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Finger-licking Fifteen, by Janet Evanovich ****

Buried, by Mark Billingham *****

The Company, by Max Barry ****

Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free, by Charles P. Pierce ****

Faerie Blood, by Anna Korra'ti *****

The Return of Depression Economics, by Paul Krugman ****

Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth About The American Voter, by Rick Shenkman ****

The Score: How the Quest for Sex has Shaped the Modern Man, by Faye Flam ****

The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World, by Tim Harford ***

George's Secret Key to the Universe, by Lucy and Stephen Hawking **

Myth-Fortunes, by Robert Asprin and Jody Lynn Nye ****

Thirteenth Night: A Fool's Guild Mystery, by Alan Gordon *****

A friend's two-year-old son has just been diagnosed with leukemia. Please help the family if you can:

http://www.manicmother.com/2009/05/please-help-my-family-kick-cancers-ass.html

(Nah, I didn't just read all of these. I just remembered the library books I left off the list....)

Living Witness, by Jane Haddam *****

The Language of Bees, by Laurie R. King *****

Dead over Heels, by MaryJanice Davidson **

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, by Mary Roach ****

Murder of a Royal Pain, by Denise Swanson ***

Brain Rules, by John Medina ****

Execution Dock (Monk novel), by Anne Perry *****

Turn Coat, by Jim Butcher *****

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, by Mark Twain ****

Interface, by Neal Stephenson & J. Frederick Geo ***

Trigger City, by Sean Chercover *****

Nanny Ogg's Cookbook, by Terry Pratchett et al. **

Urawaza: Secrets Everyday Tips and Tricks from Japan, by Lisa Katayama **

The Geeks' Guide to World Domination, by Garth Sundem ****

Piled Higher and Deeper 4: Academic Stimulus Package, by Jorge Cham *****

Bob Asprin & Jodi Lynn Nye, Myth-Chief ***

John Scalzi, Agent to the Stars ****

Michael Kurland (Ed.), My Sherlock Holmes *****

R. Austin Freeman, For the Defence, Dr. Thorndyke ***

Jim Butcher, Simon R. Green, Kat Richardson, & Thomas E. Sniegoski, Mean Streets ****

Ben Sherwood, The Survivors Club **

Suze Orman, 2009 Action Plan**

Lawrence Watt-Evans, The Turtle Moves! Discworld's Story (unauthorized) *****
Eric Flint and Virginia Demarce, 1635: The Dreeson Incident ****
Katherine Neville, The Fire ****
Katha Pollitt, Learning to Drive: And Other Life Stories ***
Richard Thaler and Cass Sunnstein, Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness ****
Janet Evanovich, Plum Spooky ***
Lilian Stewart Carl, The Vorgosigan Companion ****

(technically, some of these were probably end of 2008)

Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell *****

Snake Oil Science, by R. Barker Bausell ***

Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You, by Sam Gosling ****

Crunch, by Jared Bernstein ****

Princeps' Fury (Book 5, Codex Alera), by Jim Butcher *****

The Compleat McAndrew (re-read), by Charles Sheffield ****

The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia, by Laura Miller ***

Six Geese A'Slaying, by Donna Andrews ***

Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons *****

Here's what I can figure out that I've read so far this year. Anything I borrowed or lent out right after finishing or that is in the public domain...is probably lost forever.

1. Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice
2. Ayres, Ian Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is The New Way to Be Smart ( Read more... )