So many books, so little time—part seven.
My son started keeping a reading list in third grade, so I did too. This is the seventh year we’ve done this.
My favorite book of 2013 was probably Where’d You Go Bernadette, by Maria Semple. I’m not sure how much that had to do with the book itself and how much had to do with my reading it during a lovely spa getaway with my mom at Ojai Valley Inn, but either way I loved it!
Anyway, I’d love to hear about other people’s favorite books this year.
| Local Girls | Hoffman | Alice | ||
| Curable Romantic | Skibell | Joseph | ||
| The Casual Vacancy | Rowling | J.K. | ||
| Happily Ever Madder | McAfee | Stephanie | ||
| Moonwalking With Einstein | Foer | Joshua | ||
| The Future of Us | Asher | Jay & Carolyn Mackler | ||
| Escape | Delinsky | Barbara | ||
| Where We Belong | Giffin | Emily | ||
| Meet Me at Emotional Baggage Claim | Scottoline | Lisa & Francesca Serritella | ||
| 40 Love | Wickham | Madeleine | ||
| Hannah’s List | Macomber | Debbie | ||
| Perfected by Girls | Martino | Alfred C. | ||
| Happy Birthday | Steel | Danielle | ||
| Grace (Eventually) Thoughts on Faith | Lamott | Anne | ||
| Interpreter of Maladies | Lahiri | Jumpa | ||
| Helen Keller in Love | Sultan | Rosie | ||
| Still Alice | Genova | Lisa | ||
| The Fault in Our Stars | Green | John | ||
| Friendship Bread | Gee | Darien | ||
| Everything We Ever Wanted | Shepard | Sara | ||
| Craft Activism | Tapper | Joan | ||
| The Art of Fielding | Harbach | Chad | ||
| The Ice Queen | Hoffman | Alice | ||
| Firefly Lane | Hannah | Kristin | ||
| Guilt By Association | Clark | Marcia | ||
| Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West | Wickenden | Dorothy | ||
| The Newlyweds | Freudenberger | Nell | ||
| The House in Amalfi | Adler | Elizabeth | ||
| What Happened to Goodbye | Dessen | Sarah | ||
| Name Dropping | Heller | Jane | ||
| The Penderwicks on Gardam Street | Birdsong | Jeanne | ||
| The Summer of Naked Swim Parties | Blau | Jessica Anya | ||
| The Things We Do For Love | Hannah | Kristin | ||
| More Baths: Less Talking | Hornby | Nick | ||
| This Lullaby | Dessen | Sarah | ||
| Wild | Strayed | Cheryl | ||
| Uncommon Crimminals | Carter | Ally | ||
| Home Again | Hannah | Kristin | ||
| Chocolate Chocolate Moons | Kingon | Jackie | ||
| Gone Girl | Flynn | Gillian | ||
| A Half Life | Weiner | Jennifer | ||
| Recalculating | Weiner | Jennifer | ||
| The Family Tree | Cadwalladr | Carole | ||
| The Blossom Sisters | Michaels | Fern | ||
| Getting the Pretty Back | Ringwald | Molly | ||
| Some Assembly Required | Lamott | Anne | ||
| The Gilly Salt Sisters | Baker | Tiffany | ||
| Life on Hold | McQuestion | Karen | ||
| Summer House | Thayer | Nancy | ||
| Come Home | Scottoline | Lisa | ||
| A Visit From the Goon Squad | Egan | Jennifer | ||
| Pictures of You | Leavitt | Caroline | ||
| Watermelon | Keyes | Marian | ||
| The Obituary Writer | Hood | Ann | ||
| Silver Girl | Hilderbrand | Elin | ||
| The Round House | Erdrich | Louise | ||
| The Princesses of Iowa | Backes | M. Molly | ||
| Where’d You Go Bernadette | Semple | Maria | ||
| The Language of Flowers | Diffenbaugh | Vanessa | ||
| The Castaways | Hilderbrand | Elin | ||
| True Colors | Hannah | Kristin | ||
| Growing Up Amish | Wagler | Ira | ||
| Watch Me | Barnholdt | Lauren | ||
| Help Thanks Wow | Lamott | Anne | ||
| Saving CeeCee Honeycutt | Hoffman | Beth | ||
| The Grace of Crows | Shawn | Tracy | ||
| Sharp Objects | Flynn | Gillian | ||
| Scrap City | Gambino | Paul | ||
| Will Grayson, Will Grayson | Green | John | and David Levithan | |
| Because I Said So | Peri | Camille | and Kate Moses | |
| Fly Away | Hannah | Kristin | ||
| An Abundance of Katherines | Green | John | ||
| Behind the Beautiful Forevers | Boo | Katherine | ||
| The Family Man | Lipman | Elinor | ||
| How To Love | Cotugno | Kate | ||
| Starry Night | Macomber | Debbie | ||
| Dark Witch | Roberts | Nora | ||
| Anastasia Krupnik | Lowry | Lois | ||
| A Summer Affair | Hilderbrand | Elin | ||
| Mrs. Kimble | Haigh | Jennifer | ||
| Christmas Bliss | Andrews | Mary Kay | ||
| Anybody Out There | Keyes | Marian | ||
| Waking Up in the Land of Glitter | Cano-Murillo | Kathy | ||
| Does this church make me look fat? | Jantzen | Rhoda | ||
| Intoxerated: The Definitive Drinker’s Dictionary | Dickson | Paul | ||
Click to read The Books of 2012.
Click to read The Books of 2011.
Click to read The Books of 2010.
Click to read The Books of 2009.
Click to read The Books of 2008.
Click to read The Books of 2007.