Books I've read in 2012 - December

Matens pris by Olofsson/Öhman

The Eve of St Agnes by John Keats (Phoenix 60p)

The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs
by Alexander McCall Smith – AUDIO

Pengemannen by Anne Holt – AUDIO

21 Dog Years by Mike Daisey

Female Terror by Ann Magma

At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances by Alexander McCall Smith

Med kaldt blod by Truman Capote – AUDIO

Morgen i Jenin by Susan Abulhawa – AUDIO

E=mc² by David Bodanis

Hauk og due by Henrik H Langeland

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway – AUDIO

Brilliance of the Moon: Battle for Maruyama by Lian Hearn

Madonna-gåten by Nærum/Botterli/Udnæs – AUDIO

Dreadfully Ever After by Steve Hockensmith

Jesus sista ord på korset var INTE “Härifrån ser man hela Mariannelund” by Jonas Gardell

Novelletter by Alexander Kielland – AUDIO

10 printed books, 2,200 pages

7 audiobooks, 64h 4m

Books I've read in 2012 - November

Heimskringla, volume one by Snorre Sturluson – AUDIO

The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer by Brian Masters

Det blåser fra Dauingfjell by Trygve Gulbranssen – AUDIO

Are You Loathsome Tonight? by Poppy Z Brite

Barna i dødens hus by West/Hill

Vinterstengt by Jørn Lier Horst – AUDIO

Döden i grytan by Ennart/Nilsson

Snake Agent by Liz Williams

The Elephant Keeper by Christopher Nicholson

Siste akt by Nordberg/Hagerup – AUDIO

The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson

Mørketall by Arne Dahl – AUDIO

Malins kung Gurra by Peter Pohl

Kometen kommer by Tove Jansson – AUDIO

Mordet på maskinbygger Roolfsen
by Mauritz Christopher Hansen

Tjuvlyssnad 2 by Damon Rasti, et al.

Portuguese Irregular Verbs by Alexander McCall Smith

11 printed books, 2,380 pages

6 audiobooks, 50h

Books I've read in 2012 - October

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

Under the Garden by Graham Greene (Penguin 60)

Hjemstavn by Arnaldur Indridason – AUDIO

Bak stengte dører by Hansen/Cras/Cras

World War Z by Max Brooks

Trollmannens hatt by Tove Jansson – AUDIO

Og bakom synger skogene by Trygve Gulbranssen – AUDIO

Akimbo and the Baboons by Alexander McCall Smith

Kaptein Nemos bibliotek by Per Olov Enquist

Escape from the Antarctic by Ernest Shackleton

Ø by Knut Nærum – AUDIO

Kjødets lyst by Nils Johan Stoa

My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf – GRAPHIC NOVEL

Spion i Hitlers rike by Bergh/Sæter – AUDIO

Reisen hjem by Lori Lansens – AUDIO

The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene

Jeg vet hvem du er by Yrsa Sigurdardottir

10 printed books, 2,112 pages
6 audiobooks, 48h 19m
1 graphic novel, 224 pages

Books I've read in 2012 - September

Frels oss fra det onde by Kjetil Try – AUDIO

Looking for Jake and Other Stories by China Miéville

Wonderboy by Henrik H Langeland – AUDIO

Gutten i kofferten by Kaaberbøl & Friis – AUDIO

Dr. Zhivago by Boris Pasternak

Låt de gamla drömmarna dö by John Ajivide Lindqvist

Med pisk og champagne by Fabrice d’Almeida

Katt på heitt blekktak by Tennessee Williams

En himmel full av stjerner by Knut Nærum – AUDIO

White Tiger by Aravind Adiga – AUDIO

Five Letters From An Eastern Empire
by Alasdair Gray (Penguin 60)

The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith

Norsk litteraturhistorie fritt etter hukommelsen
by Knut Nærum – AUDIO

The Inheritance by Robin Hobb/Megan Lindholm

Ildvitnet by Lars Kepler – AUDIO

The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith

Sitt ned og hold kjeft by Knut Nærum – AUDIO

9 printed books, 2,691 pages

8 audiobooks, 69h 59m

Books I've read in 2012 - August

The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber

Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen – AUDIO

Borkmanns punkt by Håkan Nesser – AUDIO

The Areas of My Expertise by John Hodgman – AUDIO

The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith

Gudfaren by Mario Puzo – AUDIO

Divided Kingdom by Rupert Thomson

Mesterdetektiven Blomkvist lever farlig
by Astrid Lindgren – AUDIO

The Owl Service by Alan Garner

Fvonk by Erlend Loe – AUDIO

Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith

La de små barn komme til meg by Kjetil Try – AUDIO

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

The Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall Smith

Mengele Zoo by Gert Nygårdshaug – AUDIO

The Time Machine by HG Wells (Penguin 60)

Silke by Alessandro Baricco – AUDIO

8 printed books – 3,077 pages

9 audiobooks – 82h 29m

Books I've read in 2012 - July

Emma by Jane Austen – AUDIO

Nattmennesket by Bernhard Borge

The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert

The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson – AUDIO

De dødes tjern by Bernhard Borge – AUDIO

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

Kråkejenta by Eriksson & Sundquist – AUDIO

En sannsynlig historie by Karin Alvtegen – AUDIO

The Wooden Sea by Jonathan Carroll

Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally

Ildmannen by Torkil Damhaug – AUDIO

Ghosts and How to See Them by Peter Underwood

Tolstoy and History by Isaiah Berlin

The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith

Cloud Atlas by Dave Mitchell – AUDIO

Paganinikontrakten by Lars Kepler – AUDIO

Fisken by Erlend Loe - AUDIO

8 printed books – 2,018 pages
9 audiobooks – 108h 3m

Books I've read in 2012 - June

Annabel by Kathleen Winter

Verdensmestrene by Henrik H Langeland – AUDIO

The Lost City of Z by David Grann

Nilens dronning by H Rider Haggard

Sleepers by Lorenzo Carcaterra

Med kongen ute og hjemme by N. Normann, ed.

Gymnaslærer Pedersens beretning om den store politiske vekkelsen som har hjemsøkt vårt land

by Dag Solstad – AUDIO

I Am Not A Serial Killer by Dan Wells

Akimbo: The Elephants, The Lions and The Crocodile Man

by Alexander McCall Smith – AUDIO

In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith

Gåten by Marianne Fredriksson – AUDIO

In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant

Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith – AUDIO

The Red Pony by John Steinbeck

Don Quijote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra – AUDIO

Tyrkisk gambit by B. Akunin

The Key by Rosamunde Pilcher

11 printed books - 2,856 pages

6 audiobooks - 86h 41m

Books I've read in 2012 - May

Den underbara historien om Henry Sugar by Roald Dahl

Faller fritt som i en drøm by Leif GW Persson – AUDIO

Red Bones by Ann Cleeves

Harry by Are Kalvø

The Jade Peony by Wayson Choy

Midtens rike by Torbjørn Færøvik – AUDIO

Människor det varit synd om by Kalle Lind

Englemakersken by Camilla Läckberg – AUDIO

Helbredernes hemmeligheter by Bjarne Røsjø

En hjelpende hånd by Trude Teige – AUDIO

Människor som gått til överdrift by Kalle Lind

Svermen av Frank Schätzing

Fvonk by Erlend Loe – AUDIO

Magnetisørens femte vinter by Per Olov Enquist – AUDIO

Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl

Død over regenten! by Alexandre Dumas

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

11 printed books - 3,353 pages
6 audiobooks - 63h 43m

Books I've read in 2012 - April

Småtrollene og den store oversvømmelsen
by Tove Jansson – AUDIO

If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregor

The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht – AUDIO

The Day is Dark by Yrsa Sigurdardóttir

Valarna i Tanganyikasjön by Lennart Hagerfors

Kongens elskerinne, volume two by Alexandre Dumas

Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card – AUDIO

Den store Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald – AUDIO

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Edward Finnigans upprättelse by Roslund & Hellström – AUDIO

Kurt quo vadis? by Erlend Loe – AUDIO

Kurt koker hodet by Erlend Loe – AUDIO

Bara sedan solen sjunkit by Johanna Sinisalo

Pages From A Scullion’s Diary by George Orwell

Sankta Psyko by Johan Theorin

Gulldronning, perledronning by Margaret Skjelbred – AUDIO

The Areas of My Expertise by John Hodgman - AUDIO

8 printed books, 2,151 pages

9 audiobooks, 58h 19m

Books I've read in 2012 - March

Absolutt venner by John le Carré – AUDIO

Tatt av kvinnen by Erlend Loe – AUDIO

The Weed that Strings the Hangman’s Bag by Alan Bradley

The Hated Wife by Adam Nicolson

Kongens elskerinne, volume one by Alexandre Dumas

Saras nøkkel by Tatiana de Rosnay – AUDIO

Three Men In A Boat by Jerome K Jerome

Samuel August fra Sevedstorp og Hanna i Hult by Astrid Lindgren

Death Comes to Pemberley by PD James – AUDIO

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

The World’s Stupidest Deaths by Andrew John & Stephen Blake

Bølgerytteren og andre fortellinger by Johan Theorin – AUDIO

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier – AUDIO

The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor

Carmine Street by Håkan Nesser – AUDIO

After Dark by Haruki Murakami – AUDIO

Friends from Philadelphia by John Updike

9 printed books, 1,472 pages

8 audiobooks, 73h 7m

Books read in 2012 - January

Dronningens fiende, volume one by Alexandre Dumas

The City and the City by China Mieville – AUDIO

Det synger i gresset by Doris Lessing – AUDIO

Aldri alene by Lori Lansens

Kadaverdoktoren by Lene Kaaberbøl – AUDIO

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea

Enken by Gil Adamson – AUDIO

Et selsomt paradis by Terri Jentz

Monster by Knut Nærum – AUDIO

Honningkrukken by Gert Nygårdshaug

Mashallah – en reise blant kvinner i Pakistan by Hege Storhaug

The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe

Spilt blod by Åsa Larsson – AUDIO

Alle mine triste horer by Gabriel García Márquez

Alle tiders torsdag by John Steinbeck – AUDIO

Vanunu – hans kamp og kampen for ham by Fredrik S Heffermehl

10 printed books, 2,815 pages

7 audiobooks, 65h 26m

What's in a name

I just started reading a new book today. It's a Phoenix mini paperback, one of those Penguin 60 ripoffs. Not a problem. However, another thing is kind of a problem. The book contains two short stories, The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Masque of the Red Death. So we all know which author I'm talking about. Edgar Allan Poe. Not Edgar Allen Poe. They've stuck with the misspelling consistently, in the blurb and everywhere. Seriously? I know he never liked his middle name, and would have preferred to not even have it, but since he does have it, at least show the common courtesy of spelling it correctly.

I really never thought I would see the day when a writer of this stature had his name misspelled on the cover of a serious publication from a reputable publisher. What's next? Jane Austin?