Your 'Top Reads' of 2009!

Notorious

East of Eden by John Steinbeck was my favourite read of the year, and it has possibly become one of my favourite books. I'll be giving it a reread in the near future.

I had my first proper venture into science fiction with Issac Asimov's Foundation after a friend recommended it. An amazing read and it's driven me towards more sci-fi.

F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button also deserves a mention. There wasn't one of the short stories in the book that I didn't like.

Kai

This year i managed:
The Road - Mccarthy
No country for old men
Blood Meridian
Started All the pretty horses but was burned out with McCarthy at thi stage so ill wait a while.

Foundation - Asimov - First three books.
Enders Game - Orson Scott Card.
First 3 Master and Commander books by Patrick O'Brian - Enjoying them a lot more than i expected.
Blink,Outliers, The Tipping point - Malcolm Gladwell.
Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson
Moby Dick - Herman Melville.
Slaughterhouse 5 - Vonnegut

Started but have yet to finish The Count of Monte Cristo.

Currently reading J Robert Oppenheimers Biography - American Prometheus.

Denerick

First 3 Master and Commander books by Patrick O'Brian - Enjoying them a lot more than i expected.

Same here. I find that my interest drops all the time though until you come across a few paragraphs that get you into them again. Its very hard to concentrate on but when you're in the zone, they are really good books.

Kai

Denerick wrote: »

Same here. I find that my interest drops all the time though until you come across a few paragraphs that get you into them again. Its very hard to concentrate on but when you're in the zone, they are really good books.

Yep, and he wrote something like 20 books in the series. If the quality stays the same then that is a major accomplishment.

Flex

Favourite books I read this year were

- "The Alchemist"
- "The Five People You Meet in Heavan"
- "Conspiracy" (a book about famous Irish trials).

Couple of other ones I liked were "Day of the Dragon", "The Poisonwood Bible" (although it dragged on alooooooooot) and a book called "Empire".

mishimab

Flex wrote: »

Favourite books I read this year were

- "The Alchemist"

good choice.. good book..

tallulah_crack

I know this much is true- Wally Lamb
Generation A- Douglas Coupland
Post Birthday World- Lionel Shriver
Catseye- Margaret Atwood
The Death of Bunny Monroe- Nick Cave
Black Swan Green- David Mitchell
&A fraction of the whole by Steve Toltz which I found almost painful to finish!

Glowing

tallulah_crack wrote: »

I know this much is true- Wally Lamb

Great book(but it's technically in my great reads of 2008 ) I've got his second book in my pile of books to read, can't wait to start that!

Rainbow_brite

- A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hossein
- The Time Traveler's Wife- A Niffenegger
- The Forgotten Garden - Kate Morton
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - S Larsson
- The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

And not forgetting the latest Adrian Mole The Prostate Years a childhood favourite

tallulah_crack

Glowing wrote: »

Great book(but it's technically in my great reads of 2008 ) I've got his second book in my pile of books to read, can't wait to start that!

Is that the hour i first believed??? It's amazing! Definitely one of my favourite reads ever, was gutted when i finished it!

Ann22

'Let the Right One In' by John Ajvide Lindqvist..brilliant read. Miles better than the film which was great. I also read his latest 'Handling the Undead'-great story too.

BaelNaMblath

I finally read Lolita, and that isn't just my top of '09, but probably my favorite of all time. It set a new standard for prose.