My Year in Books
And Music
As accurately pieced together as my memory could manage.
January:
1. Howl's Moving Castle, Diana Wynne Jones l Bad Romance, Lady Gaga
2. The Magician's Elephant, Kate DiCamillo l Coin Laundry, Lisa Mitchell
3. Ethan Frome, Edith Wharton l Ambulance, Eisley
4. Castle in the Air, Diana Wynne Jones l Flightless Bird, American Mouth, Iron and Wine
5. Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman l The Beacon, A Fine Frenzy
6. House of Many Ways, Diana Wynne Jones l Anyone Else, Ellen Page and Michael Cera
7. Tiger Rising, Kate DiCamillo l Pagan Poetry, Bjork
8. This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald l O Valencia, The Decemberists
9. The Demi-god Files, Rick Riordan l You Don't Know Me, Ben Folds and Regina Spektor
10. Fire and Hemlock, Diana Wynne Jones l Laura Marling, Devil's Spoke
11. O Pioneers, Willa Cather l I Think I Love You, David Cassidy
February:
12. Magic Flutes, Eva Ibbotson l Possibilites, Lykke Li
13. Repunzel’s Revenge, Shannon Hale l Telephone, Lady Gaga
14. The Pearl, John Steinbeck l Mad World, Gary Jules
15. The Ruby in the Smoke, Philip Pullman l Pass this On, The Knife
16. Company of Swans, Eva Ibbotson l I've Seen it All, Thom Yorke and Bjork
17. Unexpected Magic, Diana Wynne Jones l Me and my Gal, Judy Garland and Gene Kelly
18. Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh l Grow Grow Grow, PJ Harvey
19. Up the Down Staircase, Bel Kaufman l We Get On, Kate Nash
20. The Shadow in the North, Philip Pullman l The New Song, Peggy Sue and the Sea
March:
21. The Tiger in the Well, Philip Pullman l Sunday Kind of Love, Beth Rowley
22. I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith l Romulus, Sufjan Stevens
23. The Tin Princess, Philip Pullman l Smoke Without Fire, Duffy
24. The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, GK Chesterton l B, iamamiwhoami
25. Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card l Baby, Justin Bieber
26. Tender is the Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald l Hello Dolly, Barbra Streisand
27. Better Days, Brett Matthews l Gold Lion, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
28. Those Left Behind, Brett Matthewsl Vagabond, Wolfmother
29. A Tale of Time City, Diana Wynne Jones l Major Tom, Shiny Toy Guns
30. The Country Gentleman, Fiona Hill l We Both Go Down, The Decemberists
31. The Diamond of Darkhold, Jeanne DuPrau l White Demon Love Song, The Killers
32. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury l The Cure for the Pain, Jon Foreman
April:
33. Aunt Maria, Diana Wynne Jones l Where is my Love, Cat Power
34. Girl Meets God, Lauren F. Winner l O, iamamiwhoami
35. The Custom of the Country, Edith Wharton l I Am a Rock, Simon and Garfunkel
36. The Chosen, Chaim Potok l Somebody Told Me, The Killers
37. Law of the Wolf Tower, Tanith Lee l Beautiful Letdown, Switchfoot
38. Wolf Star Rise, Tanith Lee l Nothing On You, Bruno Mars and BOB
39. Queen of the Wolves, Tanith Lee l Penelope's Theme, Nathan Johnson
40. The Prophet of Yonwood, Jeanne DuPrau l Paris, Kate Nash
41. Jamacia Inn, Daphne DuMaurier l Roslyn, Bon Iver
42. At Home in Mitford, Jan Karon l The Sea, Corinne Bailey Rae
May:
43. Cotillion, Georgette Heyer l U-1, iamamiwhoami
44. The End of the Beginning of the End, Rockne O'Bannon l Then You Love Me, Lady Gaga
45. The Autobiography of Malcom X, Alex Haley l Chemo Limo, Regina Spektor
46. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, Ben H. Winters l U-2, iamamiwhoami
47. Early Candlelight, Maud Hart Lovelace l Sexyback, Corrine Bailey Rae
48. Mating Season, PG Wodehouse l Expo '86, Death Cab For Cutie
49. Flight 714, Herge l Mr Brightside, The Killers
50. Orthodoxy, GK Chesterton l Destino, Dora Luz
51. Strange Detractions, Rockne O'Bannon l Yeah, I Can Get, Say Anything
52. The Complete Stories of Evelyn Waugh, Evelyn Waugh l Paris Nights New York Mornings, Corinne Bailey Rae
June:
53. Gilead, Marilynne Robinson l N, iamamiwhoami
54. Calamity Jack, Shannon and Dean Hale l OMG, Usher
55. A Good Man is Hard to Find, Flannery O’Connor l I Found a Reason, Cat Power
56. The King Must Die, Mary Renault l 59th Street Bridge, Simon and Garfunkel
57. Wise Blood, Flannery O'Connor l Young Blood, Norah Jones
58. Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan l Married Life, Micheal Giacchino
59. Christiana, John Bunyan l Theme from a Summer Place
60. Sorcery and Cecelia, Patricia C Wrede l Let's Get Lost, Bats for Lashes
61. Gone and Back, Rockne O'Bannon l Bullet Proof, La Roux
62. Alone in the Universe, Lynne Rae Perkins l Perfidia, Glenn Miller
63. Northward to the Moon, Polly Horvath l X-Files Theme, UNKLE Remix
July:
64. Seth Way, Caroline Dale Snedeker l For Emma, Bon Iver
65. Tristian and Iseult, Rosemary Sutcliff l Hurricane Drunk, Florence and the Machine
66. Though the Darkness Hide Thee, Susan Wise Bauer l Yo Mama, Peggy Sue and the Sea
67. Summer, Edith Wharton l With you in my Head, UNKLE
68. Tales from a Village School, Miss Read l Need You Now, Lady Antebellum
69. Fragile Things, Neil Gaiman l Feel it in my Bones, Tegan and Sara
70. Green Dolphin Street, Elizabeth Goudge l Hey There, Rosemary Clooney
71. Chains, Laurie Halse Anderson l The Police and the Private, Metric
72. The Glimpses of the Moon, Edith Wharton l What is Love, Haddaway
73. Not My Will, Francena Arnold l Agnus Dei, Frank Martin
74. Ghost World, Daniel Clowes l Instrumental Jazz
75. A Hidden Magic, Vivian Vande Velde l Follow Me Down, UNKLE
August:
76. Spindle’s End, Robin McKinley l Candlelight, Relient K
77. Fever 1793, Laurie Halse Anderson l Brodyquest, Neil
78. The Death of Adam, Marilynne Robinson l T, iamamiwhoami
79. We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Shirley Jackson l Dog Days are Over, Florence and the Machine
80. Heretics, GK Chesterton l Nur Ein Wort, Wir Sind Helden
81. Flowers in the Rain, Rosamunde Pilcher l Marry Me, St Vincent
82. The Dreamer: The Consequence of Nathan Hale, Lora Innes l Teenage Dream, Katy Perry
83. Cannery Row, John Steinbeck l Y, iamamiwhoami
September:
84. The Children of Green Knowe, LM Boston l Hard, Rihanna
85. Decline and Fall, Evelyn Waugh l Drück die Eins, Annett Louisan
86. Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life, Bryan Lee O’Malley l Scott Pilgrim, Plumbtree
87. Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury l Hey She Say, The Gay Blades
88. Home, Marilynne Robinson l Djohariah, Sufjan Stevens
89. The Sorrows of Young Werther, Johann Goethe l Tonight, Lykke Li
90. The Outlaws of Sherwood, Robin McKinley l The Owl and the Tanager, Sufjan Stevens
91. The Blue Bedroom, Rosamunde Pilcher l The End, Best Coast
92. Philosophy of the X-Files, Dean A Kowalski l Something for Us All, Broken Social Scene
93. Mrs. Mike, Benedict Freedman l Barton Hallow, The Civil Wars
94. Scott Pilgrim vs the World, Bryan Lee O’Malley l Boyfriend, Best Coast
95. Love in the Ruins, Walker Percy l Four Floors, Sunday Girl: Diplo Edit
96. Frankenstein, Mary Shelley l Haste to the Wedding, Larry Moser and Mary Nagin
97. Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness, Bryan Lee O’Malley l I Know You Wanna, Capra
98. Alchemy and Meggy Swann, Karen Cushman l Waltzer Fur Niemand, Sophia Hunger
99. The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx l Soldier's Joy, Larry Moser and Mary Nagin
100. A Jury of her Peers, Susan Gaspell l No One, Alicia Keys
101. A Tall Dark Stranger, Joan Smith l Can't Get Started, Bunny Berigan
102. Scott Pilgrim gets it Together, Bryan Lee O’Malley l O Shot, The Gay Blades
103. The Loved One, Evelyn Waugh l Little Lion Man, Mumford and Sons
October:
104. Leave it to Psmith, PG Wodehouse l Skinny Bones, The Ditty Bops
105. How the Heather Looks, Joan Bodger l Dancing, Vera Ellen and Danny Kaye
106. Scott Pilgrim vs The Universe, Byan Lee O’Malley l Such Great Heights, The Postal Service
107. Sunshine, Robin McKinley l Sigh No More, Mumford and Sons
108. Fathers and Sons, Ivan Turgenev l Johanna, Jamie Campbell Bower
109. A Glove Shop in Vienna and Other Stories, Eva Ibbotson l I Walked, Sufjan Stevens
110. Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour, Bryan Lee O’Malley l Madder Red, Yeasayer
111. The Uses of Enchantment, Bruno Bettelheim l Later On, Kate Nash
112. Scorpius: Let Sleeping Dogs Lie, Rockne O'Bannon l New York, Paloma Faith
113. All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque l Fairytale, Sara Bareilles
114. An Unwilling Guest, Grace Livingston Hill l I Am You, Kim Taylor
115. Miniatures and Morals, Peter J Leithart l Dreams, The Cranberries
116. The Virginian, Owen Wister l Ta Douleur, Camille
117. The Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov l The Point of it All, Amanda Palmer
118. The Lost Hero, Rick Riordan l Hold Your Hand, The Beatles
119. The Rest is Noise, Alex Ross l Upsidedown, Paloma Faith
120: The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka l Sing, The Dresden Dolls
November:
121. The Road from Home, David Kherdian l Teenage Dream, Darren Criss
122. At Home in Thrush Green, Miss Read l Anthem for a Seventeen Year Old, Broken Social Scene
123. The Abolition of Man, CS Lewis l Leeds United, Amanda Palmer
124. The Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad l Reasons to Love, Meiko
125. Wharton: Collected Stories 1891-1910, Edith Wharton l O Children, Nick Cave
126. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon l Last Christmas, WHAM
127. Leisure: The Basis of Culture, Josef Pieper l The New Year, Death Cab
128. Cart and Cwidder, Diana Wynne Jones l Long Long Time, Helen Forrest
129. The Philosophical Act, Josef Pieper l One Day, Hans Zimmer
130. Hidden Rainbows, Christmas Carol Kauffman l In Noctem, Nicholas Hopper
131. The Neumiller Stories, Larry Woidoe l Hell, Tegan and Sarah
132. 97 Orchard, Jane Ziegelman l Impossible Soul, Sufjan Stevens
133. My Hands Came Away Red, Lisa McKay l In Concert, iamamiwhoami
134. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Alexander Solzhenitsyn l Ashes, Dark Dark Dark
135. Dear Emma, Johanna Hurwitz l Give into Me, Leighton Meester and Garrett Hedlund
136. The Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin l Oh Me Oh My, Abigail Washburn
December:
137. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini l Daydreaming, Dark Dark Dark
138. Superman: Earth One, J Michael Stracynski l Terrified, Katharine McPhee and Zach Levi
139. Wildwood Dancing, Juliet Marillier l Tangled Score, Alan Menken
140. Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe l Ambling Alp, Yeasayer
141. Papa’s Wife, Thyra Ferre Bjorn l Rolling in the Deep, Adele
142. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke l O Santa, Mariah Carey
143. The House of Spirits, Isabel Allende l I Feel Better, Hot Chip
144. The Hero and the Crown, Robin McKinley l I See the Light, Mandy Moore and Zach Levi
145. The Time Machine, HG Wells l So This is Christmas, John Lennon
146. Maidens Bequest, George MacDonald l Speeding Cars, Imogen Heaps
147. Madensky Square, Eva Ibbotson l A Fuller Wine, Abigail Washburn
148. The Art of Tangled, Jeff Kurtti l Boxing Day, Relient K
149. Dear Enemy, Jean Webster l Woman King, Iron and Wine
150. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley l North American Field Song, The Innocence Mission
