In 2013 I read 55 books and I was all “Whoa! That was a lot of books.” Then last year I read 81 books and I was like, “Um, maybe you need to get out more?” This year I’ve read 91 books and I have to say that I’m left with equal parts pride and embarrassment. The embarrassment is because I feel like maybe I spend a little too much time with my nose between the pages of books. But the pride… It helps me overcome any shame.

NINETY-ONE BOOKS!

If you’re looking for some books to read, here are my top 10 books for the year:

  1. An Untamed State by Roxane Gay
  2. The Architect’s Apprentice by Elif Shafak
  3. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
  4. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
  5. The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
  6. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
  7. The Circle by Dave Eggers
  8. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
  9. This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathon Tropper
  10. Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America by Gilbert King

My full list, in chronological order for the year, is:

  1. Bones Are Forever by Kathy Reichs
  2. Bones of the Lost by Kathy Reichs
  3. The Death of Santini: The Story of a Father and His Son by Pat Conroy
  4. The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
  5. The Circle by Dave Eggers
  6. The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel
  7. Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan
  8. Ham: Slices of a Life: Essays and Stories by Sam Harris
  9. Spirals of Song and Other Poems by Emily H. Sturgill
  10. A Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett
  11. A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
  12. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
  13. Jackdaws by Ken Follett
  14. Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini
  15. Winter’s Tale by Mark Helprin
  16. The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais
  17. The Real Thing by Brenda Jackson
  18. Astonish Me by Maggie Shipstead
  19. Take This Man: A Memoir by Brando Skyhorse
  20. Steal the North by Heather Brittain Bergstrom
  21. Whiteout by Ken Follett
  22. You Should Have Known by Jean Hanff Korelitz
  23. Love by the Morning Star by Laura L. Sullivan
  24. He Texted: The Ultimate Guide to Dating in the Digital Era by Lisa Winning
  25. The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
  26. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
  27. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
  28. Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
  29. Kings of Brighton Beach Episode #1: Part One: Gangsters with Guns D.B. Shuster
  30. Life After Life by Jill McCorkle
  31. Stella Bain by Anita Shreve
  32. Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld
  33. Modigliani Scandal by Ken Follett
  34. Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
  35. The Fourth Player by Marie Chow
  36. Darkness Plays Favorites by Casey Renee Kiser
  37. Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
  38. Hit Woman by Susan Hamilton
  39. The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
  40. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
  41. The Giver by Lois Lowry
  42. Little Sisters by Stuart Perrin
  43. The Vacationers by Emma Straub
  44. Landline by Rainbow Rowell
  45. Little Princes: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan
  46. Montana in A Minor by Elaine Russell
  47. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
  48. Cocoa at Midnight: The true story of my life as a housekeeper by Tom Quinn
  49. The Third Twin by Ken Follett
  50. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
  51. The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. by Adelle Waldman
  52. Never Mind Miss Fox: A Novel by Olivia Glazebrook
  53. The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
  54. Sleep in Peace Tonight by James MacManus
  55. 2 A.M. at The Cat’s Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino
  56. The Museum of Intangible Things by Wendy Wunder
  57. Someone by Alice McDermott
  58. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
  59. The Pink Suit by N.M. Kelby
  60. The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan by Jenny Nordberg
  61. This is Where I Leave You by Jonathon Tropper
  62. A Study in Scarlet by Arhur Conan Doyle
  63. While the Gods Were Sleeping: A Journey Through Love and Rebellion in Nepal by Elizabeth Enslin
  64. The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle
  65. Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
  66. The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese
  67. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
  68. Looking for Alaska by John Green
  69. The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow
  70. Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
  71. A Woman of Substance by Barbara Taylor Bradford
  72. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
  73. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
  74. Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
  75. A Letter to My Cat: Notes to Our Best Friends by Lisa Erspamer
  76. Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America by Gilbert King
  77. When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt
  78. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
  79. The Magicians by Lev Grossman
  80. The Mill River Redemption: A Novel by Darcie Chan
  81. The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
  82. Messenger by Lois Lowry
  83. Edge of Eternity by Ken Follett
  84. An Untamed State by Roxane Gay
  85. Behind the Music: A Selection of Short Stories by Karen J. Mossman
  86. Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran
  87. The Architect’s Apprentice by Elif Shafak
  88. Wait for Signs: Twelve Longmire Stories by Craig Johnson
  89. Nora Webster by Collm Tóibín
  90. Bones Never Lie by Kathy Reichs
  91. If I Fall, If I Die by Michael Christie

The books I read in 2014 - all 91 of them.
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