Books read (2014 -16)
2014
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson (audio book)
- Flowers in the Attic by V. C. Andrews
- I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai (audio book)
- Stella Bain by Anita Shreve (audio book)
- Saints of the Shadow Bible by Ian Rankin (ebook)
- The Show Must Go On! by Kate Klise
- Never Too Little to Love by Jeanne Willis
- Mister Owita’s Guide to Gardening by Carol Wall
- The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg (audio book)
- Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles by Tanya Lee Stone
- Parkland by Vincent Bugliosi (audio book)
- This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash
- The Craft Beer Revolution by Steve Hindy
- Find Momo by Andrew Knapp
- The Bear by Claire Cameron
- The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (audio book)
- Forever by Emma Dodd
- Deep Down Popular by Phoebe Stone
- Tampa by Alissa Nutting
- Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein (audio book)
- Byrd by Kim Church
- Roomies by Sara Zarr and Tara Altebrando (ebook)
- The Perfect Score Project by Debbie Stier (audio book)
- In the Blood by Lisa Unger (audio book)
- The Scar Boys by Len Vlahos (audio book)
- Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems selected by Paul B. Janeczko
- Starter House by Sonja Condit
- Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid by Nikki Giovanni
- Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie by Julie Sternberg
- The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith (ebook)
- Miss Emily by Burleigh Mutén
- Defending Jacob by William Landay
- Like Bug Juice on a Burger by Julie Sternberg
- Johnny Cash: The Life by Robert Hilburn (audio book)
- Sycamore Row by John Grisham (audio book)
- The Greatest Star on Earth by Kate Klise
- Slow Getting Up by Nate Jackson (audio book)
- The Whiskey Baron by Jon Sealy
- Please Be With Me by Galadrielle Allman (audio book)
- Like Carrot Juice on a Cupcake by Julie Sternberg
- Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book by Diane Muldrow
- Take This Man by Brando Skyhorse
- The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman (audio book)
- HRC by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes (audio book)
- Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
- The Fever by Megan Abbott
- Blood Will Out by Walter Kirn (audio book)
- Fish Finelli: Operation Fireball by E. S. Farber
- A Bintel Brief: Love and Longing in Old New York by Liana Finck
- Stuff Every American Should Know by Denise Kiernan and Joseph D’Agnese
- Raven Girl by Audrey Niffenegger
- Jessica Finch in Pig Trouble by Megan McDonald
- The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon (audio book)
- Love Life by Rob Lowe (audio book)
- The Hollow Ground by Natalie S. Harnett
- Let’s Just Say it Wasn’t Pretty by Diane Keaton (audio book)
- The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
- If You Give a Mouse an iPhone by Ann Droyd
- Toto Trouble: Back to Crass by Thierry Coppée
- Delicious! by Ruth Reichl (audio book)
- The Yeti Files: Meet the Bigfeet by Kevin Sherry
- Let the Tornado Come by Rita Zoey Chin
- The Hiltons: The True Story of an American Dynasty by J. Randy Taraborrelli (audio book)
- Save the Date by Mary Kay Andrews
- The One & Only by Emily Giffin (audio book)
- Here and Again by Nicole R. Dickson (audio book)
- The Accidental Book Club by Jennifer Scott
- Kelsey Green, Reading Queen by Claudia Mills
- Season to Taste by Natalie Young
- I’ll Be Right There by Kyung-Sook Shin (audio book)
- Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
- Annika Riz, Math Whiz by Claudia Mills
- Pioneer Girl by Bich Minh Nguyen
- Splat the Cat: The Name of the Game by Amy Hsu Lin
- Awkwardly Ever After by Marni Bates
- The Girls from Corona del Mar by Rufi Thorpe (audio book)
- China Dolls by Lisa See (audio book)
- The Competition by Marcia Clark
- The Magic School Bus Presents Sea Creatures
- Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands by Chris Bohjalian (audio book)
- The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais
- Raccoon Rampage by Andrew Cope
- Boy 21 by Matthew Quick (audio book)
- Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good by Jan Karon
- Sisters by Raina Telgemeier
- This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
- The Julian Chapter: A Wonder Story by R. J. Palacio (e-book)
- Spoiled Brats by Simon Rich
- Mambo in Chinatown by Jean Kwok (audio book)
- Lola Goes to the Doctor by Marcia Goldman
- Factory Man by Beth Macy (audio book)
- The Bunny Rabbit Show! by Sandra Boynton
- Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King (ebook)
- The Blue Fox by Sjón
- Tomboy by Liz Prince
- Pinkerton, Behave by Steven Kellog (ebook)
- Her by Harriet Lane
- The Top Secret Diary of Celie Valentine: Friendship Over by Julie Sternberg
- The Farm by Tom Rob Smith (audio book)
- Taking the Lead: Lessons from a Life in Motion by Derek Hough
- The Undertaker’s Daughter by Kate Mayfield
- Snoop Troop: It Came from Beneath the Playground by Kirk Scroggs
- Revolution by Deborah Wiles (audio book)
- The Mouse-Proof Kitchen by Saira Shah (ebook)
- Fleabrain Loves Franny by Joanne Rocklin
- A Good Marriage by Stephen King (audio book)
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
- I’m My Own Dog by David Ezra Stein
- City of Bones by Michael Connelly (audio book)
- The Lost Book of Mormon by Avi Steinberg (ebook)
- Big Nate: Game On! by Lincoln Peirce
- The Way Life Should Be by Christina Baker Kline
- Maus: A Survivor’s Tale by Art Spiegelman
- Jedi Academy: Return of the Padawan! by Jeffrey Brown
- The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh (audio book)
- Kill Alex Cross by James Patterson
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul by Jeff Kinney
- Shadows in the Vineyard by Maximillian Potter
- Blue Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews
- Sunny Sweet Is So NOT Sorry by Jennifer Ann Mann
- My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories edited by Stephanie Perkins (audio book)
- The World of PostSecret by Frank Warren
- A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (ebook and print)
- A Bowl of Olives by Sara Midda
- The Meaning of Maggie by Megan Jean Sovern
- The Story Hour by Thrity Umrigar
- Everything I Need to Know About Christmas I Learned From a Little Golden Book by Diane Muldrow
- LuLu in La La Land by Elisabeth Wolf
- Shopaholic to the Stars by Sophie Kinsella (audio book)
2015
- The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
- Half a World Away by Cynthia Kadohata
- The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor
- Seeds of Freedom by Hester Bass
- 101 Two-Letter Words by Stephin Merritt
- What in God’s Name by Simon Rich
- Caminar by Skila Brown
- An Age of License: A Travelogue by Lucy Knisley
- Fire Shut Up in My Bones by Charles M. Blow (ebook)
- Maus II A Survivor’s Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman
- Blue Suburbia by Laurie Lico Albanese
- The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman (audio book)
- Penguin Pandemonium by Jeanne Willis
- The Same Sky by Amanda Eyre Ward
- The Fashion Book by DK Publishing
- I Never Promised You a Goodie Bag by Jennifer Gilbert
- Ella by Mallory Kasdan
- The Miracles of Prato by Laurie Albanese and Laura Morowitz
- Summer on the Short Bus by Bethany Crandell
- Dataclysm by Christian Rudder
- Counting Crows by Kathi Appelt
- Lola and Tattletale Zeke by Marcia Goldman
- Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs by Sally Mann
- The Death of Santini by Pat Conroy (audio book)
- Won Ton and Chopstick by Lee Wardlaw
- The Grown Ups by Robin Antalek
- The Painter by Peter Heller (audio book)
- We Can Work it Out by Elizabeth Eulberg
- What I Know For Sure by Oprah Winfrey (audio book)
- Mesmerized by Mara Rockliff
- The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson
- The Boy Problem (Notes and Predictions of Tabitha Reddy) by Kami Kinard
- The Pink Suit by Nicole Mary Kelby
- Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich (audio book)
- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
- Aquarium by David Vann (ebook)
- Find Momo Coast to Coast by Andrew Knapp
- The BFG by Roald Dahl (audio book)
- The Mapmaker’s Children by Sarah McCoy
- Izzy Barr, Running Star by Claudia Mills
- Eight Hundred Grapes by Laura Dave
- Field of Prey by John Sandford (audio book)
- Mademoiselle Chanel by C. W. Gortner
- My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Anabel Pitcher (audio book)
- Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
- Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
- Cut Me Loose by Leah Vincent
- Find the Good by Heather Lende
- Sunny Side Up by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm
- If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don’t! by Elise Parsley
- The Betrayers by David Bezmozgis
- Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County by Kristen Green
- Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth by Judd Winick
- Last Night at the Blue Angel by Rebecca Rotert
- Madame Martine by Sarah S. Brannen
- Friendshape by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld
- A Certain Age by Beatriz Williams
- The Queen’s Hat by Steve Antony
- The Status of All Things by Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke
- Is This Tomorrow by Caroline Leavitt (audio book)
- Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
- The Cake Therapist by Judith Fertig
- Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
- Picnic in Provence by Elizabeth Bard (e-book)
- I Funny by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews (audio book)
- Break These Rules edited by Luke Reynolds
- No Better Friend by Robert Weintraub
- The Hurricane Sisters by Dorothea Benton Frank
- The Secret Garden: A Flowers Primer by Jennifer Adams
- Don Quixote: A Spanish Language Primer by Jennifer Adams
- Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat? by Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella
- Expect a Miracle by Jenny Long with Bob Der
- Mariella Mystery Investigates A Kitty Calamity by Kate Pankhurst
- Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
- Finding Jake by Bryan Reardon
- Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal
- Radioactive by Lauren Redniss
- Goodnight Selfie by Scott Menchin
- I Am Henry Finch by Alexis Deacon
- I
Don’tLike Snakes by Nicola Davies - Frog Music by Emma Donoghue (audio book)
- Edgar and the Tree House of Usher by Jennifer Adams
- The Daughter by Jane Shemilt
- Displacement by Lucy Knisley
- Anchor and Flares by Kate Braestrup
- The Theft of Memory by Jonathan Kozol (ebook)
- The Little Snowplow by Lora Koehler
- You by Caroline Kepnes (audio book)
- Emma: An Emotions Primer by Jennifer Adams
- Treasure Island: A Shapes Primer by Jennifer Adams
- A Great Big Cuddle by Michael Rosen
- The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
- We Never Asked for Wings by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (ebook)
- Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani
- Counting Lions by Katie Cotton
- Sharing the Bread: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving Story by Pat Zietlow Miller
- Hotel Moscow by Talia Carner
- Pledged by Alexandra Robbins
- All the Stars in the Heavens by Adriana Trigiani
- Newport by Jill Morrow
- Juniors by Kaui Hart Hemmings (audio book)
- My Story, My Song by Lucimarian Roberts (audio book)
- Dear Mr. You by Mary-Louise Parker
- The Wishbone Wish by Megan McDonald
- Miss Julia to the Rescue by Ann B. Ross
- Jingle Bells by James Lord Pierpont
- Too Many Toys by Heidi Deedman
- A Remarkable Kindness by Diana Bletter
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School by Jeff Kinney
- The Fox and the Star by Coralie Bickford-Smith
- This is Your Life, Harriet Chance! by Jonathan Evison
- City of Women by David R. Gillham (audio book)
- Girl in the Woods by Aspen Matis
- The Christmas Angel by Jane Maas
- Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon (ebook)
- The Nonsense Show by Eric Carle
- The Tale of Rescue by Michael J. Rosen
- The Journey of the Penguin by Emiliano Ponzi
- The Third Wife by Lisa Jewell
- Chickens in the Road by Suzanne McMinn
- Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
2016
- Troublemaker by Leah Remini (audio book)
- Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
- El Deafo by Cece Bell
- Puppy Pirates: Catnapped! by Erin Soderberg
- Carrying Albert Home by Homer Hickam
- After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid (audio book)
- Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
- The Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin (e-book)
- The Trouble with Ants by Claudia Mills
- Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer (audio book)
- Like Family by Paolo Giordano
- How to Mend a Heart by Sara Gillingham
- Under the Influence by Joyce Maynard
- The Boy Who Fell Off the Mayflower or John Howland’s Good Fortune by P. J. Lynch
- The Penguin Lessons by Tom Michell
- Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer (audio book)
- I Was a Child by Bruce Eric Kaplan (e-book)
- World Gone By by Dennis Lehane
- Big Nate: Thunka, Thunka, Thunka by Lincoln Peirce (e-book)
- House Arrest by K. A. Holt
- Snoopy: Party Animal by Charles M Schulz (e-book)
- Black-Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin (audio book)
- Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson
- We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
- Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes (audio book)
- Moonlight Over Paris by Jennifer Robson
- I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871 by Lauren Tarshis
- Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer (audio book)
- The Guest Room by Chris Bohjalian (audio book)
- Sober Stick Figure by Amber Tozer (e-book)
- It Came From Ohio: My Life as a Writer by R. L. Stine
- Beyond Belief by Jenna Miscavige Hill
- What Was Mine by Helen Klein Ross (audio book)
- Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (audio book)
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- Mariella Mystery Investigates The Spaghetti Yeti by Kate Pankhurst
- Book: My Autobiography by John Agard
- Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories by R. J. Palacio
- You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott
- The Tapper Twins Tear Up New York by Geoff Rodkey
- Miller’s Valley by Anna Quindlen (audio book)
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- American Housewife by Helen Ellis (e-book)
- The Call of the Wild by Jack London (audio book)
- The Children by Ann Leary
- The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm (audio book)
- Keep Me Posted by Lisa Beazley
- Beer Money by Frances Stroh (audio book)
- Free Verse by Sarah Dooley
- The Underdogs by Melissa Fay Greene
- Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan
- Hundred Percent by Karen Romano Young
- Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky by Sandra Dallas
- Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (audio book)
- Something New by Lucy Knisley (e-book)
- Heat and Light by Jennifer Haigh
- Awesome America by Katy Steinmetz
- Animal Bites: Farm Animals by Laaren Brown
- Animal Bites: Wild Animals by Laaren Brown
- When Friendship Followed Me Home by Paul Griffin (audio book)
- Unearthed by Alexandra Risen
- The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner
- The United States of Beer by Dane Huckelbridge
- Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (audio book)
- Stir by Jessica Fechtor (e-book)
- The Circus Goes to Sea by Kate Klise
- Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas (audio book)
- Big Nate: Revenge of the Cream Puffs by Lincoln Peirce (e-book)
- The Round House by Louise Erdrich
- Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
- Animal Planet Animal Atlas by James Buckley, Jr.
- The Choices We Make by Karma Brown (audio book)
- When Penny Met POTUS by Rachel Ruiz
- Behave by Andromeda Romano-Lax
- Jedi Academy: A New Class by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- 101 Reasons Why I’m NOT Taking a Bath by Stacy McAnulty
- Trying to Float by Nicolaia Rips
- The One That Got Away by Leigh Himes (audio book)
- Jonathan Unleashed by Meg Rosoff
- The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena (e-book)
- 9 ½ Narrow by Patricia Morrisroe
- Come Rain or Come Shine by Jan Karon
- Harmony by Carolyn Parkhurst (audio book)
- Marcel by Eda Akaltun (e-book)
- Library of Luminaries: Coco Chanel by Zena Alkayat & Nina Cosford
- Library of Luminairies: Frida Kahlo by Zena Alkayat & Nina Cosford
- The Drowning Girls by Paula Treick DeBoard (audio book)
- The Family Fletcher Takes Rock Island by Dana Alison Levy
- Lucy & Andy Neanderthal by Jeffrey Brown
- The Last Good Girl by Allison Leotta
- Moo by Sharon Creech (e-book)
- Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple
- Peter Powers and His Not-So-Super Powers by Kent Clark and Brandon T. Snider
- Snow Hunters by Paul Yoon
- The Expats by Chris Pavone (audio book)
- Tales From the Scaremaster: Werewolf Weekend by B. A. Frade ad Stacia Deutsch
- Burn by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
- Behind Closed Doors by B. A. Paris
- The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey
- Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man by Mark Kurlanksy
- The Wish Tree by Kyo Maclear
- When in French by Lauren Collins (audio book and print)
- The Good Dog by Todd Kessler
- Mister Cleghorn’s Seal by Judith Kerr
- Heart and Brain: Gut Instincts by Nick Seluk
- The Velvet Hours by Alyson Richman
- Sports Illustrated Kids: My First Book of Hockey
- Inspector Flytrap by Tom Angleberger & Cece Bell
- The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens
- Leave Me by Gayle Forman (audio book)
- A Lowcountry Christmas by Mary Alice Monroe
- Mistakes That Worked by Charlotte Foltz Jones
- Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom by Booki Vivat
- The South in Color: A Visual Journal by William Ferris
- Good as Gone by Amy Gentry (audio book)
- The Girl Who Slept With God by Val Brelinski
- The World’s Largest Man by Harrison Scott Key
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down by Jeff Kinney
- The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler
- The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon (audio book)
- The Lost Gift: A Christmas Story by Kallie George and Stephanie Graegin
- The Twelve Days of Christmas illustrated by Britta Teckentrup
- All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood (audio book)
- A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig
- Mog’s Christmas by Judith Kerr
- How to Eat a Cupcake by Meg Donohue
- With Love from the Inside by Angela Pisel
- The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis (audio book)
- Dogs and Their People by BarkPost
- Between Breaths by Elizabeth Vargas (audio book)
- Darktown by Thomas Mullen
- Seven and a Half Tons of Steel by Janet Nolan
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At first, when I started reading the book list, a true measure of a person, I thought that I might have transferred to the old Manhattan phone directory, by mistake. “I am Malala” is a tremendous read, especially for those in the West who assume that everyone has a great life, just like us/
I would suggest “Half the Sky”, by Nicholas Kristof and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn. It feeds of off Malala’s book in that it compares how developing economies, such as those in East and Southeast Asia, have prospered by educating women (Half the Sky, using Mao’s term).
The authors won a joint Pulitzer for their reporting from Beijing, during the Tiananmen Square massacre, in 1989. Other books of theirs follow on the same path.