Gary Gudmundson's votes on the list The Economist

Listopia > Gary Gudmundson's votes on the list The Economist - Books of the Year 2004 (43 Books)

1	Ulysses S. Grant by Josiah Bunting 3.88 avg rating — 632 ratings "Biography" 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
2	Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow 4.22 avg rating — 203,100 ratings "History" Gary added it to currently-reading 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	Why Globalization Works (Yale Nota Bene) by Martin Wolf 3.48 avg rating — 311 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
4	Plan of Attack: The Definitive Account of the Decision to Invade Iraq by Bob Woodward 3.71 avg rating — 5,874 ratings "Politics and current affairs" 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	The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam by Martin Windrow 4.28 avg rating — 754 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
6	The Modern Firm: Organizational Design for Performance and Growth by John Roberts (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 166 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
7	Jacquard's Web: How a Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age by James Essinger (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 195 ratings "Science & 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
8	The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649 - 1815 by N.A.M. Rodger 4.34 avg rating — 467 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
9	Global Crises, Global Solutions by Bjørn Lomborg (Editor) 3.45 avg rating — 62 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
10	The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States by National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States 3.66 avg rating — 4,731 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
11	In Tasmania by Nicholas Shakespeare 3.61 avg rating — 371 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
12	Backroom Boys: The Secret Return of the British Boffin by Francis Spufford (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 339 ratings "Science & 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
13	Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found by Suketu Mehta 3.95 avg rating — 11,325 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
14	The Italian Boy: A Tale of Murder and Body Snatching in 1830s London by Sarah Wise (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 806 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
15	The Plot Against America by Philip Roth 3.82 avg rating — 70,438 ratings "Fiction and memoirs"	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	Wodehouse: A Life by Robert McCrum 3.94 avg rating — 556 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
17	Chronicles, Volume One by Bob Dylan 3.98 avg rating — 62,391 ratings "Culture and digressions"	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	The End of the Line: How Overfishing Is Changing the World and What We Eat by Charles Clover 4.01 avg rating — 614 ratings "Science & 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
19	Surprise, Security, and the American Experience by gaddis 3.62 avg rating — 275 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
20	The King of Sunlight: How William Lever Cleaned Up the World by Adam Macqueen 3.99 avg rating — 67 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
21	Innovation and Its Discontents: How Our Broken Patent System is Endangering Innovation and Progress, and What to Do About It by Adam B. Jaffe 3.83 avg rating — 29 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
22	The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits by C.K. Prahalad 3.91 avg rating — 2,388 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	Mr. China by Tim Clissold 3.97 avg rating — 1,677 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
24	Other People's Money: The Corporate Mugging of America by Nomi Prins (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 41 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
25	Earth: An Intimate History by Richard Fortey 3.90 avg rating — 1,353 ratings "Science & 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
26	The Genome War: How Craig Venter Tried to Capture the Code of Life and Save the World by James Shreeve 3.84 avg rating — 478 ratings "Science & 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	Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib by Seymour M. Hersh 3.98 avg rating — 1,245 ratings "Politics and current affairs" 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
28	American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare by Jason DeParle 4.06 avg rating — 1,002 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
29	Snow by Orhan Pamuk 3.62 avg rating — 50,052 ratings "Fiction and memoirs"	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	I'll Go to Bed at Noon (The Jones Trilogy, #2) by Gerard Woodward (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 569 ratings "Fiction and memoirs"	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	The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 20,012 ratings "Fiction and memoirs"	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 Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst 3.78 avg rating — 32,474 ratings "Fiction and memoirs"	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	Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell 4.01 avg rating — 271,433 ratings "Fiction and memoirs"	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	The Master by Colm Tóibín 3.84 avg rating — 12,080 ratings "Fiction and memoirs"	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	About Love and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov 4.15 avg rating — 1,433 ratings "Fiction and memoirs"	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 Lambs of London by Peter Ackroyd 3.19 avg rating — 1,993 ratings "Fiction and memoirs"	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	A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz 4.23 avg rating — 13,038 ratings "Fiction and memoirs"	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	Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare by Stephen Greenblatt 3.88 avg rating — 10,949 ratings "Culture and digressions"	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 Stories of English by David Crystal 4.05 avg rating — 1,445 ratings "Culture and digressions"	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	How to Be a (Bad) Birdwatcher by Simon Barnes 3.99 avg rating — 1,084 ratings "Culture and digressions"	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	Queen: The Life and Music of Dinah Washington by Nadine Cohodas 3.86 avg rating — 74 ratings "Culture and digressions"	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	Blood Horses: Notes of a Sportswriter's Son by John Jeremiah Sullivan 4.10 avg rating — 554 ratings "Culture and digressions"	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	A Little History of British Gardening by Jenny Uglow 3.96 avg rating — 106 ratings "Culture and digressions"	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