Socks in Byward Market, Ottawa, ON, September 2004. Copyright © 2004 Deborah McIntosh

My 2004 reading list

Books marked with a are those I found particularly memorable, whether for the quality of the writing, the uniqueness of the story or just general enjoyability. Highlighted titles have been -- or will be -- released through BookCrossing.com. (Here are my 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 lists.)
  1. Scotland Mortal Causes - Ian Rankin (December 31, 03)
  2. Scotland The Hanging Garden - Ian Rankin (January 10, 04)
  3. Scotland Dead Souls - Ian Rankin (January 20, 04)
  4. Scotland Let it Bleed - Ian Rankin (January 27, 04)
  5. Scotland A Good Hanging - Ian Rankin (February 2, 04)
  6. The Netherlands Tumbleweed - Janwillem van de Wetering (February 8, 04)
  7. The Netherlands The Corpse on the Dike - Janwillem van de Wetering (February 9, 04)
  8. Canada The Glass Coffin - Gail Bowen (February 13, 04)
  9. Canada Sitting Practice - Caroline Adderson (February 17, 04)
  10. United States Death Benefit - Philip Harper (February 18, 04)
  11. Canada Sunday at the Pool in Kigali - Gil Courtemanche (February 21, 04)
  12. England An Unhallowed Grave - Kate Ellis (February 24, 04)
  13. South Africa A World of Strangers - Nadine Gordimer (February 28, 04)
  14. Australia The Chalon Heads - Barry Maitland (March 4, 04)
  15. Canada Graven Images - Audrey Thomas (March 10, 04)
  16. Canada The Electrical Field - Kerri Sakamoto (March 13, 04)
  17. England Spiderweb - Penelope Lively (March 16, 04)
  18. South Africa The Pickup - Nadine Gordimer (March 18, 04)
  19. Canada The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood (March 24, 04)
  20. South Africa The Conservationist - Nadine Gordimer (April 2, 04)
  21. The Netherlands Death of a Hawker - Janwillem van de Wetering (April 6, 04)
  22. Canada Fat Woman - Leon Rooke (April 9, 04)
  23. The Netherlands The Blond Baboon - Janwillem van de Wetering (April 10, 04)
  24. Canada The Stone Diaries - Carol Shields (April 13, 04)
  25. England Heat and Dust - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (April 16, 04)
  26. United States The Weight of Water - Anita Shreve (April 20, 04)
  27. England Staying On - Paul Scott (April 21, 04)
  28. United States Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides (April 23, 04)
  29. Canada Traplines - Eden Robinson (April 26, 04)
  30. Canada The Truth Teller - Katherine Govier (April 26, 04)
  31. Canada One Hundred Million Hearts - Kerri Sakamoto (April 30, 04)
  32. Canada Head Cook at Weddings & Funerals and Other Stories - Vi Plotnikoff (May 2, 04)
  33. France Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress - Dai Sijie (May 3, 04)
  34. England The Famished Road - Ben Okri (May 4, 04)
  35. England Vernon God Little - DBC Pierre (May 19, 04)
  36. United States Choke - Chuck Palahniuk (May 23, 04)
  37. England Get Ready for Battle - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (May 24, 04)
  38. England Brick Lane - Monica Ali (May 27, 04)
  39. Scotland Black & Blue - Ian Rankin (June 1, 04)
  40. United States The Piano Tuner - Daniel Mason (June 6, 04)
  41. Chile Daughter of Fortune - Isabel Allende (June 11, 04)
  42. United States Diary - Chuck Palahniuk (June 16, 04)
  43. United States Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - John Berendt (June 18, 04)
  44. United States A Crime in the Neighbourhood - Suzanne Berne (June 21, 04)
  45. Set in Darkness - Ian Rankin (June 23, 04)
  46. How the Light Gets In - M.J. Hyland (June 29, 04)
  47. United States Our Lady of the Forest - David Guterson (June 30, 04)
  48. Trick or Treat - Lesley Glaister (July 3, 04)
  49. Canada After the Fire - Jane Rule (July 5, 04)
  50. The Ghost Road - Pat Barker (July 6, 04)
  51. The Book Shop - Penelope Fitzgerald (July 8, 04)
  52. Therapy - David Lodge (July 9, 04)
  53. United States Snow Falling on Cedars - David Guterson (July 14, 04)
  54. Germany Crabwalk - Gunter Grass (July 17, 04)
  55. United States A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers (July 21, 04)
  56. Man and Boy - Tony Parsons (July 27, 04)
  57. South Africa An Instant in the Wind - Andre Brink (July 29, 04)
  58. Scotland Complicity - Iain Banks (August 1, 04)
  59. United States Land of a Thousand Hills: My Life in Rwanda - Rosamond Carr (August 4, 04)
  60. Scotland A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away - Christopher Brookmyre (August 7, 04)
  61. South Africa The Good Doctor - Damon Galgut (August 13, 04)
  62. United States Bel Canto - Ann Patchett (August 17, 04)
  63. Canada Childhood - André Alexis (August 19, 04)
  64. Canada The Convict Lover - Merilyn Simonds (August 21, 04)
  65. Europa - Tim Parks (August 25, 04)
  66. England Notes on a Scandal - Zoë Heller (August 28, 04)
  67. England Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell (August 29, 04)
  68. Australia Love and Vertigo - Hsu-Ming Teo (September 4, 04)
  69. United States The Great Fire - Shirley Hazzard (September 6, 04)
  70. Canada Kiss of the Fur Queen - Tomson Highway (September 10, 04)
  71. Ireland Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue (September 12, 04)
  72. England Maps for Lost Lovers - Nadeem Aslam (September 16, 04)
  73. United States The Master Butchers' Singing Club - Louise Erdrich (September 22, 04)
  74. United States To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee (September 25, 04)
  75. United States Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America - Barbara Ehrenreich (September 27, 04)
  76. Scotland Voyageurs - Margaret Elphinstone (September 29, 04)
  77. Canada Strange Heaven - Lynn Coady (October 5, 04)
  78. Canada Broken Ground - Jack Hodgins (October 6, 04)
  79. England The Light of Day - Graham Swift (October 8, 04)
  80. New Zealand A Dangerous Vine - Barbara Ewing (October 13, 04)
  81. Scotland The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith (October 15, 04)
  82. Ireland The Blackwater Lightship - Colm Toibin (October 18, 04)
  83. Nigeria Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (October 21, 04)
  84. Australia Dirt Music - Tim Winton (October 25, 04)
  85. England The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon (October 29, 04)
  86. Canada The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje (October 30, 04)
  87. England The Dark Room - Rachel Seiffert (November 3, 04)
  88. South Africa The House Gun - Nadine Gordimer (November 7, 04)
  89. Mexico Shadow Without a Name - Ignacio Padilla (November 10, 04)
  90. Scotland The Orchard on Fire - Shena Mackay (November 14, 04)
  91. Australia Due Preparations for the Plague - Janette Turner Hospital (November 16, 04)
  92. Canada The Wives of Bath - Susan Swan (November 22, 04)
  93. United States Boy Still Missing - John Searles (November 24, 04)
  94. Canada A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry (November 26, 04)
  95. Scotland Dead Air - Iain Banks (December 6, 04)
  96. England Three Continents - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (December 10, 04)
  97. Scotland Tears of the Giraffe - Alexander McCall Smith (December 20, 04)
  98. India The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy (December 23, 04)
  99. South Africa Bitter Fruit - Achmat Dangor (December 27, 2004)

Top 10 Favourites of 2004:

  1. Canada A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
  2. Canada Kiss of the Fur Queen - Tomson Highway
  3. United States Our Lady of the Forest - David Guterson
  4. United States Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
  5. Australia Dirt Music - Tim Winton
  6. United States Bel Canto - Ann Patchett
  7. United States Choke - Chuck Palahniuk
  8. England Brick Lane - Monica Ali
  9. England Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
  10. Germany Crabwalk - Gunter Grass

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