The goal is to read 50 books a year. (Not counting picture books, cookbooks, and books I started but never finished.)

• Jude the Obscure: Thomas Hardy
• Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince
• Persuasion: Jane Austen
• Atonement: Ian McEwan
• The Scarlet Thread: Francine Rivers
• So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anymore: Jake Colson
• Neverwhere: Neil Gaiman
• Coraline: Neil Gaiman
• Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows
• The Shack: William P. Young
• Pride & Prejudice: Jane Austen
• Anne of Green Gables: L.M. Montgomery
• Anne of Avonlea: L.M. Montgomery
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: Mark Haddon
• The Eyre Affair: Jasper Fforde
• American Gods: Neil Gaiman (X 2)
• Fragile Things: Neil Gaiman
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: Jean-Dominique Bauby
• Smoke & Mirrors: Neil Gaiman
• Keeping House: The Litany of Everyday Life: Margaret Kim Peterson
• The Rest of God: Restoring Your Soul by Restoring the Sabbath: Mark Buchanan
• Hidden in Plain Sight: Mark Buchanan
• Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation: Ruth Haley Barton
• Before Green Gables: Budge Wilson
• The Fellowship of the Ring: J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Book of Lost Things: John Connolly
• Stone Crossings: Finding Grace in Hard and Hidden Places: L.L. Barkat
• It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan For Living a Richer Life With Less Stuff: Peter Walsh
• The Monsters of Templeton: Lauren Groff
• Les Miserables: Victor Hugo
• Montessori From the Start: Paula Polk Lillard
• Gone With the Wind: Margaret Mitchell
• The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Kate Summerscale
• The Two Towers: J.R.R. Tolkien
• Blood Meridian: Cormac McCarthy
• Sailing Alone Around the Room: Billy Collins
• Twilight: Stephenie Meyer (X 2)
• New Moon: Stephenie Meyer
• Eclipse: Stephenie Meyer
• Breaking Dawn: Stephenie Meyer (X 2)
• Anansi Boys: Neil Gaiman
• The Notebook: Nicholas Sparks (HUGE waste of time)
• Impossible: Nancy Werlin
• Abomination: Colleen Coble

The year closed as I was midway through #49 (counting the books I read more than once in the year). Better luck in 2009!