2008 Books read list
November
108. Queen Margot by Aleandre Dumas 6/10
107. There's A (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going To Hell by Laurie Notaro 8/10
106. The Kid Turned Out Fine edited by Paula Ford-Martin 6/10
105. I'm A Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson 8/10
104. Dry Storeroom No. 1 by Richard Fortey 7/10
103. Note From a Small Island by Bill Bryson 8/10
102. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 6/10
101.The Girl In The Swing by Richard Adams 5/10
100. Neither Here Nor There by Bill Bryson 8/10
October
99. The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson 8/10
98. The Book Of Animal Ignorance by John Lloyd & John Mitchinson 8/10
97. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky 6/10
96. She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb 7/10
95. The Falls by Joyce Carol Oates 4/10
94. A Home At The End Of The World by Michael Cunningham 6/10
93. Breakfast At Tiffany's by Truman Capote 7/10
92. Pilgrim by Timothy Findley 7/10
91. A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson 10/10
90. Drop City by T. C. Boyle 7/10
September
89. The Invention Of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick 8/10
88. Casanova by John Masters 6/10
87. The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy 7/10
86. Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood 6/10
85. War Of The Worlds by H. G. Wells 7/10
84.The Hitler Book: The Secret Dossier Prepared for Stalin from the Interrogations of Hitler's Personal Aides by Giles MacDonogh 6/10
83. Saturday by Ian McEwan 4/10
82. Amsterdam by Ian McEwan 6/10
81. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey 8/10
80. Summer by Edith Wharton 7/10
79. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 10/10
78. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 8/10
August
77. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 6/10
76. Eva's Cousin by Sibylle Knauss 6/10
75. A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry 7/10
74. Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 5/10
73. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 10/10
72. All Quiet On The Orient Express by Magnus Mills 6/10
71. Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee 7/10
70. Smilla's Sense Of Snow by Peter Hoeg 6/10
69. A Study In Scarlet by Sir Arthur Canon Doyle 6/10
68. Phantom Of The Opera by Gaston Leroux 8/10
67. Atonement by Ian McEwan 7/10
66. Sons And Lovers by D.H. Lawrence 5/10
65. The Book Of Ruth by Jane Hamilton 6/10
July
64. The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain 7/10
63. Come Back, Dr. Caligari by Donald Bartholme 4/10
62. Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 8/10
61. Magic For Beginners by Kelly Link 9/10
60. Why Your Life Sucks And What You Can Do About It by Alan H. Cohen 6/10
59. Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder 7/10
58. The Gardens of Kyoto by Kate Walbert 4/10
57. Liars And Saints by Maile Meloy 6/10
June
56. Wideacre by Philippa Gregory 8/10
55. The Pearl by John Steinbeck 7/10
54. The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve 5/10
53. Blood Sucking Fiends by Christopher Moore 8/10
52. Why Do Men Have Nipples? by Mark Leyner & Billy Goldberg 5/10
51. Songs In Ordinary Time by Mary McGarry Morris 5/10
50. Island of the Sequined Love Nun by Christopher Moore 5/10
49. Cries Unheard, Why Children Kill by Gitta Sereny 4/10
May
48. Coyote Blue by Christopher Moore 7/10
47. The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Album 4/10
46. The Monsters of Templeton by Laura Groff 6/10
45. I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb 6/10
44. The Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty 7/10
43. Memory by Philippe Grimbert 8/10
42. Open House by Elizabeth Berg 6/10
41. Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst 5/10
April
40.What I loved by Siri Hustvedt 6/10
39.On the Edge of the Woods by Diane Tyrrel 6/10
38.Don't Know Much About History by Kenneth C. Davis 8/10
37.Poplorica by Martin J. Smith and Patrick J. Kiger 7/10
36. A Million Little Pieces by James Frey 4/10
35.Jacob's Ladder, A Story of Virginia During the War by Donald McCaig 5/10
34.Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 6/10
33.In The Company of The Courtesan by Sarah Dunant 5/10
March
32.The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 7/10
31.The Woman In White by Wilkie Collins 8/10
30.The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs 8/10
29.Gentlemen & Players by Joanne Harris 8/10
28.Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips 7/10
27.Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani 7/10
26.Wonderland by Joyce Carol Oates 4/10
25.Holy Cow by Sarah Macdonald 6/10
24.To My Daughter in France by Barbara & Stephanie Keating 9/10
February
23.Broken For You by Stephanie Kallos 6/10
22.The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith 5/10
21.All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot 8//10
20.Windflower by Nick Bantock 6/10
19.Black Swan Green by David Mitchell 6/10
18.Inkspell by Cornelia Funke 7/10
17.Confessions Of A Deathmaiden by Ruth Francisco 5/10
16.The Lessons Of Terror by Caleb Carr 7/10
15.The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke 7/10
14.A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 6/10
13.The Worst Thing I've done by Ursula Hegi 5/10
12.No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy 6/10
January
11.Good Grief by Lolly Winston 8/10
10.Tales of Burning Love by Louise Erdrich 5/10
9.Sleep, Pale Sister by Joanne Harris 8/10
8. Captives of Time by Malcolm Bosse 5/10
7.The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama 8/10
6.On Beauty by Zadie Smith 6/10
5.Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin 8/10
4.Inkheart by Cornelia Funke 6/10
3.Lilith by George MacDonald 4/10
2.The Forest Lover by Susan Vreeland 6/10
1.White Teeth by Zadie Smith 6/10
Unfinished
Mrs. de Winter by Susan Hill ( Didn't care for it at all, gave up about 60 pages in)
We Were The Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates 4/10, I tried to finish this book but it was far to slow paced.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe, I went about 100 (mostly skimmed) pages in this one and put it aside.
108. Queen Margot by Aleandre Dumas 6/10
107. There's A (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going To Hell by Laurie Notaro 8/10
106. The Kid Turned Out Fine edited by Paula Ford-Martin 6/10
105. I'm A Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson 8/10
104. Dry Storeroom No. 1 by Richard Fortey 7/10
103. Note From a Small Island by Bill Bryson 8/10
102. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 6/10
101.The Girl In The Swing by Richard Adams 5/10
100. Neither Here Nor There by Bill Bryson 8/10
October
99. The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson 8/10
98. The Book Of Animal Ignorance by John Lloyd & John Mitchinson 8/10
97. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky 6/10
96. She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb 7/10
95. The Falls by Joyce Carol Oates 4/10
94. A Home At The End Of The World by Michael Cunningham 6/10
93. Breakfast At Tiffany's by Truman Capote 7/10
92. Pilgrim by Timothy Findley 7/10
91. A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson 10/10
90. Drop City by T. C. Boyle 7/10
September
89. The Invention Of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick 8/10
88. Casanova by John Masters 6/10
87. The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy 7/10
86. Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood 6/10
85. War Of The Worlds by H. G. Wells 7/10
84.The Hitler Book: The Secret Dossier Prepared for Stalin from the Interrogations of Hitler's Personal Aides by Giles MacDonogh 6/10
83. Saturday by Ian McEwan 4/10
82. Amsterdam by Ian McEwan 6/10
81. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey 8/10
80. Summer by Edith Wharton 7/10
79. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 10/10
78. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 8/10
August
77. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 6/10
76. Eva's Cousin by Sibylle Knauss 6/10
75. A Fine Balance – Rohinton Mistry 7/10
74. Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 5/10
73. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 10/10
72. All Quiet On The Orient Express by Magnus Mills 6/10
71. Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee 7/10
70. Smilla's Sense Of Snow by Peter Hoeg 6/10
69. A Study In Scarlet by Sir Arthur Canon Doyle 6/10
68. Phantom Of The Opera by Gaston Leroux 8/10
67. Atonement by Ian McEwan 7/10
66. Sons And Lovers by D.H. Lawrence 5/10
65. The Book Of Ruth by Jane Hamilton 6/10
July
64. The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain 7/10
63. Come Back, Dr. Caligari by Donald Bartholme 4/10
62. Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 8/10
61. Magic For Beginners by Kelly Link 9/10
60. Why Your Life Sucks And What You Can Do About It by Alan H. Cohen 6/10
59. Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder 7/10
58. The Gardens of Kyoto by Kate Walbert 4/10
57. Liars And Saints by Maile Meloy 6/10
June
56. Wideacre by Philippa Gregory 8/10
55. The Pearl by John Steinbeck 7/10
54. The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve 5/10
53. Blood Sucking Fiends by Christopher Moore 8/10
52. Why Do Men Have Nipples? by Mark Leyner & Billy Goldberg 5/10
51. Songs In Ordinary Time by Mary McGarry Morris 5/10
50. Island of the Sequined Love Nun by Christopher Moore 5/10
49. Cries Unheard, Why Children Kill by Gitta Sereny 4/10
May
48. Coyote Blue by Christopher Moore 7/10
47. The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Album 4/10
46. The Monsters of Templeton by Laura Groff 6/10
45. I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb 6/10
44. The Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty 7/10
43. Memory by Philippe Grimbert 8/10
42. Open House by Elizabeth Berg 6/10
41. Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst 5/10
April
40.What I loved by Siri Hustvedt 6/10
39.On the Edge of the Woods by Diane Tyrrel 6/10
38.Don't Know Much About History by Kenneth C. Davis 8/10
37.Poplorica by Martin J. Smith and Patrick J. Kiger 7/10
36. A Million Little Pieces by James Frey 4/10
35.Jacob's Ladder, A Story of Virginia During the War by Donald McCaig 5/10
34.Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 6/10
33.In The Company of The Courtesan by Sarah Dunant 5/10
March
32.The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 7/10
31.The Woman In White by Wilkie Collins 8/10
30.The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs 8/10
29.Gentlemen & Players by Joanne Harris 8/10
28.Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips 7/10
27.Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani 7/10
26.Wonderland by Joyce Carol Oates 4/10
25.Holy Cow by Sarah Macdonald 6/10
24.To My Daughter in France by Barbara & Stephanie Keating 9/10
February
23.Broken For You by Stephanie Kallos 6/10
22.The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith 5/10
21.All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot 8//10
20.Windflower by Nick Bantock 6/10
19.Black Swan Green by David Mitchell 6/10
18.Inkspell by Cornelia Funke 7/10
17.Confessions Of A Deathmaiden by Ruth Francisco 5/10
16.The Lessons Of Terror by Caleb Carr 7/10
15.The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke 7/10
14.A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 6/10
13.The Worst Thing I've done by Ursula Hegi 5/10
12.No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy 6/10
January
11.Good Grief by Lolly Winston 8/10
10.Tales of Burning Love by Louise Erdrich 5/10
9.Sleep, Pale Sister by Joanne Harris 8/10
8. Captives of Time by Malcolm Bosse 5/10
7.The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama 8/10
6.On Beauty by Zadie Smith 6/10
5.Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin 8/10
4.Inkheart by Cornelia Funke 6/10
3.Lilith by George MacDonald 4/10
2.The Forest Lover by Susan Vreeland 6/10
1.White Teeth by Zadie Smith 6/10
Unfinished
Mrs. de Winter by Susan Hill ( Didn't care for it at all, gave up about 60 pages in)
We Were The Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates 4/10, I tried to finish this book but it was far to slow paced.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe, I went about 100 (mostly skimmed) pages in this one and put it aside.
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