2. The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
5. A History of God - Karen Armstrong
7. Beloved - Toni Morrison
8. 'Tis - Frank McCourt
9. The Host - Stephenie Meyers
10. The Constant Princess - Phillipa Gregory
11. Wicked - Gregory Maguire
12. The Six Wives of Henry the 8th - Alison Weir
13. Eleanor of Aquitaine - Alison Weir
14. Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom
15. The Fellowship of the Ring - J.R.R. Tolkien
16. The Two Towers - J.R.R. TOlkien
17. The Return of the King - J.R.R. Tolkien
18. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling
19. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling
20. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling
21. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
22. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
23. Dracula - Bram Stoker
24. Paradise Lost - John Milton
25. The Inferno - Dante
26. Towelhead - Alicia Erian
28. The Way the Crow Flies - Ann-Marie MacDonald
29. The Robber Bride - Margaret Atwood
30. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
32. Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman
33. American Gods - Neil Gaiman
34. Stardust - Neil Gaiman
35. Tess of the d'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
36. The First Christmas - Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan
37. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
38. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
39. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
40. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
41. Deception Point - Dan Brown
42. Digital Fortress - Dan Brown
44. Lolita - Vladimir Nobokov
45. Atonement - Ian McEwan
46. All the King's Men - Robert Penn Warren
48. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
49. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
50. Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe
51. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
52. Scarlett - Alexandra Ripley
53. White Noise - Don De Litto
54. Their Eyes were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston
55. Primary Colours - Anonymous
56. Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates
57. Ragtime - E.L. Doctorow
60. Fast Food Nation - Eric Schlasser
61. My Years as Prime Minister - Jean Chretien
62. Memoirs - Pierre Trudeau
63. Shake Hands with the Devil - Romeo d'Allaire
64. Team of Rivals - Doris Kearns Goodwin
65. The Secret Mulroney Tapes - Peter C. Newman
68. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
69. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams
70. Life, the Universe and Everything - Douglas Adams
71. So Long and Thanks for All the Fish - Douglas Adams
72. Mostly Harmless - Douglas Adams
73. Fifth Business - Robertson Davies
74. The Manticore - Robertson Davies
75. World of Wonders - Robertson Davies
76. The Donnellys - James Reaney
77. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
78. Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
79. Farenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
80. Not Wanted on the Voyage - Timothy Findlay
81. A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
82. Coraline - Neil Gaiman
83. The Crucible - Arthur Miller
84. Mirror Mirror - Gregory Maguire
86. Sorbonne Confidential - Laurel Zuckerman
88. The Silver Linings Playbook - Matthew Quick
89. Hey Nostradamus! - Douglas Coupland
90. Girlfriend in a Coma - Douglas Coupland
91. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
92. The 5 People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom
93. The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
94. Interview with the Vampire - Ann Rice
95. The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank
96. The Bonfire of the Vanities - Tom Wolfe
97. Guys and Dolls - Damon Runyon
99. He's Just Not that Into You - Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo, Lauren Monchik
101. Jesus for the Non-Religious - John Shelby Spong
You can find my review over at my In This Very Ring blog by CLICKING HERE. And yes I note it has replaced one of the books on religion I've been on a kick of lately - unfortunately, as much as 99% of the time I enjoy Bart Ehrman, I struggled through his God's Problem book a bit, as ultimately I disagree with him - which I can deal with and often in fact find entertaining and fun if done right; but for an intelligent and readable Jesus scholar, I find his arguments against a deity due to the suffering in the world (the whole concept that if God is both almighty AND loving, there shouldn't be suffering in the world - thus, since there is, that which we call Holy is either powerless to stop it, or cruel) to be simplistic. A very intelligent case can be made on that side - however his seems to amount to 'Because I can't believe in a God who is not Theistic (old man 'out there' somewhere) - ie God as presence, God as spirit, God as nature - a God who is more complex than 'The Lord Giveth and the Lord Taketh Away', therefore as that foundation has crumbled for me, I can no longer believe in the Divine, period' - which I would expect more from a very learned religious studies professor who I would have thought could wrap his head around more complex, postmodern religious ideas.
I do hope to pick his book up again perhaps - however it went back to the library before I could complete it and I don't feel a particular urgency to grab it again. Jericho's book was about twice the length and honestly, fairly well written itself, so this isn't exactly 'cheating' in the sense of building up my book count. lol And as I said - I might add Ehrman back at a later date if the book catches my eye again while browsing. He's a smart enough guy whose work I've enjoyed enough to date, I'd believe the more complex crux of his argument coming later in the book than I got to at this point.
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