Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior
Outliers: The Story of Success
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting
The Water Seeker
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
Gifted
The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs
Other People's Rejection Letters: Relationship Enders, Career Killers, and 150 Other Letters You'll Be Glad You Didn't Receive
I Was Told There'd Be Cake: Essays
The Passage: A Novel
Tim Gunn: A Guide to Quality, Taste and Style (Tim Gunn's Guide to Style)
How Did You Get This Number
I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts On Being a Woman (Vintage)
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary
Stuff White People Like: A Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions
The Hidden Gifts of the Introverted Child: Helping Your Child Thrive in an Extroverted World
Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too
As I Have Loved You
A Discovery of Witches: A Novel (All Souls Trilogy)
Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel
A Secret Kept
I Am the Messenger
Real Simple: Cleaning
The Children You Want With the Kids You Have
What Would Jackie Do?: An Inspired Guide to Distinctive Living
Lists to Live By for Every Caring Family: For Everything That Really Matters
Notes from the Underwire: Adventures from My Awkward and Lovely Life
Little House in the Big Woods - Teacher Guide by Novel Units, Inc. (Little House-the Laura Years)
Little House on the Prairie 75th Anniversary Edition
Farmer Boy (Little House)
On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, Book 4)
By the Shores of Silver Lake (Little House)
In Zanesville: A Novel
:The Likeness: A Novel
Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops?: The Lost Toys, Tastes, and Trends of the 70s and 80s
Jane Eyre
Peace Like a River
Bossypants
The Busy Mom's Guide to a Happy, Organized Home: Fast Solutions to Hundreds of Everyday Dilemmas
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand: A Novel
Escaping the Endless Adolescence: How We Can Help Our Teenagers Grow Up Before They Grow Old
And the Pursuit of Happiness
Made from Scratch: Discovering the Pleasures of a Handmade Life
Junk Foodie: 51 Delicious Recipes for the Lowbrow Gourmand
Horoscopes for the Dead: Poems
Her Fearful Symmetry
Little Town on the Prairie (Little House)
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter
Silver Sparrow
This Life Is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family Undone
Growing Up: Gospel Answers About Maturation and Sex
Mr. Chartwell: A Novel
Among Others
The Weird Sisters
Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography
Make the Bread, Buy the Butter: What You Should and Shouldn't Cook from Scratch -- Over 120 Recipes for the Best Homemade Foods
A Visit from the Goon Squad
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
State of Wonder
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quintet)
Corn Flakes with John Lennon: And Other Tales from a Rock 'n' Roll Life
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
And in December I read...
The Apothecary by Maile Meloy. It's my favorite YA from 2011. It should be a fun series.
And...
Room by Emma Donoghue. What a psycho story. It's compelling but I had to skip long bits of narration from the narrator, Caillou. Bleh. But also intriguing.
Happy New Year!
Oh my gosh! You are amazing! I used to read like there was no tomorrow but alas, now I only read when we're on vacation. :( You've inspired me to read more and I'll be adding a ton of these to my Goodreads "to read" list! Thank you!!!
ReplyDelete"Caillou"--I can always count on you for a true "laugh out loud" moment. Anyway, thanks for the list-I definitely need to read the books for those with tweens.
ReplyDelete"the narrator, Caillou"!!! HA HA HA HA HA HA YES.
ReplyDeleteI really liked "Jane Austen Education". I just read it last month so I remember it a little better. I read a ton of books last year but I forgot to write them down or put them on Goodreads and now I can't remember them.
ReplyDeleteI finished the Rob Lowe book on Sunday. I wanted to skip church so badly to finish it. My friends all made fun of me but I totally liked it!
Did you read A Wilder Life yet?
Peace Like A River and Mr. Chartwell were tops on my list for this year, too. And I share your love/envy of Sloane Crosley. Also, I love Jane Eyre! I've read it many times, and I find something different and valuable in it at each phase in my life. Thanks for this list. You've given me some good ideas and also inspired me to keep track of everything I read in 2012.
ReplyDeleteWow! You read a lot of books. Thanks for reading mine and including it. And thanks for the info on so many others.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
I'm adding some of these to my already-never-ending list. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI just finished Corn Flakes With John Lennon. It confirmed all of my gut instincts about John Lennon, Bono, et al. I only wondered why no discussion of Led Zeppelin? Did you wonder that too? I can't wait to read all these other books on your list--except the ones you hated.
ReplyDeleteYour list is like a fabulous Christmas present. Now I feel guilty I didn't get you anything.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could remember to write down the books I read so that I could list them - it might be impressive. Or not.
ReplyDeleteI read several on your list a few years ago - makes me want to re-read them - I forgot how good they were - a plus about getting older - you can re-read instead of buying new!!
I Feel Bad About My Neck is definitely a book every woman should read!
So, I'm not the only one who envies "funny"? That's validating, and explains why I am always jealous of you. Take a bow!
ReplyDeleteugh, i HATED "room" for all of the morbidity and also for caillou. seriously wanted to punch him.
ReplyDeleteI read several of the same books this year. I'm jealous of Nora Ephron too.
ReplyDeleteLinked over from Nat the Fat Rat and your book list made me hit the "subscribe" button. :)
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