Reading List 2014 (and beyond?)

[krickets]

Read in 2014
The Word-Loss Diet, Rayne Hall
The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick
Divergent, Veronica Roth
Insurgent, Veronica Roth
Allegiant, Veronica Roth
A Matter of Days, Amber Kizer
Shadow and Bone, Leigh Bardugo
The Raven Boys, Maggie Stiefvater
The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
The Dream Thieves, Maggie Stiefvater
Siege and Storm, Leigh Bardugo
The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing, Sheila Turnage
The Rosie Project, Graeme Simsion
Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein
Breakfast at Tiffany's, Truman Capote
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out of the Window and Disappeared, Jonas Jonasson
Tiny Beautiful Things, Cheryl Strayed
When You Reach Me, Rebecca Stead
The Black Unicorn, Audre Lorde
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, Tom Franklin
The Solitude of Prime Numbers, Paolo Giordano
We The Animals, Justin Torres
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, Chris Grabenstein
The Neon Rain, James Lee Burke
The Scent of Rain and Lightning, Nancy Pickard
A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle
Portrait of a Dead Guy, Larissa Reinhart
Still Life in Brunswick Stew, Larissa Reinhart
Last Words of the Executed, Robert K. Elder
Something Borrowed, Someone Dead, M.C. Beaton
Eleanor and Park, Rainbow Rowell
The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line (Veronica Mars #1), Rob Thomas
Five Days at Memorial, Sheri Fink
The Shining, Stephen King
Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures, Kate DiCamillo
Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline
The Giver, Lois Lowry
Moon Over Manifest, Clare Vanderpool
A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole
Where the Heart Is, Billie Letts
Austenland, Shannon Hale
The Intern's Handbook, Shane Kuhn
The Stranger, Albert Camus
We Were Liars, E. Lockhart
Dead End in Norvelt, Jack Gantos
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, Claire North
The Total Money Makeover, Dave Ramsey
Money Rules, Jean Chatzky
The Ask and the Answer, Patrick Ness
Buzz Kill, Beth Fantaskey
Flash Boys, Michael Lewis
My Friend Dahmer, Derf Backderf
The Wednesday Wars, Gary D. Schmidt
The Tent, Margaret Atwood



Currently Reading
In Cold Blood, Truman Capote



To-Read "Short"-List
Let's Get Lost, Adi Alsaid
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
You Are One of Them, Elliott Holt
Rooftoppers, Katherine Rundell
The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood
The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood
Oryx and Crake/The Year of the Flood/MaddAddam, Margaret Atwood
The Undomestic Goddess, Sophie Kinsella
Elizabeth is Missing, Emma Healey
Misery, Stephen King
How to be Idle, Tom Hodgkinson
The Hundred-Year House, Rebecca Makkai
The Borrower, Rebecca Makkai
Landline, Rainbow Rowell
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair, Joel Dicker
An Untamed State, Roxane Gay
Bittersweet, Miranda Beverly-Whittemore
Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident, Donnie Eichar
The Group, Mary McCarthy
Seating Arrangements, Maggie Shipstead
The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt (LOL JK TOO LONG)
Rooms, Lauren Oliver (to be released Sept 23rd 2014)
The Silkworm, Robert Galbraith
Blue Lily, Lily Blue, Maggie Stiefvater (to be released Oct 28th 2014)
Monsters of Men, Patrick Ness

Comments

[lennongirl.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, "In Cold Blood", that's on my, uh, "shortlist" to read as well ;)

[crickets.livejournal.com]

I've read more non-fiction and literary non-fiction this year than I have, well... ever. Not just in sheer numbers but in percent. This one is by far the most rich stylistically. Which I expected. Although I have to say that Five Days at Memorial is a close second just based on sheer WTFery, solid reporting and breadth of detail. I've had In Cold Blood checked out for several weeks but recently saw that Veena Sud used it as inspiration for the case in the final season of The Killing so I finally started reading it a few days ago. It's sort of crazy to think about the fact that this case drove Capote a little mad in his final years.

[lennongirl.livejournal.com]

Same, same. I've always liked my non fiction in between, but lately I LOVE it. And have so much more on my pile. I'm currently reading "The Sleepwalkers" by Christopher Clark, which is about 700+ pages on how WW1 came about, lol. Talking about some light summer reading... but yeah, "In Cold Blood" is on my list, too, and what you say about Capote going a little mad after writing it - I think I read more "behind the scenes" stuff on this book (and the murder) than ever before, haha. I really need to read that very soon, thanks so much for reminding me :))

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Oh I don't know if I could do that, haha. So how did WWI come about? In one sentence or less? LOL. War history is not my forte.

[lennongirl.livejournal.com]

I'm only about 50 pages in and am currently deeply into Serbian history ca. 1900. It's interesting though, not dry. I might give you an answer in a few weeks maybe ;)

[crickets.livejournal.com]

I'll hold you to maybe.

[lennongirl.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha, yes, especially the one sentence thing - BUT WAIT, I just saw the most perfect thing the other day: Would you please look at that :))) This is better than anything I could tell you, no matter how many books I read :D

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Holy crap that's awesome. It would probably be even more awesome if I knew anything at all about WWI

[lennongirl.livejournal.com]

Well, you kind of do now ;)