2011 READS
[the books by my bed, on my coffee table, in my bag]
[the books by my bed, on my coffee table, in my bag]
† denotes a re-read | * denotes books in progress | abc denotes no desire to finish
DECEMBER
Scoop [Evelyn Waugh]
†Animal Farm [George Orwell]
A Garland for Girls [Louisa May Alcott]
Nanny Returns [Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus]
Running in Heels [Anna Maxted]
Basic Black [Cathie Black]
†Pride and Prejudice [Jane Austen]
†The Eyre Affair [Jasper Fforde]
The Virgin Suicides [Jeffrey Eugenides]
Monster: Living Off the Big Screen [John Gregory Dunne]
†Cold Comfort Farm [Stella Gibbons]
NOVEMBER
†The Last Battle [C.S. Lewis]
†The Silver Chair [C.S. Lewis]
†The Voyage of the Dawn Treader [C.S. Lewis]
†Prince Caspian [C.S. Lewis]
†The Horse and His Boy [C.S. Lewis]
†The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe [C.S. Lewis]
†The Magician's Nephew [C.S. Lewis]
She's Come Undone [Wally Lamb]
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao [Junot Diaz]
Sammy's Hill [Kristin Gore]
OCTOBER
Fly Away Home [Jennifer Weiner]
Inventing the Real: The Old Maid and The Real Thing (Two by Two) [Edith Wharton, Henry James]
Frenchman's Creek [Daphne du Maurier]
The Ponder Heart [Eudora Welty]
Best Friends Forever [Jennifer Weiner]
Room [Emma Donoghue]
Being Committed [Anna Maxted]
When You Are Engulfed in Flames [David Sedaris]
Angels [Marian Keyes]
SEPTEMBER
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modern Bestiary [David Sedaris]
Citizen Girl [Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus]
Devil May Care [Sebastian Faulks]
Behaving Like Adults [Anna Maxted]
Naked [David Sedaris]
Little Green Men: A Novel [Christopher Buckley]
Citizen Girl [Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus]
Devil May Care [Sebastian Faulks]
Behaving Like Adults [Anna Maxted]
Naked [David Sedaris]
Little Green Men: A Novel [Christopher Buckley]
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay [Michael Chabon]
AUGUST
Farewell, My Lovely [Raymond Chandler]
†Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason [Helen Fielding]
†Bridget Jones's Diary [Helen Fielding]
The Nanny Diaries [Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus]
England's Mistress: The Infamous Life of Emma Hamilton [Kate Williams]
Water for Elephants [Sara Gruen]
The Corrections [Jonathan Franzen]
Wetlands [Charlotte Roche]
Slammerkin [Emma Donoghue]
JULY
Crome Yellow [Aldous Huxley]
The Old Man and the Sea [Ernest Hemingway]
The Misalliance [Anita Brookner]
My Year of Meats [Ruth L. Ozeki]
The Case of the Missing Servant [Tarquin Hall]
JUNE
A Study in Scarlet [Arthur Conan Doyle]
Princess Anne [Katherine L. Oldmeadow]
Roman Fever & Other Stories [Edith Wharton]
†Twenties Girl [Sophie Kinsella]
†Crooks Tour [Jane Shaw]
Moo [Jane Smiley]
New Chronicles of Rebecca [Kate Douglas Wiggin]
†Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm [Kate Douglas Wiggin]
†The Undomestic Goddess [Sophie Kinsella]
The History of Mr. Polly [H.G. Wells]
Princess Anne [Katherine L. Oldmeadow]
Roman Fever & Other Stories [Edith Wharton]
†Twenties Girl [Sophie Kinsella]
†Crooks Tour [Jane Shaw]
Moo [Jane Smiley]
New Chronicles of Rebecca [Kate Douglas Wiggin]
†Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm [Kate Douglas Wiggin]
†The Undomestic Goddess [Sophie Kinsella]
The History of Mr. Polly [H.G. Wells]
Second Chance [Jane Green]
Pnin [Vladimir Nabokov]
MAY
The Notebook [Nicholas Sparks]
†Miss Bun the Baker's Daughter [D.E. Stevenson]
Under the Net [Iris Murdoch]
The House of the Paladin [Violet Needham]
The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril [Paul Malmont]
If It Hadn't Been For Frances [P.M. Warner]
St. Kelvern's Launches Out [Carol Ann Pearce]
The Lace Reader [Brunonia Barry]
†Miss Bun the Baker's Daughter [D.E. Stevenson]
Under the Net [Iris Murdoch]
The House of the Paladin [Violet Needham]
The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril [Paul Malmont]
If It Hadn't Been For Frances [P.M. Warner]
St. Kelvern's Launches Out [Carol Ann Pearce]
The Lace Reader [Brunonia Barry]
APRIL
Claudine and Annie [Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette]
Claudine Married [Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette]
Claudine in Paris [Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette]
Claudine at School [Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette]
The Geographer's Library [Jon Fasman]
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society [Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows]
The Piano Tuner [Daniel Mason]
Claudine in Paris [Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette]
Claudine at School [Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette]
The Geographer's Library [Jon Fasman]
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society [Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows]
The Piano Tuner [Daniel Mason]
MARCH
One of our Thursdays is Missing [Jasper Fforde]
The Gatecrasher [Madeleine Wickham]
Boomsday [Christopher Buckley]
A Summer of Hummingbirds [Christopher Benfrey]
The Last Dragonslayer [Jasper Fforde]
The Other Woman [Jane Green]
Then We Came to the End [Joshua Ferris]
2010 READS
2009 READS
The Gatecrasher [Madeleine Wickham]
Boomsday [Christopher Buckley]
The Last Dragonslayer [Jasper Fforde]
The Other Woman [Jane Green]
Then We Came to the End [Joshua Ferris]
FEBRUARY
Election [Tom Perrotta]
The Rainbow [D.H. Lawrence]
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter [Carson McCullers]
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man's Smile [Gyles Brandreth]
JANUARY
Aiding and Abetting [Muriel Spark]
The Wordy Shipmates [Sarah Vowell]
Thumbsucker [Walter Kirn]
†Confessions of a Shopaholic [Sophie Kinsella]
The Soloist [Steve Lopez]
The Late Bloomer's Revolution [Amy Cohen]
Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story [Leonie Swann]
The Rainbow [D.H. Lawrence]
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter [Carson McCullers]
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man's Smile [Gyles Brandreth]
JANUARY
Aiding and Abetting [Muriel Spark]
The Wordy Shipmates [Sarah Vowell]
Thumbsucker [Walter Kirn]
†Confessions of a Shopaholic [Sophie Kinsella]
The Soloist [Steve Lopez]
The Late Bloomer's Revolution [Amy Cohen]
Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story [Leonie Swann]
2010 READS
2009 READS
