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Books Read in 2009

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1

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

13,155 members

489 reviews

3.8

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, Rchlwtsn

2

26,611 members

629 reviews

3.9

3 Members: dara85, ahef1963, Rchlwtsn

3

A Spot of Bother

5,769 members

185 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, Rchlwtsn

4

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

by Agatha Christie

10,098 members

326 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Porua, Rchlwtsn

5

Miss Lonelyhearts

by Nathanael West

777 members

33 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: Rchlwtsn, ManWithAnAgenda

6

The Graveyard Book

22,303 members

1,264 reviews

4.2

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

by Margaret Atwood

9,138 members

163 reviews

3.9

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, Rchlwtsn

8

by John Gardner

6,069 members

108 reviews

3.8

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

9

Just After Sunset

by Stephen King

5,459 members

133 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

10

Water for Elephants

28,976 members

1,184 reviews

4.1

3 Members: dara85, ahef1963, Rchlwtsn

11

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

39,769 members

963 reviews

4

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, Rchlwtsn

12

Notes from a Small Island

9,853 members

218 reviews

3.8

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, Rchlwtsn

13

The Third Policeman

by Flann O'Brien

4,251 members

124 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

14

Lassie Come-Home

by Rosemary Wells

373 members

3 reviews

4

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

15

Lady Chatterley's Lover

by D. H. Lawrence

13,696 members

221 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: waxflower, Rchlwtsn, ManWithAnAgenda

16

A Wizard of Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

16,058 members

377 reviews

4

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

Murder on the Orient Express

by Agatha Christie

17,285 members

424 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Porua, Rchlwtsn

18

Death on the Nile

by Agatha Christie

8,964 members

183 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Porua, Rchlwtsn

19

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

by Susanna Clarke

27,086 members

779 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Rchlwtsn, ManWithAnAgenda

20

A Passage to India

by E. M. Forster

12,520 members

142 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Porua, Rchlwtsn

21

The Tao of Pooh

by Benjamin Hoff

8,804 members

133 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Rchlwtsn, ManWithAnAgenda

22

by Agatha Christie

2,850 members

55 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Porua, Rchlwtsn

23

by Joseph Heller

40,186 members

529 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Porua, Rchlwtsn

24

When We Were Orphans

by Kazuo Ishiguro

5,627 members

132 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: sturlington, Rchlwtsn

25

The Day of the Locust

by Nathanael West

1,868 members

49 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: Rchlwtsn, ManWithAnAgenda

26

by Willa Cather

13,681 members

287 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

27

A Child Called "It"

8,512 members

305 reviews

3.9

Member: EGBERTINA

28

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

by Lemony Snicket

535 members

34 reviews

4.1

Member: aethercowboy

29

by Patricia Grace

304 members

8 reviews

3.8

Member: waxflower

30

The Politics of Breastfeeding: When Breasts are Bad for Business

by Gabrielle Palmer

121 members

2 reviews

½ 4.7

Member: elkiedee

31

by Markus Zusak

45,234 members

2,131 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Porua, Rchlwtsn

32

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

by Jon Krakauer

8,911 members

223 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

33

20,288 members

693 reviews

4

2 Members: aethercowboy, ManWithAnAgenda

34

by Agatha Christie

3,817 members

94 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: Porua, Rchlwtsn

35

by Jodi Picoult

8,581 members

186 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

36

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

19,829 members

366 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

37

Death in Venice

5,375 members

104 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: Rchlwtsn, ManWithAnAgenda

38

by Stephenie Meyer

58,574 members

2,269 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

39

The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger

39,642 members

1,273 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Porua, Rchlwtsn

40

The Children of Men

5,821 members

201 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

41

by Stephenie Meyer

47,037 members

1,051 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

42

Northern Lights

by Philip Pullman

36,387 members

744 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Rchlwtsn, ManWithAnAgenda

43

by Anita Shreve

2,457 members

143 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: dara85, Rchlwtsn

44

The Subtle Knife

by Philip Pullman

25,019 members

355 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Rchlwtsn, ManWithAnAgenda

45

The Amber Spyglass

by Philip Pullman

23,709 members

409 reviews

4

2 Members: Rchlwtsn, ManWithAnAgenda

46

by Terry Pratchett

34,990 members

794 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: waxflower

47

by Bret Easton Ellis

5,807 members

91 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

48

1,202 members

24 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Porua

49

The Mac is Not a Typewriter

by Robin Williams

273 members

4 reviews

3.9

Member: aethercowboy

50

by Susan Glaspell

165 members

4 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: EGBERTINA

51

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

by Cindi Broaddus

52 members

2 reviews

4.2

Member: dara85

52

by Henrik Ibsen

5,422 members

91 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, EGBERTINA

53

Change of Heart

by Jodi Picoult

4,990 members

161 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

54

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

by Maureen McCormick

405 members

26 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

55

A Whack on the Side of the Head

by Roger von Oech

1,197 members

9 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: aethercowboy

56

The Floating Girl

by Sujata Massey

390 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: waxflower

57

by Charles Dickens

202 members

8 reviews

3.1

Member: Porua

58

The City and the Pillar {original}

196 members

1 review

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

59

A Marriage Proposal: A Comedy in One Act

by Anton Chekhov

48 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: EGBERTINA

60

Dirty Little Angels

734 members

444 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: dara85, aethercowboy

61

6,640 members

72 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: EGBERTINA

62

Other Voices, Other Rooms

by Truman Capote

2,568 members

50 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

63

Luck in the Shadows

by Lynn Flewelling

2,486 members

63 reviews

4.1

Member: waxflower

64

by Jonathan Maberry

1,563 members

127 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: aethercowboy

65

by Ray Bradbury

7,577 members

191 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

66

Alex Cross's TRIAL

by James Patterson

2,515 members

58 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

67

The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde

552 members

3 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: EGBERTINA

68

219 members

4 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: waxflower

69

Software Management

by Donald J. Reifer

15 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: aethercowboy

70

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

by Brock Clarke

1,597 members

92 reviews

3

Member: sturlington

71

Death Note: Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases

580 members

19 reviews

3.9

Member: waxflower

72

The Playboy of the Western World

by John Millington Synge

484 members

10 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: Porua

73

The Works of Anne Bradstreet

by Anne Bradstreet

234 members

4 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: EGBERTINA

74

by Michael Benson

40 members

3 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: dara85

75

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

by Ivy F. Hooks

38 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: aethercowboy

76

Bright Lights, Big City

by Jay McInerney

2,993 members

47 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

77

Corum: The Coming Of Chaos

by Michael Moorcock

1,121 members

11 reviews

3.8

Member: aethercowboy

78

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

789 members

3 reviews

4.2

Member: EGBERTINA

79

by Keith R. A. DeCandido

151 members

4 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: waxflower

80

A Long December

by Donald Harstad

112 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: dara85

81

Under the Red Robe

by Stanley J. Weyman

91 members

3 reviews

4

Member: Porua

82

The Brass Verdict

by Michael Connelly

4,727 members

159 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

83

The Children's Hospital

by Chris Adrian

903 members

34 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: sturlington

84

Death of an Ordinary Man

334 members

10 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

85

Dark Side of the Sun

by Andrew Dymond

110 members

4 reviews

2.8

Member: waxflower

86

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

by Ryan D'Agostino

89 members

14 reviews

3

Member: aethercowboy

87

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud {poem}

by William Wordsworth

19 members

½ 4.3

Member: EGBERTINA

88

The House on Mango Street

by Sandra Cisneros

10,768 members

231 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: waxflower

89

4,490 members

208 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

90

E.E. Cummings: Complete Poems 1904-1962

by E. E. Cummings

1,403 members

9 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: EGBERTINA

91

The Pooh Perplex: A Freshman Casebook

by Frederick C. Crews

600 members

8 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

92

The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories

by E. M. Forster

304 members

7 reviews

3.8

Member: Porua

93

Beginning SharePoint 2007: Building Team Solutions with MOSS 2007

by Amanda Murphy

39 members

1 review

3.2

Member: aethercowboy

94

The Christmas List

27 members

1 review

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

95

6,569 members

71 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

96

She Walks These Hills

by Sharyn McCrumb

1,002 members

24 reviews

4

Member: dara85

97

Life with Father

by Clarence Day

728 members

12 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Porua

98

Sailing to Utopia

by Michael Moorcock

241 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: aethercowboy

99

by Stephen Crane

20 members

½ 4.5

Member: EGBERTINA

100

by Stuart Woods

869 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

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