60th book - "The Corrections" - Jonathan Franzen - 10 points

I read the paperback version published by Picador. Originally published in 2001. Franzen is a genius!

59th book - "The Litigators" - John Grisham - 9 points

I read the 2011 1st edition published by Doubleday.

58th book - "Das verlorene Symbol" - Dan Brown - 9 points

I read the illustrated German version of "The lost Symbol".

57th book - "The Enchantress of Florence" - Salman Rushdie - 3 points

Seriously Salman? Not sure if I can like his books. I had to give up less than half through the book.

56th book - "Das Mädchen am Rio Paraiso" - Ana Veloso - 8 points

55th book - "The Secret History of Costaguana" - Juan Gabriel Vasquez - 9 points

Great writing by a rising star!
Interesting historical fiction about Panama.

54th book - "Schoßgebete" - Charlotte Roche - 8 points

53rd book - "Rotkehlchen" - Jo Nesbo - 8 points

The 3rd Harry Hole case in this time in Europe (how surprising). It plays in different times of 1999/2000 and at the end of WWII.
Interesting facts of Norwegian position at Hitler's war and the time after.
I read 11. Auflage of the soft cover version published by Ullstein in 2010. Originally published in 2000.

52nd book - "Misery" - Stephen King - 6 points

I read the 1987 hardcover version. ISBN 0-670-81364-8.

51st book - "Kakerlaken" - Jo Nesbo - 9 points

Inspector Hole this time in Thailand. Very exciting story and cleverly written with many interesting and researched topics.
I read the German paperback version published by Ullstein. 5. Auflage 2010. Originally published in Norwegian language in 1998. ISBN 978-3-548-28049-3.

50th book - "Eine Frage der Zeit" - Alex Capus - 8 points

The story takes places in German East African colony at the outbreak of WWI from 1913 through 1916 and is deeply researched by the author Alex Capus.
3 Germans have the order to bring down a steam ship from Germany to Tanzania in thousand parts and build it all together at the African lake Tanganyika in the mid of the African continent. Interesting, sad and a brief description of African culture and the senseless and brutality of colonization.
I read the paperback 2007 version published by btb-Verlag.
Alex Capus was born in 1961.

49th book - "Schuld und Sühne" - Fjodor M. Dostojewski - 5 points

"Crime and Punishment" in German language. Written in 1866. The mother of crime stories! Unfortunately I'm stuck around page 400 of 700 and have no motivation and patience to continue. This book destroys my whole rhythm of one book a week.

48th book - "Sidetracked" - Henning Mankell - 10 points

Kurt Wallander's 5th case and the best so far!
Written in 1995.

47th book - "Things Fall Apart" - Chinua Achebe - 8 points

First published in 1958 this book about the the cultural life of Nigeria up to the arrival of the Christians. Very rewarding when you finish this book.

46th book - "Der Fledermausmann" - Jo Nesbo - 8 points

Harry Hole's first case in Down Under. Another alcoholic like Kurt Wallander, but this time a Norwegian inspector.

45th book - "Playdate" - Thelma Adams - 7 points

I very nice story about a househusband and his "duties" in this town in California. Some FSK18 chapters made this book very interesting and funny.
I saw Thelma at Barnes & Noble (86th & Lex.) and she read from the "outlet and plug" chapter.
I read the signed 2011 first hardcover edition. ISBN 978-0-312-65666-9.

44th book - "The Man Who Smiled" - Henning Mankell - 9 points

Reading the 4th book of the Kurt Wallander series it's such a pleasure to follow inspector Wallander through the next investigation and to hear news about his private life. Can't wait to read the next book in the series.
I read the paperback edition ISBN 978-1-4000-9583-4. First published in 1994.

43rd book - "The Pillars of the Earth" - Ken Follett - 10 points

Let's go back in the 12th century. 1000 pages!
The idea to tell the story around the construction of a cathedral is perfect. It appeared to me that the stories about certain people repeated themselves, like the characters of William Hamleigh or Bishop Waleran.
Anyway, a great book and I read it within 12 days. Will read more Ken Follett.
I read the 2007 paperback version ISBN 978-0-451-22524-5. First published in 1989.

42nd book - "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" - Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows - 9 points

This book is entirely written letters from one person to another. Really incredible how the characters develop just in these letters.
I actually learned much of the history of the Channel Island between France and England which belong to the U.K.... the story takes places in 1946 right after WWII and tells many details of the 5 years German occupation until the end of WWII in May 1945 (!), not until the D-Day the year before.
As a German myself I always feel deeply ashamed what has happened during the Hitler time, for that reason I'm glad that we have books like this to remember these horrible events again and again so that it will never happen again.

I read the 2008 hardcover edition from the Dial Press. ISBN 978-0-385-34099-1.

41st book - "The White Lioness" - Henning Mankell - 9 points

"The White Lioness" is the 3rd part of the Kurt Wallender series which also takes place in South Africa.
Originally published in 1993.