31. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger ( Read more... )

21. Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban ( Read more... )

Human Events (the National Conservative Weekly) published a list of the Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries, with 20 additional "honorable mention" books.

Mark the ones you've read in bold.

The 10 most harmful
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Freidrich Engels)Mein Kampf (Adolf Hitler ( Read more... )

( 9 books, $20 )

14. Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America by Stephen G. Bloom ( Read more... )

#12 The Amulet of Samarkand (The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 1) by Jonathan Stroud
-surprisingly good young adult fantasy, working on book 2 right now.

#13 Why Read? by Mark Edmundson

( -This book contained some provocative (and at the same time common sense) ideas about what the purpose of reading should be/how literature should be taught on the college level. I'd particularly recommend this book for teachers at all levels. )

10. Latino USA: A Cartoon History by Ilan Stavans, Illustrated by Ialo Alcaraz (graphic novel)

11. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (audio book)

Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years by Sue Townsend (audio book)

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

( One of the most beautiful books I've read in awhile, it is at once both simple and complicated. It had to absorbed in small chunks. It gells well with a lot of what I've thinking about spirtuality and faith wise over the past year or so. )

4. The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
5. Lost In A Good Book by Jasper Fforde
6. Black Unicorn by Tanith Lee
7. Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman