Books Read in 2009

Here's my list of reading from this year. Much smaller than last year. Without a baby/toddler to rock to sleep, my reading time dwindled. It was difficult to get book club books read.

Hmmm, favorite book this year? The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – J.K. Rowling
2. Midnight Sun (partial draft) – Stephenie Meyers
3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J. K. Rowling
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J. K. Rowling
5. The South Beach Diet – Arthur Agatston, M.D.
6. The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate – Gary Chapman
7. The Outsiders – S. E. Hinton
8. The 10 Greatest Gifts I Give My Children – Steven W. Vannoy
9. The Clerk’s Tale from The Canterbury Tales – Geoffrey Chaucer
10. The Tales of Beedle the Bard – J. K. Rowling
11. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency – Alexander McCall Smith
12. The Night Following – Morag Joss
13. Not Quite What I was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Famous and Obscure Writers – Edited by Smith Magazine
14. Alas, Babylon – Pat Frank
15. The Language of Sycamores – Lisa Wingate
16. Tending Roses – Lisa Wingate
17. Freakonomics – Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
18. The Girl Who Stopped Swimming – Joshilyn Jackson
19. One Thousand White Women – Jim Fergus
20. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane – Kate DiCamillo
21. The Last Lecture – Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow
22. 1984 – George Orwell
23. Anne of Green Gables – L. M. Montgomery
24. The History of Love – Nicole Krauss
25. The Things They Carried – Tim O’Brien
26. Rebecca – Daphne du Maurier
27. Cheaper by the Dozen – Frank Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
28. Three Cups of Tea – Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
29. Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen
30. The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
31. The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown
32. The Turn of the Screw – Henry James
33. Mercy – Jodi Picoult
34. The Book of Mormon


Partially Read
1. The Best Life Diet – Bob Greene
2. Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation – Cokie Roberts
3. The Rhythm of Life: Living Everyday with Passion and Purpose – Matthew Kelly
4. Cry, the Beloved Country – Alan Paton