Here are my top 10 favorite books I read in 2018:
1. Howards End--E.M. Forster
2. Room to Dream--David Lynch and Kristine McKenna
3. The Humbling--Philip Roth
4. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt--Edmund Morris
5. Slouching towards Bethlehem--Joan Didion
6. This Living Hand--Edmund Morris
7. Rush Revere and the First Patriots--Rush Limbaugh
8. Guilty as Sin--Edward Klein
9. Ghosts--Raina Telgemeier
10. Nemesis--Philip Roth
These are the 47 books I read in 2018:
1. Sing, Unburied, Sing--Jesmyn Ward
2. Shattered--Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes
3. The Paradigm--Jonathan Cahn
4. Fatwa--Pamela Geller
5. Daniel's Story--Carol Matas
6. American Pravda--James O'Keefe
7. Slouching Towards Bethlehem--Joan Didion
8. The Largesse of the Sea Maiden--Denis Johnson
9. Ellis Island and Other Stories--Mark Helprin
10. Guilty as Sin--Edward Klein
11. Howard End--E.M. Forster
12. All Out War--Edward Klein
13. On Beauty--Zadie Smith
14. Killing the Deep State--Jerome R. Corsi
15. Leaving Before the Rains Come--Alexandra Fuller
16. In the Distance--Hernan Diaz
17. Little Bee--Chris Cleave
18. Less--Andrew Sean Greer
19. Ghosts--Raina Telgemeier
20. The Girl Who Drank the Moon--Kelly Barnhill
21. Raymie Nightingale--Kate DiCamillo
22. The Idiot--Elif Batuman
23. Rush Revere and the First Patriots--Rush Limbaugh
24. Captain Marvel: Carol Danvers-The Ms. Marvel Years Vol. 1--Brian Reed
25. Ghost Lights--Lydia Millet
26. Magnificence--Lydia Millet
27. Deceivers--Terry James (ed.)
28. The Saddest Ship Afloat--Allison Lawlor
29. Room to Dream--David Lynch and Kristine McKenna
30. Who Was Davy Crockett?--Gail Herman
31. Who Was Marco Polo?--Joan Holub
32. Who Was Babe Ruth?--Joan Holub
33. Who Was Mother Teresa?--Jim Gigliotti
34. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie--Ayana Mathis
35. Who Was Elvis Presley?--Geoff Edgers
36. Who Was Steve Jobs?--Pam Pollack
37. Where'd You Go, Bernadette--Maria Semple
38. This Living Hand--Edmund Morris
39. Resistance Is Futile!--Ann Coulter
40. The Snow Whale--John Minichillo
41. A House in the Sky--Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett
42. Krakatoa--Simon Winchester
43. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt--Edmund Morris
44. I Am Having So Much Fun Here without You--Courtney Maum
45. The Humbling--Philip Roth
46. Nemesis--Philip Roth
47. Educated--Tara Westover
Sunday, December 30, 2018
Sunday, December 31, 2017
The Books I Read in 2017 and My Top 10 List
In the summer of 2017, my second book, American Abandon, was self-published as both an ebook and a paperback through Amazon. It is a collection of short stories with the unifying theme of an America abandoned by God. Here are links to the two copies:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071KLPHBM/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1497657498&sr=1-1&keywords=american+abandon
https://www.amazon.com/dp/152151464X
Here are my top 10 favorite books I read in 2017:
1. Selected Short Stories--Guy de Maupassant
2. Indignation--Philip Roth
3. The Kingdom of Speech--Tom Wolfe
4. Cosmopolis--Don DeLillo
5. The Harbinger--Jonathan Cahn
6. The First Bad Man--Miranda July
7. The Smear--Sharyl Attkisson
8. Death Comes for the Archbishop--Willa Cather
9. Libra--Don DeLillo
10. Between You & Me--Mary Norris
Here are the 35 books I read in 2017:
1. Cosmopolis--Don DeLillo
2. Elijah of Buxton--Christopher Paul Curtis
3. Libra--Don DeLillo
4. Night of the Ninjas--Mary Pope Osborne
5. My Name Is Mahtob--Mahtob Mahmoody
6. Afternoon on the Amazon--Mary Pope Osborne
7. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm--Nancy Farmer
8. A Man Called Ove--Fredrik Backman
9. Death Comes for the Archbishop--Willa Cather
10. The Kingdom of Speech--Tom Wolfe
11. Sunset of the Sabertooth--Mary Pope Osborne
12. Fantastic Mr. Fox--Roald Dahl
13. Under the Volcano--Malcolm Lowry
14. Midnight on the Moon--Mary Pope Osborne
15. Twelve Extraordinary Women--John MacArthur
16. The Secret Agent--Joseph Conrad
17. Looking for Alaska--John Green
18. The Fault in Our Stars--John Green
19. What Successful People Know About Leadership--John C. Maxwell
20. Madam President--William Elliott Hazelgrove
21. Grinding It Out--Ray Kroc with Robert Anderson
22. The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake
23. Selected Short Stories--Guy de Maupassant
24. The Harbinger--Jonathan Cahn
25. The First Bad Man--Miranda July
26. The Two Towers--J.R.R. Tolkien
27. Consider the Lobster--David Foster Wallace
28. Indignation--Philip Roth
29. Between You & Me--Mary Norris
30. Selected Stories--Alice Munro
31. Lincoln in the Bardo--Geroge Saunders
32. The Unholy Trinity--Matt Walsh
33. The Smear--Sharyl Attkisson
34. Manhattan Beach--Jennifer Egan
35. I Believed--Douglas Hyde
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071KLPHBM/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1497657498&sr=1-1&keywords=american+abandon
https://www.amazon.com/dp/152151464X
Here are my top 10 favorite books I read in 2017:
1. Selected Short Stories--Guy de Maupassant
2. Indignation--Philip Roth
3. The Kingdom of Speech--Tom Wolfe
4. Cosmopolis--Don DeLillo
5. The Harbinger--Jonathan Cahn
6. The First Bad Man--Miranda July
7. The Smear--Sharyl Attkisson
8. Death Comes for the Archbishop--Willa Cather
9. Libra--Don DeLillo
10. Between You & Me--Mary Norris
Here are the 35 books I read in 2017:
1. Cosmopolis--Don DeLillo
2. Elijah of Buxton--Christopher Paul Curtis
3. Libra--Don DeLillo
4. Night of the Ninjas--Mary Pope Osborne
5. My Name Is Mahtob--Mahtob Mahmoody
6. Afternoon on the Amazon--Mary Pope Osborne
7. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm--Nancy Farmer
8. A Man Called Ove--Fredrik Backman
9. Death Comes for the Archbishop--Willa Cather
10. The Kingdom of Speech--Tom Wolfe
11. Sunset of the Sabertooth--Mary Pope Osborne
12. Fantastic Mr. Fox--Roald Dahl
13. Under the Volcano--Malcolm Lowry
14. Midnight on the Moon--Mary Pope Osborne
15. Twelve Extraordinary Women--John MacArthur
16. The Secret Agent--Joseph Conrad
17. Looking for Alaska--John Green
18. The Fault in Our Stars--John Green
19. What Successful People Know About Leadership--John C. Maxwell
20. Madam President--William Elliott Hazelgrove
21. Grinding It Out--Ray Kroc with Robert Anderson
22. The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake
23. Selected Short Stories--Guy de Maupassant
24. The Harbinger--Jonathan Cahn
25. The First Bad Man--Miranda July
26. The Two Towers--J.R.R. Tolkien
27. Consider the Lobster--David Foster Wallace
28. Indignation--Philip Roth
29. Between You & Me--Mary Norris
30. Selected Stories--Alice Munro
31. Lincoln in the Bardo--Geroge Saunders
32. The Unholy Trinity--Matt Walsh
33. The Smear--Sharyl Attkisson
34. Manhattan Beach--Jennifer Egan
35. I Believed--Douglas Hyde
Thursday, December 29, 2016
The Books I Read in 2016 and My Top 10 of the Year
God Has Abandoned America (the website) has expired and the ebook still has not been published. I didn't read as many books as usual because I became a teacher in August; that has kept me too busy to read as much as before. I read forty-four books this year. Here's my top 10 and the list of the forty-four:
My top 10 of 2016
1. The Age of Miracles--Karen Thompson Walker
2. Movie Freak--Owen Gleiberman
3. Never Trust a Liberal Over 3-Especially a Republican--Ann Coulter
4. I Want My MTV--Rob Tannenbaum and Craig Marks
5. The Snapping of the American Mind--David Kupelian
6. The Babylon Code--Paul McGuire and Troy Anderson
7. VJ--Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, and Martha Quinn with Gavin Edwards
8. The People Vs. Barack Obama--Ben Shapiro
9. Zero K--Don DeLillo
10. Esau Rising--Bill Cloud
The 44 books I read in 2016
1. God's Unwelcome Recovery--Sean Oliver-Dee
2. The Babylon Code--Paul McGuire and Troy Anderson
3. Thrown under the Omnibus--P.J. O'Rourke
4. A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka--Lev Golinkin
5. Me Before You--Jojo Moyes
6. Movie Freak--Owen Gleiberman
7. What If America Were a Christian Nation Again?--D. James Kennedy with Jerry Newcombe
8. The Snapping of the American Mind--David Kupelian
9. So Sad Today--Melissa Broder
10. Never Trust a Liberal Over 3-Especially a Republican--Ann Coulter
11. The People Vs. Barack Obama--Ben Shapiro
12. The Age of Miracles--Karen Thompson Walker
13. For the Relief of Unbearable Urges--Nathan Englander
14. Why Are We in Vietnam?--Norman Mailer
15. Gathering Prey--John Sandford
16. I Want My MTV--Rob Tannenbaum and Craig Marks
17. The Deception of Martial Arts and Yoga--Frederick R. Grigg
18. VJ--Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, and Martha Quinn with Gavin Edwards
19. The Sympathizer--Viet Thanh Nguyn
20. Debunking Human Evolution Taught in Our Public Schools--Daniel A. Biddle, David A. Bisbee, & Jerry Bergman
21. You Will Be Made to Care--Erick Erickson and Bill Blankschaen
22. The Killing of Osama Bin Laden--Seymour M. Hersh
23. Get in Trouble--Kelly Link
24. LaRose--Louise Erdrich
25. Zero K--Don DeLillo
26. There Goes My Social Life--Stacey Dash
27. With My Eyes Wide Open--Brian "Head" Welch with Carol Traver
28. Chappaquiddick Tragedy--Donald Frederick Nelson
29. Esau Rising--Bill Cloud
30. The Girls--Emma Cline
31. The Geography of Madness--Frank Bures
32. The Intelligent Conversationalist--Imogen Lloyd Webber
33. Crisis of Character--Gary J. Byrne
34. It IS About Islam--Glenn Beck
35. Happy, Happy, Happy--Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach
36. How the Dead Dream--Lydia Millet
37. Buffalo Before Breakfast--Mary Pope Osborne
38. Tigers at Twilight--Mary Pope Osborne
39. Dingoes at Dinnertime--Mary Pope Osborne
40. Tonight on the Titanic--Mary Pope Osborne
41. The Names--Don DeLillo
42. Light in August--William Faulkner
43. Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims--Clyde Robert Bulla
44. The Bad Guys: Episode 1--Aaron Blabey
My top 10 of 2016
1. The Age of Miracles--Karen Thompson Walker
2. Movie Freak--Owen Gleiberman
3. Never Trust a Liberal Over 3-Especially a Republican--Ann Coulter
4. I Want My MTV--Rob Tannenbaum and Craig Marks
5. The Snapping of the American Mind--David Kupelian
6. The Babylon Code--Paul McGuire and Troy Anderson
7. VJ--Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, and Martha Quinn with Gavin Edwards
8. The People Vs. Barack Obama--Ben Shapiro
9. Zero K--Don DeLillo
10. Esau Rising--Bill Cloud
The 44 books I read in 2016
1. God's Unwelcome Recovery--Sean Oliver-Dee
2. The Babylon Code--Paul McGuire and Troy Anderson
3. Thrown under the Omnibus--P.J. O'Rourke
4. A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka--Lev Golinkin
5. Me Before You--Jojo Moyes
6. Movie Freak--Owen Gleiberman
7. What If America Were a Christian Nation Again?--D. James Kennedy with Jerry Newcombe
8. The Snapping of the American Mind--David Kupelian
9. So Sad Today--Melissa Broder
10. Never Trust a Liberal Over 3-Especially a Republican--Ann Coulter
11. The People Vs. Barack Obama--Ben Shapiro
12. The Age of Miracles--Karen Thompson Walker
13. For the Relief of Unbearable Urges--Nathan Englander
14. Why Are We in Vietnam?--Norman Mailer
15. Gathering Prey--John Sandford
16. I Want My MTV--Rob Tannenbaum and Craig Marks
17. The Deception of Martial Arts and Yoga--Frederick R. Grigg
18. VJ--Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, and Martha Quinn with Gavin Edwards
19. The Sympathizer--Viet Thanh Nguyn
20. Debunking Human Evolution Taught in Our Public Schools--Daniel A. Biddle, David A. Bisbee, & Jerry Bergman
21. You Will Be Made to Care--Erick Erickson and Bill Blankschaen
22. The Killing of Osama Bin Laden--Seymour M. Hersh
23. Get in Trouble--Kelly Link
24. LaRose--Louise Erdrich
25. Zero K--Don DeLillo
26. There Goes My Social Life--Stacey Dash
27. With My Eyes Wide Open--Brian "Head" Welch with Carol Traver
28. Chappaquiddick Tragedy--Donald Frederick Nelson
29. Esau Rising--Bill Cloud
30. The Girls--Emma Cline
31. The Geography of Madness--Frank Bures
32. The Intelligent Conversationalist--Imogen Lloyd Webber
33. Crisis of Character--Gary J. Byrne
34. It IS About Islam--Glenn Beck
35. Happy, Happy, Happy--Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach
36. How the Dead Dream--Lydia Millet
37. Buffalo Before Breakfast--Mary Pope Osborne
38. Tigers at Twilight--Mary Pope Osborne
39. Dingoes at Dinnertime--Mary Pope Osborne
40. Tonight on the Titanic--Mary Pope Osborne
41. The Names--Don DeLillo
42. Light in August--William Faulkner
43. Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims--Clyde Robert Bulla
44. The Bad Guys: Episode 1--Aaron Blabey
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
The Books I Read in 2015 and My Top 10 of the Year
I said last year that my second book would be published this year. It has not yet been published, but I have made a web site for it: http://www.godhasabandonedamerica.com/
Here is the list of the top ten books I read in 2015 and a list of every book I read this year—sixty-nine books.
Top 10 of 2015
1. Altman—Kathryn Reed Altman and Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan
2. Remembering Who We Are
3. Lovely, Dark, Deep—Joyce Carol Oates
4. Jesus’ Son—Denis Johnson
5. The Unspeakable—Meghan Daum
6. Stealing America—Dinesh D’Souza
7. Things That Matter—Charles Krauthammer
8. Nothing Abides—Daniel Pipes
9. A Time for Truth—Ted Cruz
10. Sweet Freedom—Sarah Palin
The 69 books I read in 2015
1. Under the Skin—Michel Faber
2. Running Dog—Don DeLillo
3. Double Down—Mark Halperin and John Heilemann
4. Let the Great World Spin—Colum McCann
5. Altman—Kathryn Reed Altman and Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan
6. The Nightingale—Kristin Hannah
7. Jesus Prom—Jon Weece
8. Bias in the Booth—Dylan Gwinn
9. The Girl on the Train—Paula Hawkins
10. A Question of Upbringing—Anthony Powell
11. ‘Don’t Make the Black Kids Angry’—Colin Flaherty
12. Don’t Take My Lemonade Stand—Janie Johnson
13. Pigs Can’t Swim—Helen Peppe
14. All the Light We Cannot See—Anthony Doerr
15. Blood Feud—Edward Klein
16. Clinton Cash—Peter Schweizer
17. Rising to the Challenge—Carly Fiorina
18. Saturday Night Live—Alison Castle
19. The Naked Communist—W. Cleon Skousen
20. Surrounded by Friends—Matthew Rohrer
21. Country of Ghost—Gaylord Brewer
22. Split Season: 1981—Jeff Katz
23. The Silencing—Kirsten Powers
24. Lovely, Dark, Deep—Joyce Carol Oates
25. Remembering Who We Are
26. Jesus’ Son—Denis Johnson
27. Herzog—Saul Bellow
28. Abortion Free—Troy Newman & Cheryl Sullenger
29. Dragon’s Teeth—Upton Sinclair
30. Things That Matter—Charles Krauthammer
31. ¡Adios, America!—Ann Coulter
32. A Time for Truth—Ted Cruz
33. Go Set a Watchman—Harper Lee
34. Hillary Unhinged—Thomas Kuiper
35. 23 Anti-procrastination Habits—S.J. Scott
36. The First Family Detail—Ronald Kessler
37. Dragons of Dinosaurs?—Darek Isaacs
38. End of Discussion—Mary Katharine Ham and Guy Benson
39. Fanaticus—Justine Gubar
40. The Queen—Hugh Hewitt
41. Purity—Jonathan Franzen
42. It’s Not Over—Michelangelo Signorile
43. You’re Going to Be Dead One Day—David Horowitz
44. Scarlet Letters—Jack Cashill
45. A Divine Revelation of Satan’s Deceptions—Mary K. Baxter
46. Takedown—Paul Kengor
47. The Devil’s Pleasure Palace—Michael Walsh
48. The Eighth Kingdom—Perry Stone
49. The Marvels—Brian Selznick
50. The Atheist Who Didn’t Exist—Andy Bannister
51. The Poet’s Guide to Food, Drink, & Desire—Gaylord Brewer
52. Dreamers and Deceivers—Glenn Beck
53. Fool’s Talk—Os Guinness
54. God’s Crime Scene—J. Warner Wallace
55. The Unspeakable—Meghan Daum
56. Nothing Abides—Daniel Pipes
57. Juniors—Kaui Hart Hemmings
58. The Moor’s Account—Laila Lalami
59. Reasonable Faith—William Lane Craig
60. Blue Estate—Viktor Kalvachev and Kosta Yanev
61. Stealing America—Dinesh D’Souza
62. Sweet Freedom—Sarah Palin
63. VHS Video Cover Art—Thomas Hodge
64. Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims—Rush Limbaugh
65. Unlikeable—Edward Klein
66. The Clintons’ War on Women—Roger Stone and Robert Morrow
67. Chinese Propaganda Posters—Stefan R. Landsberger, Anchee Min, and Duo Duo
68. A Year in Photography
69. Between Riverside and Crazy—Stephen Adly Guirgis
Here is the list of the top ten books I read in 2015 and a list of every book I read this year—sixty-nine books.
Top 10 of 2015
1. Altman—Kathryn Reed Altman and Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan
2. Remembering Who We Are
3. Lovely, Dark, Deep—Joyce Carol Oates
4. Jesus’ Son—Denis Johnson
5. The Unspeakable—Meghan Daum
6. Stealing America—Dinesh D’Souza
7. Things That Matter—Charles Krauthammer
8. Nothing Abides—Daniel Pipes
9. A Time for Truth—Ted Cruz
10. Sweet Freedom—Sarah Palin
The 69 books I read in 2015
1. Under the Skin—Michel Faber
2. Running Dog—Don DeLillo
3. Double Down—Mark Halperin and John Heilemann
4. Let the Great World Spin—Colum McCann
5. Altman—Kathryn Reed Altman and Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan
6. The Nightingale—Kristin Hannah
7. Jesus Prom—Jon Weece
8. Bias in the Booth—Dylan Gwinn
9. The Girl on the Train—Paula Hawkins
10. A Question of Upbringing—Anthony Powell
11. ‘Don’t Make the Black Kids Angry’—Colin Flaherty
12. Don’t Take My Lemonade Stand—Janie Johnson
13. Pigs Can’t Swim—Helen Peppe
14. All the Light We Cannot See—Anthony Doerr
15. Blood Feud—Edward Klein
16. Clinton Cash—Peter Schweizer
17. Rising to the Challenge—Carly Fiorina
18. Saturday Night Live—Alison Castle
19. The Naked Communist—W. Cleon Skousen
20. Surrounded by Friends—Matthew Rohrer
21. Country of Ghost—Gaylord Brewer
22. Split Season: 1981—Jeff Katz
23. The Silencing—Kirsten Powers
24. Lovely, Dark, Deep—Joyce Carol Oates
25. Remembering Who We Are
26. Jesus’ Son—Denis Johnson
27. Herzog—Saul Bellow
28. Abortion Free—Troy Newman & Cheryl Sullenger
29. Dragon’s Teeth—Upton Sinclair
30. Things That Matter—Charles Krauthammer
31. ¡Adios, America!—Ann Coulter
32. A Time for Truth—Ted Cruz
33. Go Set a Watchman—Harper Lee
34. Hillary Unhinged—Thomas Kuiper
35. 23 Anti-procrastination Habits—S.J. Scott
36. The First Family Detail—Ronald Kessler
37. Dragons of Dinosaurs?—Darek Isaacs
38. End of Discussion—Mary Katharine Ham and Guy Benson
39. Fanaticus—Justine Gubar
40. The Queen—Hugh Hewitt
41. Purity—Jonathan Franzen
42. It’s Not Over—Michelangelo Signorile
43. You’re Going to Be Dead One Day—David Horowitz
44. Scarlet Letters—Jack Cashill
45. A Divine Revelation of Satan’s Deceptions—Mary K. Baxter
46. Takedown—Paul Kengor
47. The Devil’s Pleasure Palace—Michael Walsh
48. The Eighth Kingdom—Perry Stone
49. The Marvels—Brian Selznick
50. The Atheist Who Didn’t Exist—Andy Bannister
51. The Poet’s Guide to Food, Drink, & Desire—Gaylord Brewer
52. Dreamers and Deceivers—Glenn Beck
53. Fool’s Talk—Os Guinness
54. God’s Crime Scene—J. Warner Wallace
55. The Unspeakable—Meghan Daum
56. Nothing Abides—Daniel Pipes
57. Juniors—Kaui Hart Hemmings
58. The Moor’s Account—Laila Lalami
59. Reasonable Faith—William Lane Craig
60. Blue Estate—Viktor Kalvachev and Kosta Yanev
61. Stealing America—Dinesh D’Souza
62. Sweet Freedom—Sarah Palin
63. VHS Video Cover Art—Thomas Hodge
64. Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims—Rush Limbaugh
65. Unlikeable—Edward Klein
66. The Clintons’ War on Women—Roger Stone and Robert Morrow
67. Chinese Propaganda Posters—Stefan R. Landsberger, Anchee Min, and Duo Duo
68. A Year in Photography
69. Between Riverside and Crazy—Stephen Adly Guirgis
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
The Books I Read in 2014 and the Top 10 Books of the First Half of the Decade
This year was a great literary year for me because my first book, The Breathing Advocate (http://www.amazon.com/Breathing-Advocate-Jarrett-McCall-ebook/dp/B00NP9IJT2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1412719081&sr=8-1&keywords=the+breathing+advocate), was published. In 2015, my second book, a collection of short stories titled God Has Abandoned America, will be out.
These are my top 10 books for 2014:
1. The Circle--Dave Eggers
2. Big Tent--Mallory Factor and Elizabeth Factor
3. The Disaster Artist--Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell
4. Collusion--Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
5. The Marketing of Evil--David Kupelian
6. Midwinterblood--Marcus Sedgwick
7. Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?--Roz Chast
8. I Want to Show You More--Jamie Quatro
9. Monsters--Rich Cohen
10. Stonewalled--Sharyl Attkisson
My top 10 for the first half of the 2010s:
1. In Cold Blood--Truman Capote
2. Ragtime--E.L. Doctorow
3. The Circle--Dave Eggers
4. The Help--Kathryn Stockett
5. The Right Stuff--Tom Wolfe
6. Being There--Jerzy Kosinski
7. Atonement--Ian McEwan
8. Gone Girl--Gillian Flynn
9. The Orphan Master's Son--Adam Johnson
10. Mao II--Don DeLillo
These are the 79 books I read this year:
1. Vampires in the Lemon Grove--Karen Russell
2. A River Runs Through It and Other Stories--Norman Maclean
3. Your Best Life Now--Joel Osteen
4. The Hobbit--J.R.R. Tolkien
5. Players--Don DeLillo
6. Give Them Grace--Elyse M. Fitzpatrick and Jessica Thompson
7. 1984--George Orwell
8. Unbroken--Laura Hillenbrand
9. Orange Is the New Black--Piper Kerman
10. Midwinterblood--Marcus Sedgwick
11. Collusion--Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
12. Tropic of Cancer--Henry Miller
13. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves--Karen Joy Fowler
14. Monsters--Rich Cohen
15. Better than Fiction--Don George
16. The Testament of Mary--Colm Toibin
17. Good Tidings and Great Joy--Sarah Palin
18. The Circle--Dave Eggers
19. James Madison--Jeff Broadwater
20. Foreign Affairs--Alison Lurie
21. 419--Will Ferguson
22. Caught--Lisa Moore
23. Chocolates for Breakfast--Pamela Moore
24. I Want to Show You More--Jamie Quatro
25. The Facts on Islam--John Ankerberg, John Weldon, and Dillon Burroughs
26. Breakthrough--James O'Keefe
27. The Secret History--Donna Tartt
28. Bark--Lorrie Moore
29. The 9/11 Report--Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon
30. The Marketing of Evil--David Kupelian
31. The Disaster Artist--Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell
32. Not Cool--Greg Gutfeld
33. Eminent Hipsters--Donald Fagen
34. Sickened--Julie Gregory
35. Angry Little Men--Kevin Todd Porter
36. Blood Will Out--Walter Kirn
37. The Goldfinch--Donna Tartt
38. Daily Readings from Every Day a Friday--Joel Osteen
39. The Land of Steady Habits--Ted Thompson
40. The Son--Philipp Meyer
41. Terrorists & Novelists--Diane Johnson
42. Rules for Patriots--Steve Deace
43. Big Tent--Mallory Factor and Elizabeth Factor
44. Up, Up, & Away--Jonah Keri
45. America--Dinesh D'Souza
46. The Possibilities--Kaui Hart Hemmings
47. She Is Not Invisible--Marcus Sedgwick
48. In Paradise--Peter Matthiessen
49. Carrie--Stephen King
50. Assault and Flattery--Katie Pavlich
51. The Heist--Daniel Silva
52. Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?--Roz Chast
53. Confessions of a Spy--Pete Earley
54. Tenth of December--George Saunders
55. Euphoria--Lily King
56. The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair--Joel Dicker
57. Trickle Down Tyranny--Michael Savage
58. If I Stay--Gayle Forman
59. Everything I Never Told You--Celeste Ng
60. Drowntown: Book One--Robbie Morrison and Jim Murray
61. Revenge: The Secret Origin of Emily Thorne--Ted Sullivan
62. The Cult of Common Core--Brad McQueen
63. Can You Be Gay and Christian?--Michael L. Brown
64. The Other Side of the Wall--Marie Micheaux
65. Barbaric Mercies--Gaylord Brewer
66. Let Me Be Clear--Katie Kieffer
67. Making Gay Okay--Robert R. Reilly
68. The Dog--Joseph O'Neill
69. Orfeo--Richard Powers
70. The Blazing World--Siri Hustvedt
71. Wolf in White Van--John Darnielle
72. Miracles and Massacres--Glenn Beck
73. Martin Scorsese--Tom Shone
74. The Odyssey of Falling--Paige Crutcher
75. Distortion--Chelsen Vicari
76. Inherent Vice--Thomas Pynchon
77. American Cornball--Christopher Miller
78. Stonewalled--Sharyl Attkisson
79. 'If I Had a Son'--Jack Cashill
These are my top 10 books for 2014:
1. The Circle--Dave Eggers
2. Big Tent--Mallory Factor and Elizabeth Factor
3. The Disaster Artist--Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell
4. Collusion--Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
5. The Marketing of Evil--David Kupelian
6. Midwinterblood--Marcus Sedgwick
7. Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?--Roz Chast
8. I Want to Show You More--Jamie Quatro
9. Monsters--Rich Cohen
10. Stonewalled--Sharyl Attkisson
My top 10 for the first half of the 2010s:
1. In Cold Blood--Truman Capote
2. Ragtime--E.L. Doctorow
3. The Circle--Dave Eggers
4. The Help--Kathryn Stockett
5. The Right Stuff--Tom Wolfe
6. Being There--Jerzy Kosinski
7. Atonement--Ian McEwan
8. Gone Girl--Gillian Flynn
9. The Orphan Master's Son--Adam Johnson
10. Mao II--Don DeLillo
These are the 79 books I read this year:
1. Vampires in the Lemon Grove--Karen Russell
2. A River Runs Through It and Other Stories--Norman Maclean
3. Your Best Life Now--Joel Osteen
4. The Hobbit--J.R.R. Tolkien
5. Players--Don DeLillo
6. Give Them Grace--Elyse M. Fitzpatrick and Jessica Thompson
7. 1984--George Orwell
8. Unbroken--Laura Hillenbrand
9. Orange Is the New Black--Piper Kerman
10. Midwinterblood--Marcus Sedgwick
11. Collusion--Brent Bozell and Tim Graham
12. Tropic of Cancer--Henry Miller
13. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves--Karen Joy Fowler
14. Monsters--Rich Cohen
15. Better than Fiction--Don George
16. The Testament of Mary--Colm Toibin
17. Good Tidings and Great Joy--Sarah Palin
18. The Circle--Dave Eggers
19. James Madison--Jeff Broadwater
20. Foreign Affairs--Alison Lurie
21. 419--Will Ferguson
22. Caught--Lisa Moore
23. Chocolates for Breakfast--Pamela Moore
24. I Want to Show You More--Jamie Quatro
25. The Facts on Islam--John Ankerberg, John Weldon, and Dillon Burroughs
26. Breakthrough--James O'Keefe
27. The Secret History--Donna Tartt
28. Bark--Lorrie Moore
29. The 9/11 Report--Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon
30. The Marketing of Evil--David Kupelian
31. The Disaster Artist--Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell
32. Not Cool--Greg Gutfeld
33. Eminent Hipsters--Donald Fagen
34. Sickened--Julie Gregory
35. Angry Little Men--Kevin Todd Porter
36. Blood Will Out--Walter Kirn
37. The Goldfinch--Donna Tartt
38. Daily Readings from Every Day a Friday--Joel Osteen
39. The Land of Steady Habits--Ted Thompson
40. The Son--Philipp Meyer
41. Terrorists & Novelists--Diane Johnson
42. Rules for Patriots--Steve Deace
43. Big Tent--Mallory Factor and Elizabeth Factor
44. Up, Up, & Away--Jonah Keri
45. America--Dinesh D'Souza
46. The Possibilities--Kaui Hart Hemmings
47. She Is Not Invisible--Marcus Sedgwick
48. In Paradise--Peter Matthiessen
49. Carrie--Stephen King
50. Assault and Flattery--Katie Pavlich
51. The Heist--Daniel Silva
52. Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?--Roz Chast
53. Confessions of a Spy--Pete Earley
54. Tenth of December--George Saunders
55. Euphoria--Lily King
56. The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair--Joel Dicker
57. Trickle Down Tyranny--Michael Savage
58. If I Stay--Gayle Forman
59. Everything I Never Told You--Celeste Ng
60. Drowntown: Book One--Robbie Morrison and Jim Murray
61. Revenge: The Secret Origin of Emily Thorne--Ted Sullivan
62. The Cult of Common Core--Brad McQueen
63. Can You Be Gay and Christian?--Michael L. Brown
64. The Other Side of the Wall--Marie Micheaux
65. Barbaric Mercies--Gaylord Brewer
66. Let Me Be Clear--Katie Kieffer
67. Making Gay Okay--Robert R. Reilly
68. The Dog--Joseph O'Neill
69. Orfeo--Richard Powers
70. The Blazing World--Siri Hustvedt
71. Wolf in White Van--John Darnielle
72. Miracles and Massacres--Glenn Beck
73. Martin Scorsese--Tom Shone
74. The Odyssey of Falling--Paige Crutcher
75. Distortion--Chelsen Vicari
76. Inherent Vice--Thomas Pynchon
77. American Cornball--Christopher Miller
78. Stonewalled--Sharyl Attkisson
79. 'If I Had a Son'--Jack Cashill
Sunday, December 29, 2013
The Books I Read in 2013
I read two books this year titled Drive. The first was Larry Bird's autobiography; the other was the James Sallis novel that the 2011 Ryan Gosling film was based on.
My top 10 favorite books I read this year:
1.
Atonement—Ian
McEwan
2.
Gone Girl—Gillian
Flynn
3.
The Orphan
Master’s Son—Adam Johnson
4.
A Hologram
for the King—Dave Eggers
5.
What We
Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank—Nathan Englander
6.
The Snow
Child—Eowyn Ivey
7.
Conversations
with Pauline Kael—ed. Will Brantley
8.
The
Magnificent Ambersons—Booth Tarkington
9.
The Prime
of Miss Jean Brodie—Muriel Spark
10. Love in Infant Monkeys—Lydia Millet
These are the 73 books I read this year:
1.
The
Magnificent Ambersons—Booth Tarkington
2.
Cowards—Glenn
Beck
3.
Is My Bow
Too Big?—Victoria Jackson
4.
Gone Girl—Gillian
Flynn
5.
A Hologram
for the King—Dave Eggers
6.
Ritual in
Death—J.D. Robb
7.
The Ginger
Man—J.P. Donleavy
8.
Yearbook—Allyson
Braithwaite Condie
9.
Atonement—Ian
McEwan
10. Hollywood, Interrupted—Andrew Breitbart
& Mark Ebner
11. The One and Only Ivan—Katherine
Applegate
12. In Darkness—Nick Lake
13. Splendors and Glooms—Laura Amy Schlitz
14. 10 Things Jesus Never Said—Will Davis,
Jr.
15. Dodger—Terry Pratchett
16. God’s Guest List—Debbie Macomber
17. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of
the Universe—Benjamin Alire Saenz
18. Drive—Larry Bird
19. When the Game Was Ours—Larry Bird and
Earvin Magic Johnson
20. Code Name Verity—Elizabeth Wein
21. God’s Not Dead—Rice Broocks
22. Three Times Lucky—Sheila Turnage
23. The Sheltering Sky—Paul Bowles
24. Messi—Luca Caioli
25. Life of Pi—Yann Martel
26. The Surrendered—Chang-Rae Lee
27. Under the Net—Iris Murdoch
28. Team of Rivals—Doris Kearns Goodwin
29. The Snow Child—Eowyn Ivey
30. The Orphan Master’s Son—Adam Johnson
31. The West’s Last Chance—Tony Blankley
32. What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne
Frank—Nathan Englander
33. All the Pretty Horses—Cormac McCarthy
34. The White Bicycle—Beverley Brenna
35. The History Boys—Alan Bennett
36. Wide Sargasso Sea—Jean Rhys
37. Jane Eyre—Charlotte Bronte
38. The Preacher and the Presidents—Nancy
Gibbs and Michael Duffy
39. Wild—Cheryl Strayed
40. Drama—Raina Telgemeier
41. A Game for Swallows—Zeina Abirached
42. Bullies—Ben Shapiro
43. Love in Infant Monkeys—Lydia Millet
44. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie—Muriel
Spark
45. Fire in the Ashes—Jonathan Kozol
46. Desperate Characters—Paula Fox
47. Conversations with Pauline Kael—Will
Brantley, ed.
48. The Sense of an Ending—Julian Barnes
49. The Journalist and the Murderer—Janet
Malcolm
50. The Stench of Honolulu—Jack Handey
51. Radical Rulers—Robert Knight
52. Turtle in Paradise—Jennifer L. Holm
53. Six Easy Pieces—Richard Feynman
54. Amsterdam—Ian McEwan
55. The Homosexual Agenda—Alan Sears &
Craig Osten
56. My Life Has a Price—Tina Okpara
57. A Mathematician’s Apology—G.H. Hardy
58. What’s So Great About America—Dinesh
D’Souza
59. Drive—James Sallis
60. I Surrender All—Clay and Renee Crosse
61. Driven—James Sallis
62. Keep It Pithy—Bill O’Reilly
63. The Ocean at the End of the Lane—Neil
Gaiman
64. Tell the Wolves I’m Home—Carol Rifka
Brunt
65. Until She Comes Home—Lori Roy
66. The English Girl—Daniel Silva
67. Advise and Consent—Allen Drury
68. The Good Lord Bird—James McBride
69. The Flamethrowers—Rachel Kushner
70. The Luminaries—Eleanor Catton
71. Catching Fire—Suzanne Collins
72. The Thing About Luck—Cynthia Kadohata
73. Mockingjay—Suzanne Collins
Monday, December 31, 2012
The Books I Read in 2012
I will begin with my top 10 favorite books that I read this year:
1. Ragtime--E. L. Doctorow
2. Train Dreams--Denis Johnson
3. The Hunger Games--Suzanne Collins
4. Robert Altman: Interviews--David Sterritt
5. Wonderstruck--Brian Selznick
6. Never Fall Down--Patricia McCormick
7. The Lonely Polygamist--Brady Udall
8. The Nashville Chronicles--Jan Stuart
9. Changing My Mind--Zadie Smith
10. A Patriot's History of the United States--Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen
Here are the 99 books I read this year:
1. Burn Unit--Barbara Ravage
2. A Patriot's History of the United States--Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen
3. Far from Home--Mary Chung Hayashi
4. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging--Louise Rennison
5. Changing My Mind--Zadie Smith
6. My Seinfeld Year--Fred Stoller
7. Dead End in Norvelt--Jack Gantos
8. Lost Detroit--Dan Austin
9. Where Things Come Back--John Corey Whaley
10. Jasper Jones--Craig Silvey
11. Bless This Mouse--Lois Lowry
12. Breaking Stalin's Nose--Eugene Yelchin
13. The Christmas Barn--C.L. Davis
14. Steve Jobs--Walter Isaacson
15. Holes--Louis Sachar
16. American Born Chinese--Gene Luen Yang
17. Death at an Early Age--Jonathan Kozol
18. When Your Kids Push Your Buttons--Bonnie Harris
19. The Hunger Games--Suzanne Collins
20. How to Be Alone--Jonathan Franzen
21. Inside Out & Back Again--Thanhha Lai
22. Coming Apart--Charles Murray
23. Barrel Fever and Other Stories--David Sedaris
24. Why We Broke Up--Daniel Handler
25. The Scorpio Races--Maggie Stiefvater
26. Naked--David Sedaris
27. Red Army--Aaron Klein and Brenda J. Elliott
28. Holidays on Ice--David Sedaris
29. Swamplandia!--Karen Russell
30. The Graveyard Book--Neil Gaiman
31. Spies of Mississippi--Rick Bowers
32. Black Hands, White Sails--Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack
33. Catherine, Called Birdy--Karen Cushman
34. Farther Away--Jonathan Franzen
35. Quiet--Susan Cain
36. The Midwife's Apprentice--Karen Cushman
37. Out of My Mind--Sharon M. Draper
38. Red Scarf Girl--Ji-li Jiang
39. Life on Mars--Tracy K. Smith
40. Robert Altman: Interviews--David Sterritt
41. The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories--Ernest Hemingway
42. Train Dreams--Denis Johnson
43. Remainder--Tom McCarthy
44. Netherland--Joseph O'Neill
45. Sacred Marriage--Gary Thomas
46. The Winter Room--Gary Paulsen
47. Obama Zombies--Jason Mattera
48. Moon over Manifest--Clare Vanderpool
49. The Lonely Polygamist--Brady Udall
50. Christopher Durang Explains It All for You--Christopher Durang
51. The Bridge of San Luis Rey--Thornton Wilder
52. Missing May--Cynthia Rylant
53. Secret of the Andes--Ann Nolan Clark
54. The Moviegoer--Walker Percy
55. The Amateur--Edward Klein
56. Ragtime--E. L. Doctorow
57. Twilight--Stephenie Meyer
58. The White Darkness--Geraldine McCaughrean
59. The Tyranny of Cliches--Jonah Goldberg
60. The Lincoln Lawyer--Michael Connelly
61. Gomorrah--Roberto Saviano
62. The Higher Power of Lucky--Susan Patron
63. Young Lonigan--James T. Farrell
64. Same Kind of Different as Me--Ron Hall and Denver Moore
65. The Death of Nora Ryan--James T. Farrell
66. Quiet Strength--Tony Dungy
67. Going Bovine--Libba Bray
68. Sam Holman--James T. Farrell
69. Unprotected--Miriam Grossman
70. Luckiest Man--Jonathan Eig
71. Neighbors--Thomas Berger
72. This Is How You Lose Her--Junot Diaz
73. The Lone Pilgrim--Laurie Colwin
74. Mugged--Ann Coulter
75. Kingdom Come--Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins
76. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children--Ransom Riggs
77. Wonderstruck--Brian Selznick
78. Children of a Lesser God--Mark Medoff
79. Nothing--Janne Teller
80. Prelude to the Century (Our American Century)
81. Cleopatra--Stacy Schiff
82. World's Fair--E.L. Doctorow
83. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk--Ben Fountain
84. Paradise--Donald Barthelme
85. Endangered--Eliot Schrefer
86. Bomb--Steve Sheinkin
87. Whites--Norman Rush
88. Out of Reach--Carrie Arcos
89. Goblin Secrets--William Alexander
90. The Yellow Birds--Kevin Powers
91. Never Fall Down--Patricia McCormick
92. The Nashville Chronicles--Jan Stuart
93. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village--Laura Amy Schlitz
94. Back to Blood--Tom Wolfe
95. Man Made--Joel Stein
96. Fool Me Twice--Aaron Klein & Brenda J. Elliott
97. The Plague of Doves--Louise Erdrich
98. The Round House--Louise Erdrich
99. Can America Survive?--John Hagee
1. Ragtime--E. L. Doctorow
2. Train Dreams--Denis Johnson
3. The Hunger Games--Suzanne Collins
4. Robert Altman: Interviews--David Sterritt
5. Wonderstruck--Brian Selznick
6. Never Fall Down--Patricia McCormick
7. The Lonely Polygamist--Brady Udall
8. The Nashville Chronicles--Jan Stuart
9. Changing My Mind--Zadie Smith
10. A Patriot's History of the United States--Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen
Here are the 99 books I read this year:
1. Burn Unit--Barbara Ravage
2. A Patriot's History of the United States--Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen
3. Far from Home--Mary Chung Hayashi
4. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging--Louise Rennison
5. Changing My Mind--Zadie Smith
6. My Seinfeld Year--Fred Stoller
7. Dead End in Norvelt--Jack Gantos
8. Lost Detroit--Dan Austin
9. Where Things Come Back--John Corey Whaley
10. Jasper Jones--Craig Silvey
11. Bless This Mouse--Lois Lowry
12. Breaking Stalin's Nose--Eugene Yelchin
13. The Christmas Barn--C.L. Davis
14. Steve Jobs--Walter Isaacson
15. Holes--Louis Sachar
16. American Born Chinese--Gene Luen Yang
17. Death at an Early Age--Jonathan Kozol
18. When Your Kids Push Your Buttons--Bonnie Harris
19. The Hunger Games--Suzanne Collins
20. How to Be Alone--Jonathan Franzen
21. Inside Out & Back Again--Thanhha Lai
22. Coming Apart--Charles Murray
23. Barrel Fever and Other Stories--David Sedaris
24. Why We Broke Up--Daniel Handler
25. The Scorpio Races--Maggie Stiefvater
26. Naked--David Sedaris
27. Red Army--Aaron Klein and Brenda J. Elliott
28. Holidays on Ice--David Sedaris
29. Swamplandia!--Karen Russell
30. The Graveyard Book--Neil Gaiman
31. Spies of Mississippi--Rick Bowers
32. Black Hands, White Sails--Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack
33. Catherine, Called Birdy--Karen Cushman
34. Farther Away--Jonathan Franzen
35. Quiet--Susan Cain
36. The Midwife's Apprentice--Karen Cushman
37. Out of My Mind--Sharon M. Draper
38. Red Scarf Girl--Ji-li Jiang
39. Life on Mars--Tracy K. Smith
40. Robert Altman: Interviews--David Sterritt
41. The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories--Ernest Hemingway
42. Train Dreams--Denis Johnson
43. Remainder--Tom McCarthy
44. Netherland--Joseph O'Neill
45. Sacred Marriage--Gary Thomas
46. The Winter Room--Gary Paulsen
47. Obama Zombies--Jason Mattera
48. Moon over Manifest--Clare Vanderpool
49. The Lonely Polygamist--Brady Udall
50. Christopher Durang Explains It All for You--Christopher Durang
51. The Bridge of San Luis Rey--Thornton Wilder
52. Missing May--Cynthia Rylant
53. Secret of the Andes--Ann Nolan Clark
54. The Moviegoer--Walker Percy
55. The Amateur--Edward Klein
56. Ragtime--E. L. Doctorow
57. Twilight--Stephenie Meyer
58. The White Darkness--Geraldine McCaughrean
59. The Tyranny of Cliches--Jonah Goldberg
60. The Lincoln Lawyer--Michael Connelly
61. Gomorrah--Roberto Saviano
62. The Higher Power of Lucky--Susan Patron
63. Young Lonigan--James T. Farrell
64. Same Kind of Different as Me--Ron Hall and Denver Moore
65. The Death of Nora Ryan--James T. Farrell
66. Quiet Strength--Tony Dungy
67. Going Bovine--Libba Bray
68. Sam Holman--James T. Farrell
69. Unprotected--Miriam Grossman
70. Luckiest Man--Jonathan Eig
71. Neighbors--Thomas Berger
72. This Is How You Lose Her--Junot Diaz
73. The Lone Pilgrim--Laurie Colwin
74. Mugged--Ann Coulter
75. Kingdom Come--Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins
76. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children--Ransom Riggs
77. Wonderstruck--Brian Selznick
78. Children of a Lesser God--Mark Medoff
79. Nothing--Janne Teller
80. Prelude to the Century (Our American Century)
81. Cleopatra--Stacy Schiff
82. World's Fair--E.L. Doctorow
83. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk--Ben Fountain
84. Paradise--Donald Barthelme
85. Endangered--Eliot Schrefer
86. Bomb--Steve Sheinkin
87. Whites--Norman Rush
88. Out of Reach--Carrie Arcos
89. Goblin Secrets--William Alexander
90. The Yellow Birds--Kevin Powers
91. Never Fall Down--Patricia McCormick
92. The Nashville Chronicles--Jan Stuart
93. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village--Laura Amy Schlitz
94. Back to Blood--Tom Wolfe
95. Man Made--Joel Stein
96. Fool Me Twice--Aaron Klein & Brenda J. Elliott
97. The Plague of Doves--Louise Erdrich
98. The Round House--Louise Erdrich
99. Can America Survive?--John Hagee
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