2009 Book Roundup
Jan. 3rd, 2010 05:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellefliesThis is a bit belated since I intended to post it on the 1st. Being out of the country and working threw a wrench in that idea.
So I tend to read quite a bit. In 2008 I managed to read 57 books. I didn't hit nearly that number this year, topping out at 42, but the books I did read were a bit bigger and denser then last year so that makes up for it yes?
1. The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
2. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
3. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
4. What Evolution Is by Ernst Mayr
5. Un Lun Dun by China Mieville
6. Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design by Michael Shermer
7. Jane Austen: The Complete Novels by Jane Austen
8. I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Tucker Max
9. Under the Paw: Confessions of a Cat Man by Tom Cox
10. Horse: How the Horse Has Shaped Civilisations by J.Edward Chamberlin
11. The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes
12. Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
13. The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
14. Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
15. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
16. Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History by Stephen Jay Gould
17. Zamba: The True Story of the Greatest Lion That Ever Lived by Ralph Helfer
18. The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
19. Books That Changed the World by Robert B. Downs
20. Euripides: 10 Plays translated by Paul Roche
21. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan
22. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
23. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Written By Himself by Frederick Douglas
24. The Good Fairies of New York by Martin Millar
25. Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
26. A Fish Caught In Time by Samantha Weinberg
27. Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut
28. Monkey Girl: Evolution, Education, Religion, and the Battle for America's Soul by Edward Humes
29. Scientists Confront Creationism: Intelligent Design and Beyond by Laurie Godfrey & Andrew Petto
30. Farscape Forever!: Sex, Drugs and Killer Muppets by Glenn Yeffeth
31. Victory of Eagles: Temeraire Book 5 by Naomi Novik
32. The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges
33. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out by Richard P. Feynman
34. Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage by Sherry Sontag & Christopher Drew
35. Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
36. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
37. House to House: An Epic Memoir of War by David Bellavia
38. Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life by Stephen Jay Gould
39. The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle
40. Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach
41. D-Day June 6, 1944: The Climatic Battle of World War II by Stephen E. Ambrose
42. Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body by Jennifer Ackerman
So I tend to read quite a bit. In 2008 I managed to read 57 books. I didn't hit nearly that number this year, topping out at 42, but the books I did read were a bit bigger and denser then last year so that makes up for it yes?
1. The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
2. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
3. People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
4. What Evolution Is by Ernst Mayr
5. Un Lun Dun by China Mieville
6. Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design by Michael Shermer
7. Jane Austen: The Complete Novels by Jane Austen
8. I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Tucker Max
9. Under the Paw: Confessions of a Cat Man by Tom Cox
10. Horse: How the Horse Has Shaped Civilisations by J.Edward Chamberlin
11. The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes
12. Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
13. The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
14. Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
15. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
16. Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History by Stephen Jay Gould
17. Zamba: The True Story of the Greatest Lion That Ever Lived by Ralph Helfer
18. The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
19. Books That Changed the World by Robert B. Downs
20. Euripides: 10 Plays translated by Paul Roche
21. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan
22. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
23. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave Written By Himself by Frederick Douglas
24. The Good Fairies of New York by Martin Millar
25. Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
26. A Fish Caught In Time by Samantha Weinberg
27. Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut
28. Monkey Girl: Evolution, Education, Religion, and the Battle for America's Soul by Edward Humes
29. Scientists Confront Creationism: Intelligent Design and Beyond by Laurie Godfrey & Andrew Petto
30. Farscape Forever!: Sex, Drugs and Killer Muppets by Glenn Yeffeth
31. Victory of Eagles: Temeraire Book 5 by Naomi Novik
32. The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges
33. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out by Richard P. Feynman
34. Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage by Sherry Sontag & Christopher Drew
35. Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
36. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
37. House to House: An Epic Memoir of War by David Bellavia
38. Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life by Stephen Jay Gould
39. The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle
40. Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach
41. D-Day June 6, 1944: The Climatic Battle of World War II by Stephen E. Ambrose
42. Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body by Jennifer Ackerman
