Books & Films 2011
Every year I try to keep track of the films and books that I have read, just so I can look back on it at the end of the year and see what I liked and what I didn’t. It’s just something fun to do.
This is my 2011 list. It might not necessarily be complete because I’ve gone a few months without updating and I might have forgotten a few titles! (Oops.)
YEAR 2011
BOOKS
1. Little Daughter by Zoya Phan (with Damien Lewis)
2. The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
3. A Light-Hearted Look at Murder by Mark Watson
4. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini *
5. Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris
6. Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
7. London Boulevard by Ken Bruen
8. Miss Seetoh in the World by Catherine Lim
9. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
10. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
11. Heir To Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier
12. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
13. Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
14. Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
15. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demerick *
16. Two Caravans by Marina Lewycka
17. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
18. Nerd Do Well by Simon Pegg
19. It Wasn’t Me by Chris Addison
20. Death Comes To Pemberley by P.D. James
21. Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat
22. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
23. The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
FILMS
1. Elvis and Annabelle *
2. Going The Distance
3. Burlesque
4. Yes Man
5. The Social Network
6. Life As We Know It
7. The Switch
8. L’arnacoeur (Heartbreaker) *
9. The King’s Speech *
10. I Am Number Four
11. Stone of Destiny
12. A Chinese Tall Story
13. Hello Stranger
14. London Boulevard
15. Jane Eyre
16. Micmacs à tire-larigot
17. Water For Elephants
18. X-Men: First Class *
19. Kungfu Panda 2: The Kaboom of Doom
20. Your Highness
21. Last Night *
22. Never Let Me Go *
23. Drag Me To Hell
24. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
25. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
26. Conviction *
27. Kick-Ass
28. Arthur
29. Friends With Benefits
30. Wasabi
31. The Conspirator
32. Midnight In Paris *
33. One Day
34. 3 Idiots *
35. Taare Zameen Par
36. Puss In Boots
37. When In Rome
38. Suckseed
39. New Year’s Eve
40. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
41. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
* Recommended










If you’re interested in Vonnegut, I blog about being his biographer at “Writing Kurt Vonnegut” http://www.writingkurtvonnegut.com
Best,
Charles J. Shields
And so It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut, A Life (Holt, November)
Wow, impressive list you have there! I see you read The Kite Runner. What do you think of the book? I’ve been considering whether or not if I should include it on my reading list recently. Do you recommend it?
Yes, I definitely recommend it! It was a lot more powerful and emotional than I had expected, a wonderful story.
Alright, thanks!