2011 reading challenge

a friend of mine posted this challenge on her blog and since i LOVE to read i thought i'd join in.

read a book in 2011 for every letter of the alphabet.
(as seen here).

make a list of 26 books, one for each letter of the alphabet.
don't count THE and A at the beginnings of the titles.
The X can have an "x" anywhere in the title.

here is my a-z list of books for 2011. let me know if i should change anything because i hate to wast precious reading time with mediocre books. join in if you so desire!



A - Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
B - Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother - Amy Chua
C - Cutting for Stone - Abraham Verghese
D - Dairy Queen - Catherine Gilbert Murdock
E - East of Eden - John Steinbeck
F - Forgotten Garden - Kate Morton
G - Gentleman and players - Joanne Harris
H - Her Fearful Symmetry - Audrey Niffennegger
I - In the Woods - Tana French
J - Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan
K - Killer Angels - Michael Shaara
L - Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
M - Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis
N - Number the Stars - Lois Lowry
O - Operating Instructions: A Journal of my sons first year - Anne Lamott
P - Peace like a River - Leif Enger
Q - Sarah's Quilt - Nancy E. Turner (i know i'm cheating a little on this one but "Q" was hard!)
R - The Rhythm of Life: Living Everyday with Passion and Purpose - Matthew Kelly
S - Still Alice - Lisa Genova
T - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith
U - Unbroken - Laura Hillenbrand
V - Villette - Charlotte Bronte
W - Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
X - eXtremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer
Y - 5000 Year Leap - Cleon Skousen
Z - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M. Pirsig