So many books, so little time—part eight.
My son started keeping a reading list in third grade, so I did too. This is the eighth year we’ve done this.
My favorite books of 2014 were probably One More Thing by B.J. Novak, The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer, and My Latest Grievance by Eleanor Lipman. All are fiction but otherwise they have very little in common other than sharp writing.
Anyway, I’d love to hear about other people’s favorite books this year.
| 2014 Book List | ||||
| title | author last | author first | ||
| Whiskey Beach | Roberts | Nora | ||
| The Girl Who Stopped Swimming | Jackson | Joshilyn | ||
| Don’t Go | Scottoline | Lisa | ||
| A Playdate With Death | Waldman | Ayelet | ||
| Elsewhere | Russo | Richard | ||
| This is the Story of a Happy Marriage | Patchett | Ann | ||
| What My Mother Gave Me: 31 Women on the Gifts That Mattered | Benedict | Elizabeth | ||
| Fast Women | Crusie | Jennifer | ||
| Eleanor & Park | Rowell | Rainbow | ||
| Winners | Steel | Danielle | ||
| The Big Burn | Egan | Timothy | ||
| Until the End of Time | Steel | Danielle | ||
| The Tenth of December | Saunders | George | ||
| The Replacement Wife | Gouge | Ellen | ||
| Divergent | Roth | Veronica | ||
| The Island | Hildenbrand | Elin | ||
| My Latest Grievance | Lipman | Elinor | ||
| That Summer | Dessen | Sarah | ||
| The Magician’s Assistant | Patchett | Ann | ||
| Girlchild | Hassman | Tupelo | ||
| Summer at Willow Lake | Wiggs | Susan | ||
| Irresistable Forces | Jackson | Brenda | ||
| The Patron Saint of Liars | Patchett | Ann | ||
| The Sixes | White | Kate | ||
| Empty Mansions | Dedman | Bill and Paul Clark Newell Jr. | ||
| The Good Luck of Right Now | Quick | Matthew | ||
| The Smart One | Close | Jennifer | ||
| Tempting Fate | Green | Jane | ||
| Slim to None | Gardiner | Jenny | ||
| The Madwoman in the Volvo | Tsing Loh | Sandra | ||
| The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | Miller | Rebecca | ||
| The Gap Year | Bird | Sarah | ||
| Tempted | Cast | P.C. & Kristen | ||
| Goodbye for Now | Frankel | Laurie | ||
| Crow Planet | Haupt | Lyanda Lynn | ||
| Diary of a Mad Fat Girl | McAfee | Stephanie | ||
| The Day I Ate Whatever I wanted | Berg | Elizabeth | ||
| Cinderella Ate My Daughter | Orenstein | Peggy | ||
| The Renaissance Soul | Lobenstine | Margaret | ||
| The Big Short | Lewis | Michael | ||
| One More Thing | Novak | B.J. | ||
| San Miguel | Boyle | T.C. | ||
| The Signature of All Things | Gilbert | Elizabeth | ||
| Wedding Night | Kinsella | Sophie | ||
| The Interestings | Wolitzer | Meg | ||
| Traveling With Pomegranites | Monk Kidd | Sue & Ann Kidd Taylor | ||
| A Foolish Consistency | Weir | Andrea | ||
| Tiny Beautiful Things | Strayed | Cheryl | ||
| Truth and Beauty | Patchett | Ann | ||
| You Can Date Boys When You’re Forty | Barry | Dave | ||
| The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian | Alexie | Sherman | ||
| When I Found You | Ryan Hyde | Catherine | ||
| I’ve Still Got It … I Just Can’t Remember Where I Put It | McCarthy | Jenna | ||
| Famous Baby | Rizzo | Karen | ||
| Blossom Street Brides | Macomber | Debbie | ||
| Prospect Park West | Sohn | Amy | ||
| And the Heart Says Whatever | Gould | Emily | ||
| The Chaperone | Moriarty | Laura | ||
| Astonish Me | Shipstead | Maggie | ||
| My Reading Life | Conroy | Pat | ||
| Backseat Saints | Jackson | Joshilyn | ||
| The Apple Orchard | Wiggs | Susan | ||
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Wilde | Oscar | ||
| The Wonder Bread Summer | Blau | Jessica Anya | ||
| Summerland | Hildenbrand | Elin | ||
| The Buddha in the Attic | Otsuka | Julie | ||
| Gratitude & Trust | Jackson | Tracey & Paul Williams | ||
| The Here and Now | Brashears | Ann | ||
| The One and Only | Griffin | Emily | ||
| 100 Names | Ahern | Cecilia | ||
| Love Letters | Macomber | Debbie | ||
| The Girls of August | Siddons | Anne Rivers | ||
| Beautiful Ruins | Walter | Jess | ||
| The Engagements | Sullivan | J. Courtney | ||
| Vintage | Gloss | Susan | ||
| Not That Kind of Girl | Dunham | Lena | ||
| The Half Life | Weiner | Jennifer | ||
| Before We Kiss | Mallery | Susan | ||
| Choose Your Own Autobiography | Harris | Neil Patrick | ||
| You Should Have Known | Korelitz | Jean Hanff | ||
| Save the Date | Andrews | Mary Kay | ||
Click to read The Books of 2013.
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.
