Happy 2010, everyone! Whether your 2009 was fab or rubbish, here's hoping that 2010 is better in every way!
Here is a list of books I read in 2009:
Italics = a reread, links go to me wittering about the book in question (on LJ, because I cannot be bothered to recode all the links).
1. Band of Gypsies - Diana Wynne Jones
2. Never the Bride - Paul Magrs
3. Mr Midshipman Hornblower - C.S. Forester
4. The Country Girls - Edna O'Brien
5. Making Money - Terry Pratchett
6. Doctor Who: The Infinity Race - Simon Messingham
7. Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston
8. Nation - Terry Pratchett
9. Bernice Summerfield: Life During Wartime
10. The Fortune of War - Patrick O'Brian
11. Doctor Who: The Space Museum - Glyn Jones
12. Grave Peril - Jim Butcher
13. The Vagina Monologues - Eve Ensler
14. Doctor Who: World Game - Terrance Dicks
15. Cranford/Cousin Phyllis - Mary Gaskell
16. Doctor Who: Conundrum - Steve Lyons
17. The Thief - Megan Whalen Turner
18. Summer Knight - Jim Butcher
19. Worrals Flies Again - W.E. Johns
20. The Teeth of the Gale - Joan Aiken
21. Herzog - Saul Bellow
22. Across the Nightingale Floor - Lian Hearn
23. Bernice Summerfield: Where Angels Fear - Rebecca Levene and Simon Hattenstone
24. The Queen of Attolia - Megan Whalen Turner
25. The King of Attolia - Megan Whalen Turner
26. Worrals of the Islands - W.E. Johns
27. Waverley - Walter Scott
28. About Time Volume 1: 1963-1966 - Lawrence Miles and Tat Wood
29. Doctor Who: Eye of Heaven - Jim Mortimore
30. Gaudy Night - Dorothy L. Sayers
31. The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford
32. Doctor Who: The Eleventh Tiger - David A. McIntee
33. Bernice Summerfield: The Infernal Nexus - Dave Stone
34. The Stone Book Quartet - Alan Garner
35. Whistling for the Elephants - Sandi Toksvig
36. Excession - Iain M. Banks
37. Doctor Who: The Domino Effect - David Bishop
38. Shards of Honour - Lois McMaster Bujold
39. Worrals of the W.A.A.F. - W. E. Johns
40. Tales of the Norsemen - Roger Lancelyn Green
41. Stardust - Neil Gaiman
42. A Pattern of Roses - K. M. Peyton
43. Goodbye My Shadow - Mary Stolz
44. Blood Rites - Jim Butcher
45. The Scar - China Miéville
46. Clouds of Witnesses - Dorothy L. Sayers
47. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists - Robert Tressell
48. Saturnalia - Lindsey Davis
49. Dragon Slayer - Rosemary Sutcliff
50. Herland - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
51. Doctor Who: Reckless Engineering - Nick Walters
52. The Night Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko
53. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
54. Un Lun Dun - China Miéville
55. Bernice Summerfield and the Doomsday Manuscript - Justin Richards
56. Doctor Who: The Scarlet Empress - Paul Magrs
57. The Female Man - Joanna Russ
58. Wings - Terry Pratchett
59. About Time Volume 2: 1966-1969 - Lawrence Miles and Tat Wood
60. The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch
61. The Algebraist - Iain M. Banks
62. Dead Beat - Jim Butcher
63. Bernice Summerfield and the Gods of the Underworld - Stephen Cole
64. Adam Bede - George Eliot
65. Little, Big - John Crowley
66. Proven Guilty - Jim Butcher
67. Absolution Gap - Alastair Reynolds
68. Empire of Ivory - Naomi Novik
69. First Among Sequels - Jasper Fforde
70. Doctor Who: Lords of the Storm - David A. McIntee
71. The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
72. And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie
73. Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day - Winifred Watson
74. The Thirty-Nine Steps - John Buchan
75. Little Dorrit - Charles Dickens
76. Doctor Who Short Trips: Steel Skies
77. Doctor Who Short Trips: A Day in the Life
78. Knife - R.J. Anderson
79. Small Favour - Jim Butcher
80. Dark Quartet - Lynne Reid Banks
81. Unnatural Death - Dorothy L. Sayers
82. Doctor Who: The Bodysnatchers by Mark Morris
83. Royal Assassin - Robin Hobb
84. Woman on the Edge of Time - Marge Piercy
85. Superior Saturday - Garth Nix
86. Earth Abides - George R. Stewart
87. The Levant Trilogy - Olivia Manning
88. Doctor Who: Downtime - Marc Platt
89. The Surgeon's Mate - Patrick O'Brian
90. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club - Dorothy L. Sayers
91. Doctor Who: The Last Resort - Paul Leonard
92. The Game - Diana Wynne Jones
93. The Changeover - Margaret Mahy
94. The Wanderer - Fanny Burney
95. Turn Coat - Jim Butcher
96. Bernice Summerfield and the Squire's Crystal - Jacqueline Rayner
97. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
98. The Sword and the Circle - Rosemary Sutcliff
99. Lord Peter Views the Body - Dorothy L. Sayers
100. A Lost Lady - Willa Cather
101. Anil's Ghost - Michael Ondaatje
102. The Painted Horse - Jenny Hughes
103. Barrayar - Lois McMaster Bujold
104. Sorcery and Cecelia, or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot - Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
105. Unseen Academicals - Terry Pratchett
106. Palimpsest - Catherynne M. Valente
Right, back to comparing the books LibraryThing thinks I have to what's actually on my shelves. HI I'M A NERD.
Here is a list of books I read in 2009:
Italics = a reread, links go to me wittering about the book in question (on LJ, because I cannot be bothered to recode all the links).
1. Band of Gypsies - Diana Wynne Jones
2. Never the Bride - Paul Magrs
3. Mr Midshipman Hornblower - C.S. Forester
4. The Country Girls - Edna O'Brien
5. Making Money - Terry Pratchett
6. Doctor Who: The Infinity Race - Simon Messingham
7. Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston
8. Nation - Terry Pratchett
9. Bernice Summerfield: Life During Wartime
10. The Fortune of War - Patrick O'Brian
11. Doctor Who: The Space Museum - Glyn Jones
12. Grave Peril - Jim Butcher
13. The Vagina Monologues - Eve Ensler
14. Doctor Who: World Game - Terrance Dicks
15. Cranford/Cousin Phyllis - Mary Gaskell
16. Doctor Who: Conundrum - Steve Lyons
17. The Thief - Megan Whalen Turner
18. Summer Knight - Jim Butcher
19. Worrals Flies Again - W.E. Johns
20. The Teeth of the Gale - Joan Aiken
21. Herzog - Saul Bellow
22. Across the Nightingale Floor - Lian Hearn
23. Bernice Summerfield: Where Angels Fear - Rebecca Levene and Simon Hattenstone
24. The Queen of Attolia - Megan Whalen Turner
25. The King of Attolia - Megan Whalen Turner
26. Worrals of the Islands - W.E. Johns
27. Waverley - Walter Scott
28. About Time Volume 1: 1963-1966 - Lawrence Miles and Tat Wood
29. Doctor Who: Eye of Heaven - Jim Mortimore
30. Gaudy Night - Dorothy L. Sayers
31. The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford
32. Doctor Who: The Eleventh Tiger - David A. McIntee
33. Bernice Summerfield: The Infernal Nexus - Dave Stone
34. The Stone Book Quartet - Alan Garner
35. Whistling for the Elephants - Sandi Toksvig
36. Excession - Iain M. Banks
37. Doctor Who: The Domino Effect - David Bishop
38. Shards of Honour - Lois McMaster Bujold
39. Worrals of the W.A.A.F. - W. E. Johns
40. Tales of the Norsemen - Roger Lancelyn Green
41. Stardust - Neil Gaiman
42. A Pattern of Roses - K. M. Peyton
43. Goodbye My Shadow - Mary Stolz
44. Blood Rites - Jim Butcher
45. The Scar - China Miéville
46. Clouds of Witnesses - Dorothy L. Sayers
47. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists - Robert Tressell
48. Saturnalia - Lindsey Davis
49. Dragon Slayer - Rosemary Sutcliff
50. Herland - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
51. Doctor Who: Reckless Engineering - Nick Walters
52. The Night Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko
53. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
54. Un Lun Dun - China Miéville
55. Bernice Summerfield and the Doomsday Manuscript - Justin Richards
56. Doctor Who: The Scarlet Empress - Paul Magrs
57. The Female Man - Joanna Russ
58. Wings - Terry Pratchett
59. About Time Volume 2: 1966-1969 - Lawrence Miles and Tat Wood
60. The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch
61. The Algebraist - Iain M. Banks
62. Dead Beat - Jim Butcher
63. Bernice Summerfield and the Gods of the Underworld - Stephen Cole
64. Adam Bede - George Eliot
65. Little, Big - John Crowley
66. Proven Guilty - Jim Butcher
67. Absolution Gap - Alastair Reynolds
68. Empire of Ivory - Naomi Novik
69. First Among Sequels - Jasper Fforde
70. Doctor Who: Lords of the Storm - David A. McIntee
71. The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
72. And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie
73. Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day - Winifred Watson
74. The Thirty-Nine Steps - John Buchan
75. Little Dorrit - Charles Dickens
76. Doctor Who Short Trips: Steel Skies
77. Doctor Who Short Trips: A Day in the Life
78. Knife - R.J. Anderson
79. Small Favour - Jim Butcher
80. Dark Quartet - Lynne Reid Banks
81. Unnatural Death - Dorothy L. Sayers
82. Doctor Who: The Bodysnatchers by Mark Morris
83. Royal Assassin - Robin Hobb
84. Woman on the Edge of Time - Marge Piercy
85. Superior Saturday - Garth Nix
86. Earth Abides - George R. Stewart
87. The Levant Trilogy - Olivia Manning
88. Doctor Who: Downtime - Marc Platt
89. The Surgeon's Mate - Patrick O'Brian
90. The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club - Dorothy L. Sayers
91. Doctor Who: The Last Resort - Paul Leonard
92. The Game - Diana Wynne Jones
93. The Changeover - Margaret Mahy
94. The Wanderer - Fanny Burney
95. Turn Coat - Jim Butcher
96. Bernice Summerfield and the Squire's Crystal - Jacqueline Rayner
97. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
98. The Sword and the Circle - Rosemary Sutcliff
99. Lord Peter Views the Body - Dorothy L. Sayers
100. A Lost Lady - Willa Cather
101. Anil's Ghost - Michael Ondaatje
102. The Painted Horse - Jenny Hughes
103. Barrayar - Lois McMaster Bujold
104. Sorcery and Cecelia, or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot - Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
105. Unseen Academicals - Terry Pratchett
106. Palimpsest - Catherynne M. Valente
Right, back to comparing the books LibraryThing thinks I have to what's actually on my shelves. HI I'M A NERD.