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[ladyvolz]

My Top Ten This Year:

1.  World Without End by Ken Follett
2.  Genghis: Lords of the Bow by Conn Iggulden
3.  The Night Monster by James Swain
4.  The Deceived by Brett Battles
5.  The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
6.  Nightwalkers by P. T. Deutermann
7.  The House on Tradd Street by Karen White
8.  Badlands by Richard Montanari
9.  Dark Lover by J. R. Ward
10. Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian

[Pushka]

As a new kindle owner, a couple have been read on the kindle and the rest in paperback this year


1. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
2. The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullogh
3. Katherine by Anya Seton
4. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
5. An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
6. Handle with Care  by Jodi Picoult
7. The Help  by Kathryn Stockett
8. Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
9. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
10.The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

[PinkKindle]

1.  The Eye of The World by Robert Jordan
2.  Outlander by Diana Gabaldon.
3.  Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
4.  UR by Stephen King
5.  Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
6.  The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
7.  Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
8.  Green by Ted Dekker
9.  The Christmas Bus by Melody Carlson
10.  Legacy by Cayla Kluver

I actually reread the Robert Jordan book this year in hardcover prekindle, but I do have it on my Kindle now and that's where it will be for the next re-read, so I included it (as I've only read 9 books on my Kindle so far).  Perhaps I'll be able to replace it with a 10th book read on the Kindle by the 21st!  

[tashab]

My Kindle Favorites of 2009:

1. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
2. unSweetined by Jodie Sweetin
3. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
4. Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
5. The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf
6. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
7. High on Arrival by Mackenzie Phillips
8. Lock & Key by Sarah Dessen
9. The Real Real by Nicola Kraus
10. Sickened: The True Story of a Lost Childhood by Julie Gregory

[Library Chick]

My top ten list:

1. UR by Stephen King
2. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
3. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
4. Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella
5. Rewind by Neal Shusterman
6. Chocolate, Please by Lisa Lampanelli
7. Cult Insanity by Ireme Spencer
8. Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris
9. Pill Head by Joshua Lyon
10. Official Book Club Selection by Kathy Griffin

[bkworm8it]

1. In Her Name  Michael Hicks
2. Warbreaker  Brandon Sanderson
3. Distant Cousin  Al Past
4. Waiting for Spring   R.J. Keller
5. Gone for a Soldier  Jeffry S. Hepple
6. From Dead to Worse  Charlaine Harris
7. Painting the Roses Red   Trish Lamoree
8. Naked In Death J.D. Robb
9. The Ark  Boyd Morrison
10. According to Jane  Marilyn Brant

[luvshihtzu]

My Favorite Kindle Books of 2009

1.  Learn Me Good by John Pearson
2.  Highest Duty by Chesley B. Sullenberger
3.  To Live and Die in Dixie by Kathy Hogan Trocheck
4.  Every Crooked Nanny by Kathy Hogan Trocheck
5.  The Brass Verdict: A Novel by Michael Connelly
6.  Like Warm Skin on Nekkid Bottoms by Chuck Austen
7.  Crossing California by Adam Langer
8.  Cruise Confidential: A Hit Below the Waterline by
      Brian David Bruns
9.  State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy
10. Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane
      Gilman

[imallbs]

1.   Unspeakable: The Story of  Junius Wilson by Hannah Joyner
2.   The Alienist by Caleb Carr
3.   Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
4.   The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
5.   Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
6.   Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
7.   The Mummy Case by Elizabeth Peters
8.   Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith
9.   An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
10.   I Robot by Isaac Asimov

[Andra]

OK, here's my current top 10 list for 2009:

1. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. Stardust by Neil Gaimon
3. Septimus Heap:  Magyk  by Angie Sage
4. Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
5. Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
6. Distant Cousin by Al Past
7. Savvy by Ingrid Law
8. Swan for the Money by Donna Andrews
9. Street of the Five Moons by Elizabeth Peters
10. His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik

[hackeynut]

1.)  The Scarecrow Michael Connelly
2.)  Nine Dragons Michael Connelly
3.)  True Evil Greg Iles
4.)  In The Heat of the Night John Ball
5.)  The Reapers John Connolly
6.)  A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens
7.)  The List JA Konrath
8.)  Coraline Neil Gaiman
9.)  Duma Key Stephen King
10.)  UR Stephen King

[Figment]

My top ten list:

1.  The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
2.  Good Omens by Gaimen and Pratchett  (no longer available for Kindle)
3.  The Host by Stephanie Meyer
4.  The Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy  (no longer available for Kindle)
5.  Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
6.  Dog on It by Spencer Quinn
7.  The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
8.  Lamb by Christopher Moore
9.  Dog by Michelle Herman
10. The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker

This was a much more difficult task than what it first seemed...first getting the list reduced to only 10 books, and then putting them in some sort of order.  (N.B.:  The Conroy and Gaimen/Pratchett are no longer available for Kindle.  They were, however...and remain resident on all three of our Kindles).

[Toby]

1. Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff    
2. A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle                                              
3. Sweet Ginger Poison by Robert Burton Robinson
4. The 3-Apple-A-Day Plan by Tammi Flynn, M.S., R.D.
5. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
6. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
7. Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
8. Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
9. Born to Run by Christopher Mcdougal
10. One for the Money by Janet Evanovitch

This was really hard!!! Plus, I'm still reading books that would have made this list.

[Britt]

Britt's Top 10 of '09

1. In Her Name by Michael R. Hicks
2. The Winter Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
3. Addicted by Zane
4. The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University by Kevin Roose
5. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
6. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
7. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
8. The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Anonymous
9. Official Book Club Selection by Kathy Griffin
10. The Shining by Stephen King

[HedgeHog]

1.   Raising Jake by Charlie Carillo
2.   The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
3.   Charybdis by K. A. Thompson
4.   The Search For Significance by Robert S. McGee
5.   The Girl With The Dragon Tatto by Stieg Larsson
6.   The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
7.   200 Pomegranates and an Audience of One: Creating a Life of Meaning and Influence by Shawn Wood
8.   Paranoia by Joseph Finder
9.   The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University by Kevin Roose
10.   The Bonfire Of The Vanities by Tome Wolfe

[pawsplus]

(1)  The Road by Cormac McCarthy
(2)  Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
(3)  The Help by Kathryn Stockett
(4)  Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
(5)  The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
(6)  Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
(7)  The Big Rock Candy Mountain by Wallace Stegner
(8 )  Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
(9)  Children of God by Mary Doria Russell
(10) Lost Horizon by James Hilton

[Laurie]

I've gotta get in on this too..... but keep changing my list!! There's still time.....

[HeatherKW]

Here's my list of favorite Kindle reads in 2009:

1. Odd Thomas (the whole series!) by Dean Koontz
2. Gold Coast by Nelson Demille
3. When Crickets Cry by Charles Martin
4. Duma Key by Stephen King
5. UR by Stephen King
6. Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult
7. Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Series (I'm on book 5) by Charlaine Harris
8. The Host by Stephenie Meyer
9. Hold Tight by Harlan Coben
10. The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks

[Leslie]

I am enjoying all these top ten lists....keep 'em coming, everyone. You have til the 21st.

L

[muukao]

1. Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey
2. Naamah's Kiss by Jacqueline Carey
3. Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindquist
4. His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
5. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
6. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
7. To Serve and Submit by Susan Wright
8. Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey
9. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
10. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

[joanne29]

My list

1. Night - Elie Wiesel
2. Hunger Games- Suzanne Collins
3. The Road- Cormac McCarthy
4. Sojourner- Maria Rachel Hooley
5. The Help - Kathyrn Stockett
6. Faefever- Karen Marie Moning
7. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
8. A Child Called It - Dave Pelzer
9. Ten Degrees of Reckoning - Hester Rumberg
10. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

Another great year of reading!

[Carol Hanrahan]

1.  The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
2.  Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
3.  Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
4.  Black Water Rising by Attica Locke
5.  Watership Down: A Novel by Richard Adams
6.  ‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
7.  The Plot to Steal J.D. Salinger’s Manuscript by Sierra Philpin
8.  Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs
9.  The Psychokitty Speaks Out by Max Thompson
10. Waiting for Spring by R.J. Keller

[Heidi]

1.  The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
2.  The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
3.  Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
4.  A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
5.  Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
6.  P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
7.  The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
8.  Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
9.  The Shack by William Paul Young
10. It's All About Him by Denise Jackson

[DYB]

In no particular order:

1)   The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
2)   Caught Stealing by Charlie Huston
3)   Death of a Cozy Writer by G.M. Malliet
4)   The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
5)   Infected by Scott Sigler
6)   The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
7)   Emma by Jane Austen
  The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
9)   Fantomas by Marcel Allain
10) Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid

That smiley face should be an 8 and a ).  I really hate it when a computer tries to make my life easier by forcing changes on me that I didn't ask for!  Things like this are why I don't think computer taking over the world is out of the realm of possibility!  But I digress...

[lorraineya]

Kindle Top 10 for 2009

1. Dog on It: A Chet & Bernie Mystery by Spencer Quinn
2. April & Oliver: A Novel by Tess Callahan
3. The Castaways: A Novel by Elin Hilderbrand
4. Angel Food and Devil Dogs: A Maggie Gale Mystery by Liz Bradbury
5. Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet by Xinran
6. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
7. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
8. The Sari Shop Widow by Shobhan Bantwal
9. Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet by Xinran
10. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

[gglass99]

My Kindle Top Ten for 2009 - my first year with a Kindle
1. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
2. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
3. Into Thin Air by John Krakauer
4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows
5. The Road by Cormac Mccarthy
6. Born to Run by Christopher Mcdougall
7. Outlanderby Diana Gabaldon
8. One Second After by William R. Forstchen
9. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
10. Into the Wild by John Krakauer