The Quest To 100
In 2011, I attempted to read 100 books during the course of the year. I made it to 74, a pretty big accomplishment! Here’s a complete list of what I read in 2011:
As of December 31, 2011:
1) Little House in the Big Woods, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
2) Farmer Boy, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
3) Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett
4) Eighteen Acres, by Nicolle Wallace
5) The Danish Girl, by Daniel Ebershoff
6) The Tourist, by Olen Steinhauer
7) The Last Ember, by Daniel Levin
8 ) Room, by Emma Donoghue
9) The Book Thief, by Marcus Zuzak
10) The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
11) The Confessor, by Daniel Silva
12) A Death In Vienna, by Daniel Silva
13) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot
14) The Boxcar Children, by Gertrude Chandler Warner
15) The Borrowers, by Mary Norton
16) Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O’Dell
17) The Other Daughter, by Lisa Gardner
18) Surprise Island, by Gertrude Chandler Warner
19) The Schoolhouse Mystery, by Gertrude Chandler Warner
20) Caboose Mystery, by Gertrude Chandler Warner
21) Snowbound Mystery, by Gertrude Chandler Warner
22) A Season for the Dead, by David Hewson
23) The Neighbor, by Lisa Gardner
24) Sarah’s Key, by Tatiana de Rosnay
25) The Killing Hour, by Lisa Gardner
26) Cross Fire, by James Patterson
27) The Postcard Killers, by James Patterson
28) Unbearable Lightness, by Portia de Rossi
29) Pictures of You, by Caroline Leavitt
30) Look Again, by Lisa Scottoline
31) Night, by Elie Wiesel
32) Kiss The Girls, by James Patterson
33) Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows, by JK Rowling
34) Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs
35) Death du Jour, by Kathy Reichs
36) Fatal Voyage, by Kathy Reichs
37) Carrots N Cake, by Tina Haupert
38) When Madeline Was Young, by Jane Hamilton
39) The Face on the Milk Carton, by Caroline B. Cooney
40) In the Garden of Beasts, by Erik Larson
41) Gorky Park, by Martin Cruz Smith
42) The Stranger Beside Me, by Ann Rule
43) The Devil’s Star, by Jo Nestbo
44) The Murderer’s Daughters, by Randy Susan Meyers
45) High Crimes, by Joseph Finder
46) Digital Fortress, by Dan Brown
47) The Year of Living Biblically, by AJ Jacobs
48) Portrait of a Spy, by Daniel Silva
49) Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher
50) (!!!) Death at the Chateau Bremont, by M.L. Longworth
51) French Women Don’t Get Fat, by Mireille Guiliano
52) Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix, by J.K. Rowling
53) What to Expect Before You’re Expecting, by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel
54) The Green River Killer, by Carlton Smith and Thomas Guillen
55) Untold Story, by Monica Ali
56) The Tiger’s Wife, by Tea Obreht
57) Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives, by Annie Murphy Paul
58) The Alchemist, by Paul Coelho
59) Bury Your Dead, by Louise Penny
60) The Snowman, by Jo Nesbø
61) Mystic River, by Dennis Lehane
62) The Faithful Spy, by Alex Berensen
63) 206 Bones, by Kathy Reichs
64) The Redbreast, by Jo Nesbø
65) Damaged, by Alex Kava
66) Baby Catcher, by Peggy Vincent
67) Post Mortem, by Patricia Cornwell
68) The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
69) Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins
70) Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins
71) Before I Go To Sleep, by S.J. Watson
72) The Autobiography of Santa Claus, as told to Jeff Guinn
73) Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett (again! I guess I thought it would be a good bookend to the year or something, haha)
74) A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
75) Red Mist, by Patricia Cornwell
76) 11/22/63 by Stephen King
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If you like Laura Ingalls Wilder I would suggest Little House in the Big Woods. It’s the first of the series (they lived in a cabin before moving to the prairie). It’s my favorite LIW and I’ve read most of them (well my mom read them to me when I was younger). I also love On the Banks of Plum Creek.
Hi Debbie! Thanks for stopping by! I have actually read–and in fact, I own–all of the Little House books. I love them too!
And I just realized that book should have been listed as Little House in the Big Woods…I started re-reading them in order this year!
We read Little House in the Big Woods in 3rd grade and I collected all of them until late middle school! I had her series and her daughters and I think some pre-little woods books, too? I totally forgot about those books – I wonder if my mother still has them!
Did you read “Go Ask Alice” when you were a teen? If not, or even if you did, go read it. I re-read it this year and it was just as crazy to me today as it was then. Quick read too.
You MUST read the hunger games series. I didn’t think I would like them (because I had no idea what they were about) but they were awesome and such fast reads. I’m sad I finished them all!
You’re doing well. Do you listen to audio books as well as read hard copies? I find that helps me get through a lot of books. My goal is set at 60 (on goodreads.com) right now but I think I might bump it up to 100 when I hit that goal.
Did you like Sarah’s Key? I have it on my shelf, it’s waiting for me to read it. The Kitchen House, Water for Elephants, Trustee from the Toolroom, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet and Shanghai Girls were all excellent reads.
Thanks for all of the suggestions! I do not listen to audio books, but I really should because I LOVE talk radio on in the car (rather than just music–I prefer talk, actually). I will pick some up!
I loved Sarah’s Key. Very quick read–let me know what you think of it when you’re done!
I though about you when I finished this book today so I am here to recommend “Still Alice”
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2153405.Still_Alice
I really enjoyed it and hope you do too!
Ooh, thanks for the rec! I am adding it to my list!