Books Read in 2008

updated Sunday, March 1, 2009

1. Case Histories – Kate Atkinson
2. This is How it Happened (Not a Love Story) – Jo Barrett
3. The Woods – Harlan Coben
4. The Reluctant Fundamentalist – Mohsin Hamid
5. Sloppy Firsts – Megan McCafferty
6. Villette – Charlotte Bronte
7. P.S. I Love You – Cecelia Ahern
8. The Reading Group – Elizabeth Noble
9. The Sound of Language – Amulya Malladi [review]
10. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox – Maggie O’Farrell
11. Shadow Music – Julie Garwood
12. The Ruins – Scott Smith
13. The Dowry Bride – Shobhan Bantwal
14. Garden Spells – Sarah Addison Allen
15. Guilty Pleasures – Laurell K. Hamilton
16. Pieces of My Sister’s Life – Elizabeth Joy Arnold
17. Plum Lucky – Janet Evanovich
18. Four Wives – Wendy Walker
19. Ana’s Story: A Journey of Hope – Jenna Bush
20. Second Helpings – Megan McCafferty
21. A Walk With Jane Austen – Lori Smith
22. A Hollywood Ending – Robyn Sisman [review]
23. Queen of Babble – Meg Cabot
24. Indie Girl – Kavita Daswani
25. Resurrection – Tucker Malarkey
26. The Race – Richard North Patterson
27. Queen of Babble in the Big City – Meg Cabot
28. No Dress Rehearsal – Marian Keyes
29. Atonement – Ian McEwan
30. Walking the Bible – Bruce Feiler
31. Unpredictable – Eileen Cook [review]
32. What Matters Most – Luanne Rice
33. A Great and Terrible Beauty – Libba Bray
34. Remember Me? – Sophie Kinsella [review]
35. The Pilot’s Wife – Anita Shreve
36. Rebel Angels – Libba Bray
37. Second Chance – Jane Green
38. The Feast of Roses – Indu Sundaresan
39. Sandcastles – Luanne Rice [review]
40. The Nanny Diaries – Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus
41. Charmed Thirds – Megan McCafferty
42. Bulls Island – Dorothea Benton Frank
43. Earthly Pleasures – Karen Neches [review]
44. A Version of the Truth – Jennifer Kaufman & Karen Mack
45. The Innocent – Posie Graeme-Evans
46. Fourth Comings – Megan McCafferty
47. Lady Macbeth – Susan Fraser King
48. Smart Girls Like Me – Diane Vadino
49. Me and Mr. Darcy – Alexandra Potter
50. Irish Girls About Town – Maeve Binchy, Marian Keyes, etc.
51. The Way Life Should Be – Christina Baker Kline
52. The Sweet Far Thing – Libba Bray
53. People of the Book – Geraldine Brooks
54. The Ten Best Days of My Life – Adena Halpern [review]
55. Beautiful Lies – Lisa Unger
56. The Rossetti Letter – Christi Phillips
57. On Chesil Beach – Ian McEwan
58. 37 – Maria Beaumont
59. The Hollywood Girls’ Club – Maggie Marr
60. Curse of the Spellmans – Lisa Lutz
61. The Wayward Muse – Elizabeth Hickey
62. Left Bank – Kate Muir
63. Light of the Moon – Luanne Rice [review]
64. The Religion – Tim Willocks
65. Bloom – Elizabeth Scott
66. The Seduction of Water – Carol Goodman
67. Bungalow 2 – Danielle Steele
68. Under the Banner of Heaven – Jon Krakauer
69. Size Twelve is Not Fat – Meg Cabot
70. Stone Heart – Luanne Rice
71. Sliver of Truth – Lisa Unger
72. Good Man Hunting – Lisa Landolt
73. My Summer of Southern Discomfort – Stephanie Gayle
74. The Secret Between Us – Barbara Delinsky
75. Secrets of the Hollywood Girls’ Club – Maggie Marr
76. Belong to Me – Marisa de los Santos [review]
77. Deep Dish – Mary Kay Andrews
78. Spa Vacation – Theresa Alan
79. Certain Girls – Jennifer Weiner
80. A History of Lucy’s Love Life in 10 1/2 Chapters – Deborah Wright
81. The Ex-Debutante – Linda Francis Lee
82. Chambermaid – Saira Rao
83. The Right Stuff – Tom Wolfe
84. Size 14 is Not Fat Either – Meg Cabot
85. Deke! An Autobiography – Donald K. Slayton & Michael Cassutt
86. The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Bronte – Laura Joh Rowland
87. Pemberley Remembered – Mary Lydon Simonsen [review]
88. Invisible Lives – Anjali Banerjee
89. Sundays at Tiffany’s – James Patterson
90. The Making of The African Queen – Katharine Hepburn
91. Acts of Love – Emily Listfield
92. The Lady Elizabeth – Alison Weir
93. Love Marriage – V.V. Ganeshananthan
94. The Girl Who Stopped Swimming – Joshilyn Jackson
95. The Secret of Lost Things – Sheridan Hay [review]
96. Violet on the Runway – Melissa Walker [review]
97. Perfect on Paper: The (Mis)adventures of Waverly Bryson – Maria Murnane [review]
98. Any Way You Want Me – Kathy Love
99. Nice To Come Home To – Rebecca Flowers
100. The Post-American World – Fareed Zakaria
101. The Sugar Queen – Sarah Addison Allen [review]
102. Women in Hats – Judy Sheehan
103. A Good Indian Wife – Anne Cherian
104. Big Boned (Size Doesn’t Matter) – Meg Cabot
105. Hold Tight – Harlan Coben
106. The Courtesan – Susan Carroll
107. Songs of the Missing – Stewart O’Nan
108. Flight: My Life In Mission Control – Chris Kraft
109. Another Thing to Fall – Laura Lippman
110. The Senator’s Wife – Sue Miller
111. Love the One You’re With – Emily Giffin [review]
112. The Exiled – Posie Graeme-Evans
113. Driving Sideways – Jess Riley [review]
114. The Tea House – Paul Elwork
115. The Host – Stephenie Meyer
116. The Richest Season – Maryann McFadden [review]
117. Failure is Not an Option – Gene Kranz [review]
118. Black Out – Lisa Unger
119. Violet By Design – Melissa Walker
120. Beginner’s Greek – James Collins [review]
121. Promise Not to Tell – Jennifer McMahon [review]
122. Room for Love – Andrea Meyer [review]
123. The Uncrowned Queen – Posie Graeme-Evans
124. The Beach House – Jane Green [review]
125. This Charming Man – Marian Keyes [review]
126. The Drowning Tree – Carol Goodman [review]
127. Queen of Babble Gets Hitched – Meg Cabot [review]
128. A Page Out of Life – Kathleen Reid [review]
129. Sweet Love – Sarah Strohmeyer [review]
130. Laughing Without an Accent – Fizooreh Dumas [review]
131. In the Woods – Tana French [review]
132. Stealing Athena – Karen Essex [review]
133. The City of Falling Angels – John Berendt [review]
134. Lock and Key – Sarah Dessen [review]
135. A Summer Affair – Elin Hilderbrand [review]
136. The Fall of Troy – Peter Ackroyd [review]
137. Violet in Private – Melissa Walker [review]
138. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood – Ann Brashares
139. A Wrinkle In Time – Madeleine L’Engle
140. A Wind in the Door – Madeleine L’Engle
141. Beach Girls – Luanne Rice [review]
142. Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer
143. The Last Oracle – James Rollins [review]
144. Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America’s Race to the Moon – Deke Slayton & Alan Shepard
145. Dragonfly: NASA and the Crisis Aboard Mir – Bryan Burroughs
146. Last Kiss – Luanne Rice
147. The Night Villa – Carol Goodman [review]
148. Summer Blowout – Claire Cook [review]
149. Off the Menu – Christine Son [review]
150. The House at Riverton – Kate Morton [review]
151. Sleeping With Ward Cleaver – Jenny Gardiner [review]
152. Only in America? – Graham K. Wilson
153. The Forbidden Daughter – Shobhan Bantwal [review]
154. Cancer is a Bitch – Gail Konop Baker [review]
155. The Monster of Florence – Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi [review]
156. States and Power in Africa – Jeffrey Herbst
157. The Secret Bride: In the Court of Henry VIII – Diane Haeger [review]
158. The Writing Class – Jincy Willett [review]
159. The Smart One and the Pretty One – Claire LaZebnik [review]
160. The Enchantress of Florence – Salman Rushdie [review]
161. Falling Under – Danielle Younge-Ullman [review]
162. How to Be Single – Liz Tuccillo [review]
163. Rosewater and Soda Bread – Marsha Mehran [review]
164. Unorthodox Lawmaking – Barbara Sinclair
165. The Professor’s Wives’ Club – Joanne Rendell [review]
166. In the Land of No Right Angles – Daphne Beal [review]
167. Sleeping Arrangements – Madeleine Wickham [review]
168. Nefertiti – Michelle Moran [review]
169. Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times – Nancy Bermeo
170. The Man Who Loved China – Simon Winchester [review]
171. An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination – Elizabeth McCracken [review]
172. Schooled – Anisha Lakhani [review]
173. The Likeness – Tana French [review]
174. No Other Way Out – Jeff Goodwin
175. Time of My Life – Allison Winn Scotch [review]
176. House and Home – Kathleen McCleary [review]
177. The Best Day of Someone Else’s Life – Kerry Reichs
178. Hot Mess: Summer in the City – Julie Kraut & Shallon Lester [review]
179. Love and Biology at the Center of the Universe – Jennie Shortridge [review]
180. The Other Queen – Philippa Gregory [review]
181. My Husband’s Sweethearts – Bridget Asher
182. Veto Players – George Tsebelis
183. When Will There Be Good News? – Kate Atkinson [review]
184. Civil and Strange – Clair Ni Aonghusa [review]
185. The Fire – Katherine Neville [review]
186. Force and Statecraft – Paul Gorden Lauren
187. Soup in the City – Kelly Hollingsworth [review]
188. Lulu in Marrakech – Diane Johnson [review]
189. The Letters – Luanne Rice & Joseph Monninger [review]
190. A Constant Heart – Siri Mitchell [review]
191. The Safety of Secrets – DeLaune Michel [review]
192. Your Roots are Showing – Elise Chidley [review]
193. Thank You For All Things – Sandra Kring [review]
194. The Sleeping Beauty Proposal – Sarah Strohmeyer
195. Altared – Colleen Curran
196. House of Daughters – Sarah-Kate Lynch [review]
197. The House on Tradd Street – Karen White [review]
198. Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth – Xiaolu Guo [review]
199. Testimony – Anita Shreve [review]
200. The Fortune Quilt – Lani Diane Rich [review]
201. The Heretic Queen – Michelle Moran [review]
202. Somebody Else’s Daughter – Elizabeth Brundage [review]
203. Scot on the Rocks – Brenda Janowitz [review]
204. The Opposite of Love – Julie Buxbaum [review]
205. My Best Friend’s Girl – Dorothy Koomson [review]
206. Knitting Under the Influence – Claire LaZebnik [review]
207. The Reluctant Widow – Georgette Heyer [review]
208. Wife in the North – Judith O’Reilly [review]
209. Chasing Harry Winston – Lauren Weisberger [review]
210. A Thousand Veils – D.J. Murphy [review]
211. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Steig Larsson [review]
212. One Fifth Avenue – Candace Bushnell [review]
213. The Pirate’s Daughter – Margaret Cezair-Thompson [review]
214. Catwalk – Deborah Gregory
215. Names My Sisters Call Me – Megan Crane [review]
216. Questions to Ask Before Marrying – Melissa Senate [review]
217. Home Girl – Judith Matloff [review]
218. My Lady of Cleves – Margaret Campbell Barnes [review]
219. Jack With a Twist – Brenda Janowitz [review]
220. The Last Queen – C.W. Gortner [review]
221. The Yoga Teacher – Alexandra Gray [review]
222. The Memorist – M. J. Rose [review]
223. I Know It’s Over – C.K. Kelly Martin [review]
224. The Gifted Gabaldon Sisters – Lorraine Lopez [review]
225. The Washingtonienne – Jessica Cutler [review]
226. The Pre-Nup – Beth Kendrick [review]
227. Good to a Fault – Marina Endicott [review]
228. Tethered – Amy Mackinnon [review]
229. Whacked – Jules Asner [review]
230. Faro’s Daughter – Georgette Heyer [review]
231. Mrs. Perfect – Jane Porter [review]
232. Gilding Lily – Tatiana Boncampagni [review]
233. 13 Little Blue Envelopes – Maureen Johnson [review]
234. Essential Readings in World Politics, 3rd Edition
235. The Memory of Water – Karen White [review]
236. Why the Cold War Ended – Ralph Summy
237. Flirting With Forty – Jane Porter [review]
238. Ending the Cold War – Richard K. Hermann
239. Shelter Me – Juliette Fay [review]
240. Girl Most Likely To – Poonam Sharma [review]
241. Girls in Trucks – Katie Crouch [review]
242. Cutting Loose – Nadine Dajani [review]
243. Holidays on Ice – David Sedaris [review]
244. LoveHampton – Sherri Rifkin
245. The King’s Daughter – Sandra Worth [review]
246. Matrimony – Joshua Henkin [review]
247. The Audacity of Hope – Barack Obama
248. The 19th Wife – David Ebershoff [review]
249. Five Things I Can’t Live Without – Holly Shumas [review]
250. Thirteen Reasons Why – Jay Asher [review]
251. The Misadventures of Oliver Booth – David Desmond [review]
252. Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds – Stephen Kinzer [review]
253. In the Convent of Little Flowers: Stories – Indu Sundaresan [review]
254. The Charlemagne Pursuit – Steve Berry [review]
255. Odd Mom Out – Jane Porter [review]
256. The Madonnas of Leningrad – Debra Dean [review]
257. Cotillion – Georgette Heyer [review]
258. Creepers – Joanne Dahme [review]
259. The Caliph’s House: A Year in Casablanca – Tahir Shah [review]
260. The Secret Papers of Madame Olivetti – Annie Vanderbilt
261. The Secret Scripture – Sebastian Barry [review]
262. Royal Escape – Susan Froetschel [review]
263. The Wednesday Sisters – Meg Waite Clayton [review]
264. The Quiche of Death – M.C. Beatons [review]
265. A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hosseini [review]