The Best:
My Top 10 of 2017
The List:
1. The Black Stallion
Walter Farley
2. The Damnation of Theron Ware
Harold Frederic
3. Reading Revelation Responsibly
Michael Gorman
4. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi
5. Seeing Is Believing: Experiencing Jesus Through Imaginative Prayer
Greg Boyd
6. The Black Stallion Returns
Walter Farley
7. Runaway
Alice Munro
8. Go Set a Watchman
Harper Lee
9. Pastoralia
George Saunders
10. Inventing the Flat Earth
Jeffrey Burton Russell
11. Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
12. An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter
Cesar Aira
13. Memento Mori
Muriel Spark
14. You, Restless, and No Longer Reformed
Austin Fischer
15. A More Christlike God
Brad Jersak
16. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
17. Fair Play
Tove Jansson
18. Voss
Patrick White
19. The Great Divorce
C.S. Lewis
20. Under the Net
Iris Murdoch
21. Disarming Scripture
Derek Flood
22. Play It as It Lays
Joan Didion
23. Jack of Shadows
Roger Zelazny
24. Idaho
Emily Ruskovich
25. The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Roald Dahl
26. On the Incarnation
Athanasius
27. Old Man's War
John Scalzi
28. Home
Marilynne Robinson
29. Christus Victor
Gustf Aulen
30. The Medusa Frequency
Russell Hoban
31. Son of the Black Stallion
Walter Farley
32. How to Be Evangelical Without Being Conservative
Roger Olson
33. The Black Stallion and Satan
Walter Farley
34. Psalms: The Church's Prayer Book
Deitrich Bonnhoeffer
35. The Medusa Frequency
Russell Hoban
36. An Unnecessary Woman
Rabih Alameddine
37. The Towers of Trezibond
Rose Macauley
38. Hail, Holy Queen
Scott Hahn
39. Brighton Rock
Graham Greene
40. Walkabout
James Vance Marshall
41. Post Office
Charles Bukowski
42. Texts Under Negotiation: The Bible in Postmodern Thought
Walter Brueggermann
43. The Suffering of God: An Old Testament Perspective
Terence E. Fretheim
44. Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You
Alice Munro
45. Jesus and the Disinherited
Howard Thurman
46. The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
Henri Nouwen
47. The Black Stallion's Filly
Walter Farley
48. Kleinzeit
Russell Hoban
49. Jamaica Inn
Daphne Du Maurier
50. Evangelical Theology
Karl Barth
51. Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
52. Measure for Measure
William Shakespeare
Sunday, January 1, 2006
Randy's Books 2015
(1) Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
by Kim Cooper
(2) The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
by Mark Herrmann
(3) The Boys in the Boat
by Daniel James Brown
(4) The Paris Review, No. 211, Winter 2014
(5) Law's Empire
by Ronald Dworkin
(6) Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
(7) The Death Penalty and Intellectual Disability
Edward A. Polloway, ed.
(8) Southern Exposure: Modern Japanese Literature from Okinawa
Michael Molasky and Steve Rabson, eds.
(9) The First Civil Right: How Liberals Built Prison America
by Naomi Murakawa
(10) Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Safran Foer
(11) Debating the Death Penalty: Should America Have Capital Punishment?
edited by Hugo Bedau and Paul Cassell
(12) The Paris Review, No. 212, Spring 2015
(13) The Killing Joke
by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland
(14) Watchmen
by Alan Moore
(15) The Art of Advocacy: Briefs, Motions, and Writing Strategies of America's Best Lawyers
by Noah A. Messing
(16) The Buried Giant
by Kazuo Ishiguro
(17) Storytelling for Lawyers
by Philip N. Meyer
(18) Call Me Home
by Megan Kruse
(19) The Hero with a Thousand Faces
by Joseph Campbell
(20) The Familiar, Volume 1: One Rainy Day in May
by Mark Z. Danielewski
(21) Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut
(22) The Paris Review, No. 213, Summer 2015
(23) The Case Against the Supreme Court
by Erwin Chemerinsky
(24) Go Set a Watchman
by Harper Lee
(25) The Meursault Investigation
by Kamel Daoud
(26) Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline
(27) Modern Romance
by Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg
(28) Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
(29) Yes Please
by Amy Poehler
(30) Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead
Frank Meeink with Jody M. Roy, Ph.D
(31) Code Talker
by Chester Nez with Judith Schiess Avila
(32) Minding the Law
by Anthony G. Amsterdam and Jerome Bruner
(33) The First Bad Man
by Miranda July
(34) The Paris Review, No. 214, Fall 2015
(35) Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
(36) Eileen
by Otessa Moshfegh
(37) The Collapse of American Criminal Justice
by William J. Stuntz
Best of 2015
by Kim Cooper
(2) The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
by Mark Herrmann
(3) The Boys in the Boat
by Daniel James Brown
(4) The Paris Review, No. 211, Winter 2014
(5) Law's Empire
by Ronald Dworkin
(6) Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
(7) The Death Penalty and Intellectual Disability
Edward A. Polloway, ed.
(8) Southern Exposure: Modern Japanese Literature from Okinawa
Michael Molasky and Steve Rabson, eds.
(9) The First Civil Right: How Liberals Built Prison America
by Naomi Murakawa
(10) Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
by Jonathan Safran Foer
(11) Debating the Death Penalty: Should America Have Capital Punishment?
edited by Hugo Bedau and Paul Cassell
(12) The Paris Review, No. 212, Spring 2015
(13) The Killing Joke
by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland
(14) Watchmen
by Alan Moore
(15) The Art of Advocacy: Briefs, Motions, and Writing Strategies of America's Best Lawyers
by Noah A. Messing
(16) The Buried Giant
by Kazuo Ishiguro
(17) Storytelling for Lawyers
by Philip N. Meyer
(18) Call Me Home
by Megan Kruse
(19) The Hero with a Thousand Faces
by Joseph Campbell
(20) The Familiar, Volume 1: One Rainy Day in May
by Mark Z. Danielewski
(21) Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut
(22) The Paris Review, No. 213, Summer 2015
(23) The Case Against the Supreme Court
by Erwin Chemerinsky
(24) Go Set a Watchman
by Harper Lee
(25) The Meursault Investigation
by Kamel Daoud
(26) Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline
(27) Modern Romance
by Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg
(28) Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
(29) Yes Please
by Amy Poehler
(30) Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead
Frank Meeink with Jody M. Roy, Ph.D
(31) Code Talker
by Chester Nez with Judith Schiess Avila
(32) Minding the Law
by Anthony G. Amsterdam and Jerome Bruner
(33) The First Bad Man
by Miranda July
(34) The Paris Review, No. 214, Fall 2015
(35) Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
(36) Eileen
by Otessa Moshfegh
(37) The Collapse of American Criminal Justice
by William J. Stuntz
Best of 2015
Brittany's Books 2015
Top Books of 2015
67. Winter by Marissa Meyer
66. The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
65. Dash by Kirby Larson
64. Shooting Kabul by N. H. Senzai
63. Alvin Ho: Allergic to Dead Bodies, Funerals, and Other Fatal Circumstances by Lenore Look (Children's)
62. Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking, and Other Natural Disasters by Lenore Look (Children's)
61. Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look(Children's)
60. Laika by Nick Abadzis (YA Graphic Novel)
59. A Game for Swallows by Zeina Abirached (YA Graphic Novel)
58. March (book 1) by Jon Lewis (YA Graphic Novel)
57. Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol (YA Graphic Novel)
56. The Mystery of Meerkat Hill by Alexander McCall Smith (Children's Mystery)
55. Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage (YA Mystery)
54. Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirsten Cronn-Mills
53. Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba by Margarita Engle (Poetry Historical Fiction)
52. brown girl dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (Poetry Memoir)
51. How I Discovered Poetry by Marilyn Nelson (Poetry Memoir)
50. American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (YA Graphic Novel - Printz Award)
49. Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
48. Dante and Aristotle Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
47. A + E 4ever by Ilike Merey (YA Graphic Novel - Stonewall Award)
46. El Deafo by Cece Bell (Children's Graphic Novel)
45. The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (Children's)
44. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (Children's)
43. This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki (YA Graphic Novel)
42. Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper (YA)
41. The Crossover by Kwame Alexander (YA - poetry)
40. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (YA)
39. Fat Angie by e. E. Charlton-Trujillo (YA - Stonewall Award)
38. Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle (YA - Stonewall Award)
37. Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
36. Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
35. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me by Mindy Kaling
34. Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne (Children's)
33. Charlotte's Web by E. B. White (Children's)
32. The Children Act by Ian McEwan
31. NW by Zadie Smith
30. Code Talker by Chester Nez
29. Colorless Tsukuru Taziki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
28. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
27. Alex by Pierre Lemaitre
26. World War Z by Max Brooks (audiobook)
25. Yes Please by Amy Poehler (audiobook)
24. Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari (audiobook)
23. Wild by Cheryl Strayed
22. Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie
21. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
20. The Secret History by Donna Tartt
19. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
18. Shipbreaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (YA)
17. The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann Foley (YA)
16. And We Stay by Jennie Hubbard (YA)
15. The Goldfinch by Donna Tart
14. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (YA)
13. Push by Sapphire
12. Running on Empty: An Ultramarathoner's Story of Love, Loss, and a Record-Setting Run Across America
11. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
10. Atonement by Ian McEwan
9. Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson (YA)
8. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
7. Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell
6. A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
5. The Color Master by Aimee Bender
4. The Paris Wife by Paula Mclain
3. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
2. Paper Towns by John Green (YA)
1. Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
(I am taking a Children's Lit class for my MLIS which means I am reading picture books, middle readers, and YA fiction in much greater numbers than before. I have decided not to count books under 100 pages - those books will be counted in Roman numerals for my own records. *** means it is an exceptional/important book, ** means it is a good book, * means I hate it and would never buy it for any kids I know)
xxx. And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson, illustrated by Peter Parnell (***)
xxix. Parrots Over Puerto Rico by Cindy Trumbore, illustrated by Susan L. Roth (**) - buy for kids interested in birds or nonfiction
xxviii. Firefly July, poems selected by Paul B. Janeczko, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
xxvii. The Arrival by Shaun Tan (a wordless YA graphic novel)
xxvi. Me, Frida by Amy Novesky illustrated by David Diaz (**) - the text and story is way better than Viva Frida, but the art is less aesthetically interesting. Overall better, but not the Frida children's book I want.
xxv. Diego Rivera by Duncan Tonatiuh (**) - buy for kids interested in art
xxiv. Dear Primo by Duncan Tonatiuh (**) - buy for kids with family abroad
xxiii. Little Red Riding Hood by Trina Schart Hyman (**)
xxii. Lon Po Po by Edward Young (*) - strong dislike of the illustrative style
xxi. Little Roja Riding Hood by Susan Middleton Elya (***) - a modern Spanglish update on a classic about two females who don't need a man to take care of them
xx: Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel (***) - I don't know why this book is so charming, but it is
xix. Waiting is Not Easy by Mo Willems (***) - buy for lower elementary
xviii. You are (not) small by Anna Kang and Christopher Weyant (*)
xvii. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss (*)
xvi. A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead and Erin E Stead (***) - buy for lower elementary
xv. Maria Had a Little Llama by Angela Dominguez (*)
xiv. Little Roja Riding Hood by Susan Middleton Elya (***) - buy for lower elementary
xiii. Nino Wrestles the World by Yuyi Morales (***) - buy for lower elementary, esp. mix-gender siblings
xii. Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote by Duncan Tonatiuh (***) - buy for upper elementary
xi. Martin de Porres by Gary D. Schmidt (**)
x. Separate is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh (***) - buy for upper elementary
ix. Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems (**)
viii. The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat (***) - buy for lower elementary
vii. Firebird by Misty Copeland and Christopher Myers (***) - buy for dancer kids
vi. This Day In June by Gayle E. Pitman an Kristyna Litten (***) - buy for Pride month
v. Mr. Wuffles by David Wiesner (*)
iv. Viva Frida by Yuyi Morales (**)
iii. Picture This: How Pictures Work by Molly Bang
ii. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (*)
i. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (**) - buy for Christmas holiday
67. Winter by Marissa Meyer
66. The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
65. Dash by Kirby Larson
64. Shooting Kabul by N. H. Senzai
63. Alvin Ho: Allergic to Dead Bodies, Funerals, and Other Fatal Circumstances by Lenore Look (Children's)
62. Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking, and Other Natural Disasters by Lenore Look (Children's)
61. Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look(Children's)
60. Laika by Nick Abadzis (YA Graphic Novel)
59. A Game for Swallows by Zeina Abirached (YA Graphic Novel)
58. March (book 1) by Jon Lewis (YA Graphic Novel)
57. Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol (YA Graphic Novel)
56. The Mystery of Meerkat Hill by Alexander McCall Smith (Children's Mystery)
55. Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage (YA Mystery)
54. Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirsten Cronn-Mills
53. Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba by Margarita Engle (Poetry Historical Fiction)
52. brown girl dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (Poetry Memoir)
51. How I Discovered Poetry by Marilyn Nelson (Poetry Memoir)
50. American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (YA Graphic Novel - Printz Award)
49. Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
48. Dante and Aristotle Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
47. A + E 4ever by Ilike Merey (YA Graphic Novel - Stonewall Award)
46. El Deafo by Cece Bell (Children's Graphic Novel)
45. The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (Children's)
44. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (Children's)
43. This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki (YA Graphic Novel)
42. Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper (YA)
41. The Crossover by Kwame Alexander (YA - poetry)
40. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (YA)
39. Fat Angie by e. E. Charlton-Trujillo (YA - Stonewall Award)
38. Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle (YA - Stonewall Award)
37. Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
36. Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
35. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me by Mindy Kaling
34. Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne (Children's)
33. Charlotte's Web by E. B. White (Children's)
32. The Children Act by Ian McEwan
31. NW by Zadie Smith
30. Code Talker by Chester Nez
29. Colorless Tsukuru Taziki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
28. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
27. Alex by Pierre Lemaitre
26. World War Z by Max Brooks (audiobook)
25. Yes Please by Amy Poehler (audiobook)
24. Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari (audiobook)
23. Wild by Cheryl Strayed
22. Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie
21. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
20. The Secret History by Donna Tartt
19. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
18. Shipbreaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (YA)
17. The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann Foley (YA)
16. And We Stay by Jennie Hubbard (YA)
15. The Goldfinch by Donna Tart
14. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein (YA)
13. Push by Sapphire
12. Running on Empty: An Ultramarathoner's Story of Love, Loss, and a Record-Setting Run Across America
11. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
10. Atonement by Ian McEwan
9. Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson (YA)
8. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
7. Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell
6. A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
5. The Color Master by Aimee Bender
4. The Paris Wife by Paula Mclain
3. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
2. Paper Towns by John Green (YA)
1. Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
(I am taking a Children's Lit class for my MLIS which means I am reading picture books, middle readers, and YA fiction in much greater numbers than before. I have decided not to count books under 100 pages - those books will be counted in Roman numerals for my own records. *** means it is an exceptional/important book, ** means it is a good book, * means I hate it and would never buy it for any kids I know)
xxx. And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson, illustrated by Peter Parnell (***)
xxix. Parrots Over Puerto Rico by Cindy Trumbore, illustrated by Susan L. Roth (**) - buy for kids interested in birds or nonfiction
xxviii. Firefly July, poems selected by Paul B. Janeczko, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
xxvii. The Arrival by Shaun Tan (a wordless YA graphic novel)
xxvi. Me, Frida by Amy Novesky illustrated by David Diaz (**) - the text and story is way better than Viva Frida, but the art is less aesthetically interesting. Overall better, but not the Frida children's book I want.
xxv. Diego Rivera by Duncan Tonatiuh (**) - buy for kids interested in art
xxiv. Dear Primo by Duncan Tonatiuh (**) - buy for kids with family abroad
xxiii. Little Red Riding Hood by Trina Schart Hyman (**)
xxii. Lon Po Po by Edward Young (*) - strong dislike of the illustrative style
xxi. Little Roja Riding Hood by Susan Middleton Elya (***) - a modern Spanglish update on a classic about two females who don't need a man to take care of them
xx: Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel (***) - I don't know why this book is so charming, but it is
xix. Waiting is Not Easy by Mo Willems (***) - buy for lower elementary
xviii. You are (not) small by Anna Kang and Christopher Weyant (*)
xvii. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss (*)
xvi. A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead and Erin E Stead (***) - buy for lower elementary
xv. Maria Had a Little Llama by Angela Dominguez (*)
xiv. Little Roja Riding Hood by Susan Middleton Elya (***) - buy for lower elementary
xiii. Nino Wrestles the World by Yuyi Morales (***) - buy for lower elementary, esp. mix-gender siblings
xii. Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote by Duncan Tonatiuh (***) - buy for upper elementary
xi. Martin de Porres by Gary D. Schmidt (**)
x. Separate is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh (***) - buy for upper elementary
ix. Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems (**)
viii. The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat (***) - buy for lower elementary
vii. Firebird by Misty Copeland and Christopher Myers (***) - buy for dancer kids
vi. This Day In June by Gayle E. Pitman an Kristyna Litten (***) - buy for Pride month
v. Mr. Wuffles by David Wiesner (*)
iv. Viva Frida by Yuyi Morales (**)
iii. Picture This: How Pictures Work by Molly Bang
ii. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (*)
i. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (**) - buy for Christmas holiday
Christopher's Books 2015
50. Go Set a Watchman
by Harper Lee
49. The Unvanquished
by William Faulkner
48. The Matisse Stories
by A. S. Byatt
47. My Name is Red
by Orhan Pamuk
46. The Wake
by Paul Kingsnorth
45. Reflections in a Golden Eye
by Carson McCullers
44. Love's Labour's Lost
by William Shakespeare
43. The Snows of Kilimanjaro
by Ernest Hemingway
42. Fun Home
by Alison Bechdel
41. Ficciones
by Jorge Luis Borges
40. Cane
by Jean Toomer
39. The House on the Strand
by Daphne du Maurier
38. Staying with Relations
by Rose Macaulay
37. Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin
36. Swann's Way
by Marcel Proust
35. Volcano
by Shusaku Endo
34. The Golden Apples
by Eudora Welty
33. Grendel
by John Gardner
32. The Cyberiad
by Stanislaw Lem
31. The Second Coming
by Walker Percy
30. Angle of Repose
by Wallace Stegner
29. Beowulf
by Seamus Heaney
28. Play It as It Lays
by Joan Didion
27. Territorial Rights
by Muriel Spark
26. The Solid Mandala
by Patrick White
25. Under the Net
by Iris Murdoch
24. The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
by Philip K. Dick
23. The Golden Gate
by Vikram Seth
22. Cold Comfort Farm
by Stella Gibbons
21. The Spire
by William Golding
20. Innocence
by Penelope Fitzgerald
19. Reynard the Fox
by James Simpson
18. Fell of Dark
by Patrick Downes
17. Nothing Like the Sun
by Anthony Burgess
16. The Sense of an Ending
by Frank Kermode
15. The Buried Giant
by Kazuo Ishiguro
14. All the Stories of Muriel Spark
by Muriel Spark
13. Richard II
by William Shakespeare
12. The Moviegoer
by Walker Percy
11. Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
10. The Quiet American
by Graham Greene
9. The Crucible
by Arthur Miller
8. Turtle Diary
by Russell Hoban
7. Delta Wedding
by Eudora Welty
6. Uncle Silas
by Sheridan Le Fanu
5. Mumbo Jumbo
by Ishmael Reed
4. The Gate of Angels
by Penelope Fitzgerald
3. The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
2. Lila
by Marilynne Robinson
1. Tenth of December
by George Saunders
by Harper Lee
49. The Unvanquished
by William Faulkner
48. The Matisse Stories
by A. S. Byatt
47. My Name is Red
by Orhan Pamuk
46. The Wake
by Paul Kingsnorth
45. Reflections in a Golden Eye
by Carson McCullers
44. Love's Labour's Lost
by William Shakespeare
43. The Snows of Kilimanjaro
by Ernest Hemingway
42. Fun Home
by Alison Bechdel
41. Ficciones
by Jorge Luis Borges
40. Cane
by Jean Toomer
39. The House on the Strand
by Daphne du Maurier
38. Staying with Relations
by Rose Macaulay
37. Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin
36. Swann's Way
by Marcel Proust
35. Volcano
by Shusaku Endo
34. The Golden Apples
by Eudora Welty
33. Grendel
by John Gardner
32. The Cyberiad
by Stanislaw Lem
31. The Second Coming
by Walker Percy
30. Angle of Repose
by Wallace Stegner
29. Beowulf
by Seamus Heaney
28. Play It as It Lays
by Joan Didion
27. Territorial Rights
by Muriel Spark
26. The Solid Mandala
by Patrick White
25. Under the Net
by Iris Murdoch
24. The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
by Philip K. Dick
23. The Golden Gate
by Vikram Seth
22. Cold Comfort Farm
by Stella Gibbons
21. The Spire
by William Golding
20. Innocence
by Penelope Fitzgerald
19. Reynard the Fox
by James Simpson
18. Fell of Dark
by Patrick Downes
17. Nothing Like the Sun
by Anthony Burgess
16. The Sense of an Ending
by Frank Kermode
15. The Buried Giant
by Kazuo Ishiguro
14. All the Stories of Muriel Spark
by Muriel Spark
13. Richard II
by William Shakespeare
12. The Moviegoer
by Walker Percy
11. Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
10. The Quiet American
by Graham Greene
9. The Crucible
by Arthur Miller
8. Turtle Diary
by Russell Hoban
7. Delta Wedding
by Eudora Welty
6. Uncle Silas
by Sheridan Le Fanu
5. Mumbo Jumbo
by Ishmael Reed
4. The Gate of Angels
by Penelope Fitzgerald
3. The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
2. Lila
by Marilynne Robinson
1. Tenth of December
by George Saunders
Brent's Books 2015
50. Housekeeping
Marilynne Robinson
49. Weathercraft
Jim Woodring
48. The Book of Three (Prydian Chronicles)
Lloyd Alexander
47. Notes on the Psalms
C. S. Lewis
46. Stigmata
by Lorenzo Mattotti and Claudio Piersanti
45. The Lathe of Heaven
Ursula K. Le Guin
44. Songs of Innocence and Experience
William Blake
43. Speedboat
Renata Adler
42. Hark, a Vagrant!
Kate Beaton
41. The Siege of Trencher's Farm
Gordon Williams
40. Wolf in White Van
John Darnielle
39. Satan's Silence: Ritual Abuse and the Making of a Modern American Witch Hunt
Debbie Nathan and Michael Snedeker
38. Aethos in America
Jason
37. Silence of the Lambs
Thomas Harris
36. Trigger Warnings
Neil Gaiman
35. Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
34. What Every Developer Should Know About ECMAScript 6
Scott Allen
33. Invisible Cities
Italo Calvino
32. All's Well That Ends Well
William Shakespeare
31. The Wasteland
T. S. Eliot
30. The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
David James Brown
29. Red Dragon
Thomas Harris
28. Dark Places
Gillian Flynn
27. So You've Been Publicly Shamed
Jon Ronson
26. Them: Adventures with Extremists
Jon Ronson
25. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn
24. Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller
23. Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
22. The Christian World
Martin Marty
21. A Wideness in God's Mercy
Clark H. Pinnock
20. The Importance of Being Ernest
Oscar Wilde
19. The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
18. Please Kill Me: The Uncensored History of Punk Rock
Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain
17. What If: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Questions
Randall Munroe
16. The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death
Daniel Pinkerton
15. The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
Philip K. Dick
14. The Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson
13. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander
12. The Buried Giant
Kazuo Ishiguro
11. Swann's Way
Marcel Proust
10. Tintin in Tibet
Herge
9. JLA: Rock of Ages
Grant Morrison
8. I Regret Everything: A Love Story
Seth Greenland
7. Double Your Freelancing Rate
Brennan Dunn
6. The Blueprint
Brennan Dunn
5. Marvel Comics: The Untold Story
Sean Howe
4. Mumbo Jumbo
Ishmael Reed
3. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot
2. Superhuman by Habit
Tynan
1. Loitering with Intent
Muriel Spark
Marilynne Robinson
49. Weathercraft
Jim Woodring
48. The Book of Three (Prydian Chronicles)
Lloyd Alexander
47. Notes on the Psalms
C. S. Lewis
46. Stigmata
by Lorenzo Mattotti and Claudio Piersanti
45. The Lathe of Heaven
Ursula K. Le Guin
44. Songs of Innocence and Experience
William Blake
43. Speedboat
Renata Adler
42. Hark, a Vagrant!
Kate Beaton
41. The Siege of Trencher's Farm
Gordon Williams
40. Wolf in White Van
John Darnielle
39. Satan's Silence: Ritual Abuse and the Making of a Modern American Witch Hunt
Debbie Nathan and Michael Snedeker
38. Aethos in America
Jason
37. Silence of the Lambs
Thomas Harris
36. Trigger Warnings
Neil Gaiman
35. Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
34. What Every Developer Should Know About ECMAScript 6
Scott Allen
33. Invisible Cities
Italo Calvino
32. All's Well That Ends Well
William Shakespeare
31. The Wasteland
T. S. Eliot
30. The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party
David James Brown
29. Red Dragon
Thomas Harris
28. Dark Places
Gillian Flynn
27. So You've Been Publicly Shamed
Jon Ronson
26. Them: Adventures with Extremists
Jon Ronson
25. Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn
24. Death of a Salesman
Arthur Miller
23. Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
22. The Christian World
Martin Marty
21. A Wideness in God's Mercy
Clark H. Pinnock
20. The Importance of Being Ernest
Oscar Wilde
19. The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
18. Please Kill Me: The Uncensored History of Punk Rock
Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain
17. What If: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Questions
Randall Munroe
16. The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death
Daniel Pinkerton
15. The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
Philip K. Dick
14. The Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson
13. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander
12. The Buried Giant
Kazuo Ishiguro
11. Swann's Way
Marcel Proust
10. Tintin in Tibet
Herge
9. JLA: Rock of Ages
Grant Morrison
8. I Regret Everything: A Love Story
Seth Greenland
7. Double Your Freelancing Rate
Brennan Dunn
6. The Blueprint
Brennan Dunn
5. Marvel Comics: The Untold Story
Sean Howe
4. Mumbo Jumbo
Ishmael Reed
3. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot
2. Superhuman by Habit
Tynan
1. Loitering with Intent
Muriel Spark
Billy's Books 2015
1. The Divorce Papers
by Susan Rieger
2. Americanah
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
3. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
by Ben Fountain
4. The Boys in the Boat
by Daniel James Brown
5. Dept. of Speculation
by Jenny Offill
6. Sula
by Toni Morrison
7. The Queen of Katwe
by Tim Crothers
8. Unbecoming
by Rebecca Scherm
9. Fun Home
by Alison Bechdel
10. Covering
by Kenji Yoshino
11. Tuck Everlasting
by Natalie Babbitt
12. Too Close to Call
by Jeffrey Toobin
13. Thunderstruck
by Erik Larson
14. The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
15. Rubyfruit Jungle
by Rita Mae Brown
16. On the Floor
by Aifric Campbell
17. The History of Love
by Nicole Krauss
18. Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
19. The One I was
by Eliza Graham
20. The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins
21. Missoula
by Jon Krakauer
22. Buried Giant
by Kazuo Ishiguro
23. Indefensible
by David Feige
24. The Uninvited Guests
by Sadie Jones
25. Why Not Me?
by Mindy Kaling
26. Modern Romance
by Aziz Ansari
27. Men Explain Things to Me
by Rebecca Solnit
28. Judging Statutes
by Robert A. Katzmann
by Susan Rieger
2. Americanah
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
3. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
by Ben Fountain
4. The Boys in the Boat
by Daniel James Brown
5. Dept. of Speculation
by Jenny Offill
6. Sula
by Toni Morrison
7. The Queen of Katwe
by Tim Crothers
8. Unbecoming
by Rebecca Scherm
9. Fun Home
by Alison Bechdel
10. Covering
by Kenji Yoshino
11. Tuck Everlasting
by Natalie Babbitt
12. Too Close to Call
by Jeffrey Toobin
13. Thunderstruck
by Erik Larson
14. The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
15. Rubyfruit Jungle
by Rita Mae Brown
16. On the Floor
by Aifric Campbell
17. The History of Love
by Nicole Krauss
18. Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
19. The One I was
by Eliza Graham
20. The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins
21. Missoula
by Jon Krakauer
22. Buried Giant
by Kazuo Ishiguro
23. Indefensible
by David Feige
24. The Uninvited Guests
by Sadie Jones
25. Why Not Me?
by Mindy Kaling
26. Modern Romance
by Aziz Ansari
27. Men Explain Things to Me
by Rebecca Solnit
28. Judging Statutes
by Robert A. Katzmann
Brittany's Books 2018
Brittany's Top 5 Books of 2018
22. Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor
21. The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez
20. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (audio)
19. Vincent and Theo by Deborah Heiligman (audio and print)
18. Difficult Women by Roxane Gay
17. Indian Voices: Listening to Native Americans by Alison Owings
16. Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
15. Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae (audio)
14. We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
13. Where Are All the Librarians of Color edited by Rebecca Hankins and Miguel Juárez
12. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
11. I'll Be Gone In the Dark by Michelle McNamara
10. Luchador by Erin Finnegan
9. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
8. Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson (audio)
7. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
6. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond (audio)
5. The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
4. I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L Sánchez (audio)
3. Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman (audio)
2. Scythe by Neal Shusterman (audio)
1. The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime that Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater (audio)
22. Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor
21. The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez
20. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (audio)
19. Vincent and Theo by Deborah Heiligman (audio and print)
18. Difficult Women by Roxane Gay
17. Indian Voices: Listening to Native Americans by Alison Owings
16. Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
15. Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae (audio)
14. We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
13. Where Are All the Librarians of Color edited by Rebecca Hankins and Miguel Juárez
12. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
11. I'll Be Gone In the Dark by Michelle McNamara
10. Luchador by Erin Finnegan
9. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
8. Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson (audio)
7. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
6. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond (audio)
5. The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
4. I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L Sánchez (audio)
3. Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman (audio)
2. Scythe by Neal Shusterman (audio)
1. The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime that Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater (audio)
John's Books 2018
Jazz
by Toni Morrison
Sing, Unburied, Sing
by Jesmyn Ward
Human Acts
by Han Kang
Pale Fire
by Vladimir Nabokov
Cosmicomics
by Italo Calvino
The Boat Rocker
by Ha Jin
Fathers and Sons
by Ivan Turgenev
The Hours
by Michael Cunningham
Sanctuary
by William Faulkner
Golden Hill
by Francis Spufford
Lincoln in the Bardo
by George Saunders
Dogeaters
by Jessica Hagedorn
Our Laundry, Our Town
by Alvin Eng
Hag Seed
by Margaret Atwood
Blood At the Root
by Patrick Phillips
...And the Earth Did Not Devour Him
by Tomás Rivera
Blues and Chaos
by Robert Palmer
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
by Arundhati Roy
A Walker in the City
by Alfred Karin
The Beautiful Struggle
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
William Cooper's Town
by Alan Taylor
Native Guard
by Natasha Trethewey
The Periodic Table
by Primo Levi
Wade in the Water
by Tracy K. Smith
M Street
by Patti Smith
The Leavers
by Lisa Ko
The Black Hand
by Stephan Talty
Speedboat
by Renata Adler
Revolutionary Song
by Russell Shorto
Tunneling to the Center of the Earth
by Kevin Wilson
Last Exit to Brooklyn
by Hubert Selby Jr.
The Right Way to Do Wrong
by Harry Houdini
The Vegetarian
by Han Kang
Lonely Avenue
by Alex Halberstadt
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
The Color of Law
by Richard Rothstein
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
by Jeanne Theoharis
How Not to Get Shot
by D.L. Hugely
New York: Songs of the City
by Nancy Groce
Brown
by Kevin Young
Persuasion Nation
by George Saunders
Gay New York
by George Chauncey
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
by Ottessa Moshfegh
Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers
A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America
by Lillian Fadermann
by Toni Morrison
Sing, Unburied, Sing
by Jesmyn Ward
Human Acts
by Han Kang
Pale Fire
by Vladimir Nabokov
Cosmicomics
by Italo Calvino
The Boat Rocker
by Ha Jin
Fathers and Sons
by Ivan Turgenev
The Hours
by Michael Cunningham
Sanctuary
by William Faulkner
Golden Hill
by Francis Spufford
Lincoln in the Bardo
by George Saunders
Dogeaters
by Jessica Hagedorn
Our Laundry, Our Town
by Alvin Eng
Hag Seed
by Margaret Atwood
Blood At the Root
by Patrick Phillips
...And the Earth Did Not Devour Him
by Tomás Rivera
Blues and Chaos
by Robert Palmer
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
by Arundhati Roy
A Walker in the City
by Alfred Karin
The Beautiful Struggle
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
William Cooper's Town
by Alan Taylor
Native Guard
by Natasha Trethewey
The Periodic Table
by Primo Levi
Wade in the Water
by Tracy K. Smith
M Street
by Patti Smith
The Leavers
by Lisa Ko
The Black Hand
by Stephan Talty
Speedboat
by Renata Adler
Revolutionary Song
by Russell Shorto
Tunneling to the Center of the Earth
by Kevin Wilson
Last Exit to Brooklyn
by Hubert Selby Jr.
The Right Way to Do Wrong
by Harry Houdini
The Vegetarian
by Han Kang
Lonely Avenue
by Alex Halberstadt
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
The Color of Law
by Richard Rothstein
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
by Jeanne Theoharis
How Not to Get Shot
by D.L. Hugely
New York: Songs of the City
by Nancy Groce
Brown
by Kevin Young
Persuasion Nation
by George Saunders
Gay New York
by George Chauncey
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
by Ottessa Moshfegh
Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers
A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America
by Lillian Fadermann
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