2009 Book List
Here's my list of books I have read and audiobooks I have heard in 2009. (Final edit)
( Here are my lists for 2007 and 2008)
A = Audiobook
B = Book
"All the Pretty Horses" Cormac McCarthy - A
"Galactic Pot-Healer" Philip K. Dick - A
"American Gods" Neil Gaiman - A (includes interview with author)
"The Nightly News" Jonathan Hickman - B
"Naked City" Weegee - B
"The Dangerous Alphabet" Neil Gaiman and Gris Grimly - B
"We the Living" Ayn Rand - A
"Blueberry Girl" Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess - B
"The Funny Thing Is..." Ellen DeGeneres - A
"Zombie Haiku" Ryan Mecum - B
"Humor on Wry" includes selections from "The World of James Thurber"; "You CAN Fool All of the People All the Time," Art Buchwald; and "Benchley's Best," Robert Benchley - A
"Into the Twilight, Endlessly Grousing" Patrick McManus - A
"Rant" Chuck Palahniuk - A
"The Gospel According to Judas, by Benjamin Iscariot" Jeffrey Archer and Francis J. Moloney - A
"Sherlock Holmes' Last Adventures" Arthur Conan Doyle - A (read by George Takei)
"Dragonsong" Anne McCaffrey - A
"Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes" (Sandman Library Vol. I) Neil Gaiman - B
"Sandman: Dream Country" (Sandman Library Vol. III) Neil Gaiman - B
"The Hotel New Hampshire" John Irving - A
"Stranger than Fiction" Chuck Palahniuk - B
"Acorna, The Unicorn Girl" Anne McCaffrey and Margaret Ball - A
"Starship Troopers" Robert Heinlein - B
"Eastside Indianapolis: A Brief History" Julie Young - B
"Sandman: The Doll's House" (Sandman Library Vol. II) Neil Gaiman - B
"Red Dragon" Thomas Harris - A
"Sandman: A Game of You" (Sandman Library Vol. V) Neil Gaiman - B
"Crazy Hair" Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean - B
"Sandman: Fables & Reflections" (Sandman Library Vol. VI) Neil Gaiman - B
"Hannibal" Thomas Harris - A
"Sandman: Brief Lives" (Sandman Library Vol. VII) Neil Gaiman - B
"Sandman: Worlds End" (Sandman Library Vol. VIII) Neil Gaiman - B
"The Book of Illusions" Paul Auster - A
"Sandman: Season of Mists" (Sandman Library Vol. IV) Neil Gaiman - B
"Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" Tom Robbins - A
*"The Hobbit" J.R.R. Tolkien - A (*BBC radio drama, so not technically an audiobook)
"Sandman: The Kindly Ones" (Sandman Library Vol. IX) Neil Gaiman - B
"The Last Lecture" Randy Pausch - B
"Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring" J.R.R. Tolkien - A
"The 1600 Killers: A wake-up call for Congress" Andy Jacobs Jr. - A
"Dracula" Bram Stoker - A
"Sandman: The Wake" (Sandman Library Vol. X) Neil Gaiman - B
"Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" J.R.R. Tolkien - A
"Three Doors to Death" Rex Stout - A
"Sandman: The Dream Hunters" Neil Gaiman - B
"Signal to Noise" (2007 edition) Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean - B
*"Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" J.R.R. Tolkien - A (*NPR adaptation)
"Stories and Songs of Middle Earth" written, read and sung by J.R.R. Tolkien, plus the "Silmarillion of Beren and Luthien" (by JRRT) read by Christopher Tolkien - A
"The Art of War" (with commentary) Sun Tsu - A
"The Looking Glass Wars" Frank Beddor - A/B
"Seeing Redd" Frank Beddor - A/B
"Hatter M" Vol. 1, Frank Beddor - B
( Here are my lists for 2007 and 2008)
A = Audiobook
B = Book
"All the Pretty Horses" Cormac McCarthy - A
"Galactic Pot-Healer" Philip K. Dick - A
"American Gods" Neil Gaiman - A (includes interview with author)
"The Nightly News" Jonathan Hickman - B
"Naked City" Weegee - B
"The Dangerous Alphabet" Neil Gaiman and Gris Grimly - B
"We the Living" Ayn Rand - A
"Blueberry Girl" Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess - B
"The Funny Thing Is..." Ellen DeGeneres - A
"Zombie Haiku" Ryan Mecum - B
"Humor on Wry" includes selections from "The World of James Thurber"; "You CAN Fool All of the People All the Time," Art Buchwald; and "Benchley's Best," Robert Benchley - A
"Into the Twilight, Endlessly Grousing" Patrick McManus - A
"Rant" Chuck Palahniuk - A
"The Gospel According to Judas, by Benjamin Iscariot" Jeffrey Archer and Francis J. Moloney - A
"Sherlock Holmes' Last Adventures" Arthur Conan Doyle - A (read by George Takei)
"Dragonsong" Anne McCaffrey - A
"Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes" (Sandman Library Vol. I) Neil Gaiman - B
"Sandman: Dream Country" (Sandman Library Vol. III) Neil Gaiman - B
"The Hotel New Hampshire" John Irving - A
"Stranger than Fiction" Chuck Palahniuk - B
"Acorna, The Unicorn Girl" Anne McCaffrey and Margaret Ball - A
"Starship Troopers" Robert Heinlein - B
"Eastside Indianapolis: A Brief History" Julie Young - B
"Sandman: The Doll's House" (Sandman Library Vol. II) Neil Gaiman - B
"Red Dragon" Thomas Harris - A
"Sandman: A Game of You" (Sandman Library Vol. V) Neil Gaiman - B
"Crazy Hair" Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean - B
"Sandman: Fables & Reflections" (Sandman Library Vol. VI) Neil Gaiman - B
"Hannibal" Thomas Harris - A
"Sandman: Brief Lives" (Sandman Library Vol. VII) Neil Gaiman - B
"Sandman: Worlds End" (Sandman Library Vol. VIII) Neil Gaiman - B
"The Book of Illusions" Paul Auster - A
"Sandman: Season of Mists" (Sandman Library Vol. IV) Neil Gaiman - B
"Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" Tom Robbins - A
*"The Hobbit" J.R.R. Tolkien - A (*BBC radio drama, so not technically an audiobook)
"Sandman: The Kindly Ones" (Sandman Library Vol. IX) Neil Gaiman - B
"The Last Lecture" Randy Pausch - B
"Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring" J.R.R. Tolkien - A
"The 1600 Killers: A wake-up call for Congress" Andy Jacobs Jr. - A
"Dracula" Bram Stoker - A
"Sandman: The Wake" (Sandman Library Vol. X) Neil Gaiman - B
"Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" J.R.R. Tolkien - A
"Three Doors to Death" Rex Stout - A
"Sandman: The Dream Hunters" Neil Gaiman - B
"Signal to Noise" (2007 edition) Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean - B
*"Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" J.R.R. Tolkien - A (*NPR adaptation)
"Stories and Songs of Middle Earth" written, read and sung by J.R.R. Tolkien, plus the "Silmarillion of Beren and Luthien" (by JRRT) read by Christopher Tolkien - A
"The Art of War" (with commentary) Sun Tsu - A
"The Looking Glass Wars" Frank Beddor - A/B
"Seeing Redd" Frank Beddor - A/B
"Hatter M" Vol. 1, Frank Beddor - B