Happy New Year

Happy New Year, everyone. It is never too early to start mapping out your reading for a new year. Luckily, The Guardian has compiled a list of titles to look out for. Here are some highlights:

  • Haruki Murakami, whose Kafka on the Shore I found to be weirdly cool, is back with a new novel – After Dark.
  • A new book by Ian McEwan – On Chesil Beach.
  • A new one from a guy named Norman Mailer – The Castle in the Forest.
  • Micahel Chabon’s upcoming counterfactual history, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, imagines that Alaska rather than Israel has become the Jewish state in the 1940s. This is, of course, a total ripoff of the Mel Brooks gag, “Jews on Ice.”
  • Khaled Hosseini follows up The Kite Runner with A Thousand Splendid Suns. Look for it on airplanes everywhere in May.
  • Marina Lewycka will follow up A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian with Two Caravans, which will also portray Ukranians finding their way in Britain.
  • Philip Roth will publish his last Nathan Zuckerman novel, Exit Ghost, which will be set during the Kerry/Bush elections. Good times for us all.

There are many more interesting titles in the article. Check it out. I have got to make a dent in the “to read” pile before I even consider reading any of these.

Also: While this post was still in draft, The Guardian felt the need to run a second article with titles to look out for in 2007.

categories Books, To Checkout | | datetime December 31, 2006 7:31 am

  • By Dr J, January 1, 2007 @ 10:38 pm

    Back from Boise already?

  • By DJ Cayenne, January 3, 2007 @ 9:11 am

    Didn’t make it to the fields of blue. I think the team may be still waiting for the run to get established.

  • By Kerry, January 3, 2007 @ 11:49 am

    Happy New Year Baby Got Books! My resolution is to continue to love your site.

  • By DJ Cayenne, January 3, 2007 @ 3:13 pm

    Kerry, a worthy goal for all right thinking people. We’ll try to do our part in 2007 to remain lovable.

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