50 Books

As part of making the most of my fiftieth year, I'm planning to read (at least) 50 books.

Here's a summary of how I'm doing, so far:

1. Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
2. The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
3. The Island by Elin Hilderbrand
4. The Giver by Lois Lowry
5. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith   ----------------------------> 10% of goal
6. Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton  
7. The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler
8. The Forgotten Garden by Kate Norton 
9. A Taste of Paprika by Laura Elise Taylor  
10. Sand in My Bra edited by Jennifer L. Leo -----------------------------> 20% of goal
11. Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates by Thomas Cathcart & Daniel Klein 
12. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
13. The Glass Cell by Patricia Highsmith
14. Dragon's Cry by Tessa McWatt 
15. The Tiger by John Vaillant ---------------------------------------------------> 30% of goal
16. Angry Housewives Eating BonBons by Lorna Landvik
17. Life Itself by Roger Ebert  
18. Down There By the Train by Kate Sterns 
19. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
20. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery------------------>  40% of goal
21. The Underpainter by Jane Urquhart
22.  Still Alice by Lisa Genova
23. Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks
24. One Day by David Nicolls  
25. The Golden Thread by Ann Copeland-------------------------------------> 50% of goal
26. State of Wonder by Ann Pachett
27. The Comedians by Graham Greene
28. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
29. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
30. Journey to Ithaca by Anita Desai--------------------------------------------> 60% of goal
31. Lake of Dreams by Kim Richards
32. The Nautical Chart by Arturo Perez-Reverte 
33. Saturday by Ian McEwen 
34. Quiver by Stephanie Spinner
35. Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier ------------------------------> 70% of goal
36. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
37. Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Stephen Leacock  
38. Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
39. Death in Midsummer by Yukio Mishima
40. Nine Parts of Desire by Geraldine Brooks--------------------------------> 80% of goal  
41. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
42. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie 
43. Unless by Carol Shields  
44. Digging to America by Anne Tyler
45. Thirst for Love by Yukio Mishima----------------------------------------------> 90% of goal  
46. Red China Blues by Jan Wong 
47. Paper Lion by George Plimpton
48. Good Things I Wish For You by A. Manette Ansay  
49. A Promising Career by Christy Brown
50. Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje------------------------------------------------>100% of goal 
51. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn