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What Have You Read In 2009?

Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk
Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Mort by Terry Pratchett
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore
 
in the order I read them.

Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera book 5) by Jim Butcher
Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth (The Nightside book 6) by Simon R. Green
Hell to Pay (The Nightside book 7) by Simon R. Green
The Unnatural Inquirer (The Nightside book 8) by Simon R. Green
Just Another Judgement Day (The Nightside book 9) by Simon R. Green
The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J K Rowling
Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
Dexter by Design by Jeff Lindsay
Spike: After the Fall by Brian Lynch
Lord Loss (The Demonata book 1) by Darren Shan
Mean Streets (anthology)
Angel: After The Fall vol. 3
The Devil You Know (Felix Castor book 1) by Mike Carey
Star Trek: Mirror Universe book 2
Star Trek: New Frontier: Treason by Peter David
Turn Coat (The Dresden Files book11) by Jim Butcher
Star Trek: TNG: Q&A by KRAD
Star Trek: New Frontier: Double Time
A Kiss Before The Apocalypse (Remy Chandler book 1) by Thomas E. Sniegoski
Star Trek: TNG: Greater Than The Sum by Christopher L. Bennett
Dancing on the Head of a Pin (Remy Chandler book 2) Thomas E. Sniegoski
Death's Daughter by Amber Benson
The Dresden Files: Storm Front: The Gathering by Jim Butcher
Mort by Terry Pratchett
The Calling by David Mack
Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera book 1) by Jim Butcher
Angel: Aftermath vol.5
Academ's Fury (Codex Alera book 2) by Jim Butcher
Preacher: Gone To Texas by Garth Ennis
Cursor's Fury (Codex Alera book 3) by Jim Butcher
Buffy Season 8 Vol 5
Farscape: The Beginning of the End of the Beginning
Captain's Fury (Codex Alera book 4) by Jim Butcher
Princeps' Fury (Codex Alera book 5) by Jim Butcher (second time)
Star Trek: Countdown
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera book 6) by Jim Butcher

Ones I've started but not finished

Star Trek: DS9: Mission Gamma book 1
What Was Lost
Halfwit Nation
The Men Who Stare At Goats
The Strain
The Graveyard Book
Demon Thief (Demonata book 2)
 
I picked up another book at the library today: Gene Wolfe's The Book of The New Sun in two omnibus volumes, the first of which is Shadow And Claw. I think I might try and finish it before December 31, but if I don't that's okay.
 
Except for biographies I haven't kept a list of the non-fiction books I have read this year so my reading list is very much incomplete.

Fiction I have read

*Arctic Chill – Arnaldur Indridason
*The Cat Who Could Read Backwards – Lilian Jackson Braun
*The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern – Lilian Jackson Braun
*The Cat Who Turned On and Off – Lilian Jackson Braun
*Calling Out for You – Karin Fossum
*Iceland’s Bell – Halldor Laxness
*The Cat Who Saw Red – Lilian Jackson Braun
*The Cat who Played Brahms – Lilian Jackson Braun
*The Cat who Played Post Office – Lilian Jackson Braun
*The Camel Bookmobile – Masha Hamilton
*The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare - Lilian Jackson Braun
*The Cat Who Sniffed Glue ­- Lilian Jackson Braun
*The Cat Who Went Underground - Lilian Jackson Braun
*Through a Glass, Deadly – Sarah Atwell
*Don’t Look Back – Karin Fossum
*The Eagle Catcher – Margaret Coel
*Hypothermia – Arnaldur Indridason
*When the Devil Holds the Candle – Karin Fossum
*Dog On It - Spencer Quinn

Biographical

*Open Cage: The Ordeal of the Irian Jaya Hostages – Daniel Start
*Black Kettle: The Cheyenne Chief Who Sort Peace but Found War – Thom Hatch
*Halfbreed: The Remarkable True Story of George Bent – Caught Between the Worlds of the Indians and the White Man

I am currently reading

*Nemesis - Jo Nesbo
*Tell Them We Are Going Home: The Odyssey of the Northern Cheyenne - John H Monnett

I have been buying quite a few Cat Who books because my terminally ill mother loves them and she wants to read the entire collection before she dies. I have only read about 1/3 of the Cat Who books I have bought.

I am really starting to get into Scandanavian crime fiction (Arnaldur, Karin Fossum and now Jo Nesbo). Next year I plan to read the rest of the books by Fossum and Nesbo that have translated into English and also read Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell and Yrsa Sigurdadottir as well.

I will also like to read more novels by Halldor Laxness as I love stories that are set in Iceland and I thoroughly enjoyed Iceland's Bell.
 
My reads, those I can remember now:cool:

Fiction:
First Family David Baldacci
Seven Ancient Wonders Matthew Reilly
The Six Sacred Stones Matthew Reilly
Brimstone Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
The Cabinet of Curiosities Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
The Chancellor Manuscript Robert Ludlum

Fact:
A Woman in Berlin Anonymous
The Forgotten Soldier Guy Sajer
A Garden of Eden in Hell Melissa Muller
In the Frame:My Life in Words And Pictures Helen Mirren
Need to Know: UFOs, The Military Intelligence Timothy Good
My Story Marilyn Monroe
An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy Robert Dallek
Four Days in November Vincent Bugliosi
The Flying Book David Blatner
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity In Rwanda Roméo Dallaire
Legacy of Ashes: The History of The CIA Tim Weiner
Dreams from My Father Barack Obama
 
I wanted to boost the number of books I read in 2009, but ended up reading about 10 less than in 2008. Must do better in 2010!

Anyway, here are my '09 reads in the order I read them:

Neuromancer by William Gibson
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming
Moonraker by Ian Fleming
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
Public Enemies by Bryan Burrough
Tau Zero by Poul Anderson
Ubik by Philip K. Dick
 
Let's see:


Fiction:

"Imzadi" by Peter David
"Star Trek XI Novelization" by Alan Dean Foster
"The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck
"Darwin's Radio" by Greg Bear


Non-Fiction:

"The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins
"The Greatest Show on Earth" by Richard Dawkins
"The Devil's Chaplain" by Richard Dawkins
"Broca's Brain" by Carl Sagan
"The Universe in a Nutshell" by Stephen Hawking
"The Illustrated A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking


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