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Books Read in 2009

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1

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

13,017 members

480 reviews

3.8

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, Rchlwtsn

2

25,999 members

615 reviews

3.9

3 Members: dara85, ahef1963, Rchlwtsn

3

A Spot of Bother

5,713 members

183 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, Rchlwtsn

4

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

by Agatha Christie

9,631 members

309 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Porua, Rchlwtsn

5

Miss Lonelyhearts

by Nathanael West

750 members

31 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: Rchlwtsn, ManWithAnAgenda

6

The Graveyard Book

21,634 members

1,247 reviews

4.2

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

by Margaret Atwood

8,954 members

158 reviews

3.9

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, Rchlwtsn

8

by John Gardner

5,925 members

104 reviews

3.8

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

9

Just After Sunset

by Stephen King

5,210 members

132 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

10

Water for Elephants

29,032 members

1,165 reviews

4.1

3 Members: dara85, ahef1963, Rchlwtsn

11

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

38,317 members

942 reviews

4

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, Rchlwtsn

12

Notes from a Small Island

9,669 members

216 reviews

3.8

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, Rchlwtsn

13

The Third Policeman

by Flann O'Brien

4,176 members

121 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

14

Lassie Come-Home

by Rosemary Wells

360 members

3 reviews

4

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

15

A Wizard of Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

15,503 members

362 reviews

4

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

16

Murder on the Orient Express

by Agatha Christie

16,398 members

404 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Porua, Rchlwtsn

17

Death on the Nile

by Agatha Christie

8,497 members

178 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Porua, Rchlwtsn

18

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

26,601 members

756 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Rchlwtsn, ManWithAnAgenda

19

A Passage to India

by E. M. Forster

12,209 members

139 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Porua, Rchlwtsn

20

The Tao of Pooh

by Benjamin Hoff

8,580 members

131 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Rchlwtsn, ManWithAnAgenda

21

by Agatha Christie

2,747 members

54 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Porua, Rchlwtsn

22

by Joseph Heller

39,219 members

514 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Porua, Rchlwtsn

23

When We Were Orphans

by Kazuo Ishiguro

5,457 members

125 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: sturlington, Rchlwtsn

24

The Day of the Locust

by Nathanael West

1,813 members

47 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Rchlwtsn, ManWithAnAgenda

25

by Willa Cather

13,328 members

279 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

26

A Child Called "It"

8,313 members

301 reviews

3.9

Member: EGBERTINA

27

The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming : A Christmas Story

by Lemony Snicket

526 members

33 reviews

4

Member: aethercowboy

28

The Politics of Breastfeeding: When Breasts are Bad for Business

by Gabrielle Palmer

119 members

2 reviews

½ 4.7

Member: elkiedee

29

by Markus Zusak

43,699 members

2,107 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Porua, Rchlwtsn

30

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

by Jon Krakauer

8,683 members

214 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

31

19,574 members

680 reviews

4

2 Members: aethercowboy, ManWithAnAgenda

32

by Agatha Christie

3,642 members

89 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: Porua, Rchlwtsn

33

by Jodi Picoult

8,411 members

186 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

34

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

19,467 members

361 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

35

Death in Venice

5,246 members

104 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: Rchlwtsn, ManWithAnAgenda

36

by Stephenie Meyer

57,105 members

2,253 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

37

The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger

38,967 members

1,260 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Porua, Rchlwtsn

38

The Children of Men

5,683 members

198 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

39

by Stephenie Meyer

45,706 members

1,040 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

40

The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1)

by Philip Pullman

35,443 members

729 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Rchlwtsn, ManWithAnAgenda

41

by Anita Shreve

2,414 members

140 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: dara85, Rchlwtsn

42

The Subtle Knife

by Philip Pullman

24,481 members

349 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Rchlwtsn, ManWithAnAgenda

43

The Amber Spyglass

by Philip Pullman

23,141 members

397 reviews

4

2 Members: Rchlwtsn, ManWithAnAgenda

44

by Bret Easton Ellis

5,701 members

88 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

45

1,154 members

23 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Porua

46

The Mac is Not a Typewriter

by Robin Williams

268 members

4 reviews

3.9

Member: aethercowboy

47

by Susan Glaspell

159 members

4 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: EGBERTINA

48

A Random Act: An Inspiring True Story of Fighting to Survive and Choosing to Forgive

by Cindi Broaddus

50 members

2 reviews

4.2

Member: dara85

49

by Henrik Ibsen

5,318 members

88 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA

50

Change of Heart

by Jodi Picoult

4,868 members

160 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

51

Lady Chatterley's Lover

by D. H. Lawrence

13,341 members

217 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: Rchlwtsn, ManWithAnAgenda

52

Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice

by Maureen McCormick

394 members

25 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

53

A Whack on the Side of the Head

by Roger von Oech

1,170 members

9 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: aethercowboy

54

The City and the Pillar {original}

193 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

55

by Charles Dickens

193 members

8 reviews

3.1

Member: Porua

56

A Marriage Proposal: A Comedy in One Act

by Anton Chekhov

47 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: EGBERTINA

57

Dirty Little Angels

736 members

443 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: dara85, aethercowboy

58

6,459 members

68 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: EGBERTINA

59

Other Voices, Other Rooms

by Truman Capote

2,499 members

47 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

60

by Jonathan Maberry

1,514 members

126 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: aethercowboy

61

by Ray Bradbury

7,403 members

185 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

62

Alex Cross's TRIAL

by James Patterson

2,401 members

58 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

63

The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde

527 members

2 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: EGBERTINA

64

Software Management

by Donald J. Reifer

15 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: aethercowboy

65

An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England

by Brock Clarke

1,571 members

89 reviews

3

Member: sturlington

66

The Playboy of the Western World

by John Millington Synge

461 members

9 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Porua

67

The Works of Anne Bradstreet

by Anne Bradstreet

226 members

4 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: EGBERTINA

68

by Michael Benson

40 members

3 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: dara85

69

Customer-centered Products: Creating Successful Products Through Smart Requirements Management

by Ivy F. Hooks

38 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: aethercowboy

70

Bright Lights, Big City

by Jay McInerney

3,013 members

47 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

71

Corum: The Coming Of Chaos

by Michael Moorcock

1,094 members

11 reviews

3.8

Member: aethercowboy

72

Lord Byron: The Major Works (Oxford World's Classics)

769 members

3 reviews

4.2

Member: EGBERTINA

73

A Long December

by Donald Harstad

111 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: dara85

74

Under the Red Robe

by Stanley J. Weyman

86 members

3 reviews

4

Member: Porua

75

The Brass Verdict

by Michael Connelly

4,586 members

154 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

76

The Children's Hospital

by Chris Adrian

897 members

34 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: sturlington

77

Death of an Ordinary Man

329 members

10 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

78

Rich Like Them: My Door-to-Door Search for the Secrets of Wealth in America's Richest Neighborhoods

by Ryan D'Agostino

87 members

14 reviews

3.1

Member: aethercowboy

79

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud {poem}

by William Wordsworth

16 members

½ 4.4

Member: EGBERTINA

80

4,418 members

207 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

81

E.E. Cummings: Complete Poems 1904-1962

by E. E. Cummings

1,379 members

9 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: EGBERTINA

82

The Pooh Perplex: A Freshman Casebook

by Frederick C. Crews

593 members

9 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

83

The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories

by E. M. Forster

295 members

7 reviews

3.8

Member: Porua

84

Beginning SharePoint 2007: Building Team Solutions with MOSS 2007

by Amanda Murphy

39 members

1 review

3.2

Member: aethercowboy

85

The Christmas List

27 members

1 review

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

86

6,349 members

70 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

87

She Walks These Hills

by Sharyn McCrumb

991 members

24 reviews

4

Member: dara85

88

Life with Father

by Clarence Day

701 members

10 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Porua

89

Sailing to Utopia

by Michael Moorcock

234 members

4 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: aethercowboy

90

by Stephen Crane

19 members

½ 4.5

Member: EGBERTINA

91

by Stuart Woods

855 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

92

Literature: Approaches to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama

by Robert DiYanni

91 members

3.1

Member: EGBERTINA

93

Fundamentals of Computer Graphics

by Peter Shirley

63 members

1 review

4

Member: aethercowboy

94

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

by Robert C. O'Brien

10,836 members

164 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

95

Don't Look Now / Not After Midnight / A Border-Line Case / The Way of the Cross / The Breakthrough

by Daphne Du Maurier

1,060 members

28 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Porua

96

by Patricia Wood

994 members

68 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

97

Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes

by Mark Bittman

958 members

24 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

98

751 members

17 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: EGBERTINA

99

The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual

by Christopher W. French

1 member

Member: aethercowboy

100

Of Plymouth Plantation 1620-1647

by William Bradford

1,261 members

8 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: EGBERTINA

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