My Reading List
This is a representation of the books I have read since approximately May of 2007. You may view my entire library collection by visiting the main Maw Books website here. For book details and my review simply click on the book or author.200 books overall; 112 books read in the last year; 14 books read in the last month. That's an average of 8 books each month.
Planned books (75):
- Atonement by Ian McEwan
- The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur by Brian Steidle
- The Devil Wears Prada by Laura Weisberger
- Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
- Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
- The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
- The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
- Fortune’s Rocks by Anita Shreve
- Jewel by Bret Lott
- One True Thing by Anna Quindlen
- The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
- The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank by Ellen Feldman
- Black Girl White Girl by Joyce Carol Oates
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
- The Tie That Binds by Kent Haruf
- The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo
- Straight Man by Richard Russo
- The Crazed by Ha Jin
- Waiting by Ha Jin
- A Free Life by Ha Jin
- Touching Snow by M. Sindy Felin
- The Gathering by Anne Enright
- World Without End by Ken Follett
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- Cane River by Lalita Tademy
- Blessings by Anna Quindlen
- Peace Like A River by Leif Enger
- Light on Snow by Anita Shreve
- Body Surfing by Anita Shreve
- All He Ever Wanted by Anita Shreve
- Sea Glass by Anita Shreve
- A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve
- Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
- Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan
- Roots by Alex Haley
- When Madeline Was Young by Jane Hamilton
- In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
- From the Ground Up: The Story of a First Garden by Amy Stewart
- A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
- Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
- My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
- Bliss by Oz Livaneli
- Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s by John Elder Robison
- Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet
- Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
- The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
- Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult
- The Pact by Jodi Picoult
- Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult
- Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
- Enna Burning by Shannon Hale
- River Secrets by Shannon Hale
- The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
- The Pastor’s Wife by Sabina Wurmbrand
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beech Stowe
- Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
- The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Spear
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D Taylor
- If This is a Man by Primo Levi
- Belong to Me by Maris De Los Santos
- A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George
- The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
- Copper Sun by Sharon M Draper
- All the Fishes Come Home to Roost: An American Misfit in India by Rachel Manija Brown
- Q Road by Bonnie Jo Campbell
- Skylark Farm by Antonia Arslan
- The Darkest Child by Delores Phillips
Current books (4):
Recent books (120):
- Behind You by Jacqueline Woodson
- Sweethearts by Sara Zarr
- Farworld, Book 1: Water Keep by J. Scott Savage
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
- If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson
- Admit One: A Journey into Film by Emmett James
- Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist’s Wife by Irene Spencer
- Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Midwife in Mali by Kris Holloway
- Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
- The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
- The Tiger Rising by Kate Dicamillo
- Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond by Don Cheadle
- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- The Bright Side of Disaster: A Novel by Katherine Center
- Madapple by Christina Meldrum
- The Sudan Project: Rebuilding With the People of Darfur - A Young Person’s Guide by Melissa Leembruggen
- We Are On Our Own by Miriam Katin
- Keeper and Kid: A Novel by Edward Hardy
- Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
- Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- Slave by Mende Nazer; Damien Lewis
- The Wednesday Wars by GaryD. Schmidt
- I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust by Livia Bitton-Jackson
- The Host by Stephenie Meyer
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
- I Am a Mother by Jane Clayson Johnson
- Sky Burial by Xinran
- The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
- Horns & Wrinkles by Joseph Helgerson
- Torn Thread by Anne Isaacs
- The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy
- The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- Sirens and Spies by Janet Taylor Lisle
- Zel by Donna Jo Napoli
- The Translator: A Tribesman’s Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari
- The Tale of Despereaux by Kate Dicamillo
- Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
- Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medievel Village by Laura Amy Schiltz
- Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
- I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Dicamillo
- Mud City by Deborah Ellis
- Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
- Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood by Ibtisam Barakat
- Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
- Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy
- The Fiction Class by Susan Breen
- Parvana’s Journey by Deborah Ellis
- Bee Season by Myla Goldberg
- Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata
- Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
- Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculee Illibagiza
- Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
- Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult
- Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- Cheap Psychological Tricks for Parents by Perry W. Buffington
- Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater
- Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
- The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
- The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
- Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
- Austenland by Shannon Hale
- The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
- The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
- Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee
- Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
- Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
- Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark haddon
- What is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng by Dave Eggers
- Rules by Cynthia Lord
- Slow Man by J.M. Coetzee
- My Brother’s Keeper by Patricia McCormick
- Cut by Patricia McCormick
- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
- Sold by Patricia McCormick
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Everyman by Philip Roth
- The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
- The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night by Elizabeth Pantley
- The Gift by Richard Paul Evans
- Finding Noel by Richard Paul Evans
- The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans
- The Christmas Box Miracle by Richard Paul Evans
- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
- Waiting for Daisy by Peggy Orenstein
- For One More Day by Mitch Albom
- Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen
- The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- The American Academy of Pediatrics Guide to Toilet Training by American Academy of Pediatrics
- It’s All Too Much: An Easy Plan for a Richer Life With Less Stuff by Peter Walsh
- Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson
- The Three Junes by Julia Glass
- The Toddler Owner’s Manuel: Operating Instructions, Troubleshooting Tips, and Advive on System Maine by Brett Kuhn and Joe Borgenicht
- The Five Lessons a Millionare Taught Me by Richard Paul Evans
- Babyproofing your Marriage: How to Laugh More, Argue Less, and Communicate Better as Your Family Gro by Stacie Cockrell
- The Baby Owner’s Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Mai by Louis Borgenicht and Joe Borgenicht
- Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
- New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
- The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
- Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
- Confessions of a Slacker Mom by Muffy Mead-Ferro
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
- Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn
- The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Preschoolers: Gentle Ways to Stop Bedtime Battles and Imp by Elizabeth Pantley
- The Three Martini Playdate by Christie Mellor
- The Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp
- Mother Shock: Loving Every (Other Minute of It) by Andrea J. Buchanan
- Confessions of a Slacker Wife by Muffy Mead-Ferro
- The Happiest Toddler on the Block by Harvey Karp
- Waiting for Birdy: A Year of Frantic Tedium, Neurotic Angst, and the Wild Magic of Growing a Family by Catherine Newman
