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12-26-08, 01:00 PM
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2008 Finished Reading Lists
In the interest of keeping this thread streamlined, please forgo reviews and art; rankings are fine (letter grades, stars, etc.).
Nonfiction Johnny Cash, Man in Black Alec Guinness, Blessings in Disguise David Halberstam, The Teammates Frank Loewen, Lies My Teacher Told Me Peter O'Toole, Loitering with Intent: The Child Herbert F. Solow & Robert Justman, Inside Star Trek: The Real Story Burt Ward, Boy Wonder: My Life in Tights Fiction Max Allan Collins, Dick Tracy Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars Frank Darabont, Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods (manuscript) Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice John le Carre, Call for the Dead John le Carre, A Murder of Quality John le Carre, The Spy Who Came In from the Cold Plato, The Republic (I count it as fiction because it's a fictionalized account of a group discussion) Gary Wolf, Who Censored Roger Rabbit? Graphic Novels/Trade Paperbacks Sharad Devarajan, Suresh Seetheraman & Jeevan J. Kang, Spider-Man: India Neil Gaiman & Andy Kubert, Marvel 1602 Stan Lee & Jack Kirby, The Essential Fantastic Four, Volume One Jeph Loeb & Jim Lee, Batman: Hush, Volume One Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume I Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely, All-Star Superman, Volume One Marjane Satrapi, The Complete Persepolis Jerry Siegel & Joe Schuster, Superman: The Archive Edition, Volume One Jeff Smith, Bone: Crown of Horns Jeff Smith, Bone: Eyes of the Storm Jeff Smith, Bone: Ghost Circles Jeff Smith, Bone: Old Man's Cave Jeff Smith, Bone: Out From Boneville Jeff Smith, Bone: Rock Jaw, Master of the Eastern Border Jeff Smith, Bone: The Dragonslayer Jeff Smith, Bone: The Great Cow Race Jeff Smith, Bone: Treasure Hunters Tom Sniegoski & Jeff Smith, Stupid, Stupid Rat Tails: The Adventures of Big Johnson Bone, Frontier Hero Art Spiegelman, Maus: My Father Bleeds History The Classic Tales Podcast by B.J. Harrison (audio recordings of classic works) Hans Christian Anderson, "A Little Match Girl" Anonymous, "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" Ambrose Bierce, "A Horseman in the Sky" Ambrose Bierce, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" Anthony Braithwaite, "The Perfect Fit" G.K. Chesterton, "The Blue Cross" Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Wilkie Collins, The Dream Woman Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness Richmal Crompton, "The Christmas Present" Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles F. Scott Fitzgerald, "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" Robert Frost, "Christmas Chain Letter on Christmas Trees" Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper" Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Birthmark" O. Henry, "Thanksgiving in New York" O. Henry, "The Purple Dress" Rudyard Kipling, "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" Jack London, "To Build a Fire" H.P. Lovecraft, "The Lurking Fear" H.P. Lovecraft, "The Music of Erich Zann" Guy de Maupassant, "Fear" Guy de Maupassant, "The Graveyard" E. Nesbit, "The Aunt and Amabel" Saki, "Reginald on Christmas Presents" Robert Louis Stevenson, "The Body Snatcher" Robert Louis Stevenson, "Christmas at Sea" Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Mark Twain, "The 1,000,000 Pound Bank Note" H.G. Wells, "The Red Room" Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost P.G. Wodehouse, "Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest" P.G. Wodehouse, "Leave It to Jeeves" P.G. Wodehouse, "The Man Upstairs" Heather Zundel, "The Cry of the Immortals" Last edited by MinLShaw; 12-29-08 at 08:48 PM. Reason: Added audio recordings from The Classic Tales Podcast |
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12-26-08, 10:31 PM
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Norman, The Design of Everyday Things
Feyman, QED Diamond, Guns, Germs & Steel Sagan, Contact Dawkins, The Selfish Gene Thompson, The Killer Inside Me Stephenson, The Diamond Age Plus a half dozen or so work related titles.
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12-27-08, 03:37 PM
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DVD Talk Gold Edition
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Northern Virginia
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There's still 4 days left in the year -- plenty of time to finish at least one more book.
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12-27-08, 03:39 PM
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DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Valley of Megiddo
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List is in my Sig.
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12-27-08, 07:28 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Cincinnati, OH
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Dawkins - The God Delusion
Wareham - Black Postcards Frey - The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams Weisman - The World Without Us Pollan - The Omnivore's Dilemma Tanis - A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes Rice - White Like Me Gladwell - Outliers Gilbert - The Disposable Male Obama - The Dreams of My Father Shirley - Can I Keep My Jersey? Corson - The Story of Sushi Moore - Watchmen Samura - Blade of the Immortal Volume #18: Sparrow Net Samura - Blade of the Immortal Volume 19: Badger Hole Perez - Club Dumas |
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12-28-08, 11:09 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Bowling Green, KY
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Kevin Murphy - A Year At The Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey
Wilbur Smith - The Sound Of Thunder Stephen King - Duma Key Christa Faust - Money Shot Colin Harrison - The Finder Robert McCammon - Swan Song Robert McCammon - Boy's Life Andre Dubus III - The Garden Of Last Days Joe R. Lansdale - The Bottoms William Gay - Twilight Wilbur Smith - A Sparrow Falls Robert McCammon - Speaks The Nightbird David Wroblewski - The Story Of Edgar Sawtelle Richard Aleas - Little Girl Lost Richard Aleas - Songs Of Innocence Charles Ardai - Fifty-To-One |
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12-28-08, 12:18 PM
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Martin- A Game of Thrones
Howard- Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (Conan Vol. 1) Moore- Watchmen |
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12-29-08, 07:47 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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Anne Rice - Interview With the Vampire
Anne Rice - Vampire Lestat Chelsea Cain - Sweetheart Chelsea Cain - Heartsick Christopher Pike - Season of Passage Clifford Chase - Winkie Dean Koontz - Your Heart Belongs to Me Dean Koontz - Door To December Dean Koontz - Odd Hours Dean Koontz - Tick Tock Dean Koontz - Twilight Eyes Diane Hoh - The Fever Harlan Coben - Hold Tight J. K. Rowling - Tales of the Beedle Bard Jeff Gleb (Editor) - Dark Delicacies 2 Jeff Rovin - Conversations with the Devil Jeffery Deaver - Bodies Left Behind John Sandford - Sudden Prey John Sandford - Mind Prey Jonathan Barnes - Somnambulist Jonathan Maberry - Ghost Road Blues Jonathan Maberry - Dead Man's Song Jonathan Maberry - Bad Moon Rising Lawrence Block - Lucky At Cards Michael Connelly - Trunk Music Michael Connelly - A Darkness More Than Night Michael Connelly - City of Bones Michael Connelly - Angel's Flight Michael Connelly - Blood Work Michael Connelly - Echo Park Michael Connelly - The Overlook Michael Connelly - Last Coyote Michael Connelly - Lost Light Michael Connelly - The Closers Michael Connelly - The Narrows Michael Connelly - Reapers Michael Connelly - Poet Natsuo Kirino - Real World Neil Gaiman - Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman - Stardust Partricia Highsmith - Talented Mr Ripley Peter Straub - Ghost Story Peter Straub (Editor) - Poe's Children Ramsay Caro - Absolution Richard Laymon - Traveling Vampire Show Roald Dahl - Kiss Kiss Robert McCammon - Mine Robert McCammon - Boy's Life Robert McCammon - Gone South Robert McCammon - Blue World Robert McCammon - Swan Song Robert McCammon - They Thirst Robert McCammon - Speaks the Nightbird Sarah Langan - Keeper Scott Smith - Simple Plan Stephanie Meyer - Twilight Stephen King - Dreamcatcher* Stephen King - Four Past Midnight Stephen King - Salem's Lot* Stephen King - Shining* Stephen King - Duma Key Stephen King - Carrie* Stephen King - Dolores Claiborne Stephen King - Just After Sunset Stieg Larsson - Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Thomas Tessier - Finishing Touches Yoko Ogawa - Diving Pool *Audio book
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12-30-08, 01:36 AM
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1) Einstein's Dreams, Alan Lightman
2) The Orchid Thief, Susan Orlean 3) The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Bronte 4) The Road to Perdition, Max Allan Collins 5) Nancy Drew: The Secret of the Old Clock, Carolyn Keene 6) Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict, Laurie Viera Rigler 7) Little Children, Tom Perrotta 8) High Fidelity, Nick Hornby 9) Twilight, Stephenie Meyer 10) New Moon, Stephenie Meyer 11) Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer 12) Vinegar Hill, A. Manette Ansay Plus too many EW's to count, which probably prevented me from reading more substantive stuff... Still trying to finish "Breaking Dawn" and not enjoying it at all. I don't want to bring it with me into 2009 so hopefully I'll finish it soon. |
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01-03-09, 03:18 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Arlington, MA, USA
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My 2008 Reading List
I post these up on my BLOG in early January. Here's my list:
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01-14-09, 01:35 AM
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Re: 2008 Finished Reading Lists
I started a lot more books than I finished:
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Housseini A Hero of Our Time, by Mikhail Lermontov Fathers and Sons, by Ivan Turgenev Child of God, by Cormac McCarthy The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, by Michael Chabon Franny and Zooey, by J.D. Salinger Outer Dark, by Cormac McCarthy Choke, by Chuck Palahniuk Player Piano, by Kurt Vonnegut |
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