Books Read 2009

It's really been a slow year of reading so far. I've been busier this semester than at any other point in my life (which is saying a lot), and reading's just not been any sort of priority. That's going to change though.

44. Selected Poems - R.S. Thomas 8/10

43. The Gravedigger's Daughter - Joyce Carol Oats 7/10

42. This is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, About Living the Compassionate Life - David Foster Wallace 9.5/10

40. United Methodist Beliefs: A Brief Introduction - William Willimon 8.5/10

39. Welcome to the Episcopal Church - Christopher Webber 7/10

38. The Irony of American History - Reinhold Niebuhr 7/10

37. The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers - Robinson Jeffers 8/10

36. Falling Man - Don Delillo - 6/10

35. Collected Works - Wallace Stevens 6/10

34. The Guardians - Anna Castillo 7.5/10

33. The Road - Cormac McCarthy 9.5/10

32. The Known World - Edward P. Jones 8/10

31. Towards a Natural Narratology - Monika Fludernik 2/10

30. The Major Works - Gerard Manley Hopkins 9/10

29. Glamorous Powers - Susan Howatch 8.5/10

28. Man in the Holocene - Max Frisch 2/10

27. Glittering Images - Susan Howatch 9.5/10

26. Kim - Rudyard Kipling 6.5/10

25. The World's Religions: Our Wisdom Traditions - Huston Smith 9/10

24. Letters from a Skeptic - Gregory A. Boyd 5.5/10

23. Small is Beautiful - E.F. Shumacher 8.5/10

22. Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate - Terry Eagleton 9.5/10

21. The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx and Fred Engels 7/10

20. Glittering Images - Susan Howatch 9.5/10

19. Real Sex: The Naked Truth About Chastity (a misleading title for that book) - Lauren Winner 8.5/10

18. Kim - Rudyard Kipling 6/10

17. Letters from a Skeptic - Gregory Boyd and Edward Boyd 6.5/10

16. Night - Elie Wiesel - 9/10

15. God Work: Confessions of a Stand Up Preacher - Randy Harris - 9/10

14. Life of the Beloved - Henri J.M. Nouwen 10/10

13. The Watchmen - Alan Moore - 9/10

12. Small is Beautiful - E.F. Shumacher 9.5/10

11. The Courage to Be - Paul Tillich - 8/10

10. Walking to Martha's Vineyard - Franz Wright - 9.5/10

9. Paul: A Very Short Introduction - E.P. Sanders 8/10

8. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck - 8.5/10

7. The Princess Bride - William Goldman - 10/10

6. Fool - Christopher Moore - 8/10

5. The Abolition of Man - C.S. Lewis - 9/10

4. In Defense of Food - Michael Pollan - 10/10

3. Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? - Raymond Carver 8/10

2. Fight Club - Chuck Palauhniuk 7/10

1. The Little Foxes - Lillian Hellman 9/10