Books

I love reading, and my goal is to read a book a week. After getting a partner I see that I am reading a lot less than before - "reading is for solitude", as my Scottish pal Ruth said.

Before I mostly read crime novels, preferably of the modern kind, new boks mostly. Now I have realised that only crime novels may be a bit narrow and try to read other things as well: "the classics", non-crime fiction and different diciplines of science. I either read a book for pure enjoyment, as crime novels, or to learn about an interesting issue, like news, history, politics etc.

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2008

Januar

Jan Guillou: Den indre fiende (2007) (Orig.: Fienden innom oss, 2007)
J. M. Coetzee: Barndom (2002) (Orig.: Boyhood, 1997)
J. M. Coetzee: Ungdom (2003) (Orig.: Youth, 2002)
Marjane Satrapi: Chicken with Plums (2006) (Orig.: Poulet aux prunes, 2004)
Anders Roslund og Børge Hellström: Boks 21 (2007) (Orig.: Box 21, 2005)

Februar

Tom Egeland: Ulvenatten (2005)
Diane Setterfield: Den trettende fortellingen (2007) (Orig.: The thirteenth tale)
Eric Flint: 1632 (2000)
Tore Renberg: Mannen som elsket Yngve (2003)

Mars

Eric Flint: 1633 (2003)

April

Eric Flint: 1634: The Galileo Affair (2004)

Mai

Håkan Nesser: Menneske uten hund (2007)
Fredrik Skagen: God natt, elskede (2007)

Juni

Arnaldur Indriðason: Myren (2004) (Orig.: Mýrin, 2000)
Arnaldur Indriðason: Gravstille (2005) (Orig.: Grafarþögn, 2001)
Arnaldur Indriðason: Vannet (2008) (Orig.: Kleifarvatn, 2004)
Anne B. Ragde: Ligge i grønne enger (2007)
Unni Lindell: En grusom kvinnes bekjennelser.riminalnoveller. (2006)
Unni Lindell: Drømmefangeren (lydbok) (1999/2005)
Arnaldur Indridason: Røsten (2006) (Orig.: Röddin, 2002)
Mustafa Can: Tett inntil dagene. Fortellingen om min mor. (2008) (Orig.: Tätt inntil dagarna, 2006)
Eric Flint (ed.): Grantville Gazette (2004)
Eric Flint and David Weber: 1634: The Baltic War (2007)
Eva Norderhaug: Saynab - min historie (2004/2008)
Vitalis Pantenburg: Langt inni isen (1944) (Orig.: ?)
Håkan Nesser: Borkmanns punkt (2000/2001) (Orig.: Borkmanns punkt 1994)
Audhild Hartmann: Den norske husmor (1933)
Graham Greene: Den tredje mann (2002) (Orig.: The Third Man, 1950)

Juli

Markus Zusak: Boktyven (2008) (Orig.: The Book Thief, 2006)
George Orwell: 1984 (1983) (Orig.: Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1949)
A. H. Rasmussen: Tatt av havet (1952) (Orig.: Sea Fever)
A. H. Rasmussen: Tilbake til havet (1954)
Camilla Läckberg: Ulykkesfuglen (2008) (Orig.: Olycksfågel, 2006)
Kate Mosse: Labyrinten (2006) (Orig.: Labyrinth, 2005)

August

Gunnar Staalesen: 1900. Morgenrød (1997)
Gunnar Staalesen: 1950. High Noon (1999)
Gunnar Staalesen: 1999. Aftensang (2000)
Gunnar Staalesen: Hundreårsboken (2000)
Håkan Nesser: Det grovmaskede nettet (2002) (Orig.: Det grovmaskiga nätet, 1993)

September

Håkan Nesser: Kvinnen med fødselsmerket (1999) (Orig.: Kvinna med födselsmärke, 1996)
Håkan Nesser: Førstebetjenten og tausheten (2004) (Orig.: Kommissarien och tystnaden, 1997)
Håkan Nesser: Münsters sak (1999) (Orig.: Münsters fall, 1998)

Oktober

Håkan Nesser: Carambole (2001) (Orig.: Carambole, 1999)
Håkan Nesser: Ewa Morenos sak (2002) (Orig.: Ewa Morenos fall, 2000)
Anne Holt: 1222 (2008)
Herbjørg Wassmo: Et glass melk takk (2006)

November

Liza Marklund: En plass i solen (2008) (Orig.: En plats i solen, 2008)
Jan Guillou: Men ikke hvis det gjelder din datter (2008) (Orig.: Men inte om det gäller din dotter, 2008)
Jorunn Thørring: Tarantellen (2008)
Patricia Cornwell: Post Mortem (2007) (Orig.: Postmortem, 1990)
Åsne Seierstad: De krenkede. Historier fra Tsjetsjenia (2007)

Desember

Vetle Lid Larsen: Norske helter (2007)
Kader Abdollah: Huset ved moskeen (2007) (Orig.: Het uis van de moskee, 2005)
Johan Harstad: Buzz Aldrin, hvor ble det av deg i alt mylderet? (2005)

Previous years

Bookshops on the net

These are the places I use to get my books. I am mostly happy with all of them. At amazon.co.uk I have my own wishlist, just in case ;-)

Haugen Bok Bookshop in Volda, norway. Fast and free (domestic) delivery.
Gnist The biggest academic bookshop in Norway, a joint venture of the university bookstores.
Tronsmo bokhandel A bit alternative and radical.
Bokkilden
Antikvariske Bøker i Skandinavia. Antiquariats in the Nordic countries.
Amazon UK Lots of English litterature, plus some more.
Amazon Probably bigger than its British sister, but slower and more expensive in Europe.