2008 in Books
My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to read 50 books that I have never read before this year. Or at least 50 books that I can't remember ever reading before.
Current Count: 59!
1. The Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir
2. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
3. Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII by David Starkey
4. The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
5. I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert
6. Therese Raquin by Emile Zola
7. The Dalai Lama: A Biography by Patricia Cronin Marcello
8. Serenity: Those Left Behind by Joss Whedon
9. A History of Violence by John Wagner
10. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Benedict Flynn
11. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
12. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
13. Come To Me: Stories by Amy Bloom
14. Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser
15. Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
16. A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You: Stories by Amy Bloom
17. Love Invents Us by Amy Bloom
18. Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey by Alison Weir
19. A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
20. Mike Nelson's Death Rat! by Mike Nelson
21. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
22. The Host by Stephenie Meyer
23. Spook by Mary Roach
24. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
25. Thursday Next: First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
26. Asylum by Patrick McGrath
27. No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
28. Border Wedding by Amanda Scott
29. The Last Lecture by Randy Pautsch
30. Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
31. The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
32. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
33. Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
34. Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
35. The Russian Concubine by Kate Furnivall
36. Mort by Terry Pratchett
37. Immortal: Love Stories With Bite edited by P.C. Cast
38. Pyramids by Terry Pratchett
39. Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
40. Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
41. All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
42. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
43. Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
44. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
45. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
46. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
47. From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
48. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
49. The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
50. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket
51. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket
52. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket
53. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket
54. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
55. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
56. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
57. Our Story Begins by Tobias Wolff
58. The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory
59. The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir
2007 in Books
Current Count: 59!
1. The Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir
2. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
3. Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII by David Starkey
4. The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
5. I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert
6. Therese Raquin by Emile Zola
7. The Dalai Lama: A Biography by Patricia Cronin Marcello
8. Serenity: Those Left Behind by Joss Whedon
9. A History of Violence by John Wagner
10. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Benedict Flynn
11. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind
12. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
13. Come To Me: Stories by Amy Bloom
14. Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser
15. Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
16. A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You: Stories by Amy Bloom
17. Love Invents Us by Amy Bloom
18. Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey by Alison Weir
19. A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
20. Mike Nelson's Death Rat! by Mike Nelson
21. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
22. The Host by Stephenie Meyer
23. Spook by Mary Roach
24. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
25. Thursday Next: First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
26. Asylum by Patrick McGrath
27. No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
28. Border Wedding by Amanda Scott
29. The Last Lecture by Randy Pautsch
30. Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
31. The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
32. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
33. Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
34. Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
35. The Russian Concubine by Kate Furnivall
36. Mort by Terry Pratchett
37. Immortal: Love Stories With Bite edited by P.C. Cast
38. Pyramids by Terry Pratchett
39. Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
40. Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
41. All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
42. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
43. Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
44. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
45. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
46. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
47. From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
48. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
49. The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
50. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket
51. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket
52. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket
53. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket
54. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
55. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
56. The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
57. Our Story Begins by Tobias Wolff
58. The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory
59. The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir
2007 in Books