Past

2009

1. The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs
2. Down from Troy by Richard Selzer
3. The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
4. The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
5. Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie
6. The Man in  The Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
   
7. The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
8. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
9. The Big Four by Agatha Christie by Agatha Christie
   
10. The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
    
11. The Seven Dials Mystery by Agatha Christie
12. A Darkness More Than Night by Michael Connelly
13. City of Bones by Michael Connelly
14. Pigs In Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver
15. Medicus: A Novel of the Roman Empire by Ruth Downie
16. Lost Light by Michael Connelly
17. Somebody Owes Me Money by Donald E. Westlake
18. The Hunter by Richard Stark
19. The Ax by Richard Stark
20. Dead Sleep by Greg Iles
21. The Narrows by Michael Connelly
22. Last Shot by Gregg Hurwitz
23. The Man with the Getaway Face by Richard Stark
24. The Outfit by Richard Stark
25. The  Closers by Michael Connelly
26. Look Again by Lisa Scottoline

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