My BBFs (Best Book Friends)

I'm not sure if you know this but... I love books. Set me loose in a used book store and I'll be happy for hours. I probably would be happy for days, except 1) I love food too and 2) book stores tend to close. I have friends who are equally crazy about books (you know who you are). So here is my book list!

Currently Reading:

Clash of Civilizations by Samuel Huntington

Completed in Bansoa:

9. Congo by Michael Crichton

10-14. Mercy Thompson #1-5 by Patricia Briggs

15. Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar

16.  The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

17.  Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

18.  Half of A Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

19. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Series) by Alexander McCall Smith

20-23. Mistborn Triology Brandon Sanderson

24.  Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes - Actually, I gave up on this because it was like torturing myself. 

25. Return of the King by William Dalrymple

26. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

27. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

28. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
29. Emma by Jane Austen
30. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
31. Persuasion by Jane Austen
32. The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What can Be Done About It by Paul Collier
33. Hotel Pastis
34. Outlander by Gil Adamson
35. Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen
36. Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
37. Bush's War by Bob Woodward

38. Plan of Attack by Bob Woodward

39. Decision Points by George W. Bush

40. Vortex of Conflict by Dan Caldwell

41. Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas Ricks

42. The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin

43. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

44. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

45. Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

46. The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman

47. Monsieur Pamplemousse by Michael Bond

48. Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Secret Mission by Michael Bond

49. Monsieur Pamplemousse on the Spot by Michael Bond

50. Hard Choices by Hillary Rodham Clinton

51. Off the Sidelines: Raise your voice, change the world by Kirsten Gillibrand

52. From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas Friedman

53. O Jerusalem! by Larry Collins and Dominique LaPierre 

54. Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins 

55. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 

56. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss 

57. Clausewitz: A Very Short Introduction 

58. Dune by Frank Herbert 

59. All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy 

60. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy 

61. The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan 

62. Obama's Wars by Bob Woodward

63. Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone by Mary Morris 

64. A Handmaiden's Tale by Margaret Atwood 

65. Outpost by Christopher Hill

66. To Timbuktu: A Journey Down the Niger by Mark Jenkins

67. The Painted Drum by Louis Eldrich

68. Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen by Mary Sharratt

69. All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

70. This Town by Mark Leibovich

71. Act of Congress by Robert G. Kaiser

72. A Fighting Chance by Elizabeth Warren

73. Redeployment by Phil Klay

74-78. Wheel of Time Series Nos. 1-5 by Robert Jordan

79. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

80. The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer

81. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

82. Beautiful Ruin by Jess Walters

83. Euphoria by Lily King

84. The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins

Completed in Bafia:
2. Lean In: Women, Work, and The Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg

3. Across the Cameroons by Charles Gilson

4. Ghost Wars by Steve Coll 

5. The Places In Between by Rory Stewart

6. A Thousand Splendid Suns

7. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

8. Exclusive by Sandra Brown

Completed in Yaoundé:

1. Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn

Completed (since school ended):
Dark Star Safari by Paul Theroux
Living Poor: A Peace Corps Chronicle by Moritz Thomsen

The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam

Cameroon - The Bradt Guide, 3rd Edition (Yes, Cameroon has a full-length travel guide!)

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

One Hand Does Not Catch a Bufffalo

The Insider's Guide to the Peace Corps by Banerjee

Hidden Cities by Moses Gates

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

The Black Magician Trilogy (Books 1, 2 AND 3) by Trudi Canavan

The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani

Tears of Pearl: A Novel of Suspense by 

The Sheen on the Silk: A Novel by Anne Perry

Lord of the Silent by Elizabeth Peters

He Shall Thunder in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters

The Golden One by Elizabeth Peters

           (Those last five were courtesy of Tracey Tierney!!)

If you have any suggestions, please feel free to comment below!