Books I Read in 2011

Another New Year's Day and time to reflect on the books I read over the course of the past year. This is by far the most books I've read in one twelve month period. Maybe I'll read even more in 2012. Here are the 72 titles in reverse order of when I read them, starting with the most recent:

1. One of the Survivors by Susan Shaw
2. The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse by Eric Carle
3. This Dark Endeavor : The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein by Kenneth Oppel
4. The Apothecary by Maile Meloy
5. The Chronicles of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg & 13 other contemporary writers
6. Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich
7. Open Season (Joe Gunther mystery #1) by Archer Mayor
8. Where the Lilies Bloom by Vera & Bill Cleaver
9. The Litigators by John Grisham
10. The Affair : a Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child
11. The Dog Who Came In From the Cold by Alexander McCall Smith
12. Diary of a Wimpy Kid : Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney
13. The Race by Clive Cussler & Justin Scott
14. Mill Rivcer Recluse by Darcie Chan
15. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
16. Ranger's Apprentice : The Lost Stories by John Flanagan
17. Dirt Road Home by Watt Key
18. Shelter by Harlan Coben
19. I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
20. Dead Men Kill by L. Ron Hubbard
21. True Grit by Charles Portis
22. Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs
23. The Second Son by Lee Child
24. Addie on the Inside by James Howe
25. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
26. Hummingbirds: Facts & Folklore from the Americas by Jeanette Larson & Adrienne Yorinks
27. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
28. Ashes of Roses by Mary Jane Auch
29. Payback Time by Carl Deuker
30. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, & Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
31. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
32. Little Bee by Chris Cleave
33. Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
34. The Warlock by Michael Scott
35. The Absolute Value of Mike by Kathryn Erskine
36. Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen
37. Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
38. A Small White Scar by K.A. Nuzum
39. The Year We Disappeared : a Father-Daughter Memoir by Cylin Busby & John Busby
40. Take Me to the River by Will Hobbs
41. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
42. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith
43. War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
44. The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
45. Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
46. Live Wire by Harlan Coben
47. Ranger's Apprentice 10: The Emperor of Nihon-Ja by John Flanagan
48. Alabama Moon by Key Watt
49. Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
50. Close to Famous by Joan Bauer
51. Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
52. A Tale Dark & Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
53. Hour Game by David Baldacci
54. Slog's Dad by David Almond
55. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
56. This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer
57. The Dead & the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
58. Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
59. Play Dead by Harlan Coben
60. After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick
61. The Witch's Boy by Michael Gruber
62. The Confession by John Grisham
63. Rules by Cynthia Lord
64. Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins
65. The Recruit by Robert Muchamore
66. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
67. The Witch's Guide to Cooking With Children by Keith McGowan
68. John Cena by Tim O'Shei
69. Worth Dying For by Lee Child
70. Crossfire by Dick & Felix Francis
71. Silks by Dick & Felix Francis
72. Dead Heat by Dick & Felix Francis