January
Tobias Wolff, OLD SCHOOL
Jonathan Dee, THE PRIVILEGES
Michael Greenberg, BEG, BORROW, STEAL
Katie Arnoldi, POINT DUME
Joshua Ferris, THE UNNAMED
Rebecca Goldstein, 36 ARGUMENTS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
Matthew Crawford, SHOP CLASS AS SOULCRAFT
Amy Sohn, PROSPECT PARK WEST
Liz Robbins, A RACE LIKE NO OTHER
Julie Klausner, I DON’T CARE ABOUT YOUR BAND
Noah Tsika, GODS AND MONSTERS
Jose Quiroga, LAW OF DESIRE
Sheila Weller, GIRLS LIKE US
Zachary Mason, THE LOST BOOKS OF THE ODYSSEY
February
“The Uptight Seattleite,” A SENSITIVE LIBERAL’S GUIDE TO LIFE
Dan Brown, THE LOST SYMBOL
David R. Dow, AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN EXECUTION
Stewart Copeland, STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN
Lynn Barber, AN EDUCATION
Julie Powell, CLEAVING
Kate Rockland, FALLING IS LIKE THIS
Elizabeth Gilbert, COMMITTED
John Banville, THE INFINITIES
David Shields, REALITY HUNGER
Patrick O’Brian, MASTER AND COMMANDER
Peter Hedges, THE HEIGHTS
March
Chang-Rae Lee, THE SURRENDERED
Sandman #3: DREAM COUNTRY
Peter Bognanni, THE HOUSE OF TOMORROW
Francis Wheeler, STRANGE DAYS INDEED
Stephen Dobyns, THE WRESTLER’S CRUEL STUDY
Piper Kerman, ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
Matt Kepnes, NOMADIC MATT’S GUIDE TO SUCCESSFUL WORLD TRAVEL
April
Christopher MacDougall, BORN TO RUN
IT’S A BEAUTIFUL LIE: 26 TRUTHS ABOUT LIFE IN YOUR 20S
Mark Kurlansky, THE EASTERN STARS
David Plante, THE PURE LOVER
Cornelia Read, INVISIBLE BOY
Peter Carey, PARROTT AND OLIVIER IN AMERICA
Russell Hoban, RIDDLEY WALKER
Jen Lancaster, MY FAIR LAZY
Meghan Daum, LIFE WOULD BE PERFECT IF I LIVED IN THAT HOUSE
May
Lorrie Moore, A GATE AT THE STAIRS
Christos Tsiolkos, THE SLAP
Conor Bowman, THE LAST ESTATE
Louis Menand, THE MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS
Emily Gould, AND THE HEART SAYS WHATEVER
Christine Wunnicke, MISSOURI
Brady Udall, THE LONELY POLYGAMIST
Frederick Reiken, DAY FOR NIGHT
Stieg Larsson, THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST
Marguerite Duras, DESTROY, SHE SAID
Dean Karnazes, 50/50
Nicholas Carr, THE SHALLOWS
Leo Tolstoy and Ben H. Winters, ANDROID KARENINA
Simon Rich, ELLIOTT ALLAGASH
Michael Idov, GROUND UP
Joe Queenan, CLOSING TIME
June
Gretchen Rubin, THE HAPPINESS PROJECT
Bret Easton Ellis, LESS THAN ZERO
Bret Easton Ellis, IMPERIAL BEDROOMS
Sam Lipsyte, THE ASK
Bret Easton Ellis, THE RULES OF ATTRACTION
Bret Easton Ellis, LUNAR PARK
Bret Easton Ellis, THE INFORMERS
Sloane Crosley, HOW DID YOU GET THIS NUMBER
Henning Mankell, FACELESS KILLERS
Laurence Cosse, A NOVEL BOOKSTORE
D.H. Lawrence, WOMEN IN LOVE
David Mitchell, THE THOUSAND AUTUMNS OF JACOB DE ZOET
Philip K. Dick, A SCANNER DARKLY
David Foster Wallace, A SUPPOSEDLY FUN THING I’LL NEVER DO AGAIN
July
Matt Stewart, THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
Gary Vaynerchuk, CRUSH IT!
Allegra Goodman, THE COOKBOOK COLLECTOR
Carolyn Parkhurst, THE NOBODIES ALBUM
Sharon Pomerantz, RICH BOY
Susan Fletcher, CORRAG
(reread) David Mitchell, CLOUD ATLAS
David Foster Wallace, EVERYTHING AND MORE
Eliot Asinof, EIGHT MEN OUT
Avis Cardella, SPENT
August
Philip Roth, THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL
Jonathan Mahler, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE BRONX IS BURNING
(reread) Colson Whitehead, THE INTUITIONIST
Jim Bouton, BALL FOUR
Rosecrans Baldwin, YOU LOST ME THERE
Jerry della Femina, FROM THOSE WONDERFUL FOLKS WHO GAVE YOU PEARL HARBOR
Scarlett Thomas, OUR TRAGIC UNIVERSE
Tom McCarthy, C
September
Ralph Sassone, THE INTIMATES
Julia Glass, THE WIDOWER’S TALE
Daniel Kehlmann, FAME: A NOVEL IN NINE EPISODES
William Powers, HAMLET’S BLACKBERRY
Steven Milhauser, MARTIN DRESSLER
Norman Maclean, A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
Sara Marcus, GIRLS TO THE FRONT
David Foster Wallace, CONSIDER THE LOBSTER
October
Gish Jen, WORLD AND TOWN
Bernhard Schlink, THE WEEKEND
Mike Birbiglia, SLEEPWALK WITH ME
Jennifer Belle, THE SEVEN-YEAR BITCH
Adam Levin, THE INSTRUCTIONS
Ian Frazier, TRAVELS IN SIBERIA
John L Parker, ONCE A RUNNER
Haruki Murakami, AFTER DARK
Rachel Shukert, EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE GREAT
Colson Whitehead, APEX HIDES THE HURT
Colson Whitehead, THE COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK
Colson Whitehead, SAG HARBOR
Colson Whitehead, JOHN HENRY DAYS
Jane Smiley, THE MAN WHO INVENTED THE COMPUTER
Don DeLillo, MAO II
Patti Smith, JUST KIDS
Dinaw Mengestu, HOW TO READ THE AIR
November
Josh Karlen, LOST LUSTRE
Deborah McKinlay, THE VIEW FROM HERE
Bill Carter, THE WAR FOR LATE NIGHT
Joanna Smith Rakoff, A FORTUNATE AGE
Randy Frost and Gail Sketeree, STUFF: COMPULSIVE HOARDING AND THE MEANING OF THINGS
Douglas Coupland, MARSHALL MCLUHAN: YOU KNOW NOTHING OF MY WORK!
Rachel Toor, PERSONAL RECORD
Laura Hillenbrand, UNBROKEN
Beryl Bainbridge, WATSON’S APOLOGY
December
Steve Martin, AN OBJECT OF BEAUTY
Darren Dochuk, FROM BIBLE BELT TO SUNBELT
David Nicholls, ONE DAY
(reread) Dodie Smith, I CAPTURE THE CASTLE
Siddhartha Muhkerjee, THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES
Matthew Gallaway, THE METROPOLIS CASE
Jennifer Baggett, Holly Corbett and Amanda Pressner, THE LOST GIRLS
David Lipsky, ALTHOUGH OF COURSE YOU END UP BECOMING YOURSELF
Haruki Murakami, A WILD SHEEP CHASE
2 comments:
Thanks for reading THE SEVEN YEAR BITCH in October!
Love, Jennifer Belle
jesus. i read 22 books. i'm jealous
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