2009 Reading, Second Half
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stoutfellowIn the second half of 2009, I read eighty books, for a yearly total of 149. The second-half numbers were inflated by my (unfinished) Discworld reread; no less than thirty books were by Pratchett, from The Colour of Magic through Going Postal, plus the new Unseen Academicals. The details are under the cut.
Nonfiction (8)
Language (2): Kitty Burns Florey, Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog; Frederick Newmeyer, Possible and Probable Languages
Life Sciences (2): Vilmos Csányi, If Dogs Could Talk; Frans de Waal, Good Natured
History (3): Akhil Amar, America's Constitution; Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals; J. E. Lendon, Empire of Honour
Mathematics (1): Netz & Noel, The Archimedes Codex
(Not a lot of nonfiction, but several - Csányi, Amar, and Netz/Noel - were fascinating.)
Fiction (72)
Terry Pratchett (30): The Colour of Magic*, The Light Fantastic*, Equal Rites*, Mort*, Sourcery*, Pyramids*, Wyrd Sisters*, Guards! Guards!*, Moving Pictures*, Reaper Man*, Witches Abroad*, Eric*, Small Gods*, Lords and Ladies*, Men at Arms*, Soul Music*, Feet of Clay*, Interesting Times*, Maskerade*, Jingo*, Hogfather*, The Last Continent*, Carpe Jugulum*, The Fifth Elephant*, The Truth*, Thief of Time*, Night Watch*, Monstrous Regiment*, Going Postal*, Unseen Academicals
Other F/SF (28): Poul Anderson, The Boat of a Million Years*, David Falkayn; Jim Butcher, Proven Guilty, White Night, Small Favor, Princeps' Fury; G. K. Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday; Tim Eldred, Grease Monkey; C. C. Finlay, A Spell for the Revolution; Eric Flint, 1634: The Bavarian Crisis; Robin Hobb, Ship of Magic, Mad Ship, Ship of Destiny; Aldous Huxley, Brave New World; Julie Kenner, Carpe Demon, California Demon; Gregory Maguire, Son of a Witch; Patricia McKillip, The Bell at Sealey Head; Naomi Novik, Empire of Ivory; Salman Rushdie, Haroun and the Sea of Stories; Mary Doria Russell, Dreamers of the Day; Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age, Anathem; John Stith, Manhattan Transfer*; Jonathan Stroud, Ptolemy's Gate; J.R.R. Tolkien, The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun; Megan Whalen Turner, The Thief*; David Weber, Echoes of Honor
Other Fiction (14): Pearl Buck, The Good Earth; Janet Evanovich, To the Nines, Ten Big Ones, Eleven on Top; Georgette Heyer, Bath Tangle; Keri Hulme, The Bone People; James Joyce, Dubliners; Alan Paton, Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful; Barbara Pym, Excellent Women; Laura Joh Rowland, The Snow Empress; Ann Tyler, The Accidental Tourist; Mario Vargas Llosa, The Storyteller, The War of the End of the World; Marguerite Yourcenar, Hadrian's Memoirs
Nonfiction (8)
Language (2): Kitty Burns Florey, Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog; Frederick Newmeyer, Possible and Probable Languages
Life Sciences (2): Vilmos Csányi, If Dogs Could Talk; Frans de Waal, Good Natured
History (3): Akhil Amar, America's Constitution; Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals; J. E. Lendon, Empire of Honour
Mathematics (1): Netz & Noel, The Archimedes Codex
(Not a lot of nonfiction, but several - Csányi, Amar, and Netz/Noel - were fascinating.)
Fiction (72)
Terry Pratchett (30): The Colour of Magic*, The Light Fantastic*, Equal Rites*, Mort*, Sourcery*, Pyramids*, Wyrd Sisters*, Guards! Guards!*, Moving Pictures*, Reaper Man*, Witches Abroad*, Eric*, Small Gods*, Lords and Ladies*, Men at Arms*, Soul Music*, Feet of Clay*, Interesting Times*, Maskerade*, Jingo*, Hogfather*, The Last Continent*, Carpe Jugulum*, The Fifth Elephant*, The Truth*, Thief of Time*, Night Watch*, Monstrous Regiment*, Going Postal*, Unseen Academicals
Other F/SF (28): Poul Anderson, The Boat of a Million Years*, David Falkayn; Jim Butcher, Proven Guilty, White Night, Small Favor, Princeps' Fury; G. K. Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday; Tim Eldred, Grease Monkey; C. C. Finlay, A Spell for the Revolution; Eric Flint, 1634: The Bavarian Crisis; Robin Hobb, Ship of Magic, Mad Ship, Ship of Destiny; Aldous Huxley, Brave New World; Julie Kenner, Carpe Demon, California Demon; Gregory Maguire, Son of a Witch; Patricia McKillip, The Bell at Sealey Head; Naomi Novik, Empire of Ivory; Salman Rushdie, Haroun and the Sea of Stories; Mary Doria Russell, Dreamers of the Day; Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age, Anathem; John Stith, Manhattan Transfer*; Jonathan Stroud, Ptolemy's Gate; J.R.R. Tolkien, The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun; Megan Whalen Turner, The Thief*; David Weber, Echoes of Honor
Other Fiction (14): Pearl Buck, The Good Earth; Janet Evanovich, To the Nines, Ten Big Ones, Eleven on Top; Georgette Heyer, Bath Tangle; Keri Hulme, The Bone People; James Joyce, Dubliners; Alan Paton, Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful; Barbara Pym, Excellent Women; Laura Joh Rowland, The Snow Empress; Ann Tyler, The Accidental Tourist; Mario Vargas Llosa, The Storyteller, The War of the End of the World; Marguerite Yourcenar, Hadrian's Memoirs
