Half A Year of Reading

Time to post my favorite books of the year so far - the year being a bit more than half over and all. A few of the books listed were not published in 2010, but were read by me for the first time this year. This is a crowded bunch, but a nice one. Lots of variety, fiction and non-fiction. It's going to be very difficult to pick The Ten Best at the end of the year. I'm probably going to have to go Best Twenty. It's one of those embarassment of riches years. And still plenty more left to be read. So, here goes, in no particular order for now.

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley

The First Rule by Robert Crais

61 Hours by Lee Child

The Lion by Nelson DeMille

Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde

Bryant and May On the Loose by Christopher Fowler

Operation Mincemeat by Ben MacIntyre

The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester

Shadows Return by Lynn Flewelling

Agent Zigzag by Ben MacIntyre

A Thousand Days in Venice by Marlena deBlasi

Thereby Hangs a Tail by Spencer Quinn

Night Of The Living Deed by E.J. Copperman

Blackout by Connie Willis

The Spellmans Strike Again by Lisa Lutz

Grave Goods by Ariana Franklin

A Murderous Procession by Ariana Franklin

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson

A River in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters

The Lost City of Z by David Grann

Do the Windows Open? by Julie Hecht

Vegas Nerve by Susan Rogers Cooper

One Good Dog by Susan Wilson

The City and the City by China Mieville

The God of the Hive by Laurie R. King

Death of a Peer by Ngaio Marsh

Died in the Wool by Ngaio Marsh

Night at the Vulcan by Ngaio Marsh

A Clutch of Constables by Ngaio Marsh

Last Ditch by Ngaio Marsh

Spinsters in Jeopardy by Ngaio Marsh

Killer Dolphin by Ngaio Marsh