02 January 2012

All the books I read in 2011

Well, creepy. I read exactly the same number as last year. Again, I took a few out before I posted the list (for secrets) but this is about as complete as it's going to get.


January
David Foster Wallace, THE BROOM OF THE SYSTEM
David Vann, CARIBOU ISLAND
Kathrine Switzer, MARATHON WOMAN
Diana Spechler, SKINNY: A NOVEL
Hannah Pittard, THE FATES WILL FIND THEIR WAY
Brooke Berman, NO PLACE LIKE HOME
Reread: Margaret Atwood, THE BLIND ASSASSIN 
Kevin Brockmeier, THE ILLUMINATION
Ted Conover, WHITEOUT
Urban Waite, THE TERROR OF LIVING

February
Kristin Gore, SWEET JIMINY
Benjamin Hale, THE EVOLUTION OF BRUNO LITTLEMORE
Louise Dean, THE OLD ROMANTIC
Neal Pollack, STRETCH
Tom Holt, LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF SAUSAGES
Anonymous, O: A PRESIDENTIAL NOVEL
Dan DeWeese, YOU DON’T LOVE THIS MAN
Glen David Gold, CARTER BEATS THE DEVIL

March
J.P. Donleavy, THE GINGER MAN
Laura Kasischke, THE RAISING
Reread: David Mitchell, CLOUD ATLAS
Daniel Akst, WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY
Sarah Vowell, UNFAMILIAR FISHES
Lee Martin, BREAK THE SKIN
Georges Simenon, THREE BEDROOMS IN MANHATTAN
Charles Portis, TRUE GRIT
Susan Yager, THE HUNDRED-YEAR DIET
William Lychack, THE ARCHITECT OF FLOWERS
Cara Hoffman, SO MUCH PRETTY
Manuel Munoz, WHAT YOU SEE IN THE DARK
Elaine Dundy, THE DUD AVOCADO

April
Jen Trynin, EVERYTHING I’M CRACKED UP TO BE
David Foster Wallace, THE PALE KING 
Teddy Wayne, KAPITOIL 
Sara Gruen, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
Steven Levy, IN THE PLEX 
Tina Fey, BOSSYPANTS 
Jim Knipfel, THE BLOW-OFF 
Jennifer Egan, A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD 
Gary Taubes, WHY WE GET FAT 
Arthur Phillips, THE TRAGEDY OF ARTHUR
Jen Lancaster, IF YOU WERE HERE

May
Chris Adrian, THE GREAT NIGHT
Hilary Winston, MY BOYFRIEND WROTE A BOOK ABOUT ME
Marcelo Figueras, KAMCHATKA
Diana Abu-Jaber, BIRDS OF PARADISE
Douglas Kennedy, THE MOMENT
Delphine de Vigan, UNDERGROUND TIME
Jancee Dunn, WHY IS MY MOTHER GETTING A TATTOO?
Manisha Thakor, MY OWN TWO FEET
Dean Bakopoulos, MY AMERICAN UNHAPPINESS
Alison Espach, THE ADULTS
James Hynes, NEXT
William Lychach, THE WASP EATER
Eleanor Henderson, TEN THOUSAND SAINTS

June
Jon-Jon Goulian, THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SKIRT
Jesse Ball, THE CURFEW
Hubert Dreyfus and Sean Dorrance Kelly, ALL THINGS SHINING
Kate Christensen, THE ASTRAL
Vera Brittain, TESTAMENT OF YOUTH
Patton Oswalt, ZOMBIE SPACESHIP WASTELAND
David Kaiser, HOW THE HIPPIES SAVED PHYSICS
Libba Bray, GOING BOVINE
Gary Shteyngart, SUPER SAD TRUE LOVE STORY
Joseph Conrad, LORD JIM
Greg Hrbek, DESTROY ALL MONSTERS

July
Bonnie Jo Campbell, ONCE UPON A RIVER
Edie Meidav, LOLA, CALIFORNIA
J. Courtney Sullivan, MAINE
Kathryn Stockett, THE HELP
Bella Pollen, THE SUMMER OF THE BEAR
Tom Rachman, THE IMPERFECTIONISTS
Stephen Kelman, PIGEON ENGLISH 
Laura Lippmann, THE GIRL IN THE GREEN RAINCOAT
V.S. Naipaul, A BEND IN THE RIVER
Molly Birnbaum, SEASON TO TASTE 
John O’Hara, A RAGE TO LIVE 
Jennifer Weiner, THEN CAME YOU 
Kurt Vonnegut, BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS
Tom Scocca, BEIJING WELCOMES YOU
Richard Ford, THE SPORTSWRITER
Eva Gabrielsson, THERE ARE THINGS I WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT STIEG LARSSON AND ME
Caitlin Shetterly, MADE FOR YOU AND ME
Tom Perrotta, BAD HAIRCUT
Reread: Daniel Quinn, ISHMAEL
Amy Waldman, THE SUBMISSION

August
Anita Desai, THE ARTIST OF DISAPPEARANCE
Rick Moody, THE BLACK VEIL
Jason Mulgrew, EVERYTHING IS WRONG WITH ME
Max Barry, MACHINE MAN
Richard Russo, THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC
Tom Perrotta, THE LEFTOVERS
Drew Magary, THE POSTMORTAL
Misha Glouberman and Sheila Heti, THE CHAIRS ARE WHERE THE PEOPLE GO
Tea Obreht, THE TIGER’S WIFE
Joseph Heller, CATCH-22 
Chad Harbach, THE ART OF FIELDING 
Ernest Hemingway, THE GARDEN OF EDEN 

September
Nicholson Baker, HOUSE OF HOLES
Kevin Mitnick, GHOST IN THE WIRES 
Jesmyn Ward, SALVAGE THE BONES
Guy Vanderhaeghe, A GOOD MAN 
Anne Enright, THE FORGOTTEN WALTZ 
Suzanne Collins, THE HUNGER GAMES

October
Alan Hollinghurst, THE STRANGER’S CHILD
Suzanne Collins, CATCHING FIRE 
Susanna Daniel, STILTSVILLE 
Jennifer Egan, THE INVISIBLE CIRCUS 
Jeffrey Eugenides, THE MARRIAGE PLOT
Susan Orlean, RIN TIN TIN 
Benjamin Buchholz, ONE HUNDRED AND ONE NIGHTS
Jeanne Darst, FICTION RUINED MY FAMILY 
David McRaney, YOU ARE NOT SO SMART 
Kelly Cutrone, NORMAL GETS YOU NOWHERE 
Karen Russell, SWAMPLANDIA! 
Howard Jacobsen, NO MORE MR. NICE GUY 
Colson Whitehead, ZONE ONE 
Charles Seife, ZERO: THE BIOGRAPHY OF A DANGEROUS IDEA 
Suzanne Morrison, YOGA BITCH 

November
Lily Tuck, I MARRIED YOU FOR HAPPINESS 
Laura Lippmann, I’D KNOW YOU ANYWHERE 
Raymond Beauchemain, EVERYTHING I OWN 
Suzanne Collins, MOCKINJAY
Peter Nadas, PARALLEL STORIES
Roberto BolaƱo, 2666
Rashad Harrison, OUR MAN IN THE DARK
Jennifer Close, GIRLS IN WHITE DRESSES 
Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi, THE MONSTER OF FLORENCE
Audrey Schulman, THREE WEEKS IN DECEMBER
Kaui Hart Hemmings, THE DESCENDANTS
John Le Carre, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Michael Ondaatje, THE ENGLISH PATIENT

December
Lan Samantha Chang, ALL IS FORGOTTEN, NOTHING IS LOST
Luis Alberto Urrea, QUEEN OF AMERICA
Donald Miller, A MILLION MILES IN A THOUSAND YEARS
Jacques Steinberg, YOU ARE AN IRONMAN
Jennifer Egan, LOOK AT ME
Craig McDonald, EL GAVILAN
Jen Miller, BOOK A WEEK WITH JEN
Alex Gilvarry, FROM THE MEMOIRS OF A NON-ENEMY COMBATANT
Graciela Limon, THE MADNESS OF MAMA CARLOTA
Paula Fox, THE COLDEST WINTER

2 comments:

Wade Garrett said...

I'm very impressed. You lapped me three times this year.

Emily said...

I feel really pathetic. I know I missed counting a few, but according to my Goodreads I read 12 (!!!!!!!!). I need a new job.