InfiniteQueso Book Club 2012: The Year of the Biography

Thanks so much to all of you who joined me throughout the year for the InfiniteQueso 2011 Book Club! Although I experienced a couple of lows, overall I’m thrilled with how the “Year of the Great Novels I’ve Never Read” turned out.

I finally got around to reading classics like To Kill a Mockingbird, gained a new obsession with the Harry Potter series, and lost myself in stories from other cultures and times. And I’m still finishing what might be one of my favorite books of all time, Gilead. (Official review coming soon.)

I debated about continuing the book club another year. I’m not always the most sober judge of my personal capacity. But if I learned anything from this past year, it’s that if I don’t have some kind of external motivation, I often don’t get around to those important-but-not-urgent things…like reading great books!

So for 2012, I’m hosting “The Year of the Biography.” I still haven’t decided how many books I’d like to tackle or even which ones. That’s where you come in…

I want you to help shape my 2012 Book Club!

These are the books currently at the top of my list:

The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom  

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas 

A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael by Elisabeth Elliot

But you get to influence the rest of the list! What are your favorite biographies? What biographies have you always meant to read, but never got around to reading? I’m pretty loose about what I consider a biography…and I’m happy to include autobiographies and memoirs. Simply submit your requests in the comments section below, before midnight CST on December 31.

For those of you who, like me, need a little advanced warning so you can borrow a copy of a book from a friend or the library, let’s go ahead and say we’ll tackle The Hiding Place in January.

I’ll post the rest of the final list and schedule for the year on (or near) January 1!