WHAT ELKE HAS BEEN READING
you can email Elke at Elke@needahand.com
| title | author | fiction/non | year published | |
|
Currently reading: OUR LADY OF BABYLON |
John Rechy | Fiction | 1996 | |
| 8 | DIGGING TO AMERICA | Anne Tyler | Fiction | 2006 |
| 7 | ANOTHER WORLD | Pat Barker | Fiction | 2000 |
| 6 | ZUCKERMAN UNBOUND | Philip Roth | Fiction | 1981 |
| 5 | DUANE'S DEPRESSED |
Larry McMurtry | Fiction | 1999 |
| 4 | THE ALEXANDRIA LINK |
Steve Berry | Fiction | 2007 |
| 3 | DER AUTOR ALS FRAGWÜRDIGER ZEUGE | Günther Grass | Non-fiction | 1997 |
| 2 | A YEAR IN THE MERDE |
Stephen Clarke | Fiction | 2004 |
| 1 | THE LAST SONG OF DUSK | Siddhart Dhanvant Shanghvi | Fiction | 2004 |
2008 ↑
2007 ↓
| title | author | fiction/non | year published | |
| Elke's
Favorite in 2007: THE OMNIVORES DILEMMA |
Michael Pollan | Fiction | 2006 | |
| 40 | THE OMNIVORES DILEMMA |
Michael Pollan | Fiction | 2006 |
| 39 | OHNE EINANDER | Martin Walser | Fiction | 1993 |
| 38 | THE BEGGAR MAID |
Alice Munro | Fiction | 1991 |
| 37 | DIARY OF AN ORDINARY WOMAN | Margaret Forster | Fiction | 2004 |
| 36 | HIDDEN LIVES |
Margaret Forster | Fiction | 1995 |
| 35 | 1876 | Gore Vidal | Fiction | 1976 |
| 34 | BURR | Gore Vidal | Fiction | 1973 |
| 33 | SUITE FRANÇAISE | Irène Némirovsky | Fiction | 2004 |
| 32 | EMPIRE |
Gore Vidal | Fiction | 1987 |
| 31 | CREATION |
Gore Vidal | Fiction | 1981 |
| 30 | KALKI |
Gore Vidal | Fiction | 1978 |
| 29 | THE CITY AND THE PILLAR | Gore Vidal | Fiction | 1948 |
| 28 | MYRON |
Gore Vidal | Fiction | 1974 |
| 27 | SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING |
Amy Tan | Fiction | 2005 |
| 26 | COUPLES | John Updike | Fiction | 1968 |
| 25 | GRACEFULLY INSANE | Alex Beam | Non-fiction | 2001 |
| 24 | DER AUGENBLICK DER LIEBE | Martin Walser | Fiction | 2004 |
| 23 | WASHINGTON, D.C. | Gore Vidal | Fiction | 1967 |
| 22 | HERZOG | Saul Bellow | Fiction | 1964 |
| 21 | VIEWS FROM A WINDOW | Robert J. Stanton, Gore Vidal | Non-fiction | 1980 |
| 20 | PERPETUAL WAR FOR PERPETUAL PEACE | Gore Vidal | Non-fiction | 2002 |
| 19 | IMPERIAL AMERICA | Gore Vidal | Non-fiction | 2004 |
| 18 | PALIMPSEST |
Gore Vidal | Non-fiction | 1995 |
| 17 | THE CAROUSEL |
Rosamunde Pilcher | Fiction | 1982 |
| 16 | VERSUCH ÜBER DIE PUBERTÄT |
Hubert Fichte | Fiction | 1982 |
| 15 | POINT TO POINT NAVIGATION |
Gore Vidal | Non-fiction | 2006 |
| 14 | FORTUNA'S DAUGHTER | Isabel Allende | Fiction | 1999 |
| 13 | TOMCAT IN LOVE (re-read) | Tim O'Brien | Fiction | 1998 |
| 12 | DEAR STRANGER, DEAREST FRIEND | Laney Katz Becker | Fiction | 2000 |
| 11 | DROP | Mat Johnson | Fiction | 2000 |
| 10 | MY FINANCIAL CAREER | Stephen Leacock | Fiction | 1993 |
| 9 | FAIR EXCHANGE | Michèle Roberts | Fiction | 1999 |
| 8 | GORKY PARK | Martin Cruz Smith | Fiction | 1982 |
| 7 | MORGAN'S PASSING | Anne Tyler | Fiction | 1980 |
| 6 | THE MISSION SONG | John LeCarré | Fiction | 2006 |
| 5 | ANGELS AND DEMONS | Dan Brown | Fiction | 2000 |
| 4 | SIGHT UNSEEN | Robert Goddard | Fiction | 2005 |
| 3 | THE CAPTAIN AND THE ENEMY | Graham Greene | Fiction | 1988 |
| 2 | DU MUSST ES WAGEN | Hermine Heusler-Edenhuizen | Non-fiction | 1997 |
| 1 | ELIZABETH COSTELLO | J.M. Coetzee | Fiction | 2003 |
2007 ↑
2006 ↓
| title | author | fiction/non | year published | |
| Elke's
favorite in 2006: COLLAPSE |
Jared Diamond | Non-fiction | 2004 | |
| 42 | CLARA CALLAN | Richard B. Wright | Fiction | 2002 |
| 41 | THE HISTORY OF LOVE | Nicole Krauss | Fiction | 2005 |
| 40 | KRITIK |
Friedrich Dürrenmatt | Non-fiction | 1980 |
| 39 | KÖNIG DROSSELBART UND DIE WIDERSPENSTIGE KÖNIGSTOCHTER | Ursula Baumgardt | Non-fiction | 1987 |
| 38 | TERRORIST |
John Updike | Fiction | 2006 |
| 37 | EVERYMAN | Philip Roth | Fiction | 2006 |
| 36 | ILLUMINATI | Dan Brown | Fiction | 2003 |
| 35 | SPECKLED PEOPLE | Hugo Hamilton | Fiction | 2004 |
| 34 | DER MANN AUS ZELARY | Kveta Legatova | Fiction | 2002 |
| 33 | SABBATH'S THEATER |
Philip Roth | Fiction | 1995 |
| 32 | DECEPTION | Philip Roth | Fiction | 1990 |
| 31 | PATRIMONY | Philip Roth | Non-fiction | 1992 |
| 30 | BLINK |
Malcolm Gladwell | Non-fiction | 2005 |
| 29 | THE TIPPING POINT |
Malcolm Gladwell | Non-fiction | 2000 |
| 28 | SPENCER'S LIST (re-read) | Lissa Evans | Fiction | 2002 |
| 27 | THAT OLD ACE IN THE HOLE | Annie Proulx | Fiction | 2003 |
| 26 | LITTLE SCARLET | Walter Mosley | Fiction | 2004 |
| 25 | A SHORT HISTORY OF TRACTORS IN UKRAINIAN | Marina Lewycka | Fiction | 2005 |
| 24 | COMING OF AGE IN MISSISSIPPI | Anne Moody | Fiction | 1968 |
| 23 | THE QUEEN OF THE TAMBOURINE | Jane Gardam | Fiction | 1991 |
| 22 | THE NAMESAKE | Jhumpa Lahri | Fiction | 2003 |
| 21 | THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES | Sue Monk Kidd | Fiction | 2002 |
| 20 | THE VOICES OF ROBBY WILDE |
Elisabeth Kytle | Non-fiction | 1995 |
| 19 | GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL | Jared Diamond | Non-fiction | 1997 |
| 18 | THE THIRD CHIMPANZEE | Jared Diamond | Non-fiction | 1992 |
| 17 | WHY IS SEX FUN? | Jared Diamond | Non-fiction | 1997 |
| 16 | COLLAPSE | Jared Diamond | Non-fiction | 2004 |
| 15 | VATERSÖHNE | Volker Elis Pilgrim | Non-fiction | 1993 |
| 14 | SPANISH STEPS | Tim Moore | Non-fiction | 2004 |
| 13 | PEN PALS |
Olivia Goldsmith | Fiction | 2002 |
| 12 | UNTIL I FIND YOU (re-read) |
John Irving | Fiction | 2005 |
| 11 | UNLESS | Carol Shields | Fiction | 2003 |
| 10 | A MILLION LITTLE PIECES | James Frey | Non-fiction | 2003 |
| 9 | OUT OF THE DARK |
Linda Caine & Robin Royston | Non-fiction | 2003 |
| 8 | A CHILD CALLED IT | Dave Pelzer | Non-fiction | 1999 |
| 7 | THE DA VINCI CODE | Dan Brown | Fiction | 2003 |
| 6 | MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHORES | Gabriel García Márquez | Fiction | 2005 |
| 5 | MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA |
Arthur Golden | Fiction | 1997 |
| 4 | RETURN TO PEYTON PLACE | Grace Metalious | Fiction | 1959 |
| 3 | PEYTON PLACE |
Grace Metalious | Fiction | 1956 |
| 2 | DAS VERLORENE WORT |
Ulla Hahn | Fiction | 2003 |
| 1 | NO NIGHT IS TOO LONG |
Barbara Vine | Fiction | 1994 |
2006 ↑
2005 ↓
| title | author | fiction/non | year published | |
| Elke's
favorite in 2005: SHALIMAR THE CLOWN |
Salman Rushdie | Fiction | 2005 | |
| 34 | WISH YOU WELL | David Baldacci | Fiction | 2001 |
| 33 | THE KITE RUNNER |
Khalad Hosseini | Fiction | 2003 |
| 32 | THE EVIDENCE AGAINST HER |
Robb Forman Dew | Fiction | 2001 |
| 31 | LOOK UP FOR YES | Julia Tavalaro with Richard Tayson | Non-fiction | 1998 |
| 30 | THE LINE OF BEAUTY |
Alan Hollinghurst | Fiction | 2004 |
| 29 | ONE NATION UNDER THERAPY | Christina Hoff Somers & Sally Satel | Non-fiction | 2005 |
| 28 | A LONG WAY DOWN |
Nick Hornby | Fiction | 2005 |
| 27 | GOD BLESS YOU, DR. KEVORKIAN | Kurt Vonnegut | Non-fiction | 1999 |
| 26 | WHISPERS: THE VOICES OF PARANOIA |
Ronald K. Siegel | Non-fiction | 1994 |
| 25 | DRESS YOUR FAMILY IN CORDUROY AND DENIM |
David Sedaris | Non-fiction | 2004 |
| 24 | EIGENSINN MACHT SPASS |
Hermann Hesse | Non-fiction | 1986 |
| 23 | ZORRO |
Isabel Allende | Fiction | 2005 |
| 22 | SHALIMAR THE CLOWN | Salman Rushdie | Fiction | 2005 |
| 21 | THE OBESITY MYTH | Paul Campos | Non-fiction | 2004 |
| 20 | POPULATION: 485 |
Michael Perry | Non-fiction | 2002 |
| 19 | ASHES OF MID AUTUMN | D. Garcia-Wahl | Fiction | 2003 |
| 18 | LOVE ME |
Garrison Keillor | Fiction | 2003 |
| 17 | UNTIL I FIND YOU |
John Irving | Fiction | 2005 |
| 16 | ZWILLINGE |
Lawrence Wright | Non-fiction | 1997 |
| 15 | BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS | Anne Tyler | Fiction | 2001 |
| 14 | MEIN LEBEN |
Marcel Reich-Ranicki | Non-fiction | 2000 |
| 13 | CASE HISTORIES |
Kate Atkinson | Fiction | 2004 |
| 12 | AS NATURE MADE HIM |
John Colapinto | Non-fiction | 2000 |
| 11 | THE ALCHEMIST | Paulo Coelho | Fiction | 1993 |
| 10 | THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME | Mark Haddon | Fiction | 2003 |
| 9 | HUMBOLDT'S GIFT |
Saul Bellow | Fiction | 1975 |
| 8 | BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE MUSEUM |
Kate Atkinson | Fiction | 1995 |
| 7 | THE BEAN TREES | Barbara Kingslover | Fiction | 1988 |
| 6 | ATONEMENT |
Ian McEwan | Fiction | 2001 |
| 5 | LOSING MY MIND |
Thomas deBaggio | Non-fiction | 2002 |
| 4 | STANDING IN THE RAINBOW |
Fanny Flagg | Fiction | 2003 |
| 3 | THE VIRGIN BLUE | Tracy Chevalier | Fiction | 2003 |
| 2 | GALAPAGOS |
Kurt Vonnegut | Fiction | 1985 |
| 1 | SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE | Kurt Vonnegut | Fiction | 1969 |
2005 ↑
2004 ↓
| title | author | fiction/non | year published | |
| 38 | Elke's
favorite in 2004 THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA |
Philip Roth | Fiction | 2004 |
| 37 | LIEBESFLUCHTEN | Bernhard Schlink | Fiction | 2000 |
| 36 | MUST I GO DOWN TO THE SEA AGAIN? | Lesley Black | Fiction | 1983 |
| 35 | NOT THE END OF THE WORLD |
Kate Atkinson | Fiction | 2002 |
| 34 | DER VORLESER |
Bernhard Schlink | Fiction | 1995 |
| 33 | NICHT ALLE WOLLTEN SIE |
Gerhard Eiselt | Non-fiction | 2002 |
| 32 | LA AVENTURA DE MIGUEL LITTIN CLANDESTINO EN CHILE | Gabriel García Márquez | Non-fiction | 1986 |
| 31 | THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA |
Philip Roth | Fiction | 2004 |
| 30 | ANNA KARENINA |
Leo Tolstoy | Fiction | 1878 |
| 29 | FURY |
Salman Rushdie | Fiction | 2001 |
| 28 | NAKED |
David Sedaris | Non-fiction | 1997 |
| 27 | MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN (re-read) |
Salman Rushdie | Fiction | 1981 |
| 26 | LADY ORACLE | Margaret Atwood | Fiction | 1977 |
| 25 | ANNA'S BOOK | Ruth Rendell | Fiction | 1994 |
| 24 | BRICK LANE | Monica Ali | Fiction | 2003 |
| 23 | THE MIRACLE LIFE OF EDGAR MINT | Brady Udall | Fiction | 2001 |
| 22 | EMPIRE FALLS | Richard Russo | Fiction | 2001 |
| 21 | LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA | Gabriel García Márquez | Fiction | 1988 |
| 20 | MARY SWANN |
Carol Shields | Fiction | 1990 |
| 19 | AN UNFINISHED LIFE |
Robert Dallek | Non-fiction | 2003 |
| 18 | THE RISK POOL |
Richard Russo | Fiction | 1988 |
| 17 | WONDER BOYS | Michael Chabon | Fiction | 1995 |
| 16 | SCARLETT FEATHER | Maeve Binchy | Fiction | 2001 |
| 15 | DAS METHUSALEM KOMPLOTT |
Frank Schirrmacher | Non-fiction | 2004 |
| 14 | THEY CAGE THE ANIMALS AT NIGHT |
J.M. Burch | Fiction | 1985 |
| 13 | THE END | Roch Carrier | Fiction | 1994 |
| 12 | DAS ENDLOSE JAHR | Gisela Heidenreich | Fiction | 2004 |
| 11 | EROS UND KLERUS (re-read) |
Hubertus Mynarek | Fiction | 1978 |
| 10 | DEAD AIR | Iain Banks | Fiction | 2002 |
| 9 | UNLESS | Carol Shields | Fiction | 2002 |
| 8 | VERNON GOD LITTLE | D.B.C. Pierre | Fiction | 2003 |
| 7 | LIAR'S CLUB | Mary Karr | Fiction | 1995 |
| 6 | DIE KRANKHEITS-ERFINDER | Jörg Blech | Non-fiction | 2003 |
| 5 | YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND | Deborah Tannen | Non-fiction | 1990 |
| 4 | ANYWHERE BUT HERE |
Mona Simpson | Fiction | 1992 |
| 3 | ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE |
Gabriel García Márquez | Fiction | 1967 |
| 2 | THINKING IN PICTURES |
Temple Grandin | Non-fiction | 1995 |
| 1 | IRON SHOES |
Molly Giles | Fiction | 2000 |
2004 ↑
2003 ↓
| title | author | fiction/non | year published | |
| Elke's
favorite in 2003: THE CORRECTIONS |
Jonathan Franzen | Fiction | 2001 | |
| 44 | MIDDLESEX |
Jeffrey Eugenides | Fiction | 2002 |
| 43 | SPENCER'S LIST |
Lissa Evans | Fiction | 2002 |
| 42 | A LEG TO STAND ON | Oliver Sacks | Non-fiction | 1984 |
| 41 | WHAT I LOVED |
Siri Hustvedt | Fiction | 2003 |
| 40 | DUDE, WHERE'S MY COUNTRY? |
Michael Moore | Non-fiction | 2003 |
| 39 | IN THE JAWS OF THE BLACK DOGS |
John Bentley Mays | Non-fiction | 1996 |
| 38 | A BEAUTIFUL MIND |
Sylvia Nasar | Non-fiction | 1998 |
| 37 | KATE REMEMBERED |
A. Scott Berg | Non-fiction | 2003 |
| 36 | THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY | Douglas Adams | Fiction | 1980 |
| 35 | ORYX AND CRAKE |
Margaret Atwood | Fiction | 2003 |
| 34 | L'HÔTE/LES MUETS | Albert Camus | Fiction | 1957 |
| 33 | LA MALA HORA | Gabriel García Márquez | Fiction | 1974 |
| 32 | NIGHT FALLS FAST |
Kay Redfield Jamison | Non-fiction | 1999 |
| 31 | A YEAR IN PROVENCE |
Peter Mayle | Non-fiction | 1990 |
| 30 | ALL FAMILIES ARE PSYCHOTIC |
Douglas Coupland | Fiction | 2001 |
| 29 | DESTINED TO WITNESS |
Hans Massaquoi | Non-fiction | 1999 |
| 28 | ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY |
David Sedaris | Non-fiction | 2000 |
| 27 | GORILLAS IN THE MIST |
Dian Fossey | Non-fiction | 1983 |
| 26 | I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE |
Wally Lamb | Fiction | 1998 |
| 25 | TALES FROM FIROZSHA BAAG |
Rohinton Mistry | Fiction | 1987 |
| 24 | STRAIGHT MAN |
Richard Russo | Fiction | 1997 |
| 23 | ELEGY FOR IRIS |
John Bayley | Non-fiction | 1998 |
| 22 | HOW TO BE GOOD |
Nick Hornby | Fiction | 2001 |
| 21 | THE ROBBER BRIDE |
Margaret Atwood | Fiction | 1993 |
| 20 | THE CONSCIENCE OF A LIBERAL | Senator Paul Wellstone | Non-fiction | 2001 |
| 19 | THE EDIBLE WOMAN | Margaret Atwood | Fiction | 1969 |
| 18 | THE CORRECTIONS | Jonathan Franzen | Fiction | 2001 |
| 17 | MRS. DALLOWAY | Virginia Woolf | Fiction | 1925 |
| 16 | THE HIDING PLACE | Trezza Azzopardi | Fiction | 2000 |
| 15 | ZUR PSYCHOLOGIE DES FRIEDENS (re-read) | Horst Eberhard Richter | Non-fiction | 1984 |
| 14 | ALLES REDETEN VOM FRIEDEN (re-read) | Horst Eberhard Richter | Non-fiction | 1981 |
| 13 | VINEGAR HILL | A. Manette Ansay | Fiction | 1994 |
| 12 | THE WHITE BONE | Barbara Gowdy | Fiction | 2000 |
| 11 | TAFT | Ann Patchet | Fiction | 1999 |
| 10 | A PAINTED HOUSE | John Grisham | Fiction | 2001 |
| 9 | THE HOURS | Michael Cunningham | Fiction | 1998 |
| 8 | AMERICAN PASTORAL | Philip Roth | Fiction | 1997 |
| 7 | CAT'S EYE (re-read) | Margaret Atwood | Fiction | 1988 |
| 6 | THE HUMAN STAIN | Philip Roth | Fiction | 2000 |
| 5 | BRIDESHEAD REVISITED | Evelyn Waugh | Fiction | 1945 |
| 4 | JACKDAWS | Ken Follett | Fiction | 2001 |
| 3 | SHE'S COME UNDONE | Wally Lamb | Fiction | 1992 |
| 2 | SURFACING | Margaret Atwood | Fiction | 1972 |
| 1 | JITTERBUG PERFUME | Tom Robbins | Fiction | 1984 |