Sticky post: BOOK LIST - FIRST EDITION

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I like to read, y'all!

my read shelf:



* = reading currently
italics = re-read
strike-through = abandoned

Books I Read In 2009:

1. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama
   
2. The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama
   
3. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
   
4. Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions by Neil Gaiman
   
5. A Bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks
   
6. Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot by Al Franken
   
7. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
   
8. Doctor Who: The Doctor Trap by Simon Messingham
   
9. The Prestige by Christopher Priest
   
10. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
    
11. The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
    
12. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
    
13. Take The Cannoli: Stories from the New World by Sarah Vowell
    
14. Moab Is My Waspot by Stephen Fry
    
15. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
    
16. When You Are Engulfed In Flames by David Sedaris
    
17. Earthrise: How Man First Saw The Earth by Robert Poole
    
18. The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist by Neil deGrasse Tyson
    
19. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
    
20. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
    
21. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus Volume 1 by Joss Whedon (Author), Others (Author, Artist), Eric Powell (Author), Joe Bennett (Author)
    
22. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus Volume 2
    
23. Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore, Brian Bolland
    
24. Heroes: Volume One by Various, Tim Sale
    
25. Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 1 by Hiromu Arakawa
    
26. Batman: Year One Hundred by Paul Pope (Author), Jose Villarrubia (Colorist)
    
27. Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 2 by Jason Thompson (Editor), Hiromu Arakawa (Illustrator), Akira Watanabe (Translator)
    
28. Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 3 by Hiromu Arakawa
    
29. Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax" by Philip C. Plait
    
30. Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House, A: Humor, Blunders, and Other Oddities From the Presidential Campaign Trail by Charles Osgood
    
31. Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 4 by Hiromu Arakawa
    
32. Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 5 by Hiromu Arakawa
    
33. Supreme Courtship by Christopher Buckley
    
34. Serenity: Those Left Behind by Joss Whedon (Author), Will Conrad (Illustrator), Laura Martin (Illustrator)
    
35. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home (Season 8, Vol. 1) by Joss Whedon (Author), Georges Jeanty (Illustrator)
    
36. What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception by Scott McClellan
    
37. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow
    
38. More Information Than You Require by John Hodgman
    
39. Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters by Nancy Pelosi, Amy Hill Hearth
    
40. God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens
    
41. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance - Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! by Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith
    
42. Doctor Who: Beautiful Chaos by Gary Russell
    
43. The Assault On Reason by Al Gore
    
44. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
    
45. The Book Thief by Markus Zudsak
    
46. A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts by Andrew Chaikin
    
47. Rocketman: Astronaut Pete Conrad's Incredible Ride to the Moon and Beyond by Nancy Conrad and Howard A. Klausner
    
48. Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End... by Philip Plait, Ph.D.
    
49. One Giant Leap: Apollo 11 Remembered by Piers Bizony
    
50. Light This Candle: The Life and Times of Alan Shepard - America's First Spaceman by Neal Thompson
    
51. Apollo : An Eyewitness Account By Astronaut/Explorer Artist/Moonwalker Alan Bean by Alan Bean and Andrew Chaikin
    
52. The Last Man on the Moon: Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space by Eugene Cernan and Donald A. Davis
    
53. Renegade: The Making of a President by Richard Wolffe
    
54. Destination Moon: The Apollo Missions in the Astronauts' Own Words by Rod Pyle
    
55. John Glenn: A Memoir by John Glenn and Nick Taylor
    
56. Moonshot: Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon by Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, Jay Barbree, and Howard Benedict
    
57. Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race by David Scott and Alexei Leonov
    
58. Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon by Buzz Aldrin and Ken Abraham
    
59. Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth by Andrew Smith
    
60. "Live from Cape Canaveral": Covering the Space Race, from Sputnik to Today by Jay Barbree
    
61. Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut by Mike Mullane
    
62. High Calling: The Courageous Life and Faith of Space Shuttle Columbia Commander Rick Husband by Evelyn Husband and Donna VanLiere
    
63. Leap of Faith: An Astronaut's Journey into the Unknown by Gordon Cooper and Bruce Henderson
    
64. The Real Space Cowboys by Ed Buckbee and Wally Schirra
    
65. Sky Walking: An Astronaut's Memoir by Thomas D. Jones
    
66. For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey Of A Mercury Astronaut by Scott Carpenter and Kris Stoever
    
67. The Mercury 13: The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight by Martha Ackmann and Lynn Sherr
    
68. Countdown: An Autobiography by Frank Borman and Robert J. Serling
    
69. The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
    
70. Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon by Craig Nelson
    
71. Flight: My Life in Mission Control by Christopher Kraft
    
72. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
    
73. Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys by Michael Collins

Books I Read In 2008:

1. I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert
   
2. Heroes: Saving Charlie by Aury Wallington
   
3. The Princess Bride: S Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure by William Goldman
   
4. Sweet Jesus, I Hate Bill O'Reilly by Joseph Minton Amann, Tom Breuer
   
5. East, West by Salman Rushdie
   
6. The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks
   
7. Doctor Who: The Clockwise Man by Justin Richards
   
8. The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
   
9. The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
   
10. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
    
11. Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz
    
12. Don't Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Neil Gaiman
    
13. Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut
    
14. Emma by Jane Austen
    
15. Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries by Neil deGrasse Tyson
    
16. The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre by H.P. Lovecraft
    
17. The NewsBreaker: A Behind the Scenes Look at the News Media and Never Before Told Details about Some of the Decade's Biggest Stories by Larry Garrison
    
18. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
    
19. Of Love And Other Demons by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    
20. U2: An Irish Phenomenon by Visnja Cogan
    
21. Big Fish by Daniel Wallace
    
22. Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
    
23. Jaws by Peter Benchley
    
24. The Pearl by John Steinbeck
    
25. Dubliners by James Joyce
    
26. The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett
    
27. U2 By U2 by U2 and Neil McCormick
    
28. The Illustrated A Brief History Of Time by Stephen Hawking
    
29. U2: The Road To Pop by Carter Alan
    
30. U2 At The End of the World by Bill Flanagan
    
31. Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs
    
32. Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
    
33. Fair and Balanced, My Ass!: An Unbridled Look at the Bizarre Reality of Fox News by Joseph Minton Amann, Tom Breuer
    
34. Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
    
35. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
    
36. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
    
37. Saving Graces: Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers by Elizabeth Edwards
    
38. Bono: His Life, Music and Passions by Laura Jackson
    
39. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
    
40. The Mating Season by P.G. Wodehouse
    
41. At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
    
42. Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
    
43. It's Not News, It's Fark: How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap As News by Drew Curtis
    
44. Gossip Girl by Cecily Von Ziegesar
    
45. The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
    
46. Twilight Stephenie Meyer
    
47. The 10th Kingdom by Kathryn Wesley
    
48. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
    
49. Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett
    
50. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
    
51. Stargate Atlantis: Rising by Sally Malcolm
    
52. Truth and Consequences: Special Comments on the Bush Administration's War on American Values by Keith Olbermann
    
53. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
    
54. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
    
55. The BFG by Roald Dahl
    
56. Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke
    
57. Possible Side Effects by Augusten Burroughs
    
58. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson
    
59. One Train Later: A Memoir by Andy Summers
    
60. The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell
    
61. Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
    
62. The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs
    
63. Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
    
64. Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic by Terry Jones
    
65. Neuromancer by William Gibson
    
66. Peter Jennings: A Reporter's Life by Kate Darnton (Editor), Kayce Freed Jennings (Editor), Lynn Sherr (Editor)
    
67. The Colour Of Magic by Terry Pratchett
    
68. Fences by August Wilson
    
69. Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
    
70. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
    
71. Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Linsday
    
72. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Caroll
    
73. Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale
    
74. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
    
75. Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
    
76. The Dark Knight novelization by Dennis O'Neil
    
77. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
    
78. Batman: Year One by Frank Miller
    
79. News Flash: Journalism, Infotainment and the Bottom-Line Business of Broadcast News by Bonnie M. Anderson
    
80. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
    
81. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
    
82. The Gawker Guide to Conquering All Media by Gawker Media
    
83. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
    
84. The Bromeliad Trilogy: Truckers by Terry Pratchett
    
85. The Bromeliad Trilogy: Diggers by Terry Pratchett
    
86. The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley
    
87. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
    
88. Big Russ and Me: Father and Son: Lessons of Life by Tim Russert
    
89. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
    
90. Watchmen by Alan Moore, David Gibbons

Books I Read In 2007:

1. The Fellowship Of The Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
   
2. The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
   
3. The Return Of The King by J.R.R. Tolkien
   
4. Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
   
5. Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
   
6. My Pet Virus: The True Story of a Rebel Without a Cure by Shawn Decker
   
7. Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
   
8. Oh, the Things I Know! by Al Franken
   
9. News Junkie by Jason Leopold
   
10. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
    
11. Revenge: A Novel by Stephen Fry
    
12. Doctor Who: Winner Takes All by Jacqueline Rayner
    
13. Serenity novelization by Keith R.A. DeCandido
    
14. Finding Serenity: Anti-Heroes, Lost Shepherds and Space Hookers in Joss Whedon's Firefly edited by Glenn Yeffeth & Jane Espenson
    
15. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
    
16. Nothing's Sacred by Lewis Black
    
17. Gil's All Fright Diner by A. Lee Martinez
    
18. The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
    
19. How To Be Good by Nick Hornby
    
20. Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
    
21. An Underachiever's Diary by Benjamin Anastas
    
22. Soul Music by Terry Pratchett
    
23. Stardust by Neil Gaiman
    
24. 1984 by George Orwell
    
25. Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I've Learned by Alan Alda
    
26. Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans: The Best of McSweeney's Humor Category by Dave Eggers (editor)
    
27. Mirrormask by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
    
28. The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
    
29. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett
    
30. The Hipster Handbook by Robert Lanham
    
31. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
    
32. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
    
33. Naked by David Sedaris
    
34. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
    
35. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
    
36. Doctor Who: The Stone Rose by Jacqueline Rayner
    
37. Doctor Who: The Resurrection Casket by Justin Richards
    
38. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
    
39. Stargate SG-1: The Price You Pay by Ashley McConnell
    
40. Only Revolutions by Mark Z. Danielewski
    
41. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
    
42. The Ride of Our Lives by Mike Leonard
    
43. Housekeeping vs. the Dirt by Nick Hornby
    
44. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
    
45. Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas by Chuck Klosterman
    
46. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
    
47. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
    
48. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
    
49. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
    
50. Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman
    
51. About a Boy by Nick Hornby
    
52. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
    
53. A Walk To Remember by Nicholas Sparks
    
54. The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
    
55. Doctor Who: The Art Of Destruction by Stephen Cole
    
56. Red Dwarf: Better Than Life by Grant Naylor
    
57. Speaking With The Angel by Various, Nick Hornby (Editor)
    
58. The Liar by Stephen Fry
    
59. Goosebumps: Welcome to Dead House by R.L. Stine
    
60. Goosebumps: Stay Out of the Basement by R.L. Stine
    
61. Goosebumps: Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes by R.L. Stine
    
62. Goosebumps: The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena by R.L. Stine
    
63. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
    
64. The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
    
65. The Anthology at the End of the Universe: Leading Science Fiction Authors on Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Jacqueline Carey (Collaborator), Glenn Yeffeth (Editor)
    
66. Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
    
67. Goosebumps: Egg Monsters From Mars by R.L. Stine
    
68. Will the Vampire People Please Leave the Lobby? (True Adventures in Cult Fandom) by Allyson Beatrice
    
69. Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
    
70. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
    
71. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket
    
72. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket
    
73. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
    
74. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket
    
75. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
    
76. A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket
    
77. Doctor Who: The Nightmare of Black Island by Mike Tucker
    
78. Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman
    
79. A Series Of Unfortunate Events: The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket
    
80. True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
    
81. Doctor Who: The Price of Paradise by Colin Brake
    
82. A Man Without A Country by Kurt Vonnegut
    
83. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
    
84. Stargate Atlantis: Reliquary by Martha Wells
    
85. Red Dwarf: Last Human by Doug Naylor
    
86. Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams
    
87. The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman
    
88. Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
    
89. Stargate Atlantis: Entanglement by Martha Wells
    
90. Stargate Atlantis: Exogenesis by Sonny Whitelaw & Elizabeth Christensen
    
91. The Daily Show and Philosophy: Moments of Zen in the Art of Fake News by Jason Holt (editor)
92. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
    
93. Barrel Fever by David Sedaris
    
94. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
    
95. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
    
96. Blink-182: Tales from Beneath Your Mom by blink-182 and Anne Hoppus
    
97. The Giver by Lois Lowry
    
98. The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A. J. Jacobs
    
99. Naked Pictures of Famous People by Jon Stewart
    
100. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

Books I Read In 2006:

1. The Areas of My Expertise by John Hodgman
   
2. The Salmon Of Doubt by Douglas Adams
   
3. Science Fiction On Television by M. Keith Booker
   
4. This Book Will Change Your Life by Benrik
   
5. The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection From The Living Dead by Max Brooks
   
6. Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto by Chuck Klostermann
   
7. I Am Spock by Leonard Nimoy
   
8. Silent Bob Speaks: The Collected Writings Of Kevin Smith by Kevin Smith
   
9. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
   
10. Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters and Survival by Anderson Cooper
    
    
11. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
    
12. Through Time: An Unauthorised and Unofficial History of Doctor Who by Andrew Cartmel
    
13. Life With Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
    
14. The I Hate Republicans Reader: Why the GOP is Totally Wrong About Everything by Clint Willis (Editor)
    
15. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
    
16. The Words by Jean-Paul Sartre
    
17. Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism by Bob Edwards
    
18. How to Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips on Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellion by Daniel H. Wilson
    
19. Doctor Who: I Am A Dalek by Gareth Roberts
    
20. Wish You Were Here: The Official Biography of Douglas Adams by Nick Webb
    
21. Doctor Who: Feast Of The Drowned by Stephen Cole
    
22. Dancing Barefoot by Wil Wheaton
    
23. The Worst Person In The World: And 202 Strong Contenders by Keith Olbermann
    
24. Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers by Grant Naylor
    
25. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
    
26. The Long Dark Tea-Time Of The Soul by Douglas Adams
    
27. The Truth (with jokes) by Al Franken
    
28. Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things that Aren’t as Scary, Maybe, Depending on How You Feel About Lost Lands, Stray Cellphones, Creatures from the Sky, Parents Who Disappear in Peru, a Man Named Lars Farf, and One Other Story We Couldn’t Quite Finish, So Maybe You Could Help Us Out. by McSweeney's (various)
    
29. A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
    
30. Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
    
31. Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
    
32. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
    
33. Mort by Terry Pratchett
    
34. The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe by Stephen W. Hawking
    
35. Dharma Punx by Noah Levine
    
36. Doctor Who: The Monsters Inside by Stephen Cole

Books I Read In 2005:

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
   
2. The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe by Douglas Adams
   
3. Life, The Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
   
4. So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish by Douglas Adams
   
5. Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
   
6. 2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clarke
   
7. Unforgettable Fire: Past, Present, and Future--The Definitive Biography of U2 by Eamon Dunphy
   
8. Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way by Bruce Campbell
   
9. Existentialism and Human Emotions by Jean-Paul Sartre

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