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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.