Books Read in '08

January (11 books, 3034 pages)

1. Dreamers of the Day by Mary Doria Russell (2008, 251 pp.)
2. The House at Riverton by Kate Morton (2008 in the U.S., 468 pp.)
3. The Cloud of Unknowing by Thomas H. Cook (2006, 311 pp.)
4. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (1963, 244 pp)
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling (1997, 320 pp)
6. Strangers by Taichi Yamada (1987 [2003 in U.S.], 203 pp.)
7. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (2003, 226 pp.)
8. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (1998, 341 pp.)
9. After Dark by Haruki Murakami (2004 [2007 in U.S.], 191 pp.)
10. Silence by Shusaku Endo (1966, 201 pages)
11. Independent People by Halldor Laxness (1934-35, 482 pp.)

February (7 books, 1319 pages)

12. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (1970, 206 pp.)
13. Life & Times of Michael K by J. M. Coetzee (1983, 184 pp.)
14. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! by Laura Amy Schlitz (2007, 81 pp.)
15. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (1968, 236 pp.)
16. Sitting Practice by Caroline Adderson (2003, 329 pp.)
17. Anthem by Ayn Rand (1938, 105 pp)
18. The Translator by Daoud Hari (2008, 178 pp.)

March (6 books, 1803 pages)

19. Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood (1988, 462 pp.)
20. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (1908, 369 pp.)
21. Embers by Sandor Marai (1942, 224 pp.)
22. Transformations by Anne Sexton (1971, 112 pp.)
23. The Only Road North by Erik Mirandette (2007, 300 pp.)
24. Winter Haven by Athol Dickson (2008, 336 pp.)

April (12 books, 2718 pages)

25. Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos (2008, 388 pp.)
26. The Sister by Poppy Adams (2008, 275 pp.)
27. Kanada by Eva Wiseman (2006, 241 pp.)
28. Kaddish for a Child not Born by Imre Kertesz (1990, 95 pp.)
29. Detective Story by Imre Kertesz (2008, 112 pp.)
30. The Mayor's Tongue by Nathaniel Rich (2008, 310 pp.)
31. The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway (2008, 231 pp.)
32. Beloved by Toni Morrison (1987, 275 pp.)
33. Maus I by Art Spiegelman (1986, 161 pp.)
34. Maus II by Art Spiegelman (1991, 127 pp.)
35. Keeper and Kid by Edward Hardy (2008, 294 pp.)
36. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (1958, 209 pp.)

May (13 books, 4457 pages)

37. The Forgery of Venus by Michael Gruber (2008, 318 pp.)
38. Silk by Alessandro Baricco (1996, 91 pp.)
39. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (2007, 203 pp.)
40. Snow by Maxence Fermine (1999, 100 pp)
41. The Castle by Franz Kafka (1926, 316 pp.)
42. The Gathering by Anne Enright (2007, 261 pp.)
43. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (1999, 435 pp.)
44. Blessings by Anna Quindlen (202, 226 pp.)
45. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (2000, 734 pp.)
46. American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (2006, 240 pp.)
47. The Arrival by Shaun Tan (2006, 128 pp.)
48. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (2007, 533 pp.)
49. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (2003, 896 pp.)

June (12 books, 3839 pages)

50. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (2005, 652 pp.)
51. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (2007, 759 pp.)
52. Daughters of the North by Sarah Hall (2008, 207 pp.)
53. The Road Past Altamont by Gabrielle Roy (1966, 146 pp.)
54. Life of Pi by Yann Martel (2001, 319 pp.)
55. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (2006, 350 pp.)
56. Jacob Two-Two's First Spy Case by Mordecai Richler (1995, 144 pp.)
57. Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (2008, 333 pp.)
58. Bear by Marian Engel (1976, 141 pp.)
59. The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood (2005, 198 pp.)
60. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier (1974, 263 pp.)
61. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (1955, 327 pp.)

July (8 books, 2122 pages)

62. The Undiscovered Country by Lin Enger (2008, 320 pp.)
63. The Bible Salesman by Clyde Edgerton (2008, 256 pp.)
64. The God of Animals by Aryn Kyle (2007, 336 pp.)
65. The Photograph by Penelope Lively (2003, 231 pp.)
66. What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn (2008 in the U.S., 256 pp.)
67. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (2003, 153 pp.)
68. Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi (2005, 192 pp.)
69. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (2003, 378 pp.)

August (5 books, 1380 pages)

70. Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner (1985, 184 pp.)
71. Quite a Year for Plums by Bailey White (1998, 220 pp.)
72. Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore (2008, 304 pp.)
73. Blankets by Craig Thompson (2003, 592 pp)
74. The Borden Tragedy by Rick Geary (1997, 80 pp.)

September (7 books, 1817 pages)

75. Children of Men by P.D. James (1992, 241 pp.)
76. Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) by Anne-Marie MacDonald (1990, 89 pp.)
77. Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories edited by Roald Dahl (1983, 235 pp.)
78. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson (2008, 480 pp.)
79. Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897, 400 pp.)
80. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (2008, 288 pp.)
81. Darkness Visible by William Styron (1990, 84 pp.)

October (18 books, 4182 pages)

82. The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry (2008, 300 pp.)
83. The Pigman by Paul Zindel (1968, 182 pp.)
84. The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer (2008, 195 pp.)
85. The Twits by Roald Dahl (1980, 96 pp.)
86. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (2008, 465 pp.)
87. Breath by Tim Winton (2008, 218 pp.)
88. Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen (2008, 240 pp.)
89. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (2008, 276 pp.)
90. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (2008, 320 pp.)
91. Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery (1909, 276 pp.)
92. Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery (1915, 239 pp.)
93. A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck (2000, 144 pp.)
94. The Pets by Bragi Olafsson (2008, 157 pp.)
95. Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (2007, 250 pp.)
96. Mudbound by Hillary Jordan (2008, 324 pp.)
97. Goldengrove by Francine Prose (2008, 288 pp.)
98. X-Kai by Asami Tohjoh (2006, 200 pp.)
99. Vampire Hunter D by Hideyuki Kikuchi (1983, 2005 for English translation, 268 pp.)

November (11 books, 2822 pages)

100. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (2001, 280 pp.)
101. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (a re-read) (1967, 156 pp.)
102. Sky Burial by Xinran (2005, 224 pp.)
103. Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman (1993, 140 pp.)
104. Purple HIbiscus by Adichie (2003, 307 pp.)
105. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (1985, 357 pp.)
106. Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman (2008, 288 pp.)
107. Somebody Else's Daughter by Elizabeth Brundage (2008, 352 pp.)
108. The Tomato Girl by Jayne Pupek (2008, 298 pp.)
109. Esther's Inheritance by Sandor Marai (2008 for the English translation, 148 pp.)
110. Netherland by Joseph O'Neill (2008, 272 pp.)

December (10 books, 2284 pages)

111. The Book of Murder by Guillermo Martinez (2008, 224 pp.)
112. Broccoli and Other Tales of Food and Love by Lara Vapnyar (2008, 148 pp.)
113. A Mercy by Toni Morrison (2008, 167 pp.)
114. Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card (2008, 384 pp.)
115. A Country Called Home by Kim Barnes (2008, 288 pp.)
116. Kristin Lavransdatter 2: The Wife by Sigrid Undset (1921, 401 pp.)
117. Sofia Petrovna by Lydia Chukovskaya (1967, 120 pp.)
118. A Certain Mr. Takahashi by Ann Ireland (1985, 206 pp.)
119. Zenzele by J. Nozipo Maraire (1996, 194 pp.)
120. Taras Bulba by Nikolai Gogol (1835, 152 pp.)

Year: 120 books, 31777 pages