WHAT JOAN IS READING

WHAT JOAN HAS BEEN READING

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2008 ↓

	title	author	fiction/non	year published
	Currently reading: THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD	Phil Bildner	Non-fiction	2005
10	LUSH LIFE	Richard Price	Fiction	2008
9	DESPERATE PASSAGE	Ethan Rarick	Non-fiction	2008
8	THE APPEAL	John Grisham	Fiction	2008
7	BAMBI VS. GODZILLA	David Mamet	Non-fiction	2007
6	THE ALMOST MOON	Alice Sebold	Fiction	2007
5	SURVIVING JAMES DEAN	William Blast	Non-fiction	2006
4	GO	John Clellon Holmes	Fiction	1952
3	YOU'LL BE OKAY	Edie Kerouac-Parke	Non-fiction	2007
2	THE ABSTINENCE TEACHER	Tom Perrotta	Fiction	2007
1	JOHN WAYNE: THE MAN BEHIND THE MYTH	Michael Munn	Non-fiction	2003

2008 ↑

2007 ↓

	title	author	fiction/non	year published
	Joan's Favorite in 2007: ASSASSINATION VACATION	Sarah Vowell	Non-fiction	2005
29	INFIDEL	Ayaan Hirsi Ali	Non-fiction	2007
28	GUESTS OF THE AYATOLLAH	Mark Bowden	Non-fiction	2006
27	LITTLE CHILDREN	Tom Perrotta	Fiction	2004
26	A MIGHTY HEART	Mariane Pearl	Non-fiction	2003
25	THE LOOMING TOWER	Lawrence Wright	Non-fiction	2006
24	SLEEPING WHERE I FALL	Peter Coyote	Non-fiction	1999
23	WILL IN THE WORLD	Stephen Greenblatt	Non-fiction	2004
22	ULYSSES S. GRANT: SOLDIER AND PRESIDENT	Geoffrey Perret	Non-fiction	1999
21	MAYFLOWER	Nathaniel Philbrick	Non-fiction	2007
20	THE CASE FOR HILLARY CLINTON	Susan R. Estrich	Non-fiction	2005
19	GIVE IT UP	Mary Carlomagno	Non-fiction	2005
18	A WOMAN IN CHARGE	Carl Bernstein	Non-fiction	2007
17	BENJAMIN FRANKLIN	Walter Isaacson	Non-fiction	2003
16	A CRACK IN THE EDGE OF THE WORLD	Simon Winchester	Non-fiction	2005
15	THE PARTLY CLOUDY PATRIOT	Sarah Vowell	Non-fiction	2002
14	NEAL CASSADY: FAST LIFE OF A BEAT HERO	David Sandison & Graham Vickers	Non-fiction	2006
13	NOT BUYING IT	Judith Levine	Non-fiction	2006
12	DARK HORSE	Kenneth D. Ackerman	Non-fiction	2003
11	ASSASSINATION VACATION	Sarah Vowell	Non-fiction	2005
10	WALT DISNEY	Neal Gabler	Non-fiction	2006
9	THE INHERITORS	Harold Robbins	Fiction	1969
8	THE ROAD	Cormac McCarthy	Fiction	2006
7	THE GREAT INFLUENZA	John M. Barry	Non-fiction	2004
6	THE RIVER OF DOUBT	Candice Millard	Non-fiction	2005
5	UNION 1812	A.J. Langguth	Non-fiction	2006
4	ATOP AN UNDERWOOD	Jack Kerouac	Fiction	1999
3	EYES ON THE PRIZE	Juan Williams	Non-fiction	1987
2	THE INNOCENT MAN	John Grisham	Non-fiction	2006
1	ELIZABETH	J. Randy Taraborrelli	Non-fiction	2006

2007 ↑

2006 ↓

	title	author	fiction/non	year published
	Joan's favorite in 2006: MANHUNT: THE 12-DAY CHASE FOR LINCOLN'S KILLER	James L. Swanson	Non-fiction	2006
30	THE BIRTH OF VENUS	Sarah Dunant	Fiction	2004
29	INSIDE THE THIRD REICH	Albert Speer	Non-fiction	1970
28	THE AUDACITY OF HOPE	Barack Obama	Non-fiction	2006
27	I COULD HAVE SUNG ALL NIGHT	Marni Nixon	Non-fiction	2006
26	BAIT AND SWITCH	Barbara Ehrenreich	Non-fiction	2005
25	THE LAST DAYS OF DEAD CELEBRITIES	Mitchell Fink	Non-fiction	2006
24	A LOTUS GROWS IN THE MUD	Goldie Hawn	Non-fiction	2005
23	SATURDAY	Ian McEwan	Fiction	2005
22	AMERICAN BRUTUS	Michael W. Kauffman	Non-fiction	2004
21	EVERYMAN	Philip Roth	Fiction	2006
20	THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES	Sue Monk Kidd	Fiction	2002
19	MANHUNT	James L. Swanson	Non-fiction	2006
18	A DEATH IN BELMONT	Sebastian Junger	Non-fiction	2006
17	THAT'S NOT IN MY AMERICAN HISTORY BOOK	Thomas Ayres	Non-fiction	2000
16	MARCH	Geraldine Brooks	Fiction	2005
15	MOCKINGBIRD: A PORTRAIT OF HARPER LEE	Charles Shields	Non-fiction	2006
14	THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE	Muriel Spark	Fiction	1961
13	THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING	Joan Didion	Non-fiction	2005
12	NINE STORIES	J.D. Salinger	Fiction	1953
11	CARY GRANT	Marc Eliot	Non-fiction	2004
10	CITY OF GOD	E.L. Doctorow	Fiction	2001
9	CLARK GABLE	Warren G. Harris	Non-fiction	2002
8	TIME WAS SOFT THERE	Jeremy Mercer	Non-fiction	2005
7	BOUND FOR GLORY	Woody Guthrie	Non-fiction	1943
6	FIVE DAYS IN PHILADELPHIA	Charles Peters	Non-fiction	2005
5	WHITE NOISE	Don DeLillo	Fiction	1985
4	MASTER OF THE SENATE	Robert Caro	Non-fiction	2002
3	TEACHER MAN	Frank McCourt	Non-fiction	2005
2	THE MARCH	E.L. Doctorow	Fiction	2005
1	TEAM OF RIVALS	Doris Kearns Goodwin	Non-fiction	2005

2006 ↑

2005 ↓

	title	author	fiction/non	year published
	Joan's favorite in 2005: MY LIFE SO FAR	Jane Fonda	Non-fiction	2005
28	DESOLATION ANGELS	Jack Kerouac	Fiction	1960
27	MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA	Arthur Golden	Fiction	1997
26	UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN	Jon Krakauer	Non-fiction	2003
25	BILLY BATHGATE	E.L. Doctorow	Fiction	1988
24	PARIS: 1919	Margaret MacMillan	Non-fiction	2002
23	HIGH FIDELITY	Nick Hornby	Fiction	1995
22	WICKED	Gregory Macguire	Fiction	1995
21	GILEAD	Marilynne Robinson	Fiction	2004
20	REBEL	Donald Spoto	Non-fiction	1996
19	HOUSEKEEPING	Marilynne Robinson	Fiction	1981
18	BIRD BY BIRD	Anne Lamott	Non-fiction	1994
17	BEEN DOWN SO LONG IT LOOKS LIKE UP TO ME	Richard Fariña	Fiction	1966
16	1776	David McCullough	Non-fiction	2005
15	FIRST THIRD	Neal Cassady	Non-fiction	1971
14	JESSE JAMES: LAST REBEL OF THE CIVIL WAR	T.J. Stiles	Non-fiction	2002
13	ALL THE PRESIDENTS' CHILDREN	Doug Wead	Non-fiction	2003
12	BLUE BLOOD	Edward Conlon	Non-fiction	2004
11	POSITIVELY 4TH STREET	David Hajdu	Non-fiction	2001
10	MY LIFE SO FAR	Jane Fonda	Non-fiction	2005
9	IRONWEED	William Kennedy	Fiction	1983
8	102 MINUTES	Jim Dwyer & Kevin Flynn	Non-fiction	2005
7	KATE REMEMBERED	A. Scott Berg	Non-fiction	2003
6	THE BROKER	John Grisham	Fiction	2005
5	WINDBLOWN WORLD	Jack Kerouac	Non-fiction	2004
4	THE TOWN AND THE CITY	Jack Kerouac	Fiction	1950
3	INTO THE WILD	John Krakauer	Non-fiction	1996
2	THE KNOWN WORLD	Edward P. Jones	Fiction	2003
1	WINCHELL	Neil Gabler	Non-fiction	1994

2005 ↑

2004 ↓

	title	author	fiction/non	year published
	Joan's favorite in 2004: LONESOME TRAVELER	Jack Kerouac	Fiction	1960
36	CHRONICLES - VOLUME ONE	Bob Dylan	Non-fiction	2004
35	THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG	Norman Mailer	Fiction	1979
34	ATONEMENT	Ian McEwan	Fiction	2001
33	THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA	Philip Roth	Fiction	2004
32	THE RULE OF FOUR	Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason	Fiction	2004
31	WHERE THE RIGHT WENT WRONG	Patrick J. Buchanan	Non-fiction	2004
30	THE GOOD EARTH	Pearl S. Buck	Fiction	1931
29	KEROUAC AND THE BEATS	Edited By Arthur & Kit Knight	Non-fiction	1988
28	LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI	Mark Twain	Non-fiction	1883
27	ANNA KARENINA	Leo Tolstoy	Fiction	1878
26	MY FATHER'S DAUGHTER	Tina Sinatra	Non-fiction	2000
25	IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BIKE	Lance Armstrong	Non-fiction	2000
24	LONESOME TRAVELER	Jack Kerouac	Fiction	1960
23	THE LONG PRISON JOURNEY OF LESLIE VAN HOUTEN	Karlene Faith	Non-fiction	2001
22	CROSSROADS OF FREEDOM: ANTIEDAM	James B. McPherson	Non-fiction	2002
21	ROBERT E. LEE	Roy Blount, Jr.	Non-fiction	2003
20	THE ARMCHAIR MILLIONAIRE	Lewis Schiff & Douglas Gerlach	Non-fiction	2001
19	THE PURPOSE-DRIVEN LIFE	Rick Warren	Non-fiction	2000
18	SANDY KOUFAX: A LEFTY'S LEGACY	Jane Leavy	Non-fiction	2002
17	JAZZ	Toni Morrison	Fiction	1992
16	LIVE FAST - DIE YOUNG	John Gilmore	Non-fiction	1997
15	TRISTESSA	Jack Kerouac	Fiction	1960
14	NATALIE WOOD: A LIFE	Gavin Lambert	Non-fiction	2004
13	THE BOUNTY	Caroline Alexander	Non-fiction	2003
12	ANGELS AND DEMONS	Dan Brown	Fiction	2000
11	THE LAST JUROR	John Grisham	Non-fiction	2004
10	BALL OF FIRE	Stefan Kanfer	Non-fiction	2003
9	THE ENDURANCE	Caroline Alexander	Non-fiction	1998
8	NOTHING MORE TO DECLARE	John Clellon Holmes	Non-fiction	1968
7	THE SUBTERRANEANS	Jack Kerouac	Fiction	1958
6	KEROUAC: KING OF THE BEATS	Barry Miles	Non-fiction	2002
5	OLIVER TWIST	Charles Dickens	Fiction	1837
4	FROM LOVE FIELD	Nellie Connally	Non-fiction	2003
3	HENDERSON THE RAIN KING	Saul Bellow	Fiction	1959
2	VISIONS OF CODY	Jack Kerouac	Fiction	1972
1	SHIP ABLAZE	Edward T. O'Connell	Non-fiction	2003

2004 ↑

2003 ↓

	title	author	fiction/non	year published

	Joan's favorite in 2003: SEEK MY FACE	John Updike	Fiction	2002
37	AND THE DEAD SHALL RISE	Steve Oney	Non-fiction	2003
36	WHY WE CAN'T WAIT	Martin Luther King, Jr.	Non-fiction	1963
35	COLD MOUNTAIN	Charles Frazier	Fiction	1997
34	DIZZY AND JIMMY	Liz Sheridan	Non-fiction	2000
33	THE DA VINCI CODE	Dan Brown	Fiction	2003
32	LIFE OF PI	Yann Martel	Fiction	2002
31	FOUNDING BROTHERS	Joseph J. Ellis	Non-fiction	2000
30	THE KING OF TORTS	John Grisham	Fiction	2003
29	BLACK HAWK DOWN	Mark Bowden	Non-fiction	1999
28	THE DAY OF THE LOCUST	Nathanael West	Fiction	1939
27	THREE PLUMS IN ONE	Janet Evanovich	Fiction	2001
26	SEABISCUIT: AN AMERICAN LEGEND	Laura Hillenbrand	Non-fiction	2001
25	MEANS OF ASCENT: THE YEARS OF LYNDON JOHNSON	Robert A. Caro	Non-fiction	1990
24	VANITY OF DULUOZ	Jack Kerouac	Fiction	1968
23	OFF THE ROAD	Carolyn Cassady	Non-fiction	1990
22	PRAGUE	Arthur Phillips	Fiction	2002
21	ME AND MY SHADOWS	Lorna Luft	Non-fiction	1998
20	SEEK MY FACE	John Updike	Fiction	2002
19	THE MILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR	Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko	Non-fiction	1996
18	CRABWALK	Günther Grass	Fiction	2002
17	THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY	Erik Larson	Non-fiction	2003
16	THE MALTESE FALCON	Dashiell Hammett	Fiction	1930
15	BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM	James M. McPherson	Non-fiction	1988
14	THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE	James M. Cain	Fiction	1934
13	ALL ABOUT OSCAR	Emanuel Levy	Non-fiction	2003
12	THE HUMAN STAIN	Philip Roth	Fiction	2000
11	MINOR CHARACTERS	Joyce Johnson	Non-fiction	1983
10	MAGGIE CASSIDY	Jack Kerouac	Fiction	1959
9	THE ORCHID THIEF	Susan Orlean	Non-fiction	1998
8	TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT	Ernest Hemingway	Fiction	1937
7	THE YEARS OF LYNDON JOHNSON: THE PATH TO POWER	Robert Caro	Non-fiction	1982
6	THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN	Mark Twain	Fiction	1885
5	THE PUNCH	John Feinstein	Non-fiction	2002
4	THE HOURS	Michael Cunningham	Fiction	1998
3	THE STORY OF THE MISFITS	James Goode	Non-fiction	1963
2	MRS. DALLOWAY	Virginia Woolf	Fiction	1925
1	IN SAM WE TRUST	Bob Ortega	Non-fiction	1998

2003 ↑

2002 ↓↓

	title	author	fiction/non	year published
1	HEAVIER THAN HEAVEN	Charles R. Cross	Non-fiction	2001
2	TOO CLOSE TO CALL	Jeffrey Toobin	Non-fiction	2001
3	FAST FOOD NATION	Eric Schlosser	Non-fiction	2001
4	RE-INVENTING YOURSELF	The Duchess of York	Non-fiction	2000
5	PERSONAL HISTORY	Katharine Graham	Non-fiction	1997
6	THE NO-SPIN ZONE	Bill O'Reilly	Non-fiction	2001
7	WOMAN IN THE DARK	Dashiell Hammett	Fiction	1933
8	VENUS ENVY	L. Jon Wertheim	Non-fiction	2001
9	NATASHA: THE BIOGRAPHY OF NATALIE WOOD	Suzanne Finstad	Non-fiction	2001
10	A HANDFUL OF DUST	Evelyn Waugh	Fiction	1934
11	MRS. PAINE'S GARAGE	Thomas Mallon	Non-fiction	2001
12	MURDER IN GREENWICH	Mark Fuhrmann	Non-fiction	2000
13	DEATH OF THE WEST	Patrick Buchanan	Non-fiction	2001
14	GOOD BLONDE AND OTHERS	Jack Kerouac	Fiction	1993
15	CIDER HOUSE RULES	John Irving	Fiction	1985
16	MY MOVIE BUSINESS	John Irving	Non-fiction	1999
17	THE SUMMONS	John Grisham	Fiction	2002
18	APRIL 1865: THE MONTH THAT SAVED AMERICA	Jay Winik	Non-fiction	2002
19	THE MONARCHY: AN ORAL HISTORY OF ELIZABETH II	Deborah Hart Strober & Gerald S. Strober	Non-fiction	2002
20	PROFILES IN COURAGE	John F. Kennedy	Non-fiction	1956
21	HOLLYWOOD URBAN LEGENDS	Richard Roeper	Non-fiction	2001
22	JUSTICE	Dominick Dunne	Non-fiction	2001
23	GREAT EXPECTATIONS	Charles Dickens	Fiction	1860
24	SKIPPING CHRISTMAS	John Grisham	Fiction	2001
25	THE PROMETHEUS DECEPTION	Robert Ludlum	Fiction	2000
26	KEROUAC	Ann Charters	Non-fiction	1972
27	THE BEAT BOOK	Edited by Anne Waldman	Fiction	1996
28	THE CORRECTIONS	Jonathan Franzen	Fiction	2001
29	THE LOVELY BONES	Alice Sebold	Fiction	2002
30	THE NANNY DIARIES	Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus	Non-fiction	2002
31	VISIONS OF GERARD	Jack Kerouac	Fiction	1958
32	STEP ACROSS THIS LINE	Salman Rushdie	Non-fiction	2002
33	THE GREAT BRIDGE	David McCullough	Non-fiction	1972
34	LIVE AND LET DIE	Ian Fleming	Fiction	1952
35	THE QUIET AMERICAN	Graham Greene	Fiction	1955
36	PORTRAIT OF A KILLER	Patricia Cornwell	Non-fiction	2002
37	DOCTOR SAX	Jack Kerouac	Fiction	1959
	Favorite that Joan read in 2002: APRIL 1865: THE MONTH THAT SAVED AMERICA	Jay Winik	Non-fiction	2002

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