A.
A Bone To Pick [Charlaine Harris] FINAL GRADE – C-
A Confederacy of Dunces [John Kennedy Toole] FINAL GRADE – A+
The Addict [Michael Stein] FINAL GRADE – B+
Agnes Grey [Anne Bronte]
A Great and Terrible Beauty [Libba Bray]
A Mercy [Toni Morrison] FINAL GRADE – A
Anatomy of Deception [Lawrence Goldstone]
The Art of Racing in the Rain [Garth Stein] FINAL GRADE – A
A Spot of Bother [Mark Haddon] FINAL GRADE – A
Al Capone Does My Shirts [Gennifer Choldenko] FINAL GRADE – A
All I Want is Everything [Cecily von Ziegesar]
Autobiography of a Face [Lucy Grealy] FINAL GRADE – A
B.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress [Dai Sijie]
Because I’m Worth It [Cecily von Ziegesar]
Bee Season [Myla Goldberg] FINAL GRADE – A+
The Big Over Easy [Jasper Fforde] FINAL GRADE – B
The Black Dahlia [James Ellroy] FINAL GRADE – A
Blonde Roots [Bernardine Evaristo] FINAL GRADE: A+
Bookseller of Kabul [Asne Seierstad]
Booth’s Sister [Jane Singer] FINAL GRADE – B-
Breaking Dawn [Stephanie Meyer] FINAL GRADE – C-
By the River Piedra, I Sat Down and Cried [Paulo Coelho]
C.
Castaway Kid [R.B. Mitchell] FINAL GRADE – A
Charity Girl [Michael Lowenthal] FINAL GRADE – A
The Chosen One [Carol Lynch Williams]
City of Falling Angels [John Berendt]
Club Dead [Charlaine Harris] FINAL GRADE: A
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. (Tales of the Jazz Age: [F. Scott Fitzgerald])
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime [Mark Haddon]
D.
Dead Until Dark [Charlaine Harris] FINAL GRADE – A
Death in the Andes [Mario Vargas Llosa]
Diary of a Wimpy Kid [Jeff Kinney] FINAL GRADE – A
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules [Jeff Kinney] FINAL GRADE – A
Ditch the Flip-Flops [Sylvia I. Landy] FINAL GRADE – A+
E.
Eclipse [Stephanie Meyer] FINAL GRADE – B-
Every Last Cuckoo [Kate Maloy]
F.
Father Knows Less [Wendell Jamieson] FINAL GRADE – A
Fatland: How Americans Became the Fattest People In The World [Greg Critser]
Forgotten Bread [edited by David Kherdian]
Freedom Writer’s Diary [Compiled by Erin Gruwell] FINAL GRADE – A
G.
Gossip Girl [Cecily von Ziegesar] FINAL GRADE – A
The Graveyard Book [Neil Gaiman] FINAL GRADE – A
H.
The Happiest Days of Our Lives [Wil Wheaton]
The Haunted Hillbilly [Derek McCormack]
Have I Got A Guy For You [edited by Alix Strauss]
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet [Jamie Ford] FINAL GRADE: A
How to be a Budget Fashionista [Kathryn Finney]
Hungry Woman in Paris [Josefina Lopez] FINAL GRADE: A-
I.
The Idiot Girls’ Action Adventure Club [Laurie Notaro] FINAL GRADE – B+
If You Eat, You Never Die [Tony Romano] FINAL GRADE – A
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings [Maya Angelou]Immortal {Traci L. Slatton] FINAL GRADE- A
In the Lake of the Woods [Tim O'Brien]
In The Time of the Butterflies [Julia Alvarez]
The Invention of Hugo Cabret [Brian Selznick]
The Island of Divine Music [John Addiego] FINAL GRADE – B+
Island of Dr. Moreau [HG Wells]
J.
Jane Austen Ruined My Life [Beth Pattillo] FINAL GRADE: A
The Jelly Bean (Tales of the Jazz Age) [F. Scott Fitzgerald]
K.
The Knitting Circle [Ann Hood]
L.
Latte Trouble [Cleo Coyle] FINAL GRADE: A
Laughing Without an Accent [Firoozeh Dumas
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen vol 1 [Alan Moore/Kevin O'Neil] FINAL GRADE – A-
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen vol 2 [Alan Moore/Kevin O'Neil] FINAL GRADE – A+
Live Your Dream Trip [Phil and Carol White]
Living Dead in Dallas [Charlaine Harris] FINAL GRADE – A
The Looking Glass Wars [Frank Beddor] FINAL GRADE – A
Love Walked In [Marisa De Los Santos] FINAL GRADE – A-
M.
The Memorist [M.J. Rose] FINAL GRADE – A+
Me Talk Pretty One Day [David Sedaris]
Men in the Sun & Other Palestinian Stories [Ghassan Kanafani
Midnight Champagne [A. Manette Ansay]
More Tales of the City [Armistead Maupin] FINAL GRADE – A
The Motorcycle Diaries [Ernest "Che" Guevara]
N.
The Namesake {Jhumpa Lahiri] FINAL GRADE – B
The Nazi Officer’s Wife [Edith Hahn Beer]
New Moon [Stephanie Meyer] FINAL GRADE – B
The 19th Wife [David Ebershoff] FINAL GRADE – A
Northanger Abbey [Jane Austen] FINAL GRADE- A+
O.
On What Grounds [Cleo Coyle] FINAL GRADE: A
Oroonoko [Aphra Behn]
P.
Petite Anglaise [Catherine Sanderson]
Q.
Quiet Please, Dispatches of a Public Librarian [Scott Douglas] FINAL GRADE – A+
R.
The Rabbi’s Cat [Joann Sfar] FINAL GRADE – A+
Rabies Mom [Pat Carroll & Jack McGowan]
Real Murders [Charlaine Harris] FINAL GRADE – A
The Rose Labyrinth [Titanie Hardie] FINAL GRADE – B-
S.
The Sand Castle [Rita Mae Brown] FINAL GRADE – A
The Seamstress [Frances De Pontes Peebles] FINAL GRADE – B-
The Secret Life of Bees [Sue Monk Kidd] FINAL GRADE – B+
Sense and Sensibilty [Jane Austen]
The Septembers of Shiraz [Dalia Sofer]
Serendipity [Louis Shaffer] FINAL GRADE – A
The Shiniest Jewel: A Family Love Story [Marian Henley] FINAL GRADE – A+
The Smart Cookies Guide to Making More Dough FINAL GRADE – B
Stalking the Unicorn [Mike Resnick] FINAL GRADE – B-
Strangers in Paradise [Terry Moore]
The Swap [Antony Moore] FINAL GRADE – B
The Sweetgum Knit Lit Society [Beth Patillo]
T.
The Tales of Beedle the Bard [JK Rowling] FINAL GRADE – A
Tales of the City [Armistead Maupin] FINAL GRADE – A-
The Addict [Michael Stein] FINAL GRADE – B+
The Art of Racing in the Rain [Garth Stein] FINAL GRADE – A
The Big Over Easy [Jasper Fforde] FINAL GRADE – B
The Black Dahlia [James Ellroy] FINAL GRADE – A
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. (Tales of the Jazz Age: [F. Scott Fitzgerald])
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime [Mark Haddon]
The Graveyard Book [Neil Gaiman] FINAL GRADE – A
The Happiest Days of Our Lives [Wil Wheaton]
The Haunted Hillbilly [Derek McCormack]
The Idiot Girls’ Action Adventure Club [Laurie Notaro] FINAL GRADE – B+
The Invention of Hugo Cabret [Brian Selznick]
The Island of Divine Music [John Addiego] FINAL GRADE – B+
The Jelly Bean (Tales of the Jazz Age) [F. Scott Fitzgerald]
The Knitting Circle [Ann Hood]
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen vol 1 [Alan Moore/Kevin O'Neil] FINAL GRADE – A-
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen vol 2 [Alan Moore/Kevin O'Neil] FINAL GRADE – A+
The Looking Glass Wars [Frank Beddor] FINAL GRADE – A
The Motorcycle Diaries [Ernest "Che" Guevara]
The Namesake {Jhumpa Lahiri] FINAL GRADE – B
The Nazi Officer’s Wife [Edith Hahn Beer]
The 19th Wife [David Ebershoff] FINAL GRADE – A
The Rabbi’s Cat [Joann Sfar] FINAL GRADE – A+
The Rose Labyrinth [Titanie Hardie] FINAL GRADE – B-
The Sand Castle [Rita Mae Brown] FINAL GRADE – A
The Seamstress [Frances De Pontes Peebles] FINAL GRADE – B-
The Secret Life of Bees [Sue Monk Kidd] FINAL GRADE – B+
The Septembers of Shiraz [Dalia Sofer]
The Shiniest Jewel: A Family Love Story [Marian Henley] FINAL GRADE – A+
The Smart Cookies Guide to Making More Dough FINAL GRADE – B
The Swap [Antony Moore] FINAL GRADE – B
The Thirteenth Tale [Diane Setterfield]
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse [Charlaine Harris] FINAL GRADE – B+
Through The Grinder [Cleo Coyle] FINAL GRADE: A
Twilight [Stephanie Meyer] FINAL GRADE – A
U.
Up For Renewal [Cathy Alter] FINAL GRADE – B
V.
W.
Water for Elephants [Sara Gruen]
What I Call Life [Jill Wolfson]
When You Are Engulfed in Flames [David Sedaris] FINAL GRADE – A
Who Let The Blogs Out [Biz Stone]
X.
Y.
You Know You Love Me – Gossip Girl bk.2 [Cecily Von Ziegeser]
Z.
We have a couple of overlaps–I read Agnes Grey this year. Other books I’ve read on your list: all the Jane Austens, The Thirteenth Tale, the Laurie Notaro, City of Falling Angels, A Confederacy of Dunces.
Cripes, you sure do read a lot! I’ll be lucky to get through 25 novels this year. Good for you!
I’m very interested to see what you two are reading as well this year. Word of the mouth is the best way to learn about good reads.
It’s not just me doing a list like this, then! We have one overlap so far this year (your no. 19) and I’ve read a few of the others.
I’m impressed.
I need to get to reading.
Thanks for the push.