2008 Book List
January
1. Look Me in the Eye: My Life With Asperger's (John Elder Robison)
2. Lottery (Patricia Wood)
3. When Santa Fell to Earth (Cornelia Funke)
4. The Classroom at the End of the Hall (Douglas Evans)
5. Lost & Found: A Novel (Carolyn Parkhurst)
6. A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
7. The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
8. Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
9. One Child (Torey L. Hayden)
February
10. Nine Months in August (Adriana Bourgoin)
11. Happiness Sold Separately (Lolly Winston)
12. On Chesil Beach (Ian McEwan)
13. Girls in Trouble (Caroline Leavitt)
14. Atonement (Ian McEwan)
15. The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963 (Christopher Paul Curtis)
16. A Dog Called Kitty (Bill Wallace)
March
17. Before I Wake (Robert Wiersema)
18. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
19. Bunnicula (James & Deborah Howe)
20. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia (Elizabeth Gilbert)
21. Remember Me? (Sophie Kinsella)
22. No Talking (Andrew Clements)
23. Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder (Ann Rule)
April
24. Whistling in the Dark (Lesley Kagen)
25. The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
26. Ten Ways to Make my Sister Disappear (Norma Fox Mazer)
27. Change of Heart (Jodi Picoult)
28. Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction (David Sheff)
29. Identical Strangers (Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein)
30. Swallow the Ocean (Laura Flynn)
31. Phineas L. MacGuire...Erupts (Frances O'Roarke Dowell)
May
32. Certain Girls (Jennifer Weiner)
33. Manic (Terri Cheney)
34. Something Rising (Light and Swift) (Haven Kimmel)
35. Oggie Cooder (Sarah Weeks)
36. The BFG (Roald Dahl)
37. The Art of Racing in the Rain (Garth Stein)
38. Phineas L. MacGuire Gets Slimed (Frances O'Roarke Dowell)
39. Hope's Boy: A Memoir (Andrew Bridge)
June
40. Forgive Me, Father: A True Story of a Priest, a Nun, and Brutal Murder (John Glatt)
41. The Woman Who Can't Forget: The Extraordinary Story of Living with the Most Remarkable Memory Known to Science--A Memoir (Jill Price)
42. In Search of Eden (Linda Nichols)
43. Things Hoped For (Andrew Clements)
July
44. The Tenth Circle (Jodi Picoult)
45. Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope (Don & Susie Van Ryn, Newell, Colleen, & Whitney Cerak, and Mark Tabb)
46. Amazing Grace (Danielle Steel)
47. Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines (Nic Sheff)
August
48. Chicken Soup for the Scrapbooker's Soul (Canfield, Hansen, Connors, Haas)
49. Audition (Barbara Walters)
50. Love the One You're With (Emily Giffin)
51. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (J.K. Rowling)
52. Lost and Found (Andrew Clements)
53. Come Back (Claire and Mia Fontaine)
September
54. The Dogs of Babel (Carolyn Parkhurst)
55. Chasing Harry Winston (Lauren Weisberger)
56. Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
57. Sidways Stories from Wayside School (Louis Sachar)
58. Deadly American Beauty (John Glatt)
59. The Shack (William P. Young)
October
60. New Moon (Stephenie Meyer)
61. The Lucky One (Nicholas Sparks)
62. Eclipse (Stephenie Meyer)
63. The Scariest Night (Betty Ren Wright)
November
64. The Willoughbys (Lois Lowry)
65. Here Lies the Librarian (Richard Peck)
66. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (David Wroblewski)
67. Belly Laughs (Jenny McCarthy)
68. The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield)
December
69. The Indian in the Cupboard (Lynne Reid Banks)
70. The Curse of the Campfire Weenies (David Lubar)
71. The Old Willis Place (Mary Downing Hahn)
72. Confessions from the Principal's Chair (Anna Myers)
73. Breaking Dawn (Stephenie Meyer)
1. Look Me in the Eye: My Life With Asperger's (John Elder Robison)
2. Lottery (Patricia Wood)
3. When Santa Fell to Earth (Cornelia Funke)
4. The Classroom at the End of the Hall (Douglas Evans)
5. Lost & Found: A Novel (Carolyn Parkhurst)
6. A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
7. The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
8. Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
9. One Child (Torey L. Hayden)
February
10. Nine Months in August (Adriana Bourgoin)
11. Happiness Sold Separately (Lolly Winston)
12. On Chesil Beach (Ian McEwan)
13. Girls in Trouble (Caroline Leavitt)
14. Atonement (Ian McEwan)
15. The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963 (Christopher Paul Curtis)
16. A Dog Called Kitty (Bill Wallace)
March
17. Before I Wake (Robert Wiersema)
18. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
19. Bunnicula (James & Deborah Howe)
20. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia (Elizabeth Gilbert)
21. Remember Me? (Sophie Kinsella)
22. No Talking (Andrew Clements)
23. Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder (Ann Rule)
April
24. Whistling in the Dark (Lesley Kagen)
25. The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
26. Ten Ways to Make my Sister Disappear (Norma Fox Mazer)
27. Change of Heart (Jodi Picoult)
28. Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction (David Sheff)
29. Identical Strangers (Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein)
30. Swallow the Ocean (Laura Flynn)
31. Phineas L. MacGuire...Erupts (Frances O'Roarke Dowell)
May
32. Certain Girls (Jennifer Weiner)
33. Manic (Terri Cheney)
34. Something Rising (Light and Swift) (Haven Kimmel)
35. Oggie Cooder (Sarah Weeks)
36. The BFG (Roald Dahl)
37. The Art of Racing in the Rain (Garth Stein)
38. Phineas L. MacGuire Gets Slimed (Frances O'Roarke Dowell)
39. Hope's Boy: A Memoir (Andrew Bridge)
June
40. Forgive Me, Father: A True Story of a Priest, a Nun, and Brutal Murder (John Glatt)
41. The Woman Who Can't Forget: The Extraordinary Story of Living with the Most Remarkable Memory Known to Science--A Memoir (Jill Price)
42. In Search of Eden (Linda Nichols)
43. Things Hoped For (Andrew Clements)
July
44. The Tenth Circle (Jodi Picoult)
45. Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope (Don & Susie Van Ryn, Newell, Colleen, & Whitney Cerak, and Mark Tabb)
46. Amazing Grace (Danielle Steel)
47. Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines (Nic Sheff)
August
48. Chicken Soup for the Scrapbooker's Soul (Canfield, Hansen, Connors, Haas)
49. Audition (Barbara Walters)
50. Love the One You're With (Emily Giffin)
51. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (J.K. Rowling)
52. Lost and Found (Andrew Clements)
53. Come Back (Claire and Mia Fontaine)
September
54. The Dogs of Babel (Carolyn Parkhurst)
55. Chasing Harry Winston (Lauren Weisberger)
56. Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
57. Sidways Stories from Wayside School (Louis Sachar)
58. Deadly American Beauty (John Glatt)
59. The Shack (William P. Young)
October
60. New Moon (Stephenie Meyer)
61. The Lucky One (Nicholas Sparks)
62. Eclipse (Stephenie Meyer)
63. The Scariest Night (Betty Ren Wright)
November
64. The Willoughbys (Lois Lowry)
65. Here Lies the Librarian (Richard Peck)
66. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (David Wroblewski)
67. Belly Laughs (Jenny McCarthy)
68. The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield)
December
69. The Indian in the Cupboard (Lynne Reid Banks)
70. The Curse of the Campfire Weenies (David Lubar)
71. The Old Willis Place (Mary Downing Hahn)
72. Confessions from the Principal's Chair (Anna Myers)
73. Breaking Dawn (Stephenie Meyer)