Here are the books I read in 2004:
January 2004
- Buddhist Symbols in Tibetan Culture: An Investigation of the Nine Best-Known Groups of Symbols by Dagyab Rinpoche and Robert A. F. Thurman 01/01/2004
- The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 01/04/2004
- Taiwan: a Political History by Denny Roy 01/05/2004
- Notes on Nursing by Florence Nightingale 01/13/2004
- Awakenings by Oliver Sacks 01/26/2004
February 2004
- One Hundred and One Ways by Mako Yoshikawa 02/09/2004
- How to Read a French Fry: And Other Stories of Intriguing Kitchen Science by Russ Parsons 02/16/2004
- Forever: A Novel by Pete Hamill 02/28/2004
- Story of O by Pauline Reage 02/28/2004
- Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier 02/28/2004
March 2004
- What Should I Do with My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question by Po Bronson 03/08/2004
- Foundation by Isaac Asimov 03/10/2004
- Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty by Nancy Etcoff 03/14/2004
- Pox: Genius, Madness, And The Mysteries Of Syphilis by Deborah Hayden 03/20/2004
- The Sexual Life of Catherine M. by Catherine Millet 03/21/2004
- Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh 03/26/2004
April 2004
- Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman 04/20/2004
- A Sideways Look at Time by Jay Griffiths 04/26/2004
May 2004
- Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod by Gary Paulsen 05/03/2004
- The Golden Ratio: The Story of PHI, the World’s Most Astonishing Number by Mario Livio 05/09/2004
- Papillon by Henri Charriere 05/18/2004
- Ishmael by Daniel Quinn 05/24/2004
June 2004
- The Golden Law by Ryuho Okawa 06/09/2004
- Tara: The Feminine Divine by Bokar Rinpoche 06/12/2004
- The Monk & the Philosopher: Father & Son Discuss the Meaning of Life by Jean-Francois Revel & Matthieu Ricard 06/18/2004
July 2004
- Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong: Why We Love France but Not the French by Jean-Benoit Nadeau and Julie Barlow 07/16/204
August 2004
- I Love You, Ronnie: the Letters of Ronald Reagan to Nancy Reagan by Nancy Reagan – 08/09/2004
- Mahabharata by William Buck (translator) 08/27/2004
October 2004
- The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene 10/11/2004
- The Epic of Gilgamesh by N. K. Sandars (translator) 10/12/2004
- The Translator by John Crowley 10/14/2004
- In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez 10/17/2004
- Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality, and the Evolution of a Fairy Tale by Catherine Orenstein 10/22/2004
November 2004
- Angels & Demons by Dan Brown 11/09/2004
December 2004
- Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher, William Ury and Bruce Patton 12/02/2004
- Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer 12/09/2004
- The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 12/09/2004
- The Dante Club: A Novel by Matthew Pearl 12/12/2004
- K-Pax by Gene Brewer 12/14/2004
- Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach 12/19/2004
- You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation by Deborah Tannen
- Moloka’i by Alan Brennert 12/22/2004
- Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing by Caroline Myss 12/24/2004
- The Other Side and Back: A Psychic’s Guide to Our World and Beyond by Sylvia Browne and Lindsay Harrison 12/25/2004
- When Strange Gods Call by Pam Chun 12/25/2004
- Time is an Illusion by Chris Griscom 12/29/2004
12/21/2004