Book List
Currently reading:
- JANE AND HIS LORDSHIP’S LEGACY, by Stephanie Barron
[Fiction: Mystery]
- WAR, PEACE, AND POWER: Diplomatic History of Europe, 1500-2000, by Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
[Nonfiction: Lectures]
- THE SHARPER YOUR KNIFE, THE LESS YOU CRY: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World’s Most Famous Cooking School, by Katleen Flinn
[Nonfiction: Memoirs]
Books I’ve read:
March 2010
- THE DEVIL’S QUEEN: A Novel of Catherine de Medici, by Jeanne Kalogridis
[Fiction: Historical]
- THE BASICS OF GENETICS, by Betsey Dexter Dyer
[Nonfiction: Lectures]
February 2010
- SNOOP: What Your Stuff Says About You, by Sam Gosling
[Nonfiction: Psychology]
January 2010
- UTOPIA, by Thomas More
[Fiction: Classics]
December 2009
- JANE BOLEYN: The True Story of the Infamous Lady Rochford, by Julia Fox
[Nonfiction: Biographies]
- BONK: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, by Mary Roach
[Nonfiction: Biology]
November 2009
- I WAS TOLD THERE’D BE CAKE, by Sloane Crosley
[Nonfiction: Memoir]
- RUNNING WITH SCISSORS: A Memoir, by Augusten Burroughs
[Nonfiction: Memoir]
- MAN IN THE IRON MASK, by Alexandre Dumas
[Fiction: Classics]
October 2009
- DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER, by Ian Fleming
[Fiction: Spy]
- UNDEAD AND UNPOPULAR, by Mary Janice Davidson
[Fiction: Romance]
- CHASING HARRY WINSTON, by Lauren Weisberger
[Fiction]
- FOUR QUEENS: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe, by Nancy Goldstone
[Nonfiction: History]
September 2009
- LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN, by Oscar Wilde
[Fiction: Play]
- QUEEN’S RANSOM: A Mystery at Queen Elizabeth I’s Court Featuring Ursula Blanchard, by Fiona Buckley
[Fiction: Mystery]
- ANNE OF THE ISLAND, by Lucy Maud Montgomery
[Fiction]
- THE SHIELD THE QUEEN: Mystery at Queen Elizabeth I’s Court, by Fiona Buckley
[Fiction: Mystery]
- THE SWEET POTATO QUEENS’ FIRST BIG-ASS NOVEL: Stuff We Didn’t Actually Do, but Could Have, and May Yet, by Jill Conner Browne
[Fiction: Humor]
- FLUSH, by Carl Hiaasen
[Fiction: Children]
- TO RUIN A QUEEN: An Ursula Blanchard Mystery at Queen Elizabeth I’s Court, by Fiona Buckley
[Fiction: Mystery]
- I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman, by Nora Ephron
[Nonfiction: Humor]
- I AM AMERICA (And So Can You!), by Stephen Colbert
[Nonfiction: Humor]
August 2009
- HOW I WRITE: Secrets of a Bestselling Author, by Janet Evanovich and Ina Yalof
[Nonfiction: Publishing]
- ANNE OF GREEN AVONLEA, by Lucy Maud Montgomery
[Fiction]
- HOT WATER, by P.G. Wodehouse
[Fiction: Humor]
- ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, by Lucy Maud Montgomery
[Fiction]
- HOUSE OF MANY WAYS, by Diana Wynne Jones
[Fiction: Children fantasy]
- THE ADVENTURES OF SALLY, by P.G. Wodehouse
[Fiction: Humor]
- MATING SEASON, by P.G. Wodehouse
[Fiction: Humor]
- ENDER’S GAME, by Orson Scott Card
[Fiction: Fantasy]
July 2009
- MUST LOVE DOGS, by Claire Cook
[Fiction]
- AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, by Jules Verne
[Fiction]
- ARTEMIS FOWL: The Eternity Code, by Eoin Colfer
[Fiction: Fantasy]
- YOUNG MEN IN SPATS, by P.G. Wodehouse
[Fiction: Humor]
- ARTEMIS FOWL: The Time Paradox, by Eoin Colfer
[Fiction: Fantasy]
- THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, by Ian Fleming
[Fiction: Spy]
June 2009
- FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE, by Ian Fleming
[Fiction: Spy]
- CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History, by George Crile
[Nonfiction: Military]
- AIRMAN, by Eoin Colfer
[Fiction: Fantasy]
- MASTERPIECES OF SHORT FICTION, by Michael Krasny
[Nonfiction: Lecture]
- KNIT TWO: Friday Night Knitting Club Series, Book 2, by Kate Jacobs
[Fiction]
- EATS, SHOOTS & LEAVES: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, by Lynne Truss
[Nonfiction: Grammar]
- ON WRITING: A Memoir of the Craft, by Stephen King
[Nonfiction: Memoirs]
- A WAY WITH WORDS: Writing, Rhetoric, and the Art of Persuasion, by Michael D.C. Drout
[Nonfiction: Lecture]
- A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS, by P.G. Wodehouse
[Fiction: Humor]
May 2009
- STERN MEN, by Elizabeth Gilbert
[Fiction]
- COCKTAIL TIME, by P.G. Wodehouse
[Fiction: Humor]
- RINGS, SWORDS, AND MONSTERS: Exploring Fantasy Literature, by Michael D.C. Drout
[Nonfiction: Lecture]
- A TALE OF TWO CITIES, by Charles Dickens
[Fiction: Classics]
- A HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE TUDORS TO THE STUARTS, by Robert Bucholz
[Nonfiction: Lecture]
- JEEVES AND THE FEUDAL SPIRIT, by P.G. Wodehouse
[Fiction: Humor]
- LEAVE IT TO PSMITH, by P.G. Wodehouse
[Fiction: Humor]
- THANK YOU, JEEVES, by P.G. Wodehouse
[Fiction: Humor]
- THE ANGLO FILES: A Field Guide to the British, by Sarah Lyall
[Nonfiction: Social Science]
April 2009
- CARRY ON, JEEVES, by P.G. Wodehouse
[Fiction: Humor]
- HOW RIGHT YOU ARE, JEEVES, by P.G. Wodehouse
[Fiction: Humor]
- THE CODE OF THE WOOSTER, by P.G. Wodehouse
[Fiction: Humor]
- STIFF UPPER LIP, JEEVES, by P.G. Wodehouse
[Fiction: Humor]
- ANNA KARENINA, by Leo Tolstoy
[Fiction: Classics]
- JEEVES IN THE MORNING, by P.G. Wodehouse
[Fiction: Humor]
- MY MAN JEEVES, by P.G. Wodehouse
[Fiction: Short stories]
- TWILIGHT, by Stephenie Meyer
[Fiction: Fantasy]
- A GOOD YEAR, by Peter Mayle
[Fiction: General]
- CERTAIN GIRLS, by Jennifer Weiner
[Fiction: General]
- LOVE AND LOUIS XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King, by Antonia Fraser
[Nonfiction: Biography]
- EGGS, BEANS AND CRUMPETS, by P.G. Wodehouse
[Fiction: Short stories]
- NICHOLAS NICKLEBY, by Charles Dickens
[Fiction: Classics]
- THE LADIES OF GRACE ADIEU and Other Stories, by Susanna Clarke
[Fiction: Short stories]
March 2009
- A CHRISTMAS CAROL, by Charles Dickens
[Fiction: Classics]
- THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB, by Kate Jacobs
[Fiction: General]
- CONRAD’S FATE, by Diana Wynne Jones
[Fiction: Fantasies]
- THE AGE OF INNOCENCE, by Edith Wharton
[Fiction: Classics]
- THE BIG OVER EASY: A Nursery Crime, by Jasper Fforde
[Fiction: Mystery]
- HOLY COW: An Indian Adventure, by Sarah MacDonald
[Nonfiction: Travelogues]
February 2009
- THE FOURTH BEAR: A Nursery Crime, by Jasper Fforde
[Fiction: Mystery]
- THE PINHOE EGG, by Diana Wynne Jones
[Fiction: Fantasy]
- WITCH WEEK, by Diana Wynne Jones
[Fiction: Fantasy]
January 2009
- OLIVER TWIST, by Charles Dickens
[Fiction: Classics]
- SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, by Jane Austen
[Fiction: Classics]
- WORLD WAR II: A Military and Social History, by Childers Thomas
[Nonfiction: Lecture]
- ARTEMIS FOWL: The Lost Colony, by Eoin Colfer
[Fiction: Fantasy]
- MANSFIELD PARK, by Jane Austen
[Fiction: Classics]
December 2008
- HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE, by Diana Wynne Jones
[Fiction: Fantasy]
- THE COLD WAR: A New History, by John Lewis Gaddis
[Nonfiction: History]
- CHARMED LIFE, by Diana Wynne Jones
[Fiction: Fantasy]
- MARIE ANTOINETTE: The Journey, by Antonia Fraser
[Nonfiction: Biographies & Memoirs]
- NORTHANGER ABBY, by Jane Austen
[Fiction: Classics]
November 2008
- ENCORE PROVENCE: New Adventures in the South of France, by Peter Mayle
[Nonfiction: Travelogues]
- YOU: STAYING YOUNG: The Owner’s Manual for Extending Your Warranty, by Michael Roizen, Mehmet Oz
[Nonfiction: Personal Health]
- PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, by Jane Austen
[Fiction: Classics]
- MY LIFE AMONG THE SERIAL KILLERS, by Helen Morrison
[Nonfiction: True Crime]
- EMMA, by Jane Austen
[Fiction: Classics]
- THE MOTHER TONGUE: English and How it Got That Way, by Bill Bryson
[Nonfiction: Linguistics]
October 2008
- IN A SUNBURNED COUNTRY, by Bill Bryson
[Nonfiction: Travel]
- A YEAR IN PROVENCE, by Peter Mayle
[Nonfiction: Travelogues]
September 2008
- PROVENCE A-Z, by Peter Mayle
[Nonfiction: Travelogues]
- REMEMBER ME?, by Sophie Kinsella
[Fiction: General]
- THE AMBER SPYGLASS (HIS DARK MATERIALS, BOOK 3), by Philip Pullman
[Fiction: Fantasy]
- THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE THUNDERBOLT KID: A Memoir, by Bill Bryson
[Nonfiction: Biographies & Memoirs]
- CATCH-22, by Joseph Heller
[Fiction: General]
August 2008
- THE SUBTLE KNIFE (HIS DARK MATERIALS, BOOK 2), by Philip Pullman
[Fiction: Fantasy]
- MEET YOU IN HELL: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership that Transformed America, by Les Standiford
[Nonfiction: Biographies & Memoirs]
- ANANSI BOYS, by Neil Gaiman
[Fiction: General]
July 2008
- THE MERMAID CHAIR, by Sue Monk Kidd
[Fiction: General]
- WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES, by David Sedaris
[Nonfiction: Humor]
June 2008
- PERSUASION, by Jane Austen
[Fiction: Classics]
- THE MISTRESS’S DAUGHTER: A Memoir, by A.M. Homes
[Nonfiction: Biographies & Memoirs]
- A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING, by Bill Bryson
[Nonfiction: History]
May 2008
- KISS ME KILL ME, by Ann Rule
[Nonfiction: True Crime]
- THE LOST CONTINENT: Travels in Small-Town America, by Bill Bryson
[Nonfiction: Travelogues]
- THE AWAKENING, by Kate Chopin
[Fiction: Classics]
- LOST IN MY OWN BACKYARD: A Walk in Yellowstone National Park, by Tim Cahill
[Nonfiction: Travelogues]
- THE ORCHID THIEF: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession, by Susan Orlean
[Nonfiction: Biographies & Memoirs]
- THE GENIUS FACTORY: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank, by David Plotz
[Nonfiction: Social Science]
April 2008
- MY KIND OF PLACE: Travel Stories from a Woman Who’s Been Everywhere, by Susan Orlean
[Nonfiction: Travelogues]
- EAT, PRAY, LOVE: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia, by Elizabeth Gilbert
[Nonfiction: Travelogues]
- SKINNY DIP, by Carl Hiaasen
[Fiction: Mystery]
- HIGH CRIMES: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed, by Michael Kodas
[Nonfiction: Travelogues]
March 2008
- UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN: At Home in Italy, by Frances Mayes
[Nonfiction: Travelogues]
- YOU’RE FIFTY - NOW WHAT? Investing for the Second Half of Your Life, by Charles Schwab
[Nonfiction: Personal Finance]
- DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT MYTHOLOGY: Everything You Need to Know About the Greatest Stories in Human History but Never Learned, by Kenneth C. Davis
[Nonfiction: Mythology & Folklore]
- MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL, by John Berendt
[Nonfiction: True Crime]
- IT’S ONLY TOO LATE IF YOU DON’T START NOW: How to Create Your Second Life After 40, by Barbara Sher
[Nonfiction: Psychology & Counseling]
- NEITHER HERE NOR THERE: Travels in Europe, by Bill Bryson
[Nonfiction: Travelogues]
February 2008
- NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND, by Bill Bryson
[Nonfiction: Travelogues]
- DRACULA, by Bram Stoker
[Fiction: Horror]
- THE GOLDEN COMPASS (HIS DARK MATERIALS, BOOK 1), by Philip Pullman
[Fiction: Fantasy]
- THE WORLD IS FLAT: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century, by Thomas L. Friedman
[Nonfiction: Globalization, history]
- THE GUNPOWDER PLOT: Terror and Faith in 1605, by Antonia Fraser
[Nonfiction: History]
- BETTER BUSINESS WRITING, by Carol Gelderman
[Nonfiction: References]
January 2008
- 1984, by George Orwell
[Fiction: Classics]
- HIS LAST BOW, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
[Fiction: Mystery]
- KEEPING THE BOOKS: Basic Recordkeeping and Accounting for the Successful Small Business, by Linda Pinson
[Nonfiction: Entrepreneurship]
- A WALK IN THE WOODS: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, by Bill Bryson
[Nonfiction: Travel]
- THE VALLEY OF FEAR, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
[Fiction]
December 2007
- THE SIGN OF FOUR, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
[Fiction]
- ALL YOUR WORTH: The Ultimate Lifetime Money Plan, by Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi
[Nonfiction: Personal finance]
- SEVEN YEARS TO SEVEN FIGURES: The Fast-Track Plan to Becoming a Millionaire, by Michael Masterson
[Nonfiction: Business]
November 2007
- FREAKONOMICS: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
[Nonfiction: Economics]
- EVERYONE WORTH KNOWING, by Lauren Weisberger
[Fiction]
- INNOCENT TRAITOR: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey, by Alison Weir
[Fiction]
- NOTHING DOWN FOR THE 2000S: Dynamic New Wealth Strategies in Real Estate, by Robert G. Allen
[Nonfiction]
- ELIZABETH AND MARY: Cousins, Rivals, Queens, by Jane Dunn
[Nonfiction: History]
October 2007
- A STUDY IN SCARLET, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
[Fiction: Mystery]
- THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
[Fiction: Mystery]
- THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
[Fiction]
- QUEEN ISABELLA: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England, by Alison Weir
[Nonfiction: Biography, Historical]
September 2007
- LE MARRIAGE, by Diane Johnson
[Fiction]
- LE DIVORCE, by Diane Johnson
[Fiction]
- REVOLUTIONARY WEALTH, by Alvin & Heidi Toffler
[Nonfiction: Economics Theory, Business & Investing]
- CONFRONTING REALITY: Doing What Matters to Get Things Right, by Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan
[Nonfiction: Business, Management]
- GARLIC AND SAPPHIRES: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise, by Ruth Reichl
[Nonfiction: Biographies & Memoirs]
August 2007
- ARTEMIS FOWL: The Opal Deception, by Eoin Colfer
[Fiction: Children, Fantasy, SciFi]
- ON NEGOTIATING, by Mark H. McCormack
[Nonfiction: Business]
- Rich Dad’s GUIDE TO INVESTING, What the Rich Invest in, That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!, by Robert T. Kiyosaki and Sharon L. Echter
[Nonfiction: Business]
- HARRY POTTER and the Deathly Hallows, by J. K. Rowling
[Fiction: Fantasy]
July 2007
- AUTOMATIC WEALTH FOR GRADS… and Anyone Else Just Starting Out, by Michael Masterson
[Nonfiction: Business]
- THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE, by Philippa Gregory
[Fiction: Historical]
- TRUMP: How to Get Rich, by Donald J. Trump
[Nonfiction]
June 2007
- GREAT HARRY: The Extravagant Life of Henry VIII, by Carolly Erickson
[Nonfiction: Biography]
- THE NUMBER: What Do You Need for the Rest of Your Life and What Will It Cost?, by Lee Eisenberg
[Nonfiction: Personal Finance]
- WOMEN & MONEY: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny, by Suze Orman
[Nonfiction: Personal Finance]
- THE GUY NOT TAKEN: Stories, by Jennifer Weiner
[Fiction]
- THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, by Douglas Adams
[Fiction: Science Fiction & Fantasy]
- THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, by Philippa Gregory
[Fiction: Historical]
May 2007
- ANGELA’S ASHES, by Frank McCourt
[Nonfiction: Memoir]
- THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor, and Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!, by Tim Harford
[Nonfiction: Economics]
- SHOPAHOLIC & BABY, by Sophie Kinsella
[Fiction: General]
- COMMON SENSE, by Thomas Paine
[Nonfiction: Philosophy]
- ARTEMIS FOWL: The Arctic Incident, by Eoin Colfer
[Fiction: Children, Fantasy, SciFi]
- HER LITTLE MAJESTY: The Life of Queen Victoria, by Carolly Erickson
[Nonfiction: Biography]
April 2007
- TO THE SCAFFOLD: The Life of Marie Antoinette, by Carolly Erickson
[Nonfiction: Biography]
- JONATHAN STRANGE & MR NORRELL: A Novel, by Susanna Clarke
[Fiction: Fantasy]
- THE COURAGE TO BE RICH, by Suze Orman
[Nonfiction: Personal Finance]
March 2007
- THE E-MYTH REVISITED: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It, by Michael E. Greber
[Nonfiction: Management, Entrepreneurship]
- ARTEMIS FOWL, by Eoin Colfer
[Fiction: Children, Fantasy, SciFi]
February 2007
- THE BARBARIANS: Warriors & Wars of the Dark Ages, by Tim Newark
[Nonfiction: History]
- UNDEAD AND UNAPPRECIATED, by Mary Janice Davidson
[Fiction: Romance]
January 2007
- AUTOMATIC WEALTH: The Six Steps to Financial Independence, by Michael Masterson
[Nonfiction: Business]
- THE 5 LESSONS A MILLIONAIRE TAUGHT ME ABOUT LIFE AND WEALTH, by Richard Paul Evans
[Nonfiction: Business]
- JOSEPHINE: A Life of the Empress, by Carolly Erickson
[Nonfiction: Biography]
December 2006
- UNDEAD AND UNWED, by Mary Janice Davidson
[Fiction: Romance]
- THE CASHFLOW QUADRANT: Rich Dad’s Guide to Financial Freedom, by Robert T. Kiyosaki
[Nonfiction: Business]
- MISTRESS ANNE, The Exceptional Life of Anne Boleyn, by Carolly Erickson
[Nonfiction: Biography]
- THE FIRST ELISABETH, by Carolly Erickson
[Nonfiction: Biography]
- THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread, by Kate DiCamillo
[Fiction: Children, Fairy Tales]
November 2006
- THE RICHEST MAN IN BABYLON: The Success Secrets of the Ancients, by George S. Clason
[Nonfiction: Business, Inspirational]
- THE END: A Series of Unfortunate Events Book 13, by Lemony Snicket
[Fiction: Children, Action & Adventure]
- CLEOPATRA, by Michael Grant
[Nonfiction: Biography]
- GREAT CATHERINE, The Life of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, by Carolly Erickson
[Nonfiction: Biography]
October 2006
- HIROSHIMA, by John Hersey
[Nonfiction: War History]
- BRIDGET JONES: The Edge of Reason, by Helen Fielding
[Fiction: Humor]
September 2006
- THE MILLIONAIRE MIND, by Thomas J. Stanely
[Nonfiction: Personal Finance]
- BLINK: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, by Malcolm Gladwell
[Nonfiction: Social Sciences]
- BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY, by Helen Fielding
[Fiction: General]
- GREAT TALES FROM ENGLISH HISTORY: The Truth about King Arthur, Lady Godiva, Richard the Lionheart, and More, by Robert Lacey
[Nonfiction: History]
- GOOD IN BED, by Jennifer Weiner
[Fiction: Romance]