Books Read in 2009

Submitted by adagioinb on Thu, 01/01/2009 - 07:15
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  1. Now Reading:

  3. The Walkers of Dembley ~ M C Beaton

  5. Persuasion* Jane Austen 01032009
  6. A Spoonful of Poison M C Beaton 01052009
  7. The Man Who Knew Too Much* G K Chesterton 01082009
  8. Tarzan of the Apes* Edgar Rice Burroughs 01102009
  9. Mr Monk is Miserable Lee Goldberg 01112009
  10. Return of Tarzan# Edgar Rice Burroughs 01142009
  11. Plum Spooky Janet Evanovich 01152009
  12. Patricia Brent, Spinster * Herbert Jenkins 01162009
  13. The Beasts of Tarzan * Edgar Rice Burroughs 01172009
  14. The Mystery of the Yellow Room * Gaston Leroux 01232009
  15. Monday Mourning Kathy Reichs 01242009
  16. Oliver Twist * Charles Dickens 01312009
  17. The Castle of Otranto * Horace Walpole 01312009

  19. Sense & Sensibility * Jane Austen 02062009
  20. The Prisoner of Zenda * Anthony Hope 02072009
  21. A Certain Justice P D James 02102009
  22. Son of Tarzan * Edgar Rice Burroughs 02122009
  23. The Cinema Murder * E Phillips Oppenheim 02142009
  24. Show No Fear Perri O'Shaunessey 02182009
  25. Robinson Crusoe * Daniel Defoe 02182009
  26. Carmen # Prosper Mérimée 02192009
  27. Treasure Island * Robert Louis Stevenson 02252009
  28. The Master Mystery * Arthur B. Reeve 02262009
  29. Brain Twister * Mark Phillips 02282009
  30. The Agony Column * Earl Derr Biggers 02282009

  32. The Private Patient P D James 03032009
  33. Pride & Prejudice * Jane Austen 03072009
  34. Death of A Witch M C Beaton 03082009
  35. Tarzan & The Jewels of Opar * Edgar Rice Burroughs 03112009
  36. No Clue! A Mystery Story * James Hay 03142009
  37. From The Earth to The Moon * Jules Verne 03172009
  38. Round The Moon * Jules Verne 03182009
  39. Something New * P G Wodehouse 03202009
  40. Saving The Queen William F Buckley, Jr 03232009
  41. Mr Monk Goes to Germany Lee Goldberg 03272009
  42. The English Governess at The Siamese Court * Anna H Leonowens 03272009
  43. The Miracle Mongers, an Exposé * Harry Houdini 03312009

  45. Babbit * Sinclair Lewis 04042009
  46. Mansfield Park * Jane Austen 04102009
  47. The Trouble With Harriett Dorothy Cannell 04112009
  48. Night & Day Robert B Parker 04152009
  49. Jungle Tales of Tarzan * Edgar Rice Burroughs 04162009
  50. Evelina * Fanny Burney 04202009
  51. Fatally Flaky Diane Mott Davidson 04232009
  52. Rough Weather Robert B Parker 04262009
  53. Lavendar & Old Lace * Myrtle Reed 04292009
  54. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde * Robert Louis Stevenson 04302009
  55. Come Spring Tim LaHaye 04302009

  57. The Adventures of Sally * P G Wodehouse 05022009
  58. Mozart, The Man and the Artist as Revealed in His Own Words * Friedrich Kerst 05072009
  59. The Middle Temple Murder * J. S. Fletcher 05092009
  60. Cross Bones Kathy Reichs 05102009
  61. What Angels Fear C S Harris 05192009
  62. Enchanted April * Elizabeth Von Arnim 05202009
  63. Parnassus on Wheel * Christopher Morley 05222009
  64. The World I Live In * Helen Keller 05222009
  65. Criminal Minds: Finishing School Max Allan Collins 05252009
  66. The Man With The Iron-On Badge Lee Goldberg 05282009
  67. Good Wives * Louisa May Alcott 05302009
  68. Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan * Morgan Robertson 05302009
  69. Bridesmaids Revisited Dorothy Cannell 05312009

  71. Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet M C Beaton 06052009
  72. House of Seven Gables * Nathaniel Hawthorne 06092009
  73. Ivanhoe * Sir Walter Scott 06152009
  74. Payment in Blood Elizabeth George 06152009
  75. Agnes Gray * Anne Bronte 06172009
  76. The Shop on Blossom Street Debbie Macomber 06212009
  77. The Mysteries of Udolpho * Ann Radcliffe 06262009
  78. The Commissioner Bill Keith 06282009
  79. Finger Lickin' Fifteen Janet Evanovich 06302009
  80. Queen Lucia * E.F. Benson 06302009

  82. When Gods Die ~ C S Harris 07042009
  83. The Importance of Being Ernestine ~ Dorothy Cannell 07082009
  84. The Brass Verdict ~ Michael Connelly 07132009
  85. The Old Curiosity Shop * Charles Dickens 07142009
  86. Cross Country ~ James Patterson 07162009
  87. The Hampstead Mystery * John R Watson & Arthur J Rees 07182009
  88. She * H. Rider Haggard 07232009
  89. And I have now met this year's reading goal!
  90. Journey to the Interior of the Earth * Jules Verne 07252009
  91. Well-Schooled in Murder ~ Elizabeth George 07282009
  92. Jack London: The Sea Wolf * 07312009

  94. Brideshead Revisited ~ Evelyn Waugh 08062009
  95. Dorothy Cannell: God Save The Queen! 08092009
  96. Herman Melville: Moby Dick * 08142009
  97. Dorothy Cannell: Withering Heights ^ 08152009
  98. H. Rider Haggard: King Solomon's Mines * 08172009
  99. Oscar Wilde : The Picture of Dorian Gray * 08202009
  100. T. S. Arthur: Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper * 08222009
  101. Elizabeth George: A Suitable Vengeance 08262009
  102. Booth Tarkington: The Turmoil (Growth Trilogy, Vol 1) * 08282009
  103. George Eliot: Silas Marner * 08292009
  104. Bendy Carter: Dying To Crochet 08302009

  106. Agatha Christie: The Seven Dials Mystery 09062009
  107. Thomas Hardy: The Return of The Native *^ 09102009
  108. Dorothy Cannell: Goodbye Ms Chips 09142009
  109. C S Harris: Why Mermaids Sing 09172009
  110. Wilkie Collins: The Woman In White * 09192009
  111. James Patterson: 8th Confession 09212009
  112. H. Rider Haggard: Allan Quatermain * 09242009
  113. Michael Connelly: The Scarecrow 09292009
  114. Edgar Wallace: The Daffodil Mystery * 09302009
  115. John Kendrick Bangs: Alice in Blunderland: an Iridescent Dream * 09302009

  117. Elizabeth George: For The Sake of Elena 10092009
  118. Wilkie Collins: Armadale * 10212009
  119. Jules Verne: Master Of The World * 10232009
  120. Diana Gabaldon: An Echo In The Bone 10262009
  121. Thomas Hardy: Jude, The Obscure * 10312009
  122. Agatha Christie: A Pocket Full of Rye 10312009

  124. M C Beaton: The Potted Gardener 11032009
  125. Jane Austen: Emma * 11072009
  126. Fritz Kreisler:Four Weeks in the Trenches * 11072009
  127. Emily Brightwell: Mrs. Jeffries and the Feast of St. Stephen 11092009
  128. Robert B Parker: The Professional 11102009
  129. Daniel Defoe: The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe * 11132009
  130. M C Beaton: There Goes The Bride 11142009
  131. Edgar Wallace: The Clue of the Twisted Candle * 11142009
  132. Thomas Anstey Guthrie: Tourmalin’s Time Cheques * 11182009
  133. Lady Dorothy Stanley: Miss Pim's Camouflage * 11212009

  135. Wilkie Collins: The Moonstone * 12022009
  136. Booth Tarkington: Penrod * 12052009 Librivox
  137. Booth Tarkington: Penrod & Sam * 12052009 Librivox
  138. Mervyn Peake: Titus Groan
  139. H G Wells: A Tale of the Stone Age *Librivox
  140. Charles Dickens: No Thoroughfare * Librivox
  141. Charles Dickens: The Cricket on The Hearth * Librivox
  142. Mary Norton: The Borrowers
  143. Charles Dickens: A House To Let *Librivox
  144. Jane Austen: Lady Susan * Librivox
  145. Washington Irving: Old Christmas * 12182009 Librivox
  146. Dorothy Cannell: She Shoots to Conquer 12192009
  147. Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol * 12192009 Librivox
  148. Abbie Farwell Brown: The Christmas Angel * 12192009Librivox
  149. Kate Douglas Wiggin: The Birds’ Christmas Carol * 12192009 Librivox
  150. Joseph F Girzone: Joshua
  151. William John Locke: The Red Planet 12292009 * Librivox
  152. H Rider Haggard: Allan's Wife * 12302009Librivox
  153. Agatha Christie: Death With Mirrors 12312009
  154. Oliver Goldsmith: The Vicar of Wakefield * 12312009Librivox

Author Comments: 

So far: Audiobooks: 84 Regular: 52 Other: 2
Goal for 2009: 52 audio, 26 regular for 78 total books read.

* is an audio book, probably from Librivox.org
# read online, probably at Project Gutenberg
^ reread

cmonster03/18/2009

This is a very intriguing mixture of books. Thanks for sharing this list!

Can I ask: are you a Janet Evanovich fan, or was this a one-time read?

And what did you think of Oliver Twist?

adagioinb03/18/2009

I like variety! Although I am partial to mystery.
I love Stephanie Plum! and I've read all of them. I have read other Evanovich books, but am not as interested in them.
Oliver Twist was a wonderful story, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. Have you read it?
My favorite read so far this year has been Robinson Crusoe.

Nance06/10/2009

I like variety too! I am partial to fantastique, but I read everything (even the Twilight things). My favorite reads this year is the collection of short stories The Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges and the fantastique/mystery novel The River King by Alice Hoffman.

I'm reading The Mystery of the Yellow Room right now, I hope the ending is as good as the story.

I want to read a story on a island, is there a lot of action in Robinson Crusoe? I was thinking of The Beach by Alex Garland...

adagioinb06/11/2009

I've never read 'The Beach'.
I didn't consider 'Robinson Crusoe' to have a lot of action in the same sense I'd expect in a modern book. But there was physical conflict and violent confrontation a couple of times in it. Mostly, it is is story of survival, and even personal growth as he made a home on the island.

cmonster09/01/2009

I love Oliver Twist. I fully agree that it's just a darn good story. Gosh this list just keeps getting more and more interesting. Is Crusoe still your favorite read of the year so far?

adagioinb09/04/2009

Although this year has been blessed with some really wonderful reading, Robinson Crusoe remains my favorite one so far.