fifty-two books in 2017

sometimes I miss my books when I'm at work.

somehow I managed to read what would appear to be a book a week this year, but in actuality, more than half of them were read in the last four months of the year.

1. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky; 1.4-1.8
​2. Animal Farm by George Orwell; 1.12 {ATW > DTW > ATL}

​3. Essential Maps for the Lost by Deb Caletti; 1.15-1.17
4. Paperweight by Meg Haston; 1.17-1.19

​5. I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson; 1.19-2.20
6. Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh; 2.21-3.2
7. Infinite Home by Kathleen Alcott; 3.3-3.10
8. Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller; 3.13-3.20
9. My (Not So) Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella; 3.21-3.28
10. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman; 3.28-4.10
11. We Were Never Here by Jennifer Gilmore; 4.11-4.16
12. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher; 4.16-4.21
13. Always Pack a Party Dress: And Other Lessons Learned from a (Half) Life in Fashion by Amanda Brooks; 4.24-5.30

​14. On the Road by Jack Kerouac; 4.26-6.17, 8.22-8.26
15. Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs by Henry Carroll; 6.20-6.26
16. Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs of People by Henry Carroll; 6.26-7.4
17. Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs of Places by Henry Carroll; 7.4-7.10
18. The Glitter Plan: How We Started Juicy Couture for $200 and Turned It into a Global Brand by Pamela Skaist-Levy, Gela Nash-Taylor, Booth Moore; 7.11-7.16

​19. Invisible Monsters Remix by Chuck Palahniuk; 7.17-7.27
20. What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum; 8.4-8.9
21. Hello? by Liz M. Wiemer; 8.10-8.16
22. Almost Adulting: All You Need to Know to Get It Together (Sort of) by Arden Rose; 8.18-8.20

​23. Songs About a Girl by Chris Russell; 8.26-9.2

​24. It’s Not the End of the World by Judy Blume; 9.3-9.8
25. Class Mom: A Novel by Laurie Gelman; 9.4-9.8
26. Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children’s Literature as an Adult by Bruce Handy; 9.9-9.22
27. Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote; 9.23-9.25
28. Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate; 9.25-9.29
29. If You Find This Letter: My Journey to Find Purpose Through Hundreds of Letters to Strangers by Hannah Brencher; 9.30-10.4
30. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro; 10.4-10.12

​31. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling, illustrated by Jim Kay; 10.5-10.23*
32. Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu; 10.13-10.17
33. Binary Star by Sarah Gerard; 10.18-10.21
34. Please Don’t Tell by Laura Tims; 10.21-10.31
35. When God was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman; 11.3-11.8

​36. Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls by Lynn Weingarten; 11.9-11.11
37. The Fashion Committee by Susan Juby; 11.12-11.15

​38. Looking for Alaska by John Green; 11.16-11.20
39. The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan; 11.21-11.23
40. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry; 11.23-11.24*
41. Space Kitty Blues by pat mAcdonald; 11.26-11.29*
42. Plane Insanity: A Flight Attendant’s Tales of Sex, Rage, and Queasiness at 30,000 Feet by Elliott Hester; 11.30-12.4
43. milk and honey by rupi kaur; 12.2-12.4

​44. Never Have I Ever: My Life (So Far) Without a Date by Katie Heaney; 12.5-12.8

​45. The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan; 12.9-12.13
46. Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy; 12.14-12.17

​47. The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith; 12.17-12.19
48. It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini; 12.19-12.21
49. A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares by Krystal Sutherland; 12.22-12.25
50. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green; 12.25-12.26

51. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Screenplay by J.K. Rowling; 12.26-12.27
52. American Girls by Alison Umminger; 12.28-12.31

​* denotes reread.