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2009 Read

Here are the books I have read for year 2009 

The Write-up Summary of the year can be found here: Reading Habit Analysis for 2009

1. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Series: Twilight Saga  (Book 2), Binding: Paperback, Pages: 563, Publisher: Atom, Little Brown, 2006
Finished: January 3  

2. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Series: Twilight Saga  (Book 3), Binding: Paperback, Pages: 628, Publisher: Atom, Little Brown, 2007
Finished: January 6

3. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Series: Twilight Saga  (Book 4), Binding: Hardback, Pages: 754, Publisher: Atom, Little Brown, 2008
Finished: January 10 

4. Outlier : The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
Binding: Hardback, Pages: 299, Publisher: Allen Lane, Penguin, 2008
Finished: January 15

5. Wilderness Tips by Margaret Atwood
Binding: Paperback, Pages: 247, Publisher: Virago Books, 2007
Finished: January 18

6. The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan
Binding: Paperback, Pages: 339, Publisher: Harper Flamingo, 2001
Finished: January 29

7. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 282
Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2005
Finished: February 5

8. One for My Baby by Tony Parsons
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 378
Publisher: HarperCollins, 2002
Finished: February 13 

9. The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 444
Publisher: Myrmidon, 2007
Finished: February 20

10. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 434
Publisher: Atom Books, 2006
Finished: February 24

11. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Binding: Hardback
Pages: 321
Publisher: Atlantis Books, 2008
Finished: February 28

12. Hard-boiled Wonderland and The End of the World by Haruki Murakami
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Publisher: Virago Books, 2003
Finished: March 4

13. Traveler’s Tale : China
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 346
Publisher: Traveler’s Tale, 2004
Finished: March 8

14. The Grand Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 379
Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1975, 2008
Finished: March 17

15. The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 606
Publisher: Black Swan, 2009
Finished: March 20 

16. No time for Goodbyes by Linwood Barclay
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 437
Publisher: Orion, 2007
Finished: March 21 

17. The Girl who played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Binding: Hardback
Pages: 569
Publisher: Maclehose Press, 2009
Finished: March 30

18. Eat Love Pray by Elizabeth Gilbert
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 349
Publisher: Bloomsbury, 2007
Finished: April 2

19. Adventure Capitalist by Jim Rogers
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 342
Publisher: Wiley, 2004
Finished: April 5

20. Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 250
Publisher: Little, Brown, 2009
Finished: April 8

21. New Europe by Michael Palin
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 306
Publisher: Phoenix, 2008
Finished: April 11

22. Duende by Jason Webster
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 289(?)
Publisher: Black Swan, 2003
Finished: April 13

23. Andalus by Jason Webster
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 316
Publisher: Black Swan, 2005
Finished: April 22

24. The Caliph’s House by Tahir Shah
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 356
Publisher: Bantam Books, 2007
Finished: April 24

25. Shanghai Baby by Wei Hui
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 279
Publisher: Robinson, 2001
Finished: April 22

26. Marrying Buddha by Wei Hui
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 241
Publisher: Robinson, 2005
Finished: April 23

27. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Publisher: Phoenix, 1998
Finished: April 23

28. In Free State by V.S. Naipaul
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 247
Publisher: Picador, 1973, 2001
Finished: April 27 

29. In Arabian Nights by Tahir Shah
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Publisher: Doubleday, 2008
Finished: May 2 

30. The Rules of Parenting by Richard Templar
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 239
Publisher: Pearson – Prentice Hall, 2008
Finished: May 4

31. The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Binding: Hardback
Pages: 617
Publisher: Sphere, 2008
Finished: May 7 

32. iGuerra by Jason Webster
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Publisher: Black Swan, 2007
Finished: May 14

33. Tutankhamun : The Book of Shadows by Nick Drake
Binding: Hardback
Pages: 383
Publisher: Bantam Press, 2009
Finished: May 21

34. The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Binding: Hardback
Pages: 522
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, 2004
Finished: May 24

35. The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 607
Publisher: Vintage, 2003
Finished: June 2

36. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 442
Publisher: Canongate, 1995, 2007
Finished: June 6

37. Girls Of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Publisher: Penguin Books, 2007
Finished: June 9

38. Game Control by Lionel Shriver
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 277
Publisher: Harper 1994, 2009
Finished: June 14

39. Q&A : Slumdog Millionaire by Vikas Swarup
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 382
Publisher: Black Swan, 2005
Finished: June 17

40. The Private Lives of Pippa Lee by Rebecca Miller
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 230
Publisher: , 2007
Finished: June 21

41. The Rules of Wealth by Richard Templar
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 230
Publisher: Pearson – Prentice Hall, 2007
Finished: June 24

42. Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 326
Publisher: Penguin Books, 2009
Finished: June 29

43. The Quiet American by Graham Greene
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 180
Publisher: Vintage Classics, 1995, 2005
Finished: July 3

44. The Lonely Planet Story – Once While travelling by Tony and Maureen Wheeler
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 392
Publisher: Crimson, 2009
Finished: July 10

45. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 307
Publisher: Picador, 2006
Finished: July 11

46. Chinese Whisper by Jan Wong
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Publisher: Atlantic Books, 2009
Finished: July 14

47. The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 629
Publisher: Penguin Books, 1993
Finished: July 19

48. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Binding: Hardback
Pages: 278
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, 2003
Finished: July 21

49. Digging America by Anne Tyler
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 277
Publisher: Vintage, 2006, 2009
Finished: July 25

50. The Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 310
Publisher: Picador, 1996, 1998
Finished: July 27

51. The Bridget Jones : The Edge of Reasons by Helen Fielding
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 422
Publisher: Picador, 1999, 2004
Finished: July 31

52. Salmon Fishing in Yemen by Paul Torday
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 329
Publisher: Phoenix, 2007
Finished: August 2

53. Then We Come to The End by Joshua Ferris
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 385
Publisher: Penguin, 2007
Finished: August 8

54. Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 505
Publisher: Vintage, 1961, 2007
Finished: August 12

55. The Other Hand by Chris Cleave
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 378
Publisher: Sceptre, Hodder & Stoughton 2009
Finished: August 15

56. A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo
Binding: Hardback
Pages: 354
Publisher: Chatto and Windus, Random House, 2007
Finished: August 24

57. Freakonomics by Steven Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 310
Publisher: Penguin, 2006
Finished: August 28

58. Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 933
Publisher: Abacus, 2004, 2008
Finished: August 30

59. Animal Farm by George Orwell
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 113
Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics, 1945, 2000
Finished: August 30

60. The Beach by Alex Garland
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 434
Publisher: Penguin Crime, 1996, 2007
Finished: September 1

62. This Book wills Save Your Life by A.M. Homes
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 372
Publisher: Granta Books, 2007
Finished: (abandoned mid-way)

63. I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 897
Publisher: HarperCollins, 1999, 2009
Finished: September 11

64. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Binding: Hardback
Pages: 509
Publisher: Bantam Press, 2009
Finished: October 3

65. Air Mail – Letters from The Most Troublesome Passenger by Terry Ravencroft
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Publisher: Michael O’Mara Books, 2007
Finished: October 5

66. We Are All Made of Glue by Marina Lewycka
Binding: Hardback
Pages: 419
Publisher: Penguin, Fig Tree, 2009
Finished: October 7

67. The Piano Teacher by Janice YK Lee
Binding: Hardback
Pages: 350
Publisher: Harper Collins, 2009
Finished: October 7

68. The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 355
Publisher: Picador, 2004
Finished: October 13

69. Intercultural Marriages -Promises and Pitfalls by Dugan Romano
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 214
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey, 2008
Finished: October 17

70. 20 Fragments of Ravenous Youth by Xiaolu Guo
Binding: Hardback
Pages: 204
Publisher: Chatto & Windus, Random House, 2008
Finished: October 18

71. UFO in Her Eyes by Xiaolu Guo
Binding: Hardback
Pages: 204
Publisher: Chatto & Windus, Random House, 2009
Finished: October 18

72. Between the Assassinations by Aravind Adiga
Binding: Hardback
Pages: 355
Publisher: Atlantic Books, 2009
Finished: October 19

73. Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
Binding: Hardback
Pages: 249
Publisher: Viking, Penguin Books, 2009
Finished: October 23

74. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffeneger
Binding: Hardback
Pages: 390
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, 2009
Finished: October 24

75. The Girl on the Landing by Paul Torday
Binding: Hardback
Pages: 297
Publisher: Orion Books, 2009
Finished: October 28

76. Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 354
Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2009
Finished: October 30

77. The Blinding Absence of Light by Tahar Ben Jelloun
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 195
Publisher: Penguin Books, 2005
Finished: November 1

78. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 638
Publisher: Black Swan, Random House, 2009
Finished: November 1 (Abandoned at 258)

79. Brilliant Job Hunting by Angela Fagan
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 249
Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008
Finished: November 5

80. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest by Stieg Larsson
Binding: Hardback
Pages: 602
Publisher: Maclehose Press, 2009
Finished: November 13

81. Peony in Love by Lisa See
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 399
Publisher: Bloomsbury, 2008
Finished: November 15

82. Chinese Whispers: The true story of Britain’s hidden army of labour by Hsiao-Hung Pai
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 262
Publisher: Penguin Books, 2009
Finished: November 18

83. The Road from Damascus by Robin Yassin-Kassab
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 349
Publisher: Penguin Books, 2009
Finished: November 22

84. The Housekeeper + the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 180
Publisher: Harvill Secker, Randon House 2009 (first published in Japanese in 2003)
Finished: November 25

85. Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 4..
Publisher: Simon & Shuster 2009
Finished: November 29

86. Misadventures in the Middle East by Henry Hemming
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 298
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey 2007
Finished: December 2

87. The Heretic’s Daughter by Kathleen Kent
Binding: Hardback
Pages: 332
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Books 2009
Finished: December 5

88. 1984 by George Orwell
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 355
Publisher: Penguin Books, 2009
Finished: December 12

89. Red Dust by Ma Jian
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 324
Publisher: Vintage 2002
Finished: December 19

90. Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
Binding: Hardback
Pages: 432
Publisher: Bantam Press 2009
Finished: December 20

91. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 324
Publisher: Vintage 1986, 1996
Finished: December 27

Graphic Novels

1. Tintin and the Seven Crystal Balls by Herge
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 62
Publisher: Mammoth, 2002
Finished: January 6

2. 3 Complete adventures in 1 Volume – Tintin, The Crab with the Golden Claws, The Shooting Star, The Secret of the Unicorns
Series:  Adventures of Tintin  (Book 3)
Binding: Hardback
Pages: 192
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company 1990
Finished: January 9 

3. The Adventures of Tintin Vol. 7, The Calculus Affair, The Red Sea Shark, Tintin in Tibet
Series:  Adventures of Tintin  (Volume 7)
Binding: Hardback
Pages: 192
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company 2007
Finished: January 21

4. The Adventures of Tintin : Red Rackham’s Treasure by Herge
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 62
Publisher: Egmont, 1945
Finished: March 15

5. The Adventures of Tintin : The Prisoners of the Sun by Herge
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 62
Publisher: Egmont, 1949
Finished: March 15

6. The Adventures of Tintin : Land of Black Gold by Herge
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 62
Publisher: Egmont, 1950
Finished: March 15 

7. The Adventures of Tintin : Tintin in America by Herge
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 62
Publisher: Egmont, 1945, 1978
Finished: March 21

8. The Adventures of Tintin : Cigars of Pharaoh by Herge
Binding: Hardback
Pages: 62
Publisher: Egmont, 1955, 2005
Finished: March 24

9. The Adventures of Tintin : The Blue Lotus by Herge
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 62
Publisher: Egmont, 1946, 2002
Finished: March 25

10. The Adventures of Tintin : Destination Moon by Herge
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 62
Publisher: Egmont, 1959, 1981
Finished: March 25 

11. The Adventures of Tintin : Flight 714 to Sydney by Herge
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 62
Publisher: Egmont, 1968, 2002
Finished: March 30 

12. The Adventures of Tintin : Explorer to the Moon by Herge
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 62
Publisher: Egmont,
Finished: April 5

13. The Adventures of Tintin : Picaroes by Herge
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 62
Publisher: Egmont,
Finished: April 14 

14. The Adventures of Tintin : Castifiore Emerald by Herge
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 62
Publisher: Egmont,
Finished: May 9

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Ratings Defined

0 = Abandon the book after first chapter

1 = Waste of paper, we will see what the environmentalist say about this!

2 = Skip it, read the book if you have got nothing better to do

2.5 = An average book, easily forgettable.

3 = A good read.

3.5 = A good entertaining read, a page-turner

4 = So glad that I read the book, a book with substance and invaluable for future reference

4.5 = So glad that I read the book, would pester everyone to read it, invaluable, I would want to own it and wouldn't mind a second read (something that I seldom do)

5 = The book is so good that I feel like I am on scale 4 and 4.5, and more, it blew me away and lingers on my head for weeks!

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Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. - Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

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