Books read this year
28. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Douglas Adams
27. The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett
26. The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul - Douglas Adams
25. Reaper Man - Terry Pratchett
24. Babylon 5, The Passing of the Techno-Mages Book 3: Invoking Darkness - Jeanne Cavelos
23. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim - David Sedaris
22. Babylon 5, The Passing of the Techno-Mages Book 2: Summoning Light - Jeanne Cavelos
21. Babylon 5, The Passing of the Techno-Mages Book 1: Casting Shadows - Jeanne Cavelos
20. The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York - Deborah Blum
19. The New Doctor Who Adventures: Nightshade - Mark Gatiss
18. The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts - Maxine Hong Kingston
17. The American Way of Death Revisited - Jessica Mitford
16. The History of White People - Nell Irvin Painter
15. Doctor Who The New Adventures: Love and War - Paul Cornell
14. The Outlaws of Sherwood - Robin McKinley
13. God Grew Tired of Us: A Memoir - John Bul Dau and Michael S. Sweeney
12. Why Do Men Have Nipples: Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini - Mark Leyner, Billy Goldberg
11. Doctor Who The Missing Adventures: Cold Fusion - Lance Parkin
10. The Moral Underground: How Ordinary Americans Subvert an Unfair Economy - Lisa Dodson
9. Doctor Who The Missing Adventures: The Dark Path - David A. McIntee
8. When You Are Engulfed in Flames - David Sedaris
7. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
6. Doctor Who: The Roundheads - Mark Gatiss
5. Free: The Future of a Radical Price - Chris Anderson
4. Doctor Who: The Murder Game - Steve Lyons
3. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War - Max Brooks
2. Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book - Gerard Jones
1. Maus - Art Spiegelman
I think I liked the sequel better actually. I may be a bit too used to ordinary mystery novels to truly appreciate the parody that Adams does with this. I keep expecting to be able to figure out what is going on as though there would be some logic discernible to the reader, LOL.
27. The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett
26. The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul - Douglas Adams
25. Reaper Man - Terry Pratchett
24. Babylon 5, The Passing of the Techno-Mages Book 3: Invoking Darkness - Jeanne Cavelos
23. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim - David Sedaris
22. Babylon 5, The Passing of the Techno-Mages Book 2: Summoning Light - Jeanne Cavelos
21. Babylon 5, The Passing of the Techno-Mages Book 1: Casting Shadows - Jeanne Cavelos
20. The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York - Deborah Blum
19. The New Doctor Who Adventures: Nightshade - Mark Gatiss
18. The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts - Maxine Hong Kingston
17. The American Way of Death Revisited - Jessica Mitford
16. The History of White People - Nell Irvin Painter
15. Doctor Who The New Adventures: Love and War - Paul Cornell
14. The Outlaws of Sherwood - Robin McKinley
13. God Grew Tired of Us: A Memoir - John Bul Dau and Michael S. Sweeney
12. Why Do Men Have Nipples: Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini - Mark Leyner, Billy Goldberg
11. Doctor Who The Missing Adventures: Cold Fusion - Lance Parkin
10. The Moral Underground: How Ordinary Americans Subvert an Unfair Economy - Lisa Dodson
9. Doctor Who The Missing Adventures: The Dark Path - David A. McIntee
8. When You Are Engulfed in Flames - David Sedaris
7. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
6. Doctor Who: The Roundheads - Mark Gatiss
5. Free: The Future of a Radical Price - Chris Anderson
4. Doctor Who: The Murder Game - Steve Lyons
3. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War - Max Brooks
2. Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book - Gerard Jones
1. Maus - Art Spiegelman
I think I liked the sequel better actually. I may be a bit too used to ordinary mystery novels to truly appreciate the parody that Adams does with this. I keep expecting to be able to figure out what is going on as though there would be some logic discernible to the reader, LOL.