My husband - who is a self-described non-reader - recently wrote a post about USA Today's 100 best-selling books of 2009. He said he'd be interested in knowing how many of those I have read. So, WhiteRabbit, this is for you:
(Books I've read are bolded and, where applicable, linked to my reviews. Books on my to-read list are italicized.)
- New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
- Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
- Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
- The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
- The Shack by William P. Young
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney
- Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey
- Going Rogue: An American Life by Sarah Palin
- Glenn Beck’s Common Sense by Glenn Beck
- My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
- The Associate by John Grisham
- The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto by Mark R. Levin
- Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
- Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
- The Host by Stephenie Meyer
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
- Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
- The Love Dare by Stephen Kendrick and Alex Kendrick
- Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
- Eat This, Not That! Supermarket Survival Guide by David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding
- Arguing With Idiots by Glenn Beck
- The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
- Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
- I, Alex Cross by James Patterson
- Under the Dome by Stephen King
- Marked by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
- The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
- From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
- The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
- Push (Precious) by Sapphire
- True Compass by Edward M. Kennedy
- Hunted by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast
- Vision in White by Nora Roberts
- What to Expect When You’re Expecting by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel (Actually it's an earlier edition that I read; it's been a while since I've been "expecting.")
- Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
- Eat This, Not That! by David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding
- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
- Betrayed by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
- Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
- Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
- The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
- Tempted by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast
- Chosen by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast
- Untamed by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast
- Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
- Sundays at Tiffany’s by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet
- Finger Lickin’ Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
- Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath
- Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts
- Cross Country by James Patterson
- Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
- Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
- South of Broad by Pat Conroy
- Ford County: Stories by John Grisham
- The Appeal by John Grisham
- I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max
- The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer (Although I didn't read the four books as a set.)
- Night World: Volume One by L.J. Smith
- Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
- Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
- Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously by Julie Powell
- Evermore by Alyson Noel
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4: The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
- The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
- Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell
- Guinness World Records 2010
- 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life by Don Piper and Cecil Murphey
- The Calorie King Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter, 2009 Edition by Allan Borushek
- The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and The Struggle by L.J. Smith
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- Dead As a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
- Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2: The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
- The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
- The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis
- Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
- New Moon: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion by Mark Cotta Vaz
- Run for Your Life by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
- Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Suze Orman’s 2009 Action Plan by Suze Orman
- Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
- Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
- A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity by Bill O’Reilly
- All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
- City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
That's 26 that I've read (if I count The Twilight Saga), and another 25 on my to-read list. What about you? How many of you read? Are there any you think I ought to add to my to-read list? Can you identify the four or five that will never be on my to-read list?
Well you are better than me. I have read 11 of them and I think there were 3 or 4 that are on my tbr list.
ReplyDeleteHappy Reading!
*smiles*
I've read 12 and several more are on my list. Weird that some are on there twice though... I guess it makes sense if they're sold in different formats or something.
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping on over to my blog - I'm really reading more...just having a bloggin slump I guess. When I look at all the books published this year and see how many I've read, on my piles and have yet to read no wonder I'm a lot behind!!
ReplyDeleteHave a great holiday weekend...I AM!
This is a fun list! I have also read 26, with 10 or so on my tbr list, some even on my nightstand! I do like the Percy Jackson series - looks like the first one is on your to be read list.
ReplyDeleteTwenty-seven for me, but that is not said with pride. I would be happy to have read zero bestsellers.
ReplyDeleteI've read 18 of those books. I have some on my TBR list as well.
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