2008<\/span><\/p>\n1. The End of Faith – Sam Harris
\n2. Lamb – Christopher Moore
\n3. The Yacoubian Building – al-Aswany
\n4. The Republican War on Science – Christopher Moony
\n5. No God But God: Egypt and the Triumph of Islam – Genivie Abdo
\n6. A New Introduction to Islam – Daniel Brown
\n7. What Went Wrong – Bernard Lewis
\n8. Neuromancer – William Gibson
\n9. Mirror Mirror – Gregory Maguire
\n10. Count Zero – William Gibson
\n11. Shadowplay – Tad Williams
\n12. Shadowmarch – Tad Williams
\n13. Bloodsucking Fiends – Christopher Moore
\n14. The Stupidest Angel – Christopher Moore
\n15. Mona Lisa Overdrive – William Gibson
\n16. You Suck – Christopher Moore
\n17. Stardust – Niel Gaiman
\n18. Island of the Sequined Love Nun – Christopher Moore
\n19. Freedom for the Thought that We Hate – Lewis
\n20. Fluke – Christopher Moore
\n21. The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove – Christopher Moore
\n22. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom – Corey Doctorow
\n23. Practical Demonkeeping – Christopher Moore
\n24. A Game of Thrones – George RR Martin
\n25. A Clash of Kings – George RR Martin
\n26. A Storm of Swords – George RR Martin
\n27. The Translator’s Handbook – Sofer
\n28. A Feast for Crows – George RR Martin
\n30. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers – Mary Roach
\n31. Sock – Penn Jillette
\n32. Wicked – Gregory Maguire
\n33. Son of a Witch – Gregory Maguire
\n34. A Lion Among Men – Gregory Maguire
\n35. The Age of American Unreason – Susan Jacoby
\n36. Letter to a Christian Nation – Sam Harris
\n37. The Professor and the Madman – Simon Winchester
\n38. The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
\n39. What’s the Matter with Kansas – Thomas Frank
\n40. The Dragon in the Sea – Frank Herbert
\n41. The Eyre Affair – Jasper Fforde
\n42. Bonk: The curious coupling of science and sex – Mary Roach<\/p>\n
2009<\/span> (50 books)<\/p>\n\n- Lost in a Good Book – Jasper Fforde<\/li>\n
- The Well of Lost Plots – Jasper Fforde 1\/11<\/li>\n
- Neverwhere – Neil Gaiman 1\/18<\/li>\n
- Islamic Historiagraphy – Chase Robinson 1\/18<\/li>\n
- Something Rotten – Jasper Fforde 1\/30<\/li>\n
- First Among Sequels – Jasper Fforde 2\/9<\/li>\n
- Coraline – Neil Gaiman 2\/11<\/li>\n
- New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish 2\/26<\/li>\n
- The Princess Bride – WIlliam Goldman 2\/27<\/li>\n
- The Stepford Wives – Ira Levin3\/9<\/li>\n
- A Room with a View – E.M. Forster 3\/14<\/li>\n
- One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest -Ken Kesey 3\/22<\/li>\n
- The Golden Trade of the Moors – E.W. Bovil 4\/5<\/li>\n
- Oryx and Crake – Margaret Atwood 4\/7<\/li>\n
- The Scandals of Translation: Towards and Ethics of Difference – Lawrence Venuti 4\/19<\/li>\n
- Malinche (Spanish edition) -Laura Esquivel 5\/11<\/li>\n
- Stardust (Spanish edition) -Neil Gaiman 5\/27<\/li>\n
- Empires of the World: a Language History of the World -Nicholas Ostler 5\/28<\/li>\n
- This Side of Paradise -F. Scott Fitzgerald 5\/31<\/li>\n
- The Purity Myth: How America’s Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women -Jessica Valenti 6\/1<\/li>\n
- The Robber Bride – Margaret Atwood 6\/7<\/li>\n
- Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement -Kathyrn Joyce 6\/22<\/li>\n
- Anansi Boys: A novel -Neil Gaimna 6\/25<\/li>\n
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Ston (Arabic edition) 6\/25<\/li>\n
- American Gods -Neil Gaiman 7\/11<\/li>\n
- Female Chauvinist Pigs -Ariel Levy 7\/15<\/li>\n
- Assassin’s Apprentice -Robin Hobb 7\/22<\/li>\n
- Royal Assassin -Robin Hobb 7\/30<\/li>\n
- Assassin’s Quest -Robin Hob 8\/9<\/li>\n
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood -Charles Dickens 8\/13<\/li>\n
- Ship of Magic -Robin Hobb 8\/31<\/li>\n
- Mad Ship -Robin Hobb 9\/16<\/li>\n
- El Laberinto de la Soledad y Otras Obras -Octavio Paz 9\/22<\/li>\n
- Ship of Destiny -Robin Hobb 9\/27<\/li>\n
- The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power -Jeff Sharlet 10\/3<\/li>\n
- Fool’s Errand -Robin Hobb 10\/17<\/li>\n
- Golden Fool -Robin Hobb 10\/24<\/li>\n
- Fool’s Fate -Robin Hobb 10\/27<\/li>\n
- The Magicians -Lev Grossman 11\/16<\/li>\n
- From Eve to Dawn, a History of Women in the World Volume I: Origins: from Prehistory to the First Millennium -Marilyn French 11\/7<\/li>\n
- Lost Boy -Brent Jeffs 11\/8<\/li>\n
- Favorite Wife -Susan Ray Schmidt 11\/14<\/li>\n
- Interworld -Neil Gaiman 11\/16<\/li>\n
- Year of the Flood: A Novel -Margaret Atwood 11\/21<\/li>\n
- Shattered Dreams -Irene Spencer 11\/24<\/li>\n
- A History of Iran: Empire of the Mind -Michael Axworthy 12\/7<\/li>\n
- The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future -Vali Nasr 12\/12<\/li>\n
- Harry Potter and the chamber of Secrets (Arabic Editionh) 12\/14<\/li>\n
- Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic -Ray Takeyh 12\/21<\/li>\n
- The Blind Assassin: A Novel -Margaret Atwood 12\/28<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2010<\/span> (51 books. This year I put a “k” next to books I read on Kindle.)<\/p>\n\n- Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny 1\/2<\/li>\n
- Guns of Avalon by Roger Zelazny 1\/4<\/li>\n
- Sign of the Unicorn by Roger Zelazny 1\/9<\/li>\n
- The Hand of Oberon by Roger Zelazny 1\/11<\/li>\n
- Wicked: Memorias de una bruja mala by Gregory Maguire 1\/15<\/li>\n
- The Courts of Chaos by Roger Zelazny 1\/15<\/li>\n
- Trumps of Doom by Roger Zelazny 1\/22<\/li>\n
- The Zoroastrian Faith: Tradition and Modern Research by S.A. Nigosian 1\/30<\/li>\n
- Blood of Amber by Roger Zelazny 2\/6<\/li>\n
- Sign of Chaos by Roger Zelazny 2\/14<\/li>\n
- Infoquake by David Louis Edleman 2\/22 k<\/li>\n
- Knight of Shadows by Roger Zelazny 3\/1<\/li>\n
- Prince of Chaos by Roger Zelazny 3\/8<\/li>\n
- Multireal by David Louis Edleman 3\/19 k<\/li>\n
- Geosynchron by David Louis Edleman 4\/16 k<\/li>\n
- Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb 4\/21 k<\/li>\n
- Fool by Christopher Moore 4\/28 k<\/li>\n
- Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde 5\/3 k<\/li>\n
- Dragon Haven by Robin Hobb 5\/25 k<\/li>\n
- A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore 6\/15 k<\/li>\n
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum 6\/15 k<\/li>\n
- Hijo de bruja by Gregory Maguire 6\/19<\/li>\n
- The Sparrow: a Novelby Maria Russell 7\/15 k<\/li>\n
- Palace Walk by Negeib Mahfouz 7\/19<\/li>\n
- Breve historia de la literature espanola 7\/27<\/li>\n
- Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday 7\/29 k<\/li>\n
- Introduccion a la linguistica hispanica 8\/11<\/li>\n
- Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality by Christopher Ryan 8\/21 k<\/li>\n
- The History of Latin America: Collision of Cultures by Marshall C. Eakin 8\/25<\/li>\n
- Shaman’s Crossing by Robin Hobb 8\/25 k<\/li>\n
- Forest Mage by Robin Hobb 9\/1 k<\/li>\n
- Renegade’s Magic by Robin Hobb 9\/16 k<\/li>\n
- Classroom Management for Middle and High School Teachers by Emmer 9\/17<\/li>\n
- Classroom Instruction that Works by Marzano 9\/19<\/li>\n
- Modern Arabic Literature by Paul Starkey 9\/25<\/li>\n
- How Languages are Learned by Lightbrown and Spada 10\/2<\/li>\n
- Supporting the Literacy Development of English Learners by Young and Hadaway 10\/14<\/li>\n
- Introduccion a la literatura latinoamericana 10\/18<\/li>\n
- The Venture of Islam Volume 1: The Classical Age of Islam by Hodgson 10\/24<\/li>\n
- El Espejo Enterrado by Carlos Fuentes 11\/2<\/li>\n
- Machine of Death by North, et al. 11\/3<\/li>\n
- Shadowmarch by Tad Williams 11\/11<\/li>\n
- Shawodplay by Tad Williams 11\/19<\/li>\n
- Shadowrise by Tad Williams 11\/28<\/li>\n
- La breve y maravillosa vida de Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz 12\/4<\/li>\n
- Shadowheart by Tad Williams 12\/10<\/li>\n
- Perdido Street Station by China Melville 12\/15 k<\/li>\n
- Girl Power: the 90s Revolution in Music by Marisa Meltzer 12\/16 k<\/li>\n
- Bite Me: A Love Story by Christopher Moore 12\/21 k<\/li>\n
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick 12\/25<\/li>\n
- What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy by Gregory Maguire 12\/26 k<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2011<\/span><\/p>\n\n- Children of God<\/i>, Mary Doria Russel 1\/2 (don’t worry, this is a sci-fi novel)<\/li>\n
- The Rise and Fall of Languages<\/i>, RMW Dixon 1\/5<\/li>\n
- The Forever Machine<\/i>, Mark Clifton 1\/11<\/li>\n
- The Art of Teaching Spanish<\/i>: Second Language Acquisition from Research to Praxis<\/i>, Salaberry & Lafford 1\/14<\/li>\n
- Double Star<\/i>, Robert Heinlein 1\/16<\/li>\n
- What to Eat<\/i>, Marion Nestle 1\/26<\/li>\n
- The Big Time<\/i>, Fritz Leiber 1\/28<\/li>\n
- Teach Like a Champion<\/i>, Doug Lemov 2\/17<\/li>\n
- Seedfolks, <\/i>Paul Fleischman 2\/23<\/li>\n
- The Windup Girl<\/i>, Paolo Bacigalupi 2\/28<\/li>\n
- Starship Troopers<\/i>, Robery Heinlein 3\/13<\/li>\n
- Foundation<\/i>, Isaac Asimov 3\/21<\/li>\n
- Foundation and Empire<\/i>, Isaac Asimov 3\/22<\/li>\n
- Second Foundation<\/i>, Isaac Asimov 3\/24 <\/i><\/li>\n
- Foundation’s Edge<\/i>, Isaac Asimov 4\/2 <\/i><\/li>\n
- If I’m so Successful, Why do I Feel like a Fake? <\/i>Harvey Katz 4\/11<\/li>\n
- Foundation and Earth<\/i>, Isaac Asimov 4\/21<\/li>\n
- The Complete Guide to Asperger’s Syndrome<\/i>, Tony Attwood 4\/25<\/li>\n
- Aspergirls<\/i>, Rudy Simone 4\/26<\/li>\n
- Free: The Future of a Radical Price<\/i>, Chris Anderson 4\/30<\/li>\n
- Prelude to Foundation<\/i>, Isaac Asimov 5\/18<\/li>\n
- The Hunger Games<\/i>, Suzanne Collins 5\/21<\/li>\n
- Catching Fire<\/i>, Suzanne Collins 5\/23<\/li>\n
- Mockingjay<\/i>, Suzanne Collins 5\/26<\/li>\n
- Asperger’s Syndrome and Anxiety: A Guide to Successful Stress Management<\/i>, Nick Dubin 5\/31<\/li>\n
- Omnilingual<\/i>, H. Beam Piper 5\/31<\/li>\n
- Containment<\/i>, Christian Cantrell 6\/3<\/li>\n
- Gods and Myths of Northern Europe<\/i>, H.R. Ellis Davidson 6\/15<\/li>\n
- Forward the Foundation<\/i>, Isaac Asimov 6\/17<\/li>\n
- The Passage<\/i>, Justin Cronin 6\/26<\/li>\n
- This Book is Overdue! How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All<\/i>, Marilyn Johnson 7\/1<\/li>\n
- The Wild Things<\/i>, Dave Eggers 7\/2<\/li>\n
- Glut: Mastering Information through the Ages<\/i>, Alex Wright 7\/14<\/li>\n
- Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder<\/i>, David Weinberger 7\/19<\/li>\n
- Hyperion<\/i>, Dan Simmons 7\/28<\/li>\n
- Ambient Findability<\/i>, Peter Morville 8\/9<\/li>\n
- Crash Course in Public Library Administration<\/i>, Wayne Disher 8\/15<\/li>\n
- The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War<\/i>, Michael Shaara 9\/17<\/li>\n
- The Fall of Hyperion<\/i>, Dan Simmons 11\/5<\/li>\n
- A Fire upon the Deep<\/i>, Vernor Vinge 11\/24<\/li>\n
- The Lightening Thief<\/i>, Rick Riordan 11\/25<\/li>\n
- California: A History<\/i>, Kevin Starr 12\/28<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
2012<\/span><\/p>\n\n- \n
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle<\/u> by Avi 1\/27<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
The Extreme Searcher’s Internet Handbook: A Guide for the Serious Searcher<\/u> by Randolph Hock 1\/30<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
The Sea of Monsters<\/u> by Rick Riordan 2\/24<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts<\/u> by Maxine Hong Kingston 2\/28<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
The Titan’s Curse<\/u> by Rick Riordan 3\/2<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
The Battle of the Labyrinth<\/u> by Rick Riordan 3\/8<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
The Last Olympian<\/u> by Rick Riordan 3\/13<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Game of Thrones<\/u> by George R. R. Martin 4\/4<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
A Clash of Kings<\/u> by George R. R. Martin 4\/29<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
The Oxford Guide to Library Research<\/u> by Thomas Mann 4\/29<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Storm of Swords<\/u> by George R. R. Martin 5\/29<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
A Feast for Crows<\/u> by George R. R. Martin 6\/16<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
A Dance with Dragons<\/u> by George R. R. Martin 6\/26<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Out of Oz: The final volume in the Wicked Years<\/u> by Gregory Maguire 7\/12<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
The Craft of Research, 3rd<\/sup> Edition<\/u> by Booth, Colomb, and Williams 7\/22<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Bringing It All Together: Language and Literacy in the Multilingual Classroom<\/u> by Marcia Brechtel 8\/30<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Endymion<\/u> by Dan Simmons 9\/19<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction<\/u> by Isabel Beck, et al. 9\/26<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
The Pearl<\/u> by John Steinbeck 10\/30<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Rise of Endymion<\/u> by Dan Simmons 11\/11<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
My Brother Sam is Dead<\/u> by Collier and Collier 11\/ 19<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n
The Magician King<\/u> by Lev Grossman 11\/27<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n2013<\/span><\/p>\n\n- The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan 1\/20<\/li>\n
- The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan 2\/14<\/li>\n
- CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, 8th<\/sup> Edition by Michael Meyers 2\/18<\/li>\n
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can\u2019t Stop Talking by Susan Cain 2\/25<\/li>\n
- Over the Cliff: How Obama\u2019s Election Drove the American Right Insane by John Amato and David Neiwert 3\/1<\/li>\n
- The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan 3\/7<\/li>\n
- The Ordinary Acrobat by Duncan Wall 3\/10<\/li>\n
- The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers & Fathers Are Going Broke by Elizabeth Warren & Amelia Warren Tyagi 3\/19<\/li>\n
- The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr 4\/2<\/li>\n
- Every Day by David Levithan 4\/3<\/li>\n
- Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright 4\/9<\/li>\n
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander 4\/27<\/li>\n
- Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papadimitriou 4\/29<\/li>\n
- Adventures of the Artificial Woman: A Novel by Thomas Berger 5\/1<\/li>\n
- The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan 6\/10<\/li>\n
- Dreams and Shadows: A Novel by C. Robert Cargill 6\/16<\/li>\n
- Makers: The New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson 6\/28<\/li>\n
- We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo 7\/2<\/li>\n
- I Fired God: My Life Inside\u2014and Escape from\u2014the Secret World of the Independent Fundamentalist Baptist Cult by Jocelyn Zichterman 7\/4<\/li>\n
- Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan 7\/10<\/li>\n
- The Unlikely Disciplie: A Sinner\u2019s Semester at America\u2019s Holiest University by Kevin Roose 7\/24<\/li>\n
- Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond edited by John Joseph Adams & Douglas Cohen 7\/30<\/li>\n
- The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes 8\/11<\/li>\n
- Girls of the Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kernan 8\/28<\/li>\n
- Red Shirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi 9\/3<\/li>\n
- The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan 9\/4<\/li>\n
- Why Have Kids? A New Mom Explores the Truth about Parenting and Happiness by Jessica Valenti 9\/10<\/li>\n
- Asperger\u2019s on the Job: Must-Have Advice for People with Asperger\u2019s or High Functioning Autism, and their Employers, Educators, and Advocates by Rudy Simone 9\/11<\/li>\n
- Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan 9\/17<\/li>\n
- Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan 10\/2<\/li>\n
- The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades before Roe v. Wade by Ann Fessler 10\/11<\/li>\n
- The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan 10\/18<\/li>\n
- The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan 10\/23<\/li>\n
- The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan 10\/24<\/li>\n
- The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan 10\/25<\/li>\n
- The House of Hades by Rick Riordan 10\/29<\/li>\n
- Winter\u2019s Heart by Robert Jordan 11\/7<\/li>\n
- Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan 11\/24<\/li>\n
- The New Rules of Lifting for Women: Lift Like a Man, Look Like a Goddess by Lou Schuler, Cassandra Forsthe, Alwyn Cosgrove 11\/27<\/li>\n
- Song of the Vikings: Snorri and the Making of Norse Myths by Nancy Marie Brown 12\/2<\/li>\n
- Just a Geek: Unflinchingly Honest Tales of the Search for Life, Love, and Fulfillment Beyond the Starship Enterprise by Wil Wheaton 12\/4<\/li>\n
- Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan 12\/6<\/li>\n
- Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh 12\/8<\/li>\n
- The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson 12\/13<\/li>\n
- Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson 12\/22<\/li>\n
- A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson 12\/31<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
2014<\/span> (90 books)<\/p>\n