The year in books

Written by karen on January 3rd, 2017

Here is the list of books I read this year (in the order I read them with the particularly great ones in bold, also shown in the banner above):

  1. Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
  2. Summer of My Amazing Luck by Miriam Toews
  3. The Moor’s Account by Laila Lalami
  4. Irma Voth by Miriam Toews
  5. A Boy of Good Breeding  by Miriam Toews
  6. The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews
  7. Born for This by Chris Guillebeau
  8. En Recuerdo de: The Dying Art of Mexican Cemeteries in the Southwest by Bruce F. Jordan
  9. As Aways, Julia by Julia Child and Avis Devoto
  10. Journey through an Arid Land by G. Davies Jandrey
  11. Language Arts by Stephanie Kallos
  12. The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr
  13. Where All Light Tends to Go by David Joy
  14. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
  15. A Movable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
  16. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
  17. The Rabbit Back Literature Society  by Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen
  18. Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham
  19. The Last Train to Zona Verde by Paul Theroux
  20. Deep South by Paul Theroux
  21. Blood, Bones, and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton
  22. The Empty Mirror by Janwillem van de Wetering
  23. The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
  24. 10:04 by Ben Lerner
  25. Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
  26. The Happiness of Pursuit by Chris Guillebeau
  27. Arizona Kicks on Route 66 by Roger Naylor
  28. The Land of Open Graves by Jason De León
  29. My Life in France by Julia Child
  30. Alaska by James Michener
  31. The Litigators by John Grisham
  32. At the Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen
  33. The Racketeer by John Grisham
  34. Drop Shot by Harlan Coben
  35. Nathan Coulter by Wendell Berry
  36. The Oath by Jeffrey Toobin
  37. A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
  38. Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry
  39. American Heiress by Jeffrey Toobin
  40. Outside 25: Classic Tales and New Voices from the Frontiers of Adventure edited by Hal Espen
  41. The Best American Travel Writing 2006 by Tim Cahill (Editor)
  42. The Backbone of the World by Frank Clifford
  43. Where the Waters Divide by Karen Berger and Daniel R. Smith
  44. Going Back to Bisbee by Richard Shelton
  45. Dear Data by by Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec
  46. Crossing the Yard by Richard Shelton
  47. Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry
  48. That Distant Land by Wendell Berry
  49. Andy Catlett by Wendell Berry
  50. Whitefoot by Wendell Berry
  51. A Place in Time by Wendell Berry
  52. The Whistler by John Grisham
  53. My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

As usual, there were several authors I read several books by — Miriam Toews, Julia Child, Paul Theroux, Wendell Berry. The Berry books were particularly special, and I finished the last of his fiction that I hadn’t read earlier. (I’d been saving them up, and it was a nice way to finish the year.)

 

 

3 Comments so far ↓

  1. Congratulations on your completion of a book a week average for 2016.

    It interests me that I read only one book this year by an author on your list. Happy and I read *Vinegar Girl* by Anne Tyler which we recommend.

    Keep reading!

  2. VALERIE says:

    Just Mercy is a finalist for our common text for 2017-18.

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