Books in 2013

Bolds are favorites. Titles followed by genre.

January:
1. The Pioneer Women: A Love Story, Ree Drummond. memoir
2. What Happened to Goodbye, Sarah Dessen. teen, romance
3. Coming Home, Rosamunde Pilcher. short stories, british
4. Silver Linings Playbook, Matthew Quick. modern
5. ONE DAY, DAVID NICHOLLS. british, modern

February:
6. Love Letters of Great Men, Ursula Doyle. nonfiction, history
7. Dogwood, Diana Wynn Jones. fantasy, teen
8. The Handmaidens Tale, Margaret Atwood. sci-fi, modern
9. A Backwards Glance, Edith Wharton. memoir
10. Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems, John Keats. poetry, classic, historical
11. JOY IN THE MORNING, BETTY SMITH. fiction, american
12. GONE GIRL, GILLIAN FLYNN. mystery, thriller

March:
13. Flight Behavior, Barbara Kingsolver. modern, science
14. Borderlands/La Frontera, Gloria Anzaldua. poetry, memoir
15. Self-Help, Lorrie Moore. short stories
16. Rabbit, Run, John Updike. modern, americana
17. The Juvenilization of American Christianity, Thomas E Bergler. nonfiction, religious, culture

April:
18. Persepolis, Margane Satrapi. graphic novel, memoir
19. Ana Karenina, Leo Tolstoy. classic, russian
20. Selected Poems, Rita Dove. poetry
21. American Farmstead Cheese, Paul Kindstedt. nonfiction
22. Medical Muses, Asti Hustvedt. nonfiction, historical
23. Catching Light, Kathryn Stripling Byer. poetry
24. All Business is Local, John Quelch and Katherine Jocz. nonfiction, culture
25. The Ball and the Cross, GK Chesterton. nonfiction, religious

May:
26. DEATH AND THE KINGS HORSEMEN, WOLE SOYINKA. play, nigerian
27. The Sisters Brothers, Patrick DeWitt. american, western
28. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak. historical

June:
29. EXODUS, LEON URIS. historical
30. A GAME OF THRONES, GEORGE RR MARTIN. fantasy
31. The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman. fantasy
32. A Clash of Kings, George RR Martin. fantasy

July:
33. A STORM OF SWORDS, GEORGE RR MARTIN. fantasy
34. A Feast for Crows, George RR Martin. fantasy
35. BLANKETS, CRAIG THOMPSON. graphic novel
36. I Want to Show you More, Jamie Quatro. short stories, modern
37. Quartet in Autumn, Barbara Pym. british
38. Mudhouse Sabbath, Lauren F Winner. nonfiction, religious

August:
39. Slam, Nick Hornby. fiction, british
40. A Dance with Dragons, George RR Martin. fantasy
41. Grimm's Bad Girls and Bold Boys, Ruth B. Bottigheimer. nonfiction, psychoanalysis
42. Dark Places, Gillian Flynn. thriller, mystery
43. On Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan. british, literary
44. Breaking the Skies, Evan Hernandez. fantasy, young adult
45. If, Amy Carmichael. poetry, religious
 
September:
46. Every Good Endeavor, Timothy Keller. religious, nonfiction
47. Letters & Life; on being a writer, on being a Christian, Bret Lott. nonfiction, memoir, culture
48. The Paris Wife, Paula McLain. historical, romance
49. Briar Rose, Jane Yolen. historical, WWII
50. CITIES OF THE PLAIN, CORMAC MCCARTHY. american, western, literary
51. THE CUCKOO'S CALLING, ROBERT GALBRAIT. mystery, british
52. Adventures of Sally, PG Wodehouse. british, comedy, romance
53. Sharp Objects, Gillian Flynn. mystery, modern
54. The Knowledge of the Holy, AW Tozer. nonfiction, religious

October:
55. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro. british, scifi
56. The Thin Man, Dashiell Hammett. mystery
58. PARIS WITHOUT END, GIOIA DILIBERTO. biography, history
59. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Jonathan Safran Foer. modern, fiction
60. Casino Royale, Ian Flemming. mystery, classic
61. House of Hades, Rick Riodan. fantasy, childrens
62. A MOVEABLE FEAST, ERNEST HEMINGWAY. memoir, classic
63. A Step from Death, Larry Woiwode. memoir, modem

November:
64. Fitzgerald and Hemingway: Works and Days, Kurt Curnutt. lit crit
65. THE SUN ALSO RISES, ERNEST HEMINGWAY. classic
66. How to Be Good, Nick Hornby. comedy, modern
67. Unbelievable Happiness and Final Sorrow, Ruth Hawkins. biography
68. Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, Therese Anna Fowler. historical fiction
69. Mad about The Boy, Helen Fielding. modern, british
70. Household Words, Joan Silber. modern
71. I, CLAUDIUS, ROBERT GRAVES. historical fiction, roman
72. Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, Daniel Okrent. nonfiction

December: 
73. Hearts of Fire, Gracia Burnham. religion, nonfiction
74. Holy the Firm, Annie Dillard. religion, memoir
75. Just Saying, Rae Armantrout. poetry
76. Macroscope, Piers Anthony. scifi
77. BEAUTIFUL AND POINTLESS, DAVID ORR. literary criticism, non fiction