When I was in the Peace Corps, I started keeping a list of books I read. In two years, I read roughly a book a week (there were many eat, pee, read days). Since then, I've kept a list of books I read each year, and I thought I would share the 2013 list.
Here it is, with some notes (** for recommendations; EPR for eat, pee, read):
1. Columbine, Dave Cullen**
2. La Gloire de Mon Pere, Marcel Pagnol
3. Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen (reread for book club. Surprised that, on the third reading, I still found it engrossing)
4. The Great Gasby, F. Scott Fitzgerald (reread before the movie)
5. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns), Mindy Kaling
6. The Devil in the White City, Erik Larsen**
7. Blood, Bones, & Butter, Gabrielle Hamilton
8. The Revolution was Televised, Alan Sepinwall**
9. Getting Things Done, David Allen (getting this book done took a month)
10. The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien
11. Louisville Panorama, R.C. Riebe
12. Let's Pretend This Never Happened, Jenny Lawson**
13. Louisville, Postcard History Series, John E Findling (this was a picture book)
14. Yes, Chef, Marcus Samuelsson
15. Battleborn, Clare Vaye Watkins**
16. Scribbling the Cat, Alexandra Fuller
17. Louisville Guide, Gregory A. Lauden, Dennis Domer, David Mohney
18. Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls, David Sedaris
19. Sacré Bleu, Christopher Moore
20. Bonk - The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, Mary Roach**
21. Where'd You Go, Bernadette? Maria Semple** (EPR - I finished this book on the bathroom floor at 1 a.m. Not because I was sick. Because I went to bed, but then wanted to read more, took it to the bathroom and then just stayed there, reading).
22. Drinking with Men, Rosie Schaap**
23. Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish, David Rackoff
24. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, Ayana Mathis
25. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood**
26. The Fran Lebowitz Reader, Fran Lebowitz
27. The Bling Ring - Nancy Jo Sales**
28. The Ultimate Question - Driving Good Profits and True Growth, Fred Reichheld (read for work)
29. Hunger Games. Suzanne Collins (EPR, still. I was embarrassed that I fell into the same book-devouring, "Don't talk to me, I'm reading" state I was in when I read these last year. I know exactly what happens. Did not matter).
30. Catching Fire
31. Mockingjay
32. Whiskey Women, Fred Minnick** (if you are curious about whiskey history)
33. House of Dreams, Marie Brenner**
34. Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg
35. Wild, Cheryl Strayed**
36. The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
37. Death Defying Acts, Erin Keane
38. Hyperbole and a Half, Allie Brosh
What were your favorite books this year?
