Saturday, November 28, 2009

Book Blogger Recommendations: The List 2009

234 Unique Books Recommended
33 Different Book Bloggers Contributed
1 List of All-Time Favorites Compiled
  1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling
  2. City of Bones - Cassandra Clare
  3. Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
  4. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
  5. Hush, Hush - Becca Fitzpatrick
  6. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
  7. Graceling - Kristin Cashore
  8. Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
  9. Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
  10. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
  11. The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
  12. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
  13. Eragon - Christopher Paolini
  14. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
  15. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
  16. The Host - Stephenie Meyer
  17. The Thorn Birds - Colleen McCullough
  18. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
  19. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K. Rowling
  20. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
  21. The Clan of the Cave Bear - Jean M. Auel
  22. The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
  23. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
  24. 11 Minutes - Paulo Coelho
  25. Eclipse - Stephenie Meyer
  26. Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater
  27. Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer
  28. Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
  29. Sloppy Firsts - Megan McCafferty
  30. The Red Tent - Anita Diamant
  31. The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks
  32. City of Ashes - Cassandra Clare
  33. Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris
  34. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
  35. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
  36. The Road - Cormac McCarthy
  37. Good Omens - Neil Gaiman
  38. Perfect Chemistry - Simone Elkeles
  39. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
  40. Alanna: The First Adventure - Tamora Pierce
  41. Bitter is the New Black - Jen Lancaster
  42. Dibs in Search of Self - Virginia Axline
  43. Dune - Frank Herbert
  44. England's Perfect Hero - Suzanne Enoch
  45. Poison Study - Maria V. Snyder
  46. Queen of the Damned - Anne Rice
  47. The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebeard - Walter Moers
  48. The Giver - Lois Lowry
  49. The Giving Tree - Shel Silverstein
  50. The Immortal Highlander - Karen Marie Moning
  51. This Lullaby - Sarah Dessen
  52. Voice of Crow - Jeri Smith-Ready
  53. Dark Lover - J.R. Ward
  54. Northern Lights - Phillip Pullman
  55. Brisingr - Christopher Paolini
  56. Deception Point - Dan Brown
  57. Eyes of Crow - Jeri Smith-Ready
  58. Lady of Hay - Barbara Erskine
  59. Master of the Game - Sidney Sheldon
  60. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft - Stephen King
  61. Playing with Fire - Gena Showalter
  62. Push - Sapphire
  63. Remember Me - Christopher Pike
  64. Salem's Lot - Stephen King
  65. Seize the Night - Sherrilyn Kenyon
  66. Stupid & Contagious - Caprice Crane
  67. The Color of Magic - Terry Pratchett
  68. The Dark Devine - Bree Despain
  69. The Last Unicorn - Peter S. Beagle
  70. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
  71. The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
  72. The Rowan - Anne McCaffrey
  73. The Secret Garden Frances - Hodgson Burnett
  74. Worth Any Price - Lisa Kleypas
  75. Undead and Unwed - MaryJanice Davidson
  76. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
  77. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
  78. Audrey, Wait! - Robin Benway
  79. Blindness - Jose Saramago
  80. Flowers in the Attic - V.C. Andrews
  81. Laid Bare - Lauren Dane
  82. Lover Avenged - J.R. Ward
  83. Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson
  84. Peeps - Scott Westerfeld
  85. Rosie Dunn - Cecelia Ahern
  86. Shadow Kiss - Richelle Mead
  87. The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Michael Chabon
  88. The Green Mile - Stephen King
  89. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
  90. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
  91. The Prisoner's Wife - Asha Bandele
  92. The Reawakened - Jeri Smith-Ready
  93. The Shining - Stephen King
  94. While My Pretty One Sleeps - Mary Higgins Clark
  95. A River Runs Through It - Norman McLean
  96. All About Love - Bell Hooks
  97. Dead to the World - Charlaine Harris
  98. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
  99. Harm None - M.R. Sellars
  100. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
  101. House Atreides - Brian Herbert
  102. Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones
  103. Let the Right One In - John Ajvide Lindqvist
  104. Magic in the Shadows - Devon Monk
  105. Marked - PC Cast and Kristin Cast
  106. One for the Money - Janet Evanovich
  107. Persuasion - Jane Austen
  108. Queen of Babble - Meg Cabot
  109. Roots - Alex Haley
  110. Star Girl - Jerry Spinelli
  111. The Girl With the Silver Eyes - Willo Davis Roberts
  112. The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
  113. The Princess Diaries - Meg Cabot
  114. The Raven Prince - Eliz Hoyt
  115. The Stand - Stephen King
  116. The Wednesday Letters - Jason F. Wright
  117. Twisted - Andrea Kane
  118. Willow - Julia Hoban
  119. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K. Rowling
  120. A Great and Terrible Beauty - Libby Bray
  121. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
  122. Acheron - Sherrilyn Kenyon
  123. Anybody Out There? - Marian Keyes
  124. April & Oliver - Tess Callahan
  125. Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer
  126. Black Beauty - Anna Sewell
  127. Blood Ties Book One: The Turning - Jennifer Armintrout
  128. City of Glass - Cassandra Clare
  129. Invisible Monsters - Chuck Palahniuk
  130. Killing Dance - Laurell K. Hamilton
  131. Magic Strikes - Illona Andrews
  132. Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
  133. Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella
  134. Rhett Butler's People - Donald McCraig
  135. Searching for Shona - Margaret J. Anderson
  136. Still Alice - Lisa Genova
  137. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
  138. The Crystal Cave - Mary Stewart
  139. The Forest of Hands and Teeth - Carrie Ryan
  140. The Help - Kathryn Stockett
  141. The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay
  142. The Truth About Forever - Sarah Dessen
  143. Venus Envy - Louis Bagshawe
  144. Acornia: The Unicorn Girl - Anne McCaffrey
  145. Daughter of the Blood - Anne Bishop
  146. Death's Shadow - Darren Shan
  147. Dress Your Kids in Corduroy and Denim - David Sedaris
  148. Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
  149. Happiness Sold Separately - Libby Street
  150. Hate List - Jennifer Brown
  151. Love You Hate You Miss You - Elizabeth Scott
  152. My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult
  153. Needful Things - Stephen King
  154. People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks
  155. Somewhere in Time - Richard Matheson
  156. Teach Me - R.A. Nelson
  157. The Boy Next Door - Meg Cabot
  158. The Gift of Shame - Sophie Hope Walker
  159. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
  160. The Street - Ann Perry
  161. Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll
  162. A Ring of Endless Light - Madeleine L'Engle
  163. Alas Babylon - Pat Frank
  164. Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery
  165. Breath - Tim Winton
  166. Gone - Michael Grant
  167. Halfway to the Grave - Jeaniene Frost
  168. Heir to the Shadow - Anne Bishop
  169. Holes - Louis Sachar
  170. Killing Floor - Lee Child
  171. Lamb - Christopher Moore
  172. Marley and Me - John Grogan
  173. One Foot in the Grave - Jeaniene Frost
  174. Teen Idol - Meg Cabot
  175. The Lions of Al-Rassan Guy - Gavriel Kay
  176. The Looking Glass Wars - Frank Beddor
  177. The Witching Hour - Anne Rice
  178. Veronika Decides to Die - Paulo Coelho
  179. Warriors Don't Cry Melba - Patillo Beals
  180. Austenland - Shannon Hale
  181. Curtain - Agatha Cristie
  182. Einstein's Dreams - Alan Lightman
  183. Eternal Seduction - Jennifer Turner
  184. Just Listen - Sarah Dessen
  185. Manfield Park - Jane Austen
  186. No One Belongs Here More than You - Miranda July
  187. Queen of the Darkness - Anne Bishop
  188. Shadowland - Meg Cabot
  189. The Angels Weep - Wilbur Smith
  190. The Complete Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi
  191. The Husband - Dean Koontz
  192. The Night Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko
  193. The Talisman Ring - Georgette Heyer
  194. The Two Princesses of Bamarre - Gail Carson Levine
  195. The Yiddish Policeman's Union - Michael Chabon
  196. 13 Reasons Why - Jay Asher
  197. A Place of Greater Safety - Hilary Mantel
  198. Beyond Heaving Bosoms - Sarah Wendell
  199. Blue Latitudes - Tony Horowitz
  200. Celestine Prophecy - James Redfield
  201. Chasing Windmills - Catherine Ryan Hyde
  202. Dracula - Bram Stoker
  203. Dreams Made Flesh - Anne Bishop
  204. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - Linda Brent
  205. Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
  206. Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
  207. Point Blanc - Anthony Horowitz
  208. The Art of Happiness - The Dalai Lama
  209. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
  210. The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom
  211. The Lucky One - Nicholas Sparks
  212. The Royal Treatment - MaryJanice Davidson
  213. Uglies - Scott Westerfeld
  214. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
  215. A Dirty Job - Christopher Moore
  216. Bloodline - Sidney Sheldon
  217. Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote
  218. Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding
  219. Eden - Olympia Vernon
  220. Eldest - Christopher Paolini
  221. Going Too Far - Jennifer Echols
  222. In Her Shoes - Jennifer Weiner
  223. Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Richard Bach
  224. Looking for - Alaska John Green
  225. Massive - Julia Bell
  226. Misery - Stephen King
  227. Skinned - Robin Wasserman
  228. Tempted - Megan Hart
  229. The Agony of Alice - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
  230. The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux
  231. The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster
  232. The Rag and Bone Show - Robert Cormier
  233. The Unlikely Ones - Mary Brown
  234. Watchers - Dean Koontz
The Book Blogger Recommendation list ranking order was painstakingly compiled factoring in how high the book was ranked on each bloggers personal list as well as how many bloggers mentioned the book.

This list includes middle grade, young adult and adult books from the classics to the newly published in all genres.

A huge thanks to all of the wonderful book bloggers who took the time to submit their favorite books

Patricia @ Peace Love & Pat Book Reviews
Tara SG @ 25 Hour Books
Maria @ Fantasys Ink
Stephanie @ Steph the Bookworm
Rebecca @ Every Thing To Do With Books
Michelle Miller @ The True Book Addict
Natalie @ Mindful Musings
Eleni @ La Femme Readers
Nikki O @ Ramblings of a Bibliophile
Alita @ alita.reads
Danielle Zappavigna @ The Book Nerd Club
Marce @ Tea Time with Marce
Alyson Greene @ Addicted to Heroines
Ashley H. @ Ashley's Library
Bella @ A Bibliophile's Bookshelf {blog closed}
Aarti @ Booklust
SusiSunshine @ The Geeky Bookworm
Laurie Mapp @ Mobile Mommy
Larissa @ Welcome to Larissa's Life
CelticLady @ Blog O' The Irish
Brittany M. @ The Ultimate Dumpees
Megan E @ Audiobook Love
Jamie King @ Teflon Panties {blog closed}
Amber @ Just Your Typical Book Blog
Katy F @ A Few More Pages
Julie @ My 5 Monkeys
Katie @ Sophitikatied Reviews
Darlyn @ Crashing Stars {blog closed}
Lori @ I Just Finished Reading
Victoria D @ Artsy and Ambitious
The Book Vixen @ The Book Vixen
Lexie C @ Poisoned Rationality

Coming Soon

Book Blogger Recommendation Challenge 2010
Because what do we do with book lists? We make challenges out of them, of course. The rules and sign up page will be up shortly

How Well Do You Know Your Book Bloggers?
A (hopefully) fun year-long contest in which readers will guess which blogger suggested which book. Entrant with the most correct answers at the end of the contest will win a prize (to be determined soon). Contest will run weekly. Participants do not have to join the challenge. More information will be available shortly.

Discuss

I'd love to hear your opinions on the list, the challenge and the contest. I would also love to hear any ideas you may have to about how to utilize the list. If the challenge or contest is successful, I would love to contine these along with a brand new list each year. Please let me know what you think!

    10 comments :

    1. Wow, this is a great list! I love that there's such a large mix of books here.

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    2. I had fun contributing to this list for sure. As I scan the finished list, I'm reminded of a ton of books I've read years ago and will likely read again thanks to these recommendations.

      Funny enough I've not read any of the books in the top ten. I almost read the Time Traveler's Wife, but lost interest after I saw the movie (yawn).

      This looks like a lot of work. Thanks for this. It's great!

      -Victoria D.

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    3. This is so cool! And I'm so proud that I was one of the people to help =o) I will definitely participate in your challenge...can't wait!

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    4. What an awesome list! I'm so sad I didn't get to propose books, as my favorite didn't make the list. :-P I love your contest idea. I'm totally going to be checking out SO many of the books on this list!

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    5. Very cool! Many books I have not read that I now plan to.

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    6. What a great list, happy I had a chance to contribute, it is wonderful to see other blogger choices. And I put a naughty but goody X Rated hahahaha but omg it was great.

      Love the idea of guessing others books.

      Did you read a summary of all the books also? Lots of work you did, I appreciate it.

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    7. Would it be cheating to start a book now? lol I can't wait to start Uglies, I have been patiently waiting for Jan 1st but I can't go 2 more days without reading, guess I will start something else :-)

      Uglies is a choice from the Book Blogger Recommendations

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    8. This is a great idea! I wasn't really looking for another challenge to join but I just can't pass this one up! Too many of the books I need to read are on this list and what's another challenge anyway?!? I love book recommendations from other bloggers as well. I trust them the most! :)

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    9. This is an awesome list!!!! I printed it out and I want to join this challenge!!!!

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    10. This is a great list, im so glad twilight was included.I just read eclipse and I cant wait for the eclipse movie to come out.

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