Reading list since July 2010 in reverse chronological order.
**Indicates a Sally-recommended must-read!
**Indicates a Sally-recommended must-read!
- SONG OF SOLOMON Toni Morrison**
- AN UNEXPECTED LIFE: A MEMOIR Gloria Steinem (audiobook)
- HOW Y'ALL DOING? MISADVENTURES AND MISCHIEF FROM A LIFE WELL LIVED Leslie Jordan (audiobook)
- HOW TO KILL A WITCH: THE PATRIARCHY'S GUIDE TO SILENCING WOMEN Zoe Venditozzi & Claire Mitchell (audiobook)
- WEYWARD Emilia Hart
- THE UNDISCOVERED SELF C.G. Jung
- THE DREAM HOTEL Laila Lalami
- DOLLY PARTON, SONGTELLER: MY LIFE IN LYRICS Dolly Parton & Robert K. Hermann (audiobook)**
- GILEAD Marilynne Robinson
- I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN Jacqueline Harpman (audiobook)
- BORN A CRIME: STORIES FROM A SOUTH AFRICAN CHILDHOOD Trevor Noah (audiobook)**
- THE PENELOPIAD Margaret Atwood (audiobook)
- THE MESSAGE Ta-Nehisi Coates (audiobook)
- A COURT OF WINGS AND RUIN Sarah J. Maas
- ALL BOYS AREN'T BLUE George M. Johnson** (audiobook)
- MEDITATIONS ON LIVING, DYING, AND LOSS: THE ESSENTIAL TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD Graham Coleman & Dalai Lama translation (audiobook)
- FAHRENHEIT 451 Ray Bradbury
- CARRY ON: REFLECTIONS FOR A NEW GENERATION John Lewis (audiobook)
- THE EDUCATION OF AN IDEALIST: A MEMOIR Samantha Power (audiobook)
- JUST MERCY Bryan Stevenson**
- FINDING MY WAY Malala Yousafzai (audiobook)
- THE NICKEL BOYS Colson Whitehead (audiobook)**
- THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Martin Luther King, Jr. & Clayborne Carson (audiobook)***
- THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE Kim Stanley Robinson**
- 1984 George Orwell** (audiobook)
- TRANSITIONS: MAKING SENSE OF LIFE'S CHANGES William Bridges**
- BRAVE NEW WORLD Aldous Huxley (audiobook) _________________________________________________ (2025)
- ACROSS THAT BRIDGE: A VISION FOR CHANGE AND THE FUTURE OF AMERICA John Lewis (audiobook)
- ANIMAL FARM George Orwell (audiobook)
- ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS** Omar El Akkad (audiobook)
- EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS John Green** (audiobook)
- 107 DAYS Kamala Harris (audiobook)
- BEING MORTAL Atul Gawande
- ON TYRANNY Timothy Snyder**
- ACTRESS OF A CERTAIN AGE Jeff Hiller** (audiobook)
- KINDRED Octavia E. Butler**
- PARABLE OF THE TALENTS Octavia E. Butler**
- PARABLE OF THE SOWER Octavia E. Butler** (wow, one of my new faves)
- A COURT OF MIST AND FURY Sarah J. Maas _________________________________________________ (2024)
- A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES Sarah J. Maas _________________________________________________ (2023)
- YEARBOOK Seth Rogan**
- HOMEGOING Yaa Gyasi**
- THE HEALTHY COMPULSIVE Gary Trosclair
- DIVERGENT MIND: THRIVING IN A WORLD THAT WASN'T DESIGNED FOR YOU Jenara Nerenberg
_________________________________________________ (2022) - THE SONG OF ACHILLES Madeline Miller
- POOR ECONOMICS: A RADICAL RETHINKING OF THE WAY TO FIGHT GLOBAL POVERTY Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo (reread)
- MORE THAN GOOD INTENTIONS Dean Karlan & Jacob Appel
___________________________________________________ (2021) - THE TESTAMENTS Margaret Atwood
- CIRCE Madeline Miller
- THE TRUTHS WE HOLD Kamala Harris
- WORLD TRAVEL Anthony Bourdain & Laurie Woolever
___________________________________________________ (2019) - MY SISTER THE SERIAL KILLER Oyinkan Braithwaite
___________________________________________________ (2017) - WHO FEARS DEATH? Nnedi Okorafor
- IS EVERYONE HANGING OUT WITHOUT ME? (AND OTHER CONCERNS) Mindy Kaling
- HILLBILLY ELEGY J.D. Vance
- THE HANDMAID'S TALE Margaret Atwood**
- HIDDEN FIGURES Margot Lee Shetterly
- I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS Maya Angelou**
- BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME Ta-nehisi Coates**
- THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD Colson Whitehead**
- WE SHOULD ALL BE FEMINISTS Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie**
___________________________________________________ (2016) - BIG LITTLE LIES Liane Moriarty
- AS I LAY DYING William Faulkner
- THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN Paula Hawkins
- THE MARTIAN Andy Weir**
- GO SET A WATCHMAN Harper Lee
- WIND/PINBALL Haruki Murakami
___________________________________________________ (2015) - THE GOLEM AND THE JINNI Helene Wecker**
- A WILD SHEEP CHASE Haruki Murakami
- BOSSYPANTS Tina Fey**
- LEAN IN: WOMEN, WORK, AND THE WILL TO LEAD Sheryl Sandberg
- POOR NUMBERS: HOW WE ARE MISLED BY AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT STATISTICS AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT Morten Jerven
- THE TENTH OF DECEMBER George Saunders
- THE SUBMISSION Amy Waldman
___________________________________________________ (2014) - THE FAULT IN OUR STARS John Green
- STORM OF SWORDS George R.R. Martin
- THE LEFTOVERS Tom Perrotta
- READY PLAYER ONE Ernest Cline**
- WORLD WAR Z Max Brooks
- AMERICANAH Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie**
- WHITE TEETH Zadie Smith
- THE GIRLS' GUIDE TO HUNTING AND FISHING Melissa Bank
- CLASH OF KINGS George R. R. Martin
- WHERE'D YOU GO, BERNADETTE? Maria Semple**
- BONK Mary Roach
___________________________________________________ (2013) - THE GAME OF THRONES George R. R. Martin
- THE PRICE OF CIVILIZATION Jeffrey Sachs
- MARBLES: MANIA, DEPRESSION, MICHELANGELO, AND ME Ellen Forney
- DEAD EVER AFTER Charlaine Harris
- THE NIGHT CIRCUS Erin Morgenstern**
- GONE GIRL Gillian Flynn (ugh, terrible...don't read it)
- CUTTING FOR STONE Abraham Verghese
- UNHOLY NIGHT Seth Grahame-Smith**
- THE BRIEF AND WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO Junot Diaz
___________________________________________________ - DEADLOCKED Charlaine Harris
- JUNGLE LOVERS Paul Theroux
- THE ALCHEMIST Paulo Coelho**
- ATLAS SHRUGGED Ayn Rand
- PRODIGAL SUMMER Barbara Kingsolver
________________________________________________ - LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- PATHOLOGIES OF POWER: HEALTH, HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE NEW WAR ON THE POOR Paul Farmer
- POOR ECONOMICS: A RADICAL RETHINKING OF THE WAY TO FIGHT GLOBAL POVERTY Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
- THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY Alexander McCall Smith
- LITTLE CHILDREN Tom Perrotta**
- CHILD OF GOD Cormac McCarthy
- THE HELP Kathryn Stockett**
- MOCKINGJAY Suzanne Collins
- CATCHING FIRE Suzanne Collins
- THE HUNGER GAMES Suzanne Collins
- ANNA KARENINA Leo Tolstoy
- THE GREAT GATSBY F. Scott Fitzgerald
- PEDAGOGY OF THE OPPRESSED Paulo Freire
- THE WHITE MAN’S BURDEN William Easterly
- MYTHOLOGY Edith Hamilton**
- THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE Robert Louis Stephenson
- THE BLOOD CANTICLE Anne Rice
- A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD Jennifer Egan**
- DEAD RECKONING Charlaine Harris
- THE VILLAGE OF WAITING George Packer
- THE SHIPPING NEWS Annie Proulx**
- CONFESSIONS OF AN UGLY STEPSISTER Gregory Maguire
- ELIZABETH COSTELLO JM Coetzee
- NORWEGIAN WOOD Haruki Murakami
- FRANNY & ZOOEY JD Salinger
- BEING THERE Jerzy Kosinski
- FROM MICROSOFT TO MALAWI Michael L. Buckler
- ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- THE MALTESE FALCON Dashiell Hammett
- THE PLAGUE Albert Camus
- THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE Audrey Niffenegger**
- THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY AND OTHER STORIES Oscar Wilde
- FIERCE INVALIDS HOME FROM HOT CLIMATES Tom Robbins**
- THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE Haruki Murakami**
- MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN Salman Rushdie
- OUT OF AFRICA Isak Dinesen
- ALL THE PRETTY HORSES Cormac McCarthy**
- THE WITCHING HOUR Anne Rice
- ATONEMENT Ian McEwan**
- THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO Stieg Larsson
- A BEND IN THE RIVER V.S. Naipaul
- THE JUNGLE BOOKS Rudyard Kipling
- INFECTIONS & INEQUALITIES Paul Farmer
- THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS Lewis Carroll
- ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND Lewis Carroll
- HALF A YELLOW SUN Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie***
- CATCHER IN THE RYE J.D. Salinger
- A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS Khaled Hosseini**
- THE INVISIBLE CURE Helen Epstein**
- THINGS FALL APART Chinua Achebe
- HALF THE SKY Nicholas D. Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn**
- THE VAMPIRE ARMAND Anne Rice
