Books Over the Years

For the past 10 years I've been tracking the books that I've read, so I decided to compile them. What started as a way to keep track of everything I was reading for my 101 book lists has become a habit that I cherish and that allows me to remember the books that I've been given the privilege to have inhabited for a bit. Here they are, all in one place

Here is my list of all of the books I've read, starting at the bottom in October 2012


2022 - 2 Books per Month

 

1.          January: The Courtship of Carol Sommers ~ Debbie Macomber

2.          January: A Radical Awakening ~ Dr. Shefali

3.          January: No Cure for Being Human ~ Kate Bowler

4.          January: People We Meet on Vacation ~ Emily Henry

5.          February: The Nesting Dolls ~ Alina Adams

6.          March: The Bright Side of Going Dark ~ Kelly Harms

7.          April: Hammer Head ~ Nina MacLaughlin

8.          July: 28 Summers ~ Elin Hilderbrand

9.          August: The Forrest of Vanishing Star ~ Kristin Harmel

10.      September: The Fire and The Ore ~ Olivia Hawker

11.      October: Morningside Heights ~ Joshua Henkin

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2021: Goal - 2 Books per Month     

 

1.          January: The Mathematician’s Shiva ~ Stuart Rojstaczer

2.          January: Judaism’s 10 Best Ideas ~ Rabbi Arthur Green

3.          January: How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less ~ Sarah Glidden

4.          February: The Book of Lost Names ~ Kristin Harmel

5.          April: Challenge Accepted ~ Celeste Barber

6.          April: An Unorthodox Match ~ Naomi Raven

7.          April: My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me ~ Jason B. Rosenthal

8.          May: A Happy Catastrophe ~ Maddie Dawson

9.          May: One of Those Days ~ Yehuda & Maya Devir

10.      May: The Jewish Wedding Now ~ Anita Diamant

11.      May: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic ~ Alison Bechdel

12.      July: Welcome to the United States of Anxiety ~ Jen Lancaster

13.      July: Have you Seen Luis Velez? ~ Catherine Ryan Hyde

14.      August: The Bad Mothers’ Book Club ~ Keris Stainton

15.      September: All Summer Long ~ Dorothea Benton Frank

16.      October: Small Sacrifices ~ Ann Rule

17.      October: Summer People ~ Elin Hilderbrand

18.      October: The Yellow Bird Sings ~ Jennifer Rosner

19.      November: The Kill Artist ~ Daniel Silva                 

 

2020: My Year of Women Authors

 

1.          Christmas Bliss ~ Mary Kay Andrews

2.          Rosie’s Traveling Tea Shop ~ Rebecca Raisin

3.          Forever is the Worst Long Time ~ Camille Pagán

4.          Normal People ~ Sally Rooney

5.          The Beach Club ~ Elin Hilderbrand 

6.          The Cuckoo’s Calling ~ Robert Galbraith

7.          Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ~ JK Rowling

8.          Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ~ JK Rowling

9.          Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ~ JK Rowling

10.      Call the Midwife ~ Jennifer Worth

11.      Choosing a Jewish Life ~ Anita Diamant

12.      Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ~ JK Rowling

13.      Smoke Gets In Your Eyes ~ Caitlin Doughty

14.      The Happiness Project ~ Gretchen Rubin

15.      Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents ~ Lindsay Gibson PsyD. 

 

2019

 

1.          A Game of Thrones ~ George R.R. Martin 

2.          Hide & Seek ~ Wendy Aron

3.          Hardcore Twenty-Four ~ Janet Evanovich

4.          Lift & Separate ~ Marilyn Simon Rothstein

5.          I’m Fine and Neither are You ~ Camille Pagán

6.          Pain Killer ~ Barry Meier

7.          Lust & Wonder ~ Augusten Burroughs

8.          Woman Last Seen in Her Thirties ~ Camille Pagán

9.          My Squirrel Day’s ~ Ellie Kemper

10.      Rising Strong ~ Brene Brown 

11.      Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered ~ Karen Kilgariff & Georgia Hardstark

12.      The Upside of Falling Down ~ Rebekah Crane

13.      If Not For You ~ Debbie Macomber

14.      Here’s to Us ~ Elin Hilderbrand

15.      Same Beach, Next Year ~ Dorothea Benton Frank

16.      The Overdue Life of Amy Byler ~ Kelly Harms

17.      Woman in the Window ~ A.J. Finn

18.      Know My Name ~ Chanel Miller

19.      Nantucket Nights ~ Elin Hilderbrand

20.      On Mystic Lake ~ Kristin Hannah

21.      The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle ~ Stuart Turton

22.      The Bookish Life Of Nina Hill ~ Abbi Waxman

23.      Dear Girls ~ Ali Wong

24.      This is Not How it Ends ~ Rochelle B. Weinstein

 

2018

 

1.          Better ~ Dr. Atul Gwande

2.          Fire and Fury ~ Michael Wolff

3.          Holding ~ Graham Norton

4.          Love Her Wild ~ Atticus

5.          Room ~ Emma Donoghue 

6.          The Identicals ~ Elin Hilderbrand 

7.          Digging In ~ Loretta Nyhan 

8.          Paddle Your Own Canoe ~ Nick Offerman

9.          Someone Else’s Love Story ~ Joshilyn Jackson

10.      See Me ~ Nicholas Sparks

11.      The Darkest Minds ~ Alexandra Bracken

12.      Never Fade ~ Alexandra Bracken

13.      Life and Other Near-Death Experiences ~ Camille Pagán

14.      Through the Dark ~ Alexandra Bracken

15.      Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ~ JK Rowling

16.      Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ~ JK Rowling

17.      Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ~ JK Rowling

18.      Crazy, Rich Asians ~ Kevin Kwan

19.      The Island ~ Elin Hilderbrand 

20.      Option B ~ Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant 

21.      Matchmaking for Beginners ~ Maddie Dawson

22.      See Me ~ Nicholas Sparks

23.      A Girl’s Guide to Moving On ~ Debbie Macomber

24.      chasers of the light ~ Tyler Knott Gregson

25.      Under the Wide and Starry Sky ~ Nancy Horgan

26.      The Checklist Manifesto ~ Dr. Atul Gwande

27.      Christmas Letters ~ Debbie Macomber 

28.      Rainy Day Kisses ~ Debbie Macomber

29.      Becoming ~ Michelle Obama

 

2017

 

1.          Silence ~ Natasha Preston (Book by an author you've never read)

2.          Broken Silence ~ Natasha Preston (Book set in a different country)

3.          Players, Bumps, and cocktail Sausages ~ Natasha Preston (Book written by someone under 30)

4.          Traveling to Infinity: My life with Stephen ~ Jane Hawking (Book that was Made into a Movie)

5.          Silver Girl ~ Elin Hilderbrand (Book with color in the title)

6.          The Solitude of Prime Numbers ~ Paolo Giordano (Book that was originally written in a different language {Italian})

7.          Great Expectations ~ Charles Dickens (Book with more than 500 pages {518})

8.          This is How You Lose Her ~ Junot Diaz (Book of short stories)

9.          Turbo Twenty-Three ~ Janet Evanovich (Book with a number in the title)

10.      Elizabeth is Missing ~ Emma Healey (Mystery)

11.      The Good Woman ~ Jane Porter (Trilogy #1)

12.      The Good Daughter ~ Jane Porter (Trilogy #2)

13.      The Good Wife ~ Jane Porter (Trilogy #3)

14.      Big Little Lies ~ Liane Moriarty (Book that "Everyone" has read)

15.      Anya's Ghost ~ Vera Brosgol (Graphic Novel)

16.      Maybe in Another Life ~ Taylor Jenkins Reid (Book you learned about because of this challenge)

17.      Available ~ Matteson Perry (Book read in a day)

18.      Ever Eastward ~ Ben Davis (Memoir)

19.      Daring Greatly ~ Brene Brown (Book I started but never finished)

20.      The Rumor ~ Elin Hilderbrand (Book by a female Author)

21.      The House at Riverton ~ Kate Morton (Popular Author's First Book)

22.      The Castaways ~ Elin Hilderbrand (Book from an author you love but haven't read yet)

23.      Don't You Cry ~ Mary Kubica (Book set somewhere you've always wanted to visit~Chicago)

24.      Lord of the Flies ~ William Golding (Banned book)

25.      The Blue Bistro ~ Elin Hilderbrand (Book that made you cry)

26.      The Love Season ~ Elin Hilderbrand (Book set in Summer)

27.      The American Heiress ~ Daisy Goodwin (Book with a Love Triangle)

28.      Is it Just Me? ~ Miranda Hart (Nonfiction Book)

29.      Presence ~ Amy Cuddy*

30.      Wit ~ Margaret Edson*

31.      See Me ~ Nicholas Sparks

32.      Complications ~ Dr. Atul Gwande*

33.      Talking As Fast As I Can ~ Lauren Graham

34.      Mrs. Saint and the Defectives ~ Julie Lawson Timmer

35.      Murder on the Orient Express ~ Agatha Christie

36.      Hercule Poirot’s Christmas ~ Agatha Christie

 

2016:

1.            The Hurricane Sisters ~ Dorothea Benton Frank

2.            The Way Back to Happiness ~ Elizabeth Bass

3.            Where'd You Go Bernadette ~ Maria Semple

4.            Beautiful Day ~ Elin Hilderbrand

5.            Year of Yes ~ Shonda Rhimes

6.            A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty ~ Joshilyn Jackson

7.            Me Before You ~ Jojo Moyes

8.            The Good Girl ~ Mary Kubica

9.            The Secret Keeper ~ Kate Morton

10.         The Cuckoo's Calling ~ Robert Galbraith

11.         Career of Evil ~ Robert Galbraith

12.         Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children ~ Ransom Riggs

13.         Bastard Out of Carolina ~ Dorothy Allison

14.         The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly ~ Dr. Matt McCarthy

15.         The Matchmaker ~ Elin Hilderbrand

16.         See Me ~ Nicholas Sparks

17.         Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ~ JK Rowling

18.         Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ~ JK Rowling 

19.         Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ~ JK Rowling

20.         Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ~ JK Rowling

21.         Fifty Shades of Grey ~ E.L. James

22.         Fifty Shades Darker ~ E.L. James

23.         Fifty Shades Freed ~ E.L. James 

24.         Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ~ JK Rowling

25.         Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ~ JK Rowling

26.         Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ~ JK Rowling

27.         Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ~ JK Rowling

 

2015:

 

1.            Not That Kind of Girl ~ Lena Dunham

2.            The Prophecy of Reckoning ~ Derek Perrotta

3.            The Girl on the Train ~ Paula Hawkins

4.            The Art of Racing in the Rain ~ Garth Stein

5.            One for the Money ~ Janet Evanovich

6.            Two for the Dough ~ Janet Evanovich

7.            Three to get Deadly ~ Janet Evanovich

8.            Four to Score ~ Janet Evanovich

9.            High Five ~ Janet Evanovich

10.         The Gifts of Imperfection ~ Brene Brown

11.         Hot Six ~ Janet Evanovich

12.         Seven Up ~ Janet Evanovich

13.         Hard Eight ~ Janet Evanovich

14.         Divergent ~ Veronica Roth

15.         Insurgent ~ Veronica Roth

16.         Allegiant ~ Veronica Roth

17.         Four ~ Veronica Roth

18.         To the Nines ~ Janet Evanovich

19.         Ten Big Ones ~ Janet Evanovich

20.         The Bat ~ Jo Nesbo

21.         I Regret Nothing ~ Jen Lancaster

22.         The Kite Runner ~ Khaled Hosseini

23.         The Alchemist ~ Paulo Coelho

24.         My Year with Eleanor ~ Noelle Hancock 

25.         This is where I Leave You ~ Jonathan Tropper

26.         Orange is the New Black ~ Piper Kerman

**My first 101 list ended on July 4th 2015**

27.         The Forgotten Garden ~ Kate Morton

28.         A Summer Affair ~ Elin Hilderbrand

29.         Wild ~ Cheryl Strayed

30.         The Good Daughter ~ Jane Porter

31.         Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ~ JK Rowling 

32.         Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ~ JK Rowling

33.         Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ~ JK Rowling

34.         Tricky Twenty-Two ~ Janet Evanovich

 

2014:

 

1.            *Flying Home ~ Ralph Ellison

2.            *A Passage to India ~ E. M. Forster

3.            *The God of Small Things ~ Arundhati Roy

4.            *The Thing Around Your Neck ~ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

5.            *Invisible Man ~ Ralph Ellison

6.            What I Know Now About Success ~ Ellyn Spragins

7.            Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ~ J.K. Rowling

8.            Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ~ J.K. Rowling

9.            *Lowlands ~ Jhumpa Lahiri

10.         Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ~ J.K. Rowling

11.         Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ~ J.K. Rowling

12.         Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ~ J.K. Rowling

13.         Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince ~ J.K. Rowling

14.         Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ~ J.K. Rowling 

15.         I Don't Know What You Know Me From ~ Judy Greer

16.         Top Secret Twenty-One ~ Janet Evanovich

17.         The Fault in Our Stars ~ John Green

18.         Taming Your Inner Brat: A Guide for Transforming Self-Defeating Behavior ~ Pauline Wallin

19.         The Art of Fielding ~ Chad Harbach

20.         Twisted Sisters ~ Jen Lancaster

21.         The Bling Ring ~ Nancy Jo Sales

22.         *The Dead ~ James Joyce

23.         *Metamorphosis ~ Franz Kafka

24.         *Mrs. Dalloway ~ Virginia Woolf

25.         *Maus ~ Art Spiegelman

26.         *Drinking Coffee Elsewhere ~ ZZ Packer

27.         *The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears ~ Dinaw Mengestu

28.         *Housekeeping ~ Marilynne Robinson

29.         Afraid of Everything ~ Karen Jones Gowen

30.         Seriously... I'm Kidding ~ Ellen DeGeneres

 

*The asterisk shows books that I read for graduate school. I wasn't sure at first if I should include them on this list, but doggone it, I did a LOT of reading for my classes so those should definitely count.

 

2013:

 

1.            The Perks of Being a Wallflower ~ Stephen Chbosky

2.            Live a Life You Love: 7 Steps to a Healthier, Happier, More Passionate You ~ Dr. Susan Biali M.D.

3.            Notorious Nineteen ~ Janet Evanovich

4.            I Thought It Was Just Me But It Isn't ~ Brene Brown

5.            You Are an Ironman ~ Jacques Steinberg

6.            The Flinch ~ Julien Smith

7.            Jeneration X ~ Jen Lancaster

8.            The Great Gatsby ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

9.            How I turned my Mess Into my Message ~ Andrea Owen

10.         Happier at Home ~ Gretchin Rubin

11.         The Violets of March ~ Sarah Jio

12.         The Snowman ~ Jo Nesbo

13.         A Stolen Life: A Memoir ~ Jaycee Dugard

14.         Here I Go Again ~ Jen Lancaster

15.         The Tao of Martha ~ Jen Lancaster

16.         Whip Smart ~ Melissa Febos

17.         *The Fifth Chinese Daughter ~ Jade Snow Wong

18.         *America is In The Hear t~ Carlos Bulosan

19.         *No-No Boy ~ John Okada

20.         Dad is Fat ~ Jim Gaffigan

21.         *The Woman Warrior ~ Maxine Hong Kingston

22.         *Beowulf (for the 3rd time)

23.         *Language of Blood ~ Jane Jeong Trenka

24.         *My Year of Meats ~ Ruth Ozeki

25.         Takedown Twenty ~ Janet Evanovich

26.         The Best of Me ~ Nicholas Sparks (My grandmother read this at the same time I was haha)

 

2012:

 

1.            If You Were Here ~ Jen Lancaster

2.            Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) ~ Mindy Kaling

3.            From Notting Hill With Love...Actually ~ Ali Mcnamara

4.            The King Maker's Daughter ~ Philippa Gregory

 


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