Wednesday, December 31, 2008

books for 2009

Rather than make a new year's resolution, I'm making new year's reading goals.
  • 5 books in Spanish
  • 4 banned books
  • 4 books in Arabic
  • 3 linguistics books
  • 3 history books
  • Read 50 books total
  • Read fiction from 3 authors that I haven't read before
And because I can, here is a list of all the books I readin 2008.
1. The End of Faith - Sam Harris
2. Lamb - Christopher Moore
3. The Yacoubian Building - al-Aswany
4. The Republican War on Science - Christopher Moony
5. No God But God: Egypt and the Triumph of Islam - Genivie Abdo
6. A New Introduction to Islam - Daniel Brown
7. What Went Wrong - Bernard Lewis
8. Neuromancer - William Gibson
9. Mirror Mirror - Gregory Maguire
10. Count Zero - William Gibson
11. Shadowplay - Tad Williams
12. Shadowmarch - Tad Williams
13. Bloodsucking Fiends - Christopher Moore
14. The Stupidest Angel - Christopher Moore
15. Mona Lisa Overdrive - William Gibson
16. You Suck - Christopher Moore
17. Stardust - Niel Gaiman
18. Island of the Sequined Love Nun - Christopher Moore
19. Freedom for the Thought that We Hate - Lewis
20. Fluke - Christopher Moore
21. The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove - Christopher Moore
22. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom - Corey Doctorow
23. Practical Demonkeeping - Christopher Moore
24. A Game of Thrones - George RR Martin
25. A Clash of Kings - George RR Martin
26. A Storm of Swords - George RR Martin
27. The Translator's Handbook - Sofer
28. A Feast for Crows - George RR Martin
30. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers - Mary Roach
31. Sock - Penn Jillette
32. Wicked - Gregory Maguire
33. Son of a Witch - Gregory Maguire
34. A Lion Among Men - Gregory Maguire
35. The Age of American Unreason - Susan Jacoby
36. Letter to a Christian Nation - Sam Harris
37. The Professor and the Madman - Simon Winchester
38. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
39. What's the Matter with Kansas - Thomas Frank
40. The Dragon in the Sea - Frank Herbert
41. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
42. Bonk: The curious coupling of science and sex - Mary Roach
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3 comments:

  1. JonathanDecember 31, 2008 at 1:41 PM

    4 banned books - nice. If you haven't tried terry pratchett yet for fiction, I still am recommending him to everybody as just about the only fiction I enjoy these days...

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  2. Lilly de NalishDecember 31, 2008 at 6:28 PM

    I will look into terry pratchett. Any particular books of his that you like?

    As far as banned books go, it's really pretty easy. Practically everything was banned. I know I'm giong to read Lady Chatterly's Lover and 1001 Nights, but after that I'm not really sure.

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  3. JonathanJanuary 1, 2009 at 5:11 PM

    My favorites would probably be Mort, Thief of Time, Night Watch, Thud, and Feet of Clay.

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