RPCV Nepal (2012-2014) currently interning in Lusaka, Zambia with the State Department for the summer

Books I've Read

Decided to start a running list of books I have read so far during my service. 


  1. Fifty Shades of Grey- EL James
  2. Fifty Shades Darker- EL James
  3. Fifty Shades Freed- EL James
  4. Little Princes- Conor Grennan
  5. Pillars of the Earth- Ken Follett
  6. River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze- Peter Hessler
  7. The Tales of Beedle the Bard- JK Rowling
  8. The Bell Jar- Sylvia Plath
  9. A Prayer for Owen Meany- John Irving
  10. Bridget Jones's Diary- Helen Fieldings
  11. Once a Runner- John L. Parker
  12. Their Eyes Were Watching God- Zora Neale Hurston
  13. Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic- David Quammen
  14. Crazy River: Exploration and Folly in East Africa- Richard Grant
  15. What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng- Dave Eggers
  16. The Good Earth- Pearl S. Buck
  17. World Without End- Ken Follett
  18. My Horizontal Life- Chelsea Handler
  19. The Red Tent- Anita Diamant
  20. Love in the Time of Cholera- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  21. Inferno: A Novel- Dan Brown
  22. The Glass Castle: A Memoir- Jeannette Walls
  23. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang- Chelsea Handler
  24. Are You There Vodka? Its Me, Chelsea- Chelsea Handler
  25. Wild: Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail- Cheryl Strayed
  26. Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead- Sheryl Sandberg
  27. Cutting for Stone- Abraham Verghese
  28. Why Do Men Have Nipples?- Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg, M.D.
  29. The Poisonwood Bible- Barbara Kingsolver
  30. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone- J.K Rowling
  31. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets- J.K. Rowling
  32. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban- J.K. Rowling
  33. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire- J.K. Rowling
  34. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix- J.K. Rowling
  35. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince- J.K. Rowling
  36. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- J.K. Rowling
  37. Never Let Me Go- Kazuo Ishiguro
  38. Me Talk Pretty One Day- David Sedaris
  39. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay- Michael Chabon
  40. Keeping Kennedy’s Promise: The Peace Corps’ Moment of Truth- C. Payne Lucas and Kevin Lowther
  41. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier- Ishmael Beah
  42. A Thousand Splendid Suns- Khaled Hosseini
  43. Sh*t My Dad Says- Justin Halpern
  44. Eating Animals- Jonathan Safran Foer
  45. Gone Girl- Gillian Flynn
  46. Red Sparrow: A Novel- Jason Matthews
  47. Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife- Eben Alexander, M.D.
  48. A Delicate Truth- John Le Carre
  49. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened- Jenny Lawson
  50. The King’s Deception- Steve Berry 
  51. And the Mountains Echoed- Khaled Hosseini
  52. Eating the Dinosaur- Chuck Klosterman
  53. Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls- David Sedaris
  54. Fragile Things: Short Fiction and Wonders- Neil Gaiman
  55. American Gods- Neil Gaiman
  56. The Book Thief- Markus Zusak
  57. Zero Day-David Baldacci
  58. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao- Junot Diaz
  59. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers- Mary Roach
  60. The Birth of Venus- Sarah Dunant
  61. Dark Places- Gillian Flynn
  62. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics- Daniel James Brown
  63. A Game of Thrones- George R.R. Martin
  64. A Clash of Kings- George R.R. Martin
  65. The Fault in Our Stars- John Green
  66. A Storm of Swords- George R.R. Martin
  67. A Feast for Crows- George R.R. Martin
  68. A Dance with Dragons- George R.R. Martin
  69. Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan- Jamie Zeppa
  70. The Autobiography of Charles Darwin- Charles Darwin
  71. Alex and Me- Irene Pepperberg







2 comments:

  1. I am guessing 50 shades is not on the BBC list :)

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  2. I am SO glad you are reading Owen Meany! You know that is a family favorite and so fantastic. I think I have read it OUT LOUD twice and a couple of other times to myself. I just got Irvings latest book which received very high accolades from Verghese (Cutting for Stone). Excited to read...if only I could stay awake ! OXOX

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