The reading goal for 2009 was a book a week; that means 52 books in 2009. I only include novels, non-fiction, collections, larger kids books, noteworthy poetry, and sizable graphic novels. These are also only first time reads. I know I have blown away more books than this in a year before, but I thought it would be a good idea just once to document it. Also, this was a year of cleaning off the reading table, reading all the gift books I have, returning books to people, catching up on some jointly read books with my kids, and setting myself up to read a new list for next year. However, when I was at 42 books by the time I turned 42 just after mid-year it no longer seemed like a challenge. On September 11 I finished book 52 and had started a 53rd ...
1 - The Good Faeries Of New York by Martin Millar
2 - The Tales Of Beedle The Bard by J.K. Rowling
3 - Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
4 - The Taqwacores by Michael Muhammad Knight
5 - He Owned The World by Charles Eric Maine
6 - Serenity by Keith DeCandido
7 - The Men Of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book by Gerard Jones
8 - Blond Savage by John Vail
9 - Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke
10 - For Texas And Zed by Zach Hughes
11 - Magic To The Bone by Devon Monk
12 - The Gladiators by Martin Saul
13 - Stalking The Vampire by Mike Resnick
14 - Heroes: Saving Charlie by Aury Wallington
15 - Judgement On Janus by Andre Norton
16 - Bury Me Deep by Harold Q. Masur
17 - Stop That Ball! by Mike McClintock - Illustrations by Frits Siebel
18 - Heroes, Vol. 2 by R.D. Hall, Tim Sale, and others
19 - Dancing Barefoot by Wil Wheaton
20 - Just A Geek by Wil Wheaton
21 - Seeing Redd by Frank Beddor
22 - Serenity: The Official Visual Companion by Joss Whedon
23 - Firefly: The Official Visual Companion, Volume One by Abbie Bernstein and others
24 - Firefly: The Official Visual Companion, Volume Two by Abbie Bernstein and others
25 - Death Of A Doll by Hilda Lawrence
26 - Justice For None by Gene Hackman and Daniel Lenihan
27 - The Book Of Yoga by Christina Brown
28 - Finding Serenity: Anti-heroes, Lost Shepherds, And Space Hookers In Joss Whedon's Firefly edited by Jane Espenson with Glenn Yeffeth
29 - Serenity Found: More Unauthorized Essays On Joss Whedon's Firefly Universe edited by Jane Espenson, with Leah Wilson
30 - The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
31 - All Known Metal Bands by Dan Nelson
32 - So Say We All: An Unauthorized Collection of Thoughts and Opinions on Battlestar Galactica edited by Richard Hatch
33 - Alias Assumed; Sex, Lies and SD-6 edited by Kevin Weisman
34 - Face by Sherman Alexie
35 - Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead
36 - The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud
37 - Ptolemy's Gate by Jonathan Stroud
38 - Wake Of The Perdido Star by Gene Hackman and Daniel Lenihan
39 - Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
40 - New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
41 - The Fountain by Darren Aronofsky and Kent Williams
42 - Eclipse - by Stephenie Meyer
43 - Breaking Dawn - by Stephenie Meyer
44 - - Football Against The Enemy by Simon Kuper
* - Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer (1/2 an unpublished novel online that runs at 264 pages)
45 - The Complete Idiot's Guide To Pro Wrestling by Bert Randolph Sugar & Captain Lou Albano
46 - The Nitpicker's Guide For Classic Trekkers by Phil Farrand
47 - Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal by Ian Christe
48 - Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher
49 - - Bang!: The Complete History of the Universe by Brian May, Sir Patrick Moore, and Chris Lintott
50 - Patient Zero: A Joe Ledger Novel by Jonathan Maberry
51 - Bloody Confused!: A Clueless American Sportswriter Seeks Solace In English Soccer by Chuck Culpepper
52 - Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write About Their Search for Self by Sara Shandler
53 - The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1) by Rick Riordan
54 - Finn McCool's Football Club: The Birth, Death, and Resurrection of a Pub Soccer Team in the City of the Dead by Stephen Rea
55 - The Beckham Experiment: How the World's Most Famous Athlete Tried to Conquer America by Grant Wahl
56 - Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town by Warren St. John
57 - Seeing Red by Graham Poll
58 - The Soccer Tribe by Desmond Morris
59 - Four Days in a Lifetime by Georges Simenon
60 - Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
61 - Showcase Presents: Adam Strange Volume One
62 - Cruel Shoes by Steve Martin
63 - The Eternal Prison by Jeff Somers
64 - Jack Kirby's OMAC: One Man Army Corps by Jack Kirby
65 - Empire by Mark Waid and Barry Kitson
66 - Soccer in Sun and Shadow by Eduardo Galeano - translated by Mark Fried.
67 - Magic in the Blood by Devon Monk
68 - Stealing the General: The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honor by Russell S. Bonds
69 - Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey--and Even Iraq--Are Destined to Become the Kings of the Worlds Most Popular Sport by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski
70 - Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
71 - Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney
72 - Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
73 - Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney
74 - Soccer in a Football World: The Story of America's Forgotten Game by David Wangerin
75 - America Unzipped by Brian Alexander
76 - Stalking The Dragon by Mike Resnick
77 - War Dances by Sherman Alexie
78 - All The Stars Came Out That Night by Kevin King
79 - Once in a Lifetime: The Incredible Story of the New York Cosmos by Gavin Newsham
80 - Stardust: Supernovae and Life - The Cosmic Connection by John Gribbin
81 - The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
82 - Bergman, Fellini, Kurosawa: The Foreign Film In America by James Selvidge
83 - Order In Chaos by Jack Whyte
