Sunday, January 11, 2015

The books of 2014

I read 63 books in 2014, a lot less than last year.  I listened to some as audiobooks and read some the traditional way as well.  I enjoyed almost every one.  I LOVED The Giver series and want to read it again.  It was a busy year.   Here is the comprehensive list: 





1984 by George Orwell 
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking 
3   A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah 
4   A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 
5   An Abundance of Katherines by John Green 
6   And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (again) 
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett 
8   Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) by Stephenie Meyer (again) 
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 
10   City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments Book 6) by Cassandra Clare 
11  Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese  
12   Deep Down: A Jack Reacher Novella by Lee Child 
13   Ender's Game (The Ender Quintet, Book 1) by Orson Scott Card 
14   Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett 
15   Fall of Giants: Book One of the Century Trilogy by Ken Follett  
16   Four: A Divergent Collection (Divergent Series) by Veronica Roth 
17   Gathering Blue (The Giver Quartet, Book 2) by Lois Lowry 
18   Gone Girl: A Novel by Gillian Flynn 
19   Gone for Good: A Novel by Harlan Coben 
20   Gray Mountain: A Novel by John Grisham 
21   Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared M. Diamond 
22   In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 
23   Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 
24   Lies: A Gone Novel by Michael Grant 
25   Life After Life: A Novel by Kate Atkinson 
26   Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by Marcus Luttrell 
27   Looking for Alaska by John Green 
28   Messenger (The Giver Quartet, Book 3) by Lois Lowry 
29   October Song by Beverly Lewis 
30   On Wings of Eagles by Ken Follett 
31   Paper Money by Ken Follett 
32   Paper Towns by John Green 
33   Silver Shadows: A Bloodlines Novel by Richelle Mead 
34   Son (The Giver Quartet, Book 4) by Lois Lowry 
35   Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Education in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Greg Mortenson 
36   Sycamore Row by John Grisham 
37   Tempest Reborn by Nicole Peeler 
38   The Betrayal (Abram's Daughters, #2) by Beverly Lewis 
39   The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ (again) 
40   The Brethren (Annie's People Series #3) by Beverly Lewis 
41   The Circle by Dave Eggers 
42   The Covenant (Abram's Daughters Book #1) by Beverly Lewis 
43  The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (J K Rowling) 
44   The Doctrine and Covenants of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Containing Revelations Given to Joseph Smith, the Prophet with Some Additions by His Successors in the Presidency of the Church 
45   The Englisher (Annie's People Series #2) by Beverly Lewis 
46   The Fault in Our Stars by John Green  
47   The First Phone Call from Heaven: A Novel by Mitch Albom 
48   The Maze Runner (Book 1) by James Dashner  
49   The Modigliani Scandal by Ken Follett 
50   The Money Class: How to Stand in Your Truth and Create the Future You Deserve by Suze Orman 
51   The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter 
52   The Pearl of Great Price: A Selection from the Revelations, Translations, and Narrations of Joseph Smith First Prophet, Seer, and Revelator to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (again) 
53   The Preacher's Daughter (Annie's People #1) by Beverly Lewis 
54   The Redemption of Sarah Cain by Beverly Lewis 
55  The Season of Risks: An Ethical Vampire Novel by Susan Hubbard  
56   The Unfinished Angel by Sharon Creech 
57   The Willoughby's by Lois Lowry 
58   Though Waters Roar by Lynn Austin 
59  Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix 
60   Vienna Prelude (Zion Covenant, Book 1) by Bodie and Brock Thoene 
61   Whiteout by Ken Follett 
62   Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan 
63  Winter of the World: Book Two of the Century Trilogy by Ken Follett