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Books Read in 2008

I tried to make this list as accurate as possible. I had been keeping track of what books I’ve read this year, but I forgot to put a few of them down. I think I’ve got most of them.

 

1. The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray *

2. Summerhill Secrets (Book one) by Beverly Lewis

3. Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale *

4. Fairest by Gail Carson Levine *

5. Summerhill Secrets (Book Two) by Beverly Lewis

6. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi *

7. Time Enough for Drums by Ann Rinaldi *

8. Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce *

9. A Song for Summer by Eva Ibbotson *

10. I Am Rembrandt’s Daughter by Lynn Cullen

11. First Test by Tamora Pierce *

12. Wolf-Speaker by Tamora Pierce *

13. Emperor Mage by Tamora Pierce *

14. In the Realms of the Gods by Tamora Pierce *

15. Mairelon the Magician by Patricia Wrede

16. The Magician’s Ward by Patricia Wrede

17. Remembrance by Theresa Breslin

18. Pirates! by Celia Rees

19. Page  by Tamora Pierce *

20. The Sorcerer King by Frewin Jones

21. An Earthly Knight by Janet McNaughton

22. Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede *

23. Searching for Dragons by Patricia Wrede *

24. Miss Potter by Richard Maltby Jr.

25. A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth Bunce

26. Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marrillier *

27. Escape from Heart by Lynette Stark

28. Squire by Tamora Pierce *

29. Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce *

30. Trickster’s Choice by Tamora Pierce *

31. Trickster’s Queen by Tamora Pierce *

32. Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell

33. The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope *

34. Calling on Dragons by Patricia Wrede *

35. Edge on the Sword by Rebecca Tingle

36. Far Traveler by Rebecca Tingle

37. Crown Duel/Court Duel by Sherwood Smith *

38. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte *

39. The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley *

40. All’s Fair in Love, War, and High School by Janette Rallison

41. A Little Princess by Francis Hodgson Burnett *

42. The Queen of Attolia Megan Whalen Turner*

43. A Countess Below Stairs Eva Ibbotson *

44. The King of Attolia Megan Whalen Turner *

45. The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley *

46. Sorcery and Cecelia by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer *

47. Talking to Dragons by Patricia Wrede *

48. Beka Cooper: Terrier by Tamora Pierce *

49. Specials by Scott Westerfeld *

50. A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck *

51. Beauty by Robin McKinley *

52. East by Edith Pattou *

53. Spindle’s End by Robin McKinley *

54. A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck *

55. Extras by Scott Westerfeld *

56. Words by Heart by Ouida Sebestyen

57. Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer *

58. To Catch a Pirate Jade Parker

59. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

60. Inkspell by Cornelia Funke

61. Friday’s Child by Georgette Heyer

62. The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer

63. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine *

64. The Hollow Kingdom by Clare Dunkle *

65. Close Kin by Clare Dunkle *

66. In the Coils of the Snake by Clare Dunkle *

67. Aria of the Sea by Dia Calhoun

68. The Ordinary Princess by M. M. Kaye

69. Ever by Gail Carson Levine

70. The Forbidden by Beverly Lewis

71. Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George *

72. Singer of all Songs by Kate Constable

73. The Waterless Sea by Kate Constable

74. The Tenth Power by Kate Constable

75. Fall of a Kingdom by Hilari Bell

76. Rise of a Hero by Hilari Bell

77. Forging the Sword by Hilari Bell

78. Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix *

79. The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman *

80. Prisoner of Time by Caroline Cooney

81. Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits by Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson

82. The Seer and the Sword by Victoria Hanley *

83. Into the Wild by Sarah Beth Durst *

84. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens *

85. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

86. Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo *

87. Ten Cents a Dance by Christine Fletcher

88. Rainmaker by Alison Jackson

89. Rumors by Anna Godbersen

90. Flight to Freedom by Ana Veciana-Suarez

91. Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones *

92. The Morning Gift by Eva Ibbotson *

93. The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley *

94. Unafraid by Francine Rivers

95. Christy by Catherine Marshall *

96. Charlotte’s Rose by A.E. Cannon

97. Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer

98. Curse of the Blue Tattoo by L.A. Meyer

99. Under the Jolly Roger by L.A. Meyer

100. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt *

101. In the Belly of the Bloodhound by L.A. Meyer

102. Mississippi Jack by L.A. Meyer

103. The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen *

104. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen *

105. The Floating Island  by Elizabeth Haydon

106. Bath Tangle by Georgette Heyer

107. The Thief Queen’s Daughter by Elizabeth Haydon

108. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson *

109. Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman

110. Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller *

111. That Summer by Sarah Dessen

112. Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City by Kirsten Miller *

113. Just Listen by Sarah Dessen *

114. Annie, Between the States by L.M. Eliot *

115. This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen

116. I, Coriander by Sally Garder *

117. Carpe Diem by Autumn Cornwell

118. The Poison Apples by Lily Archer

119. Bound by Donna Jo Napoli

120. Enthusiasm by Polly Shulman *

121. Undercover by Beth Kephart

122. The Tempest by William Shakespeare *

123. Reading Like a Write by Francine Prose

124. The Light of the Oracle by Victoria Hanley

125. Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George

126. The Nature of Jade by Deb Caletti

127. The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope *

128. Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli *

129. Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli *

130. The Ornament Tree by Jean Thesman *

131. The Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinley *

132. The Storyteller’s Daughter by Jean Thesman *

133. Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo

134. Dragon Flight by Jessica Day George

135. Coraline by Neil Gaiman *

136. Sabriel by Garth Nix

137. Lirael by Garth Nix

138. The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander *

139. No Shame, No Fear by Ann Turnbull *

140. The Storyteller’s Daughter by Cameron Dokey *

141. Bloom by Elizabeth Scott

142. Heart of Gold by Cameron Dokey

143. Heart of Courage by Cameron Dokey

144. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

145. Rumors by Anna Godbersen

146. Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn

147. Abhorsen by Garth Nix

148. Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell

149. Beauty Sleep by Cameron Dokey *

150 Messenger by Virginia Frances Schwartz

151. Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon Hale *

152. River Secrets by Shannon Hale *

153. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

154. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmunska Orzcy

155. Seventeenth Summer by Maureen Daly *

156. Forged in the Fire by Ann Turnbull *

157. A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson *

158. Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen

159. Twice Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris

160. Six Months to Live by Lurlene McDaniel

161. Incantation by Alice Hoffman

162. Letters from Rapunzel by Sarah Lewis Holmes

163. The Frog Princess by E.D. Baker

164. The Minstrel’s Tale by Berit Haahr *

165. Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins

166. The Naming by Alison Croggon

167. The Riddle by Alison Croggon

168. Atonement by Ian McEwan

169. Dreamland by Sarah Dessen

170. The Crow by Alison Croggon

171. A Passion Most Pure by Julie Lessman

172. The Host by Stephenie Meyer

173. Dragon’s Breath by E.D. Baker

174. Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder

175. Once Upon a Curse by E.D. Baker

176. Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder

177. Fire Study by Maria V. Snyder

178. No Place for Magic by E. D. Baker

179. Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt

180. The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot *

181. If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where’s My Prince? by Melissa Kantor

182. Teen Idol by Meg Cabot

183. Cinderella 2000 by Mavis Jukes

184. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare *

185. 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson *

186. Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke

187. Brisingr by Christopher Paolini

188. Girl at Sea by Maureen Johnson

190. Bella at Midnight by Diane Stanley

191. At the Sign of the Sugared Plum by Mary Hooper

192. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne *

193. Beastly by Alex Flinn *

194. Foretelling by Alice Hoffman

195. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan *

196. Saving Juliet by Suzanne Selfors

197. Tamar by Mal Peet

198. Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm *

199. I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You by Ally Carter *

200. The Promised Land by Isabelle Holland *

201. The Salamander Spell by E. D. Baker

202. The Giver by Lois Lowry *

203. Leap of Faith by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

204. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares *

205. Remembrance by Theresa Breslin *

206. The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares

207. Girls in Pants by Ann Brashares

208. Forever in Blue by Ann Brashares

209. Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson

210. Secrets of Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson

211. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

212. Sold by Patricia McCormick

213. Waiting for Deliverance by Betsy Urban

214. Notes from a Spinning Planet: Ireland by Melody Carlson

215. The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan

216. Cross my Heart, Hope to Spy by Ally Carter *

217. Evolution, Me and Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande *

218. A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce *

219. The Longing by Beverly Lewis

220. Aurelia by Ann Osterlund

221. Notes from a Spinning Planet: Papua New Guinea by Melody Carlson

222. Notes from a Spinning Planet: Mexico by Melody Carlson

223. Wolf Tower by Tanith Lee

 

 

 

* Reread.

 

Obviously, I’ve done a lot of rereading this year.

Comments»

1. felicity12 - July 15, 2008

Wow. You’ve read tons.

2. xalwaysdreamx - February 26, 2009

I love your book list! You seem to be interested in the same sort of books I am, except you’ve read more.