One hundred books I’ve read. Want to see more? Browse my Goodreads shelves. (This list is automatically generated from my most recent Goodreads additions).

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comics
Stitches: A Memoir, David Small

community
Creating Community: Five Keys to Building a Small Group Culture, Andy Stanley

fiction
The Gathering, Anne Enright
The House on Fortune Street: A Novel, Margot Livesey
Juliet, Naked, Nick Hornby
Inkheart (Inkheart, #1), Cornelia Funke
The Twin, Gerbrand Bakker
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5), Rick Riordan
Th1rteen R3asons Why, Jay Asher
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4), Rick Riordan
The Highest Tide, Jim Lynch
Her Fearful Symmetry, Audrey Niffenegger
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3), Rick Riordan
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2), Rick Riordan
Home Safe: A Novel, Elizabeth Berg
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1), Rick Riordan
Goldengrove: A Novel, Francine Prose
Ellen Foster, Kaye Gibbons
The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, Terry Pratchett
The Dive From Clausen’s Pier, Ann Packer
The Jane Austen Book Club, Karen Joy Fowler
Life As We Knew It (Moon, #1), Susan Beth Pfeffer
A Widow for One Year, John Irving
Gilead, Marilynne Robinson
Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson
Franny and Zooey, J.D. Salinger
The Whole World Over, Julia Glass
Three Junes, Julia Glass
The Waves, Virginia Woolf
To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf
The Stranger, Albert Camus
The Plague, Albert Camus
She’s Come Undone, Wally Lamb
The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand
The Annotated Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen
The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, Part 2), J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King (The Lord of The Rings, #3), J.R.R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1), J.R.R. Tolkien
The History of Danish Dreams, Peter Høeg
The Woman and the Ape, Peter Høeg
Borderliners, Peter Høeg
Tam Lin, Pamela Dean
The Cider House Rules, John Irving
Midwives, Chris Bohjalian
Another Roadside Attraction, Tom Robbins
Stones from the River, Ursula Hegi
Bluebeard’s Egg: Stories, Margaret Atwood
Emma, Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
Surfacing, Margaret Atwood
Alias Grace, Margaret Atwood
Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, Julia Alvarez
!Yo!, Julia Alvarez
The English patient, Michael Ondaatje
The Robber Bride, Margaret Atwood
Life Before Man, Margaret Atwood
Bodily Harm, Margaret Atwood
The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood
Cat’s Eye, Margaret Atwood
Beloved, Toni Morrison
The Color Purple, Alice Walker
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

food-and-farming
Fat of the Land: Adventures of a 21st Century Forager, Langdon Cook
Gene Logsdon’s Practical Skills: A Revival of Forgotten Crafts, Techniques, and Traditions, Gene Logsdon

grammar
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, Lynne Truss

history
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl, Timothy Egan

learning-and-teaching
The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and “Tougher Standards”, Alfie Kohn
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School, John Medina

memoir
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia, Elizabeth Gilbert
Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (updated edition), Anthony Bourdain

mythology
Mythology, Edith Hamilton

narrative-nonfiction
In Cold Blood, Truman Capote
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, Simon Winchester
An Anthropologist on Mars, Oliver W. Sacks
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales, Oliver W. Sacks
Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, Barbara Ehrenreich

outdoors
Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv
Nature in the City: Seattle : Walks, Hikes, Wildlife, Natural Wonders (Nature in the City), Kathryn True

parenting
Respectful Parents, Respectful Kids: 7 Keys to Turn Family Conflict into Cooperation, Sura Hart
Discipline Without Distress: 135 tools for raising caring, responsible children without time-out, spanking, punishment or bribery, Judy Arnall
Sleepless in America: Is Your Child Misbehaving…or Missing Sleep?, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
ScreamFree Parenting: The Revolutionary Approach to Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool, Hal E. Runkel
Your Four-Year-Old: Wild and Wonderful, Louise Bates Ames
Playful Parenting, Lawrence J. Cohen
Sign With Your Baby : How to Communicate With Infants Before They Can Speak (book only), Joseph Garcia
Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation, Pam England

seasons
The Joy of Family Traditions: A Season-by-Season Companion to 400 Celebrations and Activities, Jennifer Trainer Thompson

sleep
The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night’s Sleep, William C. Dement
Sleepless in America: Is Your Child Misbehaving…or Missing Sleep?, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

storytelling
Bringing the Story Home: The Complete Guide to Storytelling for Parents, Lisa Lipkin

style
Style Statement, Carrie McCarthy

traditions
Raising Freethinkers: A Practical Guide for Parenting Beyond Belief, Dale MacGowan

vocation
Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation, Parker J. Palmer

women
Woman: An Intimate Geography, Natalie Angier

writing
Take Joy: The Writers Guide To Loving The Craft, Jane Yolen