This seems like a somewhat amusing activity to try. No time limit or goal or anything for me. I'm currently reading heretics of dune so I guess that will be the first book when I get round to finishing it.

1 -- heretics of dune

Hooray!

I think I enjoyed that one, although I found the first half very dull. Perhaps it will make more sense in the next book.

2 -- Trainspotting

3 -- World's Worst Historical Disasters

I got this one for Christmas from my parents. It was pretty interesting if a bit short as there was a full page picture every second page.

Also, I picked up all the original Robert Howard Conan stories so am pretty excited. I've been looking for them for six months or so.

4 -- Freakonomics

5 -- Neverwhere

6 -- american gods

7 -- american project: the rise and fall of the modern ghetto

It occurred to me that the library at school may be a good place to find books to read! So I borrowed this one as this one.

The author was responsible for part of the research in one of the better chapters in freakonomics. I didn't find this book quite as interesting and it was pretty repetitive. The book itself was sort of an oral history of some big housing development in America.

8 -- the end of poverty

9 -- making money

10 -- wikinomics

It's taken over 6 months to do ten, so I'll probably be finshed in 2 more years

11 -- magician

12 -- The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good

Good luck! :) I've got quite a few political books that I've bought and haven't finished, or even started--Freakonomics and End of Poverty being two of them. :) I think I buy them because I love the idea of them and I want to support the author, but don't necessarily want to read all the details. I have the End of Poverty on my 50-Book Challenge list that I just posted, though, so I'll try to remember to contact you again when I start reading it!
Bonnie

I would suggest reading The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good along with the end of poverty as they both offer opposing views on the same subject matter. 'End of poverty' is a very optimistic book whereas 'the white man's burden' is somewhat more pessimistic.

Sach also has a more recent book out in Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet which expands the ideas in 'end of poverty' to the environment.

13 -- catch-22

14 -- storm front

15 -- the difference engine

So, what did you think of The Difference Engine?
--BJ

16 - THE CONAN CHRONICLES VOLUME 1 - THE PEOPLE OF THE BLACK CIRCLE

On the difference engine: I found the world of the novel pretty interesting, sort of an information revolution in 1885 London, but it just wasn't that interesting to read. The first 3/4 or so were adequate however the final quarter just lost me. It would probably have worked better as three separate books or if it were longer or something. I did like that one of the main characters was a palaeontologist.

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Thanks for the info!
--BJ

17 - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: And Other Tales of Terror…

18 -- fool moon

A wizard who solves crime is the bestest idea for a series this week.

19 -- The Doom of Kings

20 -- Grave Peril

21 -- Motivated Money - You've Invested Well? Compared To What?

My parents got this for free and gave it to me. It's one of those useful books that tells you how do have lots of money today starting with lots of money 30 years ago, ie not very useful at all.

22 -- When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management

23 -- Reinventing functional finance: transformational growth and full employment

24 -- The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers

25 -- The call of the weird

Half way!!!!!!

16 -- the intelligent investor

27 -- free to choose

Market good, government bad. There, now you don't have to read the book.

Also I think that last one should be 26 not 16!

28 -- The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need

29 -- A random walk down wall street

30 -- confessions of an economic hit man

I have seen this book in just about every bookshop I've been in over the last couple of years, so borrowed it from the library. By far the worst on my list so far, a 250 page delusion of grandeur.

31 -- Stardust

Another Neil Gaiman, I think this was maybe my favorite of his so far.

32 -- the theory of the leisure class

33 -- the invisible hook: the hidden economics of pirates

Economics and Pirates! Together at last!