islamic Propagation Centre International Malaysia
Bhagavad-Gita, Edwin Arnold
La Primera Detective De Botsuana, Alexander McCall Smith (Spanish)
Nonviolent Communication, Marshall B. Rosenberg
Ruby Under a Microscope, Pat Shaughnessy
The Magus, John Fowles
Die Dritte Jungfrau, Fred Vargas
Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu
Hello Kitty Must Die, Angela S. Choi
The Geography of Thought, Richard E. Nisbett
Machine of Death, Ryan North
The Paranoid’s Pocket Guide, Cameron Tuttle
Speaker for the Dead, Orson Scott Card
Year Zero, Rob Reid
The Tiger’s Wife, Téa Obreht
The Bird Artist, Howard Norman
Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman
AfroSF: Science Fiction by African Writers, Ivor W. Hartmann
Comics:
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street, Warren Ellis
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 2: Lust for Life, Warren Ellis
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 3: Year of the Bastard, Warren Ellis
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 4: The New Scum, Warren Ellis
Maus 1: A Survivor’s Tale, Art Spiegelman
Maus, Vol. 2: And Here My Troubles Began, Art Spiegelman
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 5: Lonely City, Warren Ellis
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 6: Gouge Away, Warren Ellis
V for Vendetta, Alan Moore
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 7: Spider’s Thrash, Warren Ellis
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Frank Miller
Lex Luthor: Man of Steel, Brian Azzarello
Betrayal, Vol. 1, Scott Allie
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 8: Dirge, Warren Ellis
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 9: The Cure, Warren Ellis
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, Marjane Satrapi
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return, Marjane Satrapi
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 10: One More Time, Warren Ellis
Crimson Empire, Volume 1, Mike Richardson
Coraline, P. Craig Russell
xkcd: volume 0, Randall Munroe
American Vampire Vol. 1, Scott Snyder
Blacksad, Juan Díaz Canales
Blacksad: A Silent Hell, Juan Díaz Canales
Mind the Gap, Vol. 1: Intimate Strangers, Jim McCann
Sin City, Vol. 1: The Hard Goodbye, Frank Miller
Mind the Gap Volume 2: Wish You Were Here, Jim McCann
Sin City, Vol. 2: A Dame to Kill For, Frank Miller
Sin City, Vol. 3: The Big Fat Kill, Frank Miller
Sin City, Vol. 4: That Yellow Bastard, Frank Miller
Epileptic, David B.
Saga, Volume 1, Brian K. Vaughan
Saga, Volume 2, Brian K. Vaughan
Mind the Gap Volume 3: Out of Bodies TP, Jim McCann
Fun Home, Alison Bechdel
Sin City, Vol. 5: Family Values, Frank Miller
Sin City, Vol. 6: Booze, Broads, and Bullets, Frank Miller
Sin City, Vol. 7: Hell and Back, Frank Miller
Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile, Bill Willingham
Thor MAX: Vikings, Garth Ennis
Save Yourself, Mammal!, Zach Weiner
The Most Dangerous Game, Zach Weiner
Watchmen, Alan Moore
Doraemon, Vol. 1, Fujiko F. Fujio
Doraemon, Vol. 2, Fujiko F. Fujio
Fables Vol. 2: Animal Farm, Bill Willingham
Doraemon, Vol. 3, Fujiko F. Fujio
Signal to Noise, Neil Gaiman
Audiobooks:
Free: The Future of a Radical Price, Chris Anderson
Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World, Michael Lewis
The Art Of Happiness: A Handbook For Living, Dalai Lama XIV
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Complete Radio Series, Douglas Adams