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(The first number is the total for the year and the last is the total for the month, NF stands for nonfiction)
January 2009
1/1         The Coffin Dancer             Jeffery Deaver                    1998
2/2         Great Son                             Edna Ferber                        1944
3/3         The Killer Angels Michael Shaara                        1978
4/4         Trust Fund                           Stephen Frey                     2001
5/5         The Zero Game                   Brad Meltzer                       2004
6/6         Daughter of the Game       Tracy Grant                         2002
7/7         De Marco Empire               J Lou McCartney               2008
8/8         Special Circumstances      Sheldon Siegel                    2000
February
9/1         Brandenburg                       Glenn Meade                       1997
10/2       Billy Strobe                          John Martel                         2001
11/3       Kiss & Tell                            Linda Howard                    1998
12/4       Deadlock                              Sara Paretsky                      1984
13/5       And Then You Die             Iris Johansen                      1998
March
14/1       Titan                                    Ron Chernow                      1998      NF
15/2       Night Sins                             Tami Hoag                          1995
16/3       A Cry in the Night               Mary Higgans Clark          1982
17/4       My Gal Sunday                  Mary Higgins Clark            1996
18/5       The Country of Pointed Firs Sarah Orne Jewett           1896
19/6       The American                     Andrew Britton                   2006
20/7       The Grand Inquisitor         Fydor Dostoevsky
April
21/1       The Killing Game                 Iris Johansen                     1999
22/2       White Hot                            Sandra Brown                    2004
23/3       Murder in Retrospect         Agatha Christie                 1942
24/4       American Gunfight            Stephen Hunter                 2005      NF
25/5       False Pretenses                    Catherine Coulter             2000
26/6       Cruel Doubt                         Joe McGinniss                   1991      NF
27/7       Partner in Crime                  J.A. Jance                            2002
28/8       Capote                                 Gerald Clarke                      1988      NF
29/9       The Godfather Returns     Mark Winegardner             2004
30/10    Precious Dust                      Paula Mitchell Marks        1994      NF
May
31/1       Patriots Dream                    Barbara Michaels                 1994
32/2       See Jane Run                       Joy Fielding                          1991
33/3       Shadow Account                Stephen Frey                      2005
34/4       Souvenir                               Margaret Truman                1956      NF
35/5       Make Them Cry                 Kevin O’Brien                     2002
36/6       Quentins                               Maeve Binchly                 2002
37/7       Potomac Fever                    Harry Horrock                   1999
38/8       Revenant                             Carolyn Haines                   2007
39/9       Remember Me                    Mary Higgins Clark            1994
40/10    The Traitor                           Stephen Coonts                  2006
41/11    The Hearts                           Judith Robinson                  1991      NF
42/12    The 16 Pleasures                 Robert Hellenga                  1991
June
43/1       How the Irish Saved Civilization     Thomas Cahill    1995      NF
44/2       The Last Hostage                               John J. Nance    1998
45/3       Unlucky in Law                  Perri O’Shaughnessy        2005
46/4       Prior Bad Acts                     Tami Hoag                         2006
47/5       Twanged                              Carol Higgins Clark          1998
48/6       Mary Wollstonecraft         Eleanor Flexner                1972      NF
49/7       The 13th Juror                      John Lescroart                  1994
50/8       The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane                 1895
July
51/1       Native Son                           Richard Wright                 1940
52/2       Killjoy                                   Julie Garwood                     2002
53/3       Old Goriot                            Honore de Balzac               1834
54/4       Whirlpool                             Elizabeth Lowell                 1995
55/5       The Lace Makers of Glenmara      Heather Barbieri    2009
August
56/1       Above the Law                   J.F. Freedman                      2000
57/2       A Faint Cold Fear               Karin Slaughter                  2003
58/3       Critical Mass                       Steve Martini                      1999
59/4       Total Recall                         Sara Paretsky                      2001
60/5       Term Limits                         Vince Flynn                         1997
61/6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allen Poe
62/7       The Octopus                        Frank Norris                       1901
63/8       Daniel X Watch the Skies James Patterson                 2009
64/9       Dead Men’s Boots             Mike Carey                         2009
65/10    I Know This Much is True Wally Lamb                        2008
66/11    The Castaways                   Elin Hilderbrand                 2009
September
67/1       Ravens                                 George Dawes Green          2009
68/2       Get Real                                Donald Westlake                2009
69/3       Try Fear                                James Scott Bell                 2009
70/4       Kill the Messenger              Tami Hoag                          2004
71/5       Remember Me, Irene         Jan Burke                             1996
72/6       Out of the Shadows           Kay Hooper                         2000
73/7       the syndrome                      John Case                            2001
74/8       Act One                                Moss Hart                           1960      NF
75/9       More Than Friends             Barbara Delinsky               1993
76/10    Mayflower                           Nathaniel Philbrick             2006      NF
77/11    Countdown                          Iris Johansen                       2005
October
78/1       The Bourne Betrayal         Van Lustbader                    2007
79/2       Personal Injuries                 Scott Turow                         1999
80/3       The Bourne Sanction         Van Lustbader                    2008
81/4       Lit: A Memoir                    Mary Karr                            2009      NF
82/5       Without Mercy                    Jack Higgins                        2005
83/6       Ambrose Bierce                 Roy Morris JR                     1995      NF
November
84/1       Midnight Fugue                   Reginald Hill                        2009
85/2       Death Message                   Mark Billingham                2009
86/3       The Best Plans                    Sydney Shelton                   1997
87/4       From Every End of This Earth         Steven Roberts    2009      NF
88/5       Dissolution                           C.J. Sansom                         2003
89/6       Pirate Latitudes                   Michael Crichton                2009
90/7       The Secret Man                  Bob Woodward                  2005      NF
91/8       The Happiness Project      Gretchen Rubin                   2009      NF
92/9       Fortune’s Daughter            Alice Hoffman                    1985
93/10    Isle of Dogs                          Patricia Cornwell                2002
94/11    Silent Night & All…            Mary Higgins Clark            2002
95/12    The Chatam School Affair  Thomas H. Cook                1996
96/13    If There Be Dragons          Kay Hooper                         1984
97/14    Symptoms of Withdrawal Christopher Lawford         2005      NF
98/15    Capital Crimes                    Stuart Woods                      2003
99/16    On Secret Service              John Jakes                           2001
100/17  I Heard That Song Before Mary Higgins Clark            2007
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By far, my favorite book this year was The Happiness Project by Gretchin Rubin. I usually stay away from anything that could be considered self help, but this one intrigued me and I am so glad that I read it. I haven't written a review yet because it comes out on December 29th, but you can learn more about it on her website.
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What tops the list of your favorites this year?
And before you say it, yes, I read a lot and probably have way too much free time. The thing is, even if I didn't I would make time for reading. Reading expands my knowledge of the world. It is a gift that we can all share together.
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Comments: 26
I bet your librarian loved you. As a Library Science grad myself, I know that it is the kids like you were that make it all possible.
WooHoo!
Now, which of these books was the worst one you've read this year?
I will be looking for your 100 newspaper articles list:) I am bad, the only time I really read the newspaper is on Sundays and that it the New York Times book review.
I'm on #63 for the year. My favorite read this year was Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See. It gives you a glimpse into what life was like for Chinese females from girlhood to old age, in a bygone century.
Borrowing from your list!