mishistar's "My Neverending Lifetime Reading List"
I started this list over a year ago of books that I wanted to read throughout my lifetime. In general, this was the classics, Shakespeare, and anything else I would find useful as a future English professor. Yet, after I finished a book that I liked, I went online to see if there were any similar titles and added them to my list. Many months later and my list is 23 typed, single-spaced pages long. So what could be better than sharing it with you all. Enjoy!
P.S. I somehow keep finding books to add on to this list, so you can expect to see it grow considerably as the years go on. Don’t say you weren’t warned.
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20-Something, 20-Everything: A Quarter-life Woman's Guide to Balance and Directionby Christine Hassler
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The Asian Mystique: Dragon Ladies, Geisha Girls, And Our Fantasies of the Exotic Orientby Sheridan Prasso
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Cash in the City: Affording Manolos, Martinis, and Manicures on a Working Girl's Salaryby Juliette Fairley
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Children of the Flames: Dr. Josef Mengele and the Untold Story of the Twins of Auschwitzby Lucette Matalon Lagnado
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Complaints and Disorders: The Sexual Politics of Sickness (Glass Mountain Pamphlet)by Barbara Ehrenreich
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Daughter of Persia: A Woman's Journey from Her Father's Harem Through the Islamic Revolutionby Sattareh Farman Farmaian
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Divorced, Beheaded, Survived: A Feminist Reinterpretation Of The Wives Of Henry Viiiby Karen Lindsey
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Escaping Salem: The Other Witch Hunt of 1692 (New Narratives in American History)by Richard Godbeer
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Hans Christian Andersen: The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories (Anchor Folktale Library)by Virginia Haviland
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The Girl Who Walked Home Alone: Bette Davis - A Personal Biography (Softcover)by Charlotte Chandler
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Louisa, lady in waiting: The personal diaries and albums of Louisa, lady in waiting to Queen Victoria and Queen Alexandraby Louisa Jane McDonnell Antrim
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The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination, Second Edition (Nota Bene)by Professor Sandra M. Gilbert
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Queen Emma and Queen Edith: Queenship and Women's Power in Eleventh-Century Englandby Pauline Stafford
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Running Through Fire: How I Survived the Holocaust (NEA Heritage & Preservation Series)by Zosia Goldberg
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Secret Memoirs of Princess Lamballe: Her Confidential Relations With Marie Antoinetteby Princess Lamballe
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Musical Tie-in Edition)by Gregory Maguire
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Meena, Heroine of Afghanistan: The Martyr Who Founded RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistanby Melody Ermachild Chavis
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The Single Girl's Manifesta: Living in a Stupendously Superior Single State of Mindby Jerusha Stewart
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The Smart Girl's Guide to Sports: A Hip Handbook for Women Who Don't Know a Slam Dunk from a Grand Slamby Liz Hartman Musiker
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Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality, And The Evolution Of A Fairy Taleby Catherine Orenstein
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Sex with the Queen: 900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics (P.S.)by Eleanor Herman
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Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everythingby Steven D. Levitt
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The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brainby Alice Weaver Flaherty
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All Made Up: A Girl's Guide to Seeing Through Celebrity Hype to Celebrate Real Beautyby Audrey D. Brashich
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Life Inside the "Thin" Cage: A Personal Look into the Hidden World of the Chronic Dieterby Constance Rhodes
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Too Good for Her Own Good: Searching for Self and Intimacy in Important Relationshipsby Claudia Bepko
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Screaming to be Heard: Hormonal Connections Women Suspect, and Doctors Still Ignore, Revised and Updatedby Elizabeth Lee Vliet
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838.?Secrets of Six-Figure Women: Surprising Strategies to Up Your Earnings and Change Your Lifeby Barbara Stanny
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MythBusters: The Explosive Truth Behind 30 of the Most Perplexing Urban Legends of All Timeby Keith Zimmerman
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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesiaby Elizabeth Gilbert
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869.?The Body Embarrassed: Drama and the Disciplines of Shame in Early Modern Englandby Gail Kern Paster
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The Complete Idiot's Guide To Personal Finance in Your 20s and 30s (2nd Edition)by Sarah Young Fisher
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Faking It: How to Seem Like a Better Person Without Actually Improving Yourselfby From the Writers of Collegehumor.com
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inactionby the writers of The Daily Show
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It's Not Me...It's You!: And Can We Not be Friends?: A Modern Girl's Guide To Breaking Upby Laurie Frankel
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Living La Dolce Vita: Bring the Passion, Laughter and Serenity of Italy into Your Daily Lifeby Raeleen D'Agostino Mautner
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The Modern Goddess' Guide to Life: How to Be Absolutely Divine on a Daily Basisby Francesca de Grandis
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The Thrifty Girl's Guide to Glamour: Living the Beautiful Life on Little or No Moneyby Susie Galvez
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Eat This, Not That! Thousands of Simple Food Swaps that Can Save You 10, 20, 30 Pounds--or More!by David Zinczenko
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YOU: The Owner's Manual: An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Youngerby Michael F. Roizen
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20 Something Manifesto: Quarter-Lifers Speak Out About Who They Are, What They Want, and How to Get Itby Christine Hassler
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Wonderful and Surprising History of Sweeney Todd: The Life and Times of an Urban Legendby Robert L. Mack
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The Great Stink of Paris and the Nineteenth-Century Struggle against Filth and Germsby David S. Barnes
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Self Magazine's 15 Minutes to Your Best Self: Quick Fixes for a Healthier, Happier Lifeby Lucy Danziger
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A Fandom of Magical Proportions: An Unauthorized History of The Harry Potter Phenomenonby Erin A. Pyne
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You: Breathing Easy: Meditation and Breathing Techniques to Relax, Refresh and Revitalizeby Michael F. Roizen
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Dream It. List It. Do It!: How to Live a Bigger & Bolder Life, from the Life List Experts at 43Things.comby Editors of 43 Things
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Note to Self: 30 Women on Hardship, Humiliation, Heartbreak, and Overcoming It Allby Andrea Buchanan
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A Year in High Heels: The Girl's Guide to Everything from Jane Austen to the A-listby Camilla Morton
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Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitantsby Robert Sullivan
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Choice Cuts : A Savory Selection of Food Writing from Around the World and Throughout Historyby Mark Kurlansky
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Born in the USA: How a Broken Maternity System Must Be Fixed to Put Women and Children Firstby Marsden Wagner
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1086.?A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulxby Elaine Showalter
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The Joy of Doing Things Badly: A Girl's Guide to Love, Life and Foolish Braveryby Veronica Chambers
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Flanagan's Smart Home: The 98 Essentials for Starting Out, Starting Over, Scaling Backby Barbara Flanagan
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Skinny Bitch: A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulousby Freedman Rory ; Barnouin Kim
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Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Graceby Ayelet Waldman
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Created by mishistar on Aug 15, 2009.