Here’s a mostly complete list of what I read last year. Many of these books are young adult novels, but since I teach young adults that’s to be expected. Perhaps at some point I’ll rate them, but until then, here they are.
August 2003
1. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay- Michael Chabon
2. 1185 Park Avenue- Anne Roiphe
3. Life of Pi- Yann Martel
4. Hatchet- Gary Paulsen (YA)
5. Third and Indiana- Steve Lopez
6. The Bad Beginning- Lemony Snicket
7. The Reptile Room- Lemony Snicket
8. The Wide Window- Lemony Snicket
9. Taking Terri Mueller- Norma Fox Mazer
10. Cool Clyde, Fast Sam and Stuff- Walter Dean Myers
11. Because of Winn Dixie- Kate DiCamillo
12. Scorpions- Walter Dean Myers
September 2003
13. Things My Girlfriend and I have Argued About- Mil Millington
14. Love That Dog- Sharon Creech
15. Wintering- Kate Moses
16. Coraline- Neil Gaiman
17. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress- Sijie Dai
18. A River Runs Through It- Norman Maclean
19. On the Fringe- Donald R. Gallo, ed.
October 2003
20. Bridget Jones the Edge of Reason- Helen Fielding
21. The House of the Scorpions- Nancy Farmer
22. The Miserable Mill- Lemony Snicket
November 2003
23. The Shipping News- E Annie Proulx
24. Summerland- Michael Chabon
December 2003
25. Tangerine- Edward Bloor
26. The Secret Life of Bees-Sue Monk Kidd
27. The Dogs of Babel- Carolyn Parkhurst
28. After- Francine Prose
29. Esperanza Rising
30. Hope was Here- Joan Bauer
January 2004
31. Shopgirl- Steve Martin
32. Vernon God Little- DBC Pierre
33. Freak the Mighty- Ron Philbrick
34. The Devil Wears Prada- Lauren Weisberger
35. Slam- Walter Dean Myers
February 2004
36. The Pinballs- Betsy Byars
37. The Girl Who Owned a City- O. T. Nelson
38. Crispin- Avi
39. The Princess Diaries- Meg Cabot
40. The Skin I’m in- Sharon Flake
41. Pardon Me, You’re Stepping on my Eyeball- Paul Zindel
42. When Dad Killed Mom- Julius Lester
43. The Ice Storm- Rick Moody
March 2004
44. Homeless Bird- Gloria Whelen
45. American Girl- Meg Cabot
46. Tunnel Vision- Fran Arrick
47. Death Watch- Robb White
48. When Zachary Beaver came to Town- Kimberly Willis Holt
49. Son of The Mob- Gordon Korman
50. Whale Talk- Chris Crutcher
51. The Giver- Lois Lowry
April 2004
52. The Da Vinci code- dan brown
53. The girls- Amy Goldman Koss
54. Kit’s Wilderness- David Almond
55. Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber-Adele Lang
May 2004
56. Skellig- David Almond
57. Nory Ryan’s Song- Patricia Reilly Giff
58. Olive’s Ocean- Kevin Henkes
59. Zazoo- Richard Mosher
60. The Conch Bearer- Chitra banerjee Divakuruni
61. The Tale of Despereaux- Kate DiCamillo
62. Make Lemonade-Virginia Euwer Wolf
June 2004
63. Blue Shoe- Anne Lamott
64. The Golden Compass- Philip Pullman
65. The Beast- Walter Dean Myers
July 2004
66. Among the Hidden- Margaret Haddix
67. Among the Imposters- Margaret Haddix
68. Among the Barons- Margaret Haddix
69. Walk Two Moons- Sharon Creech
70. Bloomability- Sharon Creech
71. Escape from Memory- Margaret Haddix
72. Money Hungry- Sharon Flake
73. The Subtle Knife- Philip Pullman
74. The Amber Spyglass- Philip Pullman
August 2004
75. Cut- Patricia McCormick
76. Chasing Redbird -Sharon Creech
77. Out of the Dust- Karen Hesse
78. Stowaway- Karen Hesse
79. Surviving the Applewhites- Amy Tolan
80. The Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini
81. A Corner of the Universe. Ann M. Martin
82. The Dream Bearer- Walter Dean Myers
83. The Report Card- Andrew Clements
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