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Jan 5, 2009 9:02:53 PM Archived Entry: "Books read, 2009"

Last year I continued to increase over previous years with 43 books under my belt, including the rest of In Search of Lost Time. This year I'm aiming for at least 50.

January
1. Shakespeare's Christmas - Charlaine Harris
2. Gridlock - Ben Elton
3. Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
February
4. An Ice Cold Grave - Charlaine Harris
5. Gulliver's Travels - Johnathan Swift
March
6. End of Mr. Y - Scarlett Thomas
7. Spook Country - William Gibson
8. Silent is the Grave - Deanna Raybourne
9. The Horns of Elfland - Ellen Kushner, ed.
10. The Scent of the Night - Antonio Camillieri
April
11. The Leopard - Giuseppe di Lampedusa
12. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith
13. Shakespeare's Counselor - Charlaine Harris
14. Skeleton in the Grass - Robert Barnard
15. PvP Volume 1: PvP at Large - Scott Kurtz
16. Rude Mechanicals - Kage Baker
May
17. The First Casualty - Ben Elton
18. Dead as a Doornail - Charlaine Harris
June
19. Islands in the Net - Bruce Sterling
20. Dancer's Rise - Jo Clayton
21. Alain de Botton - The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work
22. When you are engulfed in Flames - David Sedaris
23. The Whitby Witches - Robin Jarvis
24. Yum Yum Dim Sum (World Snacks) - Amy Wilson Sanger
July
25. Thursday Next: First Among Sequels - Jasper Fforde
26. Saturn's Children - Charles Stross
27. The Terracotta Dog - Andrea Camilleri
28. Tears of the Giraffe - Alexander McCall Smith
29. An Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennet
August
30. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
31. Chart Throb - Ben Elton
32. Moon Called - Patricia Briggs
33. The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse - Robert Rankin
34. The Ladies of Grace Adieu - Susanna Clarke
35. Morality for Beautiful Girls - Alexander McCall Smith
36. The Witches - Roald Dahl
September
37. The Kalahari Typing School for Men - Alexander McCall Smith
38. Definitely Dead - Charlaine Harris
October
39. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
40. The Full Cupboard of Life - Alexander McCall Smith
41. Black Man - Richard Morgan
December
42. Popco - Scarlett Thomas
43. Firebirds - an anthology
44. The Shape of Water - Antonio Camillieri
45. Johnathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels - Liz Bellamy ("Critical Studies of Key Texts")
46. All Together Dead - Charlaine Harris
47. Black Butterfly - Mark Gattis

"Only weak men fear able women" - Marion Boyars