books to read in 2014

my reading list was neglected last year.  i did make some progress and failed to even document that, but it was not a success story (pun intended), by any means.  with my progress so far this year, i am hopeful that i will have much more success.

1.  a christmas carol {charles dickens}

2.  a lion among men{gregory maguire}

3.  a long way down {nick hornby}

4.  anna karenina {leo tolstoy}

5.  becoming myself {stasi eldredge}

6.  behind the beautiful forevers:  life, death, and hope in a mumbai undercity {katherine boo}

7.  beneath a marble sky {john shors}

8.  brave new world {aldous huxley}

9.  decision points {george w. bush}

10.  duty {robert m. gates}

11.  east of eden {john steinbeck}

12.  hector and the search for happiness {francois lelord}

13.  invisible man {ralph ellison}

14.  killing lincoln {bill o'reilly}

15.  life of pi {yann martel}

16.  made to crave {lysa terkeurst}

17.  mary poppins {p. l. travers}

18.  mary poppins and the house next door {p. l. travers}

19.  mary poppins from a to z {p. l. travers}

20.  mary poppins in cherry tree lane {p. l. travers}

21.  mary poppins in the kitchen {p. l. travers}

22.  mary poppins in the park {p. l. travers}

23.  mary poppins opens the door {p. l. travers}

24.  oliver twist {charles dickens}

25.  one day in the life of ivan denisovich {aleksandr solzhenitsyn}

26.  one thousand gifts {ann voskamp}

27.  out of oz{gregory maguire}

28.  perks of being a wallflower {stephen chbosky}

29.  seven {jen hatmaker}

30.  shadow on the crown {patricia bracwell}

31.  son of a witch {gregory maguire}

32.  the best of me {nicholas sparks}

33.  the birth order book {kevin leman}

34.  the book thief {markus zusak}

35.  the count of monte cristo {alexandre dumas}

36.  the fitting room {kelly minter}

37.  the end of your life book club {will schwalbe}

38.  the fault in our stars {john green}

39.  the giver {lois lowry}

40.  the great divorce {c.s. lewis}

41.  the hobbit {j.r.r. tolkien}

42.  the house girl {tara conklin}

43.  the prodigal god {tim keller}

44.  the reason for god {tim keller}

45.  the silver linings playbook {matthew quick}

46.  the storyteller {jodi picoult}

47.  the wettest county in the world {matt bondurant}

48.  thinking fast and slow {daniel kahneman}

49.  this side of paradise {f. scott fitzgerald}

50.  wicked {gregory maquire}

due to my lack of progress from my 2013 reading list, i have carried over several of those books.  we will hope for a better outcome in 2014.  i should have a few updates soon as a couple of these have already been crossed out.

what are you reading this year?