I’m still getting back into reading for pleasure after years of academic reading (first a BA double major in English and theatre, then an MFA in performing arts management).
Books Read in 2007, 2008, 2009
January
February
1. Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us, Seth Godin
2. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, Malcolm Gladwell
3. How to Run a Theater: A Witty, Practical and Fun Guide to Arts Management, Jim Volz
4. Invitation to the Party: Building Bridges to the Arts, Culture and Community, Donna Walker-Kuhne
5. The Art of the Turnaround: Creating and Maintaining Healthy Arts Organizations, Michael Kaiser
6. Socialnomics: How Social Media Transforms the Way We Live and Do Business, Erik Qualman
7. PR 2.0: New Media, New Tools, New Audiences, Deirdre Breakenridge
8. The Commercial Theater Institute Guide to Producing Plays and Musicals, Frederic B. Vogel and Ben Hodges
9. Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust, Chris Brogan and Julien Smith
10. Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission: A Strategic Guide for Nonprofit Leaders, Holly Ross, Katrin Verclas, and Alison Levine
11. The Performing Arts in a New Era, Kevin F. McCarthy, Arthur Brooks, Julia Lowell, and Laura Zakaras
12. Marketing for Cultural Organisations: New strategies for attracting audiences to classical music , dance, museums, theatre and opera, Bonita M. Kolb
13. Performing Arts Management: A Handbook of Professional Practices, Tobie S. Stein and Jessica Bathurst
March
14. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia, Elizabeth Gilbert
15. Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction, David Sheff
April
May
16. School for Husbands, Wendy Holden
17. 21 Steps To Happiness, F.G. Gerson
June
18. The Break-Up Diet: A Memoir, Annette Fix
19. Everyone Is Beautiful, Katherine Center
July
20. The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown
August
21. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
22. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins
23. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins
24. The Giver, Lois Lowry
25. Moloka’i, Alan Brennert
September
26. The Birth of Venus, Sarah Dunant
October
27. As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl, John Colapinto
28. It’s a Wonderful Lie: 26 Truths About Life in Your Twenties, Emily Franklin
November
December
29. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Tom Wolfe
