The list is a bit shorter then usual, this year, because of graduate school. Still, I am hopeful and excited. I'm also happy to add a new catagory: books by former teachers. Happy reading, all.
2 books by contemporary authors
The Poisonwood Bible—Barbara Kingsolver
All the Pretty Horses—Cormac McCarthy
1 international
In the Name of the Rose—Umberto Eco
2 classics
Moby Dick—Herman Melville
To Kill a Mockingbird—Harper Lee (not read from last year)
2 Books by former teachers
Augusta Locke—William Haywood Henderson
You, Me, and the Insects—Barbara Henning
1 poetry book
Coney Island of the Mind—Lawrence Ferlinghetti
1 writing book
Steering the Craft—Ursula LeGuin
1 history book
Ten Days that Shook the World—John Reed
1 children’s book
Robinson Crusoe—Daniel Defoe
1 reread
Grapes of Wrath—John Steinbeck
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