WHAT HOWARD IS READING

WHAT HOWARD HAS BEEN READING

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2008 ↓

	title	author	fiction/non	year published
	Currently reading: THE WHORE'S CHILD & OTHER STORIES	Richard Russo	Fiction	2002
	Currently reading: THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 1972	Theodore H. White	Non-fiction	1973
24	THE PRAGUE ORGY	Philip Roth	Fiction	1985
23	ON CHESIL BEACH	Ian McEwan	Fiction	2007
22	THE SPIES OF WARSAW	Alan Furst	Fiction	2008
21	STRAIGHT MAN	Richard Russo	Fiction	1997
20	THE RISK POOL	Richard Russo	Fiction	1988
19	AMERICAN PURGATORIO	John Haskell	Fiction	2005
18	CLAPTON	Eric Clapton	Non-fiction	2007
17	THE MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH	Michael Chabon	Fiction	1988
16	THE COUNTERLIFE	Philip Roth	Fiction	1987
15	THE ANATOMY LESSON	Philip Roth	Fiction	1983
14	ZUCKERMAN UNBOUND	Philip Roth	Fiction	1981
13	HOME	Julie Andrews	Non-fiction	2008
12	MAN GONE DOWN	Michael Thomas	Fiction	2007
11	KALKI	Gore Vidal	Fiction	1978
10	BAMBI VS. GODZILLA	David Mamet	Non-fiction	2007
9	THEN WE CAME TO THE END	Joshua Ferris	Fiction	2007
8	ABOUT MY LIFE AND THE KEPT WOMAN	John Rechy	Non-fiction	2008
7	THE SECRET OF LOST THINGS	Sheridan Hay	Fiction	2007
6	PICTURES AT A REVOLUTION	Mark Harris	Non-fiction	2008
5	CANDY GIRL	Diablo Cody	Non-fiction	2006
4	THE APPEAL	John Grisham	Fiction	2008
3	OUT STEALING HORSES	Per Petterson	Fiction	2003
2	THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO	Junot Díaz	Fiction	2007
1	LITTLE CHILDREN	Tom Perrotta	Fiction	2004

2008 ↑

2007 ↓

	title	author	fiction/non	year published
	My Favorite That I Read in 2007: POINT TO POINT NAVIGATION	Gore Vidal	Non-fiction	2006
36	THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 1968	Theodore H. White	Non-fiction	1969
35	THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY	Thornton Wilder	Fiction	1927
34	SLAM	Nick Hornby	Fiction	2007
33	LATER, AT THE BAR	Rebecca Barry	Fiction	2007
32	JOHN ADAMS	David McCullough	Non-fiction	2001
31	THE ABSTINENCE TEACHER	Tom Perrotta	Fiction	2007
30	THE GHOST WRITER	Philip Roth	Fiction	1979
29	RUNAWAY HORSE	Martin Walser	Fiction	1978
28	EXIT GHOST	Philip Roth	Fiction	2007
27	DIAMOND HEAD	Peter Gilman	Fiction	1960
26	MAGICAL THINKING	Augusten Burroughs	Non-fiction	2004
25	THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS	Gore Vidal	Fiction	1952
24	PEELING THE ONION	Günther Grass	Non-fiction	2006
23	MEMOIRS	Tennessee Williams	Non-fiction	1975
22	1876	Gore Vidal	Fiction	1976
21	VIEWS FROM A WINDOW	Robert J. Stanton, Gore Vidal	Non-fiction	1980
20	THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 1964	Theodore H. White	Non-fiction	1965
19	THE CAPTAIN AND THE ENEMY	Graham Greene	Fiction	1988
18	THE CITY AND THE PILLAR	Gore Vidal	Fiction	1948
17	A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY (re-read)	John Irving	Fiction	1989
16	ASSASSINATION VACATION	Sarah Vowell	Non-fiction	2005
15	PALIMPSEST	Gore Vidal	Non-fiction	1995
14	RUNNING WITH SCISSORS	Augusten Burroughs	Non-fiction	2002
13	GREAT DREAM OF HEAVEN	Sam Shepard	Fiction	2002
12	THE END: HAMBURG 1943	Hans Erich Nossack	Non-fiction	1948
11	... AND I HAVEN'T HAD A BAD DAY SINCE	Charles B. Rangel	Non-fiction	2007
10	THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD	David McCullough	Non-fiction	1968
9	DRY	Augusten Burroughs	Non-fiction	2003
8	POINT TO POINT NAVIGATION	Gore Vidal	Non-fiction	2006
7	THE ROAD	Cormac McCarthy	Fiction	2006
6	TOO SOON TO SAY GOODBYE	Art Buchwald	Non-fiction	2006
5	ORIENT EXPRESS	Graham Greene	Fiction	1932
4	TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT	Graham Greene	Fiction	1969
3	WHITE NOISE	Don DeLillo	Fiction	1985
2	READING LIKE A WRITER	Francine Prose	Non-fiction	2006
1	THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 1960	Theodore H. White	Non-fiction	1961

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2006 ↓

	title	author	fiction/non	year published
	My Favorite that I read in 2006: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X	Malcolm X & Alex Haley	Non-fiction	1965
27	GOLDWATER	Barry M. Goldwater	Non-fiction	1988
26	DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE	Anderson Cooper	Non-fiction	2006
25	BOUND FOR GLORY	Woody Guthrie	Non-fiction	1943
24	TERRORIST	John Updike	Fiction	2006
23	HANNA'S DAUGHTERS	Marianne Fredriksson	Fiction	1994
22	HEADLONG	Michael Frayn	Fiction	1999
21	SABBATH'S THEATER	Philip Roth	Fiction	1995
20	EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE	Jonathan Safran Foer	Fiction	2005
19	TROPIC OF CANCER	Henry Miller	Fiction	1934
18	SUITE FRANÇAISE	Irène Némirovsky	Fiction	2004
17	ACT ONE	Moss Hart	Non-fiction	1959
16	THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE	Muriel Spark	Fiction	1961
15	THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X	Malcolm X & Alex Haley	Non-fiction	1965
14	THE NEWS FROM PARAGUAY	Lily Tuck	Fiction	2004
13	SATURDAY	Ian McEwan	Fiction	2005
12	WHITE TEETH	Zadie Smith	Fiction	2000
11	EVERYMAN	Philip Roth	Fiction	2006
10	THE VIEW FROM DELPHI	Jonathan Odell	Fiction	2004
9	AMERICAN THEOCRACY	Kevin Phillips	Non-fiction	2006
8	OUR ENDANGERED VALUES	Jimmy Carter	Non-fiction	2005
7	FIVE DAYS IN PHILADELPHIA	Charles Peters	Non-fiction	2005
6	THE SEA	John Banville	Fiction	2005
5	MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHORES	Gabriel García Márquez	Fiction	2005
4	ANOTHER BULLSHIT NIGHT IN SUCK CITY	Nick Flynn	Non-fiction	2004
3	THE AIR CONDITIONED NIGHTMARE	Henry Miller	Non-fiction	1945
2	SKINNY DIP	Carl Hiaasen	Fiction	2004
1	THE END OF FAITH	Sam Harris	Non-fiction	2004

2006 ↑

2005 ↓

	title	author	fiction/non	year published
	My favorite that I read in 2005: 102 MINUTES	Jim Dwyer & Kevin Flynn	Non-fiction	2005
32	THE TIN DRUM	Günther Grass	Fiction	1959
31	THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE	C.S. Lewis	Fiction	1950
30	THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING	Joan Didion	Non-fiction	2005
29	WILD DUCKS FLYING BACKWARD	Tom Robbins	Non-fiction	2005
28	THE TRUTH (WITH JOKES)	Al Franken	Non-fiction	2005
27	GOD BLESS YOU, DR. KEVORKIAN	Kurt Vonnegut	Non-fiction	1999
26	POPULATION: 485	Michael Perry	Non-fiction	2002
25	A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY	Kurt Vonnegut	Non-fiction	2005
24	UNTIL I FIND YOU	John Irving	Fiction	2005
23	SLEEPING IN FLAME	Jonathan Carroll	Fiction	1988
22	GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN	James Baldwin	Fiction	1953
21	GILEAD	Marilynne Robinson	Fiction	2004
20	AS I LAY DYING	William Faulkner	Fiction	1930
19	WHAT GOD HAS JOINED TOGETHER?	David G. Myers & Letha Dawson Scanzoni	Non-fiction	2005
18	1776	David McCullough	Non-fiction	2005
17	A LONG WAY DOWN	Nick Hornby	Fiction	2005
16	MY LIFE SO FAR	Jane Fonda	Non-fiction	2005
15	THE SINS OF SCRIPTURE	John Shelby Spong	Non-fiction	2005
14	THE HUMAN FACTOR	Graham Greene	Fiction	1978
13	ANGELS & DEMONS	Dan Brown	Fiction	2000
12	THE PROFESSOR OF DESIRE	Philip Roth	Fiction	1977
11	THE KITE RUNNER	Khaled Hosseini	Fiction	2003
10	THE EUROPEAN DREAM	Jeremy Rifkin	Non-fiction	2004
9	DREAM LOVERS	Dodd Darin	Non-fiction	1994
8	102 MINUTES	Jim Dwyer & Kevin Flynn	Non-fiction	2005
7	POSITIVELY 4TH STREET	David Hajdu	Non-fiction	2001
6	THE ODD SEA	Frederick Reiken	Fiction	1998
5	THE BROKER	John Grisham	Fiction	2005
4	SAUL AND PATSY	Charles Baxter	Fiction	2004
3	GODRIC	Frederick Buechner	Fiction	1980
2	THE LINE OF BEAUTY	Alan Hollinghurst	Fiction	2004
1	JITTERBUG PERFUME	Tom Robbins	Fiction	1983

2005 ↑

2004 ↓

	title	author	fiction/non	year published
	My favorite that I read in 2004: CHRONICLES - VOLUME ONE	Bob Dylan	Non-fiction	2004
31	WINESBURG, OHIO	Sherwood Anderson	Fiction	1919
30	CHRONICLES - VOLUME ONE	Bob Dylan	Non-fiction	2004
29	CASE HISTORIES	Kate Atkinson	Fiction	2004
28	NOT THE END OF THE WORLD	Kate Atkinson	Fiction	2002
27	THE KNOWN WORLD	Edward P. Jones	Fiction	2003
26	ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY	David Sedaris	Non-fiction	2000
25	THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA	Philip Roth	Fiction	2004
24	ATONEMENT	Ian McEwan	Fiction	2001
23	WHERE THE RIGHT WENT WRONG	Patrick J. Buchanan	Non-fiction	2004
22	BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE MUSEUM	Kate Atkinson	Fiction	1995
21	LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA	Gabriel García Márquez	Fiction	1981
20	THE HONORARY CONSUL	Graham Greene	Fiction	1973
19	ANNA KARENINA	Leo Tolstoy	Fiction	1878
18	HOMEGROWN DEMOCRAT	Garrison Keillor	Non-fiction	2004
17	LETTERS TO A YOUNG POET	Rainer Maria Rilke	Non-fiction	1934
16	THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN	Simon Winchester	Non-fiction	1998
15	OUR MAN IN HAVANA	Graham Greene	Fiction	1958
14	A WIDOW FOR ONE YEAR (re-read)	John Irving	Fiction	1998
13	THE MOVIEGOER	Walker Percy	Fiction	1961
12	THE LAST JUROR	John Grisham	Fiction	2004
11	AND A VOICE TO SING WITH	Joan Baez	Non-fiction	1987
10	EMOTIONALLY WEIRD	Kate Atkinson	Fiction	2000
9	DOCTOR FISCHER OF GENEVA OR THE BOMB PARTY	Graham Greene	Fiction	1980
8	THE DA VINCI CODE	Dan Brown	Fiction	2003
7	A BURNT-OUT CASE	Graham Greene	Fiction	1961
6	HOW THE IRISH SAVED CIVILIZATION	Thomas Cahill	Non-fiction	1995
5	THE AMATEUR MARRIAGE	Anne Tyler	Fiction	2004
4	THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME	Mark Haddon	Fiction	2003
3	AGAINST ALL ENEMIES	Richard A. Clarke	Non-fiction	2004
2	NAKED	David Sedaris	Non-fiction	1997
1	VERNON GOD LITTLE	D.B.C. Pierre	Fiction	2003

2004 ↑

2003 ↓

	title	author	fiction/non	year published
	My favorite that I read in 2003: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE	Gabriel García Márquez	Fiction	1967
37	THE FOURTH HAND (re-read)	John Irving	Fiction	2001
36	POPCORN	Ben Elton	Fiction	1996
35	WAYS OF ESCAPE	Graham Greene	Non-fiction	1980
34	HIGH SOCIETY	Ben Elton	Fiction	2002
33	A SORT OF LIFE	Graham Greene	Non-fiction	1971
32	LOVE ME	Garrison Keillor	Fiction	2003
31	CHILD OF MY HEART	Alice McDermott	Fiction	2002
30	DUDE, WHERE'S MY COUNTRY?	Michael Moore	Non-fiction	2003
29	ASHES OF MID AUTUMN	D. Garcia-Wahl	Fiction	2003
28	THE HUMAN STAIN (re-read)	Philip Roth	Fiction	2000
27	ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE	Gabriel García Márquez	Fiction	1967
26	LIES AND THE LYING LIARS WHO TELL THEM	Al Franken	Non-fiction	2003
25	THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY	Michael Chabon	Fiction	2000
24	THE THIRD MAN	Graham Greene	Fiction	1950
23	TRUMAN	David McCullough	Non-fiction	1992
22	PEACE LIKE A RIVER	Leif Enger	Fiction	2001
21	LIVING HISTORY	Hillary Rodham Clinton	Non-fiction	2003
20	CAT AND MOUSE	Günther Grass	Fiction	1961
19	SHATTERED LOVE	Richard Chamberlain	Non-fiction	2003
18	BLINDED BY THE RIGHT	David Brock	Non-fiction	2002
17	THE END OF THE AFFAIR	Graham Greene	Fiction	1951
16	CRABWALK	Günther Grass	Fiction	2002
15	THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND	Giles Foden	Fiction	1998
14	VILLA INCOGNITO	Tom Robbins	Fiction	2003
13	1984	George Orwell	Fiction	1949
12	THE HANDMAID'S TALE	Margaret Atwood	Fiction	1986
11	I MARRIED A COMMUNIST	Philip Roth	Fiction	1998
10	FIVE QUARTERS OF THE ORANGE	Joanne Harris	Fiction	2001
9	THE KITCHEN BOY	Robert Alexander	Fiction	2003
8	HE'S A REBEL	Mark Ribowsky	Non-fiction	1989
7	PIGS AT THE TROUGH	Arianna Huffington	Non-fiction	2003
6	MRS. DALLOWAY	Virginia Woolf	Fiction	1925
5	SEEK MY FACE	John Updike	Fiction	2002
4	THE FACTS	Philip Roth	Non-fiction	1988
3	THE PINE BARRENS	John McPhee	Non-fiction	1968
2	THE HOURS	Michael Cunningham	Fiction	1998
1	JULY, JULY	Tim O'Brien	Fiction	2002

2003 ↑

2002 ↓

	title	author	fiction/non	year published
1	A HANDFUL OF DUST	Evelyn Waugh	Fiction	1934
2	FIERCE INVALIDS HOME FROM HOT CLIMATES	Tom Robbins	Fiction	1998
3	HENDERSON THE RAIN KING	Saul Bellow	Fiction	1959
4	TOMCAT IN LOVE	Tim O'Brien	Fiction	1998
5	GRIDLOCK	Ben Elton	Fiction	1991
6	IN THE LAKE OF THE WOODS	Tim O'Brien	Fiction	1994
7	STUPID WHITE MEN	Michael Moore	Non-fiction	2002
8	HIGH FIDELITY	Nick Hornby	Fiction	1995
9	BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS	Anne Tyler	Fiction	2001
10	AMSTERDAM	Ian McEwan	Fiction	1998
11	LOVING GRAHAM GREENE	Gloria Emerson	Fiction	2000
12	HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE (re-read)	John Irving	Fiction	1981
13	ABOUT A BOY	Nick Hornby	Fiction	1998
14	PATRIMONY	Philip Roth	Non-fiction	1992
15	THE QUIET AMERICAN	Graham Greene	Fiction	1955
16	SECRET LOVE	Bart Schneider	Fiction	2001
17	PROFILES IN COURAGE	John F. Kennedy	Non-fiction	1956
18	HOW TO BE GOOD	Nick Hornby	Fiction	2001
19	PERPETUAL WAR FOR PERPETUAL PEACE	Gore Vidal	Non-fiction	2002
20	GREAT EXPECTATIONS	Charles Dickens	Fiction	1860
21	PRAGUE	Arthur Phillips	Fiction	2002
22	FAST FOOD NATION	Eric Schlosser	Non-fiction	2001
23	THE CORRECTIONS	Jonathan Franzen	Fiction	2001
24	CAT'S EYE	Margaret Atwood	Fiction	1989
25	THE LOVELY BONES	Alice Sebold	Fiction	2002
26	SHRUB	Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose	Non-fiction	2000
27	FIVE DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD: SEATTLE AND BEYOND	Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair	Non-fiction	2000
28	THE 158-POUND MARRIAGE (re-read)	John Irving	Fiction	1974
29	A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES	John Kennedy O'Toole	Fiction	1980
30	THE HEART OF THE MATTER	Graham Greene	Fiction	1948
31	THE DYING ANIMAL	Philip Roth	Fiction	2001
32	THE SUMMONS	John Grisham	Fiction	2002
	My favorite that I read in 2002: TOMCAT IN LOVE	Tim O'Brien	Fiction	1998

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