Hibou8's nearly 50 books

I'm not sure I'll get to 50 this year, but we'll see.

I won't number graphic novels, but I'll note them anyway ;)

1. Clea, Lawrence Durrell

2. Knots, Splices and Rope Work, A. Hyatt Verrill (nf)

- The Gilded Bat, Edward Gorey (reread)

3. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood (reread)

4. Summer Crossing, Truman Capote

5. Childhood, Boyhood, Youth, Leo Tolstoy

6. In The Winter of Cities, Tennessee Williams (poetry)

- Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi (graphic novel)
I read it in French ;)

7. Stupid White Men, Michael Moore (nf)

8. Water For Elephants, Sara Gruen
Somewhat disappointed.

9. Dont's Shoot the Clowns, Jo Wilding (nf)

- The Bumper Book of Bunny Suicides, Andy Riley

- Mad Man's Drum, Lynd Ward

- Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip, book 1, Tove Jansson

- Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip, book 2, Tove Jansson

10. The Campaign, Carlos Fuentes (trns. Alfred Mac Adam)

11. Wounded, Percival Everett

12. Life of Pi, Yann Martel
Not as good as I thought it would be...

- The Moomins and the Great Flood, Tove Jansson (trns. David McDuff)

13. Post Office, Charles Bukowski

14. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Brontë

15. Kitchen, Banana Yoshimoto (trns. Megan Backus)

16. Comet in Moominland, Tove Jansson (trns. Elizabeth Portch)

- Saudek, Jan Saudek (ed. Daniela Mrázková) (photography)

17. Samedi the Deafness, Jesse Ball
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. Reminds me of John Fowles.

- Broderies, Marjane Satrapi (graphic novel)
Read it in French!

18. Nice Girls Finish Last, Sparkle Hayter

19. Saints and Strangers, Angela Carter

20. Zazie in the Metro, Raymond Queneau (trns. Barbara Wright)
Was not courageous enough to read it in French. Maybe some day...

21. Vera and Linus, Thordis Bjornsdottir & Jesse Ball
A beautiful, whimsical, and well-bound book.

22. The Castle, Franz Kafka (trns. Willa Muir & Edwin Muir, corrections by Eithne Wilkins & Ernst Kaiser)

- Wild, Weird, and Wonderful: The American Circus 1901 - 1927, F.W. Glasier, ed. Mark Sloan (photography)

23. On Dream Street, Melanie Almeder (poetry)

24. Finn Family Moomintroll, Tove Jansson (trans. Elizabeth Portch)

- Graphic Witness: Four Wordless Graphic Novels, ed. George A. Walker
i. The Passion of a Man, Frans Masereel
ii. Wild Pilgrimage, Lynd Ward
iii. White Collar, Giacomo Patri
iv. Southern Cross, Laurence Hyde

25. Carpenter's Gothic, William Gaddis

- Do Not Eat!, Andrew Bell

26. The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling

27. In a Glass Darkly, Sheridan Le Fanu

28. Icelander, Dustin Long
Wonderful.

29. Live and Let Die, Ian Fleming

30. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein

31. The Areas of My Expertise, John Hodgman

32. Losses, Randel Jarrel (poetry)

33. a million little pieces, James Frey

34. Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Lewis Carroll (illus. Sir John Tenniel) (reread)

35. Just So Stories, Rudyard Kipling

36. Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and other Writings, Marquis de Sade (trns. Richard Seaver & Austryn Wainhouse)
Yes, I read all 753 pages of it. And it was well worth the time. But the next month or so of reading will be much (much) lighter.

- Souvenir d'une Journée Parfaite, Domenique Goblet

37. The Exploits of Moominpappa, Tove Jansson (trans. Thomas Warburton)

38. Orgasmo Adulto Escapes from the Zoo, Franca Rame and Dario Fo (trns. Estelle Parsons) (drama)
Wow! Some really great monologues.

39. Tao Te Ching: The Classic Book of Integrity and the Way, Lao Tzu (trns. Victor H. Mair)

40. Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way, Lao Tzu (trns. Ursula K. LeGuin)
Maybe if I can read another few translations I'll really understand what this book is all about. As it is, I've only got an inkling...

- Labiche se contente d'une pipe au comptoir, G.-L.M. (illus. La Belette)

- Myoso et les zibitionnistes, Hélène Girard (illus. Florence Launay)
This is a really amazing graphic short story. I hope the author writes (creates) more books like this!

41. Moominsummer Madness, Tove Jansson (trans. Thomas Warburton)

- Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip, book 3, Tove Jansson

I read The Finn Family Moomintroll book this year. I had never heard of these books before, but I really loved that book. It looks like there are lots of them.
--BJ

There are 9 books in the series, and some picture books. Finn Family Moomintroll is the 3rd. Apparently the series gets slightly darker in Moominland Midwinter (book 6), which is the next one I'll be reading.

The comics were originally published in London's The Evening News, and are now being reprinted (very nicely, I might add) by Drawn & Quarterly.

- hibou

And December 2008...

42. Diamonds Are Forever, Ian Fleming

43. Ward No. 6 and Other Stories, Anton Chekov