I wanted the NYT's Notable Book Lists in one spot and couldn't find them that way so I made my own. The reason I don't go prior to 2004 is because that is when they had a buku number of books each year, so I just started with 2004. These are only the fiction and poetry titles -- I don't include the non-fiction ones.
My goal with this list is not to read all the selections, but to chip away at the books until I read all the titles that I do want to read. Bold titles have been read. *Asterixed titles are those I'm most interested in reading.
My goal, though, is to eventually read at least 10% from each year (about 5 titles).
Total: 45 of 367.
2011 (5 of 45 read)
- THE ANGEL ESMERALDA: Nine Stories.By Don DeLillo.
- THE ART OF FIELDING. By Chad Harbach.
- THE BARBARIAN NURSERIES. By Hector Tobar.
- BIG QUESTIONS. Or, Asomatognosia: Whose Hand Is It Anyway? Written and illustrated by Anders Brekhus Nilsen.
- THE BUDDHA IN THE ATTIC. By Julie Otsuka.
- CANTI. By Giacomo Leopardi. Translated by Jonathan Galassi.
- THE CAT'S TABLE. By Michael Ondaatje.
- CHANGO'S BEADS AND TWO-TONE SHOES. By William Kennedy.
- COME ON ALL YOU GHOSTS. By Matthew Zapruder.
- 11/22/63. By Stephen King.
- THE FREE WORLD. By David Bezmozgis.
- GHOST LIGHTS. By Lydia Millet.
- THE GRIEF OF OTHERS. By Leah Hager Cohen.
- GRYPHON: New and Selected Stories. By Charles Baxter.
- HOUSE OF HOLES: A Book of Raunch. By Nicholson Baker.
- THE LAST WEREWOLF. By Glen Duncan.
- THE LEFTOVERS. By Tom Perrotta.
- LIFE ON MARS. By Tracy K. Smith.
- THE LONDON TRAIN. By Tessa Hadley
- LONG, LAST, HAPPY: New and Selected Stories. By Barry Hannah.
- LOST MEMORY OF SKIN. By Russell Banks.
- *THE MARRIAGE PLOT. By Jeffrey Eugenides.
- A MOMENT IN THE SUN. By John Sayles.
- MR. FOX. By Helen Oyeyemi.
- MY NEW AMERICAN LIFE. By Francine Prose.
- 1Q84. By Haruki Murakami. Translated by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel.
- *OPEN CITY. By Teju Cole.
- THE PALE KING: An Unfinished Novel. By David Foster Wallace.
- PARALLEL STORIES. By Peter Nadas. Translated by Imre Goldstein.
- SAY HER NAME. By Francisco Goldman.
- SCENES FROM VILLAGE LIFE. By Amos Oz. Translated by Nicholas de Lange
- THE SENSE OF AN ENDING. By Julian Barnes.
- SEVEN YEARS. By Peter Stamm. Translated by Michael Hofmann.
- SHARDS. By Ismet Prcic.
- SPACE, IN CHAINS. By Laura Kasischke.
- STONE ARABIA. By Dana Spiotta.
- THE STRANGER'S CHILD. By Alan Hollinghurst.
- THE SUBMISSION. By Amy Waldman.
- SWAMPLANDIA! By Karen Russell.
- TALLER WHEN PRONE: Poems. By Les Murray.
- TEN THOUSAND SAINTS. By Eleanor Henderson.
- THIS BEAUTIFUL LIFE. By Helen Schulman.
- THE TIGER'S WIFE. By Tea Obreht .
- THE TRAGEDY OF ARTHUR. By Arthur Phillips.
- TRAIN DREAMS. By Denis Johnson.
2010 (4 of 48 read)
- AMERICAN SUBVERSIVE. By David Goodwillie.
- ANGELOLOGY. By Danielle Trussoni.
- THE ASK. By Sam Lipsyte.
- BOUND. By Antonya Nelson.
- *COMEDY IN A MINOR KEY. By Hans Keilson.
- DOUBLE HAPPINESS: Stories. By Mary-Beth Hughes.
- FOREIGN BODIES. By Cynthia Ozick.
- FREEDOM. By Jonathan Franzen.
- FUN WITH PROBLEMS: Stories. By Robert Stone.
- GIRL BY THE ROAD AT NIGHT: A Novel of Vietnam. By David Rabe.
- *THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST. By Stieg Larsson.
- *GREAT HOUSE. By Nicole Krauss.
- HOW TO LIVE SAFELY IN A SCIENCE FICTIONAL UNIVERSE. By Charles Yu.
- HOW TO READ THE AIR. By Dinaw Mengestu.
- I CURSE THE RIVER OF TIME. By Per Petterson. Translated by Charlotte Barslund with Per Petterson.
- ILUSTRADO. By Miguel Syjuco.
- THE IMPERFECTIONISTS. By Tom Rachman.
- *THE INVISIBLE BRIDGE. By Julie Orringer.
- LISA ROBERTSON'S MAGENTA SOUL WHIP. By Lisa Robertson.
- THE LIVING FIRE: New and Selected Poems, 1975-2010. By Edward Hirsch.
- THE LONG SONG. By Andrea Levy.
- *THE LOST BOOKS OF THE ODYSSEY. By Zachary Mason.
- *THE LOTUS EATERS. By Tatjana Soli.
- MATTERHORN: A Novel of the Vietnam War. By Karl Marlantes.
- MEMORY WALL: Stories. By Anthony Doerr.
- MR. PEANUT. By Adam Ross.
- THE NEAREST EXIT. By Olen Steinhauer.
- THE NEW YORKER STORIES. By Ann Beattie.
- ONE DAY. By David Nicholls.
- THE PRIVILEGES. By Jonathan Dee.
- ROOM. By Emma Donoghue.
- THE SAME RIVER TWICE. By Ted Mooney.
- SELECTED STORIES. By William Trevor.
- *SHADOW TAG. By Louise Erdrich.
- SOLAR. By Ian McEwan.
- SOMETHING RED. By Jennifer Gilmore.
- SOURLAND: Stories. By Joyce Carol Oates.
- THE SPOT: Stories. By David Means.
- SUPER SAD TRUE LOVE STORY. By Gary Shteyngart.
- THE SURRENDERED. By Chang-rae Lee.
- *THE THOUSAND AUTUMNS OF JACOB DE ZOET. By David Mitchell.
- THE THREE WEISSMANNS OF WESTPORT. By Cathleen Schine.
- TO THE END OF THE LAND. By David Grossman. Translated by Jessica Cohen.
- VIDA. By Patricia Engel.
- *A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD. By Jennifer Egan.
- WHAT BECOMES: Stories. By A. L. Kennedy.
- WHITE EGRETS: Poems. By Derek Walcott.
- WILD CHILD: Stories. By T. Coraghessan Boyle.
2009 (3 of 45 read)
- Amateur Barbarians by Robert Cohen
- American Rust by Phillipp Meyer
- The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker
- The Art Student's War by Brad Leithauser
- Asterios Polyp written and illustrated by David Mazzucchelli
- *Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
- Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy
- The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein by Peter Ackroyd
- Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem
- The Confessions of Edward Day by Valerie Martin
- Dearest Creature by Amy Gerstler
- Do Not Deny Me: Stories by Jean Thompson
- Don't Cry: Stories By Mary Gaitskill
- *Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada; translated by Michael Hofmann
- Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned by Wells Tower
- Family Album by Penelope Lively
- Follow Me by Joanna Scott
- A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
- Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers
- Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel by Jeannette Walls
- How it Ended: New and Collected Stories by Jay McInerny
- In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin
- Invisible by Paul Auster
- Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer
- *The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
- Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips
- Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
- The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
- Love and Obstacles: Stories by Aleksandar Hemon
- *Love and Summer by William Trevor
- The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk; translated by Maureen Freely
- My Father's Tears: And Other Stories by John Updike
- *Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Nothing Right: Short Stories by Antonya Nelson
- Once the Shore: Stories by Paul Yoon
- One D.O.A., One on the Way by Mary Robison
- Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead
- A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert
- The Sky Below by Stacey D'Erasmo
- The Song Is You by Arthur Phillips
- *Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro
- Typhoon by Charles Cumming
- A Village Life by Louise Gluck
- *Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
- *The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
2008
(6 of 48 read)
- AMERICAN WIFE. By Curtis Sittenfeld.
- ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCES. By Rivka Galchen.
- BASS CATHEDRAL. By Nathaniel Mackey.
- BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN. By Charles Bock.
- BEIJING COMA. By Ma Jian. Translated by Flora Drew.
- *A BETTER ANGEL: Stories. By Chris Adrian.
- BLACK FLIES. By Shannon Burke.
- THE BLUE STAR. By Tony Earley.
- *THE BOAT. By Nam Le.
- BREATH. By Tim Winton.
- DANGEROUS LAUGHTER: Thirteen Stories. By Steven Millhauser.
- DEAR AMERICAN AIRLINES. By Jonathan Miles.
- DIARY OF A BAD YEAR. By J. M. Coetzee.
- DICTATION: A Quartet. By Cynthia Ozick.
- ELEGY: Poems. By Mary Jo Bang.
- THE ENGLISH MAJOR. By Jim Harrison.
- FANON. By John Edgar Wideman.
- THE FINDER. By Colin Harrison.
- FINE JUST THE WAY IT IS: Wyoming Stories 3 . By Annie Proulx.
- THE GOOD THIEF . By Hannah Tinti.
- HALF OF THE WORLD IN LIGHT: New and Selected Poems. By Juan Felipe Herrera.
- HIS ILLEGAL SELF. By Peter Carey.
- *HOME. By Marilynne Robinson.
- INDIGNATION. By Philip Roth.
- THE LAZARUS PROJECT. By Aleksandar Hemon.
- LEGEND OF A SUICIDE. By David Vann.
- LIFE CLASS. By Pat Barker.
- LUSH LIFE. By Richard Price.
- A MERCY. By Toni Morrison.
- MODERN LIFE: Poems . By Matthea Harvey.
- A MOST WANTED MAN . By John le Carre.
- MY REVOLUTIONS. By Hari Kunzru.
- NETHERLAND. By Joseph O'Neill.
- OPAL SUNSET: Selected Poems, 1958-2008. By Clive James.
- THE OTHER. By David Guterson.
- OUR STORY BEGINS: New and Selected Stories. By Tobias Wolff.
- *THE ROAD HOME. By Rose Tremain.
- THE SACRED BOOK OF THE WEREWOLF. By Victor Pelevin. Translated by Andrew Bromfield.
- THE SCHOOL ON HEART'S CONTENT ROAD. By Carolyn Chute.
- SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT: A New Verse Translation. By Simon Armitage.
- SLEEPING IT OFF IN RAPID CITY: Poems, New and Selected. By August Kleinzahler.
- TELEX FROM CUBA. By Rachel Kushner.
- *2666. By Roberto Bolano. Translated by Natasha Wimmer.
- UNACCUSTOMED EARTH. By Jhumpa Lahiri.
- THE UNFORTUNATES. By B. S. Johnson.
- *WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS? By Kate Atkinson.
- THE WIDOWS OF EASTWICK. By John Updike.
- YESTERDAY'S WEATHER. By Anne Enright.
2007
(7 of 50 read)
- THE ABSTINENCE TEACHER. By Tom Perrotta.
- AFTER DARK. By Haruki Murakami. Translated by Jay Rubin.
- THE BAD GIRL. By Mario Vargas Llosa. Translated by Edith Grossman.
- BEARING THE BODY. By Ehud Havazelet.
- *THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT HEAVEN BEARS. By Dinaw Mengestu.
- *BRIDGE OF SIGHS. By Richard Russo.
- THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO. By Junot Diaz.
- CALL ME BY YOUR NAME. By Andre Aciman.
- CHEATING AT CANASTA. By William Trevor.
- THE COLLECTED POEMS, 1956-1998. By Zbigniew Herbert. Translated by Alissa Valles.
- DANCING TO "ALMENDRA." By Mayra Montero. Translated by Edith Grossman.
- EXIT GHOST. By Philip Roth.
- FALLING MAN. By Don DeLillo.
- FELLOW TRAVELERS. By Thomas Mallon.
- A FREE LIFE. By Ha Jin.
- THE GATHERING. By Anne Enright.
- HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS. By J.K. Rowling.
- HOUSE LIGHTS. By Leah Hager Cohen.
- HOUSE OF MEETINGS. By Martin Amis.
- IN THE COUNTRY OF MEN. By Hisham Matar.
- THE INDIAN CLERK. By David Leavitt.
- KNOTS. By Nuruddin Farah.
- *LATER, AT THE BAR: A Novel in Stories. By Rebecca Barry.
- *LET THE NORTHERN LIGHTS ERASE YOUR NAME. By Vendela Vida.
- LIKE YOU'D UNDERSTAND, ANYWAY: Stories. By Jim Shepard.
- MAN GONE DOWN. By Michael Thomas.
- *MATRIMONY. By Joshua Henkin.
- *THE MAYTREES. By Annie Dillard.
- *THE MINISTRY OF SPECIAL CASES. By Nathan Englander.
- MOTHERS AND SONS: Stories. By Colm Toibin.
- NEXT LIFE. By Rae Armantrout.
- ON CHESIL BEACH. By Ian McEwan.
- OUT STEALING HORSES. By Per Petterson. Translated by Anne Born.
- *THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST. By Mohsin Hamid.
- REMAINDER. By Tom McCarthy.
- *THE SAVAGE DETECTIVES. By Roberto Bolano. Translated by Natasha Wimmer.
- SELECTED POEMS. By Derek Walcott.
- *THE SEPTEMBERS OF SHIRAZ. By Dalia Sofer.
- SHORTCOMINGS. By Adrian Tomine.
- SUNSTROKE: And Other Stories. By Tessa Hadley.
- *THEN WE CAME TO THE END. By Joshua Ferris.
- THROW LIKE A GIRL: Stories. By Jean Thompson.
- TIME AND MATERIALS: Poems, 1997-2005. By Robert Hass.
- TREE OF SMOKE. By Denis Johnson.
- TWENTY GRAND: And Other Tales of Love and Money. By Rebecca Curtis.
- VARIETIES OF DISTURBANCE: Stories. By Lydia Davis.
- THE VIEW FROM CASTLE ROCK: Stories. By Alice Munro.
- WHAT IS THE WHAT. The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng: A Novel. By Dave Eggers.
- *WINTERTON BLUE. By Trezza Azzopardi.
- THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION. By Michael Chabon.
2006
(11/50 read)
- ABSURDISTAN. By Gary Shteyngart.
- AFTER THIS. By Alice McDermott.
- AGAINST THE DAY. By Thomas Pynchon.
- ALENTEJO BLUE. By Monica Ali.
- ALL AUNT HAGAR'S CHILDREN. By Edward P. Jones.
- APEX HIDES THE HURT. By Colson Whitehead.
- *ARTHUR AND GEORGE. By Julian Barnes.
- AVERNO. By Louise Gluck.
- BEASTS OF NO NATION. By Uzodinma Iweala.
- * BLACK SWAN GREEN. By David Mitchell.
- BROOKLAND. By Emily Barton.
- COLLECTED POEMS, 1947-1997. By Allen Ginsberg.
- THE COLLECTED STORIES OF AMY HEMPEL.
- THE DEAD FISH MUSEUM. By Charles D'Ambrosio.
- * DIGGING TO AMERICA. By Anne Tyler.
- THE DISSIDENT. By Nell Freudenberger.
- * THE DREAM LIFE OF SUKHANOV. By Olga Grushin.
- EAT THE DOCUMENT. By Dana Spiotta.
- THE ECHO MAKER. By Richard Powers.
- THE EMPEROR'S CHILDREN. By Claire Messud.
- EVERYMAN. By Philip Roth.
- FORGETFULNESS. By Ward Just.
- GALLATIN CANYON: Stories. By Thomas McGuane.
- GATE OF THE SUN. By Elias Khoury. Translated by Humphrey Davies.
- GOLDEN COUNTRY. By Jennifer Gilmore.
- HALF OF A YELLOW SUN. By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
- HIGH LONESOME: New & Selected Stories, 1966-2006. By Joyce Carol Oates.
- THE INHABITED WORLD. By David Long.
- THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS. By Kiran Desai.
- INTUITION. By Allegra Goodman.
- THE KEEP. By Jennifer Egan.
- LAST EVENINGS ON EARTH. By Roberto Bolano. Translated by Chris Andrews.
- THE LAY OF THE LAND. By Richard Ford.
- LISEY'S STORY. By Stephen King.
- NEW AND COLLECTED POEMS, 1964-2006. By Ishmael Reed.
- OLD FILTH. By Jane Gardam.
- * ONE GOOD TURN. By Kate Atkinson.
- ONLY REVOLUTIONS. By Mark Z. Danielewski.
- THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISLAND. By Michel Houellebecq. Translated by Gavin Bowd.
- THE ROAD. By Cormac McCarthy.
- SKINNER'S DRIFT. By Lisa Fugard.
- * SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS. By Marisha Pessl.
- THE STORIES OF MARY GORDON. By Mary Gordon.
- STRONG IS YOUR HOLD. By Galway Kinnell.
- SUITE FRANCAISE. By Irene Nemirovsky. Translated by Sandra Smith.
- TERRORIST. By John Updike.
- THE TRANSLATOR. By Leila Aboulela.
- TWILIGHT OF THE SUPERHEROES. By Deborah Eisenberg.
- THE USES OF ENCHANTMENT. By Heidi Julavits.
- A WOMAN IN JERUSALEM. By A. B. Yehoshua. Translated by Hillel Halkin.
2005
(4/39 read)
- BEYOND BLACK. By Hilary Mantel.
- A CHANGED MAN. By Francine Prose.
- COLLECTED POEMS, 1943-2004. By Richard Wilbur.
- EMPIRE RISING. By Thomas Kelly.
- ENVY. By Kathryn Harrison.
- *EUROPE CENTRAL. By William T. Vollmann.
- FOLLIES: New Stories. By Ann Beattie.
- HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE. By J. K. Rowling.
- HOME LAND. By Sam Lipsyte.
- THE HOT KID. By Elmore Leonard.
- HOW WE ARE HUNGRY: Stories. By Dave Eggers.
- IN CASE WE'RE SEPARATED: Connected Stories. By Alice Mattison.
- INDECISION. By Benjamin Kunkel.
- * KAFKA ON THE SHORE. By Haruki Murakami.
- LUNAR PARK. By Bret Easton Ellis.
- MAPS FOR LOST LOVERS. By Nadeem Aslam.
- THE MARCH. By E. L. Doctorow.
- MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHORES. By Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
- MIGRATION: New and Selected Poems. By W. S. Merwin.
- MISSING MOM. By Joyce Carol Oates.
- MISSION TO AMERICA. By Walter Kirn.
- * MOTHER'S MILK. By Edward St. Aubyn.
- NATURAL HISTORY: Poems. By Dan Chiasson.
- NEVER LET ME GO. By Kazuo Ishiguro.
- NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. By Cormac McCarthy.
- ON BEAUTY. Zadie Smith.
- OVERLORD: Poems. By Jorie Graham.
- * THE PAINTED DRUM. By Louise Erdrich.
- * PLEASE DON'T COME BACK FROM THE MOON. By Dean Bakopoulos.
- PREP. By Curtis Sittenfeld.
- * SATURDAY. By Ian McEwan.
- THE SEA. By John Banville.
- * SEVEN TYPES OF AMBIGUITY. By Elliot Perlman.
- SHALIMAR THE CLOWN. By Salman Rushdie.
- SLOW MAN. By J. M. Coetzee.
- STAR DUST. Frank Bidart.
- THE SUCCESSOR. By Ismail Kadare.
- TOWELHEAD. By Alicia Erian.
- VERONICA. By Mary Gaitskill.
2004
(5/42 read)
- ALOFT. By Chang-rae Lee.
- THE AMATEUR MARRIAGE. By Anne Tyler.
- AMERICAN SMOOTH: Poems. By Rita Dove.
- BANDBOX. By Thomas Mallon.
- A BIT ON THE SIDE. By William Trevor.
- *CLOUD ATLAS. By David Mitchell.
- COLLECTED POEMS. By Donald Justice.
- THE CURSE OF THE APPROPRIATE MAN. By Lynn Freed.
- THE DARLING. By Russell Banks.
- THE FALLS. By Joyce Carol Oates.
- THE FIRST DESIRE. By Nancy Reisman.
- FOUR SOULS. By Louise Erdrich.
- GILEAD. By Marilynne Robinson.
- THE HAMILTON CASE. By Michelle de Kretser.
- HARBOR. By Lorraine Adams.
- * HEIR TO THE GLIMMERING WORLD. By Cynthia Ozick.
- I AM CHARLOTTE SIMMONS. By Tom Wolfe.
- THE INNER CIRCLE. By T. Coraghessan Boyle.
- * THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB. By Karen Joy Fowler.
- JONATHAN STRANGE & MR. NORRELL. By Susanna Clarke.
- THE LEMON TABLE: Stories. By Julian Barnes.
- * THE LINE OF BEAUTY.By Alan Hollinghurst.
- LITTLE CHILDREN. By Tom Perrotta.
- MAGIC SEEDS. By V. S Naipaul.
- * THE MASTER. By Colm Toibin.
- MEN AND CARTOONS: Stories. By Jonathan Lethem.
- NATASHA: And Other Stories. By David Bezmozgis.
- OBLIVION: Stories. By David Foster Wallace.
- OUR KIND. By Kate Walbert.
- * THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY. By Tony Eprile.
- THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA. By Philip Roth.
- THE PRODIGAL. By Derek Walcott.
- * RUNAWAY. By Alice Munro.
- SNOW. By Orhan Pamuk.
- THE STONE THAT THE BUILDER REFUSED. By Madison Smartt Bell.
- SWEET LAND STORIES. By E. L. Doctorow.
- TRANSMISSION. By Hari Kunzru.
- THE TYRANT'S NOVEL. By Thomas Keneally.
- AN UNFINISHED SEASON. By Ward Just.
- VILLAGES. By John Updike.
- WAKE UP, SIR! By Jonathan Ames.
- * WAR TRASH. By Ha Jin