These are the books I read in May, 2014 – there were 6 books total, 4 non-fiction and 2 fiction with 1 classic. No women authors. 😦
Capital in the 21st Century
by Thomas Piketty
2014 / 696 pages
rating 10 (yes) / non-fiction – economics
Troubles
by J. G. Farrell
1970 / 480 pages
rating 10 / hist fiction
No Place to Hide:
Edward Snowden, the NSA and U.S. Surveillance State
by Glenn Greenwald
May 2014 / 288 pages
rating 8 / current events
My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel
Ari Shavit
2013 / 464 pages
rating – ? – memoir/history
The Idea of Israel: A History of Power and Knowledge
by Ilan Pappé
2014 / 313 pages (Kindle)
rating: 9 – historiography/memoir (!)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
by Leo Tolstoy 1886 / 62 pages (Kindle)
rating 10 / Russian classic