With 2009 now upon us, I think I can safely say I’ve finished with my 2008 reading. Here’s the list:
- 76. Snow Crash – Neal Stephenson
- 75. New Moon – Stephenie Meyer
- 74. Silver on the Tree – Susan Cooper
- 73. The Histories – Herodotus
- 72. The Grey King – Susan Cooper
- 71. Greenwitch – Susan Cooper
- 70. The Dark is Rising – Susan Cooper
- 69. On Writing – Stephen King
- 68. Abhorsen – Garth Nix
- 67. Clockwork – Philip Pullman
- 66. Dead Until Dark – Charlaine Harris
- 65. Kushiel’s Dart – Jacqueline Carey
- 64. The Fairy Godmother – Mercedes Lackey
- 63. Nocturnes – John Connolly
- 62. Page – Tamora Pierce
- 61. Chalice – Robin McKinley
- 60. Living Dead in Dallas – Charlaine Harris
- 59. Lirael – Garth Nix
- 58. Lord of Light – Roger Zelazny
- 57. Twilight – Stephenie Meyer
- 56. The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories – Susanna Clarke
- 55. Sabriel – Garth Nix
- 54. Touchmark – Mildred Lawrence
- 53. Blood and Chocolate – Annette Curtis Klause
- 52. Tam Lin – Pamela Dean
- 51. The Riddle – Alison Croggon
- 50. Coyote Blue – Christopher Moore
- 49. Austenland – Shannon Hale
- 48. Moonheart – Charles de Lint
- 47. First Test – Tamora Pierce
- 46. Cordelia Underwood – Van Reid
- 45. Terrier – Tamora Pierce
- 44. The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger
- 43. Inkheart – Cornelia Funke
- 42. American Gods – Neil Gaiman
- 41. The Alton Gift – Marion Zimmer Bradley/Deborah J. Ross
- 40. Odd and the Frost Giants – Neil Gaiman
- 39. Idylls of the King – Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- 38. The Museum of Kitschy Stitches – Stitchy McYarnpants
- 37. Howl’s Moving Castle – Dianne Wynne Jones
- 36. The Bestiary – Nicholas Christopher
- 35. Beginnings, Middles & Ends – Nancy Kress
- 34. The Sorceress and the Cygnet – Patricia A. McKillip
- 33. Polgara the Sorceress – David and Leigh Eddings
- 32. The Road – Cormac McCarthy
- 31. Skellig – David Almond
- 30. Dragonhaven – Robin McKinley
- 29. North by Northanger – Carrie Bebris
- 28. The Knitter’s Book of Yarn – Clara Parkes
- 27. The Naming – Alison Croggon
- 26. Pride and Prescience – Carrie Bebris
- 25. The Line Between – Peter S. Beagle
- 24. Belgarath the Sorcerer – David and Leigh Eddings
- 23. Anansi Boys – Neil Gaiman
- 22. The Seeress of Kell – David Eddings
- 21. Beast – Donna Jo Napoli
- 20. Sorceress of Darshiva – David Eddings
- 19. Food 2.0 Secrets from the Chef Who Fed Google – Charlies Ayers
- 18. Demon Lord of Karanda – David Eddings
- 17. The Thirteenth Tale – Diane Setterfield
- 16. The Goose Girl – Shannon Hale
- 15. King of the Murgos – David Eddings
- 14. Guardians of the West – David Eddings
- 13. Enchanter’s Endgame – David Eddings
- 12. Castle of Wizardry – David Eddings
- 11. Magician’s Gambit – David Eddings
- 10. Queen of Sorcery – David Eddings
- 9. Pawn of Prophecy – David Eddings
- 8. Eat Cake – Jeanne Ray
- 7. The Winter Oak – James Hetley
- 6. V for Vendetta – Alan Moore
- 5. In the Forest of the Night – Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
- 4. Sunshine – Robin McKinley
- 3. The Stolen Child – Keith Donohue
- 2. The World Without Us – Alan Weisman
- 1. The Diamond Age – Neal Stephenson
Seventy-six is a pretty respectable number, but I still want to reach 100. I think about the only way I could do that is to reread a few more books, and not read anything that takes any amount of time and concentration, and where would the fun in that be?
I did do a little more re-reading this year than I have in recent years (21 books), but about half of those were books I hadn’t read very recently, so it was fun to revisit them. It looks like I also did 33 challenge books (that includes some overlaps). I did manage to add some non-fiction in the list, but I think that’s definitely something I need to work on reading more of for this year, which is the closest to a reading resolution I’ll come to. I’ve learned I’m much happier if I keep the door open to interesting books that come my way and don’t limit myself to what I “have” to read.