Saturday, January 03, 2009

Dave's 2008 booklist

Well, here it is, this year's list of all the books I read last year. As usual, the best ones are links, also, sometimes by book, sometimes by author.

Abdel-Fattah, Randa - Does My Head Look Big In This?
Aston, Elizabeth - The Darcy Connection
Austen, Jane - Persuasion
Baxter, Stephen - Vacuum Diagrams
Beaumont, Maria - 37
Belmond, C. A. - A Rather Lovely Inheritance
Berger, Thomas - Little Big Man
Bonasia, Lynn Kiele - Some Assembly Required
Bruen, Ken - Ammunition
Bunch, Chris - The Dog From Hell
Cambell, Alan - Iron Angel
Cambell, Alan - Scar Night
Carroll, Leslie - Choosing Sophie
Chiang, Doug + Card, Orson Scott - Robota
Cherryh, C. J. - Merchanter's Luck
Cohen, Tish - Town House
Coomer, Joe - A Pocketful of Names
Coupland, Douglas - Microserfs
Coupland, Douglas - The Gum Thief
Crane, Caprice - Forget About It
Crane, Caprice - Stupid and Contageous
Crusie, Jennifer + Mayer, Bob - Agnes and the Hitman
Elliott, Kate - Shadow Gate
Elliott, Kate - Spirit Gate
Gaiman, Neil - Anansi Boys
Galant, Debra - Fear and Yoga In New Jersey
Gedank, Danielle - Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him
Gerrold, David - The Man Who Folded Himself
Green, Simon R. - The Man With The Golden Torque
Haldeman, Joe - Old Twentieth
Haldeman, Joe - The Coming
Harris, Charlaine - Dead Until Dark
Helprin, Mark Freddy and Fredericka
Hine, Thomas - The Great Funk (NF)
Hodgell, P. C. - Dark of the Moon
Hodgell, P. C. - God Stalk
Hodgell, P. C. - Seeker's Mask
Hodgell, P. C. - To Ride a Rathorn
Hogan, James P. - Mission To Minerva
Hudler, Ad - All This Belongs To Me
Hudler, Ad - Southern Living
Jacobson, Howard - The Making of Henry
Jaffarian, Sue Ann - Curse of the Holy Pail
Jewell, Lisa - A Friend of the Family
Jewell, Lisa - One Hit Wonder
Jewell, Lisa - Ralph's Party
Jewell, Lisa - Roommates Wanted
Jewell, Lisa - Thirty-Nothing
Kinsella, Sophie - Remember Me?
Lehrer, Jim - Eureka
Lipman, Elinor - My Latest Grievance
Lutz, Lisa - Curse of the Spellmans
Lynn, Elizabeth A. - The Sardonyx Net
Marko, Merrill - Walking In Circles Before Lying Down
Martinez, A. Lee - The Automatic Detective
Mayle, Peter - A Good Year
Mayle, Peter - Chasing Cezanne
Mayle, Peter - Hotel Pastis
McCaffery, Anne - Dragonsinger
McCaffery, Anne - Dragonsong
McCall Smith, Alexander - Love Over Scotland
McDonald, Sandra - The Stars Down Under
Melko, Paul - Singularity's Ring
Merullo, Ronald - Breakfast With Buddha
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert - The Off Season
Nix, Garth - Superior Saturday
Park, Ed - Personal Days
Phillips, Marie - Gods Behaving Badly
Pratchett, Terry - Feet of Clay
Pratchett, Terry - Hogfather
Pratchett, Terry - Men At Arms
Pressfield, Steven - The Legend of Bagger Vance
Pretor-Pinney, Gavin - The Cloudspotters's Guide (NF)
Repcheck, Jack - Copernicus' Secret (NF)
Russo, Richard Paul - The Rosetta Codex
Sawyer, Robert J. - Flash Forward
Siegal, Nina - A Little Trouble With the Facts
Sterling, Bruce - Islands In The Net
Thompson, Kate - The New Policeman
Van Name, Mark L. - One Jump Ahead
Wallen, Amy - Moon Pies and Movie Stars
Williams, Sean - Saturn Returns
Willis, Connie - To Say Nothing of The Dog

As you can see, I didnt read much non-fiction this year [noted by a (NF)], or perhaps it would be better to say that I didnt finish much non-fiction this year. A few things not linked above include Lisa Lutz's book, which was good but you really need to read The Spellman Files first. Same for the Gaiman book, which was a sequal to American Gods. Both were terrific books, but both need another book to be read before you can fully enjoy them. Also, while the Kate Elliot books were good, I never should have read them because she's left series unfinished before, and I do not want to be left high and dry. Finally, the P. C. Hodgell books are great fun, but she's had a lot of trouble with publishers over the years (partially due to her own infrequent turnout), so give her (or her publisher) the financial encouragement they need to keep her books coming.


Previous Lists: 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004.

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