My goal for 2011 was to read 40 books in a year. That may not seem very much, but I accomplished even less. With having two children, writing my own novel, and working full time, I was only able to finish 26 books. Here they are listed in the order of completion.

1. Sherlock Holmes – A Study in Scarlet parts I & II – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
2. The Four Loves – C.S. Lewis
3. The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
4. Catching Fire – Suzanne Collins

   

5. Mockingjay – Suzanne Collins
6. Essays – George Orwell
7. On Becoming a Novelist – John Garner
8. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – J. K. Rowling
9. The Land Between – Jeff Manion
10. Forgotten God – Francis Chan
11. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – J. K. Rowling
12. Master of the World – Jules Verne
13. 1776 – David McCullough
14. The Prestige – Christopher Priest
15. A Circle of Quiet – Madeleine L’Engle
16. Book of Job
17. The Magicians Nephew – C.S. Lewis
18. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – J.K. Rowling
19. A Shropshire Lad – A.E. Houseman

    

20. More Poems – A.E. Houseman
21. The Fellowship of the Ring – J.R.R. Tolkien
22. Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
23. Tolkien Man and Myth  A Literary Life – Joseph Pearce
24. The Great Divorce – C.S. Lewis
25. The Writing Life – Annie Dillard
26. Burmese Days – George Orwell