Just Finished Reading…
Just Finished Reading…
The Discworld Graphic Novels by Terry Pratchett.
Before that I read The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.
-David
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Now Reading…
Now Reading…
Neuromancer by William Gibson.
-David
Over the Weekend I Read…
Over the Weekend I Read…
Last One In by Nicholas Kulish. When I started this book, I wasn’t sure I’d finish it. But by the 3rd chapter I was really enjoying it.
-David
My 2008 Reading List
My 2008 Reading List
In no particular order. Books I particularly liked are in bold. Books that I consider to have been a waste of my time are struck.
Fiction
The Starter Wife by Gigi Levangie Grazer.
No Offense Intended by Barbara Seranella.
The Girl Who Played Go by Shan Sa.
Anyone But You by Jennifer Crusie.
The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog by Dave Berry.
Shogun by James Clavell.
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson.
Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 2008.
Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 2008.
Dodsworth by Sinclair Lewis.
Little Saigon by T. Jefferson Parker.
The Silent Assassin by Lori Andrews.
The Return Journey by Maeve Binchy.
The Broker by John Grisham.
Nights of Rain and Stars by Maeve Binchy.
Because Your Vampire Said So by Michelle Bardsley.
The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett.
The Moon and Sixpence by Somerset Maugham.
God’s Little Acre by Erskine Caldwell.
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett.
The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett.
Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett.
The i Inside by Alan Dean Foster.
It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis.
A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny.
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury.
Making Money by Terry Pratchett.
Dark Star by Alan Furst.
Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett.
The Painted Veil by Somerset Maugham.
The Wheelman by Duane Swierczynski.
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson.
Thud by Terry Pratchett.
The Brigadier and the Golf Widow by John Cheever.
Burton & Speke by William Harrison.
Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man by Joseph Heller.
Nonfiction
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell.
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely.
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Fitness Weight Training by Thomas R. Baechle and Roger W. Earle.
The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman.
Falling Behind: How Rising Inequality Harms the Middle Class by Robert H. Frank.
Richistan: A Journey Through the American Wealth Boom and the Lives of the New Rich by Robert Frank.
Take on the Street: What Wall Street and Corporate America Don’t Want You to Know by Arthur Levitt.
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World by Gregory Clark.
Influence: Science and Practice by Robert B. Cialdini.
History
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen.
The Search for Order 1877-1920 by Robert H. Wiebe.
Biography
Shadow Man: The Life of Dashiell Hammett by Richard Layman.
Photography
Minor White (photographs).
Imogen Cunningham: Portraiture
Imogen Cunningham: Flora
On the Other Side of the Camera by Arnold Crane.
Imogen Cunningham: Ideas Without End: A Life in Photographs by Richard Lorenz.
Dorothea Lange: Photographs of a Lifetime.
Man Ray (another book of photographs).
Paul Strand (Aperture Masters of Photography, Number One).
Paul Strand: Sixty Years of Photographs.
Man Ray: Photographs, Paintings, Objects.
Nikon D700 Users Manual.
RPG
Villiany Amok.
Dark Champions: The Animated Series.
Dark Champions: Heroes of Vengeance.
Champions Superhero Roleplaying.
HERO System, Fifth Edition, Revised.
Fantasy Hero: A Genre Book for Hero System Fifth Edition.
I count 74 books read. I didn’t mention about a dozen or so books that I started but couldn’t finish (usually due to boredom and/or allergic reaction to writing style).
I’ve already given up on 2 books so far in 2009. Not an auspicious start. But, yeah, I’ll probably read another 60-70 books this year too. 
-David