Past

2009

  1. The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs 5/5
  2. Down from Troy by Richard Selzer 4/5
  3. The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie 5/5
  4. The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie 3/5
  5. Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie 4/5
  6. The Man in  The Brown Suit by Agatha Christie 3/5
  7. The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie 4/5
  8. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie 5/5
  9. The Big Four by Agatha Christie by Agatha Christie 4/5
  10. The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie 3/5
  11. The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie 3/5
  12. A Darkness More Than Night by Michael Connelly 3/5
  13. City of Bones by Michael Connelly 4/5
  14. Pigs In Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver 3/5
  15. Medicus: A Novel of the Roman Empire by Ruth Downie 4/5
  16. Lost Light by Michael Connelly 4/5
  17. Somebody Owes Me Money by Donald E. Westlake 4/5
  18. The Hunter by Richard Stark 5/5
  19. The Ax by Richard Stark 4/5
  20. Dead Sleep by Greg Iles 3/5
  21. The Narrows by Michael Connelly 3/5
  22. Last Shot by Gregg Hurwitz 4/5
  23. The Man with the Getaway Face by Richard Stark 5/5
  24. The Outfit by Richard Stark 5/5
  25. The Closers by Michael Connelly 3/5
  26. Look Again by Lisa Scottoline 3/5
  27. The Murder at The Vicarage by Agatha Christie 5/5
  28. Echo Park by Michael Connelly 4/5
  29. The Cutie by Donald E. Westlake 4/5
  30. The Overlook by Michael Connelly 4/5
  31. Murder at Hazelmoor by Agatha Christie 3/5
  32. The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly 4/5
  33. The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly 4/5
  34. Peril at End House by Agatha Christie 3/5
  35. Thirteen at Dinner by Agatha Christie 4/5
  36. Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie 5/5
  37. A Study in Scarlet by Sherlock Holmes 5/5
  38. The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly 4/5
  39. Killing Castro by Lawrence Block 3/5
  40. The Sign of the Four by Sherlock Holmes 5/5
  41. Above Suspicion by Lynda La Plante 3/5
  42. The Boomerang Clue by Agatha Christie 3/5
  43. Murder in Three Acts by Agatha Christie 4/5
  44. Death in The Air by Agatha Christie 4/5
  45. Murder In Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie 3/5
  46. Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie 4/5
  47. The Red Dahlia by Lynda La Plante 3/5
  48. Mercury Falls by Robert Kroese 5/5
  49. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle 4/5
  50. Red Dragon by Michael Connelly 3/5
  51. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith 4/5
  52. The Professional by Robert B. Parker 3/5
  53. Poirot Loses A Client by Agatha Christie 4/5

2008

  1. Rumpole Misbehaves by John Mortimer 9/10
  2. Rumpole and the Reign of Terror by John Mortimer 9/10
  3. Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders by John Mortimer 10/10
  4. Rumspringa: To Be Or Not To Be Amish by Tom Schachtman 7/10
  5. Abandonment to Divine Providence by Jean-Pierre de Caussade 10/10
  6. Shakespeare: The World As Stage by Bill Bryson 6/10
  7. Thoughts in Solitude by Thomas Merton 9/10
  8. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks 8/10
  9. Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas by Tom Robbins 7/10
  10. Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris 9/10
  11. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy 8/10
  12. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris 8/10
  13. Lady Killer by Lisa Scottoline 7/10
  14. Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf 7/10
  15. The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight by Jimmy Breslin 8/10
  16. An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England by Brock Clarke 7/10
  17. World War Z by Max Brooks 4/10
  18. Big Trouble by Dave Barry 9/10
  19. Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist by M.C. Beaton 7/10
  20. The Automatic Detective by A. Lee Martinez 7/10
  21. Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams by Alfred Lubrano 8/10
  22. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 8/10
  23. Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death by M.C. Beaton 6/10
  24. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman 10/10
  25. Red Bird by Mary Oliver 8/10
  26. The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff 8/10
  27. Left To Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculee Ilibagiza with Steve Erwin 10/10
  28. No Use Dying Over Spilled Milk: A Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery with Recipes by Tamar Meyers 8/10
  29. 180 More: Extraordinary Poems For Every Day, edited by Billy Collins 10/10
  30. The Secret Pulse of Time: Making Sense of Life’s Scarcest Commodity by Stefan Klein 8/10
  31. Stardust by Neil Gaiman 7.5/10
  32. Just Plain Pickled To Death: A Pennsylvania Dutch Mystery with Recipes by Tamar Myers 9/10
  33. The Moviegoer by Walker Percy 8/10
  34. Sailing Alone Around The Room: New and Selected Poems by Billy Collins 10/10
  35. Sister Pelagia and The White Bulldog by Boris Akunin
    10/10
  36. Sister Pelagia and The Black Monk by Boris Akunin 8/10
  37. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie 9/10
  38. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett 7/10
  39. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie 10/10
  40. Exiles by Ron Hansen 7.5/10
  41. Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe 10/10
  42. Three Cups of  Tea: One Man’s Mission To Fight Terrorism and Build Nations…One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin 4/5
  43. Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (a compilation of 14 Batman comics) 5/5
  44. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller with Klaus Janson and Lynn Varley 5/5
  45. Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again by Frank Miller 5/5
  46. The Snack Thief by Andrea Camilleri 4/5
  47. The Triumph of Caesar by Steven Saylor 4/5
  48. Ultimate Iron Man by Orson Scott Card 4/5
  49. The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo 3/5
  50. Right as Rain by George P. Pelecanos3.5/5
  51. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 4/5
  52. Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy by Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt and David L. Weaver-Zercher 4/5
  53. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut 5/5
  54. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling 5/5
  55. Rex Libris: I, Librarian by James Turner 4/5
  56. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton 5/5
  57. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier 4/5
  58. The Giver by Lois Lowry 5/5
  59. Black Boy by Richard Wright 5/5
  60. Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes 5/5
  61. The Story of A Soul by St. Therese of Lisieux
  62. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy 3/5
  63. The Freedom Writers Diary by The Freedom Writers and Erin Gruwell
  64. The Last Days of Krypton by Kevin J. Anderson 3/5
  65. Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin 3/5
  66. The Gypsy Morph: Genesis of Shannara, Vol 3. by Terry Brooks 2/5
  67. American Gods by Neil Gaiman 4/5
  68. Hogfather by Terry Pratchett 3/5
  69. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon 3/5
  70. gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson 5/5

My rating system:

5- Classic, must read
4- Worth owning a copy
3- Worth picking up at library
2- Worth skimming at the bookstore
1- Worth being a doorstop

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