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One of my New Year’s resolutions for 2011 was to read 52 books in a year. There are some great books listed here. And a few I’m slightly embarrassed about, of course.

  1. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
  2. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  3. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
  4. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
  5. The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
  6. Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty
  7. The Queen of the Big Time by Adriana Trigiani
  8. The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall
  9. Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin and the Race of a Lifetime by John Heilemann
  10. The Island by Elin Hilderbrand
  11. Delirium by Lauren Oliver
  12. Matched by Ally Condie
  13. That Summer by Sarah Dessen
  14. William & Kate by Christopher Andersen
  15. Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
  16. Bumped by Megan McCafferty
  17. Bossypants by Tina Fey
  18. Not That Kind of Girl by Siobhan Vivian
  19. To Come and Go Like Magic by Katie Pickard Fawcett
  20. Love Me If You Dare by Carly Phillips
  21. Animal Farm by George Orwell
  22. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
  23. Homemade Living: Keeping Chickens by Ashley English
  24. 32 Candles by Ernessa T. Carter
  25. Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
  26. What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
  27. Graveminder by Melissa Marr
  28. Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares
  29. Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
  30. Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain
  31. Stuart Little by E.B. White
  32. Dracula by Bram Stoker
  33. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
  34. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
  35. How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
  36. All That Is Bitter and Sweet: A Memoir by Ashley Judd
  37. Elizabeth Street by Laurie Fabiano
  38. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
  39. The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
  40. Divergent by Veronica Roth
  41. Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope by Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly
  42. The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
  43. Fireworks over Toccoa by Jeffrey Stepakoff
  44. Crossed by Ally Condie
  45. A Being So Gentle: The Frontier Love Story of Rachel and Andrew Jackson by Patricia Brady
  46. One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
  47. Heat Wave by Richard Castle
  48. Bring Me Home for Christmas by Robyn Carr
  49. Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
  50. Graceling by Kristin Cashore
  51. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
  52. Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich
  1. existentialcrisisfactory said: I love this! I’m totes stealing this idea for 2012. :D
  2. mardallie said: I am frantically trying to finish my last book of the year to round it off to an even 40. 52 is impressive!!
  3. annaverity said: Promise me that you will read ‘Fire’ soon. PROMISE ME. Also, ‘William & Kate’ for the win. lol
  4. afternoonsnoozebutton said: Hot damn, girl.
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