Books of 2008

I've been keeping track of all the books I've read over the past 6 years (thanks, Mom) and I figured listing them would be a good way to start off! (Just 2008)

I've also put an asterisk next to my top 11 favorite reads of 2008

2008
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Winner of the 2008 Caldecott Medal)
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
*The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
The Giant Rat of Sumatra by Sid Fleischman
*Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet
The Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black and illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi
The Sisters Grimm (Book 1) by Michael Buckley
*The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
*The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Sideways Stories from Wayside School,
Wayside School is Falling Down,
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger,
& Small Steps by Louis Sachar
Horseradish by Lemony Snicket
*A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip Dick
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery
Peter and the Shadow Thieves
& Peter and the Secret of Rundoon by Ridley Pearson & Dave Barry
The Battle of the Labryinth by Rick Riordan
When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
*The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Eldest & *Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
*Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
Amphigorey by Edward Gorey
Freakonomics by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths by Ingri & Edgar D'Aulaire
*The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
*Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
*Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman
Twilight,
New Moon,
Eclipse,
& Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyers
The Bro Code by Matt Kuhn
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
*The Cabinet of Wonders by Marie Rutkoski