Books of 2009

This tumblelog serves as a record of books I read in 2009.

May 7

May's nonfiction

Title: A Short History of Nearly Everything
Author(s): Bill Bryson
Pub Date: 2003
Subject(s): biology, physics, cosmology, astronomy, geology
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Short_History_of_Nearly_Everything

Status: Reading
Rating: ?/5


April's fiction

Title: The Sound and the Fury
Author(s): William Faulkner
Pub Date: 1929
Subject(s): Southern USA, family struggles
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_and_the_Fury

Status: Stopped
Rating: 3/5


Apr 5

April's nonfiction

Title: The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition
Author(s): Richard Dawkins
Pub Date: 2006
Subject(s): biology, evolution
Source: http://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Gene-Anniversary-Introduction/dp/0199291152

Status: Read
Rating: 5/5


Mar 6

March's fiction

Title: Foundation
Author(s): Issac Asimov
Pub Date: 1951
Subject(s): science fiction
Source: Wikipedia entry

Status: Read
Rating: 4/5


Mar 4

March's nonfiction

Title: Break on Through: The Life and Death of Jim Morrison
Author(s): James Riordan, Jerry Prochnicky
Pub Date: 1991
Subject(s): biography, Jim Morrison, The Doors, musician, poet
Source: http://www.amazon.com/Break-Through-Life-Death-Morrison/dp/0688088295/

Status: Stopped
Rating: 4/5


Feb 25

February's fiction

Title: Candide
Author(s): Voltaire
Pub Date: 1759
Subject(s): satire, religion, government, politics, philosophy
Source: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Candide

Status: Read
Rating: 5/5


Feb 3

February's nonfiction

Title: Naming and Necessity
Author(s): Saul Kripke
Pub Date: 1980
Subject(s): logic, language, identity
Source: http://www.amazon.com/Naming-Necessity-Saul-Kripke/dp/0674598466/

Status: Read
Rating: 4/5


Jan 18

January's fiction

Title: The Time Machine
Author(s): H.G. Wells
Pub Date: 1885
Subject(s): time travel, future
Source: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/35

Status: Read
Rating: 5/5


January's nonfiction

Title: The Pragmatic Programmer
Author(s): Andrew Hunt, David Thomas
Pub Date: 1999
Subject(s): programming
Source: http://www.pragprog.com/the-pragmatic-programmer

Status: Read
Rating: 4/5


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