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Books i read in 2003

Cohen, Alan H. Why your life sucks
Cunningham, Michael. The Hours
Gelman, Rita Golden. Tales of a female nomand: Living at large in the world
Bilger, Burkhard. Noodling for flatheads: Moonshine, monster catfish, and other Southern comforts
Codell, Esme Raji. Educating Esme: Diary of a teacher's first year
Carhart, Thad. Piano shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a forgotten passion in a Paris Atelier
Glass, Lillian. I know what you're thinking
Bronson, Po. What should I do with my life? The true story of people who answered the ultimate question
Beattie, Ann. The doctor's house
Gopnik, Adam. Paris to the moon
Mayle, Peter. French lessons: adventures with knife, fork, and corkscrew
Krakuer, Jon. Into the wild
Danvers, Dennis. The watch: Memoirs of a revolutionist
Wright, Lili. Learning to float: The journey of a woman, a dog, and just enough men
Burroughs, Augusten. Running with scissors
Kimmel, Haven. The solace of leaving early
Prose, Francine. The lives of the muses: nine women and the artists they inspired
Weiner-Davis, Michele. The Sex-Starved marriage: a couple's guide to boosting their marriage libido
Ownings, Alison. Hey, Waitress!: The USA from the other side of the tray
Kimmel, Haven. A girl named Zippy: Growing up small in Mooreland, Indiana
Sedaris, Dave. The Santaland diaries and Season's Greetings
Offutt, Chris. No heroes: A memoir of coming home
Hemming, Allison. Work it!: How to get ahead, save your ass, and land a job in any economy
Wilson, Charis and Wendy Madar. Through another lens: My life with Edward Weston
Perry, Thomas. Dead aim
House, Silas. A parchment of leaves
Le Droaulec, Pascale. American pie: Slices of life (and pie) from America's back roads
Gavenas, Mary Lisa. Color stories: Behind the scenes of America's billion-dollar beauty industry
Boyle, T.C. Drop City
Earling, Debra Magpie. Perma red
Victor, Ed. The obvious diet
Hollander, Xaveria. Child no more
Sebold, Alice. Lucky
House, Silas. Clay's quilt
Fairstein, Linda. The bone vault
Barrows, Sydney Biddle. Mayflower Madam: The secret life of Sydney Biddle Barrows
Quan, Tracy. Diary of a Manhattan call girl: A Nancy Chan novel.
Payne, Patricia. Sex tips from a dominatrix
Zigman, Laura. Her
Fowler, Karen Joy. Sister noon
Faber, Michel. The crimson petal and the white.
Winton, Tim. Dirt music
Crusie, Jennifer. Faking it
Packer, Ann. The Dive from Clausen's Pier
Juska, Jane. A Round-heeled woman: My late-life adventures in sex and romance
Eaves, Elisabeth. Bare: On women, dancing, sex, and power
Gibson, William. Pattern recognition: A novel
Tepper, Sheri. The Visitor
Tepper, Sheri. The Fresco
Vowell, Sarah. Take the Cannoli: Stories from the new world
Stone, Tom. The Summer of my Greek taverna: A memoir
Duane, Daniel. Caught inside: A surfer's year on the California coast
Writers [on writing]: Collected essays from the New York Times
Koch, Stephen. The modern library writer's workshop: A guide to the craft of fiction
Lamott, Anne. Bird by bird: Some instructions on writing and life
Holman, Virginia. Rescuing Patty Hearst: Memories from a decade gone mad
Heatherington, E. Mavis and John Kelly. For better or for worse: Divorce reconsidered
Lamott, Anne. Blue shoe
Mayes, Frances. Swan
Johnson, Alexandra. Leaving a trace: On keeping a journal: The art of transforming life into stories
Corriveau, Art. Housewrights
Bradbury, Ray. Zen in the art of writing
Almond, Steve. My life in heavy metal: Stories
King, Stephen. On writing: A memoir of the craft
Keyes, Ralph. The courage to write: How writers transcend fear
Dyer, Geoff. Yoga for people who can't be bothered to do it
Fforde, Jasper. Lost in a good book: A Thursday Next novel
Parkhurst, Carolyn. Dogs of Babel
Baker, Kage. Black projects, white knights: The company dossiers
Dale, Wendy. Avoiding prison and other noble vacation goals: Adventures in love and danger
Hough, Robert. The final confession of Mabel Stark
Duncan, Pamela. Plant life
Brown, Dan. Da Vinci code
Shaye, Kimberly. Stronger than dirt : how one urban couple grew a business, a family, and a new way of life from the ground up
Masuda, Sayo. Autobiography of a Geisha
Hawks, Tony. Round Ireland with a fridge
Homes, A.M. Things you should know
Palahnuik, Chuck. Lullaby
Shapiro, Dani. Family history
Doyle, Evelyn. Tea and ribbons: A memoir
Crister, Greg. Fat Land: How Americans became the fattest people in the land
Wilcox, James. Modern Baptists
Schlosser, Eric. Reefer madness: Sex drugs, and cheap labor in the American black market
Roach, Mary. Stiff: The curious lives of human cadavers
Bitch in the house: 26 women tell the truth about sex, solitude, work, motherhood, and marriage
Hoffman, Alice. Probable future
Homes, A.M. Safety of objects
Vida, Vendela. Girls on the verge
Diliberto, Gioia. I am Madame X: A novel
Lahiri, Jhumpa. Interpreter of maladies
The good parts: The best erotic writing in modern fiction
Orringer, Julie. How to breathe underwater
Dierbeck, Lisa. One pill makes you smaller
Homes, A. M. In a country of mothers
Moore, Susanna. In the cut
Stone, Elizabeth. A boy I once knew: What a teacher learned from her student
Carlson, Ron. Hotel Eden: Stories
Davis, Amanda. Circling the drain: Stories
Reifler, Nelly. See through: Stories
Laskas, Gretchn Moran. The midwife's tale
Mitnik, Kevin. Art of deception: Controlling the human element of security
Barry, Max. Jennifer Government
Tucker, Lisa. Song reader
Lippman, Laura. Every secret thing
Meloy, Maile. Liars and saints: a novel
Haslett, Adam. You are not a stranger here
Vida, Vendela. Now you can go
Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards
DiCamillo, Kate. Because of Winn Dixie
Slaughter, Karin. Blindsighted
Griffith, Michael. Bibliophilia: A novella and stories
Lahiri, Jhumpa. The namesake
Homes, A.M. Music for torching
Carey, Edward. Alva & Irva: The twins who saved a city
Winterson, Jeanette. Oranges are not the only fruit
Heller, Zoe. What was she thinking? [Notes on a scandal]
Phillipson, Ilene. Married to the job: Why we live to work & what we can do about it
Martin, Steve. Pleasure of my company: A novel
Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler. Art of happiness at work
Canty, Kevin. Honeymoon and other stories
Russo, Richard. The whore's child and other stories