The 2007 Book List

I am SO late in putting this list up. It's been sitting on my desktop since the end of the year. The delay has nothing to do with the fact that I didn't actually make 50 books last year, really. I came close, though, and I'm still pretty proud of the list I compiled last year, especially given the arrival of one sweet little baby Tessa and the continuation of two salaried jobs. People, it's a wonder I read anything but street signs. Without further ado, here's the list. My favorites are in bold.

1. Angry Housewives Eating Bonbons – Lorna Landvik
2. The Guy Not Taken – Jennifer Weiner
3. The Golden Compass – Philip Pullman
4. Ruby in the Smoke – Philip Pullman
5. Shadow in the North – Philip Pullman
6. Little Women – Louisa May Alcott (re-read)
7. March – Geraldine Brooks
8. The Known World – Edward P. Jones
9. Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden
10. Fever Pitch – Nick Hornby
11. The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency – Alexander McCall Smith (re-read)
12. Tiger in the Well – Philip Pullman
13. Out to Canaan – Jan Karon
14. How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk – Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
15. A New Song – Jan Karon
16. In This Mountain – Jan Karon
17. The Other Boleyn Girl – Philippa Gregory
18. Getting a Life: Stories – Helen Simpson
19. A Year of Wonders – Geraldine Brooks
20. B is for Burglar – Sue Grafton
21. The Sunday Philosophy Club – Alexander McCall Smith
22. A Death in Belmont – Sebastian Junger
23. True History of the Kelly Gang – Peter Carey
24. Tears of the Giraffe – Alexander McCall Smith
25. Stardust – Neil Gaiman
26. A Piece of Normal – Sandi Kahn Shelton
27. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince – JK Rowling (re-read)
28. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – JK Rowling
29. Baby Proof – Emily Giffin
30. Morality for Beautiful Girls – Alexander McCall Smith
31. Summer at Tiffany – Marjorie Hart
32. Veil of Roses – Laura Fitzgerald
33. The Kalahari Typing School for Men – Alexander McCall Smith
34. The Full Cupboard of Life – Alexander McCall Smith
35. The Big Rumpus – Ayun Halliday
36. In the Company of Cheerful Ladies – Alexander McCall Smith
37. Blue Shoes and Happiness – Alexander McCall Smith
38. Eat, Pray, Love – Elizabeth Gilbert
39. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive – Alexander McCall Smith
40. The Sunflower – Simon Wiesenthal
41. The Dispossessed – Ursula K. LeGuin
42. To Feel Stuff – Andrea Seigel
43. The Fourth Bear – Jasper Fforde
44. The Spiderwick Chronicles Book One: The Field Guide – Holly Black
45. The Stupidest Angel – Christopher Moore
46. The Birth of Venus – Sarah Dunant
47. Winkie – Clifford Chase

I'm behind the pace for 2008 so far, too, but I'm confident...