What the heck did you read in 2010?

[Iridal]

Originally Posted by Pookeysgirl

Here's what I can remember:

Twilight - Stephenie Meyers
New Moon - Stephenie Meyers
Eclipse - Stephenie Meyers
Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyers

Kudos for admitting to reading the Twilight series I've recently decided to come clean as well: I enjoyed Twilight

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Hmm, I do know I've finished at least one historic novel, one science fiction novel, one contemporary novel, one fantasy novel and one classic novel.

But I added a new column to my Calibre database, so I can keep track in what year I have finished books... The ones I had already tagged as "Read" are now all put in 2010 though

People will be really impressed with you when they see the 2010 list

But can't you see when you read a certain book by looking at the date you added that book to your goodreads page ?

[Pookeysgirl]

Originally Posted by SeaBookGuy

It's about 1/3 audiobooks (italicization that didn't carry through). I'm a bit ADD'ish in that I juggle several books at once, and I read relatively fast.

That's amazing! I can read a book part way through, put it down for months and pick it up an know exactly where I was, but I can't read more than one at a time.

[Pookeysgirl]

Originally Posted by Iridal

Kudos for admitting to reading the Twilight series I've recently decided to come clean as well: I enjoyed Twilight

Thank you, I enjoyed them too

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

What the heck did you read in 2010?

I refer the honourable gentleman to the answer I gave some moments ago.

Mostly science fiction and fantasy. A smattering of contemporary mystery and paranormal. A few classics.

My top book that I read in 2010 was Heaven by Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen.

I then have 14 runners up (in no particular order):
Inferno by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Overthrowing Heaven by Mark L. Van Name
Darkship Thieves by Sarah A. Hoyt
Analog, March 2010 by Dell Magazines
Federations edited by John Joseph Adams
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Nation by Terry Pratchett
The Dragon Man by Brian Stableford
The Eternity Brigade by Stephen Goldin
Tea-time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith
The Girl Who Played With Fire by Steig Larsson
The Green Hills of Earth/The Menace from Earth by Robert Heinlein
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

[abookreader]

According to what I extracted from my Shelfari Account - a whole lot of Trashy Romance!

Some of these are kinda dirty books so if you are my Mother, don't look!

Forbidden Falls Carr, Robyn
Nobody's Baby But Mine Phillips, Susan Elizabeth
Angel's Peak Carr, Robyn
Ruby's Diary: Reflections on All I've Lost and Gained
This Heart of Mine Phillips, Susan Elizabeth
The Cinderella Deal Crusie, Jennifer
Summer at Willow Lake Wiggs, Susan
Wild Ride Crusie, Jennifer; Bob Mayer
Moon Called Briggs, Patricia
The Spellmans Strike Again Lutz, Lisa
Passion Valdez, Lisa
Thereby Hangs a Tail Quinn, Spencer
Blood Bound Briggs, Patricia
Iron Kissed Briggs, Patricia
Bone Crossed Briggs, Patricia
Silver Borne Briggs, Patricia
Magic Bites Andrews, Ilona
Lifelines Lyons, C. J.
Savor the Moment Roberts, Nora
Warning Signs Lyons, C. J.
Urgent Care Lyons, C. J.
Magic Burns Andrews, Ilona
Magic Strikes Andrews, Ilona
Risk No Secrets Gerard, Cindy
First Lady Phillips, Susan Elizabeth
Monkeewrench Tracy, P. J.
The Lost Symbol Brown, Dan
Magic Bleeds Andrews, Ilona
Impact Preston, Douglas
Live Bait Tracy, P. J.
An Echo in the Bone Gabaldon, Diana
Shut Up and Kiss Me Craig, Christie
Rogue Wave Morrison, Boyd
Sizzling Sixteen Evanovich, Janet
Critical Care Calvert, Candace
Smooth Talking Stranger Kleypas, Lisa
Watermelon Keyes, Marian
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You Carter, Ally
Santa Olivia Carey, Jacqueline
Slave to Sensation Singh, Nalini
Dead Run Tracy, P. J.
The Search Roberts, Nora
Blue-Eyed Devil Kleypas, Lisa
Storm Front Butcher, Jim
Visions of Heat Singh, Nalini
Snow Blind Tracy, P. J.
Caressed by Ice Singh, Nalini
Crocodile on the Sandbank Peters, Elizabeth
Mine to Possess Singh, Nalini
Sushi for Beginners Keyes, Marian
Hostage to Pleasure Singh, Nalini
Branded by Fire Singh, Nalini
Blaze of Memory Singh, Nalini
Next To Die Melton, Marliss Melton
Bonds of Justice Singh, Nalini
Rising Tides Roberts, Nora
Inner Harbor Roberts, Nora
Prince Joe Brockmann, Suzanne
Infamous Brockmann, Suzanne
The Homecoming: A Shelter Bay Novel Ross, JoAnn
Anyone But You Crusie, Jennifer
Welcome to Temptation Crusie, Jennifer
Chesapeake Blue Roberts, Nora
The Surgeon Gerritsen, Tess
Confessions of a Shopaholic Kinsella, Sophie
The Apprentice Gerritsen, Tess
Veil of Night Howard, Linda
Faking It Crusie, Jennifer
Shadows at Midnight Jennings, Elizabeth
Captivated Roberts, Nora
Can You Keep a Secret? Kinsella, Sophie
Harvest Gerritsen, Tess; Brooke Hastings
The Hunger Games Collins, Suzanne
Catching Fire Collins, Suzanne
Mockingjay Collins, Suzanne
The Undomestic Goddess Kinsella, Sophie
Instant Attraction Shalvis, Jill
Maybe This Time Crusie, Jennifer
Shopaholic Takes Manhattan Kinsella, Sophie
Personal Protection Braemel, Leah
Instant Gratification Shalvis, Jill
Pleasure Unbound Ione, Larissa
Desire Unchained Ione, Larissa
Passion Unleashed Ione, Larissa
Disaster Status Calvert, Candace
Wicked Appetite Evanovich, Janet
Fired Up Krentz, Jayne Ann
Beautiful Lies Unger, Lisa
Perfect Timing Mansell, Jill
Water for Elephants Gruen, Sara
Midnight Crystal Castle, Jayne; Jayne Ann Krentz
Man to Die for Dreyer, Eileen
Dark Lover Ward, J. R.
Lover Eternal Ward, J. R.
Lover Awakened Ward, J. R.
The Clan of the Cave Bear Auel, Jean M.
Free Range Kids
Happy Ever After Roberts, Nora
Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor Kleypas, Lisa
Midnight Kiss Carr, Robyn; Jean Brashear; Victoria Dahl
Legacy Steel, Danielle
Such a Pretty Fat Lancaster, Jen
The Confession Grisham, John
Code Triage Calvert, Candace
Play of Passion Singh, Nalini
Lie with Me Tyler, Stephanie
Promise Canyon Carr, Robyn
Never Love A Lawman Goodman, Jo
Edge of Sight Claire, Roxanne St.
Critical Condition Lyons, C. J.
Marry Me Goodman, Jo
Dark Deceptions Davis, Dee
The Iron Duke Brook, Meljean
Carried Away Barnett, Jill
Get A Clue Shalvis, Jill
The Darkest Hour Banks, Maya
No Place to Run Banks, Maya
Rapture in Death Robb, J. D.
The Madness of Lord Ian MacKenzie Ashley, Jennifer
Too Good To Be True Higgins, Kristan
Code Blue MD, Richard L. Mabry

[SeaBookGuy]

I've listened to the first two Spellman books, and have the next two purchased from Audible. In an interview, the author said she didn't want the series to drag out, but rumors of the 4th one being the end are premature (she'd like to write at least a fifth one).

[BenG]

Feet of Clay (Discworld, #19)- Pratchett, Terry
The Magicians - Grossman, Lev
84 Charing Cross Road- Hanff, Helene
When the People Fell - Smith, Cordwainer
We the Underpeople - Smith, Cordwainer
Blackout - Willis, Connie
Jingo (Discworld, #21) - Pratchett, Terry
Shutter Island - Lehane, Dennis
The Last Continent (Discworld, #22) - Pratchett, Terry
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day - Watson, Winifred
Tactics of Mistake (Childe Cycle)- Dickson, Gordon R.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - Grahame-Smith, Seth
Jog Rummage - Wright, Grahame
Johannes Cabal the Necromancer - Howard, Jonathan L.
The Egg and I - MacDonald, Betty
Cold Comfort Farm - Gibbons, Stella
Carpe Jugulum (Discworld, #23) - Pratchett, Terry
The Fifth Elephant (Discworld, #24) - Pratchett, Terry
The Truth (Discworld, #25) - Pratchett, Terry
Flashman and the Mountain of Light - Fraser, George MacDonald
Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1) - Miéville, China
Skylark Three (Skylark #2) - Smith, E.E. "Doc"
The Thirty-nine Steps - Buchan, John
Skylark of Valeron - Smith, E.E. "Doc"
Miss Billy - Porter, Eleanor H.
Flashman and the Angel of the Lord (The Flashman Papers, #10) - Fraser, George MacDonald
Lyra's Oxford - Pullman, Philip
The Pale Blue Eye: A Novel - Bayard, Louis
On Wings of Song - Disch, Thomas M.
The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time, #12) - Jordan, Robert
Towers of Midnight (Wheel of Time, #13) - Jordan, Robert
Darwin's Island: The Galapagos in the Garden of England - Jones, Steve
Why Is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality - Diamond, Jared
Death Is a Lonely Business -Bradbury, Ray
All Clear (All Clear, #2) - Willis, Connie
Miracle and Other Christmas Stories - Willis, Connie
All Judgment Fled - White, James
Farmer in the Sky - Heinlein, Robert A.
The Good Thief - Tinti, Hannah
Out of the Silent Planet (Space Trilogy, #1) - Lewis, C.S.
Quicksilver (Baroque Cycle, #1) - Stephenson, Neal
The Confusion (The Baroque Cycle, #2) - Stephenson, Neal
Seeing Further: Ideas, Endeavours, Discoveries and Disputes - The Story of Science Through 350 Years of the Royal Society -- Bryson, Bill

[DixieGal]

I read a bunch of Discworld books

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

I then have 14 runners up (in no particular order):
Inferno by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

Ohh, I read that book (again) this year as well! See, I completely forgot, but I read it before going to Spain and in Spain I read the second one.

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by Iridal

But can't you see when you read a certain book by looking at the date you added that book to your goodreads page ?

Never been to goodreads, so I've no idea what that is.

[jgaiser]

I only seriously started recording what I read in about June, but this is *most* of what I read in 2010 (and yes, I read cookbooks):

1 Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1)
2 The Stainless Steel Rat
3 Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
4 Butcher Bird: A Novel Of The Dominion
5 Serve the People: A Stir-Fried Journey Through China
6 The Hunger Games: Book 1
7 Citizen of the Galaxy
8 Kill the Dead: A Sandman Slim Novel (Sandman Slim Novels)
9 Yellow Card Man
10 The Calorie Man
11 Sandman Slim
12 Labyrinth
13 The Sagan Diary
14 The Ghost Brigades
15 Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
16 Old Man's War
17 The Warrior's Apprentice
18 Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
19 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
20 A Voyage Long and Strange: On the Trail of Vikings, Conquistadors, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America
21 Wizard's Bane
22 Small Gods
23 World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
24 Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, No. 1)
25 Master and Commander
26 The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce - Volume 2; In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
27 Death in the Stocks
28 The Long Goodbye
29 Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
30 Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
31 The Mountains of Mourning
32 Shards of Honor
33 On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington)
34 The Grand Central Baking Book: Breakfast Pastries, Cookies, Pies, and Satisfying Savories from the Pacific Northwest'The Forever War
35 Cetaganda (Vorkosigan Adventure)
36 The Vor Game
37 Barrayar (Vorkosigan)
38 Boneshaker (Sci Fi Essential Books)
39 His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, Book 1)
40 The Deed of Paksenarrion: A Novel
41 Magician: Master (Riftwar Saga, Book 2)
42 Magician: Apprentice (Riftwar Saga)
43 The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition
44 The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook: 101 Asian Recipes Simple Enough for Tonight's Dinner
45 The Asian Grandmothers Cookbook: Home Cooking from Asian American Kitchens
46 American Rifle: A Biography
47 Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle (Vintage Departures)
48 Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
49 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Vintage)
50 The Breath of a Wok: Unlocking the Spirit of Chinese Wok Cooking Through Recipes and Lore
51 The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen: Classic Family Recipes for Celebration and Healing
52 Stir-Frying to the Sky's Edge: The Ultimate Guide to Mastery, with Authentic Recipes and Stories
53 Mouth Wide Open: A Cook and His Appetite
54 Mexican Everyday (Recipes Featured on Season 4 of the PBS-TV series "Mexico One Plate at a Time")
55 Into the Vietnamese Kitchen: Treasured Foodways, Modern Flavors
56 Asian Dumplings: Mastering Gyoza, Spring Rolls, Samosas, and More
57 Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook: Recipes from Hunan Province
58 Land of Plenty: A Treasury of Authentic Sichuan Cooking
59 Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China
60 Zodiac
61 Snow Crash

[thinkpad]

1. Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan, Jake Adelstein
2. The Egg and I, Betty MacDonald (Available here at MR)
3. Black Sea Affair, Don Brown
4. The Mysterious Island, Jules Verne (Available here at MR)
5. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, David Grann
6. The Thirty-Nine Steps, John Buchan (Available here at MR)
7. The Deed of Paksenarrion Book 1: Sheepfarmer's Daughter, Elisabeth Moon
8. Divided Allegiance (The Deed of Paksenarrion, Book 2), Elisabeth Moon
9. Oath of Gold (The Deed of Paksenarrion, Book 3), Elisabeth Moon
10. The Legacy of Gird, Elisabeth Moon
11. Tongues of Serpents, Naomi Novik
12. The Long Goodbye, Raymond Chandler
13. The Kinshield Legacy, K.C May
14. Stone's Fall, Iain Pears
15. The Paladin, C. J. Cherryh
16. Dragon's Ring, Dave Freer
17. Dragon Keeper (Rain Wilds Chronicles, Vol. 1), Robin Hobb
18. The Venom of Vipers, K.C May
19. Dragon Haven (Volume Two of Rain Wilds Chronicles), Robin Hobb

How could i forget:
* What I Think About When I Think About Running, Haruki Murakami
* Tea with the Black Dragon, Robert.A MacAvoy

[screwballl]

A few I remember off the top of my head:

Solar Flare - Larry Burkett
Thor Conspiracy - Larry Burkett
Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
Nemesis - Asimov
Nightfall - Asimov
Galactic Empires - Asimov
A few others by Asimov
5 sci-fi books by Poul Anderson
a few by Douglas Adams, with plans to read Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and Restaurant at the end of the Universe soon.

[clanelliott]

Last year it was mostly Navigation skills, compass work, outdoor first aid, hill walking, map reading etc. Hell, looking at the types of books I appear to be a nut job. But to balance that i do spend a lot of time driving and have started listening to audio books in a big way. This year i have got a ebook so now i am a nerdy nut job.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by gmw

A summary listed by author in alpha order:

Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility
Sydney Bauer: Gospel
Edgar Rice Burroughs: Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
Kylie Chan: Dark Heavens series
David Eddings: Belgariad, Mallorean, Elenium, Belgarath, Polgara
Raymond E. Feist, Janny Wurts: Riftware, Empire
Neil Gaiman: Smoke and Mirrors, Odd and the Frost Gians, Coraline
Tom Holt: his first 7 comic fantasy novels
John Irving: A Prayer for Owen Meany, Setting free the Bears
Stephen King: a few from the early 90s
Lois Lowry: The Giver
Herman Melville: Moby Dick
Stephenie Meyer: Twilight series, The Host
Richard North Patterson: his 11 most recent
Terry Pratchett: Tiffany Aching series
Louis Sachar: Holes
Alice Sebold: The Lovely Bones
Shaun Tan: Tales from Outer Suburbia
H.G. Wells: The War of the Worlds

A lot of (ie. mostly) re-reads in there, I've been doing that a lot in the last few years. Saves money and is very convenient when you have lots of other stuff going on. Also quite a few kids books, or at least for "younger readers", which is also convenient when time is tight and some of them are very very good.

Moby Dick? There's a year's worth of reading right there!