The Fansy Pantsy 2007 reading list

*** Bolded books were audio editions***

1. The Boleyn Inheritance by Phillipa Gregory

2. One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson

3. Missing by Kate Alvatagen

4. Belle De Jour by Anonymous

5. The Good Wife by Stewart O’nan

6. The Breakdown Lane by Jaqueline Mitchard

7. Shantaram by Gregory David Adams

8.  Love in the Present Tense by Catherine Ryan Hyde

9. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss

10. Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination by Helen Fielding

11. The Secret Hour by LuAnn Rice

12. Through a Glass Darkly by Karleen Koen

13. Saturday by Ian McEwan

14. Becoming Chloe by Catherine Ryan Hyde

15. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

16. Lullabies for little criminals by Heather O’Neill

17. Nineteen minutes by Jodi Picoult

18. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan

19. Smitten by Janet Evanovich

20. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

21. Alibi by Joseph Kanon

22. Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross

23. Daddy’s girl by Lisa Scottoline

24. The Emporer’s Children by Claire Messud (1/2 read, I got bored and it was overdue)

25. The Devil’s Feather by Minette Walters

26. Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie

27. Magic Hour by Kristin Hannah

28. A thousand Splendid Duns by Khaled Hosseini

29. Kidnapped by Leszli Kalli

30. The Last White Knight by Tami Hoag (blech, couldn’t do it)

31. Suite Francaise by Irine Nemerovsky (barely started before I got bored)

32. Home to Gap Creek by Adriana Trigiani

33. Riding Lessons by Sara Gruen

34. Sacred Time by Ursula Hegi (half read…boring)

35. Anything Boys Can do by Angie Abdou

36. The Devil and Miss Prym by Paolo Coelho

37. Riding Lessons by Sara Gruen

38. Peony in Love by Lisa See

39. Wolves in Chic Clothing by Carrie Karasyov and Jill Kargman

40. Secrets of a Fire King by Kim Edwards

41. The Pesthouse by Jim Crace (barely started before it was due…had potential though)

42. Flying Changes by Sara Gruen

43. Beyond the Blonde by Kathleen Flynn-Hui

44. The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

45. The Tailor’s Daughter by Janice Graham

46. The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver (half read, boring and predictable, unlikable characters)

47. Helpless by Barbara Gowdy

48. Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot

49. Momzillas by Jill Kargman

50. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

51. Abundance by Sena Jeter Naslund

52. The Gravedigger’s Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates (Good, but was overdue before I finished it)

53. Adultery by Richard B. Wright

54. The Right Address by Carrie Karasyov and Jill Kargman

55. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

56. Snake Hips: Belly Dancing and How I Found True Love by Anne Thomas Soffee

57. Babyproof by Emily Giffin

58. The Tarneshed Eye by Judith Guest

59. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

60. Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier

61. Bed Rest by Sarah Bilston

62. Shopaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella

63. The Bone Cage by Angie Abdou

64. The Continuity Girl by Leah McLaren

65. Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay

66. Drangonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

67. Digging to America by Anne Tyler

68. A Model Summer by Paulina Porizikova

69. Songs Without Words by Ann Packer

70. Room for Love by Andrea Meyers

71. Voyager by Diana Gabaldon

5 Responses so far »

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    Heena said,

    Have you read any books by Amy Tan? She’s one of my favorite writers and focuses on relationships between mothers and daughters. Very inspirational.

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    PrettyMommy said,

    Heena I have read most of Amy Tan’s books and really enjoyed them. I havbe not yet read her most recent one, Saving Fish From Drowning. but hope to this year. It is available on audio I know, so I’ll likely listen to it!

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    Angie said,

    Hey Mommanista — thanks for including my short story collection (Anything Boys Can Do) to your 2007 list. I’m honoured!

    http://www.abdou.ca

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    mommiebear2 said,

    I have to say that every book that I have read off of your list has been awesome!! Thanks so much for these.

  5. 5

    Thanx MB2! I love recommending books and hearing that people enjoy them!


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