I have a lot of ambitions as a reader, and I think that keeping a public record of what I read will motivate me to make more progress with my reading goals. I’m creating this page on August 17, 2010. Here is what I have read since 2005. Since 2008 or so, I’ve been rusty with accurately updating this, but as of creating this page, I plan to be more efficient. The Old List has everything I recorded from 2005 until creating this page, and the New List will record books I read after 8/17/10.
An asterisk designates I have previously read this book.
New List
September 2010
1. The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman (9/1)
2. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (9/28)
3. Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll (October)
4. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (October)
5. Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi (10/26)
Old List
2010
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (July 3)
The Sacred Art of Loving-Kindness by Rabbi Rami Shapiro
2009
The Giver by Lois Lowry* (December)
2008
108. East of Eden*, John Steinbeck (December 10)
107. The Horse and His Boy*, C.S. Lewis (November 20)
106. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggers (September 25)
105. The Perks of Being A Wallflower*, Stephen Chbosky (June 16)
104. Atlas Shrugged*, Ayn Rand (April 4)
103. The Fountainhead*, Ayn Rand (March 16)
102. The Virtue of Selfishness, Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden (March 9)
101. Cat’s Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut (March 5)
100. We The Living, Ayn Rand (March 3)
99. A Long Way Down*, Nick Hornby (February 25)
98. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*, J.K. Rowling (January 5)
2007
97. The Time Traveler’s Wife*, Audrey Niffenegger (December 20)
96. Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand (September 26)
95. Jazz, Toni Morrison (August 27)
94. The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand (August 16)
93. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling* (August 11)
92. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling* (August 7)
91. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling* (August 4)
90. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling* (August 1)
89. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling* (July 30)
88. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling* (July 26)
87. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling (July 21)
86. Middlesex, Jeffrey Eugenides (July 10)
85. Mugglenet.Com’s What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7, Ben Schoen, Emerson Spartz, Andy Gordon, Gretchen Stull, Jamie Lawrence (June 19)
84. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky* (June 9)
83. The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth, Paul Hoffman (February 25)
82. In Cold Blood, Truman Capote (February 23)
81. The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien (February 22)
80. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, J.K. Rowling* (February 22)
79. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling* (February 18)
78. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling* (February 14)
77. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling* (February 11)
76. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling* (February 6)
2006
75. The Time Traveler’s Wife, Audrey Niffenegger* (November)
74. A Long Way Down, Nick Hornby (July)
73. It’s Kind of a Funny Story, Ned Vizzini (May)
72. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (April)
71. Fermat’s Enigma, Simon Singh (April)
70. Absolutely Normal Chaos, Sharon Creech (February)
69. The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck (February)
68. East of Eden, John Steinbeck (January)
67. A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver, E.L. Konigsburg (January)
66. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., Judy Blume (January)
2005
65. The Tin Princess, Philip Pullman (December)
64. Barenaked Ladies: Public Stunts, Private Stories, Paul Myers* (December)
63. Perloo the Bold, Avi* (December)
62. Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson* (December)
61. From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, E.L. Konigsburg (December)
60. The Magician’s Nephew, C.S. Lewis* (November)
59. The Virgin Suicides, Jeffrey Eugenides* (November)
58. Tangerine, Edward Bloor (November)
57. The Time Traveler’s Wife, Audrey Niffenegger (November)
56. A Wind in the Door, Madeleine L’Engle* (November)
55. Lincoln Reconsidered, David Donald (October)
54. Where the Red Fern Grows, Wilson Rawls* (October)
53. Lucky, Alice Sebold (October)
52. The Broken Bridge, Philip Pullman (October)
51. Many Waters, Madeleine L’Engle* (October)
50. The Firework-Maker’s Daughter, Philip Pullman (October)
49. I Can’t Tell You, Hillary Frank (October)
48. Dogrun, Arthur Nersesian (October)
47. I Heard the Owl Call My Name, Margaret Craven (September)
46. The Jungle, Upton Sinclair (August)
45. The White Mercedes, Philip Pullman (August)
44. The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I mean Noel), Ellen Raskin (August)
43. The Tiger in the Well, Philip Pullman (August)
42. The Shadow in the North, Philip Pullman (August)
41. The Ruby in the Smoke, Philip Pullman* (August)
40. Goodnight Steve McQueen, Louise Wener (July)
39. Stargirl, Jerry Spinelli (July)
38. The Fuck-Up, Arthur Nersesian (July)
37. Life, the Universe and Everything, Douglas Adams (July)
36. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling* (July)
35. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling (July)
34. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares (July)
33. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Douglas Adams (July)
32. Meet the Austins, Madeleine L’Engle* (July)
31. I Was a Rat!, Philip Pullman (July)
30. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, J.K. Rowling* (July)
29. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling* (July)
28. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling* (July)
27. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling* (July)
26. Franny and Zooey, J.D. Salinger (June)
25. A Separate Peace, John Knowles (June)
24. Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Albom (June)
23. Love That Dog, Sharon Creech (June)
22. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams (June)
21. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon (June)
20. The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkein (June)
19. A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry (June)
18. How to be Good, Nick Hornby (May)
17. Wouldn’t It Be Nice, Brian Wilson (May)
16. Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin Uncensored, Richard Cole (April)
15. Prom, Laurie Halse Anderson (April)
14. Animal Farm, George Orwell (April)
13. Lullaby, Chuck Palahniuk (April)
12. About a Boy, Nick Hornby (March)
11. Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes (March)
10. Survivor, Chuck Palahniuk (March)
9. Catalyst, Laurie Halse Anderson (March)
8. Cleopatra’s Nose, Daniel J. Boorstin (March)
7. Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson* (February)
6. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby (February)
5. The Amber Spyglass, Philip Pullman* (February)
4. 1984, George Orwell (February)
3. Anthem, Ayn Rand (January)
2. The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway (January)
1. Choke, Chuck Palahniuk (January)
