List: Books 2008

Books I've read or reread, 2008 edition. The list is REALLY short as I've not really been reading while travelling. Mostly my free time is spent catching up on current events (oh, so far behind!). But, I will continue documenting my books... * denotes it's highly recommended (which isn't to suggest that the ones without *s are no good--they are.) strikethrough denotes I couldn't finish it (these are probably no good)

1. The Red and the Black by Stendahl
2. The Wars Against Saddam: Taking the Hard Road to Baghdad by John Simpson *
3. Sweet Valley High: Ms. Quarterback by Francine Pascal (haha)
4. Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant *
5. Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote *
6. Letters to a Young Contrarian by Christopher Hitchens (last few letters are v. good)
7. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (classic or not, it ain't for me)
8. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote *
9. JPod by Douglas Coupland
10. Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
11. The Long Tail by Chris Anderson (one paragraph thesis is more than enough)
    
12. Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse
13. Remember Me by Sophie Kinsella (awful chick lit)
    
14. Atonement by Ian McEwan
15. The Entire Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer (awful YA for market research--heh heh)
16. The Crazed by Ha Jin
17. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
18. Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There by David Brooks
19. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga *
20. CURRENTLY: Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
21. CURRENTLY: The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch