2009 Books

January

1.  The Boleyn Inheritance – Philippa Gregory

2.  Bloom – Elizabeth Scott

3.  Stolen Innocence – Elissa Wall with Lisa Pulitzer

4.  All Men Are Cremated Equal: My 77 Blind Dates – Elizabeth Fournier

5.  Animal, Vegetable, Miracle – Barbara Kingsolver

6.  Fever 1793 – Laurie Halse Anderson

7.  The True Story of Hansel and Gretel – Louise Murphy

8.  Perfect You – Elizabeth Scott

9.  The Family Bones – Kimberly Raiser

10.  Family Tree – Barbara Delinsky

11.  Falling Under – Danielle Younge-Ullman

12.  The Sinner’s Guide to Confession – Phyllis Scheiber

13.  Looking for Alaska – John Green

14.  The Heretic Queen – Michelle Moran

15.  The Awakening – Kate Chopin

16.  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – J.K. Rowling

17.  The Secret Story of Sonia Rodriguez - Alan Lawrence Sitomer

18.  Night – Elie Wiesel

19.  The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things – Carolyn Mackler

20.  Twilight – Stephenie Meyer

21.  We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families – Philip Gourevitch

February

22.  New Moon – Stephenie Meyer

23.  The Bishop’s Daughter – Tiffany L. Warren

24.  Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters – Courtney E. Martin

25.  Inkheart – Cornelia Funke

26.  Jane Austen Ruined My Life – Beth Pattillo

27.  Living Dead Girl – Elizabeth Scott

28.  The Queen’s Fool – Philippa Gregory

29.  Names My Sisters Call Me – Megan Crane

30.  The Bright Side of Disaster – Katherine Center

31.  Sister Wife – Shelley Hrdlitschka

32.  The Adoration of Jenna Fox – Mary E. Pearson

33.  Eclipse – Stephenie Meyer

34.  The Law of Similars – Chris Bohjalian

35.  Paper Towns – John Green

36.  The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

March

37.  Outliers – Malcolm Gladwell

38.  Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer

39.  Flying Changes – Sara Gruen

40.  Who By Fire – Diana Spechler

41.  Everyone is Beautiful – Katherine Center

42.  Deep Thinking the Human Condition – S.A. Odunsi

43.  Tomato Girl – Jayne Pupek

44.  Vegan Virgin Valentine – Carolyn Mackler

45.  American Born Chinese – Gene Luen Yang

46.  Slave: My True Story – Mende Nazar

47.  Zig-Zagging: Loving Madly, Losing Badly… How Ziggy Saved My Life – Tom Wilson

48.  Edgewise – Jan Sites

49.  Shattered Reality – Kimberly Cheryl

50.  The Day After Tomorrow – Sandee Sgarlata

51.  We Have Always Lived in the Castle – Shirley Jackson

52.  The Truth About Forever – Sarah Dessen

53.  Willing Spirits – Phyllis Schieber

54.  Blue Water – A. Manette Ansay

55.  Reefer Madness – Eric Schlosser

56.  The Center Cannot Hold – Elyn Saks

57.  Sonata for Miriam – Linda Olsson

58.  The Sugar Queen – Sarah Addison Allen

April

59.  The Obama Revolution – Alan Kennedy-Shaffer

60.  Invisible Sisters – Jessica Handler

61.  Handle With Care – Jodi Picoult

62.  The Boy in the Striped Pajamas – John Boyne

63.  I Feel Bad About My Neck – Nora Ephron

64.  Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – J.K. Rowling

65.  The Natashas: Inside the New Global Sex Trade – Victor Malarek

66.  Breathing – Cheryl Renee Herbsman

67.  Wintergirls – Laurie Halse Anderson

68. Testimony – Anita Shreve

69.  Dry – Augusten Burroughs

70.  Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town – Warren St. John

71.  Skim – Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki

72.  The Get Organized Answer Book – Jamie Novak

73. Zel – Donna Jo Napoli

74.  The Road – Cormac McCarthy

75. Too Big A Storm – Marsha Qualey

76. The Purity Myth – Jessica Valenti

77.  Come to Me – Amy Bloom

May

78.  If Today Be Sweet – Thrity Umrigar

79.  The Laws of Harmony – Judith Ryan Hendricks

80.  Blink – Malcolm Gladwell

81.  Burned – Ellen Hopkins

82. The Maternal is Political – edited by Shari MacDonald Strong

83. Janeology – Karen Harrington

84.  The Lost Hours – Karen White

85.  Here’s The Story – Maureen McCormick

86.  This Lullaby – Sarah Dessen

87.  God’s Politics – Jim Wallis

88.  The Last Queen – C.W. Gortner

89.  Obama: The Historic Journey – The  New York Times

90. Thirteen Reasons Why – Jay Asher

91.  Cut – Patricia McCormick

92.  Love and Other Impossible Pursuits – Ayelet Waldman

93.  Precious – Sandra Novack

94.  Astrid & Veronika – Linda Olsson

95.  It Sucked and Then I Cried – Heather B. Armstrong

96.  The Senator’s Wife – Sue Miller

97.  Mercury in Retrograde – Paula Froelich

June

98.  The Chosen One – Carol Lynch Williams

99.  Everything Asian – Sung J. Woo

100.  The School of Essential Ingredients – Erica Bauermeister

101.  North of Beautiful – Justina Chen Headley

102.  Story of a Girl – Sara Zarr

103. The Secret Keeper – Paul Harris

104.  Twenty Boy Summer – Sarah Ockler

105.  Madapple – Christina Meldrum

106.  Lost Boy – Brent W. Jeffs

107.  Beasts of No Nation – Uzodinma Iweala

108.  Sleepwalking in Daylight – Elizabeth Flock

109.  The Accidental Bestseller – Wendy Wax

110.  Sunnyside Blues – Mary Carter

111.  Yes Means Yes! – edited by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti

July

112.  Xanadu – various authors; edited by Jane Yolen

113.  Beach Trip – Cathy Holton

114.  Undercover – Beth Kephart

115.  The Purpose Driven Life – Rick Warren

116.  The Girl She Used to Be – David Cristofano

117.  The Good Women of China – Xinran

118.  Rape: A Love Story – Joyce Carol Oates

119.  The Screwed-Up Life of Charlie the Second – Drew Ferguson

120.  Hugh and Bess – Susan Higginbotham

121.  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – J.K. Rowling

122.  Night of Flames – Douglas Jacobson

123.  Fade to Blue – Sean Beaudoin

124.  The Visibles – Sara Shepard

125.  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J.K. Rowling

August

126.  Marcelo in the Real World – Francisco X. Stork

127.  The Blue Notebook – James A. Levine

128.  Bread Alone – Judith Ryan Hendricks

129. Jesus Land – Julia Scheeres

130.  Hungry: A Mother and Daughter Fight Anorexia – Sheila and Lisa Himmel

131.  Lock and Key – Sarah Dessen

132.  Along for the Ride – Sarah Dessen

133.  The Embers – Hyatt Bass

134.  The Complete Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi

135.  Cleopatra’s Daughter – Michelle Moran

136.  Jellicoe Road – Melina Marchetta

September

137.  House & Home – Kathleen McCleary

138.  Purple Hibiscus – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

139.  Halfway to Each Other: How a Year in Italy Brought Our Family Home – Susan Pohlman

140. Love You, Hate You, Miss You – Elizabeth Scott

141.  City of Refuge – Tom Piazza

142. The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time – Jeffrey Sachs

143. The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins

144.  Blindness – Jose Saramago

145.  A Disobedient Girl – Ru Freeman

146.  Blankets – Craig Thompson

147.  The Promised World – Lisa Tucker

148.  In the Woods – Tana French

149.  Deogratias, A Tale of Rwanda – J.P. Stassen

October

150.  Sworn to Silence – Linda Castillo

151.  Dear Mr. Henshaw – Beverly Cleary

152.  Flat Belly Diet Cookbook – Liz Vaccariello

153.  Wicked Lovely – Melissa Marr

154.  Willow – Julia Hoban

155.  No One You Know – Michelle Richmond

156.  Haunting Bombay – Shilpa Agarwal

157.  The Knife of Never Letting Go – Patrick Ness

158.  Everything Sucks – Hannah Friedman

159.  Liar – Justine Larbalestier

160.  The Likeness – Tana French

November

161.  Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide – Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

162.  A Year in Japan – Kate T. Williamson

163.  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling

164.  The House on Tradd Street – Karen White

165.  Kristy and the Secret of Susan – Ann M. Martin

166.  Claudia and the Terrible Truth – Ann M. Martin

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  2. Jessica Leigh on

    It really is impressive and inspiring how quickly you read these books. Good work!

  3. Mel on

    Very interesting list that gives me some ideas.

  4. Lisa on

    Wow! You real a lot! I’ve read some of your reads but will try some others that sound interesting just from their titles. Cheers!

  5. Suvi on

    Hi! I just came upon your blog today. Woah, I’ve added sooo many books from your website to my wishlist. There’s just not enough time to read all these fantastic books!! I’m going to start following your blog, can’t wait for more great reviews, thanks!


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