Thanks to all the excellent recommendations from my like literary-minded friends, 2009 was a year filled with good books. Here is a complete (I think…) list of books I read in 2009. I would recommend every one except #s 22, 37, 38, and 39.
- Schooled by Gordon Korman
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
- Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews
- In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
- Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
- Lost by Sarah Prineas
- Stolen by Sarah Prineas
- The Creative Family by Amanda Soule by Nancy Springer
- The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan by Nancy Springer
- The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springer
- The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer
- The Case of the Bizarre Boquets by Nancy Springer
- The Case of the Left-Handed Lady by Nancy Springer
- Savvy by Ingrid Law
- Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard
- Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
- The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
- Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
- Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
- Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
- The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale
- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- Parenting with Love and Logic by Foster W. Cline
- Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
- Graceling by Kristin Cashore
- The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart
- Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
- The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- Rapunzel’s Revenge by Dean and Shannon Hale
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl
- Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
- I Am Morgan Le Fay: A Tale From Camelot by Nancy Springer
- Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
- The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Here are some of the books on my list for 2010:
- The Books of Bayern series by Shannon Hale
- This is What I Did by Ann Dee Ellis
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
- The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
- Wings by Aprilynne Pike
- These Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner
- Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
- The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie R. King
- The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
- Midwives by Chris Bojhalian
- Slob by Ellen Potter
- A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd
And lots more! What’s on your To-Read list this year?
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