Coming Next Year!!! Check out lists from 2010 and 2011.
2011
1. “Me” by Ricky Martin (NF; Because I was obsessed with him when I was younger)
2. “The Murder of King Tut” by James Patterson (and Martin Dugard) (NF; Because I was totally obsessed with King Tut when I was younger. Are you sensing a theme here?)
3. “Naturally Thin” by Bethenny Frankel (NF)
4. “How Can You NOT Laugh as a Time Like This?” by Carla Ulbrich (NF)*
5. “Skinny Bitch” by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin (NF)
6. “Sick Girl Speaks” by Tiffany Christensen (NF)*
7. “Slaughterhouse” by Gail A. Eisnitz (NF)
8. “How to Bake a Perfect Life” by Barbara O'Neal (F)
8. “How to Bake a Perfect Life” by Barbara O'Neal (F)
9. “Mennonite in a Little Black Dress” by Rhoda Janzen (NF)*
10. “The Love Goddess’ Cooking School” by Melissa Senate (F)
11. “My Sister’s Keeper” by Jodi Picoult (F)*
12. “William and Kate” by Christopher Andersen (NF)
13. “Accidentally Yours” by Susan Mallery (F)*
14. “Plain Truth” by Jodi Picoult (F)
15. “Handle With Care” by Jodi Picoult (F)*
16. “Market Rebels” by Hayagreeva Rao (NF)**
17. “Surgically Shaping Children” edited by Erik Parens (NF)**
18. “Secrets of a Jewish Mother” by Jill Zarin, Lisa Wexler, and Gloria Kamen (NF)
19. “The School of Essential Ingredients” by Erica Bauermeister (F)
20. “Julie and Julia” by Julie Powell (F)
21. “Sing You Home” by Jodi Picoult (F)*
22. “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” by Amy Chua (NF)
23. “Tick Tock” by James Patterson (and Michael Ledwidge) (F)
24. “Chocolate & Vicodin” by Jennette Fulda (NF)*
25. “Worst Case” by James Patterson (and Michael Ledwidge) (F)
26. “Signs of Life” by Natalie Taylor (NF)*
27. “Soul Surfer” by Bethany Hamilton (NF)*
28. “Destination Dissertation” by Sonja K. Foss and William Waters (NF)**
29. “See Jane Write” by Sarah Mlynowski and Farrin Jacobs (NF)
30. “The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted” by Elizabeth Berg (F)*
31. “Don’t Blink” by James Patterson (and Howard Roughan) (F)
32. “10th Anniversary” by James Patterson (and Maxine Paetro) (F)
33. “Heaven is for Real” by Todd Burpo (NF)*
34. “The Happiness Project” by Gretchen Rubin (NF)*
35. “The Bounce Back Book” by Karen Salmasnsohn (NF)*
36. “G-d Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian” by Kurt Vonnegut (F; at least, I really hope it’s fiction)*
37. “The Year of Magical Thinking” by Joan Didion (NF)*
38. “Living with Difference” by Joan Ablon (NF)**
39. “Chasing Daylight” by Eugene O’Kelly (NF)*
40. “Go Back and Be Happy” by Julie Papievis (NF)*
41. “A Child Called It” by Dave Pelzer (NF)
42. “Take Me Home from the Oscars” by Christine Schwab (NF)*
43. “Now You See Her” by James Patterson (and Michael Ledwidge) (F)
44. “Sisterhood Everlasting” by Ann Brashares (F)
45.“Life, On the Line” by Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas (NF)*
46. “Crazy Girls” by Max Lance (NF)
47. “A Small Fortune” by Audrey Braun (F)
48. “Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day” by Joan Bolker (NF)**
49. “The Baby Chase” by Holly Finn (NF)*
50. “The sum of My Parts” by James Sanford (NF)*
51. “Little People In America” by Joan Ablon (NF)**
52. “In Our Hearts We Were Giants” by Yehuda Koren and Eilat Negev (NF)**
53. “Please Stop Laughing At Me” by Jodee Blanco (NF)
54. “Please Stop Laughing At Us” by Jodee Blanco (NF)
55. “The Baby Planner” by Josie Brown (F)
56. “Growing Up Small” by Kate Phifer (NF)**
57. “Alison Wonderland” by Helen Smith (F)
58. “Facebook Diaries (Volume 1)” by Brian Shell (NF)
59. “Stealing Faces” by Michael Prescott (F)
60. “Transition” by Chaz Bono (NF)
61. “He Said What?” edited by Victoria Zackheim (NF)
62. “Moonface” by Angela Balcita (NF)*
63. “How I Planned Your Wedding” by Susan Wiggs and Elizabeth Wiggs Maas (NF)
64. “The Kitchen Daughter” by Jael McHenry (F)*
65. “Find Me” by Rosie O’Donnell (NF)*
66. “Celebrity Detox” by Rosie O’Donnell (NF)
67. “There Are Things I Want You To Know About Stieg Larsson And Me” by Eva Gabrielsson (NF)
68. “The Web-Savvy Patient” by Andrew Schorr (with Mary Adam Thomas) (NF)*
69. “The Kingdom Of Childhood” by Rebecca Coleman (F)
70. “Slim To None” by Jenny Gardiner (F)
71. “The Meaning Of Matthew” by Judy Shepard (NF)
72. “Gone To Green” (1 of 4 in The Green Series) by Judy Christie (F)
73. “Goodness Gracious Green” (2 of 4 in The Green Series) by Judy Christie (F)
74. “The Glory To Green” (3 of 4 in The Green Series) by Judy Christie (F)
75. “Rally ‘Round Green” (4 of 4 in The Green Series) by Judy Christie (F)
76. “The Orchard” by Theresa Weir (NF)
77. “The Vampire Shrink” by Lynda Hilburn (F)
78. “Making Toast” by Roger Rosenblatt (NF)
79. “The Christmas Wedding” by James Patterson (F)
80. “Twilight” by Stephanie Meyer (F)
81. “Half A Life” by Darin Strauss (NF)
82. “Kill Me If You Can” by James Patterson (and Marshall Karp) (F)
83. “He’s Just Not That Into You” by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo (NF)
84. “The Patient’s Checklist” by Elizabeth Bailey (NF)*
85. “Midnight Sun” by Mary Fechter (F)
2010
1. “Lip Service” by Susan Mallery (F)
2010
1. “Lip Service” by Susan Mallery (F)
2. “Straight From the Hip” by Susan Mallery (F)
3. “Hot on her Heels” by Susan Mallery (F)
4. “The Pursuit of Perfection” by Sheila M. Rothman and David J. Rothman (NF)**
5. “Mistaken Identity” by Don and Susie Van Ryn, and Newell, Colleen, and Whitney Cerak with Mark Tabb (NF)
6. “As Nature Made Him” by Jon Colapinto (NF)
7. “Dear John” by Nicholas Sparks (F)
8. “90 Minutes in Heaven” by Don Piper (NF)*
9. “Despite Lupus” by Sara Gorman (NF)*
10. “How to Write a Lot” by Paul Silvia (NF)**
11. “The Art of Being a Healing Presence” by James E. Miller and Susan C. Cutshall (NF)*
12. “Time Management from the Inside Out” by Julie Morgenstern (NF)
13. “The Five People You Meet In Heaven” by Mitch Albom (F)
14. “For One More Day” by Mitch Albom (F)
15. “Have a Little Faith” by Mitch Albon (NF)
16. “Cancer is a Bitch” by Gail Konop Baker (NF)*
17. “Messenger” by Jeni Stepanek (NF)*
18. “The 9th Judgment” by James Patterson (F)
19. “My Stroke of Insight” by Jill Bolte Taylor (NF)*
20. “Better” by Atul Gawande (NF)*
21. “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot (NF)* **
22. “Lift” by Kelly Corrigan (NF)
23. “The Short Book” by Zachary Kanin (NF)**
24. “In An Instant” by Lee and Bob Woodruff (NF)*
25. “The Middle Place” by Kelly Corrigan (NF)*
26. “Hornet Flight” by Ken Follett (F)
27. “Complications” by Atul Gawande (NF)*
28. “Private” by James Patterson (F)
29. “The Council of Dads” by Bruce Feiler (NF)*
30.“Short” by John Schwartz (NF)**
31. “Lupus Q and A” by Robert G. Lahita and Robert H. Phillips (NF)*
32. “As I Live and Breathe” by Jamie Weisman (NF)*
33. “The Woods” by Harlan Coben (F)
34. “The Postcard Killers” by James Patterson and Liza Marklund (F)
35. “The Innocent” by Harlan Coben (F)
36. “Julie's Story” by Julie Miller (NF)*
37. “My (So-Called) Normal Life” by Erin Zammett (NF)*
38. “Love Story” by Erich Segal (F)
39. “The Biopolitics of Breast Cancer” by Maren Klawiter (NF)**
40. “Train Go Sorry” by Leah Hager Cohen (NF)**
41. “Deaf in America” by Carol Padden and Tom Humphries (NF)**
42. “Impure Science” by Steven Epstein (NF)**
43. “So What Are You Going To Do with That?” by Susan Basalla and Maggie Debelius (NF)**
44. “Courtney's Legacy” by George Cantor (NF)
45. “Better Than Well” by Carl Elliott (NF)**
46. “How to be Sick” by Toni Bernhard (NF)*
47. “Disarmed” by Kristin A. Goss (NF)**
48. “Flammable” by Javier Auyero and Debora Alexjandra Swistun (NF)**
49. “The Case Against Perfection” by Michael J. Sandel (NF)**
50. “Promise Me” by Nancy G. Brinker (NF)*
51. “Complete Your Dissertation or Thesis in Two Semesters or Less” by Evelyn Hunt Ogden (NF)**
52. “Normal At Any Cost” by Susan Cohen and Christine Cosgrove (NF)**
53. “Unstoppable in Stilettos” by Lauren Ruotolo (NF)**
54. “Footprints of Courage” by Jan Jenkins (NF)
55. “Hoda” by Hoda Kotb (NF)*
56. “Someone Like You” by Susan Mallery (F)
57. “Falling for Gracie” by Susan Mallery (F)
58. “Into Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer (NF)
(F) – Fiction
(NF) – Non-fiction
* Books specifically of interest to chronically ill readers
** Academic books/books for my research