In 2007 I read 187 books. My Top 10 fiction and non fiction are listed below:
FICTION
- Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name; Vida
- A Thousand Splendid Suns; Hussini
- The Double Bind; Chris Bohjalian
- Summers at Blue Lake; Althouse
- The Book Thief; Zusak
- Night Fall; nelson DeMille
- Gold Coast; Nelson DeMille
- The Loop; Joe Coomer
- The Rest of Her Life; Moriarty
- Promise Not To Tell; Jennifer McMahon
NON FICTION
- Eat, Pray, Love; Gilbert
- Here If You Need Me; Braestrup
- Feline Mystique; Simons
- Good Dog Stay; Quindlen
- Wall Street Guide To Identity Theft
- Memoirs of a Misfit; Peck
- Karma 101; Mack
- The Little Guide To Your Well Read Life; Leveen
- Big Pappi; David Ortiz
- Rescuing Sprite; Levin
In 2006 I read 187 books.My Top 10 fiction & non fiction are listed below:
FICTION
- Water For Elephants; Sarah Gruen
- The Crimes of Jordan Wise; Pronzini
- The Things They Carried; O'Brien
- The Road; Comac McCarthy
- Cage of Stars; Mitchard
- The Thirteenth Tale; Setterfield
- The Analyst; Jon Katzenbach
- Wild Fire; Nelson DeMille
- Slay Ride; Grabenstein
- Book of Lost Things; Connolly
Non Fiction
- Wisdom of Our Fathers; Tim Russert
- The Great Hurricane; Burns
- How Reading Changed My Life; Quindlen
- The Blessing of the Animals; Gonzalez
- In Cold Blood; Capote
- Freakonomics; Leavitt
- From Baghdad With Love; Kopelmann
- I Feel Bad About My Neck; Ephron
- Found Dogs; Lufkin
- Three Weeks With My Brother; Nicholas Sparks
In 2005 I read 190 books. This year I decided to list my Top 10 fiction and Top 10 non fiction favorites:
Top 10 FICTION
- Snow Flower & the Secret Fan; Lisa See
- Kite Runner; Husinni
- Bright Forever; Lee Martin
- Myth of You & Me; Stewart
- Half Broken Things; Morag Joss
- Red Leaves; Thomas Cook
- My Sister's Keeper; Jodi Picoult
- Writing on the Wall; Schwartz
- Rapture of Canaan; Reynolds
- Follow Your Heart; Tamaro
Top 10 Non Fiction
- The Glass Castle; Wall
- Autobiography of a Face; Grealey
- A Paper Life; Tatum O'Neil
- Marley & Me; Grogan
- The Feline Mystique; Simons
- Making a Good Brain Great; Amen
- The Rescue Artist; Dolnick
- A Year of Magical Thinking; Didon
- Never Have Your Dog Stuff; Alan Alda
- Down Came the Rain; Brooke Shields
IN 2004 i READ 134 BOOKS. My Top 10 favorites were:
- Middlesex; Jeffrey Eugendies
- Between Two Rivers; Daniel Rinaldi
- An Inconvenient Wife; Megan Chance
- Sudden Sea; Scotti
- An Almost Perfect Murder; Kirshbaum
- The Christmas Shoes; Donna Van Liere
- Joy Comes in the Morning; Rosen
- Island Walkers; Bemrose
- The Usual Rules; Joyce Maynard
- A Redbird Christmas; Fannie Flagg
In 2003 I read 118 books. My top 10 favorites were:
- Life of Pi; Martel
- Crow Lake; Maryann Lawson
- Second Glance; Jodi Picoult
- All He Ever Wanted; Anita Shreve
- Learning Joy From Dogs Without Collars; Lauralee Summer
- Old School; Tobias Wolff
- Lake of Dead Language; Carol Goodman
- Curious Incident of a Dog in the Night; Mark Haddon
- Beachcomber; Karen Robards
- The Center of Everything; Laura Moriarty
IN 2002 I read 87 books. My top 10 were:
- The Lovely Bones; Alice Sebold
- Eden Close; Anita Shreve
- Blindness; Jose Saramago
- Tuesdays With Morrie; Mitch Albom
- Whispers & Lies; Joy Fielding
- Snow Island; Susan Towler
- Gold Coast; Nelson DeMille
- Salem Fall; Jodi Picoult
- All the Names; Jose Saramago
- Chasing the Dime; Michael Connelly
; Amy Tan
; Anita Shreve
; Anita Shreve
; Eleanor Lipman
; Toni Morrison
; Chris Bohjalian
; Wally Lamb
;Anita Diamant
; Stuart Woods
; Frank McCourt