Books to Read

This is my enormous, ever-growing list of books to read (originally published Fall 2011).  Have a recommendation?  Email me, send me a DM on Twitter or write on my wall over at Facebook.  I am always looking for the best new things to read! 

Books are seperated into broad categories, and if they were recommended I have noted who recommended them to me.  Some are books I'd like to re-read, and that is also noted.  New books I find and have interest in are added as I find them.







Rachael's to-read-classics book montage
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Slaughterhouse-Five
Dracula
Les Misérables
The Jungle Book
The Scarlet Letter
Pride and Prejudice
The Yearling
Macbeth
Twelfth Night
Othello
The Tempest
Emma
The Grapes of Wrath
Cry, the Beloved Country
Lord of the Flies
The Merchant of Venice
The Jungle
Burning Bright
Beowulf


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Wicked : The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
A Wrinkle in Time
The Book Thief
Runemarks
Misguided Angel
Bloody Valentine
Awakened
The Soul
Mister Monday
Darkling
Pathfinder
Spares
The Power of Six
Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen
Switched
Going Bovine
Rip Tide
The Lost Gate
Enclave
Graceling


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Interview With the Vampire
Warm Bodies
Feed
The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
The Walking Dead, Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us
The Walking Dead, Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Jaws
Thirst No. 1: The Last Vampire, Black Blood and Red Dice
Succubus on Top
Dead Witch Walking
13 Bullets
Halfway to the Grave
The Year of Disappearances




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The Gargoyle
The Moses Expedition
The Traitor's Emblem
A Small Fortune
The Maze of Bones
Before I Go to Sleep
The Blackbird Papers: A Novel
The Holland Suggestions: A Novel
Fail Safe
Stalker
Hostage
The Interpreter
Monday Mourning
Predator
Roadside Crosses
The Genesis Code




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Cassandra French's Finishing School for Boys
Slightly Single
Slave to Fashion
Dating Without Novocaine
Waking Beauty: A Novel
Cause Celeb
Maybe Baby
Amanda Bright @ Home
Something Borrowed
Sloppy Firsts


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The Memory of Earth
Outlander
On a Pale Horse
Catch-22


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The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East
Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
In Cold Blood
Mean Justice
Murderer with a Badge: The Secret Life of a Rogue Cop
Buried Secrets: A True Story of Drug Running, Black Magic, and Human Sacrifice
Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera
Tales of an African Vet
The Most Human Human
The Last Expedition: Stanley's Mad Journey Through the Congo
The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice are Undermining Education
Best Friends Forever: Surviving a Breakup with Your Best Friend
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry
The Myth of Autism: How a Misunderstood Epidemic Is Destroying Our Children
The Deadly Dinner Party: and Other Medical Detective Stories
Virus Hunter: Thirty Years of Battling Hot Viruses Around the World
How I Learned to Cook: Culinary Educations from the World's Greatest Chefs
Choice: True Stories of Birth, Contraception, Infertility, Adoption, Single Parenthood, and Abortion
The Man Who Ate Everything
Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage


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Fiction - Recommended
  1. The Gargoyle - Andrew Davidson (Aunt Becky)
  2. The Liars Club - Mary Karr (EW)
  3. Cherry - Mary Karr (EW)
  4. The Benefits of Passion - Catherine Fox (Eliza)
  5. Dangerous Angels - Block (Chauni)
  6. Venus Envy - Rita Mae Brown (Emmy)
  7. Rubyfruit Jungle - Rita Mae Brown (Emmy)
  8. Cold Sassy Tree - Olive Burns (Emmy)
  9. The Elegance of the Hedgehog - Muriel Barberry (EW)
  10. Blame - Michelle Huneven (EW)
  11. The Magicians - Lev Grossman (EW)
  12. An Expensive Education - Nick McDonell (EW)
  13. No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith (Book Club)
  14. The Crimson Petal & the White - Michel Faber (Book Club)
  15. How to Be Good - Nick Hornby (Book Club)
  16. Sons & Lovers - DH Lawrence (Book Club)
  17. The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd (Book Club)
  18. Lucy - Lawrence Gonzales (EW)
  19. The Cookbook Collector - Allegra Goodman (EW)
  20. The Tower, The Zoo & The Tortoise (EW)
  21. My Hollywood - Mona Simpson (EW)
  22. Super Sad True Love Story - Gary Shteyngart (EW)
  23. These Children Who Come At You With Knives - Jim Knipfel (EW)
  24. Sarah's Key - Tatiana de Rosnay (Audrey) 
  25. Room - Emma Donoghue (EW, various blogs)
  26. The Gendarme - Mark T. Mustian (Chew & Digest Books)
Non-Fiction - Recommended
  1. In the Beginning Was the Command Line - Neal Stephenson (Kevin)
  2. Rats - Robert Sullivan (Mom)
  3. Parallel Play - Tim Page (EW)
  4. Cooking Dirty - Jason Sheehan (EW)
  5. The Junior Officers Reading Club - Patrick Hennessey (EW)
Kids:
The Tin Forest - Helen Ward
Wenny Has Wings
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