...books read in 2008..

[papilleau]

So I read 60 books in 2008! I love my Metro commute! Here are my top ten favorites.

Where I started or read a whole series, I'll list the first of the books I read this year. =)

1. Airborn, Kenneth Oppel
2. The Shakespeare Stealer, Glary Blackwood
3. Once Upon a Time in the North, Philip Pullman
4. The True Meaning of Smekday, Adam Rex
5. Diplomatic Immunity, Lois McMaster Bujold
6. Little Brother, Cory Doctorow
7. The Valley-Westside War, Harry Turtledove
8. The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau
9. Mortal Engines, Philip Reeve
10. Madman's Dance, Jana G. Oliver


I will asterisk other titles I feel merit your attention!

11. Sunstorm, Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter
12. Life of Pi, Yann Martell
13. The Postman, David Brin
14. Cowboy Angels, Paul McAuley
15. Swiftly, Adam Roberts
16. There Will Never Be Another You, Carolyn See
17. The First Four Years, Laura Ingalls Wilder
18. The People of Sparks, Jeanne DuPrau *
19. Firstborn, Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter
20. The Dream Catcher, Monica Hughes
21. The Prophet of Yonwood, Jeanne DuPrau *
22. Till Human Voices Wake Us, Mark Budz
23. Weaver, Stephen Baxter
24. Skybreaker, Kenneth Oppel *
25. The Giver, Lois Lowry
26. The Patron Saint of Plagues, Barth Anderson

27. Gathering Blue, Lois Lowry
28. Messenger, Lois Lowry
29. Birmingham, 35 Miles, James Braziel
30. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling
31. The Seeing Stone, Kevin Crossley-Holland
32. In the Courts of the Crimson Kings, S.M. Stirling
33. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling
34. Flood, Stephen Baxter
35. The Stone Gods, Jeanette Winterson *
36. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling
37. Tigerheart, Peter David
38. Victory of Eagles, Naomi Novik
39. Valley of Day-Glo, Nick DiChario
40. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling
41. Mainspring, Jay Lake
42. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling

43. The Starry Rift, Jonathan Strahan, editor
44. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
45. The Diamond of Darkhold, Jeanne DuPrau *
46. Opening Atlantis, Harry Turtledove
47. Starclimber, Kenneth Oppel *
48. Shakespeare's Scribe, Gary Blackwood *
49. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling
50. The Quiet War, Paul McAuley
51. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
52. Daughters of the North, Sarah Hall
53. The Dark Is Rising, Susan Cooper
54. Without Warning, John Birmingham *
55. Briar Rose, Jane Yolen
56. The Other End of Time, Frederik Pohl
57. Hyperthought, M.M. Buckner
58. Shakespeare's Spy, Gary Blackwood *
59. The H-Bomb Girl, Stephen Baxter *
60. Escapement, Jay Lake