Owls Count

Here is a list of the books I read for the first time in 2010.

1. On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
2. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
3. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas by Jules Verne
4. Up Walls of the World by James Tiptree
5. The Brutal Art by Jesse Kellerman
6. Secret Army by Robert Muchamore
7. Grim Tuesday by Garth Nix
8. Drowned Wednesday by Garth Nix
9. Sir Thursday by Garth Nix
10. Lady Friday by Garth Nix
11. Superior Saturday by Garth Nix
12. The Enemy by Charlie Higson
13. Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
14. The Set-up by Sophie McKenzie
15. A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton
16. Cast in Shadow by Michelle Sagara
17. All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
18. Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar
19. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin
20. Twelve by Nick McDonell
21. Before I Die by Jenny Downham
22. Death and the Arrow by Chris Priestley
23. Girl, Missing by Sophie McKenzie
24. The Hostage by Sophie McKenzie
25. Bonechiller by Graham McNamee
26. The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean
27. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
28. The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy
29. Green Rider by Kristen Britain
30. Lord Sunday by Garth Nix
31. Shadow’s Return by Lynn Flewelling
32. The Medusa Project: The Thief by Sophie McKenzie and Walking the Walls by Chris Higgins
33. A Dictionary of Fairies by Katharine M. Briggs
34. Kingdoms of Elfin by Sylvia Townsend Warner
35. Ash by Malinda Lo
36. The Female Man by Joanna Russ
37. Rogue by Mark Walden
38. Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness
39. Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
40. Eon: Rise of the Dragoneye by Alison Goodman
41. Grimm’s Fairy Tales by Grimm Brothers
42. Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
43. Unwind by Neal Shusterman
44. The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E Pearson
45. The Knife That Killed Me by Anthony McGowan
46. The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
47. Killing God by Kevin Brooks
48. Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
49. Solace of the Road by Siobhan Dowd
50. Bloodtide by Melvin Burgess
51. If I Stay by Gayle Forman
52. The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
53. Stranger Things Happen: Stories by Kelly Link
54. Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Pope
55. When I Was Joe by Keren David
56. The Crowfield Curse by Pat Walsh
57. Bones of Faerie by Janni Lee Simner
58. Midnight Never Come by Marie Brennan
59. The Last Exit to Normal by Michael Harmon
60. The Hunter’s Moon by O. R. Melling
61. Lore of Running by Tim Noakes
62. Skellig by David Almond
63. Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip
64. Auslander by Paul Dowswell
65. Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker’s War 1941-1945 by Leo Marks
66. Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex by Eoin Colfer
67. Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray
68. Jackdaw Summer by David Almond
69. Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
70. Junk by Melvin Burgess
71. Infinity and the Mind by Rudy Von B Rucker
72. Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy
73. Numerical Notation: A Comparative History by Stephen Chrisomalis
74. Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce
75. Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior by Chris Bradford
76. Identity by Sandra Glover
77. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
78. Fighting Ruben Wolfe by Markus Zusak
79. Running on the Cracks by Julia Donaldson
80. Last Light by Alex Scarrow
81. Shadow Wave by Robert Muchamore
82. The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. Hamilton
83. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
84. Almost True by Keren David
85. Zero Hour by Mark Walden
86. Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
87. The Neutronium Alchemist by Peter F. Hamilton
88. The Returners by Gemma Malley
89. The Naked God by Peter F. Hamilton
90. I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett
91. Kit’s Wilderness by David Almond
92. The Traitor Game by B. R. Collins
93. Weetzie Bat: Dangerous Angels 1 by Francesca Lia Block
94. The Monstrumologist: Terror Beneath by Rick Yancey
95. Godless by Pete Hautman
96. Surrender by Sonya Hartnett
97. Dreamland by Sarah Dessen
98. Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr
99. The Bone People by Keri Hulme
100. Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith
101. V for Vendetta by Alan Moore, David Lloyd
102. Masks by Fumiko Enchi
103. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
104. Devil’s Kiss by Sarwat Chadda
105. Young Samurai: The Way of the Sword by Chris Bradford
106. Young Samurai: The Way of the Dragon by Chris Bradford
107. Young Samurai: The Ring of Earth by Chris Bradford
108. Tales of Terror from the Black Ship by Chris Priestley
109. And Another Thing … by Eoin Colfer
110. The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
111. Battle Royale by Koushun Takami
112. Beowulf
113. Jake Highfield Chaos Unleashed by Alec Sillifant
114. Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
115. Dr Franklin’s Island by Ann Halam
116. The Future of the Internet: And How to Stop It by Jonathan Zittrain
117. Whoops!: Why everyone owes everyone and no one can pay by John Lanchester
118. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
119. Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez
120. The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
121. Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl by Barry Lyga
122. The New Policeman by Kate Thompson
123. Monsoon Summer by Mitali Perkins
124. The Girl Who Threw Butterflies by Mick Cochrane
125. TimeRiders by Alex Scarrow
126. Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism by George Akerlof and Robert Shiller
127. Penguins Stopped Play: Eleven Village Cricketers Take on the World by Harry Thompson
128. Agent Zigzag by Ben Macintyre