Certain life changes have REALLLLLLY slowed down my reading, and looking at 2010's list makes me want to cry. But I still feel like I have to keep up these lists. Check out
2010, and follow along here for 2011.
As always, I will bold my favorites.
1.
The Language of Threads by Gail Tsukiyama
2.
The Ones Who Hit the Hardest by Chad Millman and Shawn Coyne
3.
That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo
4.
The Best American Essays: 1990 edited by Justin Kaplan
5.
Searching for Tamsen Donner by Gabrielle Burton
6.
The Bright Side of Disaster by Katherine Center
7.
The Quilter's Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini
8.
The Dread Crew: Pirates of the Backwoods by Kate Inglis
9.
Welcome to My Planet by Shannon Olson
10.
I Don't Care About Your Band by Julie Klausner
11.
Everything Bad is Good For You by Steven Johnson
12.
A Star is Found by Janet Hirshenson & Jane Jenkins
13.
Grab on to Me Tightly as if I Knew the Way by Bryan Charles
14.
Don't Sleep with Your Drummer by Jen Sincero
15.
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
16.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
17.
Run Catch Kiss by Amy Sohn
18.
The Deportees by Roddy Doyle
19.
Mergers & Acquisitions by Dana Vachon
20.
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale
21.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
22.
44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith
23.
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Currently Reading:
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins