Reading list
Here’s the list of books I read, recently or long time ago. This is by no means a final list, it is just an attempt to record books I read. Notice that the titles are written in the language I read the books in (English, Bosnian or Danish).
* enjoyed reading
2010
- Christopher Hitchens – bog nije veliki (religion)* – juli
- W.G. Sebald - Austerlitz (novel) – juli
- Džavaharlal Nehru – Pisma Indiri (letters) – juli
- Bosanski Kafka – Denis Dželić (stories)* – juli
- Bajka za Unu – Denis Dželić (stories)* – maj
- En beskrivelse af Danmark af 1692 - Robert Molesworth (society)* – maj
- Ekscentrično srce – Tomislav Čale (poetry)* – maj
- Nevjestinski ponor – Nura Bazdulj-Hubijar (short stories)* – maj
- Over broer – Radmila Lukić-Bardak (war, biography)* – maj
- Historija Bošnjaka – Mustafa Imamović (history)* – april
- Tajne profesionalnih kladioničara – David Weisshaupt (betting)* – april
- Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe – Bill Bryson (travel)* – april
- Crna duša – Ahmet M. Rahmanović (novel) – mart
- Odlazak starog rezbara – Vitomir Lukić (short stories) – mart
- Chicago – Alaa Al Aswany (novel)* – mart
- Cvijeće zla – Charles Baudelaire (poetry) – februar
- En kort historie om næsten alt – Bill Bryson (science)* – februar
- Luter i Orlović – Ševko Kadrić (novel) – januar
- Ljubav i prepreke – Aleksandar Hemon (short stories)* – januar
2009
- Mand i mørke – Paul Auster (novel)*
- Jagten på sandheden – Eirik Newth (history of science)*
- Bogomils as inspiration – Ševko Kadrić (Bosnian tombstone epitaphs)*
- Islam i krise – Bernard Lewis (politics, religion)
- Danmarks Riges Grundlov (DF’s version, 2006)
- Filosofija palanke – Radomir Konstantinović (philosophy)
- O roštilju i raznim smetnjama – Nihad Hasanović (novel)*
- Jæger – i krig med eliten – Thomas Rathsack (autobiography, war)
- Glad – Knut Hamsun (novel)*
- Molim te, zapiši – Jasmin Imamović (novel)*
- Govor tišine – Eckhart Tolle (spirituality)*
- Priče izgubljenog vremena – Dino F. Avdibegović (short stories)*
- Dvori od oraha – Miljenko Jergović (novel)*
- Hosekræmmeren – St. St. Blicher (novel)
- Kulturmøder og religion – Safet Bektović (society, religion)*
- Lutka na koncu – Dario Džamonja (short stories)*
- Katarza – Zlatko Lukić (novel)*
- Historijska čitanka 2 – Miljenko Jergović (essays, articles)
- New Liberal Arts – Various (essays)
- Crveno i crno – Stendhal (novel)
- Den gamle mand og havet – Ernest Hemingway (novel)
- Skaknovelle – Stefan Zweig (novel)*
- Cadenza 18 – various (short stories and poetry)
- Historijska čitanka 1 – Miljenko Jergović (essays, articles)
- Islam i vesten – Various authors (religion, politics)*
- Grobnica za Borisa Davidoviča – Danilo Kiš (short stories)
- Pobune – Derviš Sušić (short stories)*
- Djevojka crvene kose – Meša Selimović (short stories)
- Priče – Dario Džamonja (short stories)*
- A Glanse Into Ottoman Bosnia – Matija Mažuranić (travelogue)*
- Kanelbutikkerne – Bruno Schulz (short stories)
- Vječnik – Nedžad Ibrišimović (novel)*
- De retfærdige – Martin Krasnik (islamism, politics)*
- Sto godina samoće – Gabriel G. Márquez (novel)
- Nietzsche – Ronald Hayman (philosophy)
- 15 år efter – Various authors (Bosnian war/refugee stories)*
- Indie Publishing – Ellen Lupton (book publishing)*
- Pješčana knjiga – Jorge Luis Borges (short stories)
- Danmarks historie – Benito Scocozza & Grethe Jensen (history)*
- Sarajevski marlboro – Miljenko Jergović (short stories)*
- Kompetenceudvikling – Vibeke Didriksen, Pernille Alberg (corporate)
2008
- Hvordan soldaten reparerer grammofonen – Saša Stanišić (novel)*
- Fatal Eggs – Mikhail Bulgakov (novel)
- Istočni diwan – Dževad Karahasan (novel)
- Poezija – Arthur Rimbaud (poetry)
- Det magiske vendepunkt – Malcolm Gladwell (society, media)
- The Darkness and the Light – Anthony Hecht (poetry)
- Šala – Milan Kundera (novel)*
- Manden der ville være skyldig – Henrik Stangerup (novel)*
- Rulletrappen – Nicholson Baker (novel)
- Vitezi Kulina bana – Nenad Tanović (short stories)*
- Sjećanje na moje tužne kurve – Gabriel Garcia Marquez (novel)
- What We Believe But Cannot Prove – Various authors (science essays)
- Ptice iz fjordova – Denis Dželić (short stories)
- Majstor i Margarita – Mihail Bulgakov (novel)
- Den Anden Side og Tilbage – Sylvia Browne (spirituality)
- Paganski poeta – Denis Dželić (short stories)*
- Doctor Glas – Hjalmar Söderberg (novel)*
- Zlatke i haznadari – Emina Bašić (short stories)
- Poljska konjica – Marko Vešović (poetry)*
2007
- Film Directors A-Z – Geoff Andrew
- The World Without Us – Alan Weisman (environment)
- Zovem se Crvena – Orhan Pamuk (novel)
- Persepolis 2: The Story Of A Return – Marjane Satrapi (graphic novel)*
- Persepolis: The Story Of A Childhood – Marjane Satrapi (graphic novel)*
- Nakit gospođe Xen – Senada Kadribašić (novel)
- Na stećku moja riječ – Ešref Avdibegović (biography)*
- Pitanje Brune (Question of Bruno) – Aleksandar Hemon (short stories)
- Blink – Malcolm Gladwell (psychology, culture)*
- Faust’s Children – Elvis Bego (short stories) *
2006
- Min forunderlige verden – Rud Grandt (incarnation)
- Od sumnje do vjerovanja – Mustafa Mahmud (science vs. religion)
- Neznanje – Milan Kundera (novel)
- Morija – Abdulah Sidran (poems)
- Inšalah, Madona, inšalah – Miljenko Jergović (short stories)
- The Holocaust Industry – Norman G. Finkelstein (politics)
- Čovjek bez prošlosti (The Nowhere Man) – Aleksandar Hemon (novel)
- Solaris – Stanislav Lem (novel)
- Islam pod Dvoglavim orlom: Muslimani Bosne i Hercegovine 1878.-1914. – Robert J. Donia (politics)
- Hvad er Islam – Jørgen Bæk Simonsen (religion)
- Hemonwood – Aleksandar Hemon (articles/short stories) *
- Kroz Bosnu i Hercegovinu (travelogue)
2005
- Alhemičar (The Alchemist) – Paulo Coelho (novel)
- Proces (The Trial) – Franz Kafka (novel)
2004
- Na Drini ćuprija (Bridge on the Drina) – Ivo Andrić (novel) *
- Stepski vuk (Steppenwolf) – Hermann Hesse (novel)
- Girl With A Pearl Earring – Tracy Chevalier (novel) *
- Stupid White Men – Michael Moore
- Umijeće ljubavi (Art of Loving) – Erich Fromm (psychology) *
- Dokrajčenje (Le Coup de Grace) – Marguerite Yourcenar (novel)
- En fortælling om blindhed – Jose Saramago (novel)*
- Tvrđava (Fortress) – Meša Selimović (novel) *
- Travnička hronika (Bosnian Chronicle) – Ivo Andrić (novel) *
Earlier
- The Dream Society – Rolf Jensen (society, future)
- Boje i mirisi – Musa Ćazim Ćatić (poetry)*
- Childe Harrold – George Gordon Byron (poem) *
- Stoljeće rata (A Century of War) – William F. Engdahl (politics) *
- U Zvorniku ja sam ostavio svoje srce – Abdulah Sidran (drama)
- Fernando Magellan: Plovidba oko svijeta – Rudolf Baumgardt (novel)
- Animal Farm – George Orwell (novel)
- Potonulo groblje – Goran Tribuson (novel)
- Forbrydelse og straf – Dostoyevsky (novel) *
- Tvivlens have – Fernando Savater (novel)
- Tanker fra en kannibal – Fernando Savater (philosophy) *
- Den politiske brødrister – Fernando Savater (philosophy) *
- Mod til at opdrage – Fernando Savater (philosophy)
- Kunsten at leve samtale ved årtusindsiftet – Fernando Savater/Juan Arias (ethics)*
- Stranac – Albert Camus (novel)
- Kuga – Albert Camus (novel)
- Jostein Gaarder – Sofijin svijet (novel/philosophy)
- Bosnia: A Short History – Noel Malcolm (history)*
- Sælsom hvisken – Dean R. Koontz (novel)
- Skygger – Dean R. Koontz (novel)
- Døren til december – Dean R. Koontz (novel)
- Eksperimentet – Dean R. Koontz (novel)
- Dobbelgænger – Dean R. Koontz (novel)
- Dødens museum – Dean R. Koontz (novel)
- Vintermåne – Dean R. Koontz (novel)
- Intensity – Dean R. Koontz (novel)
- Intervju sa vampirom – Anne Rice (novel) *
- Christine – Stephen King (novel)
- Pan – Knut Hamsun (novel)
- Filozofski rječnik – Voltaire (philosophy)
- Hamlet – William Shakespeare (play)
- Kanconijer – Francesco Petrarca (poetry)
- Derviš i smrt – Meša Selimović (novel) *
- Tišine – Meša Selimović (novel)
- Zar je to čovjek – Primo Levi (novel)
- Oedipus – Sophocles (tragedy)
- Prokleta Avlija – Ivo Andrić (novel)*
- The Wave – Morton Rhue (novel)
- Jonathan Swift – Guliverova putovanja: Putovanje u Liliput (novel)*
- etc.

