Gary Gudmundson's votes on the list The Economist

Listopia > Gary Gudmundson's votes on the list The Economist - Books of the Year 2011 (50 Books)

1	Berlin 1961 by Frederick Kempe 4.11 avg rating — 1,914 ratings "History" Gary rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World by William D. Cohan 3.85 avg rating — 1,826 ratings "Economics and business " Gary added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land, its Regions and their Peoples by David Gilmour 3.97 avg rating — 2,239 ratings "History" Gary added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Sugar Barons by Matthew Parker (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 722 ratings "History" Gary added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon by Gretchen Morgenson 3.96 avg rating — 1,564 ratings "Economics and business "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Is That a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything by David Bellos 3.77 avg rating — 2,810 ratings "Culture, society and travel " Gary added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Red Capitalism: The Fragile Financial Foundation of China's Extraordinary Rise by Carl E. Walter 3.85 avg rating — 464 ratings "Politics and current affairs "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All The Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better by Tyler Cowen 3.73 avg rating — 2,390 ratings "Economics and business "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Charles Dickens by Claire Tomalin 3.92 avg rating — 7,245 ratings "Biography and memoir "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China by Ezra F. Vogel 4.46 avg rating — 4,350 ratings "Biography and memoir "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future by Ian Goldin 3.90 avg rating — 150 ratings "Politics and current affairs "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Tide Players: The Movers and Shakers of a Rising China by Jianying Zha 3.85 avg rating — 188 ratings "Politics and current affairs "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa by Jason K. Stearns 4.18 avg rating — 5,693 ratings "Politics and current affairs "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Cables from Kabul: The Inside Story of the West’s Afghanistan Campaign by Sherard Cowper-Coles 3.72 avg rating — 211 ratings "Politics and current affairs "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The 9/11 Wars by Jason Burke 4.13 avg rating — 262 ratings "Politics and current affairs "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Pakistan: A Hard Country by Anatol Lieven 4.12 avg rating — 2,459 ratings "Politics and current affairs "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Hemingways Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934 - 1961 by Paul Hendrickson 3.76 avg rating — 2,114 ratings "Biography and memoir "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Blue Nights by Joan Didion 3.95 avg rating — 50,126 ratings "Biography and memoir "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Van Gogh: The Life by Steven Naifeh 4.18 avg rating — 31,748 ratings "Biography and memoir "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Ghosts by Daylight: A Modern-Day War Correspondent's Memoir of Love, Loss, and Redemption by Janine Di Giovanni 3.94 avg rating — 430 ratings "Biography and memoir "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Paper Garden: Mrs. Delany Begins Her Life's Work at 72 by Molly Peacock (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 1,318 ratings "Biography and memoir "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty by Abhijit V. Banerjee 4.27 avg rating — 24,754 ratings "Economics and business "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Jerusalem: The Biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 13,694 ratings "History" Gary added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean by David Abulafia 3.97 avg rating — 2,411 ratings "History"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Anatomy of a Moment: Thirty-Five Minutes in History and Imagination by Javier Cercas 4.10 avg rating — 4,041 ratings "History"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Quantum Universe: Everything That Can Happen Does Happen by Brian Cox 3.76 avg rating — 4,747 ratings "Science and technology "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman 4.17 avg rating — 600,981 ratings "Science and technology "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Global Warming Gridlock: Creating More Effective Strategies for Protecting the Planet by David G. Victor 3.88 avg rating — 34 ratings "Science and technology "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The God Species by Mark Lynas 3.97 avg rating — 452 ratings "Science and technology "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World by David Deutsch 4.17 avg rating — 10,037 ratings "Science and technology " Gary added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Revolutions that Made the Earth by Tim Lenton 4.30 avg rating — 27 ratings "Science and technology "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 29,814 ratings "Culture, society and travel "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Adventures in the Orgasmatron: How the Sexual Revolution Came to America by Christopher Turner 3.84 avg rating — 118 ratings "Culture, society and travel "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier and Happier by Edward L. Glaeser 3.91 avg rating — 6,449 ratings "Culture, society and travel " Gary added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombay's Dance Bars by Sonia Faleiro (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 1,057 ratings "Culture, society and travel "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them by Elif Batuman 3.71 avg rating — 6,137 ratings "Culture, society and travel "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	People Who Eat Darkness: The Fate of Lucie Blackman by Richard Lloyd Parry (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 23,745 ratings "Culture, society and travel "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Iphigenia in Forest Hills: Anatomy of a Murder Trial by Janet Malcolm 3.66 avg rating — 1,191 ratings "Culture, society and travel "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Art of Camping: The History and Practice of Sleeping Under the Stars by Matthew De Abaitua (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 79 ratings "Culture, society and travel "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) by Haruki Murakami 3.95 avg rating — 343,878 ratings "Culture, society and travel (English translation)"	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Other People's Money by Justin Cartwright 3.54 avg rating — 980 ratings "Culture, society and travel "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Open City by Teju Cole 3.49 avg rating — 17,660 ratings "Culture, society and travel "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides 3.48 avg rating — 124,987 ratings "Culture, society and travel "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Train Dreams by Denis Johnson 3.88 avg rating — 47,362 ratings "Culture, society and travel "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht (Goodreads Author) 3.42 avg rating — 102,902 ratings "Culture, society and travel "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje 3.62 avg rating — 27,540 ratings "Culture, society and travel "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Afrika Reich by Guy Saville 3.34 avg rating — 1,083 ratings "Culture, society and travel "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Australian Poetry Since 1788 by Geoffrey Lehmann (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings "Poetry "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Memorial: An Excavation of the Iliad by Alice Oswald 4.18 avg rating — 2,105 ratings "Poetry "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Clavics (Daybooks, 4) by Geoffrey Hill 3.45 avg rating — 20 ratings "Poetry "	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars