I read 46 books in 2006 (not counting several that I started but didn’t finish).
As always, this is an eclectic list (Hey, I’m the Eclectic Bibliophile, right?), including writing, editing, business, health, education, and classic and contemporary fiction.
Persuasion by Dave Lakhani
The Writing Life by Annie Dillard
The Accidental Millionaire by Stephanie Frank
What the Bible Says about Healthy Living by Rex Russell
The Broker by John Grisham
Ready for Anything by David Allen
Living the Simple Life by Elaine St. James
Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss
The ASJA Guide to Freelance Writing, ed. Timothy Harper
On Writing Well by William Zinsser
What Color Is Your Parachute? by Richard Bolles
Good to Great by Jim Collins (reread)
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
Light from Heaven by Jan Karon
The Concise Guide to Copy Editing by Paul LaRocque
Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning by Douglas Wilson (reread)
Repairing the Ruins, ed. Douglas Wilson
The World Is Flat by Thomas Friedman
1984 by George Orwell (reread)
Use It or Lose It! How to Keep Your Brain Fit as It Ages by Allen Bragdon & David Gamon
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Shelf Life by George and Karen Grant
An Experiment in Criticism by C. S. Lewis
The Unvanquished by William Faulkner
A Thomas Jefferson Education by Oliver deMille (reread)
The One-Minute Millionaire by Mark Victor Hansen & Robert Allen (reread)
The Everything Golden Retriever Book
Flirting with Pride and Prejudice, ed. Jennifer Crusie
Hard Times in Paradise by David and Micki Colfax
Writing Nonfiction: Turning Thoughts into Books by Dan Poynter
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen (reread)
The South Beach Diet by Arthur Agatston
The Antiquary by Sir Walter Scott
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (reread)
Sink Reflections by Marla Cilley
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (reread)
Color Me Beautiful by Carole Jackson (reread)
The Atonement Child by Francine Rivers
The Stevia Cookbook by Ray Sahelian and Donna Gates
Guerrilla Marketing for Free by Jay Conrad Levinson
When You Rise Up: A Covenantal Approach to Homeschooling by R. C. Sproul, Jr.
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
The Innocent Man by John Grisham
Leota’s Garden by Francine Rivers
The Paideia Proposal by Mortimer J. Adler
The Summons by John Grisham (reread)
So, what kind of books did you read in 2006?
Happy New Year!
Mary Jo Tate
Mary Jo, I didn’t read even 1/3 of what you did. I applaud you!!!
Janet
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I enjoyed perusing last year’s reading list, MJ. I’ve read a number of those myself and found others I’d like to add to my own list. I just borrowed Rex Russell’s book which I hope to begin soon.
I’m also in the midst of Crunchy Cons by Rod Dreher and Slow Food edited by Carlo Petrini.
I only posted 4 books in our NY Newsletter: The Heart of Anger by Lou Priolo, The Enchanted Places by Christopher Robin Milne, The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (a book T.S. Elliot called “the first and greatest of English detective novels”), and the wisdom literature and Isaiah by God.
Lisa B.