Books We Have Read
The First Year Reading List (pre-rating system)
We used a pretty loose 1-5 system, but not all ratings are preserved
1. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil – John Berendt. Score 4
2. The Waterworks – E.L. Doctorow. Score: 2
3. Bless Me, Ultima – Rudolfo Anaya
4. Thank You for Smoking – Christopher Buckley
5. Snow Falling on Cedars – David Guterson
6. Duplicate Keys – Jane Smiley
7. In the Lake of the Woods – Tim O'Brien
8. Emma – Jane Austen
9. Angels and Insects – A.S. Byatt
10. Wonder Boys – Michael Chabon
11. I've Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots – Susan Straight
12. Native Speaker – Chang-rae Lee
13. The Sportswriter – Richard Ford
The Rated List
1. The Secret Scripture (Lynda)
PRI - xx
ARI - 7
2. The Year of Flood – Margaret Atwood (?)
PRI - xx
ARI - 7
3. A Far Cry from Kensington – Muriel Spark (Carroll)
PRI - 8
ARI - 6
PRI - 7
ARI - 8.5
5. Water for Elephants – Sara Gruen (Dana)
PRI - 7.5
ARI - 8
6. Scribbling the Cat – Alexander Fuller (Lynda)
PRI - 7
ARI - 7.5
7. Never Let Me Go – Kazoo Ishiguro (Carroll)
PRI - 7.5
ARI - 7.25
8. The Signal – Ron Carlson (Cheryl)
PRI - 7.5
ARI - 6.5
9. The Imperfectionists – Tom Rachman (Dana)
PRI - 7.5
ARI - 8.5
10. Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell (Carroll)
PRI - 7
ARI - 3
11. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks – Rebecca Skloot (Dana)
PRI - 7.5
ARI - 9
12. I'd Know You Anywhere - Laura Lippman (?)
PRI -
ARI - 6
13. A Visit From the Goon Squad – Jennifer Egan (Lynda)
PRI - 7
ARI - 9
14. The Girl Who Fell from the Sky – Heidi Durrow (?)
PRI - 7
ARI - 6.5
15. The Help – Katheryn Stockett (listening) (and Marla read it) (Cheryl)
PRI - 10
ARI - 8*
16. Super Sad True Love Story – Gary Shteyngart (Carroll)
PRI - 7
ARI - 7.25
17. Galore – Michael Crummy (Dana)
PRI - 10
ARI - 10
18. American Gods – Neil Gaiman (Lynda)
PRI - 8
ARI - 8.5
19. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Carroll)
PRI - 8
ARI - 9.5
20. Wolf Hall – Hillary Mantel
21. In the Garden of Beasts – Erik Larson (Dana)
PRI - 7.5
ARI - 6.5
22. The Cat’s Table – Michael Ondaatje (Lynda)
PRI - 7.5
ARI - 6.75
23. The Fun Home, A Family Tragicomic – Alison Bechtel (Cheryl)
PRI - 7.5
ARI - 5
24. Swamplandia! – Karen Russell (Lynda)
PRI - 7.5
ARI - 6.125
25. What is Left the Daughter – Howard Norman (Cheryl)
PRI - 7.5
ARI - 7
26. The Devil’s Highway, Luis Urea (Marla)
PRI - 8
ARI - 8
27. State of Wonder - Ann Patchett (Carroll)
PRI - 7
ARI - 6
28. Doc: A Novel - Mary Daria Russell (Dana)
PRI - 8
ARI - 8.5
29. The Golem and the Jinni - Helene Wecker (Lynda)
PRI - 9
ARI - 9
30. The Great Gatsby (Cheryl)
PRI - 7.5
ARI - 7.5
31. The Telling Room -Michael Paternity (Marla)
PRI - 8.125
ARI - 6
32. A Tale for the Time Being - Ruth Ozei (Carroll)
PRI - 7.5
ARI - 6.35
33. The One and Only Ivan - Katharine Applegate (Dana)
PRI - 8.5
ARI - 8.5
34. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena - Anthony Marra (Lynda)
PRI - 8
ARI - 10
35. Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn (Cheryl)
PRI - 7
ARI - 6.5
36. All the Birds, Singing (Marla)
PRI - 7
ARi - 8.5
37. All the Light we Cannot See (Carroll)
PRI - 8
ARI - 9.8125* (with some dissension regarding what place value to stop at!)
38. Night (Dana)
PRI - 8.5
ARI - Decision made to not give it a number. Seemed wrong.
39. The Homesman (Lynda)
PRI - 8.75
ARI - 8.75
40. The Distant Marvels (Cheryl)
PRI - 7.5
ARI - 7.0
41. The Magicians - Lev Grossman (Carroll)
PRI - 8.0
ARI - 6.625
42. The Buried Giant - Kazoo Ishiguro (Dana)
PRI - 8.5
ARI - 7.125 (Lynda would have given it more if there were less "princess' ")
43. H is for Hawk - Helen MacDonald (Lynda)
PRI - 9.0
ARI - 7.25
44. Fates and Furies - Lauren Groff (Cheryl)
PRI - 9
ARI - 7.125
45. The Lotus Eaters - Tatjana Soli (Carroll)
PRI - 8.5
ARI - 8.0 (only scored by 2)
46. The Book of Memory - Petina Gappah (Lynda)
PRI - 8.0
ARI - 7.175
47. The Girl with all the Gifts (Dana)
PRI - 8.00
ARI - 8.125
48. The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse: A Novel - Louise Erdrich (Carroll)
PRI - 8.5
ARI - 8.5 (with Lynda/Cheryl to confirm)
49. The Versions of Us - Laura Barnett (Cheryl)
PRI - 7.00
ARI - 6.3
50. What is Visible: A Novel - Kimberly Elkins (Dana)
PRI - 8.00
ARI - to be rated after Lynda finishes
51. Life After Life - Kate Atkinson (Lynda)
PRI - 7
ARI - 7.8333333
52. The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead (Carroll)
PRI -
ARI - 9.83333
53. Spill, Simmer, Falter, Wither - Sara Baume (Cheryl)
PRI - 8.8
ARI - 7.46
54. Three Daughters - Consuela Saah Baehr (Kelly)
PRI - 8
ARI - 5.85
55. Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders (Lynda)
PRI - 10
56. The Sellout - Paul Beatty (Carroll)
PRI: 9
ARI: 9.375
57. The Princess Bride - William Goldman (Cheryl)
PRI: 7.5
ARI: 7.0 (average of 2 scores, with 2 no-scores based on highly abridged Aubible version)
58. The Snow Child - Eowyn Ivey (Dana)
PRI: 9
ARI: 9.5
59. The Orphan Master's Son - Adam Johnson (Lynda)
PRI: 8
ARI: 9
60. Eligible - Curtis Sittenfeld (Carroll)
PRI: 7
ARI: 6.5
61. Exit West - Mohsin Hamid (Cheryl)
PRI: 7
ARI: 7.75
62. Nightingale & The Bear - (Dana)
PRI: 9
ARI: 8.25
63. Days Without End - Sebastian Barry (Lynda)
PRI: 7.5
ARI: 8
64. Norse Gods - Neil Gaiman (Carroll)
PRI: 6.5
ARI: 7
65. The Library Book - Susan Orleans (Cheryl)
PRI: 9.0
ARI: 9.0
66. Educated - A Memoir (Dana)
PRI: 8.5
ARI: 8.8125
67. Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens (Lynda)
PRI: 7
ARI: 5.6875
68. Black Washington - Esi Edugyan (Carroll)
PRI: 7
ARI: 7
69: The Sisters Brothers - Patrick deWitt (Cheryl)
PRI: 7.5
ARI: 8.125
70. City of Girls - Elizabeth Gilbert (Dana)
PRI:
ARI:
71: There There - Tommy Orange (Lynda?)
PRI
ARI:
72. Fleishman is in Trouble - Taffy Brodesser-Akner (Carroll)
PRI: 5
ARI: 4.31
73. The Murmur of Bees - Sofia Segovia (Cheryl)
ARI: 7
PRI: 8.3
74. Daisy Jones and the Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid (Dana)
ARI: 8.5
PRI: 7.5
75. Transcription - Kate Atkinson (Lynda)
ARI: 6.5
76. Peace Like a River (Janine)
ARI: 9.0
ARI: 9.0
PRI: ?
77. Motherless Brooklyn (Carroll)
ARI: 7.5
PRI: 7.75
78. A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles (Cheryl)
ARI: 8
PRI: 8.5
PRI: 7.75
78. A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles (Cheryl)
ARI: 8
PRI: 8.5
79. The Bees - Laline Paul (Dana)
ARI: 7.5
PRI: 6.5
80. The Vanishing Half (Michelle)
ARI:
PRI:
81. Deacon King Kong (Janine)
ARI: 9
PRI: 8.815
82. Ordinary Grace (Lynda)
ARI: 6.9
PRI: 6.75
83. Lights All Night Long (Carroll)
ARI: 7.45
PRI: 8
84. On Swift Horses - Shannon Pufahl (Cheryl)
PRI: 8
ARI: 7
85. Quite a Year for Plums - Bailey White (Michelle)
PRI: 9
ARI:
86. Valentine - Elizabeth Wetmore (Janine)
PRI: 8.5
ARI: 7.5
87. Bullet Train - Kotaro Isaka (Lynda)
PRI: 7
ARI: 6.75
88. Word by Word (Dana)
PRI: 8
ARI: 8
89. Bunny - Mona Awad (Carroll)
PRI: 7
ARI: 6.22
90. All That She Carried - Tiya Miles (Cheryl)
PRI: 8
ARI: 7.95
91. The Summer Book (Michelle)
PRI: 9
ARI: 8.026
92. Homeland Elegies - Ayad Akhtar (Janine)
PRI: 8
ARI: 7.75
93. The Beekeeper of Aleppo (Lynda)
PRI: 8.5
ARI: 8.95
94. Boy Parts (Dana)
PRI:
ARI:
95. David Copperfield (Carroll)
PRI: 9
ARI: 9.3
96. Demon Copperhead (Cheryl)
PRI: 9
ARI: 8.35
97. Cloud Cuckoo Land (Dana)
PRI: 8.5
ARI: 9.7
98. Corrections In Ink (Lynda)
PRI: 7.5
ARI: 7.3
99. True Biz (Carroll)
PRI: 7
ARI: 6.6
100: The Bluest Eye and Gender Queer (Cheryl)
PRI: Not rated
ARI: Not rated
101. The Wager (Michelle)
PRI: 8
102: Eastbound (Carroll, subbing for Lynda)
PRI: 8
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