The TBR Shelf (books on my TBR shelf for 1 year or more)
Pultizer Prize Winners: Fiction
Newbery Medal Books
Willa Cather's Published Works (a chronological list with links to my reviews)
The Classics Club
Yearly Summaries: (links go to detailed posts)
Books Read in 2014: 69 books total (12 NF, 5 Classics, 21 JF, 31 Adult Fiction)
TOP 5:
- The Lighthouse Road by Peter Geye
- The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
- Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
- I Shall Be Near to You by Erin Lindsay McCabe
- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Books Read in 2013: 79 books total (11 NF, 12 Classics, 15 JF, 41 Adult Fiction)
TOP 5:
- The Illusion of Separateness by Simon Van Booy
- The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
- Whose Names are Unknown by Sanora Babb
- My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather
- The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler
Books Read in 2012: 95 books total (14 NF, 17 Classics, 20 JF, 44 Adult Fiction)
TOP 5:
- Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese
- A Monster Calls, Patrick Ness
- Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand
- How Green Was My Valley, Richard Llewellyn
- Hell and Ohio, Chris Holbrook
Books Read in 2011: 126 books total (18 NF, 37 Classics, 26 JF, 45 Adult Fiction)
TOP 5:
- A Long Long Way, Sebastian Barry
- Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
- Tales of Belkin, Alexander Pushkin
- Revolutionary Road, Richard Yates
- The Great Gatsby, F.Scott Fitzgerald
Books Read in 2010: 120 books total (25 NF, 12 Classics, 47 JF, 36 Adult Fiction)
TOP 5:
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith
- Star of the Sea, Joseph O'Connor
- The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver
- Mansfield Park, Jane Austen
- Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut
Books Read in 2009: 110 books total (17 NF, 17 Classics, 53 JF, 23 Adult Fiction)
TOP 5:
- The Johnstown Flood, David McCullough
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
- War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
- The Song of the Lark, Willa Cather
- Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout
Books Read in 2008: 110 books total (29 NF, 8 Classics, 59 JF, 14 Adult Fiction)
TOP 5:
- The Mother Tongue, Bill Bryson
- Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri
- Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen
- Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Jules Verne
- Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand
- How Green Was My Valley, Richard Llewellyn
- Hell and Ohio, Chris Holbrook
Books Read in 2011: 126 books total (18 NF, 37 Classics, 26 JF, 45 Adult Fiction)
TOP 5:
- A Long Long Way, Sebastian Barry
- Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
- Tales of Belkin, Alexander Pushkin
- Revolutionary Road, Richard Yates
- The Great Gatsby, F.Scott Fitzgerald
Books Read in 2010: 120 books total (25 NF, 12 Classics, 47 JF, 36 Adult Fiction)
TOP 5:
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith
- Star of the Sea, Joseph O'Connor
- The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver
- Mansfield Park, Jane Austen
- Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut
Books Read in 2009: 110 books total (17 NF, 17 Classics, 53 JF, 23 Adult Fiction)
TOP 5:
- The Johnstown Flood, David McCullough
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
- War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
- The Song of the Lark, Willa Cather
- Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout
Books Read in 2008: 110 books total (29 NF, 8 Classics, 59 JF, 14 Adult Fiction)
TOP 5:
- The Mother Tongue, Bill Bryson
- Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri
- Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen
- Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Jules Verne
