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01-25-08, 11:25 AM
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Rank Them as You Read Them 2009
Stealing the below from Lateralus' 2007 thread.
This thread is different than the monthly "What are you reading" threads: 1.) Please no book images, keep the images confined to the "What are you reading threads." 2.) Keep your list in one post (edit!) and keep them in some sort of order. Use the below star ranking system if you like (easy way to get the images is to quote this post and copy/paste it out). 3.) When listing a book please use the full title of the book and name of the author. 4.) Write a brief review of the book and tell us why (or why not) you liked the book. 5.) If you like put a link to Amazon or Barnes and Noble to a book using the DVDtalk link. I know there are a wide range of books that are read by people here and I believe that we can introduce some new books to everybody. Have fun!           
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01-14-09, 08:44 AM
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Re: Rank Them as You Read Them 2009
1. Eyes Upside Down - P. Adams Sitney
2. If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him! - Sheldon B. Kopp 3. The Urban Hermit - Sam MacDonald 4. The Road - Cormac McCarthy 5. It's All Too Much - Peter Walsh 6. Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions - Dan Ariely Last edited by William Fuld; 11-19-09 at 05:37 PM. |
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01-14-09, 04:55 PM
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Re: Rank Them as You Read Them 2009
One of my goals for the new year is to read a lot more.
Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky Darkness At Noon, by Arthur Koestler The Bridge of San Luis Rey, by Thornton Wilder The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck Howards End, by EM Forster A Passage to India, by EM Forster Scoop, by Evelyn Waugh Atonement, by Ian McEwan The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Longest Journey, by EM Forster Mother Night, by Kurt Vonnegut The Naked and the Dead, by Norman Mailer Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen A Room with a View, by EM Forster Suttree, by Cormac McCarthy A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini Wise Blood, by Flannery O'Connor All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates Woman in the Dunes, by Kobo Abe The Penultimate Truth, by Philip K. Dick Where Angels Fear to Tread, by EM Forster Hard Times, by Charles Dickens Neuromancer, by William Gibson Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane Last edited by Sondheim; 06-24-09 at 07:57 PM. |
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01-15-09, 12:55 AM
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Re: Rank Them as You Read Them 2009
Finished:
The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman Entertaining read that reminded me of mystery theater on the radio when I was a kid. Probably ideal for a mid-teen reader, I just had to get it because it was Gaiman, he doesn't dumb things down and it was a solid read. 1984, by George Orwell My goal while re-re-reading this is to only refer to the Bush Administration once per chapter. It got to be too political science for me. Started becoming more of a text book than a narrative. The Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman Kinda went into more directions than could be pulled back together by the end. Now reading: Duma Key by Stephen King Last edited by Tsar Chasm; 02-22-09 at 01:05 PM. |
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01-23-09, 09:03 PM
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Re: Rank Them as You Read Them 2009
Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life by Jon Lee Anderson Columbine by Dave Cullen Uranium: War, Energy and the Rock That Shaped the World by Tom Zoellner Killing Rommel: A Novel by Steven Pressfield The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army by Paul Douglas Lockhart Boone: A Biography by Robert Morgan <======== Best book I have read in two years! The End of Food by Paul Roberts Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America by Eric Dolin The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles The Canal Builders: Making America's Empire at the Panama Canal by Julie Greene The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban by Sarah Chayes The Road by Cormac McCarthy Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester Cavalryman of the Lost Cause: A Biography of J. E. B. Stuart by Jeffry D. Wert They Called Him Stonewall by Burke Davis Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer by John Mack Faragher American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by Jon Meacham The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel by Diane Setterfield Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America by Walter R. Borneman Mayflower : A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Bighorn - the Last Great Battle of the American West by James Donovan The Day the World Ended at Little Bighorn: A Lakota History by Joseph M. Marshall III Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Jefferson the President: First Term, 1801-1805 by Dumas Malone Dinner at Mr. Jefferson's: Three Men, Five Great Wines, and the Evening that Changed America by Charles Cerami What Was Lost: A Novel by Catherine O'Flynn The Shack by William P. Young We the Living by Ayn Rand Samuel Adams: A Life by Ira Stoll Scorpion Down: Sunk by the Soviets, Buried by the Pentagon by Ed Offley The Crusades by Zoe Oldenbourg The Great Hurricane: 1938 by Cherie Burns Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt by Barbara Mertz GENGHIS KHAN: The Emperior of All Men By Harold Lamb The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America by David Hajdu America's Great Depression by Murray N. Rothbard Last edited by Lateralus; 08-24-09 at 08:52 PM. |
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02-01-09, 07:05 PM
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Re: Rank Them as You Read Them 2009
John's 2009 Book Rankings
 Dragons of Autumn Twilight - Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman 1/2The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1) - Rick Riordan Protect and Defend - Vince Flynn 1/21/2BOMB **Now Reading** Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3) - George R.R. Martin The Road - Cormac McCarthy Overall Rankings Awaiting Judgment The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction - Jon Stewart I Am America (And So Can You!) - Stephen Colbert Total Access: A Journey to the Center of the NFL Universe - Rich Eisen Einstein: His Life and Universe - Walter Isaacson Encyclopedia Brown Mystery Collection - Donald J. Sobol Two Minute Mysteries Collection - Donald J. Sobol John Adams: Party of One - James Grant A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex - Chris Jericho The Yiddish Policemen's Union - Michael Chabon Dragons of Winter Night - Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman Dragons of Spring Dawning - Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2) - Rick Riordan Under the Dome - Stephen King
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02-04-09, 12:11 PM
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Re: Rank Them as You Read Them 2009
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson Say You're One Of Them by Uwem Akpan The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson A Darkness More Than Night by Michael Connelly Lost Light by Michael Connelly Blood Work by Michael Connelly The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson Blink by Malcolm Gladwell Beetle The Bard by JK Rowling (Kids Book) Prayers For Rain by Dennis Lehane Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane A Game Of Thrones by George R.R. Martin Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith Casino Royale by Ian Fleming Moonraker by Ian Fleming American On Purpose by Craig Ferguson The Black Echo by Michael Connelly The Black Ice by Michael Connelly The Mist by Stephen King Cross Country by James Patterson Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly The Poet by Michael Connelly Night by Elie Wiesel If Chins Could Kill by Bruce Campbell The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga The Lost City of Z by David Grann Heat Wave by Richard Castle God Hates Us All by Hank Moody The Survivor's Club by Ben Sherwood Fool by Christopher Moore The Appeal by John Grisham Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs The Graveyard Books by Neil Gaiman Angels and Demons by Dan Brown Stiff by Mary Roach The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly Trunk Music by Michael Connelly Angels Flight by Michael Connelly The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly Gone Baby Gone by Dennis Lehane The Killing Floor by Lee Child Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson City Of Bones by Michael Connelly Dexter By Design by Jeff Lindsay 206 Bones by Kathy Reichs Lost Paradise by Kathy Marks Super Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Steve Dubner Playing for Pizza by John Grisham I Am America (And So Can You) by Stephen Colbert Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard Dispatches From The Edge by Anderson Cooper The 5th Horseman by James Patterson The 6th Target by James Patterson 7th Heaven by James Patterson The Invisible Man by HG Wells Run For Your Life by James Patterson The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F Scott Fitzgerald (short story) The 8th Confession by James Patterson The Catcher In The Rye by JD Salinger The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan Free Range Chickens by Simon Rich A Is For Alibi by Sue Grafton The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown The Colorado Kid by Stephen King Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame- Smith The Associate by John Grisham Maximum Bob by Elmore Leonard My Booky Wook by Russell Brand Bonk by Mary Roach Serial by Jack Kilborn Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming Venetian Betrayal by Steve Berry Deception Point by Dan Brown The Shack by Wm Paul Young Tishomingo Blues by Elmore Leonard Alex Cross's Trial by James Patterson Charlemagne Pursuit by Steve Berry Mr Paradise by Elmore Leonard Dexter In The Dark by Jeff Lindsay 4-3 Last edited by movieking; 11-19-09 at 10:17 AM. |
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02-21-09, 09:19 PM
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Re: Rank Them as You Read Them 2009
I don't really feel like ranking my books, I think I'll just keep track of what I'm reading. Maybe I'll rate them at the end of the year.
January Player of Games by Iain M. Banks Anubis Gate by Tim Powers Software by Rudy Rucker February The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole World War Z by Max Brooks March The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold The Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold April To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Phillip José Farmer Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Now Reading: Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
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02-22-09, 11:33 AM
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Re: Rank Them as You Read Them 2009
The Poet by Michael Connelly The Silver Bear by Derek Haas The Hunter by Richard Stark The Outfit by Richard Stark Blood Work by Michael Connelly Dead I Well May Be by Adrian McKinty Void Moon by Michael Connelly The Cutie by Donald Westlake The Max by Ken Bruen and Jason Starr Trunk Music by Michael Connelly Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell The Man With the Getaway Face by Richard Stark Rain Storm by Barry Eisler The Cold Spot by Tom Piccirilli Angels Flight by Michael Connelly Runner by Thomas Perry Hit and Run by Lawrence Block Rain Fall by Barry Eisler Hard Rain by Barry Eisler A Darkness More than Night by Michael Connelly The First Quarry by Max Allan Collins Loser's Town by Daniel Depp Killing Castro by Lawrence Block Fifty-to-One by Charles Ardai The Dead Yard by Adrian McKinty Killer Year [edited by] Lee Child Island by Thomas Perry One Night Stands and Lost Weekends by Lawrence Block From a Buick 8 by Stephen King The Manual of Detection by Jebediah Berry Dead Man's Brother by Roger Zelazny
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03-07-09, 01:08 PM
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03-14-09, 04:06 PM
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Re: Rank Them as You Read Them 2009
Dreams from My Father Obama
The Sun Also Rises Hemingway The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Le Carre The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Spark Accelerando Stross Armor Steakley Death Comes for the Archbishop Cather More Than Human Sturgeon The Moviegoer Percy Pompeii Harris A Canticle for Leibowitz Miller Red Harvest Hammett Failure Is Not an Option Kranz The Handmaid's Tale Atwood Money: A Suicide Note Amis Startide Rising Brin
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03-17-09, 03:56 PM
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Re: Rank Them as You Read Them 2009
I tried to keep up in the 2008 thread, but going back to school for my MBA really killed my free time in the second half of the year, both for reading and for keeping track of what I'd read. I'm going to try to do better this year.
Watchmen - Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons Let the Right One In - Lina Leandersson The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, and Lynn Varley Jingo - Terry Pratchett The Strain - Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan Summer Knight - Jim Butcher Death Masks - Jim Butcher Small Favor - Jim Butcher Turn Coat - Jim Butcher Cursor's Fury - Jim Butcher Captain's Fury - Jim Butcher The Traveling Vampire Show - Richard Laymon Men at Arms - Terry Pratchett Feet of Clay - Terry Pratchett Maskerade - Terry Pratchett The Last Continent - Terry Pratchett Storm Front - Jim Butcher Fool Moon - Jim Butcher Grave Peril - Jim Butcher Dead Beat - Jim Butcher Proven Guilty - Jim Butcher White Knight - Jim Butcher Furies of Calderon - Jim Butcher The Crossing - Cormac McCarthy Snuff - Chuck Palahniuk Academ's Fury - Jim Butcher Under the Dome - Stephen King City of the Dead - Brian Keene Blood Rites - Jim Butcher Marvel 1602 - Neil Gaiman & Andy Kubert The Girl Next Door - Jack Ketchum Soul Music - Terry Pratchett Interesting Times - Terry Pratchett Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris Living Dead in Dallas - Charlaine Harris Crisis on Infinite Earths - Marv Wolfman & George Perez Club Dead - Charlaine Harris Dead to the World - Charlaine Harris Dead as a Doornail - Charlaine Harris
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Why Evolution is True - Jerry Coyne Watchmen - Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons Outliers - Malcom Gladwell Traffic, Why we Drive The Way We Drive - Tom Vanderbilt
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Re: Rank Them as You Read Them 2009
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Reminds me to start reading again. Will throw my next book read into this post.
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Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell Macrophemonal Basketball Almanac by FreeDarko Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the Worlds Problems by Michael Strong The End of Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs Molecular Gastronomy by Herve This Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't by Jim Collins Rock, Paper, Scissors: Game Theory in Everyday Life by Len Fisher In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan Beyond the Sky and Moon by Jaimie Zeppa 7 Seconds Or Less by Jack McCallum A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July Pistol: The Life of Pete Maravich by Mark Kriegel Born on a Blue Day by David Tammett Summerland by Michael Chabon Last edited by tofu; 07-19-09 at 10:31 AM. |
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