Books Read in 2014

2014 by the Numbers

Favorites of 2014: Novels

Favorites of 2014: Nonfiction

Favorites of 2014: Comics

2014: That’s a Wrap!

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* Titles marked with an asterisk are audiobooks.

1. Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala
2. Asunder by Chloe Aridjis
3. Script and Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting by Kitty Burns Florey
4. Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison by Piper Kerman *
5. The Cost of Love and Sanity by Jaye Cheríe
6. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams *
7. Calling Dr. Laura by Nicole J. Georges
8. The Gods of Heavenly Punishment by Jennifer Cody Epstein
9. On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee
10. In the Body of the World by Eve Ensler
11. Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol by Ann Dowsett Johnston
12. Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me by Ellen Forney
13. The Free by Willy Vlautin
14. Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
15. The Ten Faces of Innovation by Thomas Kelley
16. Only the Good Die Young by K. K. Hendin
17. Boxers by Gene Luen Yang
18. The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr
19. Saints by Gene Luen Yang
20. The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick
21. The Property by Rutu Modan
22. Divergent by Veronica Roth
23. Generation Roe: Inside the Future of the Pro-Choice Movement by Sarah Erdreich
24. All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld
25. Margherita Dolce Vita by Stefano Benni
26. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood *
27. From Wonderland with Love: Danish Comics in the Third Millenium ed. by Steffen P. Maarup
28. HRC: State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes
29. The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna
30. A Girl Walks into a Wedding by Helena S. Paige
31. Paris at the End of the World: How the City of Lights Soared in its Darkest Hour, 1914-1918 by John Baxter
32. Blue is the Warmest Color by Julie Maroh
33. This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski
34. From the Mouth of the Whale by Sjón
35. The End of the Affair by Graham Greene *
36. Astrid and Veronika by Linda Olsson
37. Czech, Moravian and Slovak Fairy Tales by Parker Fillmore
38. Gunnar’s Daughter by Sigrid Undset
39. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
40. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
41. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
42. The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street by Susan Jane Gilman
43. I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections by Nora Ephron
44. The Story Hour by Thrity Umrigar
45. Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxane Gay
46. I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You by Courtney Maum
47. Landline by Rainbow Rowell *
48. Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola *
49. The Giver by Lois Lowry
50. Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America by John Waters *
51. Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation by Blake J. Harris
52. Looking for Trouble by Victoria Dahl
53. The Imaginary Life by Mara Torres
54. Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
55. Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: For Women Undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abbott
56. Flirting with French: How a Language Charmed Me, Seduced Me, and Nearly Broke My Heart by William Alexander
57. The Devil’s Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea
58. Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle
59. Dracula by Bram Stoker *
60. Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote *
61. The Heart Does Not Grow Back by Fred Venturini
62. Revenge by Yoko Ogawa *
63. Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights by Katha Pollitt
64. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins *
65. Ironweed by William Kennedy
66. Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast
67. Foxcatcher by Mark Schultz with Dave Thomas
68. The Bees by Laline Paull *
69. The Good Women of China by Xinran
70. Jerusalem: A Family Portrait by Boaz Yakin
71. The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez
72. Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
73. Tomboy by Liz Prince
74. The Hospital Suite by John Porcellino
75. Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life by Ulli Lust
76. Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
77. Euphoria by Lily King *
78. An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
79. Never Have I Ever: My Life (So Far) Without a Date by Katie Heaney
80. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
81. Kill My Mother by Jules Feiffer
82. Ash by Malinda Lo
83. El Deafo by Cece Bell
84. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson *
85. Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill