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

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The Way to Cook, Julia Child
The Cradle: A Novel, Patrick Somerville
A Short History of Women: A Novel, Kate Walbert
Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line, Martha A. Sandweiss
Hatchet, Gary Paulsen
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why, Laurence Gonzales
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales, Bruno Bettelheim
Day After Night: A Novel, Anita Diamant
The Scavenger’s Guide to Haute Cuisine, Steven Rinella
Breaking Ground: The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the Unearthing of Tse-whit-zen Village (A Capell Family Book), Lynda V. Mapes
Mudbound, Hillary Jordan
The Dead and the Gone (Moon, #2), Susan Beth Pfeffer
Knife Skills Illustrated: A User’s Manual, Peter Hertzmann

biography
Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line, Martha A. Sandweiss

citizenship
Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity, and Courage in a World Gone Mad, Frances Moore Lappé

comics
Persepolis 1: The Story of a Childhood, Marjane Satrapi

conservation
Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World, Richard Heinberg

danish
Møte ved Milepelen (Paperback), Sigurd Hoel

death-and-dying
In Memoriam, Amanda, Bennett
Funerals Without God: A Practical Guide to Non-Religious Funerals, Jane Wynne Willson
Talking About Death, Virginia Morris
How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter, Sherwin B. Nuland
When Parents Die: A Guide for Adults, Edward Myers
Fatherless Women: How We Change After We Lose Our Dads, Clea Simon

fiction
The Cradle: A Novel, Patrick Somerville
A Short History of Women: A Novel, Kate Walbert
Hatchet, Gary Paulsen
Day After Night: A Novel, Anita Diamant
Her Fearful Symmetry, Audrey Niffenegger
Ulysses (Modern Fiction), James Joyce
Mudbound, Hillary Jordan
People of the Book, Geraldine Brooks
The Dead and the Gone (Moon, #2), Susan Beth Pfeffer
The Children’s Book, A.S. Byatt
Home: A Novel, Marilynne Robinson
Selected Stories, Andre Dubus
Winesburg, Ohio (Oxford World’s Classics), Sherwood Anderson
The Hours, Michael Cunningham
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories, Alice Munro
Angle of Repose, Wallace Stegner
The Diamond in the Window (The Hall Family Chronicles), Jane Langton
White People, Allan Gurganus
The Good Mother: A Novel, Sue Miller
Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure, Michael Chabon

food-and-farming
The Way to Cook, Julia Child
Cooking from the Heart: The Hmong Kitchen in America, Sami Scripter
An Edible History of Humanity, Tom Standage
The Scavenger’s Guide to Haute Cuisine, Steven Rinella
Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese, Brad Kessler
Bull Cook and Authentic Historical Recipes and Practices, George Leonard Herter
Eat Where You Live: How to Find and Enjoy Fantastic Local and Sustainable Food No Matter Where You Live, Lou Bendrick
The Backyard Beekeeper: An Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden, Kim Flottum
The Food of a Younger Land: The WPA’s Portrait of Food in Pre-World War II America, Mark Kurlansky
Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human, Richard W. Wrangham
Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness, Lisa M. Hamilton
The Likes of Us: Photography and the Farm Security Administration, Stu Cohen
On Good Land: The Autobiography of an Urban Farm, Michael Ableman
Knife Skills Illustrated: A User’s Manual, Peter Hertzmann
The Young Farmers Manual: Detailing The Manipulations Of The Farm In A Plain And Intelligible Manner (1860), S. Edwards Todd
Cheesemonger: A Life on the Wedge, Gordon Edgar

grammar
Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences, Kitty Burns Florey

health
Migraine, Oliver W. Sacks

learning-and-teaching
Into the Field: A Guide to Locally Focused Teaching (Nature Literacy Series Vol. 3) (Nature Literacy Series No. 3), Leslie Clare Walker
Place-Based Education: Connecting Classrooms & Communities (Nature Literacy Series Vol. 4) (New Patriotism Series, 4), David Sobel
The Project Approach: Making Curriculum Come Alive (Book 1), Sylvia C. Chard
Young Investigators: The Project Approach in the Early Years (Early Childhood Education Series (Teachers College Pr)), Judy Harris Helm
Working in the Reggio Way: A Beginner’s Guide for American Teachers, Julianne Wurm
Mapmaking with Children: Sense of Place Education for the Elementary Years, David Sobel
Playing Smart: The Family Guide to Enriching, Offbeat Learning Activities for Ages 4 to 14, Susan K. Perry
The Art of Teaching Writing, Lucy Calkins
The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life, Parker J. Palmer

memoir
Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son, Michael Chabon
This Boy’s Life: A Memoir, Tobias Wolff

narrative-nonfiction
Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers’ Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University, Wendy Call
Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do, Studs Terkel

native
Everything You Know about Indians Is Wrong (Indigenous Americas), Paul Chaat Smith
Breaking Ground: The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the Unearthing of Tse-whit-zen Village (A Capell Family Book), Lynda V. Mapes

northwest
Reading Seattle: The City in Prose, John Trombold
Breaking Ground: The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the Unearthing of Tse-whit-zen Village (A Capell Family Book), Lynda V. Mapes

outdoors
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, Bill Bryson
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why, Laurence Gonzales
Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness, Lyanda Lynn Haupt
Nature Walks in & Around Seattle: All-Season Exploring in Parks, Forests, and Wetlands, Cathy M. McDonald
Parents’ Guide to Hiking & Camping: A Trailside Guide, Alice Cary
The Amateur Naturalist, Gerald Durrell

parenting
The Challenging Child: Understanding, Raising, and Enjoying the Five “Difficult” Types of Children, Stanley I. Greenspan
Girl Wars: 12 Strategies That Will End Female Bullying, Cheryl Dellasega
Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and the New Realities of Girl World, Rosalind Wiseman
Your Competent Child, Jesper Juul
Parents’ Guide to Hiking & Camping: A Trailside Guide, Alice Cary
Jump into Literacy: Active Learning for Preschool Children, Rae Pica
Caring Spaces, Learning Places (Children’s Environments That Work), Jim Greenman
Beyond the Rainbow Bridge : Nurturing our children from birth to seven, Barbara J. Patterson
Playing by Heart: The Vision and Practice of Belonging, O. Fred Donaldson
Because I Love Her, Nicki Richesin
Growing a Girl: Seven Strategies for Raising a Strong, Spirited Daughter, Barbara Mackoff
Hunting for Hope: A Father’s Journeys, Scott Russell Sanders

reading-about-reading
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales, Bruno Bettelheim
How Reading Changed My Life (Library of Contemporary Thought), Anna Quindlen
Jump into Literacy: Active Learning for Preschool Children, Rae Pica
The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child, Donalyn Miller
Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever, Mem Fox
Reading Women, Stefan Bollmann
The Mother-Daughter Book Club Rev Ed.: How Ten Busy Mothers and Daughters Came Together to Talk, Laugh, and Learn Through Their Love of Reading, Shireen Dodson

relationships
How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It: Finding Love Beyond Words, Patricia Love

safety
Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook: Everything You Need to Know to Keep Your Family Safe in a Crisis, Peggy Layton
The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence, Gavin de Becker

space
The Mercury 13: The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight, Martha Ackmann
Apollo 13, Jeffrey Kluger

traditions
New Traditions: Redefining Celebrations for Today’s Family, Susan A. Lieberman

women
When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present, Gail Collins
A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx, Elaine Showalter

writing
Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers’ Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University, Wendy Call