2014 - my year in books
In 2014, I read 41 books - a respectable pace, given that this year was pretty big on life transitions. Only one book on the list made the "dislike" category - Gary Shteyngart's memoir, which was a book club pick - I found him to be very unsympathetic. I did find a number of "I LOVE THIS BOOK!" books, including two that cynic51 procured for me for Hanukkah and that I am very excited about owning and rereading - The Lowland, by Jhumpa Lahiri, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane by the always excellent Neil Gaiman.
As always, please find me on Goodreads, and share what you've particularly loved reading this year in the comments!
*Book club book
**I really LOVED this book
***I really COULD NOT STAND this book
Grand Forks: A History of American Dining in 128 Reviews by Marilyn Hagerty
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie**
The Ghost of the Mary Celeste by Valerie Martin*
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld
TransAtlantic by Colum McCann*
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri**
Good Germs, Bad Germs: Health and Survival in a Bacterial World by Jessica Snyder Sachs
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman #1) by Graeme Simsion
Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman**
I Want to Show You More by Jamie Quatro*
Travels in Siberia by Ian Frazier
Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story by John Berendt
Digger: The Complete Omnibus by Ursula Vernon
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson**
Little Failure by Gary Shteyngart***
The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green*
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brene Brown
Defending Jacob by William Landay*
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro**
Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Zoobiquity: The Astonishing Connection Between Human and Animal Health by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast*
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson
Thank You for Your Service by David Finkel
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink**
The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances by Matthew Inman**
The Circle by Dave Eggers
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan*
Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-time Eater by Frank Bruni
All the Names by Jose Saramago
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) by Robert Gailbraith**
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis*
As always, please find me on Goodreads, and share what you've particularly loved reading this year in the comments!
*Book club book
**I really LOVED this book
***I really COULD NOT STAND this book
Grand Forks: A History of American Dining in 128 Reviews by Marilyn Hagerty
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie**
The Ghost of the Mary Celeste by Valerie Martin*
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld
TransAtlantic by Colum McCann*
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri**
Good Germs, Bad Germs: Health and Survival in a Bacterial World by Jessica Snyder Sachs
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman #1) by Graeme Simsion
Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman**
I Want to Show You More by Jamie Quatro*
Travels in Siberia by Ian Frazier
Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story by John Berendt
Digger: The Complete Omnibus by Ursula Vernon
The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson**
Little Failure by Gary Shteyngart***
The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green*
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brene Brown
Defending Jacob by William Landay*
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro**
Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Zoobiquity: The Astonishing Connection Between Human and Animal Health by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast*
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson
Thank You for Your Service by David Finkel
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink**
The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances by Matthew Inman**
The Circle by Dave Eggers
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan*
Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-time Eater by Frank Bruni
All the Names by Jose Saramago
The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) by Robert Gailbraith**
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis*