What I Read in 2009
For 2009, I decided to start actively reading again (something I had done very little of since high school). I managed to get through 38 books and while I’m not exactly setting a goal, I’d like to at least maintain a similar pace this year.
If you just want the highlights, I’d say that Neverwhere, Replay and The Road are at the top of my list as far as fiction is concerned. For non-fiction, Brain Rules, Blink and Trade-Off probably top the list.
Not to say the other books aren’t good - I typically only finish books I enjoy on some level. With as many books as I’d like to read, I don’t see the point in wasting time on a book that doesn’t manage to hold my interest on some level.
Shadows Linger by Glen Cook
The White Rose by Glen Cook
The Dad in the Mirror by Pat Morley
The Rosetta Key by William Dietrich
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Wikinomics by Don Tapscott
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Convergence Culture by Henry Jenkins
Unleashing the Ideavirus by Seth Godin
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters by Dr. Meg Meeker
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me) by Carol Tavris
Glory Road by Dan Wetzel
Sway by Ori Brafman
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
What Would Google Do? by Jeff Jarvis
Dune by Frank Herbert
Crowdsourcing by Jeff Howe
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Elsewhere U.S.A by Dalton Conley
The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway
The Power of Less by Leo Babuta
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
The Last Colony by John Scalzi
Play by Stuart Brown
Replay by Ken Grimwood
Trade-Off by Kevin Maney
1984 by George Orwell
Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg
How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Phillip K. Dick
Brain Rules by John Medina