As this year winds down to a close, so does this list. As a bookseller I am always intrigued by what people choose to read — it offers a glimpse into their private lives and reveals something about who they are. With that in mind, I thank all of the contributors who generously took the time to reveal something of themselves by sharing a portion of their personal reading list with us this year.
65 books were mentioned among those enjoyed by our contributors, an eclectic and diverse list of both fiction and non-fiction — just as I was hoping it would be when the we began this series. The books are listed below with titles linked to the person who recommended them. Take a look. You just might find something that appeals for your 2011 reading list. I certainly did.
Happy New Year!
Fiction
1. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives – Lola Shoneyin
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo – Stieg Larsson (mentioned twice)
3. The Girl Who Played with Fire – Stieg Larsson (mentioned twice)
4. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest – Stieg Larsson (mentioned twice)
6. House of Sand and Fog – Andre Dubus III
7. The Very Hungry Catepillar – Eric Carle
9. Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert
10.The Forgotten Garden – Kate Morton
11. The Help – Kathryn Stockett (mentioned twice)
12. Nineteen Minutes – Jodi Piccoult
14.The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane – Katherine Howe
15. Leaves of Grass – Walt Whitman
16. The Lacuna – Barbara Kingsolver
18. The Bluest Eye – Toni Morrison
19. Song of Solomon -Toni Morrison
20. A Lesson Before Dying – Ernest J. Gaines
21. The Alchemist – Paul Coelho
22. The Cold Moon: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel – Jeffrey Deaver
23. Not Without Laughter – Langston Hughes
24. The Stranger – Albert Camus
25. Billy Budd – Herman Melville
26. Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
27. Angelology – Danielle Trussoni
28. The Golden Compass – Philip Pullman
29. The Subtle Knife – Philip Pullman
30. The Amber Spyglass – Philip Pullman
31. The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown
32. My Hollywood – Mona Simpson
33. Island Beneath the Sea – Isabel Allende
35. Winter Garden – Kristen Hannah
36. Outlander – Diana Gabaldan
37. Medicine Woman – Lynn V. Andrews
38. The Shack – William P. Young
Non-Fiction
39. Shaman: Roots of the Rig Veda – Major General G.D. Bakshi
40. The Long Emergency – James Kunstler
41. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed – Jared Diamond
42. Oaxacan Ceramics – Lois Wasserspring
43. Zapotec Women – Lynn Stephen
44. Made in Mexico – W. Warner Wood
45. Zapotec Weavers of Teotitlan – Andra F. Stanton
46. The Blueprint – Kirk Franklin
47. Playing the Enemy – John Carlin
48. Creative Visualization – Shakti Gawain
49. The 5 Love Languages – Gary Chapman
50. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R. Covey
51. What is Christianity – Adolf Harnach
52. Relax – You May Only Have a Few Minutes – Loretta LaRoche
53. Tassajara Dinners and Desserts – Dale and Melissa Kent
54. Searching for Virginia Dare – Marjorie Hudson
55. A Broom of One’s Own – Nancy Peacock
56. Embraced by the Light – Betty J. Eadie
57. Born a Healer – Chunyi Lin
58. The Souls of Black Folk – W.E.B. DuBois
59. So Long, Insecurity – Beth Moore
60. Some Girls: My Life in a Harem – Jill Lauren
61. When Work Disappears – William Julius Wilson
62. The Science of Getting Rich – Wallace D. Wattles
63. Think and Grow Rich – Napoleon Hill
64. Calling in the One – Kathleen Woodward Thomas
65. The Seven Pillars of Health – Don Colbert
Posted on December 31, 2010
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