Wednesday, December 31, 2014

2014 Book List

I met my goal this year. I managed to finish (more than) 30 books in 365 days and enjoy almost all of them. May 2015 be as promising.
  • The Tender Bar: A Memoir by J.R. Moehringer
  • The Cuckcoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
  • The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family by Josh Hanagarne
  • My Story by Elizabeth Smart
  • Room by Emma Donoghue
  • The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
  • A House in the Sky: A Memoir by Amanda Lindhout and Sarah Corbett
  • Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
  • Divergent by Veronica Roth
  • Slim for Life: My Insider Simple, Fast, and Lasting Weight Loss by Jillian Michaels
  • The Antelope in the Living Room: The Story of Two People Sharing One Life by Melanie Shankle
  • I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
  • And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini‎
  • Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
  • Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
  • Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
  • The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
  • Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
  • Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
  • The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
  • Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 
  • The Invisible Mountain by Carolina De Robertis 
  • The Dog Lived (and So Will I) by Teresa Rhyne 
  • Fragile by Lisa Unger
  • Easily Amused by Karen McQuestion 
  • Matilda by Ronald Dahl
  • A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry 
  • Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
  • The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd 
  • The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf
  • What I Know For Sure by Oprah Winfrey
  • Blue Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews
  • Rare Bird by Anna Whiston-Donaldson
"Every book is a miracle. Every book represents a moment when someone sat quietly--and that quiet is part of the miracle, make no mistake--and tired to tell the rest of us a story." J.R. Moehringer (The Tender Bar)