Books I’d like to read in 2009:
- Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader, Ann Fadiman (nonfiction)
- Rereadings, edited by Ann Fadiman (nonfiction)
- Never Let Me Go, Katzuo Ishiguro
- The Crooked Inheritance, Marge Piercy (poems)
- Summit Avenue, Mary Sharratt
- The Terror, Dan Simmons
- In the Land of Invisible Women, Qanta Ahmed (nonfiction)
- A Life of One’s Own: A Guide to Better Living Through the Work and Wisdom of Virginia Woolf, Ilana Simons (nonfiction)
- An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination, Elizabeth McCracken (literary nonfiction)
- The Paper Anniversary, Joan Wickersham
- The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski
- The Tin Roof Blowdown, James Lee Burke
- Sloppy Firsts, Megan McCafferty
- Paris Trout, Pete Dexter
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz
- The Gathering, Anne Enright
- The Night Watch, Sara Waters
- Waiting, Ha Jin
- Against Interpretation, and other essays, Susan Sontag (nonfiction)
- The Given Day, Dennis Lehane
- A Beautiful Place to Die, Malla Nunn
- Fever 1793, Laurie Halse Anderson (Young Adult)
- Water For Elephants, Sara Gruen
- The Hour I First Believed, Wally Lamb
- Eclipse, Richard North Patterson
- House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski
- The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
- The Book Thief, Markus Zusak (Young Adult)
- The Road, Cormac McCarthy
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer
That ought to get me started! If you’ve read one of these, let me know what you thought of it.
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I like your book list. It seems a lot to read, but I am sure with dedication, is not a problem to finish.
Thanks for checking out the list! I’ve read two already, and so far so good. Have you read any of the books on the list? I’d like to know your opinions.
Have a great 2009!
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