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Books Read in 2008

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by Stephen King

7,974 members

248 reviews

3.9

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

2

The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger

39,155 members

1,256 reviews

4.1

3 Members: dara85, sturlington, ahef1963

3

Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space (and the Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds)

3,445 members

28 reviews

3.8

2 Members: aethercowboy, focas

4

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

49,707 members

671 reviews

3.9

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

5

by Carolyn Jessop

1,718 members

107 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

6

38,379 members

1,556 reviews

4.2

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

7

Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders

9,608 members

223 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

8

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

42,766 members

683 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

9

The Blind Assassin

by Margaret Atwood

16,235 members

378 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

10

14,729 members

197 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

11

A Thousand Acres

6,013 members

136 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

12

The Little Prince

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

42,646 members

739 reviews

4.2

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

13

by Kristin Hannah

4,440 members

320 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

14

Thirteen ways of looking at the novel

871 members

23 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

15

Apartment in Athens

by Glenway Wescott

263 members

5 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

16

by Richard Johnsonbaugh

25 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: aethercowboy

17

Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs

1,151 members

64 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

18

The Lovely Bones

by Alice Sebold

34,988 members

933 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

19

The Laughing Policeman

by Maj Sjöwall

1,788 members

64 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

20

The Tenth Circle

by Jodi Picoult

6,450 members

144 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

21

by Margaret Atwood

16,662 members

523 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

22

11,047 members

367 reviews

4

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

23

Five Little Peppers and How They Grew

by Margaret Sidney

3,677 members

43 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

24

Summer of My German Soldier

by Bette Greene

2,934 members

49 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

25

by George Orwell

57,845 members

850 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

26

by Daphne Du Maurier

19,806 members

587 reviews

4.2

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

27

The Shipping News

by E. Annie Proulx

13,246 members

248 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

28

The Wide Window

by Lemony Snicket

12,986 members

132 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: aethercowboy

29

by Karin Slaughter

2,794 members

90 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

30

Heart of the Comet

by Gregory Benford

1,176 members

7 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: sturlington

31

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time

by Greg Mortenson

12,691 members

493 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

32

Orlando: A Biography

by Virginia Woolf

10,203 members

165 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

33

Soon I Will Be Invincible

by Austin Grossman

1,911 members

117 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

34

Marvel 1602: Fantastick Four

90 members

4 reviews

3.1

Member: aethercowboy

35

by Kim Stanley Robinson

8,038 members

170 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

36

by Isaac Asimov

1,690 members

25 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

37

100 Selected Stories

438 members

2 reviews

3.8

Member: aethercowboy

38

The Catcher in the Rye

by J. D. Salinger

67,637 members

1,063 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

39

by Terry Pratchett

10,930 members

152 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

40

by Gwyn Hyman Rubio

2,524 members

31 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: dara85

41

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 2008, Vol. 114, No. 2

by Gordon Van Gelder

17 members

½ 3.6

Member: aethercowboy

42

by Charlotte Brontë

56,846 members

892 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

43

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

12,872 members

474 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

44

by Gillian Flynn

9,257 members

519 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

45

Hannibal Rising

by Thomas Harris

4,377 members

87 reviews

3.2

Member: sturlington

46

2600: The Hacker Quarterly, Winter 2007-2008

by Emmanuel Goldstein

3 members

½ 3.5

Member: aethercowboy

47

Just After Sunset

by Stephen King

5,188 members

132 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

48

by Douglas Coupland

4,858 members

63 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

49

The Best American Short Stories 2007

by Stephen King

814 members

13 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

50

by John DeChancie

277 members

1 review

½ 3.3

Member: aethercowboy

51

Internal Combustion: The Story of a Marriage and a Murder in the Motor City

by Joyce Maynard

64 members

3 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

52

by Michael Connelly

5,115 members

110 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

53

Bone: One Volume Edition

2,655 members

51 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

54

Roc and a Hard Place

by Piers Anthony

1,143 members

4 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: aethercowboy

55

Last Night at the Lobster

by Stewart O'Nan

1,342 members

122 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

56

by Andrew Gross

884 members

40 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

57

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 2008, Vol. 114, No. 3

by Gordon Van Gelder

17 members

1 review

½ 3.7

Member: aethercowboy

58

Heart-Shaped Box

6,534 members

363 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

59

3,899 members

51 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

60

by Diana Wynne Jones

1,689 members

43 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

61

Discover Biology

by Michael L. Cain

40 members

3

Member: aethercowboy

62

by Piers Anthony

1,020 members

5 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: aethercowboy

63

The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy

by Stewart O'Nan

578 members

26 reviews

4

Member: dara85

64

by Stephen King

9,549 members

115 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

65

Morning and Evening: A New Edition of the Classic Devotional Based on The Holy Bible, English Standard Version

by C. H. Spurgeon

2,650 members

12 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: aethercowboy

66

Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole

by Jerri Nielson

772 members

17 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

67

by Harlan Coben

5,350 members

155 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

68

Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year

1,670 members

32 reviews

4.1

Member: sturlington

69

by Piers Anthony

943 members

4 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: aethercowboy

70

The Chinese Nail Murders

by Robert van Gulik

552 members

8 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

71

The Adventures of Captain Underpants

5,434 members

133 reviews

3.8

Member: aethercowboy

72

The Wars of the Roses

1,915 members

33 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

73

Shattered Dreams : My Life as a Polygamist's Wife

by Irene Spencer

531 members

30 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

74

The Tao of Poop: Keeping Your Sanity (and Your Soul) While Raising a Baby

by Vivian E. Glyck

13 members

1 review

½ 2.7

Member: sturlington

75

A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin

40,844 members

1,102 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

76

Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets

4,471 members

63 reviews

3.8

Member: aethercowboy

77

The Overland Trail

34 members

1 review

4

Member: dara85

78

Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia

by John Gilmore

220 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: dara85

79

Tropical Nature: Life and Death in the Rain Forests of Central and South America

by Adrian Forsyth

197 members

8 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

80

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

by James McBride

5,898 members

107 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

81

Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants

3,441 members

39 reviews

3.8

Member: aethercowboy

82

The Choiring of the Trees

by Donald Harington

116 members

2 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: dara85

83

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

by David Sedaris

8,860 members

261 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

84

102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers

1,322 members

50 reviews

4.1

Member: dara85

85

The One-Minute Bible: New International Version

by III John R. Kohlenberger

126 members

½ 2.5

Member: aethercowboy

86

by Charles Addams

162 members

2 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

87

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 2008, Vol. 114, No. 4

by Gordon Van Gelder

12 members

4

Member: aethercowboy

88

by James Patterson

2,717 members

68 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: dara85

89

by Diana Wynne Jones

1,434 members

38 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

90

34 members

3

Member: aethercowboy

91

by Octavia E. Butler

7,794 members

332 reviews

4.2

Member: sturlington

92

The Alternate Asimovs

by Isaac Asimov

212 members

5 reviews

3.2

Member: aethercowboy

93

The Scarlet Professor: Newton Arvin: A Literary Life Shattered by Scandal

123 members

4 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

94

Addams and Evil

by Charles Addams

159 members

1 review

½ 4.3

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

95

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 2008, Vol. 114, No. 5

by Gordon Van Gelder

14 members

½ 3.6

Member: aethercowboy

96

The Book of Lost Things

by John Connolly

6,700 members

319 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

97

Then We Came to the End

by Joshua Ferris

4,453 members

219 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: sturlington

98

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Manga, Volume 2

by Shinichi Hiromoto

48 members

2 reviews

3.9

Member: aethercowboy

99

The Day Donny Herbert Woke Up: A True Story

30 members

4 reviews

4

Member: dara85

100

The Zombie Survival Guide

7,171 members

131 reviews

3.8

Member: aethercowboy

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