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Books Read in 2008

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1

by Stephen King

8,316 members

252 reviews

3.9

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

2

The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger

39,639 members

1,273 reviews

4.1

3 Members: dara85, sturlington, ahef1963

3

Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space (and the Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds)

3,756 members

30 reviews

3.8

2 Members: aethercowboy, focas

4

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

52,342 members

708 reviews

3.9

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

5

by Carolyn Jessop

1,761 members

107 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

6

40,446 members

1,590 reviews

4.2

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

7

Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders

9,895 members

227 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

8

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

44,215 members

709 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

9

The Blind Assassin

by Margaret Atwood

16,532 members

384 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

10

14,920 members

202 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

11

A Thousand Acres

6,191 members

137 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

12

The Little Prince

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

44,992 members

770 reviews

4.2

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

13

by Kristin Hannah

4,861 members

327 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

14

Thirteen ways of looking at the novel

894 members

23 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

15

Apartment in Athens

by Glenway Wescott

279 members

5 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

16

by Richard Johnsonbaugh

25 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: aethercowboy

17

John Lennon, 1940-80

by Ray Connolly

14 members

Member: waxflower

18

Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs

1,178 members

65 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

19

The Lovely Bones

by Alice Sebold

36,056 members

942 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

20

The Laughing Policeman

by Maj Sjöwall

1,851 members

66 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

21

The Tenth Circle

by Jodi Picoult

6,632 members

145 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

22

by Margaret Atwood

17,031 members

538 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

23

Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog

11,394 members

372 reviews

4

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

24

Five Little Peppers and How They Grew

by Margaret Sidney

3,928 members

47 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

25

Summer of My German Soldier

by Bette Greene

3,048 members

47 reviews

3.8

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

26

by George Orwell

60,403 members

892 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

27

by Daphne Du Maurier

20,865 members

616 reviews

4.2

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963

28

The Wide Window

by Lemony Snicket

13,750 members

134 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: aethercowboy

29

The Shipping News

by E. Annie Proulx

13,480 members

250 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

30

by Karin Slaughter

2,952 members

91 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

31

Heart of the Comet

by Gregory Benford

1,199 members

7 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: sturlington

32

Voices in Summer

by Rosamunde Pilcher

499 members

10 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: waxflower

33

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time

by Greg Mortenson

12,986 members

497 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

34

Orlando: A Biography

by Virginia Woolf

10,705 members

174 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

35

by Michael Crichton

10,027 members

152 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: waxflower

36

Soon I Will Be Invincible

by Austin Grossman

1,949 members

118 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

37

Marvel 1602: Fantastick Four

91 members

4 reviews

3.1

Member: aethercowboy

38

by Kim Stanley Robinson

8,367 members

185 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

39

by Isaac Asimov

1,757 members

15 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

40

In His Own Write

679 members

4 reviews

3.9

Member: waxflower

41

100 Selected Stories

457 members

2 reviews

3.9

Member: aethercowboy

42

The Catcher in the Rye

by J. D. Salinger

69,843 members

1,086 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

43

by Terry Pratchett

11,347 members

157 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

44

2,670 members

61 reviews

4.1

Member: waxflower

45

by Gwyn Hyman Rubio

2,599 members

31 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: dara85

46

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 2008, Vol. 114, No. 2

by Gordon Van Gelder

18 members

½ 3.6

Member: aethercowboy

47

by Charlotte Brontë

59,382 members

924 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

48

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

13,154 members

489 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

49

by Gillian Flynn

9,817 members

539 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

50

Hannibal Rising

by Thomas Harris

4,585 members

87 reviews

3.2

Member: sturlington

51

To Each His Own

by Leonardo Sciascia

1,036 members

30 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: waxflower

52

2600: The Hacker Quarterly, Winter 2007-2008

by Emmanuel Goldstein

3 members

½ 3.5

Member: aethercowboy

53

The Picture of Dorian Gray

39,804 members

638 reviews

4

Member: waxflower

54

Just After Sunset

by Stephen King

5,459 members

133 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

55

by Douglas Coupland

4,939 members

64 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

56

The Best American Short Stories 2007

by Stephen King

831 members

13 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

57

by John DeChancie

291 members

1 review

½ 3.3

Member: aethercowboy

58

Internal Combustion: The Story of a Marriage and a Murder in the Motor City

by Joyce Maynard

65 members

3 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

59

by Michael Connelly

5,271 members

118 reviews

3.9

Member: dara85

60

Bone: One Volume Edition

2,877 members

54 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

61

Roc and a Hard Place

by Piers Anthony

1,168 members

4 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: aethercowboy

62

In His Own Write + A Spaniard in the Works

359 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: waxflower

63

The Bone People

3,832 members

112 reviews

4.1

Member: waxflower

64

Last Night at the Lobster

by Stewart O'Nan

1,371 members

125 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

65

by Andrew Gross

917 members

40 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

66

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 2008, Vol. 114, No. 3

by Gordon Van Gelder

17 members

1 review

½ 3.7

Member: aethercowboy

67

by Paulo Coelho

39,410 members

1,043 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: waxflower

68

Heart-Shaped Box

6,822 members

371 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

69

4,032 members

53 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

70

by Diana Wynne Jones

1,735 members

46 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

71

Discover Biology

by Michael L. Cain

42 members

3

Member: aethercowboy

72

Phule's Company

by Robert Asprin

1,688 members

16 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: waxflower

73

by Piers Anthony

1,039 members

5 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: aethercowboy

74

The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy

by Stewart O'Nan

588 members

26 reviews

4

Member: dara85

75

by Stephen King

9,970 members

119 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

76

Morning and Evening: A New Edition of the Classic Devotional Based on The Holy Bible, English Standard Version

by C. H. Spurgeon

2,834 members

15 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: aethercowboy

77

Four Ways to Forgiveness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

1,217 members

26 reviews

3.9

Member: waxflower

78

Ice Bound: A Doctor's Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole

by Jerri Nielson

800 members

17 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

79

by Stephenie Meyer

58,568 members

2,269 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: waxflower

80

by Harlan Coben

5,423 members

159 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

81

Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year

1,709 members

32 reviews

4.1

Member: sturlington

82

by Piers Anthony

964 members

5 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: aethercowboy

83

The Chinese Nail Murders

by Robert van Gulik

568 members

9 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

84

The Adventures of Captain Underpants

6,049 members

137 reviews

3.8

Member: aethercowboy

85

The Wars of the Roses

1,980 members

31 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

86

The Flying Sorcerers

by David Gerrold

699 members

5 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: waxflower

87

Shattered Dreams : My Life as a Polygamist's Wife

by Irene Spencer

537 members

30 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

88

The Tao of Poop: Keeping Your Sanity (and Your Soul) While Raising a Baby

by Vivian E. Glyck

14 members

1 review

½ 2.5

Member: sturlington

89

A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin

42,901 members

1,124 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

90

Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets

4,645 members

65 reviews

3.8

Member: aethercowboy

91

The Tenth Insight: Holding the Vision

by James Redfield

2,129 members

12 reviews

3.2

Member: waxflower

92

The Overland Trail

33 members

1 review

4

Member: dara85

93

Interview with the Vampire

22,973 members

333 reviews

3.8

Member: waxflower

94

Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia

by John Gilmore

228 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: dara85

95

Tropical Nature: Life and Death in the Rain Forests of Central and South America

by Adrian Forsyth

213 members

8 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

96

by Stephenie Meyer

47,034 members

1,051 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: waxflower

97

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

by James McBride

6,158 members

115 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

98

Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants

3,799 members

41 reviews

3.8

Member: aethercowboy

99

The Choiring of the Trees

by Donald Harrington

123 members

2 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: dara85

100

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

by David Sedaris

9,185 members

268 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

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