Every year I try to compete with the number of books I read the year before (and also with Ben). I think 2011 was my best yet! Check out the books I read below. Please leave me comments with any of your favorite book suggestions!

2013

• Currently reading – The Meaning of Marriage – Timothy Keller

2012

• Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter – Tom Franklin
• Mudbound – Hillary Jordan
• Where We Belong – Emily Giffin
• Wild – Cheryl Strayed
• The Age of Miracles – Karen Walker Thompson
• Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn
• Running Ransom Road – Caleb Daniloff
• Beautiful Ruins – Jess Walter
• The Sense of an Ending – Julian Barnes
• 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess – Jen Hatmaker
• The Ethics of What We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter – Peter Singer
• Salvage the Bones – Jesmyn Ward
• My Life on the Run: The Wit, Wisdom and Insights of a Road Racing Icon – Bart Yasso
• The Beginner’s Goodbye – Anne Tyler
• Finding Ultra – Rich Roll
• The Family Fang – Kevin Wilson
• The Art of Fielding – Chad Harbach
• Eat & Run – Scott Jurek
• The Power of Habit – Charles Duhigg
• Drop Dead Healthy – AJ Jacobs
• The American Way of Eating – Tracie McMillan
• Mile Markers – Kristin Armstrong
• Running the Rift – Naomi Benaron
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close – Jonathan Safran Foer
• The Story of Beautiful Girl – Rachel Simon

Books Read 2011

• Blue Nights – Joan Didion
• By Nightfall – Michael Cunningham
• Girl in Translation – Jean Kwok
• Sarah’s Key – Tatiana de Rosnay
• The Paris Wife – Paula McLain
• The Marriage Plot – Jeffrey Eugenides
• Mockingjay – Suzanne Collins
• Catching Fire – Suzanne Collins
• The China Study – T. Colin Campbell
• The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
• Comfort Me With Apples – Ruth Reichl
• One Day – by David Nicholls
• Running on Empty – by Marshall Ulrich
• Carrots ‘N’ Cake - by Tina Haupert
• Tender at the Bone – by Ruth Reichl
• The Year of Living Biblically – AJ Jacobs
• Going Long:  Legends, Oddballs, Comebacks and Adventure’s – Runner’s World
• Debt Free Living – Larry Burkett
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks – Rebecca Skloot
• A Secret Kept – Tatiana de Rosnay
• The Imperfectionists - Tom Rachman
• A Visit from the Goon Squad – Jennifer Egan
• Food Matters – Mark Bittman
• Same Kind of Different as Me – Ron Hall & Denver Moore
• The Widower’s Tale – Julia Glass
• Blood, Bones & Butter, the Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef – Gabrielle Hamilton
• Made to Crave – Lysa Terkeurst
• A Widow’s Story, A Memoir – Joyce Carol Oates
• Unbroken – Laura Hillenbrand
• Little Bee – Chris Cleave
• Left Neglected – Lisa Genova
• In Defense of Food – Michael Pollan
• The Priveleges – Jonathan Dee
• Best Food Writing 2010 – Holly Hughes
• Good Faith – Jane Smiley
• On Beauty – Zadie Smith
• Water for Elephants – Sara Gruen