The Book List
When I was younger, my shelves were filled with the Babysitter’s Club series and Nancy Drew. Eventually I figured out that each book in these series had basically the same outline. Recently, I’ve gravitated towards books on women’s issues, society, birth order, psychology, sociology, anthropology and just about anything about the human face.
I now present the list of books I’ve read since June of 2001:
= Hated it; am lucky to get through the whole book
= Blah; not horrible, but nothing at all spectacular
= Liked it; enjoyed but maybe not blown away
= Really liked it; would recommend it
= Loved it; probably purchased it for my own collection even though I rarely read books twice
- The Tao of Pooh - Benjamin Hoff (06/01)
- The Fall - Albert Camus (06/01)
- The Stranger - Albert Camus (06/01)
- boy meets girl - Joshua Harris (07/01)
- Waiting: true confessions of a waitress - Debra Ginsberg (07/01)
- SchoolGirls - Peggy Orenstein (07/01)
- Franny and Zooey - J.D. Salinger (08/01)
- Tumble Home - Amy Hempel (08/01)
- Reasons to Live - Amy Hempel (08/01)
- Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis (09/01)
- The One - Sam Adams (09/01)
- The Birth Order Book - Dr. Kevin Leman (09/01)
- The Birth Order Connection - Dr. Kevin Leman (10/01)
- The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath (10/01)
- The Women Who Broke All the Rules - Susan B. Evans & Joan P. Avis (10/01)
- The Four Loves - C.S. Lewis (10/01)
- Holy the Firm - Annie Dillard (10/01)
- The Feel of Silence - Bonnie Poitras Tucker (11/01)
- Almost No Memory - Lydia Davis (11/01)
- Self-Help - Lorrie Moore (11/01)
- Desecration - Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins (11/01)
- The Human Face - Brian Bates & John Cleese (12/01)
- The Face: A Natural History - Daniel McNeill (12/01)
- Can’t Buy My Love - Jean Kilbourne (12/01)
- Games People Play - Eric Berne (12/01)
- Born to Win - Muriel James (01/01)
- The Naked Face - Lailan Young (01/02)
- Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? - Lorrie Moore (01/02)
- Birds of America - Lorrie Moore (02/02)
- Handwriting Analysis - Karen Amend & Mary S. Ruiz (03/02)
- Rita Hayworth & The Shawshank Redemption - Stephen King (03/02)
- Siddhartha - Herman Hesse (03/02)
- A Raisin in the Sun - Lorraine Hansberry (04/02)
- Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck (04/02)
- The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald (05/02)
- The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery (05/02)
- Brave New World - Aldous Huxley (05/02)
- The Inmates Are Running the Asylum - Alan Cooper (06/02)
- The Psychology of Everyday Things - Donald A. Norman (06/02)
- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers (06/02)
- What I Wish I’d Known Before I Got Married - Kay Coles James (06/02)
- Date or Soul Mate? - Neil Clark Warren, Ph. D. (06/02)
- Emotion: The Science of Sentiment - Dylan Evans (06/02)
- How the Mind Works - Steven Pinker (07/02)
- The Seven Sins of Memory - Daniel L. Schacter (07/02)
- The Remnant - Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins (07/02)
- The Psychology of the Internet - Patricia Wallace (07/02)
- Story People - Brian Andreas (08/02)
- Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry - Lisa Bevere (09/02)
- The War Against Boys - Christina Hoff Sommers (10/02)
- Othello - William Shakespeare (11/02)
- Ordinary Resurrections - Jonathan Kozol (01/03)
- The Five Love Languages - Gary Chapman (01/03)
- Being Adolescent - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi & Reed Larson (02/03)
- Gender Play - Barrie Thorne (02/03)
- You Can’t Say You Can’t Play - Vivian Gussin Paley (02/03)
- Don’t Make Me Think - Steve Krug (03/03)
- Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus - John Gray, Ph.D. (03/03)
- A Grief Observed - C.S. Lewis (04/03)
- Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson (04/03)
- Jacob Have I Loved - Katherine Paterson (04/03)
- The Giver - Lois Lowry (05/03)
- Party of One: The Loners’ Manifesto - Anneli Rufus (05/03)
- Branded: the buying and selling of teenagers - Alissa Quart (06/03)
- Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic - John DeGraaf (07/03)
- The Culture of Fear - Barry Glassner (08/03)
- Table for One - Camerin Courtney (09/03)
- The Purpose Driven Life - Rick Warren (11/03)
- In the Shelter of Each Other - Mary Pipher (11/03)
- It Takes So Little to Be Above Average - Florence Littauer (12/03)
- Living Alone & Loving It - Barbara Feldon (12/03)
- Passion & Purity - Elisabeth Elliot (12/03)
- The Mark of a Man - Elisabeth Elliot (12/03)
- Living Alone & Liking It - Lynn Shahan (01/04)
- Shadow of the Almighty - Elisabeth Elliot (01/04)
- How Now Shall We Live? - Charles Colson (01/04)
- Through Gates of Splendor - Elisabeth Elliot (01/04)
- Let Me Be a Woman - Elisabeth Elliot (01/04)
- How Your Church Family Works - Peter L. Steinke (02/04)
- Hollywood vs. America - Michael Medved (02/04)
- Evidence That Demands a Verdict Vol. I & II - Josh McDowell (02/04)
- Time For Truth - Os Guinness (03/04)
- The New Tolerance - Josh McDowell & Bob Hostetler (03/04)
- Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance? - Louis Gerstner, Jr. (03/04)
- Gathering Blue - Lois Lowry (03/04)
- The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands - Dr. Laura Schlessinger (04/04)
- Courageous Leadership - Bill Hybels (04/04)
- Children’s Ministry That Works - Craig Jutila (05/04)
- Glorious Appearing - Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins (05/04)
- Sacred Pathways - Gary Thomas (05/04)
- Think Like Jesus - George Barna (06/04)
- Roaring Lambs - Bob Briner (06/04)
- Business for the Glory of God - W.A. Grudem (06/04)
- Why You Can’t Stay Silent - Tom Minnery (06/04)
- Under the Influence - Alvin J. Schmidt (06/04)
- The Universe Next Door - J.W. Sire (06/04)
- The Vision of the Anointed - T. Sowell (06/04)
- Marriage Under Fire - Dr. James Dobson (07/04)
- The Steps to Freedom in Christ - Neil T. Anderson (07/04)
- Every Man’s Battle - Steven Arterburn (07/04)
- How Will I Tell My Mother? - Steven Arterburn (07/04)
- Sometimes Miracles Hide - Bruce Carroll (07/04)
- Love Must Be Tough - Dr. James Dobson (07/04)
- The Strong Willed Child - Dr. James Dobson (07/04)
- His Needs, Her Needs - W. Harley (07/04)
- The Financially Confident Woman - M. Hunt (07/04)
- You Are Special - Max Lucado (07/04)
- Father Hunger - R. McGee (07/04)
- Healing For Damaged Emotions - D.A. Semands (07/04)
- Sacred Marriage - Gary Thomas (07/04)
- The Macintosh Reader - Doug Clapp (08/04)
- Apple Confidential - Owen Linzmayer (08/04)
- The Second Coming of Steve Jobs - Alan Deutschman (08/04)
- Abba’s Child - Brennan Manning (09/04)
- The Contrarian’s Guide to Leadership - Steven B. Sample (09/04)
- Spirit-Controlled Temperament - Tim LaHaye (10/04)
- Next Door Savior - Max Lucado (11/04)
- Car Talk - Tom & Ray Magliozzi (11/04)
- Finding a Church You Can Love & Loving the Church You’ve Found - Kevin & Sherry Harney (11/04)
- Traveling Light - Max Lucado (1/05)
- The Complete Book of Questions - Garry Poole (01/05)
- Falling in Love For All the Right Reasons - Dr. Neil Clark Warren (02/05)
- Now, Discover Your Strengths - Marcus Buckingham (02/05)
- Why We Buy - Paco Underhill (02/05)
- The Way of Transition - William Bridges (03/05)
- What Color Is Your Parachute? - Richard N. Bolles (03/05)
- Do What You Are - Paul D. Tieger & Barbara Barron-Tieger (03/05)
- Fast Food Nation - Eric Schlosser (03/05)
- Blink - Malcolm Gladwell (03/05)
- Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell (03/05)
- The Dream Giver - Bruce Wilkinson (03/05)
- The Will of God - Leslie D. Weatherhead (03/05)
- Why Marriages Succeed or Fail - John Gottman, Ph.D. (03/05)
- The Prisoner in the Third Cell - Gene Edwards (03/05)
- Something New - Amanda Beesley (03/05)
- I Like Being Married - Michael Leach & Therese J. Borchard (04/05)
- Good to Great - Jim Collins (04/05)
- Breakout Churches - Thom Rainer (04/05)
- Call of the Mall - Paco Underhill (04/05)
- The Relationship Cure - John Gottman, Ph.D. (05/05)
- The Love List - Les & Leslie Parrott (05/05)
- Love Talk - Les & Leslie Parrott (05/05)
- The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership - John C. Maxwell (05/05)
- Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts - Les & Leslie Parrott (05/05)
- Don’t Think Pink - Lisa Johnson & Andrea Learned (05/05)
- Emotional Branding - Daryl Travis (05/05)
- The Anatomy of Buzz - Emanuel Rosen (05/05)
- The Case for Christ - Lee Strobel (05/05)
- Darwin’s Black Box - Michael J. Behe (05/05)
- Amazon.com: Get Big Fast - Robert Spector (06/05)
- A Severe Mercy - Sheldon Vanauken (06/05)
- Opportunities in Psychology Careers - Charles M. Super (06/05)
- Girl Meets God - Lauren F. Winner (06/05)
- Real Sex: The Naked Truth About Chastity - Lauren F. Winner (07/05)
- Nuts! Southwest Airlines’ Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success - Kevin & Jackie Freiberg (07/05)
- Built to Last - Jim Collins (08/05)
- The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive - Patrick Lencioni (08/05)
- Why People Buy Things They Don’t Need - Pamela N. Danziger (08/05)
- Amazonia - James Marcus (08/05)
- The Five Temptations of a CEO - Patrick Lencioni (08/05)
- Death By Meeting - Patrick Lencioni (08/05)
- The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank - David Plotz (08/05)
- The Case for Marriage - Linda J. Waite & Maggie Gallagher (08/05)
- A Return to Modesty - Wendy Shalit (09/05)
- Shattered Dreams - Larry Crabb (09/05)
- Rebuilt - Michael Chorost (09/05)
- How Full is Your Bucket? - Tom Rath & Donald O. Clifton (09/05)
- Captivating - John & Stasi Eldredge (09/05)
- Raving Fans - Ken Blanchard (10/05)
- My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student - Rebekah Nathan (10/05)
- I’m the Teacher, You’re the Student - Patrick Allitt (10/05)
- Freakonomics - Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner (10/05)
- iCon Steve Jobs - Jeffrey S. Young & William L. Simon (10/05)
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis (11/05)
- Finding God - Larry Crabb (11/05)
- The Consolations of Imperfection - Donald McCullough (12/05)
- Marriable - Hayley DiMarco & Michael DiMarco (12/05)
- Blue Like Jazz - Donald Miller (01/06)
- The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom (01/06)
- Wild at Heart - John Eldredge (02/06)
- For Women Only - Shaunti Feldhahn (03/06)
- Velvet Elvis - Rob Bell (03/06)
- The Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion (04/06)
- Experiencing Grief - H. Norman Wright (04/06)
- A Good Friend for Bad Times - Deborah E. Bowen & Susan L. Strickler (04/06)
- Blue Genes - Paul Meier, M.D., et al. (04/06)
- Praise Habit - David Crowder (05/06)
- How We Die - Sherwin B. Nuland (05/06)
- Searching for God Knows What - Donald Miller (05/06)
- For Men Only - Shaunti & Jeff Feldhahn (05/06)
- Recovering From the Losses of Life - H. Norman Wright (07/06)
- I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye - Brook Noel & Pamela D. Blair, Ph.D. (07/06)
- The Last Thing We Talk About - Joseph Bayly (08/06)
- Gifts Differing - Isabel Briggs Myers (08/06)
- Small Things Considered: Why There Is No Perfect Design - Henry Petroski (09/06)
- Stumbling on Happiness - Daniel Gilbert (10/06)
- Protect and Defend - Richard North Patterson (10/06)
- Digital Fortress - Dan Brown (12/06)
- Love & Respect - Emerson Eggerichs (12/06)
- Here’s to Hindsight - Tara Leigh Cobble (01/07)
- The Introvert Advantage - Marti Olsen Laney (01/07)
- The Undertaking - Thomas Lynch (01/07)
- The Digital Photography Book - Scott Kelby (02/07)
- The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness - Steven Levy (02/07)
- Remember Me - Lisa Takeuchi Cullen (02/07)
- Give It Up! - Mary Carlomagno (03/07)
- Stiff - Mary Roach (03/07)
- Against Depression - Peter D. Kramer (03/07)
- Cemetery Stories - Katherine Ramsland (03/07)
- Corpse - Jessica Snyder Sachs (03/07)
- Death’s Acre - Dr. Bill Bass (03/07)
- Sex God - Rob Bell (04/07)
- Bodies in Motion and at Rest - Thomas Lynch (04/07)
- Strong Women, Soft Hearts - Paula Rinehart (05/07)
- 90 Minutes in Heaven - Don Piper (05/07)
- Grace (Eventually) - Anne Lamott (06/07)
- The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke - Suze Orman (06/07)
- The Total Money Makeover - Dave Ramsey (07/07)
- Everything is Miscellaneous - David Weinberger (07/07)
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone - J.K. Rowling (08/07)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling (08/07)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling (08/07)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling (09/07)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling (09/07)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling (09/07)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling (09/07)
- 48 Days to the Work You Love - Dan Miller (09/07)
- Rule the Web - Mark Frauenfelder (10/07)
- Not a Safe God - Tim Riter (10/07)
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad - Robert T. Kiyosaki (11/07)
- Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters - Meg Meeker, M.D. (11/07)
- Unprotected - Anonymous, M.D. (11/07)
- Open Embrace - Sam & Bethany Torode (11/07)
- What Happens When We Die - Sam Parnia, M.D., Ph.D. (11/07)
- The Language of God - Francis S. Collins (11/07)
- It’s Not News, It’s Fark - Drew Curtis (12/07)
- Start Late, Finish Rich - David Bach (12/07)
- The Silent Twins - Marjorie Wallace (12/07)
- The Jesus I Never Knew - Philip Yancey (01/08)
- Body of Work - Christine Montross (01/08)
- First Cut - Albert Howard Carter III (01/08)
- Tales of a Female Nomad - Rita Golden Gelman (01/08)
- Boundaries in Dating - Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend (01/08)
- Woman Power - Dr. Laura Schlessinger (01/08)
- Get Married - Candice Watters (02/08)
- The Shack - William P. Young (02/08)