2010 books recap
Total: 53
Jan & Feb
* (NF) "Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti" by Mandy Moore and Leanne Prain
* (NF) "FAT!SO? : Because You Don't Have to Apologize for Your Size" by Marilyn Wann
* (NF) "Women Don't Ask: The High Cost of Avoiding Negotiation--and Positive Strategies for Change" by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever
* (NF) "Bodyjamming" essays edited by Jenna Mead.
* (NF) "Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape" essays edited by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti
* "The Bitch Rules" by Elizabeth Wurtzel
* "Kushiel's Chosen" by Jacqueline Carey
* "Of a Boy" by Sonya Hartnett
* (memoir) "Unpolished Gem" by Alice Pung
March
* (NF) A room of one's own by Virginia Woolf
* The time traveler's wife by Audrey Niffenegger
* (NF) Bringing the Food Economy Home: Local Alternatives to Global Agribusiness by
Helena Norberg-Hodge, Todd Merrifield, Steven Gorelick
* The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
* The Road by Cormac McCarthy
* American Gods by Neil Gaiman
April
* The unknown terrorist by Richard Flanagan
* The secret river by Kate Grenville
* The boat by Nam Le
* (NF) Here comes everybody by Clay Shirky
* (NF) The life you can save by Peter Singer
* (NF) A slice of organic life edited by Sheherazade Goldsmith
May
* (NF) Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam
* The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
* Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
* The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
June
* The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende.
* To Live (Huozhe) by Yu Hua.
* Concrete Island by JG Ballard.
* (NF) The Age of Absurdity by Michael Foley.
July
* (NF? memoir?) Me talk pretty one day by David Sedaris
* The book thief by Markus Zusak.
* Ms Hempel chronicles by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum.
* The left hand of darkness by Ursula Le Guin.
* 20,000 leagues under the sea by Jules Verne
August
* (memoir) A heartbreaking work of staggering genius by Dave Eggers
* (NF) On guerrilla gardening by Richard Reynolds
* (memoir) Emergency sex (and other desperate measures) by Kenneth Cain, Heidi Postlewait, Andrew Thomson.
September
* Isabel Allende's Of love and shadows.
* (memoir) Alison Bechdel's Fun Home
* (NF) Clay Shirky's Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age.
October
* Little Brother by Cory Doctorow.
* The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.
* (NF) Being Geek: The Software Developer's Career Handbook by Michael Lopp.
* Lavinia by Ursula Le Guin.
* (NF) Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer.
November
* (NF) Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine.
* Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart.
* (memoir) When Hitler Stole White Rabbit by Judith Kerr.
* (NF) The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman.
December
* Things We Didn't See Coming by Steven Amsterdam
* Heroes and Villains by Angela Carter.
* Lust, Caution And Other Stories by Eileen Chang.
* The Adventures of Alyx by Joanna Russ.
The ones that still stand out for me at the moment are: Things we didn't see coming, Yes means yes, Emergency sex, Fun Home, The handmaid's tale.
Jan & Feb
* (NF) "Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti" by Mandy Moore and Leanne Prain
* (NF) "FAT!SO? : Because You Don't Have to Apologize for Your Size" by Marilyn Wann
* (NF) "Women Don't Ask: The High Cost of Avoiding Negotiation--and Positive Strategies for Change" by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever
* (NF) "Bodyjamming" essays edited by Jenna Mead.
* (NF) "Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape" essays edited by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti
* "The Bitch Rules" by Elizabeth Wurtzel
* "Kushiel's Chosen" by Jacqueline Carey
* "Of a Boy" by Sonya Hartnett
* (memoir) "Unpolished Gem" by Alice Pung
March
* (NF) A room of one's own by Virginia Woolf
* The time traveler's wife by Audrey Niffenegger
* (NF) Bringing the Food Economy Home: Local Alternatives to Global Agribusiness by
Helena Norberg-Hodge, Todd Merrifield, Steven Gorelick
* The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
* The Road by Cormac McCarthy
* American Gods by Neil Gaiman
April
* The unknown terrorist by Richard Flanagan
* The secret river by Kate Grenville
* The boat by Nam Le
* (NF) Here comes everybody by Clay Shirky
* (NF) The life you can save by Peter Singer
* (NF) A slice of organic life edited by Sheherazade Goldsmith
May
* (NF) Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam
* The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
* Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
* The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
June
* The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende.
* To Live (Huozhe) by Yu Hua.
* Concrete Island by JG Ballard.
* (NF) The Age of Absurdity by Michael Foley.
July
* (NF? memoir?) Me talk pretty one day by David Sedaris
* The book thief by Markus Zusak.
* Ms Hempel chronicles by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum.
* The left hand of darkness by Ursula Le Guin.
* 20,000 leagues under the sea by Jules Verne
August
* (memoir) A heartbreaking work of staggering genius by Dave Eggers
* (NF) On guerrilla gardening by Richard Reynolds
* (memoir) Emergency sex (and other desperate measures) by Kenneth Cain, Heidi Postlewait, Andrew Thomson.
September
* Isabel Allende's Of love and shadows.
* (memoir) Alison Bechdel's Fun Home
* (NF) Clay Shirky's Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age.
October
* Little Brother by Cory Doctorow.
* The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.
* (NF) Being Geek: The Software Developer's Career Handbook by Michael Lopp.
* Lavinia by Ursula Le Guin.
* (NF) Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer.
November
* (NF) Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine.
* Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart.
* (memoir) When Hitler Stole White Rabbit by Judith Kerr.
* (NF) The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman.
December
* Things We Didn't See Coming by Steven Amsterdam
* Heroes and Villains by Angela Carter.
* Lust, Caution And Other Stories by Eileen Chang.
* The Adventures of Alyx by Joanna Russ.
The ones that still stand out for me at the moment are: Things we didn't see coming, Yes means yes, Emergency sex, Fun Home, The handmaid's tale.