My (book) Year in Review

Out of 29 books, these are the ten that I enjoyed the most in the months of 2007 and highly suggest that you read them. Now. (Fiction marked by F; Nonfiction, NF.)

Best Books I've Read In 2007

1. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (F)
   
2. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (F)
   
3. About Alice by Calvin Trillin (NF)
   
4. Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell (NF)
   
5. The Boy Detective Fails by Joe Meno (F)
   
6. Braniac by Ken Jennings (NF)
   
7. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon (F)
   
8. Sweet & Low by Rich Cohen (NF)
   
9. Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynn Truss (NF)
   
10. White Oleander by Janet Fitch (F)
    

What a nice balance of fiction and nonfiction. And I didn't even plan it!

Honorable Mentions That Just Missed The Cut (in order of just-missedness)

1. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides (F)
   
2. Flush by Virginia Woolf (F)
   
3. The Hours by Michael Cunningham (F)
   
4. Puff by Bob Flaherty (F)
   
5. House-keeping Vs. The Dirt by Nick Hornby (NF)
   

   
    

Books I received for Christmas 2007 (All from Nick, btw. Insane! (in the membrane))

1. The Partly Cloud Patriot—Sarah Vowell
   
2. McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales—Michael Chabon, ed.
   
3. The New Kings of Nonfiction—Ira Glass, ed.
   
4. Confessions of a Tax Collector—Richard Yancey
   
5. Travels with Alice—Calvin Trillin
   
6. Poop Culture—Dave Praeger
   
7. Money for Nothing: One Man's Journey Through the Dark Side of Lottery Millions—Edward Ugel
   
8. Busting Vegas: The MIT Whiz Kid who Brought the Casinos to Their Knees—Ben Mezrich
   
9. What's You Poo Telling You?—Richman & Sheth
   
10. Little Altars Everywhere—Rebecca Wells
    
11. Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog—Kitty Burns Florey
    
12. Paint it Black—Janet Fitch
    
13. The Beach—Alex Garland
    
14. Saturday—Ian McEwan
    
15. Specimen Days—Michael Cunningham
    
16. The Future Dictionary of America
    
17. All the President's Men—Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward
    
18. A Cook's Tour—Anthony Bourdain
    
19. The Best American Travel Writing 2004—Pico Iyer, ed.
    
20. Salt: A World History—Mark Kurlansky
    
21. Migraines—Oliver Sacks
    
22. Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things That Aren't as Scary, Maybe, Depending on How You Feel About Lost Lands, Stray Cellphones, Creatures from the Sky, Parents Who Disappear to Peru, a Man Named Lars Farf, and One Other Story We Couldn't Quite Finish, So Maybe You Could Help Us Out. (This title is very When the Pawn…-esque.)
    

Cookbooks Received for Christmas 2007

1. Ben & Jerry's Icecream & Dessert Book
   
2. Starting With Ingredients—Aliza Green (All of the recipes are listed according to their main ingredient. Awesome.)
   
3. Wilson's Cupcake Fun!
   
4. The Food You Want to Eat—Ted Allen
   
5. Williams Sonoma Essentials of Baking