Books I've read
List started around October 2007
Only includes books I have read start to finish, no skimmed or half-read books (of which there are many)
Most recently read books on top, so it's in reverse chronological order.
June 2009
In Her Wake: A Child Psychiatrist Explores the Mystery of Her Mother's Suicide by Nancy Rappaport (finished 6/30) (link to my review)
I'm Perfect, You're Doomed: Tales from a Jehovah's Witness Upbringing by Kyria Abrahams (finished 6/20) (link to my review)
Don't Swallow Your Gum!: Myths, Half-Truths, and Outright Lies About Your Body and Health by Aaron Carroll MD and Rachel Vreeman MD (finished 6/8) (link to my review)
Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult by Jayanti Tamm (finished 6/6) (link to my review)
May 2009
Crazy Love by Leslie Morgan Steiner (furnished 5/31) (link to my review)
Meg: Hell's Aquarium by Steve Alten (finished 5/25) (link to my review)
What Were They Thinking?: The Brainless Blunders That Changed Sports History by Kyle Garlett (finished 5/22) (link to my review)
Panicology: Two Statisticians Explain What's Worth Worrying About (and What's Not) in the 21st Century by Hugh Aldersey-Williams and Simon Briscoe (finished 5/19) (link to my review)
Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average by Joseph T. Hallinan (finished 4/13) (link to my review)
A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy by Thomas Buergenthal (finished 4/10)
But Wait ... There's More!: Tighten Your Abs, Make Millions, and Learn How the $100 Billion Infomercial Industry Sold Us Everything But the Kitchen Sink by Remy Stern (finished 4/7) (link to my review)
April 2009
An Apple A Day: The Myths, Misconceptions, and Truths About the Foods We Eat by Joe Schwarcz (finished 4/30)
Your Call Is (Not That) Important to Us: Customer Service and What It Reveals About Our World and Our Lives by Emily Yellin (finished 4/26) (link to my review)
Life
in Rewind: The Story of a Young Courageous Man Who Persevered Over OCD
and the Harvard Doctor Who Broke All the Rules to Help Him by Terry Weible Murphy, Michael A. Jenike, and Edward E. Zine (finished 4/22) (link to my review)
A Different Life: Growing Up Learning Disabled and Other Adventures by Quinn Bradlee and Jeff Himmelman (finished 4/14)
Quirkology: How We Discover the Big Truths in Small Things by Richard Wiseman (finished 4/10)
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff (finished 4/7) (link to my review)
The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls (finished 4/7)
Lost in the Wild: Danger and Survival in the North Woods by Cary J Griffith (finished 4/1) (link to my review)
March 2009
The Unwritten Rules of Baseball: The Etiquette, Conventional Wisdom, and Axiomatic Codes of Our National Pastime by Paul Dickson (finished 3/29)
Brain Surgeon: A Doctor's Inspiring Encounters with Mortality and Miracles by Keith Black and Arnold Mann (finished 3/26) (link to my review)
The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University by Kevin Roose (finished 3/24) (link to my review)
As They See 'Em: A Fan's Travels in the Land of Umpires by Bruce Weber (finished 3/21) (link to my review)
Why Sh*t Happens: The Science of a Really Bad Day by Peter J. Bentley (finished 3/16) (link to my review)
Toy Monster: The Big, Bad World of Mattel by Jerry Oppenheimer (finished 3/11) (link to my review)
February 2009
Losing Everything by David Lozell Martin (finished 2/9) (link to my review)
Love Me Tender: The Stories Behind the World's Best-loved Songs by Max Cryer (finished 2/2) (link to my review)
January 2009
The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars by Joël Glenn Brenner (finished 1/27) (link to my review)
Passing for Normal: A Memoir of Compulsion by Amy S. Wilensky (finished 1/12) (link to my review)
The End of My Addiction by Olivier Ameisen (finished 1/4) (link to my review)
Total books read in 2008: 61
December 2008
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter (finished 12/31) (link to my review)
Love Junkie: A Memoir by Rachel Resnick (finished 12/24)
The Suicide Index: Putting My Father's Death in Order by Joan Wickersham (finished 12/9) (link to my review)
The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters by Rose George (finished 12/8) (link to my review)
Coraline by Neil Gaiman (finished 12/5) (link to my review)
November 2008
The Uninvited: The True Story of the Union Screaming House by Steven A. LaChance (finished 11/28) (link to my review)
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell (finished 11/24) (link to my review)
The Rural Life by Verlyn Klinkenborg (finished 11/19) (link to my review)
Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid by Dr. Denis Leary (finished 11/13) (link to my review)
How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else by Michael Gates Gill (finished 11/9) (link to my review)
Happy at Last: The Thinking Person's Guide to Finding Joy by Richard O'Connor (finished 11/5) (link to my review)
October 2008
Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy by Martin Lindstrom (finished 10/28) (link to my review)
Hurry Down Sunshine by Michael Greenberg (finished 10/25)
Drunkard: A Hard-Drinking Life by Neil Steinberg (finished 10/19) (link to my review)
Everyday Survival: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things by Laurence Gonzales (finished 10/12) (link to my review)
Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?: Bodies, Behavior, and Brains--The Science Behind Sex, Love, and Attraction by Jena Pincott (finished 10/9) (link to my review)
Something for the Pain: One Doctor's Account of Life and Death in the ER by Paul Austin
(finished 10/5) (link to my review)
September 2008:
The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life by Philip Zimbardo and John Boyd (finished 9/27) (link to my review)
Blue Genes: A Memoir of Loss and Survival by Christopher Lukas (finished 9/22) (link to my review)
The Customer Is Always Wrong: The Retail Chronicles by Jeff Martinr (finished 9/16) (link to my review)
Compulsive Acts: A Psychiatrist's Tales of Ritual and Obsession by Elias Aboujaoude MD (finished 9/8) (link to my review)
Debunked!: Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, and Evil Plots of the 21st Century by Richard Roeper (finished 9/5) (link to my review)
The Healthy Skeptic: Cutting through the Hype about Your Health by Robert Davis (finished 9/2) (link to my review)
Waiting: The True Confessions of a Waitress by Debra Ginsberg (finished 9/1) (link to my review)
August 2008:
Turning the Tables: Restaurants from the Inside Out by Steven A. Shaw (finished 8/23) (link to my review)
ridiculous/hilarious/terrible/cool: a year in an american high school by Elisha Cooper (finished 8/18) (link to my review)
Watchmen
by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (finished 8/11)
Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip--Confessions of a Cynical Waiter by The Waiter (finished 8/11) (link to my review)
Well Enough Alone: A Cultural History of My Hypochondria by Jennifer Traig (finished 8/5) (link to my review)
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us) by Tom Vanderbilt (finished 8/1) (link to my review) (30 neat facts from the book)
July 2008:
The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - and Why by Amanda Ripley (finished 7/27) (link to my review)
A Short Guide to a Happy Life
by Anna Quindlen (finished 7/26)
What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life by Avery Gilbert (finished 7/25) (link to my review)
I Thought I Could Fly: Portraits of Anguish, Compulsion, and Despair by Charlee Brodsky (finished July 17th)
This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation by Barbara Ehrenreich (finished 7/10) (link to my review)
June 2008:
The Civility Solution: What to Do When People Are Rude by P. M. Forni (finished 6/26) (link to my review)
Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You by Sam Gosling (finished 6/24) (link to my review)
Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity by Kerry Cohen (finished 6/21) (link to my review)
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (finished 6/13) (link to my review)
Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science by Richard Preston (finished 6/11) (link to my review)
The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts by Tom Farley and Tanner Colby (finished 6/1) (link to my review)
May 2008:
The Taste of Sweet: Our Complicated Love Affair with Our Favorite Treats by Joanne Chen (finished 5/13) (link to my review)
A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father by Augusten Burroughs (finished 5/5) (link to my review)
A Brief History of Anxiety...Yours and Mine by Patricia Pearson (finished 5/2) (link to my review)
April 2008
Blood, Sweat, and Tea: Real-Life Adventures in an Inner-City Ambulance by Tom Reynolds (finished 4/26) (link to my review)
Quiet, Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian
by Scott Douglas (finished 4/19) (link to my review)
Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff (finished 4/16/2008) (link to my review)
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach (finished 4/10/2008) (link to my review)
March 2008:
Strong at the Broken Places: Voices of Illness, a Chorus of Hope (finished 3/28/2008) (link to my review)
The Secret Pulse of Time: Making Sense of Life's Scarcest Commodity (finished 3/17/2008) (link to my review)
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction (finished 3/9/2008) (link to my review)
Helping Me Help Myself: One Skeptic, Ten Self-Help Gurus, and a Year on the Brink of the Comfort Zone (finished 3/4/2008) (link to my review)
February 2008:
The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead (finished 2/16/2008) (link to my review)
How to Fossilize Your Hamster: And Other Amazing Experiments for the Armchair Scientist (finished 2/16/2008) (link to my review)
Fired!: Tales of the Canned, Canceled, Downsized, & Dismissed (finished 2/10/2008) (link to my review)
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (finished 2/6/2008) (link to my review)
The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want (finished 2/5/2008) (link to my review)
January 2008:
Science of Everyday Life (finished 1/19/2008) (link to my review)
Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter (finished 1/9/2008) (link to my review)
unSpun: Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation (finished 1/7/2008) (link to my review)
Free For All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library (finished 1/1/2008)
2007:
Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment
Please Stop Laughing at Me: One Woman's Inspirational Story (link to my review)
Punching In: The Unauthorized Adventures of a Front-Line Employee (link to my review)
The Five-Second Rule and Other Myths About Germs: What Everyone Should Know About Bacteria, Viruses, Mold, and Mildew (link to my review)
The Most Notorious Crimes in American History (link to my review)
I Am Legend (link to my review)
The Book of Vice: Very Naughty Things (and How to Do Them) (link to my review)
The Dead Travel Fast: Stalking Vampires from Nosferatu to Count Chocula (link to my review)
Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body (link to my review)
Ten Points (link to my review)
Father Knows Less Or: "Can I Cook My Sister?": One Dad's Quest to Answer His Son's Most Baffling Questions (link to my review)
The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness (link to my review)
Andy Roddick Beat Me with a Frying Pan: Taking the Field with Pro Athletes and Olympic Legends to Answer Sports Fans' Burning Questions (link to my review)
(Not that You Asked): Rants, Exploits, and Obsessions (link to my review)
Trail Of Bones: More Cases From The Files Of A Forensic Anthropologist
Bitten: True Medical Stories of Bites and Stings (link to my review)
The Economic Naturalist: In Search of Explanations for Everyday Enigmas (link to my review)
Ten Questions Science Can't Answer (Yet!): A Guide to Science's Greatest Mysteries (link to my review)
Locker Room Diaries: The Naked Truth About Women, Body Image, and Re-imagining the "Perfect" Body (link to my review)
Rejuvenile: Kickball, Cartoons, Cupcakes, and the Reinvention of the American Grown-up (link to my review)
Casanova Was a Book Lover: And Other Naked Truths Provocative Curiosities About Writing, Selling and Reading of Books (link to my review)
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts (link to my review)
30 Days of Night (link to my review)
If I Am Missing or Dead: A Sister's Story of Love, Murder, and Liberation (link to my review)
Never Shower in a Thunderstorm: Surprising Facts and Misleading Myths About Our Health and the World We Live In (link to my review)
The Good Eater: The True Story of One Man's Struggle With Binge Eating Disorder (link to my review)
Richistan: A Journey Through the American Wealth Boom and the Lives of the New Rich (link to my review)
Joey Green's Incredible Country Store: Potions, Notions and Elixirs of the Past--and How to Make Them Today (link to my review)
Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss--and the Myths and Realities of Dieting (link to my review)
The Dangerous Book for Boys (link to my review)
Cabin Pressure: One Man's Desperate Attempt to Recapture His Youth as a Camp Counselor (link to my review)
Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body (link to my review)
The Happiness Myth: Why What We Think Is Right Is Wrong (link to my review)
Happy Accidents: Serendipity in Modern Medical Breakthroughs (link to my review)
Blind Spots: Why Smart People Do Dumb Things (link to my review)
Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty (link to my review)
Is This a Great Game, or What?: From A-Rod's Heart to Zim's Head--My 25 Years in Baseball (link to my review)
The House That Jack Built (link to my review)
The Elephant in the Playroom: Ordinary Parents Write Intimately and Honestly About the Extraordinary Highs and Heartbreaking Lows of Raising Kids with Special Needs (link to my review)
The Psychology of Baseball: Inside the Mental Game of the Major League Player (link to my review)
Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance (link to my review)
Pig Island (link to my review)
Altruistic Armadillos, Zenlike Zebras: A Menagerie of 100 Favorite Animals(link to my review)
How to Cook Your Daughter: A Memoir(link to my review)
Black Butterflies (link to my review)
Watching Baseball Smarter: A Professional Fan's Guide for Beginners, Semi-experts, and Deeply Serious Geeks (link to my review)
Heart-Shaped Box: A Novel (link to my review)
Rewind, Replay, Repeat: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (link to my review)
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (link to my review)
The Placebo Chronicles: Strange But True Tales From the Doctors' Lounge
The Paranoid's Pocket Guide to Mental Disorders You Can Just Feel Coming On
Contrary to Popular Belief: More than 250 False Facts Revealed
The Naked Brain: How the Emerging Neurosociety is Changing How We Live, Work, and Love
Answering 911: Life in the Hot Seat
Oops: 20 Life Lessons from the Fiascoes That Shaped America
Twilight Children: Three Voices No One Heard Until a Therapist Listened
Wish I Could Be There: Notes From a Phobic Life
Never Suck A Dead Man's Hand: Curious Adventures of a CSI
The Real Toy Story: Inside the Ruthless Battle for America's Youngest Consumers
Branded for Life: How Americans are Brainwashed by the Brands We Love
Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood
The Gospel of Food: Everything You Think You Know About Food Is Wrong
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Natural Causes: Death, Lies and Politics in America's Vitamin and Herbal Supplement Industry
Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
Beauty Junkies: Inside Our $15 Billion Obsession With Cosmetic Surgery
I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics
Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside
Candyfreak (link to my review)
True Blue: Police Stories by Those Who Have Lived Them
Bass Madness: Bigmouths, Big Money, and Big Dreams at the Bassmaster Classic (link to my review)
Secret Weapons: Defenses of Insects, Spiders, Scorpions, and Other Many-Legged Creatures (link to my review)
Bloodletting: A Memoir of Secrets, Self-Harm, & Survival
Angelhead: My Brother's Descent into Madness
Forensic Detective: How I Cracked the World's Toughest Cases