Thursday, December 29, 2011

2011: The year in books

I'm Down: A Memoir
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance
Saving Monticello
Before I Go To Sleep: A Novel
Inside Scientology
An Anatomy of Addiction
The Submission: A Novel
Year of Wonders: A Novel
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons
People of the Book: A Novel
Mennonite In a Little Black Dress
The Happiness Project
(*I didn't finish this book, but read enough to not recommend it)
The Language of Secrets
For the Thrill Of It
Bossypants
Unfamiliar Fishes
True Grit
The Magicians: A Novel
Born to Run
(I read this book again hoping it would inspire me to run; it didn't)
Happy Accidents
Gone With a Handsomer Man
Misquoting Jesus
Stiff
Elegance of the Hedgehog
The Lonely Polygamist
Cutting for Stone
The Paris Wife

I had no idea I read so many novels subtitled "A Novel" this year. My favorites (and those I highly recommend): Bossypants, Year of Wonders, and Inside Scientology. I'm 30% through Devil's Gate (love the books about Mormons), so that might end up on 2011's list of favorites as well. Best wishes for a happy 2012!