Booking It

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Inspired by Art Garfunkel’s list of every book he’s read over the last FORTY years, I’ve begun keeping my own books read list.

In progress

2010 reads:

Queued

• Moral Disorder & Other Stories by Margaret Atwood
• Political Ideologies: Their Origins and Impact (8th Edition) by Leon P. Baradat
• Philanthrocapitalism: How Giving Back Can Save the World by Matthew Bishop and Michael Green
• The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby
• The Networked Nonprofit: Connecting with Social Media to Drive Change by Beth Kanter and Allison Fine
• A Tolerable Anarchy: Rebels, Reactionaries, and the Making of American Freedom by Jedediah Purdy
• The Culture of Calamity: Disaster and the Making of Modern America by Kevin Rozario

Non-fiction (13)

• People First Economics edited by David Ransom and Vanessa Baird
• Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine is Making Us Sicker and Poorer by Shannon Brownlee
• Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance by Ian Buruma
• This Land is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation by Barbara Ehrenreich
• Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make that Sabotage Their Careers by Lois P. Frankel, PhD
• Social by Social: A Practical Guide to Using New Technologies to Deliver Social Impact by Andy Gibson, Nigel Courtney, Amy Sample Ward, David Wilcox, Clive Holtham
• Linchpin: Are You Indispensible? by Seth Godin
• The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power and the Future of the World by Michelle Goldberg
• What Would Jefferson Do? A Return to Democracy by Thom Hartmann and Robert Wolff
• Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter
• In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
• The Empathic Civilization by Jeremy Rifkin
• The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett

Fiction (14)

• Hot Ice by Cherry Adair
• 61 Hours by Lee Child
• Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell
• 15 Minutes of Shame by Lisa Daily
• The Keep by Jennifer Egan
• Thursday Next: A First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
• Back in Black by Lori Foster
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
• The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
• The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
• The Rosetti Letter by Christi Phillips
• Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult
• Blue Angel by Francine Prose
• Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward

2009 reads:

Favorite 7 Books of 2009

Non-fiction (22)

• Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth by Margaret Atwood
• The Lessons of Terror: A History of Warfare Against Civilians by Caleb Carr
• A New Generation Draws The Line: Kosovo, East Timor and the Standards of the West by Noam Chomsky
• Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post 9/11 World by Noam Chomsky
• Broken Heartland: The Rise of America’s Rural Ghetto by Osha Gray Davidson
• Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison by Michel Foucault
• Hot Flat and Crowded by Thomas Friedman
• The Affluent Society by John Kenneth Galbraith
• Blessed Unrest: How the largest movement in the world came into being and why no one saw it coming by Paul Hawken
• Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins and L.Hunter Lovins
• Sex in Crisis: The New Sexual Revolution and the Future of American Politics by Dagmar Herzog
• The Green Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems by Van Jones
• The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite by David Kessler
• Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century by Mark Leonard
• Religion, Values, and Peak-Experiences by Abraham H. Maslow
• The Dark Side by Jane Mayer
• Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins
• The Power of Progress: How America’s Progressives Can (Once Again) Save Our Economy, Our Climate, and Our Country by John Podesta
• The European Dream: How Europe’s Vision of the Future is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream by Jeremy Rifkin
• Party of One: A Loner’s Manifesto by Anneli Rufus
• Revolution in a Bottle: How TerraCycle is Redefining Green Business by Tom Szaky
• Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries by Naomi Wolf

Fiction (28)

• Living with the Dead by Kelley Armstrong
• The Art of Mending by Elizabeth Berg
• Gone Tommorrow by Lee Child
• The Army of the Republic by Stuart Archer Cohen
• Wild for Him by Janelle Denison
• Some Rain Must Fall by Michel Faber
• Woman in Red by Eileen Goudge
• A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
• Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
• Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
• The Kindness of Strangers by Katrina Kittle
• Walking in Circles Before Lying Down by Merrill Markoe
• Power Play by Dierdre Martin
• Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
• New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
• Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
• Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
• Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
• Special Topics in the Calamity of Physics by Marisha Pessl
• Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
• Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult
• Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs
• Dangerous Lover by Lisa Marie Rice
• Dangerous Secrets by Lisa Marie Rice
• Instant Attraction by Jill Shalvis
• Three Bags Full by Leonie Swann
• Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace
• Happiness Sold Separately by Lolly Winston

2008 reads:

Favorite 9 Books of 2008

Non-fiction (23)

• Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America by Steve Almond
• The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival by Stanley Alpert
• The Pedant’s Revolt by Andrea Barham
• Hegemony or Survival: America’s Quest for Global Dominance by Noam Chomsky
• Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond
• Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream Barbara Ehrenreich
• Millennial Leaders: Success Stories From Today’s Most Brilliant Generation Y Leaders by Bea Fields, Scott Wilder, Jim Bunch, Rob Newbold
• The Coconut Oil Miracle (Previously published as The Healing Miracle of Coconut Oil) by Bruce Fife
• Anatomy of Love: A Natural History of Mating, Marriage, and Why We Stray by Helen Fisher
• The History of Sexuality: The Use of Pleasure, Vol. 2 by Michel Foucault
• What’s the Matter With Kansas? by Thomas Frank
• Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism by Michelle Goldberg
• 20 Something Manifesto: Quarter-Lifers Speak Out About Who They Are, What They Want, and How to Get It by Christine Hassler
• Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self by Sandra Ingerman
• The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Noami Klein
• The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us by Robin Meredith
• The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama
• How the Pro-Choice Movement Saved America by Cristina Page
• When the Rivers Run Dry by Fred Pearce
• The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy by T.R. Reid
• Make a Name for Yourself: Eight Steps Every Woman Needs to Create a Personal Brand Strategy for Success by Robin Fisher Roffer
• Existentialism And Human Emotions by Jean-Paul Sartre
• A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace

Fiction (27)

• Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
• Last Seen Leaving by Kelly Braffet
• Surviving Demon Island by Jaci Burton
• Nothing to Lose (Jack Reacher Novels) by Lee Child
• Book of the Dead (Kay Scarpetta, No. 15) by Patricia Cornwell
• Vanilla Bright like Eminem by Michel Faber
• The Scandal Plan: Or: How to Win the Presidency by Cheating on Your Wife by Bill Folman
• Causing Havoc (SBC Fighters, Book 1) by Lori Foster
• Hard to Handle (SBC Fighters, Book 3) by Lori Foster
• One Foot in the Grave (Night Huntress, Book 2) by Jeaniene Frost
• Body Heat by Katherine Garbera
• Intuition by Allegra Goodman
• Otherwise Engaged by Eileen Goudge
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
• The Lecturer’s Tale: A Novel by James Hynes
• Publish and Perish: Three Tales of Tenure and Terror by James Hynes
• Party Favors by Nicole Sexton and Susan Johnston
• The Bastard on the Couch: 27 Men Try Really Hard to Explain Their Feelings About Love, Loss, Fatherhood, and Freedom by Daniel Jones
• Obedience: A Novel by Will Lavender
• Dedication by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
• Dogs of Babel by Caroline Parkhurst
• Lost And Found by Caroline Parkhurst
• Lucky Charm by Carly Phillips
• Superstition by Karen Robards
• Hide & Seek by Clare Sambrook
• To Catch a Thief by Christina Skye
• Good Grief by Lolly Winston