- 100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson (children's)
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (YA)
- A Doll's House (Sandman, Vol. 2) by Neil Gaiman
- All Year Long by Kathleen W. Deady (picture book)
- The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman (audiobook; YA; re-read)
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman
- Bark, George by Jules Feiffer (picture book)
- Becky: The Life and Loves of Becky Thatcher by Lenore Hart
- Bella at Midnight by Diane Stanley (children's)
- Big Chickens Fly the Coop by Leslie Helakoski (picture book)
- Black Ships by Jo Graham
- Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman
- Bobbie Dazzler by Margaret Wild (picture book)
- The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
- The Braid by Helen Frost
- Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult (audiobook)
- Chicken Boy by Frances O'Roark Dowell (children's)
- The Crocodile Blues by Coleman Polhemus (picture book)
- Doctor Illuminatus: The Alchemist's Son by Martin Booth (audiobook; children's)
- Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon (audiobook)
- Dreamers of the Day: A Novel by Mary Doria Russell
- Fame Junkies by Jake Halpern (YA)
- The Field Guide (Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 1) by Holly Black and Tony diTerlizzi (children's)
- Firegirl by Tony Abbott (children's)
- The Ghost's Grave by Peg Kehret (children's)
- Gladiatrix by Russell Whitfield (technically, I finished this one in 2009, but I only had about 40 pages to go this morning and will count it as a 2008 read)
- The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman (audiobook; YA; re-read)
- Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz (children's)
- The Graveyard Box by Neil Gaiman (YA)
- Heart-shaped Box by Joe Hill
- How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff (audiobook; YA)
- Hubert Invents the Wheel by Claire and Monty Montgomery (children's)
- Icarus Girl by Helen Oyeyemi
- Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey by Alison Weir (audiobook)
- The Ironwood Tree (Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 4) by Holly Black and Tony diTerlizzi (children's)
- It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, and Sexual Health by Robie Harris (YA)
- Jazz on a Saturday Night by Leo & Diane Dillon (picture book)
- Julie & Julia by Julie Powell
- Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt (YA)
- The Killing Sea by Richard Lewis (YA)
- King Dork by Frank Portman (YA)
- Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo by Obert Skye (children's)
- Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (audiobook; YA)
- Life on the Refrigerator Door: Notes Between a Mother and Daughter, a novel by Alice Kuipers
- Little Bitty Mousie by Jim Aylesworth (picture book)
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- Look Out Jack! The Giant is Back by Tom Birdseye (picture book)
- Love Marriage: A Novel by V. V. Ganeshananthan
- Lucinda's Secret (Spiderwick Chronicle, Book 3) by Holly Black and Tony diTerlizzi (children's)
- Masterpiece by Elise Broach (children's)
- Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
- Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
- New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (YA)
- No Girls Allowed: Tales of Daring Women Dressed as Men for Love, Freedom and Adventure by Susan Hughes (children's)
- On the Road (Down Girl and Sit) by Lucy A. Nolan (children's)
- One Good Punch by Rich Wallace (YA)
- The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
- Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
- Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (children's)
- Pompeii: Lost and Found by Mary Pope Osborne (children's)
- Preludes and Nocturnes (Sandman, Vol. 1) by Neil Gaiman
- Previously by Allan Ahlberg (picture book)
- Prey by Lurlene McDaniel (YA)
- Princess Academy by Shannon Hale (children's)
- Punk Farm on Tour by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (picture book)
- Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity by Elaine Pagels
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- Roxie and the Hooligans by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (children's)
- Rules by Cynthia Lord (audiobook; children's)
- The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2) by Rick Riordan (children's)
- The Seeing Stone (Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 2) by Holly Black and Tony diTerlizzi (children's)
- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman
- The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore
- The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman (audiobook; YA)
- The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray (YA)
- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
- A Thousand Veils by D.J. Murphy
- Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson
- The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3) by Rick Riordan (children's)
- Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black (YA)
- The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari
- Truckers by Terry Pratchett (children's)
- Wait for Me by An Na (YA)
- Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
- Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata (children's)
- The Wrath of Mulgarath (Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 5) by Holly Black and Tony diTerlizzi (children's)
Breakdown - some cross-categorization:
25 children's chapter books
18 YA books
10 picture books
10 audiobooks
7 nonfiction
2 memoirs
1 comment:
Wow, you read some really good books this year! The Book of Lost Things was one of my favorites. I also really enjoyed The Mistress of the ARt of Death and Water for Elephants. Have a great 2009!
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