2007's Most Wanted (Reading Matter, That Is)

Books I’m looking forward to in 2007 (and will do my best to review, write about, and generally just blather on about if I like them as much as I think I will – well, that goes for most of them). As always, so many books, never enough time to read them! And yes, why, of course if you are an editor and would like me to interview one (or all) of these authors, please write to me. I live for Q&As. And book reviews. Seriously. See the "total dork" tag at the top of this page.

Working Stiff by Grant Stoddard
Mr. Wrong: Real-Life Stories About the Men We Used to Love edited by Harriet Brown
Ace of Spades by David Matthews
Cupcake by Rachel Cohn
Unhooked: How Young Women Pursue Sex, Delay Love, and Lose at Bot by Laura Sessions Stepp (aka Jillian Strauss’s The Unhooked Generation, from what it sounds like, but I will check it out)
Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella
Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics by Jennifer Baumgardner
I Love Female Orgasm: From “Right There” to “Oh, Yeah!” and Everything in Between by Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller
The Chocolate Cake Sutra: Ingredients for a Sweet Life by Geri Larkin
Baby Love by Rebecca Walker
Totally Wired: What Teens and Tweens Are Really Doing Online by Anastasia Goodstein
Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
Men May Come and Men May Go…But I’ve Still Got My Little Pink Raincoat by Gigi Anders
Dark at the Roots by Sarah Thyre
Single State of the Union edited by Diane Mapes
How To Become a Famous Writer Before You’re Dead: Your Words in Print and Your Name in Lights by Ariel Gore
Mergers and Acquisitions by Dana Vachon
I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids by Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile
Sexography by Carly Milne
Bow Grip by Ivan E. Coyote
How Sassy Changed My Life: A Love Letter to the Greatest Magazine of All Time by Kara Jesella and Marisa Meltzer
Ivy Briefs: A Privileged and Confidential Law School Story by Martha Kimes
Housewife Confidential by Marcelle Karp
Naked on the Internet by Audacia Ray
Slim: A Fantasy Memoir by Cynthia Rowley
Hex Education by Emily Gould and Zareen Jaffery
Are You There Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories by Miranda July
Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp by Stephanie Klein
Girls Gone Mild by Wendy Shalit
Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys edited by Melissa de la Cruz and Tom Dolby
Bright Lights, Big Ass: A Self-Indulgent, Surly, Ex-Sorority Girl’s Guide to Why It Often Sucks in the City, or Why Are These Idiots and Why Do They Live Next Door to Me? by Jen Lancaster (clearly Jen is the Fiona Apple of book subtitling)
The Mark by Jason Pinter
The Sky Isn’t Visible From Here by Felicia Sullivan
Into the Weeds by Kera Bolonik
Girl Wonder by Karen Salmansohn
And They All Die in the End by Elizabeth Spiers
The Alcoholic by Jonathan Ames
Third Wave Feminism and Television: Jane Puts It In A Box edited by Merri Lisa Johnson
Dare by Abiola Abrams
Shooting War by Dan Goldman and Anthony Lappé
“Rejected” Tales of the Failed, Dumped & Cancelled by Jon Friedman
Only As Good As Your Word: Writing Lessons from My Favorite Literary Gurus by Susan Shapiro
Em & Lo’s Buy-Bye and Em & Lo’s Kink Tank by Em & Lo
Rob Wilder’s next book on being a dad (first was Daddy Needs a Drink)


Already published books I’ll be digging into soon:

Girl With Glasses: An Optic History by Marisa Walsh
The Testosterone Files by Max Wolf Valerio
London Is the Best City in America by Laura Dave
A Killer Life by Christine Vachon
Lucky by Gabrielle Bell
Dirty by Megan Hart