Category Archives: Novels read

Novels and biographies read in 2019

Posted on January 1, 2020 by stuartelden

As ever, a list of the books I read as a break from normal academic reading, though the line gets blurred with some of the biographies. I enjoyed the biographies more than the novels, and even abandoned a novel – … Continue reading →

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Novels and biographies read in 2018

Posted on December 31, 2018 by stuartelden

These are the books I read as a break from standard academic reading, though the line gets blurred with some of the biographies. I read more of those this year than previous years, including the three volumes of Isaac Deutscher’s … Continue reading →

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Novels and biographies read in 2017

Posted on January 1, 2018 by stuartelden

A list of the novels and biographies I read in 2017. For the most part these are the reading I do which is not related to work, though some of the biographies blur that line. A mixed bag, of which … Continue reading →

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Novels and biographies read in 2016

Posted on December 31, 2016 by stuartelden

Not all novels, and many more biographies in here then previous years, but these were the (mainly) non-work books I read in 2016. John Fowles, Daniel Martin  Mason Currey, Daily Rituals: How Artists Work (non-fiction) Helga Schneider, Let Me Go: … Continue reading →

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2015 in review – talks, publications and writing, plus links to ‘best-of’ lists

Posted on December 31, 2015 by stuartelden

I began 2015 with the manuscript of a book under the title Foucault’s Last Decade close, I thought, to completion. But it was far too long. In the end, I cut the first two long chapters out, and submitted a book … Continue reading →

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Novels (mainly) read in 2015

Posted on December 30, 2015 by stuartelden

These are the novels or non-fiction I read as a break from work-related reading in 2015. Not as many as previous years, which was mainly due to a slow start. Daniel Coyle and Tyler Hamilton, The Secret Race: Inside the … Continue reading →

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Novels read in 2014 – part two

Posted on December 31, 2014 by stuartelden

Over the past few years I’ve been keeping lists of novels read – you can see the list from the first part of 2014 here. These are the ones I read between June and now. Back in June I said a … Continue reading →

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Basel ‘New Developments in Theory’ lecture and ‘Space, Territory, Literature’ seminar

Posted on November 26, 2014 by stuartelden

I got back earlier today from two enjoyable days at the University of Basel for the ‘New Developments in Theory’ lecture and the ‘Space, Territory, Literature’ seminar. The lecture was on ‘Geopolitics, Geopower, Geometrics’ and the morning of the seminar looked at … Continue reading →

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Some responses to questions on novels read

Posted on July 3, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve had a few comments or questions on my lists of novels read. Some of these were on facebook or twitter, either now or when I’ve posted previous lists. So some quick responses: – why do you read so many … Continue reading →

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Novels read in the first half of 2014

Posted on June 30, 2014 by stuartelden

Over the past few years I’ve been keeping lists of novels read. There are a few short story collections here, and a couple of histories, but it’s mainly novels. David Lodge, Therapy Mark Hadden, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time … Continue reading →

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