Annualism
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One Whole Year – Annualist Titles to Motivate, Enlighten or Entertain
The BBC coined the term “annualist” to describe “a journalistic work where protagonist endures ordeal, usually for year, then writes book about it”. Annualism would seem to be a combination of “annual” and “journalism.” Whatever you call it, it’s certainly an identifiable and popular trend, covering a gamut of topics, ranging from trendy issues (e.g., global vs. local, economics, religious fundamentalism) to perennial interests (professional sports, travel, naturalism). Check out the range of annualist (or annualist-in-spirit) titles available from JMRL, and learn from someone else’s year.
- A Year By the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman, by Joan Anderson
- Romancing the Ordinary: A Year of Simple Splendor, by Sarah Ban Breathnach
- Outermost House: a Year in the Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod, by Henry Beston
- A Year Without "Made in China”: One Family's True Life Adventure in the Global Economy, by Sarah Bongiorni
- Give It Up: My Year of Learning to Live Better With Less, by Mary Carlomagno
- A Year in the Merde, by Stephen Clarke
- The Year of Magical Thinking, by Joan Didion
- The Collar: A Year of Striving and Faith Inside a Catholic Seminary, by Jonathan Englert
- Next Man Up: A Year Behind the Lines in Today's NFL, by John Feinstein
- The Slippery Year: A Meditation On Happily Ever After, by Melanie Gideon
- Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia, by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Living a Year of Kaddish, by Ari Goldman
- Granny D: Walking Across America in My Ninetieth Year, by Doris Haddock
- The Year of Yes: A Memoir, by Maria Headley
- A Country Year: Living the Questions, by Sue Hubbell
- The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible, by A. J. Jacobs
- A Dog Year: Twelve Months, Four Dogs, and Me, by Jon Katz
- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, by Barbara Kingsolver
- Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year, by Anne Lamott
- Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping, by Judith Levine
- Helping Me Help Myself: One Skeptic, Twelve Self-Help Programs, One Whirlwind Year of Improvement, by Beth Lisick
- A Year in the World: Journeys of a Passionate Traveller, by Frances Mayes
- A Year in Provence, by Peter Mayle
- Odd Man Out: A Year on the Mound With a Minor League Misfit, by Matt McCarthy
- 365 Nights, by Charla Muller and Betsy Thorpe
- So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading, by Sara Nelson
- The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession, by Mark Obmascik
- The Wishing Year: A House, A Man, My Soul: A Memoir of Fulfilled Desire, by Noelle Oxenhandler
- Julie and Julia: 365 days, 524 recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen, by Julie Powell
- The Year of Reading Proust, by Phyllis Rose
- Reading the OED: One man, One Year, 21,730 Pages, by Ammon Shea
- Sundays in America: a Yearlong Road Trip in search of Christian Faith, by Suzanne Strempek Shea
- The Addict: One Doctor, One Patient, One Year, by Michael Stein
- Self Made Man: One Woman's Journey Into Manhood and Back Again, by Norah Vincent
- See You in a Hundred Years, by Logan Ward
