These books have already been read, and are currently looking quite pretty on my bookshelves. They’re organized by genre, to really demonstrate my Type-A personality.
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Biography & Memoir
Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog by John Grogan
A Woman Named Jackie by C. David Heymann
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama
Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil by Deborah Rodriguez & Kristin Ohlson
Mr. Capone by Robert J. Schoenberg
Her Last Death by Susanna Sonnenberg
Gonzo by Hunter S. Thompson
Business & Finance
The Road Ahead: Completely Revised and Up-to-Date by Bill Gates & Peter Rinearson, Nathan Myhrvold
Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy by Bill Gates & Collins Hemingway
Accounting for the New Business: The Strategies and Practices You Need to Account for Your Success (Adams Expert Advice for Small Business) by Christopher R. Malburg
The Courage to be Rich: Creating a Life of Material and Spiritual Abundance by Suze Orman
The Small Business Start-Up Guide: A Surefire Blueprint to Successfully Launch Your Own Business (Small Business Start-Up Guide) by Hal Root & Steve Koenig
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
Essays
I Was Told There’d Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
Solipsist by Henry Rollins
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Holidays on Ice: Stories by David Sedaris
Hell’s Angels by Hunter S. Thompson
Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson
Fiction
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Broken (Women of the Otherworld, # 6) by Kelley Armstrong
Industrial Magic (Women of the Otherworld, #4) by Kelley Armstrong
Haunted (Women of the Otherworld, #5) by Kelley Armstrong
Stolen (Women of the Otherworld, #2) by Kelley Armstrong
Dime Store Magic (Women of the Otherworld, #3) by Kelley Armstrong
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Pride and Prejudice (Oxford World’s Classics) by Jane Austen & James Kinsley, Fiona Stafford
Jennifer Government by Max Barry
The Story of Forgetting by Stefan Merrill Block
Cry Wolf (Alpha & Omega, #1) by Patricia Briggs
The Brontes: Three Great Novels: Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte & Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte
The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3) by Dan Brown
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1) by Dan Brown
Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery by John Gregory Brown & J. M. Eddins
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) by Pearl S. Buck
Trading Up by Candace Bushnell
Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass (Collector’s Library) by Lewis Carroll & John Tenniel, Anna South
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1) by Cassandra Clare
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day (Idlewild #1) by Pearl Cleage
The Zahir by Paulo Coelho & Margaret Jull Costa
Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1) by Eoin Colfer
My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier & Christopher Collier
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Babyji by Abha Dawesar
Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
The Edge of Reason (Bridget Jones #2) by Helen Fielding
The Great Gatsby (The Authorized Text) by F. Scott Fitzgerald & Matthew J. Bruccoli
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Jews Without Money: A Novel by Michael Gold & Alfred Kazin, Howard Simon
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith & Jane Austen
A Painted House by John Grisham
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
A Spot of Bother (Vintage) by Mark Haddon
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) by Charlaine Harris
Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse, #2) by Charlaine Harris
Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse, #4) by Charlaine Harris
Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #3) by Charlaine Harris
Dead as a Doornail (Sookie Stackhouse, #5) by Charlaine Harris
Definitely Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #6) by Charlaine Harris
All Together Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #7) by Charlaine Harris
Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse, #11) by Charlaine Harris
Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, #9) by Charlaine Harris
From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8) by Charlaine Harris
Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris
Five Quarters of the Orange (P.S.) by Joanne Harris
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
How to Be Good by Nick Hornby
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
Leaving Home: A Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories by Garrison Keillor
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
A Wrinkle in Time (Time, #1) by Madeleine L’Engle
I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) by Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium, #2) by Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3) by Stieg Larsson & Reg Keeland
Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter, #1) by Jeff Lindsay
Giver (illustrated; gift edition) by Lois Lowry
Fall On Your Knees (Oprah’s Book Club) by Ann-Marie MacDonald
The Way the Crow Flies by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Son of a Witch (Wicked Years, #2) by Gregory Maguire & Douglas Smith
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Wicked Years, #1) by Gregory Maguire
The Good That Men Do: Star Trek Enterprise (Star Trek : Enterprise) by Andy Mangels & Michael A. Martin
Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (Midnight Classics) by Horace McCoy
New Moon (Twilight, #2) by Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse (Twilight, #3) by Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn (Twilight, #4) by Stephenie Meyer
Twilight (Twilight, #1) by Stephenie Meyer
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
While I Was Gone by Sue Miller
Anne’s House of Dreams (Anne of Green Gables, #5) by L.M. Montgomery
Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3) by L.M. Montgomery
Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables, #2) by L.M. Montgomery
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) by L.M. Montgomery & Jennifer Lee Carrell
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story (Love Story, #1) by Christopher Moore
You Suck: A Love Story (Vampire Trilogy, #2) by Christopher Moore
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates
The Dive From Clausen’s Pier by Ann Packer
Rant by Chuck Palahniuk
Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Twist of Faith (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) by S.D. Perry & David Weddle
The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips
The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values by Robert M. Pirsig
The Bell Jar (Everyman’s Library (Cloth)) by Sylvia Plath
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
The Early Ayn Rand: A Selection from Her Unpublished Fiction (The Ayn Rand Library, Volume 2) by Ayn Rand & Leonard Peikoff
We the Living by Ayn Rand
Anthem by Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand & Leonard Peikoff
Merrick (The Vampire Chronicles, #7) by Anne Rice
Lasher (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #2) by Anne Rice
Interview With the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1) by Anne Rice
The Witching Hour (Mayfair Witches Series #1) by Anne Rice
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Other American Stories by Hunter S. Thompson & Ralph Steadman
The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson
Screwjack: A Short Story by Hunter S. Thompson
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions by Daniel Wallace
In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner
Good in Bed (Cannie Shapiro, #1) by Jennifer Weiner
Night (Night, #1) by Elie Wiesel
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. Winters & Jane Austen
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Food & Drink
Wine Basics for Dummies by Ed McCarthy (Certified Wine Educator)
The Sweet Life in Paris: A Recipe for Living in the World’s Most Delicious City by David Lebovitz
General Fiction
Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy by Franklyn Ajaye
511 Things Only Women Understand by Lorraine Bodger
Toilets of the World by Morna E. Gregory & Sian James
The Pocket Encyclopedia of Aggravation: 101 Things that Annoy, Bother, Chafe, Disturb, Enervate, Frustrate, Grate, Harass, Irk, Jar, Mife, Nettle, Outrage, Peeve, Quassh, Rile, Stress Out, Trouble, Upset, Vex, Worry and X,Y Z You! by Laura Lee & Linda O’Leary
The Lucky Shopping Manual by Andrea Linett & Kim France
America (The Book): A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart & The Writers of The Daily Show
Combat Leader’s Field Guide by Brett A. Stoneberger
History, Anthropology & Archaeology
The Invisible Sex: Uncovering the True Roles of Women in Prehistory by J.M. Adovasio & Olga Soffer, Jake Page
The Greatest Presidential Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy by Rick Beyer
Germany (Library of nations) by Time-Life Books
Battles and Leaders of the Civil War by Ned Bradford
The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Columbine by Dave Cullen
Don’t Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned (Don’t Know Much About…) by Kenneth C. Davis
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan
The Mental Floss History of the World: An Irreverent Romp through Civilization’s Best Bits by Mental Floss & Erik Sass, Steve Wiegand
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
Wonders of the Ancient World: National Geographic Atlas of Archaeology by National Geographic Society
Nixonland: America’s Second Civil War and the Divisive Legacy of Richard Nixon, 1965-1972. by Rick Perlstein
Standing Next to History: An Agent’s Life Inside the Secret Service by Joseph Petro & Jeffrey Robinson
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
Philosophy
Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts by David Baggett & William Irwin, Shawn E. Klein
The Power of Intention by Wayne W. Dyer
Political & Social Commentary
Burning All Illusions : A Guide to Personal and Political Freedom by David Edwards
In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed (Plus) by Carl Honore
Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age by Maggie Jackson
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market by Eric Schlosser
Deciding the Next Decider: The 2008 Presidential Race in Rhyme by Calvin Trillin
Religion & Spirituality
Holy Bible: New International Version by Anonymous
Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent & Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln
Buckland’s Complete Book Of Witchcraft (Llewellyn’s Practical Magick) by Raymond Buckland
Living Wicca: A Further Guide for the Solitary Practitioner (Llewellyn’s Practical Magick Series) by Scott Cunningham
Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner by Scott Cunningham
The Witch’s Magical Handbook by Gavin Frost & Yvonne Frost
Athena: Goddess of War and Wisdom (Little Wisdom Library) by Manuela Dunn Mascetti
Green Witchcraft Iii: The Manual (Green Witchcraft) by Ann Moura
Green Witchcraft Ii (Green Witchcraft) by Ann Moura
Green Witchcraft: Folk Magic, Fairy Lore & Herb Craft (Green Witchcraft) by Ann Moura
The Heart of Wicca: Wise Words from a Crone on the Path by Ellen Cannon Reed
The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner’s Semester at America’s Holiest University by Kevin Roose
Holy Bible, Giant Print NLT by Tyndale House Publishers Staff
The Real Witches Handbook by Kate West
Science
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene
Travel
Gutsy Women: More Travel Tips and Wisdom for the Road (Travelers’ Tales Guides) by Marybeth Bond
Writing
The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law by Associated Press
The Elements of Style by William Strunk & E.B. White, Robert Angell
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Non-Fiction by William Knowlton Zinsser