Books I read in 2009:

1. "Wolves Eat Dogs" by Martin Cruz Smith

2. "Eclipse" by Stephanie Meyer

3. "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain

4. "The White Tiger" by Aravind Adiga

5. "The Last Temptation of Christ" by Nikos Kazantzakis

6. "Breaking Dawn" by Stephane Meyer

7. "The Slap" by Christos Tsiolkas

8. "The Red Scarf" by Kate Furnavall

9. "My Name was Judas" by C K Stead

10. "The Amber Room" by Steve Berry

11. "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck

12. "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" by Mary Anne Schaffer

13. "Birdsong" by Sebastian Faulks

14. "The Memory Room" by Christopher Koch

15. "The Host" by Stephanie Meyer

16. "On the Edge" by Richard Hammond

17. "Wedding Season" by Katie Fforde

18. "Cassandra" by Kerry Greenwood

19. "Breath" by Tim Winton

20. "Fatherland" by Robert Harris

21. "Pawn of Prophecy" by David Eddings

22. "To the Hermitage" by Malcolm Bradbury

23. "Inappropriate Men" by Stacey Ballis

24. "Ransom" by David Malouf

25. "Queen of Sorcery" by David Eddings

26. "Man Walks into a Room" by Nicole Krauss

27. "How to kill your husband and other handy household hints" by Kathy Lette

28. "Castle of Wizardry" by David Eddings

29. "On Chesil Beach" by Ian McEwan

30. "First Among Sequels" by Jasper Fforde

31. "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

32. "Enchanters Endgame" by David Eddings

33. "Cat's Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut

34. "Red Planet" by Robert Heinlein

35. "Just Like That" by Lily Brett

36. "This Book Will Save Your Life" by A M Homes

37. "Picnic at Hanging Rock" by Joan Lindsay

38. "The Night Watch" by Sergei Lukyanenko

39. "Her Fearful Symmetry" by Audrey Niffenegger

40. "Ask the Dust" by John Fante

41. "Guardians of the West" by David Eddings

42. "King of the Murgos" by David Eddings

43. "Demon Lord of Karanda" by David Eddings

44. "Northanger Abbey" by Jane Austen

45. "Journey into the Whirlwind" by Eugenia Ginzberg

46. "Sorceress of Darshiva" by David Eddings

I always set an aim of around 50 books to read in a year, and this year, yet again, I fall short of the mark. I must also admit that there are quite a few pulp fiction type books in the list, but regardless, another year of reading ends. From this list of books, I must give extra snaps to the following;
(i) The Slap - for being a good read, but having NOT ONE character that I liked in it.
(ii) Last Temptation of Christ and My Name was Judas - both were wonderful reads, and reading them almost back to back had Subtle worried that I might be undertaking some sort of religious conversion.
(iii) Cassandra and Ransom - Both superbly written books which ignited an interest in mythology.
(iv) The optimistically named This book will save your life, which left both Subtle and I eager for more from this author.
(v) And finally, to On Chesil Beach for being the most inappropriate book to read on a honeymoon.