Alphabetical by Title
(for listing by author, see below)
(for listing by author, see below)
- Backyard Giants: The Passionate, Heartbreaking, and Glorious Quest to Grow the Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Susan Warren
- Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin
- The Botany of Desire: A Plant's Eye View of the World by Michael Pollan (OK, I haven't actually read this yet, but I'm including this link because it has a good link attached to it.)
- City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
- A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century by Witold Rybczynski
- Getting Started in Value Investing by Charles Mizrahi
- The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson
- The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade by Ann Fessler
- Icy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman
- Latticework: The New Investing by Robert G. Hagstrom (initial thoughts here)
- Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
- Night by Elie Wiesel
- The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (another discussion here and a more complete review here)
- Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
- Second Nature: A Gardener's Education by Michael Pollan
- The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski (I didn't finish it in 2008, but my initial thoughts on it are here)
- Stuart: A Life Backwards by Alexander Masters
- Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
- Unwind by Neal Shusterman
- Water for Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen
- When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
- Why Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver Life by John McCain and Marshall Salter
- Wilderness Tips by Margaret Atwood (and here)
- The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan
Alphabetical by Author
- Atwood, Margaret (Wilderness Tips) (Didn't finish, but I have some other thoughts here)
- Du Maurier, Daphne (Rebecca)
- DuPrau, Jeanne (City of Ember)
- Egan, Timothy (The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl)
- Fessler, Ann (The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade)
- Gruen, Sara (Water for Elephants: A Novel)
- Hagstrom, Robert G. (Latticework: The New Investing) (Didn't finish, but my initial thoughts are here)
- Hyman, Gwyn (Icy Sparks)
- Johnson, Steven (The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World)
- Jones, Lloyd (Mister Pip)
- Lamott, Anne (Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith)
- Martin, Steve (Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life)
- Masters, Alexander (Stuart: A Life Backwards)
- McCain, John and Salter, Marshall (Why Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver Life)
- Mizrahi, Charles (Getting Started in Value Investing)
- Otsuka, Julie (When the Emperor Was Divine)
- Pollan, Michael (The Botany of Desire: A Plant's Eye View of the World) (Haven't read yet, but there's a good link there, so go check it out)
- Pollan, Michael (The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals) (see other mentions)
- Pollan, Michael (Second Nature: A Gardener's Education)
- Rybczynski, Witold (A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century)
- Shusterman, Neal (Unwind)
- Warren, Susan (Backyard Giants: The Passionate, Heartbreaking, and Glorious Quest to Grow the Bigest Pumpkin Ever)
- Wiesel, Elie (Night )
- Wroblewski, David (The Story of Edgar Sawtelle-inital thoughts, didn't finish until 2009)
