2010 Reading Summary
Best Fiction:
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
1916 by Morgan Llywelyn
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Best Nonfiction:
Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
1491 by Charles C. Mann
The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
Truman by David McCullough
Picking Cotton by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton
Abraham by Bruce Feiler
Marry Him by Lori Gottlieb
Titles below are linked to my review of the book.
1. How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn
2. Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom
3. Abraham by Bruce Feiler
4. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
5. The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
6. The Once and Future King by T.H. White
7. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
8. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
9. Picking Cotton by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton
10. Arguing with Idiots by Glenn Beck
11. Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
12. The Sea by John Banville
13. Rich Like Them by Ryan d’Agostino
14. Stephen Fry in America by Stephen Fry
15. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
16. Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough
17. The Gatekeepers by Jacques Steinberg
18. Nurtureshock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merriman
19. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
20. The $64 Tomato by William Alexander
21. City of the Chasch by Jack Vance
22. Servants of the Wankh by Jack Vance
23. The Dirdir by Jack Vance
24. The Pnume by Jack Vance
25. Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
26. I'm So Happy For You by Lucinda Rosenfeld
27. Columbine by Dave Cullen
28. The Forever King by Molly Cochran and Warren Murphy
29. Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove
30. Iconoclast by Gregory Berns
31. The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
32. Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
33. The Last Empire by Stefan Kanfer
34. Through the Narrow Gate by Karen Armstrong
35. The Billionaire's Vinegar by Benjamin Wallace
36. Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund
37. The Map that Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology by Simon Winchester
38. What Do Jews Believe? by David S. Ariel
39. Dearest Friend by Lynne Withey
40. Marry Him by Lori Gottlieb
41. Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
42. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
43. Flood Tide by Clive Cussler
44. The White House Doctor: My Patients Were Presidents by Dr. Connie Mariano
45. The Dying Earth by Jack Vance
46. The Eyes of the Overworld by Jack Vance
47. Cugel's Saga by Jack Vance
48. Rhialto the Marvellous by Jack Vance
49. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
50. The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
51. The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman
52. You Lost Me There by Rosencrans Baldwin
53. Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood
54. The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
55. The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
56. 1916 by Morgan Llywelyn
57. My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler
58. Fool by Christopher Moore
59. Taken In by Beverly Coyle
60. 1921 by Morgan Llywelyn
61. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
62. The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness by Harlow Giles Unger
63. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
64. A Respectable Trade by Philippa Gregory
65. Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds
66. Truman by David McCullough
67. 1949 by Morgan Llywelyn
68. To America by Stephen Ambrose
69. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
My goal last year was to read fewer books than I read in 2009, and I succeeded. My goal this year is to post about the books more promptly - more than once this past year, I found it hard to remember what I thought about a particular book when I was posting about it.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
1916 by Morgan Llywelyn
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Best Nonfiction:
Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
1491 by Charles C. Mann
The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
Truman by David McCullough
Picking Cotton by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton
Abraham by Bruce Feiler
Marry Him by Lori Gottlieb
Titles below are linked to my review of the book.
1. How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn
2. Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom
3. Abraham by Bruce Feiler
4. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
5. The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
6. The Once and Future King by T.H. White
7. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
8. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
9. Picking Cotton by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton
10. Arguing with Idiots by Glenn Beck
11. Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
12. The Sea by John Banville
13. Rich Like Them by Ryan d’Agostino
14. Stephen Fry in America by Stephen Fry
15. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
16. Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough
17. The Gatekeepers by Jacques Steinberg
18. Nurtureshock by Po Bronson and Ashley Merriman
19. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
20. The $64 Tomato by William Alexander
21. City of the Chasch by Jack Vance
22. Servants of the Wankh by Jack Vance
23. The Dirdir by Jack Vance
24. The Pnume by Jack Vance
25. Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
26. I'm So Happy For You by Lucinda Rosenfeld
27. Columbine by Dave Cullen
28. The Forever King by Molly Cochran and Warren Murphy
29. Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove
30. Iconoclast by Gregory Berns
31. The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
32. Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
33. The Last Empire by Stefan Kanfer
34. Through the Narrow Gate by Karen Armstrong
35. The Billionaire's Vinegar by Benjamin Wallace
36. Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund
37. The Map that Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology by Simon Winchester
38. What Do Jews Believe? by David S. Ariel
39. Dearest Friend by Lynne Withey
40. Marry Him by Lori Gottlieb
41. Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
42. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
43. Flood Tide by Clive Cussler
44. The White House Doctor: My Patients Were Presidents by Dr. Connie Mariano
45. The Dying Earth by Jack Vance
46. The Eyes of the Overworld by Jack Vance
47. Cugel's Saga by Jack Vance
48. Rhialto the Marvellous by Jack Vance
49. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
50. The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
51. The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman
52. You Lost Me There by Rosencrans Baldwin
53. Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood
54. The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
55. The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
56. 1916 by Morgan Llywelyn
57. My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler
58. Fool by Christopher Moore
59. Taken In by Beverly Coyle
60. 1921 by Morgan Llywelyn
61. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
62. The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness by Harlow Giles Unger
63. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
64. A Respectable Trade by Philippa Gregory
65. Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds
66. Truman by David McCullough
67. 1949 by Morgan Llywelyn
68. To America by Stephen Ambrose
69. Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
My goal last year was to read fewer books than I read in 2009, and I succeeded. My goal this year is to post about the books more promptly - more than once this past year, I found it hard to remember what I thought about a particular book when I was posting about it.