Friday, January 02, 2009

Books 2008

Continuing with my usual tradition, here are the books I completed in 2008:

1. Life Of Pi - Yann Martel (Fiction)
2. Preacher: Dixie Fried - Ennis & Dillon (Fantasy/Horror)
3. Of Fire And Night - Kevin J Anderson (Sci-Fi)
4. Old Man's War - John Scalzi (Sci-Fi)
5. Metal Swarm - Kevin J Anderson (Sci-Fi)
6. Contract - Simon Spurrier (Fantasy)
7. The Family Trade - Charles Stross (Fantasy)
8. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers - Mary Roach (Non-Fiction)
9. Pop Goes The Weasel - James Patterson (Crime/Thriller)
10. Jack Of Ravens - Mark Chadbourn (Fantasy)
11. Blow Fly - Patricia Cornwell (Crime/Thriller)
12. War Machine - Andy Remic (Sci-Fi)
13. The Dice Man - Luke Rhinehart (Fiction) [Book Club]
14. Off Armageddon Reef - David Weber (Sci-Fi)
15. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde (Fantasy) [Book Club]
16. Execution Channel - Ken MacLeod (Sci-Fi)
17. Last Argument of Kings - Joe Abercrombie (Fantasy)
18. The H-Bomb Girl - Stephen Baxter (Fantasy)
19. Haunted - Chuck Palahniuk (Fiction/Horror)[Book Club]
20. Spirit Gate - Kate Elliott (Fantasy)
21. 9Tail Fox - Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Fantasy)
22. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card (Sci-Fi) [Book Club]
23. Killing The Shadows - Val McDermid (Crime/Thriller)
24. London Bridges - James Patterson (Crime/Thriller)
25. Girl With A One-Track Mind - Abby Lee (Non-Fiction)
26. Cross - James Patterson (Crime/Thriller)
27. Blindsighted - Karin Slaughter (Crime/Thriller)
28. Hyperion - Dan Simmons (Sci-Fi)
29. Step On A Crack - James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge (Crime/Thriller)

Not quite as prolific as last year, just missed my personal target of 30 books a year but above my minimum of 25 so pretty good going really.


Anyway, a breakdown of my reading shows:


Fantasy - 9 books
Sci-Fi - 8 books
Crime/Thriller - 7 books
Non-Fiction - 2 books
Fiction/Other - 3 books


Compared to last year's:


Fantasy - 17 books
Sci-Fi - 4 books
Crime/Thriller - 11 books
Non-Fiction - 0 books


I did get a set of ten crime/thriller books for Christmas so that's probably my fix for the year accounted for already.

Will continue to go to the library to read new books but must start reading the collection that's gathering dust at home...

2 comments:

  1. Preacher *rocks*. If graphic novels weren't so expensive, I'd get the whole collection. First read it in the Judge Dredd Megazine where it was being reprinted.

    Ennis is a hell of a writer, but it'd not be the same without Dillon's artwork.

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  2. Yep, Preacher does rock - I think I've read 5-6 of the graphic novels, excellent stories and artwork.

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