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February 4, 2012

Announcing the 2011 Sonderbooks Stand-outs! I'm ranking my favorite books read in 2011 and will be giving each review page a special seal. I already announced the titles and my reasoning on my blog, but now I've got the permanent page up.

My Number One Biography pick was Traveling With Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story, by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor. Mother and daughter bring us along as they journey together and grapple with aging, ones calling, and the bond between mother and daughter.

Happy Reading!

Christian

Love Wins

by Rob Bell

Universalism, the Prevailing Doctrine of the Christian Church During Its First Five Hundred Years

by John Wesley Hanson

Heaven Is For Real

by Todd Burpo

Boundaries

by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend

Shattered Dreams

by Larry Crabb

The Sacred Romance

by Brent Curtis and John Eldredge

Captivating

by John and Stasi Eldredge

Walking with God

by John Eldredge

Love & War

by John and Stasi Eldredge

Feel

by Matthew Elliott

Until They Are Found

by Peter Gray, B.Th.

Your Life in Christ

by George MacDonald
edited by Michael Phillips

The Evangelical Universalist

by Gregory MacDonald

The Source of Miracles

by Kathleen McGowan

The Promise

by Robert J. Morgan

Then Sings My Soul

by Robert J. Morgan

The Return of the Prodigal Son

by Henri J. M. Nouwen

I Do Again

by Cheryl and Jeff Scruggs

The Prodigal's Perspective

by Robert E. Steinkamp

Your Father Knows Best

compiled by Bob and Charlyne Steinkamp

Free of Charge

by Miroslav Volf

Creativity

Reading Like a Writer

by Francine Prose

Making Mischief

by Gregory Maguire

Show and Tell

by Dilys Evans

Poems for Life

Current Issues

Haiti After the Earthquake

by Paul Farmer

A Fistful of Rice

by Vikram Akula

NurtureShock

by Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman
read by Po Bronson

The Numbers Behind Numb3rs

by Kevin Devlin and Gary Lorden

This Book Is Overdue

by Marilyn Johnson

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

by Barbara Kingsolver

The Story of Stuff

by Annie Leonard

Between Two Worlds

by Elizabeth Marquardt

Proofiness

by Charles Seife

The Parents We Mean To Be

by Richard Weissbourd

Health

Choosing Brilliant Health

by Rick Foster and Greg Hicks

You Can Heal Your Life

by Louise L. Hay

Peace, Love, and Healing

by Bernie S. Siegel, M.D.

Humor

The Complete Peanuts: 1973 to 1974

by Charles M. Schulz

The Complete Peanuts: 1971 to 1972

by Charles M. Schulz

The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love

by Jill Conner Browne

The Sweet Potato Queens' Field Guide to Men

by Jill Conner Browne

Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington

by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein

Raising Demons

by Shirley Jackson

The New Yorker Book of Kids* Cartoons

edited by Robert Mankoff

The Complete Peanuts: 1967 to 1968

by Charles M. Schulz

The Complete Peanuts: 1969 to 1970

by Charles M. Schulz

Horseradish

by Lemony Snicket

Musings

Traveling With Pomegranates

by Sue Monk Kidd
and Ann Kidd Taylor

Dreaming in Chinese

by Deborah Fallows

Breakfast Epiphanies

by David Anderson

Miss Alcott's E-mail

by Kit Bakke

Flirting with Pride and Prejudice

edited by Jennifer Crusie

Our Own Selves

by Michael Gorman

Our Singular Strengths

by Michael Gorman

The Gift of an Ordinary Day

by Katrina Kenison

Firstlight

by Sue Monk Kidd

When the Heart Waits

by Sue Monk Kidd

Confessions of an Amateur Believer

by Patty Kirk

The Little Guide to Your Well-Read Life

by Steve Leveen

Not Becoming My Mother

by Ruth Reichl

Kitchen Table Wisdom

by Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D.

Juicy Pens, Thirsty Paper

by SARK

Love, Magic & Mudpies

by Bernie Siegel, MD

Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children's Book

edited by Anita Silvey

Shelf Discovery

by Lizzie Skurnick

Personal Growth

ScreamFree Marriage

by Hal Edward Runkel
with Jenny Runkel

A Woman's Worth

by Marianne Williamson

Tell Me No Lies

by Ellyn Bader, PhD, and Peter T. Pearson, PhD

What Happy Women Know

by Dan Baker, PhD, and Cathy Greenberg, PhD, with Ina Yalof

by Lundy Bancroft

by Melody Beattie

by Melody Beattie

by Melody Beattie

The Language of Letting Go

by Melody Beattie

Steering by Starlight

by Martha Beck

Emotional Vampires

by Albert J. Bernstein, PhD

The Mother's Book of Well-Being

by Lisa Groen Braner

You Can Be Happy No Matter What

by Richard Carlson, PhD

Change Your Mind and Your Life Will Follow

by Karen Casey

The Trance of Scarcity

by Victoria Castle

In the Ever After

by Allan B. Chinen

Sink Reflections

by Marla Cilley—the FlyLady

Women Who Run With the Wolves

by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Controlling People

by Patricia Evans

Verbal Abuse Survivors Speak Out

by Patricia Evans

The Verbally Abusive Man: Can He Change?

by Patricia Evans

The Verbally Abusive Relationship

by Patricia Evans

The Power Is Within You

by Louise L. Hay

Happiness Now!

by Robert Holden, PhD

The Forgiving Self

by Robert Karen, PhD

I Need Your Love -- Is That True?

by Byron Katie

Loving What Is

by Byron Katie

The Ten Things to Do When Your Life Falls Apart

by Daphne Rose Kingma

Forgive for Good

by Dr. Fred Luskin

Forgive for Love

by Dr. Fred Luskin

Overcoming Passive-Aggression

by Tim Murphy, PhD, and Loriann Hoff Oberlin

Sacred Choices

by Christel Nani

The Marriage Benefit

by Mark O'Connell, PhD

Emotional Freedom

by Judith Orloff, MD

Staying Connected to Your Teenager

by Michael Riera, PhD

Change Your Life Without Getting Out of Bed

by SARK

Prosperity Pie

by SARK

This Is Not the Life I Ordered

by Deborah Collins Stephens, Jackie Speier, Michealene Cristini Risley, and Jan Yanehiro

The Gaslight Effect

by Dr. Robin Stern

You Don't Have To Take It Anymore

by Steven Stosny, PhD

Living With the Passive-Aggressive Man

by Scott Wetzler, PhD

He's Just No Good For You

by Beth Wilson

True Stories

Here's Looking at Euclid

by Alex Bellos

The Dressmaker of Khair Khana

by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

The Second Journey

by Joan Anderson

Playing It by Heart

by Melody Beattie

Free for All

by Don Borchert

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

by Amy Chua

Four Seasons in Rome

by Anthony Doerr

Resilience

by Elizabeth Edwards

Zeitoun

by Dave Eggers
narrated by Firdous Bamji

Little Princes

by Conor Grennan

All Creatures Great and Small

by James Herriot

Left to Tell

by Immaculee Ilibagiza
with Steve Erwin

Led by Faith

by Immaculee Ilibagiza
with Steve Erwin

Our Lady of Kibeho

by Immaculee Ilibagiza
with Steve Erwin

Mountains Beyond Mountains

by Tracy Kidder
read by Paul Michael

Strength in What Remains

by Tracy Kidder
read by the author

As We Forgive

by Catherine Claire Larson

I'm Proud of You

by Tim Madigan

This Is Not the Story You Think It Is...

by Laura Munson

The Audacity of Hope

by Barack Obama

Dreams From My Father

by Barack Obama

Barefoot in Baghdad

by Manal M. Omar

French by Heart

by Rebecca S. Ramsey

Radioactive

by Lauren Redniss

Persepolis

by Marjane Satrapi

Crazy for God

by Frank Schaeffer

Stitches

by David Small

Born on a Blue Day

by Daniel Tammet
read by Simon Vance

My Stroke of Insight

by Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.
read by the author

A Three Dog Life

by Abigail Thomas

You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When It Monsoons

by Mo Willems