80 Books in 2011

Here's the complete list of the books I read in 2011 (there are two days left, but I don't think I'm going to finish Daniel Deronda or The Remains of the Day in that time). I set two reading goals this year: 1) to read a total of 80 books and 2) to read at least one nonfiction book per month. Mission accomplished! This is a mix of classics, stuff read for work, young adult lit, literary fiction, nonfiction, and a couple of plays. Leave a comment if you want a review or a recommendation.

Note: These are listed in the order in which I read them. Favorites are in bold.

1. Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
2. Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
3. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
4. "Antony and Cleopatra" by William Shakespeare
5. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
6. The House at Riverton by Kate Morton
7. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
8. House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
9. Such a Pretty Face: Being Fat in America by Marcia Millman
10. Great House by Nicole Krauss
11. Intuition by Allegra Goodman
12. Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa
13. An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin
14. Cheerful Money by Tad Friend
15. I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson
16. Thanks for the Memories by Cecilia Ahern
17. Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer
18. The Book of Tomorrow by Cecilia Ahern
19. The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
20. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
21. Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner
22. Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner
23. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
24. My Life in France by Julia Child
25. Jane by April Lindner
26. The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
27. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
28. Juliet by Anne Fortier
29. Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
30. The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
31. O, Pioneers by Willa Cather
32. Bossypants by Tina Fey
33. Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century by Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger
34. The Fates Will Find Their Way by Hannah Pittard
35. Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
36. Songs for the Missing by Stewart O’Nan
37. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan C. Bradley
38. Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris
39. A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
40. Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland
41. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
42. Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
43. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
44. Spoiled by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
45. Reality is Broken by Jane McGonigal
46. Riding the White Horse Home by Teresa Jordan
47. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
48. What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
49. The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag by Alan Bradley
50. Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
51. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
52. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
53. The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman
54. “Clouds” by Aristophanes
55. The Lais of Marie de France translated by Burgess & Busby
56. “Germania” by Tacitus
57. The Exile by Diana Gabaldon
58. Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
59. Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
60. State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
61. Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
62. The Wilder Life by Wendy McClure
63. Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
64. Bonk by Mary Roach
65. The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
66. Confessions of a Prairie Bitch by Alison Arngrim
67. Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way by Jon Krakauer
68. The Devil’s Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea
69. What Would Buffy Do: The Vampire Slayer as Spiritual Guide by Jana Riess
70. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
71. The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
72. A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan C. Bradley
73. The Uncoupling by Meg Wolitzer
74. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
75. The Magician King by Lev Grossman
76. The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings

77. This Beautiful Life by Helen Schulman

78. Flunking Sainthood by Jana Riess

79. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen
80. Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins