Monday, January 10, 2011

The official 2011 book list

Here is my list of books for 2011:

1984 by George Orwell
The 4th Hand by John Irving
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Blessings by Belva Plain
Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Can you Keep a Secret by Sophie Kinsella
Chronicler of the Winds by Henning Mankell
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
The Confession by John Grisham
To Dance with Kings by
The Death Cure by James Dashner (coming Fall 2011)
Dirty Work by Stuart Woods
The Doctor and the Diva by Adrienne McDonnel
The Falls by Karen Harper
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weine
Follow the River by James Alexander Thom
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Letter to My Daughter by George Bishop
Molokai by Alan Brennert
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Seizure by Robin Cook
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Till we have faces by CS Lewis
Unwind by Neil Shusterman
When you Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink
Wild Swans by Jung Chang
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

There are 38 books on it.  Originally I was not going to try to get through the whole list, but I think I can do it, so I guess my goal will be to read all of these books by the end of the year.  I am going to try to read them in alphabetical order.  I am going to request a few at a time at the library and I know that some will take longer than others to get to the library so it might not be exactly in alphabetical order.  Also there is one that doesn't come out in the fall so I will read it when it comes in but it will be out of order.

I am adding the list on the right and will update it as I finish reading books.  The ones with stars next to them are ones that I have already requested at the library.

Wish me luck, and let the reading begin!