45. The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland – Rebekah Crane (274 p.)
44. It Can’t Happen Here – Sinclair Lewis (458 p.)
43. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl (192 p.)
42. Girl in the Blue Coat – Monica Hesse (320 p.)
41. The Simple Dollar – Trent Hamm (272 p.)
40. The Great Passage – Shion Miura (224 p.)
39. Fantastic Mr. Fox – Roald Dahl (85 p.)
38. Old Man’s War – John Scalzi (321 p.)
37. Fresh Off the Boat – Eddie Huang (290 p.)
36. Born for This – Chris Guillebeau (321 p.)
35. The Hike – Drew Magary (287 p.)
34. Logan’s Run – Williaam F. Nolan (168 p.)
33. Room – Emma Donoghue (337 p.)
32. Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader – James Luceno (338 p.)
31. Blue is the Warmest Color – Julie Maroh (160 p.)
30. Lost in Translation – Ella Frances Sanders (112 p.)
29. My Neighbor Totoro – Miyazaki & Kubo (249 p.)
28. How to Archer – Sterling Archer (193 p.)
27. A Kim Jong-Il Production – Paul Fischer (370 p.)
26. The Art of War – Sun Tzu (96 p.)
25. Birth. Movies. Death. Star Wars Commemorative Issue (92 p.)
24. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – James Kahn (229 p.)
23. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back – Donald F. Glut (216 p.)
22. Star Wars: A New Hope – George Lucas (260 p.)
21. The Rest of Us Just Live Here – Patrick Ness (339 p.)
20. The Paradox of Choice – Barry Schwartz (300 p.)
19. Utopia for Realists – Rutger Bregman (300 p.)
18. Underground Airlines – Ben H. Winter (337 p.)
17. Bring the Jubilee – Ward Moore (224 p.)
16. The Year of Living Danishly – Helen Russell (384 p.)
15. Libra – Don DeLillo (457 p.)
14. I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend – Martin Short (357 p.)
13. Food: A Love Story – Jim Gaffigan (352 p.)
12. Based on a True Story: Not a Memoir – Norm Macdonald (272 p.)
11. Telegraph Avenue – Michael Chabon (469 p.)
10. The Berlin Wall – Frederick Taylor (486 p.)
9. Wonder – R. J. Palacio (316 p.)
8. Petty: The Biography – Warren Zanes (324 p.)
7. Blood, Sweat, and Pixels – Jason Schreier (304 p.)
6. Prisoners of Geography – Tim Marshall (305 p.)
5. But What If We’re Wrong? – Chuck Klosterman (272 p.)
4. Black Hammer: The Event – Lemire & Ormston (152 p.)
3. Black Hammer: Secret Origins – Lemire & Ormston (152 p.)
2. Saga Volume 8 – Vaughan & Staples (152 p.)
1. Star Wars Underworld: The Yavin Vassilika – Kennedy & Meglia (120 p.)
51. Die Entdeckung der Currywurst – Isabel Kreitz (64 p.)
50. Star Wars Infinities: The Star Wars – Lucas & Mayhew (218 p.)
49. Star Wars Infinities: The Return of the Jedi – Gallardo & Benjamin (104 p.)
48. Star Wars Infinities: The Empire Strikes Back – Land & Fabbri (96 p.)
47. Star Wars Infinities: A New Hope – Warner & Johnson (96 p.)
46. Descender: Orbital Mechanics – Lemire & Nguyen (120 p.)
45. Descender: Singularities – Lemire & Nguyen (128 p.)
44. Journey to Star Wars: Shattered Empire – Greg Rucka (136 p.)
43. The Meaning of Tingo – Adam Jacot de Boinod (224 p.)
42. Huck: All-American – Millar & Albuquerque (160 p.)
41. Descender: Machine Moon – Lemire & Nguyen (116 p.)
40. Descender: Tin Stars – Lemire & Nguyen (160 p.)
39. The Pilot and the Little Prince – Peter Sis (48 p.)
38. Jing Si Aphorisms – Shih Cheng Yen (253 p.)
37. How to Unspoil Your Child Fast – Richard Bromfield (256 p.)
36. Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsberg – Irin Carmon (177 p.)
33. Attempting Normal – Marc Maron (241 p.)
32. Chrononauts – Millar & Murphy (120 p.)
31. Slade House – David Mitchell (241 p.)
30. The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living – Meik Wiking (240 p.)
29. The Dispatcher – John Scalzi (128 p.)
28. United States of Japan – Peter Tieryas (400 p.)
27. How to Live a Good Life – Johnathan Fields (256 p.)
26. The Girl on the Train – Paula Hawkins (325 p.)
25. The Revenant – Michael Punke (273 p.)
24. Childhood’s End – Arthur C. Clarke (226 p.)
23. The World According to Star Wars – Cass Sunstein (245 p.)
22. It’s So Easy (and other lies) – Duff McKagan (386 p.)
21. Troublemaker – Leah Remini (274 p.)
20. Love is a Mix Tape – Rob Sheffield (240 p.)
19. Hillbilly Elegy – J. D. Vance (264 p.)
18. Wizard and Glass – Stephen King (1041 p.)
17. Armada – Ernest Cline (356 p.)
16. The Tesseract – Alex Garland (273 p.)
15. Watchmen – Alan Moore (448 p.)
14. Isaac’s Storm – Erik Larson (323 p.)
13. The Dictator’s Handbook – Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alistair Smith (321 p.)
12. So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed – Jon Ronson (322 p.)
11. The Secret History of Wonder Woman – Jill Lepore (436 p.)
9. Sh*t My Dad Says – Justin Halpern (176 p.)
8. Saga Volume 6 – Vaughan & Staples (152 p.)
7. Saga Volume 5 – Vaughan & Staples (152 p.)
5. Saga Volume 3 – Vaughan & Staples (144 p.)
4. Oldboy – Tsuchiya & Minegishi (216 p.)
3. Saga Volume 2 – Vaughan & Staples (144 p.)
2. The Devil’s Cup: A History of the World According to Coffee – Stewart Lee Allen (232 p.)
1. Locke & Key: Alpha & Omega – Joe Hill (212 p.)
51. Houdini: The Handcuff King – Jason Lutes & Nick Bertozzi (92 p.)
50. Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom – Joe Hill (152 p.)
49. Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows – Joe Hill (152 p.)
48. Rime of the Modern Mariner – Nick Hayes (336 p.)
47. A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens (111 p.)
46. Locke & Key: Head Games – Joe Hill (156 p.)
45. Our Lady of the Forest – David Guterson (328 p.)
44. Seconds – Bryan Lee O’Malley (329 p.)
43. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – L. Frank Baum & Eric Shanower (216 p.)
42. Locke & Key – Joe Hill (170 p.)
41. Nightwoods – Charles Frazier (273 p.)
40. Flight: A Novel – Sherman Alexie (196 p.)
39. A Bridge to the Stars – Henning Mankell (180 p.)
38. The Moon is Down – John Steinbeck (144 p.)
37. Eating the Dinosaur – Chuck Klosterman (304 p.)
36. An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth – Chris Hadfield (320 p.)
35. Flowers for Algernon – Daniel Keyes (324 p.)
34. Breve Historia de Cuba: De Colón al siglo XXI (118 p.)
33. Everything But The Posts – Becca Ludlum (122 p.)
32. Back to the Future: The Ultimate Visual History – Michael Klastorin (224 p.)
31. Road Fever – Tim Cahill (277 p.)
29. Food Rules – Michael Pollan (161 p.)
28. Tell-All – Chuck Palahniuk (194 p.)
27. I Am Malala – Malala Yousafzai (289 p.)
26. The Forever War – Joe Haldemann (292 p.)
25. Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team – John Steinbeck (192 p.)
24. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling (759 p.)
23. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J.K. Rowling (691 p.)
22. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – J.K. Rowling (901 p.)
21. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – J.K. Rowling (757 p.)
20. Goldfinger – Ian Fleming (297 p.)
19. It’s What I Do – Lynsey Addario (357 p.)
18. We’re All Damaged – Matthew Norman (284 p.)
17. Shakespeare: The World As A Stage – Bill Bryson (208 p.)
16. The Crucible – Arthur Miller (152 p.)
15. The Tender Bar – J.R. Moehringer (416 p.)
14. The Eagle Tree – Ned Hayes (236 p.)
13. Unfortunate Events #13: The End – Lemony Snicket (368 p.)
12. Unfortunate Events #12: The Penultimate Peril – Lemony Snicket (368 p.)
10. Valis – Philip K. Dick (288 p.)
9. The Accountant’s Story – Roberto Escobar (289 p.)
8. Saga, Vol. 1 – Brian Vaughan and Fiona Staples (160 p.)
7. The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia – Michael Booth (406 p.)
5. As You Wish – Cary Elwes (259 p.)
4. We Don’t Need Roads: The Making of the Back to the Future Triology – Caseen Gaines (268 p.)
3. The Second Wave – Tom Reynolds (292 p.)
2. Unfortunate Events #11: The Grim Grotto – Lemony Snicket (352 p.)
1. Because I Said So! – Ken Jennings (254 p.)
51. Unfortunate Events #9: The Carnivorous Carnival – Lemony Snicket (286 p.)
50. Unfortunate Events #8: The Hostile Hospital – Lemony Snicket (272 p.)
45. The Forgotten Village – John Steinbeck (144 p.)
42. Meta – Tom Reynolds (240 p.)
41. I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive – Steve Earle (256 p.)
40. The Art of Loving – Erich Fromm (117 p.)
37. Unfortunate Events #2: The Reptile Room – Lemony Snicket (192 p.)
36. The World According to Mister Rogers – Fred Rogers (195 p.)
33. Deutsche Geschichte: Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart – Franz u. Strohm (256 p.)
32. From Russia With Love – Ian Fleming (181 p.)
31. Outliers: The Story of Success – Malcolm Gladwell (336 p.)
29. The Martian – Andy Weir (385 p.)
28. The Simple Faith of Mister Rogers – Amy Hollingsworth (208 p.)
27. The Man in the High Castle – Philip K. Dick (288 p.)
20. No Fear Shakespeare: Hamlet (Graphic Novel) (207 p.)
19. Zealot – Reza Aslan (297 p.)
18. Murder in Mount Holly – Paul Theroux (148 p.)
15. Rosewater – Maziar Bahari (400 p.)
14. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) – Mindy Kaling (222 p.)
13. Ill Fares The Land – Tony Judt (256 p.)
12. A Piece of Danish Happiness – Sharmi Albrechtsen (214 p.)
9. William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: The Jedi Doth Return – Ian Doescher (178 p.)
3. Fun Home – Alison Bechdel (233 p.)
2. Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn (422 p.)
1. Maphead – Ken Jennings (304 p.)
12. December Book: One Summer – Bill Bryson (544 p.)
11. November Book: Unbroken – Laura Hillenbrand (528 p.)
3. March Book: Allegiant – Veronica Roth (544 pages)
2. February Book: Cooked – Michael Pollan (480 pages–close enough)
52. Diamonds Are Forever – Ian Fleming (245 p.)
51. The Areas Of My Expertise – John Hodgman (256 p.)
50. Pale Fire – Vladimir Nabokov (315 p.)
49. Your Pregnancy Week By Week – Glade B. Curtis (470 p.)
48. Blink – Malcolm Gladwell (296 p.)
47. A Wrinkle in Time – Madeline L’Engle (320 p.)
46. Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck (138 p.)
45. The Seamstress – Sara Tuvel Bernstein (353 p.)
44. Moonraker – Ian Fleming (259 p.)
43. Juliet, Naked – Nick Hornby (428 p.)
42. Cat’s Cradle – Kurt Vonnegut (304 p.)
41. The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood (324 p.)
40. The Running Man – Stephen King (336 p.)
39. Cannery Row – John Steinbeck (212 p.)
38. Live and Let Die – Ian Fleming (239 p.)
37. Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs – Chuck Klosterman (272 p.)
36. The Tipping Point – Malcolm Gladwell (322 p.)
35. The Berlin Wall Story – Hans-Hermann Hertle (250 p.)
34. Great House – Nicole Krauss (305 p.)
33. Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey – Chuck Palahniuk (338 p.)
32. The Drawing of the Three – Stephen King (438 p.)
31. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future – Michael J. Fox (112 p.)
30. The Man With The Golden Gun – Ian Fleming (171 p.)
29. The Remaining: Fractured – D.J. Molles (524 p.)
28. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? – Philip K. Dick (256 p.)
27. When You Are Engulfed In Flames – David Sedaris (336 p.)
26. The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas – John Boyne (215 p.)
25. The Know-It-All – A.J. Jacobs (389 p.)
24. I Wear The Black Hat – Chuck Klosterman (224 p.)
23. Ice Station Zebra – Alistair MacLean (224 p.)
22. The Snowman – Lars Nesbø (512 p.)
21. The Remaining: Refugees – D.J. Molles (374 p.)
20. The Remaining: Aftermath – D.J. Molles (296 p.)
19. Insurgent – Veronica Roth (545 p.)
18. Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card (355 p.)
17. Neither Here Nor There – Bill Bryson (245 p.)
16. The Remaining – D.J. Molles (219 p.)
15. Life of Pi – Yann Martel (326 p.)
14. Life, The Universe, and Everything Else – Andy Fletcher (209 p.)
13. Naked Pictures of Famous People – Jon Stewart (176 p.)
12. You Only Live Twice – Ian Fleming (233 p.)
11. In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto – Michael Pollan (256 p.)
10. The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy (333 p.)
9. Letters From Berlin – Margarete Dos and Kerstin Lieff (358 p.)
8. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service – Ian Fleming (269 p.)
7. The Plot Against America – Philip Roth (391 p.)
6. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay – Michael Chabon (637 p.)
5. The Gunslinger (Dark Tower I) – Stephen King (264 p.)
4. Thunderball – Ian Fleming (273 p.)
3. The Four-Hour Workweek – Timothy Ferriss (416 p.)
2. Divergent – Veronica Roth (489 p.)
1. Bill Hicks: Love All The People – Bill Hicks (375 p.)
52. Bossypants – Tina Fey (283 p.)
51. Apocalypse Z: The Beginning – Manel Loureiro (333 p.)
50. In The Garden of Beasts – Eric Larson (480 p.)
49. The Hobbit – J. R. R. Tolkien (319 p.)
48. Pygmy – Chuck Palahniuk (256 p.)
47. I Suck At Girls – Justin Halpern (192 p.)
46. Demian – Hermann Hesse (158 p.)
45. Casino Royale – Ian Fleming (189 p.)
44. The Seventeen Traditions – Ralph Nader (150 p.)
43. We Are All Weird – Seth Godin (114 p.)
42. SuperFreakonomics – Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner (292 p.)
41. Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell (509 p.)
40. Freakonomics – Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner (315 p.)
39. Around the World in 80 Days – Michael Palin (255 p.)
38. Evolving in Monkey Town – Rachel Held Evans (232 p.)
37. Ready Player One – Ernest Cline (374 p.)
36. Peter and the Starcatchers – Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (480 p.)
35. The Force is Middling in This One – Robert Kroese (310 p.)
34. The Big Short – Michael Lewis (291 p.)
33. Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China – Paul Theroux (480 p.)
32. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk – David Sedaris (159 p.)
31. The Dirty Parts of the Bible – Sam Torode (278 p.)
30. Earth (The Book) – Daily Show with Jon Stewart (256 p.)
29. Moneyball – Michael Lewis (317 p.)
28. The Last Lecture – Randy Pausch (206 p.)
27. Lamb: The Gospel According To Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal – Christopher Moore (468 p.)
26. Breakfast At Tiffany’s – Truman Capote (160 p.)
25. I Am America (And So Can You!) – Stephen Colbert (226 p.)
24. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – J.K. Rowling (317 p.)
23. Fast Food Nation – Eric Schlosser (383 p.)
22. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union – Michael Chabon (418 p.)
21. How to Sharpen Pencils – David Rees (217 p.)
20. Water For Elephants – Sara Gruen (350 p.)
19. Seven Years in Tibet – Heinrich Harrer (314 p.)
18. W.A.R.: The Unauthorized Biography of William Axl Rose – Mick Wall (352 p.)
17. Thunderstruck – Erik Larson (447 p.)
16. Narcissus and Goldmund – Hermann Hesse (312 p.)
15. A Walk in the Woods – Bill Bryson (276 p.)
14. The Catcher in the Rye – J. D. Salinger (214 p.)
13. Bicycle Diaries – David Byrne (297 p.)
12. Animal Farm – George Orwell (128 p.)
11. Life on the Mississippi – Mark Twain (295 p.)
10. 2666 – Roberto Bolaño (898 p.)
9. The Omnivore’s Dilemma – Michael Pollan (450 p.)
8. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – J.K. Rowling (366 p.)
7. Tokio Blues: Norwegian Wood – Haruki Murakami (381 p.)
6. The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold (372 p.)
5. Self-Reliance – Ralph Waldo Emerson (75 p.)
4. The Old Patagonian Express – Paul Theroux (2) (404 p.)
3. China Survival Guide – Larry and Qin Herzberg (232 p.)
2. Jesus Wants to Save Christians – Rob Bell & Don Golden (224 p.)
1. Quicksand – Nella Larsen (132 p.)
52. Glengarry Glen Ross – David Mamet
51. How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack – Chuck Sambuchino
50. The Bridges of Madison County – Robert James Waller
49. The Wedding – Nicholas Sparks
48. 11/22/63 – Stephen King
47. The Visible Man – Chuck Klosterman
46. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – J.K. Rowling
45. The Color of Magic – Terry Pratchett
44. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – Jonathan Safran Foer
43. Downtown Owl – Chuck Klosterman
42. The Notebook – Nicholas Sparks
41. Daisy Miller – Henry James
40. A Fringe of Leaves – Patrick White
39. Brida – Paulo Coelho
38. Death in Venice – Thomas Mann
37. Ett land du aldrig sett: 36 berättelser om Sverige – (Various)
36. Interview With The Vampire – Anne Rice
35. Einstein’s Refrigerator – Steve Silverman
34. Mockingjay – Suzanne Collins
33. Catching Fire – Suzanne Collins
32. The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
31. Siddhartha – Hermann Hesse
30. Blood Meridian – Cormac McCarthy
29. Shopgirl – Steve Martin
28. Der Träumende Delphin – Sergio Bambaren
27. Illusions – Richard Bach
26. Inés del Alma Mía – Isabel Allende
25. The Giver – Lois Lowry
24. Under a Cruel Star – Heda Margolius Kovály
23. Hamlet – William Shakespeare
22. El Principito – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
21. Germs, Genes, & Civilization – David P. Clark
20. El Viejo y el Mar – Ernest Hemingway
19. The Graduate – Charles Webb
18. Red Alert – Peter Bryant
17. Das Letzte Gefecht/(The Stand) – Stephen King
16. Fodor’s Exploring Japan – David Scott
15. Pigeon Poo, the Universe & Car Paint – Karl Kruszelnicki
14. Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoevsky
13. The Story of English – Philip Gooden
12. Rebelión en la granja/(Animal Farm) – George Orwell
11. The Plague – Albert Camus
10. Understanding Exposure – Bryan Peterson
9. Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad
8. The History of Love – Nicole Krauss
7. Uncle Tom’s Cabin – Harriet Beecher Stowe
6. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest – Stieg Larsson
5. The Dispossessed – Ursula Le Guin
4. The Art of Non-Conformity (1) (2) – Chris Guillebeau
3. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – Louis de Bernieres
2. Eating the Dinosaur – Chuck Klosterman
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Re/ 2012: How strange–and refreshing!–it is to see J.R.R. Tolkien, Ralph Nader, Seth Godin, and Ralph Waldo Emerson on the same reading list!
I see you have Dave Barry on there. After all those years of humor, I was pleasantly surprised how different and still good his fiction is. In a similarly kooky-sick-entirely entertaining vein, have you ever read Carl Hiaasen?
Hi AnnaLisa,
Thanks for the comment! I never realized the list was weird or eclectic or whatever, but I guess it may be a bit different. I suppose variety is the spice of my reading life.
I like Dave Barry quite a bit, although I think I do prefer his non-fiction to his fiction, but that’s probably just because his fiction is aimed a bit more at younger readers (at least the Peter books seem to be, although it must be said that all his books can be enjoyed by just about anyone). I used to be a huge fan of his when I was growing up and would read his columns and books religiously. I even met him in Miami while visiting Joyce once!
Anyhow, I have read a bit by Carl Hiaasen, but that was quite a while back, and I only remember “Stormy Weather,” and not very well at that. Do you have any (quick-reading) recommendations? I’m a bit behind on this year’s list what with all the new websites and whatnot!