Jake Arnott The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon True Notebooks – Mark Salzman May 2004 Books bought: Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx – Adrian Nicole LeBlanc What Narcissism Means to Me – Tony Hoagland David Copperfield – Charles Dickens (twice) Books read: David Copperfield – Charles Dickens June 2004 Books bought: Donkey Gospel – Tony Hoagland I Never Liked You – Chester Brown We Need to Talk About Kevin – Lionel Shriver Books read: Random Family – Adrian Nicole LeBlanc What Narcissism Means to Me – Tony Hoagland Bobby Fischer Goes to War – David Edmonds and John Eidinow July 2004 Books bought[¹]: The Invisible Woman – Claire Tomalin Y: The Last Man Vols 1–3 – Vaughan, Guerra, Marzan Jr., Chadwick I Never Liked You – Chester Brown David Boring – Daniel Clowes The Amazing Adventures of The Escapist – Michael Chabon et al. Safe Area Goražde – Joe Sacco Not Entitled – Frank Kermode [¹] The author here inserts a footnote: "I bought so many books this month it’s obscene, and I’m not owning up to them all: this is a selection. And to be honest, I’ve been economical with the truth for months now. I keep finding books that I bought, didn’t read, and didn’t list." Books read: Train – Pete Dexter This Is Serbia Calling – Matthew Collin The Invisible Woman – Claire Tomalin Y: The Last Man Vols 1–3 – Vaughan, Guerra, Marzan Jr., Chadwick I Never Liked You – Chester Brown David Boring – Daniel Clowes August 2004 Books bought: Prayers for Rain – Dennis Lehane Mystic River – Dennis Lehane Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War – T. J. Stiles The Line of Beauty – Alan Hollinghurst Like a Fiery Elephant – Jonathan Coe Books read: Prayers for Rain – Dennis Lehane Mystic River – Dennis Lehane Like a Fiery Elephant – Jonathan Coe References External links "Stuff I've Been Reading" – selections from Hornby's columns on The Believer website. 2004 non-fiction books McSweeney's books Books of literary criticism Works by Nick Hornby