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1 | Finished | Title | Author | Recommended by | Verdict | ranking | *favorites are highlighted | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Jan 2019 | Sing, Unburied, Sing | Jesmyn Ward | excellent | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Jan 2019 | Children of Blood and Bone | Tomi Adeyemi | book club | very good | incredible | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Jan 2019 | The Trainable Cat | John Bradshaw and Sarah Ellis | excellent | excellent | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Jan 2019 | Do Cats Hear with Their Feet? | Jake Page | fascinating | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Jan 2019 | Cat Watching | Desmond Morris | interesting | ||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Jan 2019 | Sustainable Agriculture and Resistance: Transforming Food Production in Cuba (parts) | Martin Bourque, Nilda Perez, Luis Garcia, Fernando Funes | interesting (more technical than I wanted, but still very interesting) | good | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Dec 2018 | The Silkworm | Robert Galbraith | excellent | boring | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Dec 2018 | Wilderness Tips (stories) | Margaret Atwood | Vicki | excellent | dumb | ||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Dec 2018 | So Good They Can’t Ignore You | Cal Newport | PCG | fine | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | November 2018 | Becoming | Michelle Obama | excellent | ||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | November 2018 | A Visit from the Goon Squad | Jennifer Egan | incredible | ||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | November 2018 | Lean In | Sheryl Sandberg | Excellent | ||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | November 2018 | What Happened | Hillary Clinton | Incredible | ||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | October 2018 | The Spy | Paulo Coelho | Excellent | ||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | October 2018 | Land of Lost Borders | Kate Harris | MCF | incredible | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | October 2018 | The Golden Son | Shilpi Somaya Gowda | MCF | excellent | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | September 2018 | Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise | Anders Ericsson | Pat | interesting | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | September 2018 | Secret Daughter | Shilpi Somaya Gowda | MCF | interesting | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | August 2018 | Calypso (most of it) | David Sedaris | good | ||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | August 2018 | Anything Is Possible | Elizabeth Strout | excellent | ||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | August 2018 | Popular (skimmed) | Mitch Prinstein | UNC | boring | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | August 2018 | Born to Run | Christopher McDougal | interesting but too long | ||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | August 2018 | Socrates in Silicon Valley | Tom Morris | MCF | good | |||||||||||||||||||||
25 | July 2018 | Our Towns: A 100,000-mile Journey into the Heart of America | Deborah and James Fallows | UNC Admissions Book Club | fascinating | |||||||||||||||||||||
26 | July 2018 | Astrophysics for People in a Hurry | Neil deGrasse Tyson | excellent | ||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | June 2018 | This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage | Ann Patchett | Excellent | ||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | June 2018 | Between the World and Me | Ta-Nehisi Coates | Excellent | ||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | June 2018 | The Dinner | Herman Koch | UNC Admissions book club | excellent | |||||||||||||||||||||
30 | May 2018 | The First 90 Days | Michael Watkins | good | ||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | May 2018 | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | Rowling, Thorne, Tiffany | excellent | ||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | May 2018 | Positivity: Top-Notch Research Reveals the Upward Spiral That Will Change Your Life | Barbara Fredrickson | MCF | interesting | |||||||||||||||||||||
33 | May 2018 | Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity | David Allen | MCF | interesting | |||||||||||||||||||||
34 | April 2018 | The Risen | Ron Rash | Lane | boring | |||||||||||||||||||||
35 | April 2018 | Notes from Underground | Fyodor Dostoyevsky | Michael Mara | good | |||||||||||||||||||||
36 | April 2018 | Lovely, Dark, Deep | Joyce Carol Oates | honestly: it was lovely, dark, and deep | ||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | April 2018 | Modern Romance (skimmed) | Aziz Ansari | dumb | ||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | April 2018 | Swing Time | Zadie Smith | good | ||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | April 2018 | Men Without Women | Haruki Murakami | interesting | ||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | April 2018 | Commonwealth | Ann Patchett | Parnassus | excellent | |||||||||||||||||||||
41 | April 2018 | The Handmaid's Tale | Margaret Atwood | good | ||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | March 2018 | Americanah | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | Yasamin | incredible | |||||||||||||||||||||
43 | March 2018 | The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao | Junot Diaz | Nicole K | excellent | |||||||||||||||||||||
44 | March 2018 | No Free Lunch: Food and Revolution in Cuba Today (1984) | Benjamin, Collins, Scott | excellent | ||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | March 2018 | Eileen | Otessa Moshfegh | Sierra Strattner | excellent | |||||||||||||||||||||
46 | February 2018 | The Basque History of the World | Mark Kurlansky | Rob Bonella | excellent | |||||||||||||||||||||
47 | January 2018 | Les Miserables (abridged) | Victor Hugo | good | ||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | January 2018 | Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House | Michael Wolff | fascinating | ||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | January 2018 | The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People | Stephen Covey | boring | ||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | January 2018 | Feminist Fight Club | Jessica Bennett | dumb | ||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | January 2018 | Hunchback of Notre Dame (unabridged) | Victor Hugo | excellent | ||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | December 2017 | Love Warrior | Glennon Doyle Melton | Inez | excellent | |||||||||||||||||||||
53 | November 2017 | Paris | Lonely Planet | |||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | November 2017 | What the Dog Saw | Malcolm Gladwell | interesting | ||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | November 2017 | Barron's GRE | Barron | |||||||||||||||||||||||
56 | November 2017 | It's Okay to Laugh (Crying Is Cool, Too) | Nora McInerny Purmort | Meredith | good | |||||||||||||||||||||
57 | October 2017 | GRE Math Workout | Kaplan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
58 | October 2017 | The Power of One | Bryce Courtenay | Hunter | excellent | |||||||||||||||||||||
59 | September 2017 | Cracking the GRE | Princeton Review | Brian | ||||||||||||||||||||||
60 | September 2017 | The Official Guide to the GRE Revised General Test | ETS | Sangeetha | ||||||||||||||||||||||
61 | August 2017 | My Name Is Lucy Barton | Elizabeth Strout | Parnassus | excellent | |||||||||||||||||||||
62 | August 2017 | Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work that Matters, and Make Smarter Choices about Giving Back | William MacAksill | Pat | excellent | |||||||||||||||||||||
63 | August 2017 | Tuesdays with Morrie (reread) | Mitch Albom | Eleanor | good | |||||||||||||||||||||
64 | August 2017 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Ken Kesey | excellent | ||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | July 2017 | The Upside of Stress | Kelly McGonigal | TDP | excellent | |||||||||||||||||||||
66 | July 2017 | A Million Little Pieces | James Frey | Janie | interesting | |||||||||||||||||||||
67 | July 2017 | The Potlikker Papers | John T Edge | SFA | excellent | |||||||||||||||||||||
68 | July 2017 | The Defining Decade | Meg Jay | Nicole K | stressful | |||||||||||||||||||||
69 | June 2017 | A Hidden Wholeness | Parker Palmer | TDP | good | |||||||||||||||||||||
70 | June 2017 | Let the Dead Bury Their Dead | Randall Kenan | Patrick | excellent | |||||||||||||||||||||
71 | June 2017 | Red Velvet Underground | Freda Love Smith | Susannah Felts | dumb | |||||||||||||||||||||
72 | June 2017 | Shucked: Life on a New England Oyster Farm | Erin Beyers Murray | LoFi | interesting | |||||||||||||||||||||
73 | June 2017 | Soul Food Love | Alice Randall & Caroline Randall Williams | SFA | good | |||||||||||||||||||||
74 | May 2017 | Wind, Sand and Stars | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | Patrick | excellent | |||||||||||||||||||||
75 | May 2017 | Best Food Writing of 2016 | Edited by Holly Hughes | good | ||||||||||||||||||||||
76 | May 2017 | Sirens of Titan | Kurt Vonnegut | Patrick | interesting | |||||||||||||||||||||
77 | May 2017 | Over the Plain Houses | Julia Franks | Our State | excellent | |||||||||||||||||||||
78 | April 2017 | Tiny Beautiful Things | Cheryl Strayed | Joanna | incredible | |||||||||||||||||||||
79 | April 2017 | 2016 Best American Magazine Writing | ASME | Alban | good | |||||||||||||||||||||
80 | April 2017 | No One Is Coming to Save Us | Stephanie Powell Watts | Our State | good | |||||||||||||||||||||
81 | April 2017 | Nashville Eats | Jennifer Justus | SFMTN | good | |||||||||||||||||||||
82 | April 2017 | My Reading Life | Pat Conroy | June | excellent | |||||||||||||||||||||
83 | March 2017 | A Place That Was Home | Julia Nunnally Duncan | Our State | terrible | |||||||||||||||||||||
84 | March 2017 | Zami: A New Spelling of My Name | Audre Lorde | Liv | excellent | |||||||||||||||||||||
85 | March 2017 | Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator | Ryan Holiday | Kassra | interesting | |||||||||||||||||||||
86 | March 2017 | The Barrowfields | Phillip Lewis | Our State | good | |||||||||||||||||||||
87 | February 2017 | The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat | Oliver Sacks | Alban | fascinating | |||||||||||||||||||||
88 | February 2017 | Harry Potter y la Orden del Fénix | JK Rowling | excellent | ||||||||||||||||||||||
89 | January 2017 | Family of Earth: A Southern Mountain Childhood | Wilma Dykeman | Our State | excellent | |||||||||||||||||||||
90 | January 2017 | East of Eden | John Steinbeck | Kemper | incredible | |||||||||||||||||||||
91 | Dec 2016 | When Breath Becomes Air | Paul Kalanithi | June | incredible | |||||||||||||||||||||
92 | Dec 2016 | The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings | Charlotte Perkins Gilman | Parnassus | excellent | |||||||||||||||||||||
93 | Nov. 2016 | Designing Your Life | Burnett & Evans | June | excellent | |||||||||||||||||||||
94 | Nov. 2016 | The Firefox Book of Appalachian Cookery | Firefox Foundation | SFA | interesting | |||||||||||||||||||||
95 | Nov. 2016 | Lonely Planet: Cuba | various | Kemper | <3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
96 | Nov. 2016 | From Teacakes to Tamales: Third Generation Texas Recipes | Nola McKey | SFA | boring | |||||||||||||||||||||
97 | 2016 | Milk and Honey | Rupi Kaur | Kemper | excellent | |||||||||||||||||||||
98 | 2016 | Cooking from the Heart: The Hmong Kitchen in America | Sami Scripter and Sheng Yang | SFA | interesting | |||||||||||||||||||||
99 | 2016 | The Basque Book | Alexandra Raij, Eder Montero | SFA | interesting | |||||||||||||||||||||
100 | 2016 | Blindsight | Peter Watts | Patrick | good |