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Thank you to
littleminx for helping me with the booklist box HTML! And thank you to
classicfox for the RABCK
253 by Geoff Ryman! As of mid-2024, my original Zeena666 LiveJournal homepage is deleted & I'm unable to delete the link. Sorry!
6/10/24: I no longer participate in trades or RABCK's. Thanks for understanding.
BC books I'm currently reading: Sarah Waters's THE PAYING GUESTS; Ayn Rand's ATLAS SHRUGGED; Donna Tartt's THE LITTLE FRIEND; Florence Scovel Shinn's THE GAME OF LIFE & HOW TO PLAY IT (ebook).
Other (non-BC bookshelf) Books being read: Horatio Alger's RAGGED DICK AND MARK THE MATCH BOY; Monica Ali's BRICK LANE (ebook).
BOOKS I READ IN 2025. Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves. # signs = recommendations.
1. Wanda E. Brunstetter: THE AMISH COOKING CLASS: THE SEEKERS
BOOKS I READ IN 2024. Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves. # signs = recommendations.
1. Philip K. Dick: THE PRE-PERSONS (short story) # 2. Zachary Levi: RADICAL LOVE: LEARNING TO ACCEPT YOURSELF AND OTHERS #
3. David Icke: ALICE IN WONDERLAND AND THE WORLD TRADE CENTER DISASTER: WHY THE OFFICIAL STORY OF 9/11 IS A MONUMENTAL LIE * #
4. Ransom Riggs: MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN
5. Leopold von Sacher-Masoch: VENUS IN FURS 6. Mumia Abu-Jamal, Johanna Fernandez (editor): WRITING ON THE WALL: SELECTED PRISON WRITINGS OF MUMIA ABU-JAMAL#
7. Col. Robert G. Ingersoll: HELL: WARM WORDS ON THE CHEERFUL AND COMFORTING DOCTRINE OF ETERNAL DAMNATION #
8. Clarence Darrow: ABSURDITIES OF THE BIBLE (LITTLE BLUE BOOK NO. 1367) #
9. Jackie Pullinger with Andrew Quicke: CHASING THE DRAGON: ONE WOMAN'S STRUGGLE AGAINST THE DARKNESS OF HONG KONG'S DRUG DENS #
10. Charles Dickens: THE CHIMES: A NOVELLA 11. Sally Kempton: AWAKENING TO KALI: THE GODDESS OF RADICAL TRANSFORMATION #
12. Charles Baudelaire: THE FLOWERS OF EVIL 13. Charles Dickens: THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH
BOOKS I READ IN 2023. Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves. # signs = recommendations.
1. Cat Marnell: HOW TO MURDER YOUR LIFE: A MEMOIR # 2. Andre Leon Talley: THE CHIFFON TRENCHES: A MEMOIR #
3. Taylor Jenkins Reid: THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO #
4. Maia Kobabe: GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR 5. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada: SPIRITUAL YOGA: THE PATH TO THE HIGHEST PLEASURE
6. Nadia Bolz-Weber: ACCIDENTAL SAINTS: FINDING GOD IN ALL THE WRONG PEOPLE #
7. Seth Tobocman, Eric Laursen, & Jessica Wehrle: UNDERSTANDING THE CRASH #
8. Noel Streatfeild: SKATING SHOES # 9. Rebecca Solnit: MEN EXPLAIN THINGS TO ME #
BOOKS I READ IN 2022. Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves. # signs = recommendations.
1. Dean Lawrence (editor) and the citizens of The Atheist Republic: YOUR GOD IS TOO SMALL: 50 ESSAYS ON LIFE, LOVE, AND LIBERTY WITHOUT RELIGION #
2. Cami Walker: 29 GIFTS: HOW A MONTH OF GIVING CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE
3. Phyllis Chesler: A POLITICALLY INCORRECT FEMINIST: CREATING A MOVEMENT WITH BITCHES, LUNATICS, DYKES, PRODIGIES, WARRIORS, AND WONDER WOMEN #
4. Jen Hatmaker: 7: AN EXPERIMENTAL MUTINY AGAINST EXCESS #
5. Marie Irish: CHRISTMAS EVE AT MULLIGAN'S: A FAMILY PLAY 6. Jeffery Deaver: THE MIDNIGHT LOCK: A LINCOLN RHYME NOVEL #
BOOKS I READ IN 2021. Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves. # signs = recommendations.
1. Jill Stark: WHEN YOU'RE NOT OK: A TOOLKIT FOR TOUGH TIMES #
2. Mady G. & J.R. Zuckerberg: A QUICK AND EASY GUIDE TO QUEER & TRANS IDENTITIES
3. Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez: THE DIRTY GIRLS SOCIAL CLUB # 4. Anonymous: IN NOMINE BABALON: 156 ADORATIONS TO THE SCARLET GODDESS #
5. Sarah Prager: QUEER, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE: 23 PEOPLE WHO CHANGED THE WORLD
6. Kate Bornstein: A QUEER AND PLEASANT DANGER: A MEMOIR #
7. David Mitchell: SLADE HOUSE # 8. Sinead O'Connor: REMEMBERINGS #
9. Dawn Eden Goldstein: SUNDAY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME #
10. Peter Bagge: CREDO: THE ROSE WILDER LANE STORY # 11. Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller & Sara Yoheved Rigler: BATTLE PLANS: HOW TO FIGHT THE YETZER HARA * #
12. Gail Honeyman: ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE #
13. Marjorie Hillis: BUBBLY ON YOUR BUDGET: LIVE LUXURIOUSLY WITH WHAT YOU HAVE (KINDLE EDITION) #
14. Marion Cook: THE CHILD & THE DREAM: A CHRISTMAS STORY (1908)
BOOKS I READ IN 2020. Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves. # signs = recommendations.
1. Kath Kelly: HOW I LIVED A YEAR ON JUST A POUND A DAY 2. Scotty Bowers with Lionel Friedberg: FULL SERVICE: MY ADVENTURES IN HOLLYWOOD AND THE SECRET SEX LIVES OF THE STARS
3. Ali Fitzgerald: DRAWN TO BERLIN: COMIC WORKSHOPS IN REFUGEE SHELTERS AND OTHER STORIES FROM A NEW EUROPE #
4. Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie: LOST GIRLS 5. Ronan Farrow: CATCH AND KILL: LIES, SPIES, AND A CONSPIRACY TO PROTECT PREDATORS #
BOOKS I READ IN 2019. Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves. # signs = recommendations.
1. Joseph E. Green: THE CIA MAKES SCIENCE FICTION UNEXCITING NO.8: INTRO TO THE MLK AND RFK ASSASSINATION CONSPIRACIES: 1968 #
2. James Wesley Rawles: PATRIOTS #1: SURVIVING THE COMING COLLAPSE #
3. CrimethInc. (Hibickina & Kika): OFF THE MAP*#
4. Laurent Queyssi & Mauro Marchesi: PHILIP K. DICK: A COMICS BIOGRAPHY
5. Charles Dickens: THE SIGNALMAN: A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS 6. Carol Lay: THE BIG SKINNY: HOW I CHANGED MY FATTITUDE #
7. Exene Cervenka: VIRTUAL UNREALITY # 8. CrimethInc.: THE SECRET WORLD OF TERIJIAN
9. Seane Corn: REVOLUTION OF THE SOUL: AWAKEN TO LOVE THROUGH RAW TRUTH, RADICAL HEALING, AND CONSCIOUS ACTION
BOOKS I READ IN 2018. Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves. # signs = recommendations.
1. Alice Bag: VIOLENCE GIRL: EAST L.A. RAGE TO HOLLYWOOD STAGE, A CHICANA PUNK STORY #
2. Michael Finkel: THE STRANGER IN THE WOODS: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF THE LAST TRUE HERMIT #
3. Dawn Eden: THE THRILL OF THE CHASTE: FINDING FULFILLMENT WHILE KEEPING YOUR CLOTHES ON #
4. M.R. James: THE DIARY OF MR. POYNTER: A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS
5. Karyl McBride, Ph.D.: WILL I EVER BE GOOD ENOUGH?: HEALING THE DAUGHTERS OF NARCISSISTIC MOTHERS #
6. John Lennon: IN HIS OWN WRITE & A SPANIARD IN THE WORKS
7. Gene Simmons: ON POWER: MY JOURNEY THROUGH THE CORRIDORS OF POWER AND HOW YOU CAN GET MORE POWER#
8. Kate Beaton: STEP ASIDE, POPS: A HARK! A VAGRANT COLLECTION #
9. Isabelle Eberhardt: ON VAGRANCY # 10. Matthew Morris: SURVIVING THE SODA STRUGGLE: MY STORY AND SUGGESTIONS
11. Stephen King and Richard Chizmar: GWENDY'S BUTTON BOX #
12. Dennis Calero: RAY BRADBURY'S THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES: THE AUTHORIZED ADAPTATION
13. Rose McGowan: BRAVE # 14. Mark Goodwin: AMERICAN EXIT STRATEGY (THE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE, NO. 1) #
15. Tamara Shopsin: ARBITRARY STUPID GOAL # 16. Tony Kushner: ANGELS IN AMERICA: A GAY FANTASIA ON NATIONAL THEMES #
17. Art Spiegelmann: THE COMPLETE MAUS: A SURVIVOR'S TALE (MAUS #1-2) #
18. Joseph E. Green: THE CIA MAKES SCIENCE FICTION UNEXCITING NO.9: INTRO TO THE JONESTOWN MASSACRE CONSPIRACIES: 1978 #
19. Joseph E. Green: THE CIA MAKES SCIENCE FICTION UNEXCITING NO.7: INTRO TO THE JFK ASSASSINATION CONSPIRACY #
20. Joseph E. Green: THE CIA MAKES SCIENCE FICTION UNEXCITING NO.10: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY?: AN INTRODUCTION #
21. Lucy Knisley: RELISH: MY LIFE IN THE KITCHEN #
BOOKS I READ IN 2017. Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves. # signs = recommendations.
1. Rebecca Harrington: I'LL HAVE WHAT SHE'S HAVING: MY ADVENTURES IN CELEBRITY DIETING #
2. Laura Antoniou: THAT'S HARSH! (THE MARKETPLACE SERIES) #
3. Tara Burns: WHORE DIARIES: MY FIRST TWO WEEKS AS AN ESCORT 4. Tara Burns: WHORE DIARIES II: ADVENTURES IN INDEPENDENT ESCORTING
5. George Saunders: FOX 8: A STORY # 6. Hydra M. Star: GREAT-GRANDMOTHER'S NECKLACE #
7. Zoe Street Howe: TYPICAL GIRLS?: THE STORY OF THE SLITS #
8. Joe Diablo: THE SATANIC PROVERBS 9. Maureen McCormick: HERE'S THE STORY: SURVIVING MARCIA BRADY AND FINDING MY TRUE VOICE
10. Tom Tomorrow: CRAZY IS THE NEW NORMAL # 11. Jeffrey Toobin: THE RUN OF HIS LIFE: THE PEOPLE VS. O.J. SIMPSON #
12. Annie Brewer: THE SHOESTRING GIRL: HOW I LIVE ON PRACTICALLY NOTHING AND YOU CAN TOO #
13. Lilith Starr: THE HAPPY SATANIST: FINDING SELF-EMPOWERMENT
14. Alan Cumming: NOT MY FATHER'S SON: A MEMOIR 15. Anna David (editor): HOW I GOT SOBER: 10 ALCOHOLICS AND ADDICTS TELL THEIR PERSONAL STORIES #
16. Mike Doughty: THE BOOK OF DRUGS # 17. Marisa Readus and Alisha Readus: BREAKING THRU THE BARS
18. Lesley Smailes: CULT SISTER: MY DECADE IN ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST SECRETIVE SECTS
19. Tom Kizzia: PILGRIM'S WILDERNESS: A TRUE STORY OF FAITH AND MADNESS ON THE ALASKA FRONTIER
20. Chris & Wendy Jeub: LOVE IN THE HOUSE: FILLING YOUR HOME WITH THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT
21. Victor LaValle: LUCRETIA AND THE KROONS # 22. Johnny B. Truant: HOW TO LIVE FOREVER (EPIC SERIES BOOK 4) #
23. Ogdred Weary (Edward Gorey): THE CURIOUS SOFA: A PORNOGRAPHIC WORK #
24. Erin Elizabeth Conley: CRAP: HOW TO DEAL WITH ANNOYING TEACHERS, BOSSES, BACKSTABBERS, AND OTHER STUFF THAT STINKS #
25. Neil Patrick Harris & David Javerbaum: CHOOSE YOUR OWN AUTOBIOGRAPHY #
26. John Connolly: THE MUSEUM OF LITERARY SOULS #
27. J. Alienus Rychalski (Joy Richards) for the Blackfoot Valley Dispatch: AN INTERVIEW WITH TED KACZYNSKI #
BOOKS I READ IN 2016. Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves. # signs = recommendations.
1. Ian Halperin: WHITNEY & BOBBI KRISTINA: THE DEADLY PRICE OF FAME
2. Sandra Scoppettone: THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF SUZUKI BEANE: A LOVABLE LITTLE HIPSTER #
3. Jen Sincero: YOU ARE A BADASS: HOW TO STOP DOUBTING YOUR GREATNESS AND START LIVING AN AWESOME LIFE * #
4. Doug Moench: THE BIG BOOK OF CONSPIRACIES: ALLEGEDLY TRUE TALES OF TREACHERY FROM THE INFORMATION UNDERGROUND #
5. Donald Albrecht with Stephen Vider: GAY GOTHAM: ART AND UNDERGROUND CULTURE IN NEW YORK
BOOKS I READ IN 2015. Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves. # signs = recommendations.
1. O. Henry: THE GIFT OF THE MAGI # 2. John Joseph: THE EVOLUTION OF A CRO-MAGNON #
3. Ayad Akhtar: DISGRACED: A PLAY # 4. Yoko Ono: ACORN
5. Mallory Ortberg: TEXTS FROM JANE EYRE AND OTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR FAVORITE LITERARY CHARACTERS #
6. Aleister Crowley: THE BOOK OF THE LAW 7. Toby Litt: DEAD BOY DETECTIVES, VOL. 1: SCHOOLBOY TERRORS
BOOKS I READ IN 2014. Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves. # signs = recommendations.
1. Anne Lamott: HELP THANKS WOW: THE THREE ESSENTIAL PRAYERS
2. Deneen Borelli: BLACKLASH: HOW OBAMA AND THE LEFT ARE DRIVING AMERICANS TO THE GOVERNMENT PLANTATION (ebook) *
3. Inga Muscio: ROSE: LOVE IN VIOLENT TIMES * #
4. Thessaly LaForce (editor): MY IDEAL BOOKSHELF # 5. Exene Cervenka: VIRTUAL UNREALITY *#
6. Donna Tartt: THE GOLDFINCH * 7. Morrissey: AUTOBIOGRAPHY *
8. Amy Hammond Hagberg: HOW DO YOU KNOW HE'S REAL?: 34 CELEBRITY REFLECTIONS ON TRUE LIFE EXPERIENCES WITH GOD
9. Stephen King: UNDER THE DOME # 10. Junot Diaz: THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO *#
11. Dolly Freed: POSSUM LIVING: HOW TO LIVE WELL WITHOUT A JOB AND WITH (ALMOST) NO MONEY *#
12. Peter Bagge: WOMAN REBEL: THE MARGARET SANGER STORY #
13. Isaac Fitzgerald and Wendy MacNaughton: PEN AND INK: TATTOOS & THE STORIES BEHIND THEM
14. Kerry Greenwood: EARTHLY DELIGHTS: CORINNA CHAPMAN #1 *
15. Tom Neely: HENRY AND GLENN FOREVER AND EVER 16. Frank Warren: THE WORLD OF POST SECRET
17. Stephen King: MR. MERCEDES #
BOOKS I READ IN 2013. Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves. # signs = recommendations.
1. Sam Bracken: MY ORANGE DUFFEL BAG: A JOURNEY TO RADICAL CHANGE #
2. Francesco Marciuliano: I COULD PEE ON THIS: AND OTHER POEMS BY CATS. #
3. Julie Holland, M.D.: WEEKENDS AT BELLEVUE: NINE YEARS ON THE NIGHT SHIFT AT THE PSYCH ER *(ebook)
4. Paul Ford: MAD AFTER KRISHNA: MY LIFE IN A DESTRUCTIVE CULT * (ebook)
5. Claudia Christian + Morgan Grant Buchanan: BABYLON CONFIDENTIAL: A MEMOIR OF LOVE, SEX, AND ADDICTION * (ebook)
6. Dr. Stuart Jeanne Bramhall: THE MOST REVOLUTIONARY ACT: MEMOIR OF AN AMERICAN REFUGEE *# (ebook)
7. Max Millard: 100 NEW YORKERS OF THE 1970'S (ebook)
8. Andy Rausch: THE SUICIDE GAME *# (ebook) 9. Moxie Mezcal: CONCRETE UNDERGROUND *# (ebook)
10. Heather Massey: THE WATCHMAKER'S LADY (THE CLOCKWORK TRILOGY #1) * # (ebook)
11. Kathy L. Patrick: THE PULPWOOD QUEENS' TIARA-WEARING, BOOK-SHARING GUIDE TO LIFE #
12. Paul Vitagliano: BORN THIS WAY: REAL STORIES OF GROWING UP GAY
13. Amy Tan: THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER * 14. Lauren Leto: JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS LOVER: A FIELD GUIDE TO THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF READERS EVERYWHERE #
15. Robin Sloan: MR. PENUMBRA'S 24-HOUR BOOKSTORE #
16. Annie Bandez: YOU CAN'T SING THE BLUES WHILE DRINKING MILK * (ebook)
17. James Franco: PALO ALTO: STORIES 18. Mike McIntyre: THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS: PENNILESS ACROSS AMERICA * (ebook)
19. Lisa O'Donnell: THE DEATH OF BEES # 20. Nora Ephron: HEARTBURN #
21. Peter Hitchens: THE RAGE AGAINST GOD: HOW ATHEISM LED ME TO FAITH * (ebook)
22. Pamela August Russell: B IS FOR BAD POETRY 23. Hans Weyandt: READ THIS!: HANDPICKED FAVORITES FROM AMERICA'S INDIE BOOKSTORES #
24. William Peter Blatty: LEGION *# (ebook) 25. Various: THE SATANIC LIFE: LIVING THE LEFT HAND PATH* (ebook)
26. Chris Cleave: INCENDIARY 27. George Bernard Shaw: PYGMALION (ebook)
BOOKS I READ IN 2012. Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves. # signs = recommendations.
1. Caroline Preston: THE SCRAPBOOK OF FRANKIE PRATT # 2. Keith Ablow, M.D.: INSIDE THE MIND OF CASEY ANTHONY: A PSYCHOLOGICAL PORTRAIT
3. James Wolcott: LUCKING OUT: MY LIFE GETTING DOWN AND SEMI-DIRTY IN SEVENTIES NEW YORK #
4. David Foy: LADY GAGA STYLE BIBLE 5. Dave Thompson: BAD REPUTATION: THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF JOAN JETT
6. Harvey Pekar: AMERICAN SPLENDOR: EGO + HUBRIS: THE MICHAEL MALICE STORY #
7. Joe Sacco: FOOTNOTES IN GAZA # 8. Meg Gardiner: THE DIRTY SECRETS CLUB #
9. James Turner: REX LIBRIS: I, LIBRARIAN # 10. Jon Ronson: THE PSYCHOPATH TEST #
11. Graham Joyce: THE SILENT LAND # 12. Sarah Glidden: HOW TO UNDERSTAND ISRAEL IN 60 DAYS OR LESS #
13. Dr. Deborah Serani: LIVING WITH DEPRESSION 14. Chester Brown: PAYING FOR IT: A COMIC-STRIP MEMOIR ABOUT A JOHN
15. Jacques Tardi: THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADELE BLANC-SEC:1: PTERROR OVER PARIS AND THE EIFFEL TOWER DEMON #
16. Eric Weiner: MAN SEEKS GOD: MY FLIRTATIONS WITH THE DIVINE #
17. Lesley Fairfield: TYRANNY # 18. Scott Douglas: QUIET, PLEASE: DISPATCHES FROM A PUBLIC LIBRARIAN #
19. Chris Cleave: LITTLE BEE # 20. Maxime Valette, Guillaume Passaglia, and Didier Guedj: F MY LIFE
21. Scott McConnell: 100 VOICES: AN ORAL HISTORY OF AYN RAND #
22. Guy DeLisle: JERUSALEM: CHRONICLES FROM THE HOLY CITY # 23. Mike Albo with Virginia Heffernan: THE UNDERMINER, OR THE BEST FRIEND WHO CASUALLY DESTROYS YOUR LIFE #
24. Kathryn Stockett: THE HELP # 25. Tina Fey: BOSSYPANTS #
26. Joe Eszterhas: CROSSBEARER: A MEMOIR OF FAITH #
27. Adam Kipple, Andrew Kipple, and Luke Wherry: PEOPLE OF WALMART.COM
28. Steve Martin: THE TEN, MAKE THAT NINE, HABITS OF VERY ORGANIZED PEOPLE. MAKE THAT TEN. :THE TWEETS OF STEVE MARTIN #
29. Anna J.: GET MONEY CHICKS 30. Stephen King: 11/22/63
31. Puma Perl: KNUCKLE TATTOOS 32. Neil LaBute: FAT PIG
BOOKS I'VE READ SO FAR IN 2011. Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves. # signs = recommendations.
1. Mike Carey & Glenn Fabry: NEIL GAIMAN'S NEVERWHERE: A GRAPHIC NOVEL #
2. Ina Saltz: BODY TYPE: INTIMATE MESSAGES ETCHED IN FLESH # 3. Audrey Niffenegger: THE NIGHT BOOKMOBILE #
4. Angela Nissel: MIXED: MY LIFE IN BLACK AND WHITE #
5. David Axe & Matt Bors: WAR IS BORING: BORED STIFF, SCARED TO DEATH IN THE WORLD'S WORST WAR ZONES #
6. Sarah Waters: THE NIGHT WATCH * # 7. CrimethInc.: EVASION * #
8. Marc Tyler Nobleman: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? #
9. Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson: THE FACE ON YOUR PLATE: THE TRUTH ABOUT FOOD #
10. Stacy Pershall: LOUD IN THE HOUSE OF MYSELF: MEMOIR OF A STRANGE GIRL
11. Eve Ensler: I AM AN EMOTIONAL CREATURE: THE SECRET LIFE OF GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD
12. Melody Beattie: CODEPENDENT NO MORE * 13. Philip K. Dick & Tony Parker: DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? (graphic novel)#
14. Bill Griffith: ZIPPY THE PINHEAD: TYPE Z PERSONALITY #
15. Dan Mathews: COMMITTED: A RABBLE-ROUSER'S MEMOIR # 16. Jo Waterhouse: INDIE CRAFT #
17. Mandy Moore & Leanne Prain: YARN BOMBING: THE ART OF CROCHET AND KNIT GRAFFITI #
18. Lianna Kong: I AM NEUROTIC (AND SO ARE YOU) #
19. Michael Codella & Bruce Bennet: ALPHAVILLE 20. George Berger: THE STORY OF CRASS #
21. Lisa Lampanelli: CHOCOLATE, PLEASE: MY ADVENTURES IN FOOD, FAT, AND FREAKS
22. Andrew Beaujon: BODY PIERCING SAVED MY LIFE: INSIDE THE PHENOMENON OF CHRISTIAN ROCK #
23. Meredith Baxter: UNTIED: A MEMOIR OF FAMILY, FAME, AND FLOUNDERING #
24. Nicholas Rombes: A CULTURAL DICTIONARY OF PUNK 1974-1982
25. Matt Ruff: BAD MONKEYS 26. Violet Blue: BEST WOMEN'S EROTICA 2009 #
27. Stephen Duncombe: NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND: ZINES + THE POLITICS OF ALTERNATIVE CULTURE #
28. Glenn Beck: THE OVERTON WINDOW: A THRILLER #
29. Rob Sheffield: TALKING TO GIRLS ABOUT DURAN DURAN: ONE YOUNG MAN'S QUEST FOR TRUE LOVE AND A COOLER HAIRCUT #
30. Keith Richards (with James Fox): LIFE # 31. Andrew Bernstein: AYN RAND FOR BEGINNERS #
32. Charles Santino and Joe Staton: AYN RAND: ANTHEM: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
33. Barbara Cooney: MISS RUMPHIUS # 34. Oggy Yordanov: NEW CLUB KIDS: LONDON PARTY FASHION IN THE NOUGHTIES
35. Jeffery Deaver: THE BURNING WIRE # * 36. Lesley M.M. Blume: LET'S BRING BACK: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FORGOTTEN-YET-DELIGHTFUL, CHIC, USEFUL, CURIOUS, AND OTHERWISE COMMENDABLE THINGS FROM TIMES GONE BY #
37. John Mortimer: A RUMPOLE CHRISTMAS: STORIES #
38. Mary Johnson: AN UNQUENCHABLE THIRST: FOLLOWING MOTHER TERESA IN SEARCH OF LOVE, SERVICE, AND AN AUTHENTIC LIFE #
39. Jordan and Amy Trachtenberg (editors): VERSES THAT HURT: PLEASURE AND PAIN FROM THE POEMFONE POETS #
40. Jen Lancaster: MY FAIR LAZY: A MEMOIR # 41. Sid Clark: ANTI-CIV DICTUMS zine #
42. Neil Gaiman, Jessica Abel, & Matt Madden (editors): THE BEST AMERICAN COMICS 2010
43. George Orwell: ANIMAL FARM *# 44. Eric Spitznagel (editor): YOU'RE A HORRIBLE PERSON, BUT I LIKE YOU: THE BELIEVER BOOK OF ADVICE
45. Assata Shakur: ASSATA: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY # 46. Susan Moon (editor): NOT TURNING AWAY: THE PRACTICE OF ENGAGED BUDDHISM #
47. Gregory Boyle: TATTOOS ON THE HEART: THE POWER OF BOUNDLESS COMPASSION #
48. Danny Seo: UPCYCLING: CREATE BEAUTIFUL THINGS WITH THE STUFF YOU ALREADY HAVE #
49. Lynda Lee Macken: HAUNTED HISTORY OF STATEN ISLAND
50. Matthew Diffee (editor): THE BEST OF THE REJECTION COLLECTION: 293 CARTOONS THAT WERE TOO DUMB, TOO DARK, OR TOO NAUGHTY FOR THE NEW YORKER #
51. Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn: 102 MINUTES: THE UNFORGETTABLE STORY OF THE FIGHT TO SURVIVE INSIDE THE TWIN TOWERS #
52. Mary Marshall Clark, Peter Bearman, Catherine Ellis, and Stephen Drury Smith (editors): AFTER THE FALL: NEW YORKERS REMEMBER SEPTEMBER 2001 AND THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED #
BOOKS I READ IN 2010. Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves. # signs = recommendations.
1. Isabella Rossellini: GREEN PORNO #
2. Victoria, Igor, Sergei, & Valya Boutenko: RAW FAMILY: A TRUE STORY OF AWAKENING *
3. Roman Dirge: LENORE: NOOGIES # 4. Ian Halperin: BRANGELINA: THE UNTOLD STORY OF BRAD PITT AND ANGELINA JOLIE #
5. Kim France & Andrea Linett: THE LUCKY GUIDE TO MASTERING ANY STYLE: HOW TO WEAR ICONIC LOOKS AND MAKE THEM YOUR OWN #
6. Kathy Griffin: OFFICIAL BOOK CLUB SELECTION: A MEMOIR ACCORDING TO KATHY GRIFFIN
7. Craig Ferguson: AMERICAN ON PURPOSE: THE IMPROBABLE ADVENTURES OF AN UNLIKELY PATRIOT #
8. Carol Lay: THE BIG SKINNY: HOW I CHANGED MY FATTITUDE: A MEMOIR
9. Helene Hanff: THE DUCHESS OF BLOOMSBURY STREET * #
10. RE/Search Publications (V. Vale): REAL CONVERSATIONS NO. 1: HENRY ROLLINS, BILLY CHILDISH, JELLO BIAFRA, LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI #
11. Caleb Carr: THE ANGEL OF DARKNESS * 12. Mackenzie Phillips with Hilary Liftin: HIGH ON ARRIVAL: A MEMOIR #
13. Dark Horse Comics: EMILY THE STRANGE VOL. 2: ROCK, DEATH, FAKE, REVENGE, & ALONE
14. Dan Brown: THE LOST SYMBOL 15. Elizabeth Swados: MY DEPRESSION: A PICTURE BOOK #
16. M.C. Beaton: DEATH OF A WITCH: A HAMISH MACBETH MYSTERY #
17. M.C. Beaton: DEATH OF A GENTLE LADY: A HAMISH MACBETH MYSTERY #
18. Frank Warren: POST SECRET: CONFESSIONS ON LIFE, DEATH, AND GOD
19. David B.: NOCTURNAL CONSPIRACIES: NINETEEN DREAMS # 20. Kitty Kelley: OPRAH: A BIOGRAPHY #
21. Patrick Ecclesine: FACES OF SUNSET BOULEVARD: A PORTRAIT OF LOS ANGELES
22. Paul Provenza & Dan Dion: SATIRISTAS!: COMEDIANS, CONTRARIANS, RACONTEURS & VULGARIANS
23. Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows: THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY #
24. Andrew Morton: ANGELINA: AN UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY #
25. G.P. Taylor: THE FIRST ESCAPE: THE DOPPLE GANGER CHRONICLES #1 #
26. Lori Gottlieb: MARRY HIM: THE CASE FOR SETTLING FOR MR. GOOD ENOUGH
27. Alison Bechdel: THE ESSENTIAL DYKES TO WATCH OUT FOR #
28. Sid Roth: THEY THOUGHT FOR THEMSELVES: TEN AMAZING JEWS * 29. Inga Muscio: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A BLUE-EYED DEVIL: MY LIFE AND TIMES IN A RACIST, IMPERIALIST SOCIETY * #
30. David Isay & Stacy Abramson: FLOPHOUSE: LIFE ON THE BOWERY
31. Kiera Van Gelder: THE BUDDHA AND THE BORDERLINE # 32. Cindy Gretchen Ovenrack Crabb: DORIS: AN ANTHOLOGY 1991-2001 * #
33. Daniel G. Amen, M.D.: CHANGE YOUR BRAIN, CHANGE YOUR LIFE #
34. Anita Naughton & Nicola Perry: TEA + SYMPATHY #
35. Francesca Lia Block: HOW TO (UN)CAGE A GIRL: POEMS # 36. Failblog.org: FAILNATION
37. Warren Ellis & Darick Robertson: TRANSMETROPOLITAN: THE NEW SCUM #
38. Laura Brodie: LOVE IN A TIME OF HOMESCHOOLING: A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER'S UNCOMMON YEAR #
39. Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell: FROM HELL: BEING A MELODRAMA IN SIXTEEN PARTS #
40. P.T. Barnum: ART OF MONEY GETTING, OR, GOLDEN RULES OF MAKING MONEY
41. John Waters: ROLE MODELS # 42. Dora Calott Wang, M.D.: THE KITCHEN SHRINK: A PSYCHIATRIST'S REFLECTIONS ON HEALING IN A CHANGING WORLD #
43. Brian Cogan: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PUNK # 44. Ina Saltz: BODY TYPE 2: MORE TYPOGRAPHIC TATTOOS #
45. Charles H. Elliott, PhD & Laura L. Smith, PhD: BORDERLINE PERSONALITY FOR DUMMIES #
46. Ann Beattie: WALKS WITH MEN: A NOVELLA # 47. Melvin McLeod & editors of the Shambhala Sun: THE BEST BUDDHIST WRITING 2004 #
48. Robyn Okrant: LIVING OPRAH: MY ONE YEAR EXPERIMENT TO WALK THE WALK OF THE QUEEN OF TALK #
49. Ellen Forney: I LOVE LED ZEPPELIN: PANTY DROPPING COMICS #
BOOKS I READ IN 2009. Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves. # signs = recommendations.
1. Elizabeth Wurtzel: RADICAL SANITY: COMMONSENSE ADVICE FOR UNCOMMON WOMEN
2. Ian Halperin: HOLLYWOOD UNDERCOVER: REVEALING THE SORDID SECRETS OF TINSELTOWN
3. Kelee Katillac: HOUSE OF BELIEF: CREATING YOUR PERSONAL STYLE #
4. Molly Jay & Running Press Miniature Editions: THE KISS: A ROMANTIC TREASURY OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND QUOTES * #
5. Naomi Nowak: HOUSE OF CLAY 6. Christopher Kennedy Lawford: MOMENTS OF CLARITY #
7. Henry Rollins: GET IN THE VAN: ON THE ROAD WITH BLACK FLAG (SECOND EDITION)
8. Susan E. Isaacs: ANGRY CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD: A SNARKY BUT AUTHENTIC SPIRITUAL MEMOIR #
9. Roger Bennett & Jules Shell: CAMP CAMP: WHERE FANTASY ISLAND MEETS LORD OF THE FLIES
10. Kaoru Mori: EMMA VOL. 1 # 11. Michael Greenberg: HURRY DOWN SUNSHINE #
12. Alan Bennett: THE UNCOMMON READER: A NOVELLA #
13. Dr. Drew Pinsky with Todd Gold: CRACKED: PUTTING BROKEN LIVES TOGETHER AGAIN #
14. Ian Rankin: THE HANGING GARDEN * # 15. Larry Dane Brimner: BEING DIFFERENT: LAMBDA YOUTHS SPEAK OUT #
16. Artie Lange with Anthony Bozza: TOO FAT TO FISH #
17. Fieldy with Laura Morton: GOT THE LIFE: MY JOURNEY OF ADDICTION, FAITH, RECOVERY AND KORN
18. Brian Wood & Riccardo Burchielli: DMZ: BODY OF A JOURNALIST VOL. 2 #
19. Jacob Hoye (editor): MTV UNCENSORED 20. Francesca Lia Block: BLOOD ROSES #
21. Paul Theroux: GHOST TRAIN TO THE EASTERN STAR: ON THE TRACKS OF THE GREAT RAILWAY BAZAAR #
22. Lucy Knisley: FRENCH MILK # 23. Chelsea Handler: ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA
24. Banksy: WALL AND PIECE # 25. Andi Watson & Josh Howard: CLUBBING
26. S. Eddy Bell: LULU & MITZY: BEST LAID PLANS #
27. Mike Mignola, Joshua Dysart, & Paul Azaceta: B.P.R.D.:1946 #
28. Guy Delisle: BURMA CHRONICLES # 29. Fox Atomic Comics: THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY: BASED ON THE STORIES OF THOMAS LIGOTTI
30. Brian Wood, Riccardo Burchielli, Danijel Zezelj, & Nathan Fox: DMZ: THE HIDDEN WAR #
31. Marc Spitz & Brendan Mullen: WE GOT THE NEUTRON BOMB: THE UNTOLD STORY OF L.A. PUNK #
32. Chris Ware (editor): THE BEST AMERICAN COMICS 2007
33. Steven Blush & George Petros: .45 DANGEROUS MINDS: THE MOST INTENSE INTERVIEWS FROM SECONDS MAGAZINE #
34. Chris Duncan (editor): MY FIRST TIME: A COLLECTION OF FIRST PUNK SHOW STORIES
35. Laura Ingalls Wilder: THESE HAPPY GOLDEN YEARS
36. Noah Levine: DHARMA PUNX 37. Lisa Jervis & Andi Zeisler: BITCHFEST: TEN YEARS OF CULTURAL CRITICISM FROM THE PAGES OF BITCH MAGAZINE #
38. Alyce Benevides & Jaqueline Milles: PRETTY IN PUNK: 25 PUNK, ROCK, AND GOTH KNITTING PROJECTS #
39. Daniel Sinker: WE OWE YOU NOTHING: PUNK PLANET: THE COLLECTED INTERVIEWS #
40. Carrie Fisher: WISHFUL DRINKING # 41. Frank Beddor with Liz Cavalier: HATTER M: THE LOOKING GLASS WARS VOL. 1 #
42. M.C. Beaton: DEATH OF A MAID: A HAMISH MACBETH MYSTERY #
43. Linda Montano: ART IN EVERYDAY LIFE 44. Shawna Kenney: I WAS A TEENAGE DOMINATRIX: A MEMOIR *
45. Stieg Larssen: THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
BOOKS I READ IN 2008. Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves. # signs = recommendations.
1. Karen Finley: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: WEEKLY MEDITATIONS FOR LIVING DYSFUNCTIONALLY
2. Rosie O'Donnell: CELEBRITY DETOX 3. Cynthia Heimel: IF YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT ME, WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD YET?! #
4. Nemo: THE FIRE FROM WITHIN: NEMO ON SATANISM, VOLUME ONE * #
5. Ann Marie Fleming: THE MAGICAL LIFE OF LONG TACK SAM: AN ILLUSTRATED MEMOIR #
6. Marjane Satrapi: EMBROIDERIES # 7. Fred Mustard Stewart: THE MEPHISTO WALTZ (books on tape) #
8. Plum Sykes: BERGDORF BLONDES 9. Lesley Arfin: DEAR DIARY
10. Masayuki Yoshinaga & Katsuhiko Ishikawa: GOTHIC & LOLITA #
11. Jeffery Deaver: THE COLD MOON # 12. Xaviera Hollander (with Robin Moore & Yvonne Dunleavy): THE HAPPY HOOKER
13. Kate Bornstein: HELLO, CRUEL WORLD: 101 ALTERNATIVES TO SUICIDE FOR TEENS, FREAKS & OTHER OUTLAWS
14. Jack Malebranche: ANDROPHILIA: A MANIFESTO- REJECTING THE GAY IDENTITY, RECLAIMING MASCULINITY *
15. Derrick Jensen & Karen Tweedy-Holmes: THOUGHT TO EXIST IN THE WILD: AWAKENING FROM THE NIGHTMARE OF ZOOS #
16. Joseph Cohen: THE PENIS BOOK 17. Terrance Dean: HIDING IN HIP HOP: ON THE DOWN LOW IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY- FROM MUSIC TO HOLLYWOOD
18. Jill Rappaport & Linda Solomon: MAZEL TOV: CELEBRITIES' BAR & BAT MITZVAH MEMORIES #
19. John Patrick Shanley: DOUBT # 20. Judy Gold & Kate Moira Ryan: 25 QUESTIONS FOR A JEWISH MOTHER #
21. Margaret Atwood: THE DOOR # 22. Andrew Morton: TOM CRUISE: AN UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY #
23. Clayton Patterson: RESISTANCE 24. Rita Rudner: I STILL HAVE IT...I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE I PUT IT: CONFESSIONS OF A FIFTYSOMETHING #
25. Thich Nhat Hanh: TAMING THE TIGER WITHIN: MEDITATIONS ON TRANSFORMING DIFFICULT EMOTIONS
26. Jessica Valenti: HE'S A STUD, SHE'S A SLUT AND 49 OTHER DOUBLE STANDARDS EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW #
27. Diane Ladd: SPIRALING THROUGH THE SCHOOL OF LIFE: A MENTAL, PHYSICAL, AND SPIRITUAL DISCOVERY
28. Derrick Jensen and Stephanie McMillan: AS THE WORLD BURNS: 50 SIMPLE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO STAY IN DENIAL: A GRAPHIC NOVEL #
29. Christopher Ciccone with Wendy Leigh: LIFE WITH MY SISTER MADONNA #
30. Marjorie Hillis: LIVE ALONE AND LIKE IT: THE CLASSIC GUIDE FOR THE SINGLE WOMAN
31. Dark Horse Comics: EMILY THE STRANGE #2: THE LOST ISSUES
32. Etgar Keret & Actus Comics: JETLAG: 5 GRAPHIC NOVELLAS #
33. Dark Horse Comics: EMILY THE STRANGE #3: LET THERE BE DARK #
34. Ariel Schrag: POTENTIAL: THE HIGH SCHOOL COMIC CHRONICLES OF ARIEL SCHRAG
35. Dark Horse Comics: EMILY THE STRANGE #4: ROCK ISSUE #
36. Guy Delisle: SHENZHEN: A TRAVELOGUE FROM CHINA # 37. Dark Horse Comics: EMILY THE STRANGE #1: THE BORING ISSUE
38. Neil Gaiman, Michael Zulli, Alice Cooper: THE LAST TEMPTATION #
39. Posy Simmonds: TAMARA CREWE # 40. Serena Valentino & Ted Naifeh: GLOOMCOOKIE #
41. Jennifer Blessing: RROSE IS A RROSE IS A RROSE: GENDER PERFORMANCE IN PHOTOGRAPHY
42. Sasha Cagen: QUIRKYALONE: A MANIFESTO FOR UNCOMPROMISING ROMANTICS
43. Professor HappyCat & icanhascheezburger.com: I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER?: A LOLCAT COLLECKSHUN #
44. Joann Sfar & Emmanuel Guibert: THE PROFESSOR'S DAUGHTER
45. Cecil Castellucci & Jim Rugg: THE PLAIN JANES 46. Aaron McGruder: FRESH FOR '01...YOU SUCKAS!: A BOONDOCKS COLLECTION #
47. Steve Emond: EMO BOY VOL.1: NOBODY CARES ABOUT ANYTHING ANYWAY, SO WHY DON'T WE ALL JUST DIE? #
48. Steve Emond: EMO BOY VOLUME 2: WALK AROUND WITH YOUR HEAD DOWN
49. Marina Abramovic: THE BIOGRAPHY OF BIOGRAPHIES #
50. Franz Kafka (adapted by Peter Kuper): THE METAMORPHOSIS # 51. Franz Kafka (adapted by Chantal Montellier & David Zane Mairowitz): THE TRIAL: A GRAPHIC NOVEL
52. Rantz A. Hoseley (editor): COMIC BOOK TATTOO: NARRATIVE ART INSPIRED BY THE LYRICS & MUSIC OF TORI AMOS
BOOKS I READ IN 2007! Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves, # signs = recommendations.
1. Bill Katovsky: PATRIOTS ACT: VOICES OF DISSENT AND THE RISK OF SPEAKING OUT #
2. Avery Corman: THE BOYFRIEND FROM HELL 3. Toni Schlesinger: FIVE FLIGHTS UP (AND OTHER NEW YORK APARTMENT STORIES) #
4. Marvin J. Taylor (editor): THE DOWNTOWN BOOK: THE NEW YORK ART SCENE 1974-1984
5. Michael Laimo: THE DEMONOLOGIST 6. Marisa Acocella Marchetto: CANCER VIXEN #
7. Lisa Rogak: DEATH WARMED OVER: FUNERAL FOOD, RITUALS & CUSTOMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
8. John Ratzenberger & Joel Engel: WE'VE GOT IT MADE IN AMERICA: A COMMON MAN'S SALUTE TO AN UNCOMMON COUNTRY #
9. Anderson Cooper: DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE 10. Wanda Coleman: A WAR OF EYES AND OTHER STORIES * #
11. Richard Carlson, Ph.D: EASIER THAN YOU THINK: BECAUSE LIFE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SO HARD
12. Sark: EAT MANGOES NAKED * # 13. Bill Barnes & Gene Ambaum: WHAT WOULD DEWEY DO?: AN UNSHELVED COLLECTION #
14. Paul Auster: AUGGIE WREN'S CHRISTMAS STORY
15. Inga Muscio: CUNT: A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE # 16. David Thomson: NICOLE KIDMAN
17. James Sherry & Neil Aldis: HEAVY METAL THUNDER: KICK-ASS COVER ART FROM KICK-ASS ALBUMS
18. Tammy Bruce: THE NEW THOUGHT POLICE: INSIDE THE LEFT'S ASSAULT ON FREE SPEECH AND FREE MINDS #
19. Francesca Lia Block: GUARDING THE MOON: A MOTHER'S FIRST YEAR #
20. Oriana Fallaci: THE FORCE OF REASON # 21. Elisa Albert: HOW THIS NIGHT IS DIFFERENT: STORIES #
22. Alan Moore & David Lloyd: V FOR VENDETTA #
23. Sam Harris: LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION 24. Nancy Kilpatrick: THE GOTH BIBLE #
25. Oriana Fallaci: THE RAGE AND THE PRIDE # 26. Bernard Goldberg: CRAZIES TO THE LEFT OF ME, WIMPS TO THE RIGHT: HOW ONE SIDE LOST ITS MIND AND THE OTHER LOST ITS NERVE
27. Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett: GOOD OMENS
28. Alison Bechdel: FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC # 29. Orson Scott Card: EMPIRE #
30. Star Parker with Lorenzo Benet: PIMPS, WHORES AND WELFARE BRATS: THE STUNNING CONSERVATIVE TRANSFORMATION OF A FORMER WELFARE QUEEN #
31. Jeanne Bice: PULL YOURSELF UP BY YOUR BRA STRAPS (AND OTHER QUACKER WISDOM)
32. Gary Jeffrey: GRAPHIC MYTHOLOGY: EGYPTIAN MYTHS
33. Kevyn Aucoin: FACE FORWARD 34. Lynda Barry: ONE HUNDRED DEMONS #
35. Kris Waldherr: THE BOOK OF GODDESSES 36. Alison Bechdel: DYKES AND SUNDRY OTHER CARBON-BASED LIFE FORMS TO WATCH OUT FOR #
37. Frank Beddor: THE LOOKING GLASS WARS # 38. Guy Delisle: PYONGYANG: A JOURNEY IN NORTH KOREA #
39. Davy Rothbart: FOUND II: MORE OF THE BEST LOST, TOSSED, AND FORGOTTEN ITEMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
40. Margaret Atwood: THE BLIND ASSASSIN * # 41. Jackie Mason & Raoul Felder: SCHMUCKS!
42. Frank Warren: THE SECRET LIVES OF MEN AND WOMEN
43. David Skibbins: HIGH PRIESTESS # 44. Sarah Waters: FINGERSMITH * #
45. Faye Kellerman: STONE KISS # 46. Marjane Satrapi: CHICKEN WITH PLUMS #
47. Simon Buxton: THE SHAMANIC WAY OF THE BEE * #
48. Amy Cohen: THE LATE BLOOMER'S REVOLUTION: A MEMOIR # 49. Jane Green: JEMIMA J. #
50. Susan Anderson: BLACK SWAN: THE TWELVE LESSONS OF ABANDONMENT RECOVERY
51. Caleb Carr: THE ALIENIST * # 52. Andrew Neiderman: UNHOLY BIRTH
BOOKS I READ IN 2006! Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves, # signs = recommendations.
1. Garrison Keillor: HOMEGROWN DEMOCRAT: A FEW PLAIN THOUGHTS FROM THE HEART OF AMERICA #
2. Mumia Abu-Jamal & Noelle Hanrahan (editor): ALL THINGS CENSORED #
3. Billy Crystal: 700 SUNDAYS # 4. Phyllis Chesler: THE NEW ANTI-SEMITISM: THE CURRENT CRISIS AND WHAT WE MUST DO ABOUT IT #
5. Will Hermes & Sia Michel (editors): SPIN: 20 YEARS OF ALTERNATIVE MUSIC: ORIGINAL WRITING ON ROCK, HIP-HOP, TECHNO, AND BEYOND
6. James Frey: A MILLION LITTLE PIECES * # 7. Toni Morrison: THE BLUEST EYE *
8. Audrey Niffenegger: THE THREE INCESTUOUS SISTERS (A NOVEL IN PICTURES) #
9. Peter Schweizer: DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO: PROFILES IN LIBERAL HYPOCRISY #
10. Bob Spitz: THE BEATLES: A BIOGRAPHY # 11. David Sedaris: DRESS YOUR FAMILY IN CORDUROY AND DENIM #
12. Phyllis Chesler: THE DEATH OF FEMINISM: WHAT'S NEXT IN THE STRUGGLE FOR WOMEN'S FREEDOM #
13. Frank Warren: POSTSECRET # 14. Roger Bennett, Jules Shell & Nick Kroll: BAR MITZVAH DISCO
15. Yoko Ono: GRAPEFRUIT: A BOOK OF INSTRUCTIONS AND DRAWINGS #
16. Richard Bach: JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL * #
17. Howard Simons: JEWISH TIMES: VOICES OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE #
18. Francesca Lia Block: NECKLACE OF KISSES # 19. Naomi Klein: FENCES AND WINDOWS: DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONT LINES OF THE GLOBALIZATION DEBATE #
20. Jen Van Meter & Bryan Lee O'Malley: HOPELESS SAVAGES: VOL.2 GROUND ZERO
21. Scott Allie (editor): THE DARK HORSE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT
22. Neil Gaiman: THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS 23. Dan Brown: THE DA VINCI CODE #
24. Jami Bernard (editor): THE X LIST: THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS' GUIDE TO THE MOVIES THAT TURN US ON
25. Bruce Eric Kaplan: EVERY PERSON ON THE PLANET: AN ONLY SOMEWHAT ANXIETY-FILLED TALE FOR THE HOLIDAYS
26. Cathleen Falsani: THE GOD FACTOR: INSIDE THE SPIRITUAL LIVES OF PUBLIC PEOPLE #
27. Audrey Niffenegger: THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE * #
28. Asha Bandele: ABSENCE IN THE PALMS OF MY HANDS # 29. Willie Perdomo: SMOKING LOVELY #
30. Gloria Naylor: 1996 # 31. Billy Corgan: BLINKING WITH FISTS: POEMS
32. Edgar Allan Poe: THE RAVEN AND OTHER POEMS (APPLE CLASSICS) #
33. Edward Lee: MESSENGER 34. Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins: TRIBULATION FORCE: THE CONTINUING DRAMA OF THOSE LEFT BEHIND (BOOK 2) #
35. Carol Queen: REAL LIVE NUDE GIRL: CHRONICLES OF SEX-POSITIVE CULTURE * #
36. Abigail Pogrebin: STARS OF DAVID: PROMINENT JEWS TALK ABOUT BEING JEWISH #
37. Nevill Drury: MAGIC AND WITCHCRAFT 38. Jeffery Deaver: THE TWELFTH CARD: A LINCOLN RHYME NOVEL #
39. Aaron McGruder, Reginald Hudlin & Kyle Baker: BIRTH OF A NATION: A COMIC NOVEL
40. Peter Bagge: BUDDY DOES SEATTLE: THE COMPLETE BUDDY BRADLEY STORIES FROM "HATE" COMICS VOL. 1 (1990-'94) #
41. Bernard Goldberg: 100 PEOPLE WHO ARE SCREWING UP AMERICA (AND AL FRANKEN IS #37) #
42. Norman Vincent Peale: POSITIVE IMAGING * #
43. Jasper Fforde: THE EYRE AFFAIR # 44. Joseph C. Phillips: HE TALK LIKE A WHITE BOY: REFLECTIONS ON FAITH, FAMILY, POLITICS, AND AUTHENTICITY #
Alas, my 2005 list was deleted. I've tried to compile what I can in random order from bookshelf entries & faint memories.
BOOKS I READ IN 2005! Asterisks= books from BC bookshelves, # signs = recommendations.
1. Michel Faber: THE CRIMSON PETAL AND THE WHITE * #
2. Jan Karon: AT HOME IN MITFORD * # 3. Norman Vincent Peale: THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING * #
4. Sue Fishkoff: THE REBBE'S ARMY: INSIDE THE WORLD OF CHABAD-LUBAVITCH #
5. Neil Gaiman: SMOKE AND MIRRORS # 6. L. Frank Baum: OZMA OF OZ *
7. Joyce Carol Oates: BEASTS 8. Rachel Ingalls: MRS. CALIBAN * #
9. Dominique Glocheux & Elisabeth Griffart-Meissner: LA VIE EN ROSE: THE LITTLE BOOK OF JOY *
10. Yehuda Berg: THE RED STRING BOOK: THE POWER OF PROTECTION
11. John Carter: SEX AND ROCKETS: THE OCCULT WORLD OF JACK PARSONS
12. Frank Moorhouse: SATANIC KILLINGS # 13. Marvin Kaye: THE VAMPIRE SEXTETTE *
14. Dennis Miller: THE RANT ZONE: AN ALL-OUT BLITZ AGAINST SOUL-SUCKING JOBS, TWISTED CHILD STARS, HOLISTIC LOONS AND PEOPLE WHO EAT THEIR DOGS! * #
15. Nat Hentoff: SPEAKING FREELY: A MEMOIR * 16. Ellen Raskin: THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF LEON (I MEAN NOEL) *
17. Ben Cohen & Jason Salzman: 50 WAYS YOU CAN SHOW GEORGE THE DOOR IN 2004 *
18. Vivianne Crowley: THE MAGICKAL LIFE: A WICCAN PRIESTESS SHARES HER SECRETS *
19. Terry Jones: TERRY JONES'S WAR ON THE WAR ON TERROR: OBSERVATIONS & DENUNCIATIONS BY A FOUNDING MEMBER OF MONTY PYTHON * #
20. Francesco Mastalia & Alfonse Pagano: DREADS #
21. Antonio Tabucchi: DREAMS OF DREAMS 22. Billy Graham: ANGELS #
23. Neil Gaiman: NEVERWHERE # 24. Tori Amos & Ann Powers: TORI AMOS: PIECE BY PIECE #
25. Gavin Baddeley: LUCIFER RISING: SIN, DEVIL WORSHIP, & ROCK'N'ROLL #
26. Marvin Roach: DR. MARTENS # 27. Philip Pullman: CLOCKWORK #
BOOKS I READ IN 2004! Asterisks = books from BC bookshelves, # signs = recommendations.
1. Agatha Christie: THREE BLIND MICE AND OTHER STORIES
2. Sophie Kinsella: CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC * #
3. Michael Savage: THE SAVAGE NATION 4. Al Franken: LIES AND THE LYING LIARS WHO TELL THEM
5. Doreen Virtue: HEALING WITH THE ANGELS * 6. Tracy Chevalier: GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING #
7. Greg Palast: THE BEST DEMOCRACY MONEY CAN BUY #
8. Margaret Thaler Singer: CULTS IN OUR MIDST 9. Shinta Cho: THE GAS WE PASS: THE STORY OF FARTS
10. Jeffery Deaver: THE MASKED MAN: A "LINCOLN RHYME" NOVEL #
11. Ayn Rand: WE THE LIVING # 12. Neil Gaiman: CORALINE
13. Jeff Walker: THE AYN RAND CULT # 14. E.L. Konigsburg: JENNIFER, HECATE, MACBETH, WILLIAM McKINLEY, AND ME, ELIZABETH
15. Ayn Rand: ANTHEM # 16. Catherine Texier: BREAKUP
17. Dalton Trumbo: JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN # 18. Lauren F. Winner: GIRL MEETS GOD: ON THE PATH TO A SPIRITUAL LIFE #
19. Ira Levin: ROSEMARY'S BABY * # 20. Anton LaVey: THE SATANIC BIBLE *
21. Sheri Holman: THE DRESS LODGER * # 22. Gerry Albarelli: TEACHA!: STORIES FROM A YESHIVA
23. Ned Vizzini: TEEN ANGST? NAAAH... 24. Suzanne Fagence Cooper: THE VICTORIAN WOMAN
25. Fiona Macdonald: WOMEN IN 19TH CENTURY EUROPE
26. Ira Levin: SON OF ROSEMARY * 27. Tim LaHaye & Jerry Jenkins: LEFT BEHIND: A NOVEL OF THE EARTH'S LAST DAYS* #
28. Simon Doonan: WACKY CHICKS: LIFE LESSONS FROM FEARLESSLY INAPPROPRIATE AND FABULOUSLY ECCENTRIC WOMEN
29. Bernard Goldberg: ARROGANCE: RESCUING AMERICA FROM THE MEDIA ELITE #
30. Saul Williams: ,SAID THE SHOTGUN TO THE HEAD
31. Doreen Virtue: HEALING WITH THE FAIRIES * 32. Bill O'Reilly: WHO'S LOOKING OUT FOR YOU?
33. Max Barry: JENNIFER GOVERNMENT * # 34. Sylvia Plath: ARIEL *
35. Tracy Chevalier: FALLING ANGELS * # 36. Neil Gaiman: THE TRAGICAL COMEDY OR COMICAL TRAGEDY OF MR. PUNCH
37. Andrew Breitbart & Mark Ebner: HOLLYWOOD INTERRUPTED: INSANITY CHIC IN BABYLON-THE CASE AGAINST CELEBRITY #
38. Esme Raji Codell: EDUCATING ESME: DIARY OF A TEACHER'S FIRST YEAR #
39. James Hirsen with NewsMax.com: TALES FROM THE LEFT COAST #
40. Zadie Smith: WHITE TEETH * # 41. Todd Strasser: THE WAVE *
42. Sue Townsend: THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE, AGED 13 3/4. #
43. Jennifer Finney Boylan: SHE'S NOT THERE: A LIFE IN TWO GENDERS * #
44. Anne Garrels: NAKED IN BAGHDAD: THE IRAQ WAR AS SEEN BY NPR'S CORRESPONDENT #
45. Pearl S. Buck: THE GOOD EARTH * # 46. Noam Chomsky: 9-11
47. Martin H. Greenberg (editor): WHITE HOUSE HORRORS
48. Sark: CHANGE YOUR LIFE WITHOUT GETTING OUT OF BED * 49. Elizabeth Wurtzel: PROZAC NATION * #
50. Christopher Pike: SATI * 51. Julie K. Trevelyan & Scott Brassart: THE GHOST OF CARMEN MIRANDA AND OTHER SPOOKY GAY AND LESBIAN TALES *
52. Isabel Wolff: RESCUING ROSE * # 53. Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee: INHERIT THE WIND * #
54. Ntozake Shange: FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF: A CHOREOPOEM
55. Jewel: A NIGHT WITHOUT ARMOR 56. Sapphire: BLACK WINGS & BLIND ANGELS: POEMS
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