Fifty

As I said in my last entry, I took the 50 book challenge this year, and because I am proud of the fact I was able to finish, here is the list of books I read.

1. Rabbit, Run by John Updike

2. All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren

3. Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution by Caroline Weber

4. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams

5. Native Son by Richard Wright

6. Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck

7. Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck

8. The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver

9. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

10. Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer

11. New Moon by Stephanie Meyer

12. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer

13. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (re-read)

14. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (re-read)

15. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (re-read)

16. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore

17. The House of the Spirits by Isabelle Allende

18. Othello by William Shakespeare

19. Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress by Susan Jane Gilman

20. Kiss my Tiara by Susan Jane Gilman

21. Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas by Chuck Klosterman

22. When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris

23. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

24. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

25. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (re-read)

26. Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman

27. Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver

28. The Known World by Edward P. Jones

29. A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr

30. The Gospel of Food: Why We Should Stop Worrying and Enjoy What We Eat by Barry Glassner

31. Big Coal by Jeff Goodell

32. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

33. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer

34. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon

35. Papillon by Henri Cherriere

36. Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens by Jane Dunn

37. Bill Bryson’s African Diary by Bill Bryson

38. Things I Learned about My Dad by Heather Armstrong

39. The Third Freedom: Ending Hunger in Our Time by George McGovern

40. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

41. Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk

42. Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk

43. Pink Think: Becoming a Woman in Many Uneasy Lessons by Lynn Peril

44. Bad Haircut by Tom Perrotta

45. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

46. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (re-read)

47. Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation by Cokie Roberts

48. In a Sun-Burned Country by Bill Bryson

49. Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling

50. The Road by Cormac McCarthy

51. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz