Reading Lists for 2009
A little belatedly, here are the books I read in 2009. I read the books on my first list mostly during my daily commutes. The second list is books Kendell and I took turns reading to each other at night and/or when on road trips, doing dishes, etc.
The personal reading list:
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, two volumes, Giorgio Vasari
Falling Off the Map: Some Lonely Places of the World, Pico Iyer
La Planète des singes, Pierre Boulle
Carpe Diem: Put a Little Latin in Your Life, Harry Mount
The Party, After You Left, cartoons, Roz Chast
Astérix Gladiateur, cartoons, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig, John Gimlette
Les Juifs à Cordoue (Xème - XIIème siècles), Jesús Peláez del Rosal (ed.)
Astérix et Cléopâtre, cartoons, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon
My Summer in Alaska, graphic novel, Corinne Mucha
Tōnoharu, graphic novel, Lars Martinson
Too Cool to Be Forgotten, graphic novel, Alex Robinson
A World Lit Only by Fire: the Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age, William Manchester
Explainers: The Complete Village Voice Strips, 1956 - 1966, cartoons, Jules Feiffer
The Innocents Abroad; or, The New Pilgrim's Progress, Mark Twain
Astérix et les Normands, cartoons, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge, David McCullough
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return, graphic novel, Marjane Satrapi
Flashman: From the Flashman Papers, 1839 - 1842, George MacDonald Fraser
The Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe
The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth, graphic novel, Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos H. Papadimitriou, et al.
Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why, Bart D. Ehrman
The Song of Roland, Anonymous
Treatise on Law (Summa Theologica, questions 90 - 97), St. Thomas Aquinas
The nightly reading list:
A Light in the Attic, Shel Silverstein
The Lives of Christopher Chant, Diana Wynne Jones
The Call of the Canyon, Zane Grey
The Egypt Game, Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Charmed Life, Diana Wynne Jones
Smilla's Sense of Snow, Peter Hoeg
Pride and Predjudice and Zombies, Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
The Book of Three, Lloyd Alexander
A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle
Centaur Aisle, Piers Anthony
Freaky Friday, Mary Rodgers
The Black Cauldron, Lloyd Alexander
The Gypsy Game, Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Dragonsdawn, Anne McCaffrey
The Castle of Llyr, Lloyd Alexander
Night Mare, Piers Anthony
A Wind in the Door, Madeline L'Engle
Below the Root, Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Royal Flash, George MacDonald Fraser
The personal reading list:
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, two volumes, Giorgio Vasari
Falling Off the Map: Some Lonely Places of the World, Pico Iyer
La Planète des singes, Pierre Boulle
Carpe Diem: Put a Little Latin in Your Life, Harry Mount
The Party, After You Left, cartoons, Roz Chast
Astérix Gladiateur, cartoons, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig, John Gimlette
Les Juifs à Cordoue (Xème - XIIème siècles), Jesús Peláez del Rosal (ed.)
Astérix et Cléopâtre, cartoons, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon
My Summer in Alaska, graphic novel, Corinne Mucha
Tōnoharu, graphic novel, Lars Martinson
Too Cool to Be Forgotten, graphic novel, Alex Robinson
A World Lit Only by Fire: the Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age, William Manchester
Explainers: The Complete Village Voice Strips, 1956 - 1966, cartoons, Jules Feiffer
The Innocents Abroad; or, The New Pilgrim's Progress, Mark Twain
Astérix et les Normands, cartoons, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge, David McCullough
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return, graphic novel, Marjane Satrapi
Flashman: From the Flashman Papers, 1839 - 1842, George MacDonald Fraser
The Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe
The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth, graphic novel, Apostolos Doxiadis, Christos H. Papadimitriou, et al.
Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why, Bart D. Ehrman
The Song of Roland, Anonymous
Treatise on Law (Summa Theologica, questions 90 - 97), St. Thomas Aquinas
The nightly reading list:
A Light in the Attic, Shel Silverstein
The Lives of Christopher Chant, Diana Wynne Jones
The Call of the Canyon, Zane Grey
The Egypt Game, Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Charmed Life, Diana Wynne Jones
Smilla's Sense of Snow, Peter Hoeg
Pride and Predjudice and Zombies, Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
The Book of Three, Lloyd Alexander
A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle
Centaur Aisle, Piers Anthony
Freaky Friday, Mary Rodgers
The Black Cauldron, Lloyd Alexander
The Gypsy Game, Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Dragonsdawn, Anne McCaffrey
The Castle of Llyr, Lloyd Alexander
Night Mare, Piers Anthony
A Wind in the Door, Madeline L'Engle
Below the Root, Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Royal Flash, George MacDonald Fraser