Book of the Year

The Purple book award 2011 goes to "The Law of Dreams" by Peter Behrens. It's set in Ireland during the potato famine. A great book with an apocalyptic feel to it. I am looking forward to the release in March of his latest book, "The O'Briens" which follows the same family a generation later.

Books I've read 2011

• 41. The Fear by Charlie Higson
• 40. The Last Dog on Earth by Daniel Ehrenraft
• 39. This Crowded Earth by Robert Bloch
• 38. Burn Down the Sky by James Jaros
• 37. The Dead by Charlie Higson
• 36. The Mad God's Amulet by Michael Moorcock
• 35. The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell
• 34. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
• 33. The Jewel in the Skull by Michael Moorcock
• 32. Time of the Great Freeze by Robert Silverberg
• 31. The Autobiography of a Super-tramp by W H Davies
• 30. Plague by Jean Ure
• 29. The March by E L Doctorow
• 28. Eternity Road by Jack McDevitt
• 27. Day by Day Armageddon by J L Bourne
• 26. Knockemstiff by Donald Ray Pollock
• 25. The Law of Dreams by Peter Behrens
• 24. Dog Blood by David Moody
• 23. Consider Her Ways and Others by John Wyndham
• 22. Tsunami by Crawford Kilian
• 21. The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski
• 20. The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat
• 19. Trouble With Lichen by John Wyndham
• 18. Burma Boy by Biyi Bandele
• 17. Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
• 16. The City, Not Long After by Pat Murphy
• 15. Player One by Douglas Coupland
• 14. Depraved by Bryan Smith
• 13. Bone Dance by Emma Bull
• 12. The Dark Millenium by A J Merak
• 11.The Conqueror Worms by Brian Keene
• 10. Leap into Darkness by Leo Bretholz & Michael Olesker
• 9. Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
• 8. Whoops! by John Lanchester
• 7. Paris Underground by Etta Shiber
• 6. Floodland by Marcus Sedgwick
• 5. Room by Emma Donoghue
• 4. The Dark Tower, Volume 1: The Gunslinger by Stephen King
• 3. Treblinka: A Survivors Memory by Chil Rajchman
• 2. The Hungry Years by William Leith
• 1. Rage by Stephen King