Since everyone else seems to be doing it...
Books I read in 2010:
For college:
Literary Theory
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
- The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Intro to Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
- As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl by John Colapinto
- Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men by Michael Kimmel
- How I Became Hettie Jones by Hettie Jones
Women in Chinese Literature
- The Rouge of the North by Eileen Chang
- Virgin Widows by Gu Hua
- The Butcher's Wife by Li Ang
- Waiting by Ha Jin (actually, I'm not quite sure this counts because I never made it through the last 10-20 pages)
Autobiographical Writing
- I'm Sorry You Feel That Way: The Astonishing But True Story Of a Daughter, Sister, Slut, Wife, Mother, and Friend to Man and Dog by Diana Joseph (we actually weren't supposed to read the whole thing for class, but it was a fun and interesting read so I just went ahead and finished it)
Playwriting
- M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang
- Fences by August Wilson
- A Soldier's Play by Charles Fuller
Literature of the Cold War
- The Crucible by Arthur Miller
- The Spy Who Came In From the Cold by John LeCarre
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margret Atwood
For fun:
- Trinity Blood: Reborn on the Mars, Volume 3 by Sunao Yoshida
- Max by James Patterson
- Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman (audiobook) by E.W. Hornung
- Love Among the Chickens (audiobook) by P.G. Wodehouse
- The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse
- Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It edited by Lynne D. Thomas and Tara O'Shea
- Doctor Who Short Trips: Life Science edited by John Binns
- Doctor Who New Adventures: Human Nature by Paul Cornell
- Doctor Who Missing Adventures: Cold Fusion by Lance Parkin
- Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare
Currently reading: Selene of Alexandria by Faith L. Justice (aka, my mom)
*looks back* Oh wow. More than I thought. But you can probably see why my For Fun list was so short.
For college:
Literary Theory
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
- The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Intro to Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
- As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl by John Colapinto
- Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men by Michael Kimmel
- How I Became Hettie Jones by Hettie Jones
Women in Chinese Literature
- The Rouge of the North by Eileen Chang
- Virgin Widows by Gu Hua
- The Butcher's Wife by Li Ang
- Waiting by Ha Jin (actually, I'm not quite sure this counts because I never made it through the last 10-20 pages)
Autobiographical Writing
- I'm Sorry You Feel That Way: The Astonishing But True Story Of a Daughter, Sister, Slut, Wife, Mother, and Friend to Man and Dog by Diana Joseph (we actually weren't supposed to read the whole thing for class, but it was a fun and interesting read so I just went ahead and finished it)
Playwriting
- M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang
- Fences by August Wilson
- A Soldier's Play by Charles Fuller
Literature of the Cold War
- The Crucible by Arthur Miller
- The Spy Who Came In From the Cold by John LeCarre
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margret Atwood
For fun:
- Trinity Blood: Reborn on the Mars, Volume 3 by Sunao Yoshida
- Max by James Patterson
- Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman (audiobook) by E.W. Hornung
- Love Among the Chickens (audiobook) by P.G. Wodehouse
- The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse
- Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It edited by Lynne D. Thomas and Tara O'Shea
- Doctor Who Short Trips: Life Science edited by John Binns
- Doctor Who New Adventures: Human Nature by Paul Cornell
- Doctor Who Missing Adventures: Cold Fusion by Lance Parkin
- Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare
Currently reading: Selene of Alexandria by Faith L. Justice (aka, my mom)
*looks back* Oh wow. More than I thought. But you can probably see why my For Fun list was so short.