Book and Movie List for 2010
Here are my lists for the books that I've read and the movies that I've seen (for the first time) in the year 2010.
Books
January
1. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
2. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
3. I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
4. I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away by Bill Bryson
5. A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
6. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
February
7. Geisha, A Life by Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown
8. One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson
9. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
10. The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
11. The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
12. The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer
March
13. On Beauty by Zadie Smith
14. The Mighty Book of Boosh by Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding
15. Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
16. In the Woods by Tana French
17. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
18. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
19. Emily of New Moon by Lucy Maud Montgomery
20. Blackout by Connie Willis
April
21. The Likeness by Tana French
22. Little Bee by Chris Cleave
23. A Bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks
24. Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
25. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
26. Animal Crackers by Hannah Tinti
May
27. The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano
28. The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan
29. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
30. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
31. Queen Victoria: A Personal History by Christopher Hibbert
32. Catching Fire by by Suzanne Collins
33. Emily Climbs by Lucy Maud Montgomery
34. Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel
35. Soulless by Gail Carriger
June
36. Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks
37. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
38. Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
39. The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening by L.J. Smith
40. Emily's Quest by Lucy Maud Montgomery
41. Changeless by Gail Carriger
42. The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
July
43. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
44. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
45. When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
46. The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
47. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
48. The Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery
49. Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin by Kathy Griffin
50. Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
August
51. Faithful Place by Tana French
52. The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century by Ian Mortimer
53. The City & the City by China Miéville
54. The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
55. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
September
56. The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty by G.J. Meyer
57. His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
58. I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
59. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
60. One Day by David Nicholls
61. Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
October
62. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
63. The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
64. Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik
65. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
66. Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story by Sue Monk Kidd & Ann Kidd Taylor
67. The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
68. The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
69. Black Powder War by Naomi Novik
70. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (re-read)
November
71. The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell
72. Husband and Wife by Leah Stewart
73. The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
74. The Nobodies Album by Carolyn Parkhurst
75. The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
76. A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner
December
77. All Clear by Connie Willis
78. Skippy Dies: A Novel by Paul Murray
79. Empire of Ivory by by Naomi Novik
80. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose
81. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
82. Room by Emma Donoghue
Movies
January
1. Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
2. The Hurt Locker
3. Up in the Air
4. Moon
5. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
6. Assassination of a High School President
7. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
8. Bright Star
9. A Single Man
February
10. 9
11. New York, I Love You
12. Public Enemies
13. Shutter Island
14. The Invention of Lying
15. Extract
March
16. Adam
17. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
18. Four Christmases
19. Jennifer's Body
20. Gentlemen Broncos
April
21. An Education
22. Zombieland
23. Persuasion (2007)
24. Paranormal Activity
25. New Moon
26. Date Night
27. The Blind Side
28. The Young Victoria
29. Couples Retreat
May
30. The Boys Are Back
31. Coco avant Chanel
32. St. Trinian's
33. Brothers
34. The Lovely Bones
35. Crazy Heart
36. It's Complicated
37. Nine
38. L'heure d'été (Summer Hours)
39. Notting Hill
June
40. Leap Year
41. Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
42. A Serious Man
43. Get Him to the Greek
44. The Damned United
45. Youth in Revolt
46. Pirate Radio
47. Valentine's Day
48. Ponyo
49. Human Traffic
July
50. Tipping the Velvet
51. Winter's Bone
52. Rebecca (1997)
53. The September Issue
54. La Nana (The Maid)
55. Evening
56. Waking Life
57. Revenge of the Bridesmaids
58. Inception
59. The Runaways
60. The Road
61. Gigantic
62. Uncertainty
63. The Kids Are All Right
August
64. Good Hair
65. The Princess and the Frog
66. The Cove
67. The Last Station
68. Greenberg
69. La Vie en Rose
70. Hot Tub Time Machine
71. Alice in Wonderland
72. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
73. Dinner for Schmucks
September
74. Cop Out
75. Nursery University
76. Clash of the Titans
77. Me and Orson Welles
78. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
October
79. Babies
80. Män som hatar kvinnor (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
81. Neko no ongaeshi (The Cat Returns)
82. Iron Man 2
November
83. Food, Inc.
84. The Baker (Assassin in Love)
85. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
86. 127 Hours
87. Mysterious Skin
88. The Secret of Kells
December
89. Toy Story 3
90. Camp
91. How to Train Your Dragon
92. Black Swan
93. Little Fockers
94. Easy A
95. True Grit
AND
Concerts/Shows
1. Joel McHale, Chicago Theatre (May 8)
2. Rufus Wainwright, Chicago - Bank of America Theatre (August 13)
3. Ricky Gervais, Chicago Theatre (October 1)
2009 List
Books
January
1. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
2. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
3. I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
4. I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away by Bill Bryson
5. A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
6. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
February
7. Geisha, A Life by Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown
8. One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson
9. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
10. The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
11. The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
12. The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer
March
13. On Beauty by Zadie Smith
14. The Mighty Book of Boosh by Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding
15. Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
16. In the Woods by Tana French
17. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
18. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
19. Emily of New Moon by Lucy Maud Montgomery
20. Blackout by Connie Willis
April
21. The Likeness by Tana French
22. Little Bee by Chris Cleave
23. A Bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks
24. Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
25. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
26. Animal Crackers by Hannah Tinti
May
27. The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano
28. The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan
29. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
30. Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
31. Queen Victoria: A Personal History by Christopher Hibbert
32. Catching Fire by by Suzanne Collins
33. Emily Climbs by Lucy Maud Montgomery
34. Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel
35. Soulless by Gail Carriger
June
36. Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks
37. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
38. Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
39. The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening by L.J. Smith
40. Emily's Quest by Lucy Maud Montgomery
41. Changeless by Gail Carriger
42. The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
July
43. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
44. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
45. When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
46. The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
47. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
48. The Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery
49. Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin by Kathy Griffin
50. Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
August
51. Faithful Place by Tana French
52. The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century by Ian Mortimer
53. The City & the City by China Miéville
54. The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
55. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
September
56. The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty by G.J. Meyer
57. His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
58. I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
59. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
60. One Day by David Nicholls
61. Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
October
62. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
63. The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
64. Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik
65. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
66. Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story by Sue Monk Kidd & Ann Kidd Taylor
67. The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
68. The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner
69. Black Powder War by Naomi Novik
70. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (re-read)
November
71. The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell
72. Husband and Wife by Leah Stewart
73. The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer
74. The Nobodies Album by Carolyn Parkhurst
75. The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
76. A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner
December
77. All Clear by Connie Willis
78. Skippy Dies: A Novel by Paul Murray
79. Empire of Ivory by by Naomi Novik
80. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose
81. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
82. Room by Emma Donoghue
Movies
January
1. Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
2. The Hurt Locker
3. Up in the Air
4. Moon
5. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
6. Assassination of a High School President
7. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
8. Bright Star
9. A Single Man
February
10. 9
11. New York, I Love You
12. Public Enemies
13. Shutter Island
14. The Invention of Lying
15. Extract
March
16. Adam
17. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
18. Four Christmases
19. Jennifer's Body
20. Gentlemen Broncos
April
21. An Education
22. Zombieland
23. Persuasion (2007)
24. Paranormal Activity
25. New Moon
26. Date Night
27. The Blind Side
28. The Young Victoria
29. Couples Retreat
May
30. The Boys Are Back
31. Coco avant Chanel
32. St. Trinian's
33. Brothers
34. The Lovely Bones
35. Crazy Heart
36. It's Complicated
37. Nine
38. L'heure d'été (Summer Hours)
39. Notting Hill
June
40. Leap Year
41. Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
42. A Serious Man
43. Get Him to the Greek
44. The Damned United
45. Youth in Revolt
46. Pirate Radio
47. Valentine's Day
48. Ponyo
49. Human Traffic
July
50. Tipping the Velvet
51. Winter's Bone
52. Rebecca (1997)
53. The September Issue
54. La Nana (The Maid)
55. Evening
56. Waking Life
57. Revenge of the Bridesmaids
58. Inception
59. The Runaways
60. The Road
61. Gigantic
62. Uncertainty
63. The Kids Are All Right
August
64. Good Hair
65. The Princess and the Frog
66. The Cove
67. The Last Station
68. Greenberg
69. La Vie en Rose
70. Hot Tub Time Machine
71. Alice in Wonderland
72. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
73. Dinner for Schmucks
September
74. Cop Out
75. Nursery University
76. Clash of the Titans
77. Me and Orson Welles
78. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
October
79. Babies
80. Män som hatar kvinnor (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
81. Neko no ongaeshi (The Cat Returns)
82. Iron Man 2
November
83. Food, Inc.
84. The Baker (Assassin in Love)
85. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
86. 127 Hours
87. Mysterious Skin
88. The Secret of Kells
December
89. Toy Story 3
90. Camp
91. How to Train Your Dragon
92. Black Swan
93. Little Fockers
94. Easy A
95. True Grit
AND
Concerts/Shows
1. Joel McHale, Chicago Theatre (May 8)
2. Rufus Wainwright, Chicago - Bank of America Theatre (August 13)
3. Ricky Gervais, Chicago Theatre (October 1)
2009 List