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read 1000 books

In October 2010, I set a goal of reading 1000 books. These are the books I’ve read since then:

1. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

2. Sleepwalk with Me by Mike Birbiglia

3. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez

4. The Know-It-All: One Man’s Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs

5. Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America by Geoffrey Canada

6. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

7. Hamlet’s BlackBerry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age by William Powers

8. Note by Note: A Celebration of the Piano Lesson by Tricia Tunstall

9. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

10. Just Checking: Scenes from the Life of an Obsessive-Compulsive by Emily Colas

11. Marry Me! Courtships and Proposals of Legendary Couples by Wendy Goldberg & Betty Goodwin

12. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

13. Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

14. The Help by Kathryn Stockett

15. The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

16. Bossypants by Tina Fey

17. The Renaissance Soul: Life Design for People with Too Many Passions to Pick Just One by Margaret Lobenstine

18.  Black Heels to Tractor Wheels by Ree Drummond

19. The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man’s Quest to Be a Better Husband by David Finch

20. The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson

21. The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life by Twyla Tharp