Table of contents
  1. Cover
  2. Colophon
  3. Dedication
  4. Preface
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. A Christmas Carol
  7. 2. A guide to Readmill
  8. 3. One million tiny plays about Britain
  9. 4. Metamorphosis
  10. 5. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
  11. 6. George Harrison
  12. 7. Getting Things Done
  13. 8. Debt: The First 5000 Years
  14. 9. A Farewell To Alms
  15. 10. The postcard century
  16. 11. Lost London 1870-1945
  17. 12. How to talk so kids will listen & listen so kids will talk
  18. 13. Complete Maus
  19. 14. George Harrison: Living in the Material World
  20. 15. Berkhamsted castle, an historical reverie
  21. 16. Bartleby the Scrivener
  22. 17. How Music Works
  23. 18. Beautiful Data
  24. 19. Queen Unseen
  25. 20. The Information Diet
  26. 21. Tender Is the Night
  27. 22. Do the Work
  28. 23. Goodbye, Mr. Chips
  29. 24. The Project Management Coaching Workbook: Six Steps to Unleashing Your Potential
  30. 25. Moonshot
  31. 26. On seeing and noticing
  32. 27. Justine
  33. 28. What It Is Like to Go to War
  34. 29. Balthazar
  35. 30. The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing
  36. 31. Pete Townshend: Who I Am
  37. 32. The Sense of an Ending
  38. 33. Mountolive
  39. 34. slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations
  40. 35. If Greece goes?: The impact of a Greek default on Europe and the world economy
  41. 36. The Train Was On Time
  42. 37. Clea
  43. 38. The Lazy Project Manager
  44. 39. Bit Literacy: Productivity in the Age of Information and E-mail Overload
  45. 40. After the Dance
  46. 41. Here Comes the Sun
  47. 42. Confessions of a Public Speaker
  48. 43. The Dark Wheel
  49. 44. Reminiscences of Berkhamsted
  50. 45. Classic Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories
  51. 46. The business of investment banking
  52. 47. Fitness for Geeks: Real Science, Great Nutrition, and Good Health
  53. 48. The Atheist's Guide to Christmas
  54. 49. The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
  55. 50. 100 Lost Rock Albums From The 1970s
  56. 51. A Life with Books
  57. 52. The Limit: Life and Death in Formula One's Most Dangerous Era
  58. 53. The Adventures of Tintin Reporter for "Le petit Vingtième"
  59. 54. I Want it Now! A Memoir of Life on the Set of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
  60. 55. Estates: An Intimate History
  61. 56. Chocky
  62. 57. The Big Necessity: Adventures In The World Of Human Waste
  63. 58. The John Lennon Letters
  64. 59. The Duel
  65. 60. Every Man Dies Alone
  66. 61. Rescue the Problem Project
  67. 62. Page 1: Great Expectations
  68. 63. Steinbeck: A Life in Letters
  69. 64. Autosport, March 7 2013
  70. 65. Project Reviews, Assurance and Governance
  71. 66. Hoisting the Standard
  72. 67. Identity
  73. 68. After The Gold Rush
  74. 69. A Long Walk to Freedom vol 1
  75. 70. Long Walk to Freedom, Volume 2
  76. 71. Organizations Don't Tweet, People Do: A Manager's Guide to the Social Web
  77. 72. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
  78. 73. After Mandela
  79. 74. Lennon Remembers
  80. 75. Fred Astaire
  81. 76. Governors’ Handbook
  82. 77. Dresden: A Survivor's Story (Kindle Single)
  83. 78. Darth Vader and Son
  84. 79. Beware of Pity
  85. 80. Chess
  86. 81. Everest 1953
  87. 82. The Safety Net
  88. 83. The Train
  89. 84. The Duel
  90. 85. Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Based IT Project and Portfolio Management Services
  91. 86. The Forrester Wave™: Project/Program Portfolio Management, Q4 2012
  92. 87. The World Is Flat
  93. 88. Tintin In Congo
  94. 89. It's Hello—From Him!
  95. 90. Pryor Convictions And Other Life Sentences
  96. 91. Road Cycling: A Guide To Making The Most Of Your Bike
  97. 92. The Perfect Ofsted School Governor
  98. 93. Scaling Software Agility
  99. 94. The Snow Goose
  100. 95. The Spectre of Alexander Wolf
  101. 96. Subterranean Railway
  102. 97. A guide to recruiting and selecting a new headteacher
  103. 98. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car / Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, / Wales And Scotland
  104. 99. Laika
  105. 100. Man on the Run: Paul McCartney in the 1970s
  106. 101. Wired UK January 2014
  107. 102. Becoming Agile ...in an imperfect world
  108. 103. "All You Zombies-"
  109. 104. I Was Jack Mortimer (Pushkin Collection)
  110. 105. The Letter for the King
  111. 106. Writing On The iPad: Text Automation with Editorial
  112. 107. True Adventures of the Rolling Stones
  113. 108. The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
  114. 109. Markdown
  115. 110. The Principles of Product Development Flow: Second Generation Lean Product Development
  116. 111. Wired USA - December 2013
  117. 112. Photograph
  118. 113. Frankenstein
  119. 114. Makers
  120. 115. A Princess of Mars
  121. 116. Alfred Hitchcock
  122. 117. Gulliver's Travels
  123. 118. The War in the Air
  124. 119. An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought
  125. 120. Liars and Outliers
  126. 121. Captain Blood
  127. 122. Daddy Long Legs
  128. 123. Through the Looking-Glass
  129. 124. Madame Bovary
  130. 125. Dracula
  131. 126. The Cricket on the Hearth
  132. 127. The Call of the Wild
  133. 128. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
  134. 129. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
  135. 130. The Theory of Socialism and Capitalism
  136. 131. Andersen's Fairy Tales
  137. 132. Reinventing Project Management
  138. 133. Brown Wolf and Other Jack London Stories
  139. 134. Anthem
  140. 135. Dubliners
  141. 136. Brewster's Millions
  142. 137. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
  143. 138. Thirty Strange Stories
  144. 139. Mindfulness in Plain English
  145. 140. Tales of the Jazz Age
  146. 141. Arms and the Man
  147. 142. The Call of Cthulhu
  148. 143. The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African Written By Himself
  149. 144. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  150. 145. Moby Dick
  151. 146. Sons and Lovers
  152. 147. A Doll's House
  153. 148. Hunger
  154. 149. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium
  155. 150. The seven curses of London
  156. 151. The Beatles - Pt. 1, Vol. 1 - All These Years - Extended Special Edition - Tune In
  157. Further reading
  158. Liked highlights
  159. The End

A Life with Books

by Julian Barnes
A Life with Books
Review

Little (meta-)book/ pamphlet that I picked up next to the till at Daunt Books. Glad I'm not alone with being addicted to buying books faster than I can read them.

20 January 2013
Stats
Dates 20 January 2013 – 20 January 2013
Time spent reading 26 minutes
Highlights 4
Comments 2
Used app ReadMore
Highlights

Nowadays, the average shelf life of a new hardback novel – assuming it can reach the shelf in the first place – is four months.

20 January 2013

I still buy books faster than I can read them.

20 January 2013 · Martin Hwasser, Christof Dorner, Kenna Marcelo, Andreas Kraft and Taísa Dantas liked this
Andrew Doran Andrew Doran

Me too. Many times faster.

08:42 · 20 January 2013
Kenna Marcelo Kenna Marcelo

Story of my life.

18:34 · 25 January 2013

Reading is a majority skill but a minority art.

20 January 2013

When you read a great book, you don’t escape from life, you plunge deeper into it.

20 January 2013