52 Down, 0 To Go
When I went to go post a review for what I thought was my 52nd book of the year, I realized that I made a mistake. In true Laura fashion, I learned that I can read, but I can’t count. Turns out that somewhere in the mid 40’s I messed up a little, thinking that I was a book behind myself. It seems I’ve been finished with the project for about a week now. I had saved a book especially to be the last and now it will just be a little extra.
In any case, this project has meant the world to me. I didn’t expect anyone to read my reviews or care about my progress, but surprisingly, it received more attention than was intended. Because of 52books, I have met many wonderful people and have been able to share a journey that came out of a place of longing and need. Thank you for following along, sending me your suggestions, and becoming a friend. I can’t wait to do it again next year.
- Atonement by Ian McEwan
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
- Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
- The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
- Love is a Mixtape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time by Rob Sheffield
- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
- The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman
- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
- Imagining Robert by Jay Neugeboren
- The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
- Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
- Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
- High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
- The World to Come by Dara Horn
- An Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P.D. James
- White Noise by Don DeLillo
- Half Life by Shelley Jackson
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
- Seeing by José Saramago
- Rant by Chuck Palahniuk
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Killing Yourself to Live by Chuck Klosterman
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- Straight Man by Richard Russo
- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
- No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July
- The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
- Spy Wars: Moles, Mysteries, and Deadly Games by Tennent H. Bagly
- Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis
- If on a winter’s night a traveler by Italo Calvino
- Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
- The Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
- 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
- The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan
- In My Skin by Kate Holden
- The Meaning of Night by Michael Cox
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
- The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
- This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Emma by Jane Austen
- Murder on 47th Street by Beulah Poynter
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
- Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
- Blink by Malcom Gladwell
UPDATE:
53. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
54. The Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum
i’m reblogging this to make this my list for next year. plus some extras stowing away on my bookshelf. i’m sure i won’t read all of these, but maybe i’ll surprise myself and do some extra. this is my early new years resolution: make a dent in this list. plus the one i have on my desk.
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