I've also included what I felt were my "The Best Ofs" for the year.
Another year to also compare reading Statistics/Mediums:
21 Books read
66% read digitally (d) - that's up from 25% in 2012
4.6% were audio books (a)
48% were Fiction
(a) Rod: The Autobiography - Stewart *most new surprising information about someone
(d) Telegraph Avenue -Chabon *I love everything he writes - so he is in his own league
(d) Behind the Beautiful Forevers -Boo *most non-fiction that read like fiction
(d) NW - Smith *most hyped that didn't turn out to blow me away
A Grace Revealed - Sittser
Circle Makers - Batterson
Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey - Veach
(d) We Are All Completely Besides Ourselves - Fowler *best twist
(d) The Lion in the Pit on a Snowy Day - Batterson
(d) The Fault In Our Stars - Green
The Nature of the Future - Gorbis *most thought-provoking
The Centrist Manifesto - Wheelan *most made me take action and get involved
(d) The Sound of Things Falling - Vasquez *best use of language
(d) The Silent Wife - Harrison *best page turner - but not 2013's Gone Girl
(d) Beautiful Ruins - Walter *best read of the year. Beautiful language and great story
(d) Give and Take - Grant *most intellectually stimulating
(d) The Circle - Eggers *most frightening - because it is happening
(d) Double Down - Game Change 2012 - Halperin/Heileman *book doesn't compare to being there
(d) Mr. Penumbra's 24 hour Bookstore - Sloan *I'm recommending to everyone and best book you've never heard about
(d) All In - Batterson *most read author of the year - but read Circle Makers and you've got it all
The Art Forger - Shapiro
First completed in 2014:
The Goldfinch - Tartt *great start to the year. will be hard to beat this one
Next up in 2014:
Americanah - Chimanmanda Ngozie Adichie
The Good Lord Bird - James McBride (2013 National Book Award winner)
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