« 2008 »     25 books so far:

« january »

  • Scar Night ~ Alan Campbell
  • God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything ~ Christopher Hitchens
  • Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics: Hollywood's Best Mistakes, Goofs and Flat-Out Destructions of the Basic Laws of the Universe ~ Tom Rogers
  • The Tourmaline ~ Paul Park

« february »

  • Hidden Warrior ~ Lynn Flewelling
  • Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes ~ Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein
  • The God Delusion ~ Richard Dawkins
  • Life After Life ~ Raymond Moody

« march »

  • The Name of this Book is Secret ~ Pseudonymous Bosch
  • Memoirs of An Invisible Man ~ H. F. Saint
  • The White Tyger ~ Paul Park

« april »

  • Beginning PHP 5 and MySQL: From Novice to Professional ~ W. Jason Gilmore
  • The Book of Lost Things ~ John Connolly
  • The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science ~ Natalie Angier

« may »

  • A Dirty Job ~ Christopher Moore
  • Gil's All Fright Diner ~ A. Lee Martinez
  • Three Tales of My Father's Dragon ~ Ruth Stiles Gannett
  • Mainspring ~ Jay Lake
  • The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip ~ George Saunders

« june »

  • The Blade Itself (The First Law: Book One) ~ Joe Abercrombie
  • Before They Are Hanged (The First Law: Book Two) ~ Joe Abercrombie
  • I Love You, Beth Cooper ~ Larry Doyle
  • Straits of Fortune ~ Anthony Gagliano
  • The Garden of Last Days ~ Andre Dubus III
  • The Invention of Hugo Cabret ~ Brian Selznick

« 2007 »     34 books:

« january »

  • Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War ~ Clive Barker
  • Rebels on the Backlot: Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System ~ Sharon Waxman
  • Vampire Loves ~ Joann Sfar

« february »

  • A Princess of Roumania ~ Paul Park
  • Point Blank ~ Richard Stark

« march »

  • The Pirate Wars ~ Peter Earle

« april »

  • Ant Farm: And Other Desperate Situations ~ Simon Rich
  • Then We Came to the End ~ Joshua Ferris
  • Smoked ~ Patrick Quinlan
  • Caught Stealing ~ Charlie Huston

« may »

  • Un Lun Dun ~ China Miéville
  • Six Bad Things ~ Charlie Huston
  • A Dangerous Man ~ Charlie Huston
  • Silk Road to Ruin: Is Central Asia the New Middle East? ~ Ted Rall
  • Water For Elephants ~ Sara Gruen
  • The Parrot's Lament: And Other True Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence, and Ingenuity ~ Eugene Linden

« june »

  • Captain Alatriste ~ Arturo Pérez-Reverte
  • The Western Limit Of The World ~ David Masiel

« july »

  • Lord Valentine's Castle ~ Robert Silverberg
  • Conan ~ Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter
  • Apathy and Other Small Victories ~ Paul Neilan
  • The Stolen Child ~ Keith Donohue

« august »

  • What Every American Should Know About Europe: The Hot Spots, Hotshots, Political Muck-ups, Cross-Border Sniping, and Cultural Chaos of Our Transatlantic Cousins ~ Melissa Rossi
  • The Outfit ~ Richard Stark
  • Talk Talk ~ T. C. Boyle
  • Bloodsucking Fiends ~ Christopher Moore

« september »

  • The Ruins ~ Scott Smith
  • Goblin Quest ~ Jim C. Hines

« october »

  • Elantris ~ Brandon Sanderson
  • Kushiel's Dart ~ Jacqueline Carey

« november »

  • The Bone Doll's Twin ~ Lynn Flewelling
  • The Immortal Game: A History of Chess ~ David Shenk

« december »

  • The Omnivore's Dilemma ~ Michael Pollan
  • Soon I Will Be Invincible ~ Austin Grossman

« 2006 »     29 books:

« january »

  • Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking ~ Malcolm Gladwell
  • Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles ~ Anthony Swofford

« february »

  • Dragonfly ~ Frederic S. Durbin
  • The Thin Place ~ Kathryn Davis

« march »

  • PopCo ~ Scarlett Thomas
  • Thud! ~ Terry Pratchett
  • Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences ~ John Allen Paulos

« april »

  • A Game of Thrones ~ George R. R. Martin
  • A Clash of Kings ~ George R. R. Martin
  • Why Do Men Have Nipples? ~ Mark Leyner & Billy Goldberg, M.D.

« may »

  • State of Fear ~ Michael Crichton

« july »

  • The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop ~ Lewis Buzbee
  • The Voyage of the Sable Keech ~ Neal Asher
  • Enchanted Night ~ Steven Millhauser
  • Save Your Own ~ Elisabeth Brink
  • What Every American Should Know About Who's Really Running The World ~ Melissa Rossi
  • Dreamhouse ~ Alison Habens

« august »

  • Rocketo: Journey To The Hidden Sea (vol 1) ~ Frank Espinosa
  • A Storm of Swords ~ George R. R. Martin

« september »

  • English Passengers ~ Matthew Kneale
  • Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal ~ Eric Schlosser

« october »

  • The Quincunx ~ Charles Palliser
  • Nobody Runs Forever ~ Richard Stark
  • Dearly Devoted Dexter ~ Jeff Lindsay

« november »

  • Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz: Making Light of Weighty Ideas ~ Edward B. Burger, Michael Starbird

« december »

  • A Feast For Crows ~ George R. R. Martin
  • Ask The Parrot ~ Richard Stark
  • The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists ~ Gideon Defoe
  • The Pirates! In An Adventure With Ahab ~ Gideon Defoe

« 2005 »     41 books:

« january »

  • Brilliance of the Moon ~ Lian Hearn
  • McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Issue #13 ~ edited by Chris Ware
  • The Wellstone ~ Wil McCarthy
  • The Effect of Living Backwards ~ Heidi Julavits

« february »

  • The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography ~ Simon Singh
  • The Missing World ~ Margot Livesey

« march »

  • The Boulevard of Broken Dreams ~ Kim Deitch
  • Stolen ~ Kelley Armstrong
  • Serpent Girl ~ Matthew Carnahan

« april »

  • The Knight ~ Gene Wolfe
  • A Short History of Nearly Everything ~ Bill Bryson
  • Complications ~ Atul Gawande

« may »

  • The Skinner ~ Neal Asher
  • King Rat ~ China Miéville

« june »

  • Altered Carbon ~ Richard K. Morgan
  • Skinny Dip ~ Carl Hiaasen
  • The Prestige ~ Christopher Priest
  • A Long Way Down ~ Nick Hornby

« july »

  • Drop City ~ T. Coraghessan Boyle
  • Gridlinked ~ Neal Asher

« august »

  • Cryptonomicon ~ Neal Stephenson
  • Expendable ~ James Alan Gardner
  • Blackwater Sound ~ James W. Hall

« september »

  • Reflex ~ Steven Gould
  • Pursuit ~ Thomas Perry
  • The Man With The Getaway Face ~ Richard Stark

« october »

  • Don't Know Much About the Bible ~ Kenneth C. Davis
  • Spook: Science Tackles The Afterlife ~ Mary Roach
  • Closer To The Light ~ Melvin Morse, M.D.
  • Moon Palace ~ Paul Auster
  • Darkly Dreaming Dexter ~ Jeff Lindsay

« november »

  • Battle Royale ~ Koushun Takami
  • Why Things Are: Answers to Every Essential Question in Life ~ Joel Achenbach
  • The Superior Person's Second Book of Weird and Wondrous Words ~ Peter Bowler
  • Peace Like A River ~ Leif Enger

« december »

  • On My Way To Paradise ~ Dave Wolverton
  • The Wooden Sea ~ Jonathan Carroll
  • America (The Book) ~ Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show
  • The Tombs of Atuan ~ Ursula K. LeGuin
  • The Farthest Shore ~ Ursula K. LeGuin
  • The World in a Phrase: A Brief History of the Aphorism ~ James Geary

« 2004 »     34 books:

« january »

  • What Every American Should Know About the Rest of the World ~ M. L. Rossi
  • Buzz Monkey ~ Sam Hill
  • Hello World: A Life in Ham Radio ~ Danny Gregory & Paul Sahre
  • Breakout ~ Richard Stark
  • Who Moved My Cheese? ~ Spencer Johnson, M.D.
  • Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot Richard Restak, M.D.
  • Yoga For People Who Can't Be Bothered To Do It ~ Geoff Dyer

« february »

  • Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers ~ Mary Roach
  • Popular Music ~ Mikael Niemi

« march »

  • Gun Monkeys ~ Victor Gischler

« april »

  • The Winter Queen ~ Boris Akunin
  • Little Children ~ Tom Perrotta
  • Heretics of Dune ~ Frank Herbert

« may »

  • Chapterhouse: Dune ~ Frank Herbert
  • The Time Traveler's Wife ~ Audrey Niffenegger
  • Sorcerer's Apprentice ~ Tahir Shah

« june »

  • A Trip to the Stars ~ Nicholas Christopher
  • The Miserable Mill ~ Lemony Snicket
  • Kings Of Infinite Space ~ James Hynes
  • Butcher's Moon ~ Richard Stark

« july »

  • Helm ~ Steven Gould
  • The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living ~ Martin Clark
  • Abhorsen ~ Garth Nix

« august »

  • Rain Fall ~ Barry Eisler
  • How To Rule The World ~ André de Guillaume
  • Grass For His Pillow ~ Lian Hearn

« september »

  • Iron Council ~ China Miéville

« october »

  • The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number ~ Mario Livio
  • Abarat ~ Clive Barker
  • Hyperion ~ Dan Simmons

« november »

  • Tishomingo Blues ~ Elmore Leonard
  • The Fourth Hand ~ John Irving

« december »

  • Hostage ~ Robert Crais
  • Pastoralia ~ George Saunders

« 2003 »     31 books:

« january »

  • Coraline ~ Neil Gaiman
  • Prey ~ Michael Crichton

« february »

  • Shutterbug Follies ~ Jason Little
  • Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood ~ Oliver Sacks
  • One Hundred Demons ~ Lynda Barry
  • Pagan Babies ~ Elmore Leonard

« march »

  • Life of Pi ~ Yann Martel

« april »

  • Backflash ~ Richard Stark
  • The Land of Laughs ~ Jonathan Carroll
  • The Narrowback ~ Michael Ledwidge
  • The Eyre Affair ~ Jasper Fforde

« may »

  • The Lovely Bones ~ Alice Sebold
  • The Tao of Pooh ~ Benjamin Hoff

« june »

  • Perdido Street Station ~ China Miéville
  • The Secret House: The Extraordinary Science of an Ordinary Day ~ David Bodanis
  • 10th Grade ~ Joseph Weisberg
  • Adventures in Time and Space With Max Merriwell ~ Pat Murphy

« july »

  • In a Sunburned Country ~ Bill Bryson
  • Lirael ~ Garth Nix

« august »

  • Bitten ~ Kelley Armstrong
  • Angry White Pyjamas: A Scrawny Oxford Poet Takes Lessons From The Tokyo Riot Police ~ Robert Twigger

« september »

  • Firebreak ~ Richard Stark
  • Killing Floor ~ Lee Child

« october »

  • Across The Nightingale Floor ~ Lian Hearn
  • The Scar ~ China Miéville
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time ~ Mark Haddon

« november »

  • The Island Of Lost Maps: A True Story Of Cartographic Crime ~ Miles Harvey
  • The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle ~ Steven Pressfield

« december »

  • Cold Mountain ~ Charles Frazier
  • Jennifer Government ~ Max Barry
  • Einstein's Dreams ~ Alan Lightman