Tomorrow night I will post my top 5 books of 2009 in Fiction, Nonfiction and Christian releases. First I want to share books I read this year that were published in previous years that I heartily recommend (Bolded titles are essential reads):
Fiction
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
Nonfiction
Out for Good: The Struggle to Build a Gay Rights Movement in America by Dudley Clendinen
God’s Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question–Why We Suffer by Bart Ehrman
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Maus by Art Spiegelman
Christian
The Church and the Homosexual by John J. McNeill
The Heart of Christianity by Marcus Borg
Here I Stand by John Shelby Spong
Horror
Creepers by John Morrell
Phantoms by Dean Koontz
Lost Boy Lost Girl by Peter Straub
Night in the Lonesome October by Richard Laymon
The Descent by Jeff Long
The Beast House Series by Richard Laymon
Summer of Night by Dan Simmons
#1 by greg on January 1st, 2010
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Borg’s Heart of Christianity is in my stack.
Erhman’s book I read last year and liked a lot.
I’ve continued to avoid the Harry Potter books. Are they worth it? I may be judging them based on the first movie, which I saw and thought it sucked. I assumed the books were better, but never really bothered.
#2 by Robert on January 2nd, 2010
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Sorry to say that I have started Crime and Punishment so many times and cannot seem to finish it.
American Gods is the first book I purchased on my Kindle. Had to finish a couple of others before I could begin it, though.
#3 by Scott on January 6th, 2010
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Harry Potter is definitely worth it. I have to admit that it took me a while to get into Sorceror’s Stone. I’m also aware that my take on it is strongly influenced by having read it with my daughter. We experienced all the books together and that made it special. I do highly recommend them.
I listened to C&P on audio. It was worth finishing.