Books Read (2008-10)

Inspired by the list I saw on Fyrefly’s Book Blog, I decided to start a reading list of my own. This is a list of books I’ve completed and it starts mid-June of this year.

2008

1. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
2. The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
3. The Kills by Linda Fairstein
4. My Appalachia by Sidney Saylor Farr
5. Phantom Prey by John Sandford
6. Hero Mama by Karen Spears Zacharias
7. 7th Heaven by James Patterson
8. The Husband by Dean Koontz
9. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver
10. Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
11. Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
12. The Thin Place by Kathryn Davis
13. the girl who stopped swimming by Joshilyn Jackson
14. The Shiniest Jewel: A Family Love Story by Marian Henley
15. Drumblair: Memories of a Jamaican Childhood by Rachel Manley
16. The Clinton Diaries by Fred Petrovsky
17. Wolf in the Shadows by Marcia Muller
18. An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken
19. The Wooden Mile: Something Wickedly Weird by Chris Mould
20. The Road Home by Rose Tremain
21. Tomato Girl by Jayne Pupek
22. Off Season by Anne Rivers Siddons
23. Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich
24. Against Medical Advice by James Patterson and Hal Friedman
25. The Phoenix Egg by Richard A. Bamberg
26. I’m a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away by Bill Bryson
27. Testimony by Anita Shreve
28. The Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer
29. Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper by Harriet Scott Chessman
30. Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur by Halima Bashir
31. The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
32. Kindred Spirits by Marilyn Meredith
33. When We Were Romans by Matthew Kneale
34. The Longest Trip Home: A Memoir by John Grogan
35. American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
36. See You in A Hundred Years: Four Seasons in Forgotten America by Logan Ward
37. Capote in Kansas by Kim Powers
38. The Gifted Gabaldón Sisters by Lorraine López
39. The Mighty Queens of Freeville by Amy Dickinson
40. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
41. The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
42. Life After Genius by M. Ann Jacoby
43. The Gate House by Nelson DeMille
44. Rocket Man by William Elliott Hazelgrove
45. Divine Justice by David Baldacci
46. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
47. A Thousand Veils by D. J. Murphy
48. Flirting With Forty by Jane Porter
49. When Wanderers Cease to Roam by Vivian Swift
50. Cross Country by James Patterson
51. The Paper Bag Christmas by Kevin Alan Milne
52. Santa Responds by Santa Claus
53. The Islands of Divine Music by John Addiego
54. I, Lorelei by Yeardley Smith
55. Seeing Venice by Mark Doty
56. The Magician’s Book by Laura Miller
57. Matrimony by Joshua Henkin
58. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (audio book)
59. The Kings of Innocence by Michael Burns
60. The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
61. The Rest of Her Life by Laura Moriarty
62. This One is Mine by Maria Semple
63. Wife in the North by Judith O’Reilly
64. The Secret Papers of Madame Olivetti by Annie Vanderbilt
65. The Misadventures of Oliver Booth by David Desmond
66. When You are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris (audio book)
67. Love and Other Natural Disasters by Holly Shumas

2009

1. The Cradle by Patrick Somerville
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (short story) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
3. Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
4. Dating da Vinci by Malena Lott
5. American Savior by Roland Merullo
6. I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert (audio book)
7. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J. K. Rowling
8. Eat, Drink, and Be from Mississippi by Nanci Kincaid
9. The Icy Hand: Something Wickedly Weird by Chris Mould
10. The American Journey of Barack Obama by the Editors of Life
11. The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
12. A Long Stone’s Throw by Alphie McCourt (audio book)
13. Cathy’s Ring by Sean Stewart and Jordan Weisman
14. Speaking For Myself by Cherie Blair
15. Little Pink House by Jeff Benedict (audio book)
16. Drood by Dan Simmons
17. Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani
18. Run For Your Life by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
19. Out From Boneville by Jeff Smith
20. Above the Law by Tim Green
21. That Went Well by Terrell Harris Dougan
22. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
23. The Survivors Club by Ben Sherwood
24. Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead
25. This Is Water by David Foster Wallace
26. Fifty Is Not a Four-Letter Word by Linda Kelsey
27. The Great Cow Race by Jeff Smith
28. Where Am I Wearing? by Kelsey Timmerman
29. Undress Me in The Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman
30. Julie & Julia by Julie Powell (audio book)
31. Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly
32. The Red Leather Diary by Lily Koppel
33. The Girl She Used to Be by David Cristofano
34. The Horse Boy by Rupert Isaacson (audio book)
35. Zig-Zagging by Tom Wilson
36. Laura Rider’s Masterpiece by Jane Hamilton
37. Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress by Susan Jane Gilman
38. Eyes of the Storm by Jeff Smith
39. Confessions of a Former Child by Daniel J. Tomasulo
40. Secrets to Happiness by Sarah Dunn
41. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
42. Hungry Woman in Paris by Josefina López
43. An Offer You Can’t Refuse by Jill Mansell
44. The Side-Yard Superhero by Rick D. Niece
45. The Great Expectations School by Dan Brown
46. Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz
47. The Accountant’s Story by Roberto Escobar (audio book)
48. The Way Home by George Pelecanos
49. The Teashop Girls by Laura Schaefer
50. Boneman’s Daughter by Ted Dekker
51. Sima’s Undergarments for Women by Ilana Stanger-Ross
52. Follow Me by Joanna Scott
53. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
54. Ravens by George Dawes Green
55. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
56. The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
57. Bless Your Heart, Tramp by Celia Rivenbank
58. The Tenth Justice by Brad Meltzer (audio book)
59. The 8th Confession by James Patterson
60. SLOB by Ellen Potter
61. Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away by June Cross
62. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
63. The Turnaround by George Pelecanos
64. Life’s That Way by Jim Beaver
65. The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan
66. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt (audio book)
67. Aleutian Sparrow by Karen Hesse (audio book)
68. Mating Rituals of the North American WASP by Lauren Lipton
69. The Soloist by Steve Lopez
70. The Host by Stephanie Meyer
71. Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater (audio book)
72. Neil Armstrong is My Uncle and Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me by Nan Marino
73. Miranda’s Big Mistake by Jill Mansell
74. Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea
75. Isolation by Travis Thrasher
76. The Nine Lessons by Kevin Alan Milne
77. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
78. Love Walked In by Marisa De Los Santos
79. The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos by Margaret Mascarenhas
80. Beach Trip by Cathy Holton
81. Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (audio book)
82. April & Oliver by Tess Callahan
83. Every Last Cuckoo by Kate Maloy
84. Priceless Memories by Bob Barker with Digby Diehl (audio book)
85. The Castaways by Elin Hildebrand
86. Home Repair by Liz Rosenberg
87. The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams
88. Last Light over Carolina by Mary Alice Monroe
89. Two Years, No Rain by Shawn Klomparens
90. The Impostor’s Daughter by Laurie Sandell
91. Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of  a World War II Fighter Pilot by Bruce & Andrea Leininger with Ken Gross
92. The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist
93. Finger Lickin’ Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
94. Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore
95. Holly’s Inbox by Holly Denham
96. American Lion by Jon Meacham
97. Lucky Girl by Mei-Ling Hopgood
98. Nothing But Ghosts by Beth Kephart
99. The Sweetheart of Prosper County by Jill S. Alexander
100. The Seamstress by Frances de Pontes Peebles
101. Undiscovered Gyrl by Allison Burnett
102. Apologize, Apologize! by Elizabeth Kelly
103. Inglourious Basterds by Quentin Tarantino
104. The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
105. Hume’s Fork by Ron Cooper
106. A Teenager in Hitler’s Death Camps by Benny Grünfeld
107. The Natural Laws of Good Luck by Ellen Graf
108. De Marco Empire by J Lou McCartney
109. The Book of Unholy Mischief by Elle Newmark
110. The Woodstock Story Book by Linanne G. Sackett
111. Burnt Shadows by Kamila Shamsie
112. Undercover by Beth Kephart
113. Losing Mum and Pup by Christopher Buckley (audio book)
114. Blame by Michelle Huneven
115. Three Weeks With My Brother by Nicholas Sparks and Micah Sparks
116. Stray Affections by Charlene Ann Baumbich
117. Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan
118. Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman
119. A Separate Country by Robert Hicks
120. The Lonely Shadow by Clay Rice (children’s book)
121. Strega Nona’s Harvest by Tomie dePaola (children’s book)
122. Viola in Reel Life by Adriana Trigiani
123. 31 Hours by Masha Hamilton
124. Stitches by David Small
125. Tell Me Something True by Leila Cobo
126. A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck
127. Undead and Unreturnable by Mary Janice Davidson (audio book)
128. Labor Day by Joyce Maynard
129. The Unquiet by John Connolly (audio book)
130. The Unlikely Disciple by Kevin Roose
131. Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly
132. Willow by Julia Hoban
133. Angels by Chuck Fischer
134. Permissions Slips by Sherri Shepherd
135. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
136. Family Sentence: The Search for My Cuban-Revolutionary, Prison-Yard, Mythic-Hero, Deadbeat Dad by Jeanine Cornillot
137. One Hundred Butterflies by Harold Feinstein
138. The Magicians by Lev Grossman
139. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. by Judy Blume
140. Sunflowers by Sheramy Bundrick
141. All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
142. I Have My Mother’s Eyes by Barbara Ruth Bluman
143. Everything Sucks by Hannah Friedman
144. The Christmas Cookie Club by Ann Pearlman
145. A Christmas Ride: The Miracle of Lights by Edie Hand with Jeffrey Addison
146. Got the Look by James Grippando (audio book)
147. New Tricks by David Rosenfelt
148. Witch & Wizard by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet
149. Homer’s Odyssey by Gwen Cooper
150. Wishin’ and Hopin’ by Wally Lamb
151. The Wife’s Tale by Lori Lansens
152. French Milk by Lucy Knisley
153. The Body in the Sleigh by Katherine Hall Page
154. In the Beginning: The Art of Genesis by Chuck Fischer
155. While I’m Falling by Laura Moriarty
156. Christmas Cake by Lynne Hinton
157. Push by Sapphire
158. Roses by Leila Meacham
159. Live for Your Listening Pleasure by David Sedaris (audio book)
160. Bed and Breakfast by Lois Battle
161. Evenings Empire by Zachary Lazar
162. Confections of a Closet Master Baker by Gesine Bullock-Prado
163. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
164. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
165. Ivy + Bean: Doomed to Dance by Annie Barrows
166. Cleaving by Julie Powell (audio book)

2010

1. Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
2. I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti by Giulia Melucci
3. The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg
4. What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell (audio book)
5. The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
6. Simon’s Cat by Simon Tofield
7. The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker
8. The Summer We Fell Apart by Robin Antalek
9. The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe by J. Randy Taraborrelli (audio book)
10. Lone Star Legend by Gwendolyn Zepeda
11. Letter to My Daughter by George Bishop
12. Searching for Tina Turner by Jacqueline E. Luckett
13. The Recipe Club by Andrea Israel and Nancy Garfinkel
14. Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
15. An American Family: Three Decades with the McGarveys by Pam Spaulding
16. Wild Girl by Patricia Reilly Giff
17. I Am Ozzy by Ozzy Osbourne (audio book)
18. The Glass Room by Simon Mawer
19. Marriage and Other Acts of Charity by Kate Braestrup
20. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
21. Keeping the Feast by Paula Butturini
22. Hope for Animals and Their World by Jane Goodall with Thane Maynard and Gail Hudson (audio book)
23. Wherever Nina Lies by Lynn Weingarten
24. The Weight of Heaven by Thrity Umrigar
25. What I Know by Roger Emerson Fishman
26. Girl Missing by Tess Gerritsen (audio book)
27. The Gin Closet by Leslie Jamison
28. The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
29. Noah’s Compass by Anne Tyler (audio book)
30. Little Bee by Chris Cleave
31. Brava, Valentine by Adriana Trigiani
32. How to Steal a Car by Pete Hautman
33. Next by James Hynes
34. How to Knit a Love Song by Rachael Herron
35. The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
36. A Common Pornography by Kevin Sampsell
37. The Cougar Club by Susan McBride
38. A Nest for Celeste by Henry Cole
39. Think Twice by Lisa Scottoline (audio book)
40. Love in Mid Air by Kim Wright
41. Get Lucky by Katherine Center
42. Lift by Kelly Corrigan
43. The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
44. The Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
45. Velva Jean Learns to Drive by Jennifer Niven
46. Long Lost by Harlan Coben (audio book)
47. U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton
48. Why Dogs are Better than Cats by Bradley Trevor Grieve
49. The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
50. The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky
51. College in a Nutskull compiled & edited by Anders Henriksonn
52. The Heart Is Not a Size by Beth Kephart
53. Daughter of Mine by Laura Fabiani
54. Venetia Kelly’s Traveling Show by Frank Delaney (audio book)
55. The Ocean Between Us by Susan Wiggs
56. The Threadbare Heart by Jennie Nash
57. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
58. The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris (audio book)
59. The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff
60. Miss Julia Renews Her Vows by Ann B. Ross
61. Spaceheadz: SPHDZ Book #1 by Jon Scieszka and Francesco Sedita
62. On Folly Beach by Karen White
63. Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan
64. I Has a Hotdog! by Professor Happycat
65. Storm Prey by John Sandford
66. Dead End Gene Pool by Wendy Burden
67. 101 Things I Learned in Culinary School by Louis Eguaras with Matthew Frederick
68. I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali with Delphine Minoui
69. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (audio book)
70. Finally by Wendy Mass
71. The Opposite of Me by Sarah Pekkanen
72. The 9th Judgment by James Patterson (audio book)
73. Backseat Saints by Joshilyn Jackson
74. Emily’s First Day of School by Sarah, Duchess of York
75. Tell-All by Chuck Palahnluk (audio book)
76. So Cold the River by Michael Koryta
77. I’ll Mature When I’m Dead by Dave Barry (audio book)
78. Sea Change by Aimee Friedman
79. Clementine, Friend of the Week by Sara Pennypacker
80. The Blind Side by Michael Lewis (audio book)
81. The Queen of Palmyra by Minrose Gwin
82. The Half-Mammals of Dixie by George Singleton
83. Porcupine by Meg Tilly
84. The Aqua Net Diaries by Jennifer Niven
85. Free to a Good Home by Eve Marie Mont
86. Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten? by Audrey Vernick
87. The Sister Wife by Diane Noble
88. David Sedaris Live at Carnegie Hall
89. Day For Night by Frederick Reiken
90. Born Standing Up by Steve Martin (audio book)
91. Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian
92. 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
93. Lunch in Paris by Elizabeth Bard
94. Seven Year Switch by Claire Cook
95. The Book of Awesome by Neil Pasricha
96. The Messenger of Athens by Anne Zouroudi
97. Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
98. Dreaming of Dior by Charlotte Smith
99. The Stuff that Never Happened by Maddie Dawson
100. A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon (audio book)
101. Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
102. Finny by Justin Kramon
103. Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins
104. How Dolly Parton Saved My Life by Charlotte Connors
105. Higher Education by Kenneth Jedding
106. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
107. Countdown by Deborah Wiles
108. Private by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (audio book)
109. Paula Deen’s Savannah Style by Paula Deen and Brandon Branch
110. Fragile by Lisa Unger
111. Holly’s Inbox: Scandal in the City by Holly Denham
112. Me & Death by Richard Scrimger
113. The I Hate to Cook Book by Peg Bracken
114. The Madonnas of Echo Park by Brando Skyhorse
115. Nanny McPhee Returns by Emma Thompson
116. America (The Audiobook) by Jon Stewart and The Writers of The Daily Show (audio book)
117. City of Veils by Zoë Ferraris
118. Emily the Strange: Stranger and Stranger by Rob Reger and Jessica Gruner
119. The Blessings of the Animals by Katrina Kittle
120. My Only Sunshine by Lou Dischler
121. The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin by Josh Berk
122. Red Hook Road by Ayelet Waldman
123. Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi
124. Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes (audio book)
125. Out of the Shadows by Joanne Rendell
126. Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O’Malley
127. Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World by Bryan Lee O’Malley
128. The Life You’ve Imagined by Kristina Riggle
129. Not That Kind of Girl by Siobhan Vivian
130. Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness by Bryan Lee O’Malley
131. Scott Pilgrim Gets it Together by Bryan Lee O’Malley
132. Stiltsville by Susanna Daniel
133. Men and Dogs by Katie Crouch
134. Room by Emma Donoghue
135. Get Real by Mara Rockliff
136. Scott Pilgrim Vs. the Universe by Bryan Lee O’Malley
137. Nothing Left to Burn by Jay Varner
138. Feed by Mira Grant (audio book)
139. Leaving Gee’s Bend by Irene Latham
140. Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour by Bryan Lee O’Malley
141. The Human Bobby by Gabe Rotter
142. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
143. The Gendarme by Mark T. Mustian
144. Big Nate Strikes Again by Lincoln Pierce
145. Late for School by Steve Martin
146. Muffins & Mayhem by Suzanne Beecher
147. Cherries in Winter by Suzan Colón
148. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Present Earth (The Audiobook)
149. Zora and Me by Victoria Bond & T. R. Simon
150. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
151. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris
152. The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove by Susan Gregg Gilmore
153. A Year on Ladybug Farm by Donna Ball
154. The Case of the Terrible T. rex by Michele Torrey
155. The Case of the Crooked Carnival by Michele Torrey
156. Man Gave Names to all the Animals by Bob Dylan
157. After the Falls: Coming of Age in the Sixties by Catherine Gildiner
158. Dragonbreath: Curse of the Were-Wiener by Ursula Vernon
159. Accomplice by Eireann Corrigan
160. Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
161. The Peanuts Collection: Treasures From the World’s Most Beloved Comic Strip by Nat Gertler
162. Don’t Sing at the Table: Life Lessons From My Grandmothers by Adriana Trigiani
163. Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual by Michael Pollan
164. The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
165. C Street by Jeff Sharlet (audio book)
166. Strangers at the Feast by Jennifer Vanderbes
167. Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze by Alan Silberberg
168. What I Thought I Knew by Alice Eve Cohen
169. Sleeping Arrangements by Madeleine Wickham (audio book)
170. Christmas Mourning by Margaret Maron
171. No Passengers Beyond This Point by Gennifer Choldenko
172. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
173. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens ( A Pop-Up Book)
174. You Better Not Cry by Augusten Burroughs
175. Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renee Russell
176. And the Pursuit of Happiness by Maira Kalman
177. The Lion’s Game by Nelson DeMille (audio book)
178. Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English by Natasha Solomons
179. The Perfect Love Song by Patti Callahan Henry
180. A Secret Kept by Tatiana de Rosnay (audio book)
181. Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A. S. King
182. The Blueberry Years by Jim Minick
183. Dirty Secret by Jessie Sholl
184. Ivy + Bean: What’s the Big Idea? by Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall
185. The Language of Trees by Ilie Ruby
186. I, Alex Cross by James Patterson