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















Heena said,
July 1, 2007 @ 1:48 pm
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.
PrettyMommy said,
July 1, 2007 @ 8:45 pm
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!
Angie said,
July 31, 2007 @ 10:27 am
Hey Mommanista — thanks for including my short story collection (Anything Boys Can Do) to your 2007 list. I’m honoured!
http://www.abdou.ca
mommiebear2 said,
August 24, 2007 @ 3:20 pm
I have to say that every book that I have read off of your list has been awesome!! Thanks so much for these.
The Mommanista said,
August 25, 2007 @ 8:16 pm
Thanx MB2! I love recommending books and hearing that people enjoy them!