39 Books - Year in Review

Last year I read 41 books; this year I managed 39. My very favorites:

• The Help by Katheryn Stockett
• Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
• The Stieg Larsson Millennium Trilogy
• The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich
• The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
• The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

I look forward to reading:

• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
• Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
• The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea
• The next installment of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency book, whatever it is