Books that I have read this year or am presently reading:

My friend Jo Cudney asked me this question in August 2007. It proved to be a good thing, thus I'm continueing the recording of the titles into 2008.  

2008

Dead Heat  by Joel Rosenberg
Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the spectacular rise and fall of the
     railroad that crossed an ocean  by Les Standiford
The Illuminati  by Larry Burkett
The Shack by William P. Young
World Made by Hand  by James Kunstler
The Long Emergency  by James Kunstler
The Gods of Newport by John Jakes
Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age by Duncan J. Watts
Financial Armageddon by Michael J. Panzner
Fries, Thighs, and Lies: The Girlfriend's Guide to Getting the Skinny on Fat
          by Deborah Arneson
Managing Post-Polio: A Guide to Living and Aging Well with Post-Polio Syndrome,
           Second Edition, Edited by Lauro S. Halsted, M.D.
The Richest Girl in the World, The Onassis family legacy by Thomas Martin
Blood and Oil, The Dangers and consequences of America's growing dependency
          on imported petroleum by Michael T. Klare
Identical Strangers, A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited by Elyse Schein
          and Paula Bernstein
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
John Newton, From Disgrace to Amazing Grace, by Jonathan Aitken
The Foundation, How Private Wealth is Changing the World, by Joel L. Fleishman
Maxed Out, Hard Times, Easy Credit, and The Era of Predatory Lenders
          by James D. Scurlock
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Become a Better You by Joel Osteen
The New Glucose Revolution by Jennie Brand-Miller, PhD
Show Me the Way by Henri J.M. Nouwen
The Calling by David E. Lawrence
Islands by Anne Rivers Siddons



2007

Too Small to Ignore by Wes Stafford
Mallie by Loletta Clouse
The Cades Cove Story by A. Randolph Shields
Last Train to Elkmont by Vic Weals
Whistle Over the Mountain by Ronald Schmidt and Wm. Hooks
Crash Proof by Peter Schiff
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
                 by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner--book on tape
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
Further Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
Prayer by Philip Yancey
Bread for the Journey by Henri Nouwen
Carved in Bone by Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson
90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper
The Camel Club by David Baldacci
The Collectors by David Baldacci
Deception by Randy Alcorn
The Winner by David Baldacci
Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years by David Talbot
The Christmas Train by David Baldacci--book on tape
Pontoon by Garrison Keillor--book on tape
Into the Wild by Jon Krakrauer--book on tape
Flesh and Bone by Bill Bass & Jon Jefferson
Epicenter by Joel Rosenberg
YOU: Staying Young by Dr. Michael Roizen & Dr. Mehmet Oz
Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell
Total Control by David Baldacci
Crazy for God by Frank Schaeffer
Heaven is Real by Don Piper
Bread for the Journey by Henri Nouwen
Playing for Pizza by John Grisham--book on tape
The Season--inside Palm Beach and America's Richest Society by Ronald Kessler
The Bipolar Child by Demitri Papolos, M.D., and Janice Papolos
Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnsoon, M.D.
Landmark Architecture of Palm Beach by Barbara D. Hoffstot
The Weigh Down Diet by Gwen Shamblin