Books read in 2011

It's a bit late, but I should try and analyse my booklist for 2011! First of all, I should point out that I think I might have missed out some books, as I ended up being a bit busy at times and got behind with keeping my list up to date. Secondly, the list below is in the wrong order! I've read 49 books this year.

1. Deep Waters - Barbara Nadel
2. The Black Book - Orhan Pamuk
3. Arabesk - Barbara Nadel
4. A 3rd helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul
5. Nation - Terry Pratchett
6. A Chemical Prison - Barbara Nadel
7. The Wizard of the Crow - Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
8. Cosmic - Frank Cottrell Boyce
9. Framed - Frank Cottrell Boyce
10. Skinner's Festival - Quintin Jardine
11. Carbon Diaries 2017 - Saci Lloyd
12. Carbon Diaries 2015 - Saci Lloyd
13. Monsters of Men - Patrick Ness
14. The Ask and the Answer - Patrick Ness
15. The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness
16. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit - Judith Kerr
17. The Bride's Farewell - Meg Rosoff
18. Out of Shadows - Jason Wallace
19. The Butterfly Tattoo - Philip Pullman
20. A Rush of Blood - Quintin Jardine
21. The Secret Adversary - Agatha Christie
22. The Pale Horse - Agatha Christie
23. Belshazzar's Daughter - Barbara Nadel
24. The Secret Countess - Eva Ibbotson
25. No and Me - Delphine de Vigan
26. Skinner's Rules - Quintin Jardine
27. HIVE: Zero Hour - Mark Walden
28. HIVE: Rouge - Mark Walden
29. Pretty Dead Things - Barbara Nadel
30. Petrified - Barbara Nadel
31. Dance with Death - Barbara Nadel
32. The Other Side of You - Salley Vickers
33. An Expert in Murder - Nicola Upson
34. HIVE: Dreadnought - Mark Walden
35. The Diamond Takers - Karen Wallace
36. The Time Machine - HG Wells
37. Maps for Lost Lovers - Nadeem Aslam
38. Season of the Songbirds - Nadeem Aslam
39. Some Kind of Black - Diran Adebayo
40. The Lacuna - Barbara Kingsolver
41. Toast - Nigel Slater
42. Her Fearful Symmetry - Audrey Niffenegger

So...

Books by men - 29
Books by women - 20
Books by Barbara Nadel - 7
Books by Mark Walden - 3
Books by Quentin Jardin - 3
Crime/thrillers - 14 (ish?)
Children's/young people books - 18
A prize for literary merit? - Would probably go to Patrick Ness, for the trilogy starting with The Knife of Never Letting Go.

But this year has mostly been about escapism, relaxing from the stress of my day to day job! (Until this summer that is!)