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I didn’t read as much as I would have liked in 2008, but hopefully 2009 will offer more opportunity. If anyone has suggestions for books to read next year, please leave a comment. I am always looking for new books!

Here is the list of everything I read this past year followed by the start of my reading list for 2009:

1. The Audacity of Hope – Barack Obama
2. Dracula – Bram Stoker
3. A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
4. Angels & Demons – Dan Brown
5. Deception Point – Dan Brown
6. Digital Fortress – Dan Brown
7. The Darkest Evening of the Year – Dean Koontz
8. Odd Hours – Dean Koontz
9. Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency – Douglas Adams
10. 1984 – George Orwell (at least my 4th reading…maybe 5th)
11. The Last Temptation of Christ – Nikos Kazantzakis
12. On The Road – Jack Kerouac
13. The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger (3rd reading)
14. The Lord of the Rings “Trilogy” – JRR Tolkien (I read this once per year. Not sure how many times I’ve read it though)
15. The Appeal – John Grisham
16. Playing for Pizza – John Grisham
17. Catch 22 – Joseph Heller (read this in HS once before)
18. Slaughter House V – Kurt Vonnegut
19. Cat’s Cradle – Kurt Vonnegut
20. A Series of Unfortunate Events (13 books) – Lemony Snicket
21. War and Peace – Leo Tolstoy (Read this in HS also)
22. His Dark Materials (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass) – Philip Pullman
23. The Dark Elf Trilogy (Homeland, Exile, and Sojourn) – R.A. Salvatore
24. The Icewind Dale Trilogy (The Crystal Shard, Streams of Silver, The Halfling’s Gem) – R.A. Salvatore
25. Watership Down – Richard Adams
26. The Ghost – Robert Harris
27. I Am America and So Can You – Stephen Colbert
28. Dark Tower Series (7 books) – Stephen King
29. The Stand – Stephen King

That’s a total of 55 books! It was a better year than I thought!!

And my starting list for 2009:

1. The Chronicle’s of Narnia – C.S. Lewis (I usually read this every few years. Not sure how many times I’ve already read this series)
2. Dragon Tears – Dean Koontz
3. Hitchhicker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams (read this every few years. Probably my 7th or 8th time)
4. Animal Farm – George Orwell (read in HS)
5. Lord of the Rings “Trilogy” – JRR Tolkien (Again)
6. The Hobitt – JRR Tolkien (I try to read this every year, but usually a few years in between)
7. The Silmarillion – JRR Tolkien (I try to read this every year, but usually a few years in between)
8. I’ll probably read a few Philip K. Dick books. I have all of them if anyone has any suggestions on good ones.
9. Bunch more R.A. Salvatore. I have all of his books so i’ll keep going where I left off.
10. I have a bunch of Roald Dahl books if anyone knows if they are good
11. Twilight Series – Stephanie Meyer
12. Harry Potter Series – J.K. Rowling (at least Half Blood Prince before the movie comes out)

Seriously though, if you have a book recommendation, leave it in a comment so I can add to my list.

                  

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