Nerdy lifelong habit: book lists!
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 09:06AM Since I'm a book nerd, I have been keeping lists of the books I read for years now. Inspired by the on-line blogger bookclub I'm in now, From Left to Write, I've even set the INSANE goal for this year of 60 books. That'll be better than double my usual performance, but I'm really hoping this is the year I move beyond the 30s.
My complete 2012 Reading is/will be scrollable through the widget at right (2012 Reading Challenge). Here are lists for the past three years, just for fun.
If you have funny annual rituals around your reading, I'd love to know. Email me at ariane[at]trelaun[dot]com.
2011
Total Read: 32
The Wolverine Way, Douglas H. Chadwick
Bonobo Handshake, Vanessa Woods
Ape House, Sarah Gruen
A Dog's Purpose, W. Bruce Cameron
Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier
Purge, Sofi Oksanen
Incendiary, Chris Cleave
Slammerkin, Emma Donoghue
The Imperfectionists, Tom Rachman
Freedom, Jonathan Franzen
The Sealed Letter, Emma Donoghue
Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
A Dance with Dragons, George R. R. Martin
Jamrach's Menagerie, Carol Birch
River of Smoke, Amitav Ghosh
1Q84, Haruki Murakami
The Lost Art of Gratitude, Alexander McCall Smith
The Sisters Brothers, Patrick DeWitt
Swamplandia!, Karen Russell
Dream Work, Mary Oliver
The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin
This Organic Life, Joan Dye Gussow
The Golden Compass, Phillip Pullman
The Subtle Knife, Phillip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass, Phillip Pullman
Lyra's Oxford, Phillip Pullman
Graceling, Kristin Cashore
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler, E. L. Konigsburg
The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins
Heidi, Johanna Spyri
2010
Total Read: 35
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca SklootShop Girl, Steve MartinIn a Strange Room, Damon GalgutRoom, Emma DonoghueParrot & Olivier in America, Peter CareyChronic City, Jonathan LethemThe Wind in the Willows, Kenneth GrahameThe Children's Book, A.S. ByattShackleton's Stowaway, Victoria McKernanTinkers, Paul HardingPart of the Pride: My Life Among the Big Cats of Africa, Kevin RichardsonInvisible, Paul AusterThe Year of the Flood, Margaret AtwoodLit, Mary KarrBrooklyn, Tolm CoibinTo Have Not, Frances LefkowitzBorn Standing Up, Steve MartinZeitoun, Dave EggersThe Outlander, Gil AdamsonLittle Bee, Chris CleaveThe Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian SelznickCutting for Stone, Abraham VergheseSpell of the Tiger: The Man-Eaters of the Sundarbans, Sy MontgomeryThe Yoga of Discipline, Gurumayi ChidvilasanandaThe Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson BurnettGirl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg LarssonSadhana of the Heart, Gurumayi ChidvilasanandaThe Weight of Heaven, Thrity UmrigarLet the Great World Spin, Colum McCannAway, Amy BloomMary Queen of Scots, Antonia FraserThe Children of Henry VIII, Alison WeirWolf Hall, Hilary MantelWhy I Wake Early, Mary OliverSea of Poppies, Amitav Ghosh
2009Total Read: 29
The Migraine Brain, Dr. Carolyn Bernstein
The Reader, Bernhard Schlink
All She Was Worth, Miyuki Miyabe
Grave Matters: A Journey through the Modern Funeral Industry to a More Natural Way of Burial, Mark Harris
IN PROGRESS: When Things Fall Apart, Pema Chodron
Garlic and Sapphires, Ruth Reichl
Marie Antoinette, Antonia Fraser
The Great Hunt, Robert Jordan
The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins
Testimony, Anita Shreve
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
The Eye of the World, Robert Jordan
Tweak, Nic Sheff
Beautiful Boy, David Sheff
The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan
Enthusiasm, Swami Chidvilasananda
The Age of Shiva, Munil Suri
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery
Farm City, Novella Carpenter
Robbing the Bees, Holley Bishop
A Fraction of the Whole, Steve Toltz
Returning to Earth, Jim Harrison
The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga
The Comforts of a Muddy Sunday, Alexander McCall Smith
The Right Attitude to Rain, Alexander McCall Smith
The Careful Use of Compliments, Alexander McCall Smith
Friends, Lovers and Chocolate, Alexander McCall Smith
The Sunday Philosophy Club, Alexander McCall Smith