Since I always love when you bloggers share what you are reading off-line, I thought I would do my own booklist.
My bookshelf in the city is far less extensive than my bookshelf at my parents house, so I probably missed a few books that really deserve to be on the list, but here we go, divided by category, enjoy!
All Time Favs
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Rebecca
Eat, Pray, Love
The Awakening
The Giver
The Bell Jar
A Separate Piece
Anything Austen
Anything John Irving
Anything Ayn Rand
Chick Lit Favs
Everyone Worth Knowing
Bergdorf Blondes
Jemina J
A Model Summer
Highly recommended
The Beautiful and the Damned
Summer Crossing (I actually like pretty much all Capote)
The Sun Also Rises
Kaffir Boy-if you liked the Kite Runner, you will love this.
Gone With the Wind
The Audacity of Hope
Anne of Green Gables
And Then There Were None
Tender is the Night
The Bluest Eye
Into the Wild
The God of Small Things
Garlic and Sapphires
Wasted
Of Human Bondage
Crime and Punishment
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
Angela’s Ashes
A Prayer for Owen Meany
Practical
Ultramarathon Man
Marathon Woman
Swimming to Antartica
What I Talk About Running
Runner’s World Complete Book of Women’s Running
Simple Abundance
City Chic
Smart Women Finish Rich
Diet for a New America
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Raw Food Detox Diet
Audrey Style
Making Faces
Bobbi Brown Beauty
Eats, Shoots and Leaves
The Green Book
Books in my library I hope to start/finish while I still have my vision
Anna Karinina
Moby Dick
Lolita
Peoples History of the United States
1776
Don Quixote-in spanish
100 Years of Solitude-in spanish
5 responses so far ↓
Kelly // July 11, 2009 at 2:17 am
OMG totally agree…”their eyes were watching god” my favorite book from college, zora neale hurston just has incredible writing
Gena (Choosing Raw) // July 11, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Ha, I can never comment properly on book posts because I have too many opinionated opinions! But definitely get to Moby Dick — it, along with Portrait of a Lady and Bleak House and To the Lighthouse and Brothers K and Middlemarch are probably among the top ten fiction reads for this girl.
And Moby is probably number one.
I prefer W&P to Anna (you can skip most of the battle scenes), but most people disagree with me!
Totally love Anne of Green Gables, The Awakening, and Rebecca, which I read for fun almost every summer!
Hooray for Diet for a New America. That, and the China Study, are my two favorite nutrition reads.
I was dubious about 7 Habits of HEP, but I have to say, the prose was pretty lucid and it’s a good polemic.
Thanks for sharing your list!!
ksgoodeats // July 11, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Great list!! The Giver is hands down one of my favorite books EVER – they’re making it into a movie so hopefully they won’t ruin it
I’m a history nerd so I may have to check out A People’s History.
Leah // July 12, 2009 at 1:19 pm
I am reading Eat Pray Love at the moment! For the 2nd time! Great book list you’ve got there. Thanks for posting it – I think i’ll have to check a few of them out.
Alisa - Frugal Foodie // July 14, 2009 at 5:15 am
I just found your blog from VeggieGirl’s and this post totally caught me. Let me know of any of the practical books you recommend most! I just posted up a question on this one – http://www.onefrugalfoodie.com/2009/07/13/this-inquiring-mind-wants-to-know-what-foodie-health-books-do-you-recommend/