My best books of 2010

A Listmania! list by Mr. Nigel Reynolds "nigelrey" (UK)
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How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer
1.  How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer by Sarah Bakewell
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  "Making Montaigne accessible. Fascinating."
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The Strangest Man: The Life of Paul Dirac
2.  The Strangest Man: The Life of Paul Dirac by Dr Graham Farmelo
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  "A science book for the non-scientist"
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Burying The Bones: Pearl Buck in China
3.  Burying The Bones: Pearl Buck in China by Hilary Spurling
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  "Buck is not now read a great deal but she was a remarkable lady."
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Why Mahler?: How One Man and Ten Symphonies Changed the World
4.  Why Mahler?: How One Man and Ten Symphonies Changed the World by Norman Lebrecht
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  "Unstuffy and enthusiastic biography of a great composer."
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The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution and the Twentieth Century
5.  The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution and the Twentieth Century by Peter Watson
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  "A vast survey of German history and thought."
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Germania: A Personal History of Germans Ancient and Modern
6.  Germania: A Personal History of Germans Ancient and Modern by Simon Winder
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  "This will make you want to visit Germany!"
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Alone in Berlin (Penguin Modern Classics)
7.  Alone in Berlin (Penguin Modern Classics) by Geoff Wilkes
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  "A very great and inspiring  novel of resistance in Nazi Germany"
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The Smell of the Continent: The British Discover Europe
8.  The Smell of the Continent: The British Discover Europe by James Munson
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  "A book for anyone who loves travelling"
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The Marquise of O - And Other Stories
9.  The Marquise of O - And Other Stories by Heinrich Kleist
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  "Wonderful stories. How have I missed them for so long??"
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The Man Who Invented History: Travels with Herodotus
10.  The Man Who Invented History: Travels with Herodotus by Justin Marozzi
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  "Eye opening and engrossing"
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Troubles
11.  Troubles by J.G. Farrell
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  "Worthy of the Booker Prize it never got"
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