20. Chuck Klosterman: Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story [Scribner] (2005)Might add this to my list.
19. Malcolm Gladwell: The Tipping Point [Little Brown] (2000)
Sounds very interesting.
18. Donald Miller: Blue Like Jazz [Thomas Nelson] (2003)
Not on my list.
17. Carl Wilson: Let’s Talk About Love (A Journey To The End Of Taste) [Continuum] (2007)
Really?? A book about Celine Dion?? Pass.
16. Joseph O’Neill: Netherland [Vintage] (2008)
Haven't heard of it. Boo for me.
15. Eric Schlosser: Fast Food Nation [Houghton Mifflin] (2001)
Not yet. Might be too scared to learn too much.
14. J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter [Bloomsbury] (1998-2007)
I aspire to read these little ditties someday. But the list before them is entirely too vast right now.
13. Ian McEwan: Atonement [Nan A. Talese] (2002)
Had this one as an audiobook from the library. Tried to listen a few times, but kept drifting off. Then when my iPod decided to erase all my music, etc., I lost it. Will probably try again someday though.
12. Doug Blackmon: Slavery By Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II [Doubleday] (2008)
Not really the kind of book I usually read.
11. David Sedaris: Me Talk Pretty One Day [Little, Brown and Company] (2000)Hilarious. Loved it. Think about it all the time.
10. David Foster Wallace: Consider The Lobster And Other Essays [Little, Brown and Company] (2005)
I guess Last Night at the Lobster doesn't count, huh?!
9. Jonathan Safran Foer: Everything Is Illuminated [Harper Perennial] (2002)Don't know it.
8. Joan Didlon: The Year of Magical Thinking [Knopf] (2005)
Sounds really good. Totally my type.
7. Craig Thompson: Blankets [Top Shelf Productions] (2003)
Possible future list item.
6. Markus Zusak: The Book Thief [Knopf] (2005)
I've had my fill of Young Adult novels this year, thank you very much.
5. Jeffrey Eugenides: Middlesex [Picador] (2002)
Funny, touching and fabulous!!
4. Marilynne Robinson: Gilead [Farrar, Straus and Giroux] (2004)
Haven't heard of this one either.
3. Cormac McCarthy: The Road [Knopf] (2006)
Faithful readers of Read My Mind! know that I am obsessed with this book. It's also the hardest I ever cried while reading a novel.
2. Dave Eggers: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius [Simon & Schuster] (2000)
List. Added. You're welcome.
1. Michael Chabon: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay [Random House] (2000)Do I have to read this just because it's #1??
So there you have it. Three. Lame. But I can make myself feel slightly better because these books span all genres and subject matter. Are there any that I haven't read that I simply must? Please weigh in.


