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[mistyd107]

My Top 10

1. Rainwater:Sandra Brown
2. While My Sister Sleeps:Barbara Delinsky
3. My Sister's Keeper:Jodi Picoult
4. Plain Truth:Jodi Picoult
5. A Cedar Cove Christmas Debbie Macomber
6. 92 Pacific Blvd: Debbie Macomber
7. 8 Sandpiper way: Debbie Macomber
8. Hope Town: BP Myers
9. Online Angel: Kelly Abell
10.The Grove:John Rector

[DD]

Yay! Another contest.  I love it!

Here are my top ten.  Edited on 12/6 because I finished The Book Thief which has overtaken my #1 spot.  I don't think I've been this moved by a book since The Diary of Anne Frank.

1.   The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2.   The Lion's Game by Nelson DeMille
3.   The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows
4.   Time Is A River by Mary Alice Monroe
5.   First Family by David Baldacci
6.   The Help by Kathryn Stockett
7.   Term Limits by Vince Flynn
8.   Separation of Power by Vince Flynn
9.   The Face of Deception by Iris Johansen
10.  Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

[Silver]

1.   The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2.   Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
3.   Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
4.   Specials by Scott Westerfeld
5.   The Stranger House by Reginald Hill
6.   Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
7.   His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
8.   The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
9.   Watchers by Dean Koontz
10.  The Merchant of Death by D.J. MacHale

[Gertie Kindle 'a/k/a Margaret Lake']

Some new and some rereads.  

1.  Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
2.  The Rose of Tibet by Lionel Davidson
3.  The Treasure of La Malinche Vol. 2 by Jeffry Hepple
4.  The Treasure of La Malinche Vol. 1 by Jeffry Hepple
5.  In Her Name (omnibus edition) by Mike Hicks
6.  Soul Identity by Dennis Batchelder
7.  Soul Intent by Dennis Batchelder
8.  The Princess Bride (30th Anniversary Edition) by William Goldman
9.  The Whiskey Rebels by David Liss
10. The Heartbreaker by Susan Howatch (third in the St. Benet's Trilogy)

Sorry to throw off the compilations, but I had to add in my favorite author.  At first I thought I read it last year, but I checked, and I really did read it this year.

[Scheherazade]

1.   Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
2.   Watership Down by Richard Adams
3.   The Odyssey by Homer
4.   Spellsinger by Alan Dean Foster
5.   Uncubicled by Josh McMains
6.   The Ark by Boyd Morrison
7.   What is the What by Dave Eggers
8.   Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett
9.   The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
10. The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde

[Tip10]

My Favorites from 2009:

1   Born On A Blue Day  By Daniel Tammet
2   Above the Fray  By Kris Jackson  (this and its book 2 sequel)
3   Distant Cousin: Reincarnation  By Al Past (entire series)
4   The Ark  By Boyd Morrison
5   Global Watch  By Joe Zeibert
6   The Lost Fleet: Relentless  By Jack Campbell  (entire series)
7   Old Man's War  By John Scalzi 
8   The Hunger Games  By Suzanne Collins
9   Soul Survivor  By Andrea Leininger, Bruce Leininger
10   The Birth of the Peacekeepers  By Ricky Sides (entire series)

I've noted the series where (for the most part) I read the entire series together and consider them to be one really long book!

[GreenThumb]

1.  In Her Name (Omnibus edition) by Michael R. Hicks
2.  The Red Cross of Gold I: The Knight of Death by Brendan Carroll
3.  Grandmother Spider by James D. Doss
4.  Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
5.  Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
6.  On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle
7.  Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
8.  Naked in Death by J. D. Robb
9.  Thorn Queen by Richelle Mead
10. Storm Front by Jim Butcher

[cjonthehill]

1.  La Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
2.  Let the Great World Spin by Colum Mccann
3.  Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
4.  The Help by Kathryn Stockett
5.  The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
6.  Serena by Ron Rash
7.  Beautiful Joe by M M Saunders
8.  Ghost Trails: Journeys Through a Lifetime by Jill Homer
9.  The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro
10. Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan

[Betsy the Quilter]

Just for fun, here are my ten:

1. In Her Name (Omnibus) by Mike Hicks
2. Innocent in Death* by JD Robb
3. For Love of Mother Not by Alan Dean Foster
4. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
5. Crystal Singer* by Anne Mccaffrey
6. Distant Cousin by Al Past
7. Charbydis by Thumper  
8. The Adamas Blueprint by Boyd Morrison
9. Ariana's Pride by Margaret Lake
10. Whiskey Rebels: A Novel by David Liss

*reread on Kindle.  One of the great joys of the Kindle was finding books I would probably never have read through KindleBoards!

Betsy


  

[mom133d (aka Liz)]

Alrighty, here's my list:

1. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
2. The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman
3. Legacy: Amazon Encore Edition by Cayla Kluver
4. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
5. The Whiskey Rebels by David Liss
6. Elfhunter: A Tale of Alterra by CS Marks
7. Shadow of the Ghost by Tanner Artesz
8. The Sari Shop Widow by Shobhan Bantwal
9. According to Jane by Marilyn Brant
10. The Mark by Jason Pinter

[SongbirdVB]

My favorites so far:  

1. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society –  Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
2.  Kindred in Death – JD Robb
3.  Bitten and Smitten – Michelle Rowan
4.  Rogue Wave – Maureen A. Miller
5.  Charybdis (and the sequels… THUMPER! WHERE’S THE NEXT ONE?)– KA Thompson
6.  The Monster Hunter – Cezanne Rapken
7.  Fatal Encryption – Debra Purdy Kong
8.  Oleander House (Bay City Paranormal Book 1) – Ally Blue
9.  The Legend of Witch Bane – Kevis Hendrickson
10. Chow Down – Laurien Berenson

[ladyknight33]

1. Outlander  Diana Gabaldon
2. Gifted Hands Ben Carson
3. Taming Groomzilla E. N. Holland
4 L.A. Heat  P.A. Brown
5. Charybdis K. A. Thompson
6. Sudden Death Michael Ballkind
7. A Lifeime of Deception P.J. Grondin
8. Confidential Communications J.R. Reardon
9. On the Line Serena Williams
10. Act Like a Lady, Think Like A Man Steve Harvey

[sebat]

 1.  Spinning Forward by Terri Dulong
 2.  Fireflies in December by Jennifer Erin Valent
 3.  Turn Coat by Jim Butcher
 4.   Legacy: Amazon Encore Edition by Cayla Kluver
 5.  Raising Jake by Charlie Carillo
 6.  Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married by Marian Keyes
 7.  The Merchant of Death by D.J. MacHale
 8.  Waiting for Spring by R.J. Keller
 9.  Soul Intent by Dennis Batchelder
10. The Rules:  A Guide for People Owned by Cats by Max Thompson

[auntmarge]

1.  Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
2.  O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
3.  In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
4.  Revise the World by Brenda Clough
5.  Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
6.  A Matter of Oaths by Helen S, Wright
7.  The God Wars by Sierra Philpin
8.  Heroic Measures by Jill Clement
9.  The Last Child by John Hart
10. Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain

[bjazman]

firstly, you guys all rock here!

on to the list:

1.  Princess Bride by William Goldman   (one of the funniest books I've ever read!)
2.  Richest Man in Babylon by George Clason (converted PDF, hope that counts)
3.  East of Eden by John Steinbeck
4.  Pursuit of Honor by Vince Flynn
5.  Forgotten Man by Amity Shlaes
6.  Dracula by Bram Stoker (via Gutenberg)
7.  Free by Chris Anderson (which, yes, I got when it was free)
8.  Paranoia by Joseph Finder
9.  The Mark by Jason Pinter
10. First Family by David Baldacci

I've also bought the LOTR trilogy, but haven't read it on the Kindle yet.  would have been #1 if I had.

[Shawna]

My top 10 Kindle Reading List for 2009:

1. Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife by Peggy Vincent
2. The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
3. Still Alice by Lisa Genova
4. Havah: The Story of Eve by Tosca Lee
5. Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
6. The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent
7. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
8. Nefertit: A Novel by Michelle Moran
9. Something for the Pain: One Doctor's Account of Life and Death in the ER by Paul Austin
10. Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) by Charlaine Harris 

[Raffeer]

1. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
2. The Help by Kathryn Sockett
3. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows
4. Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
5. The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith
6. Pursuit of Honor: a novel by Vince Flynn
7. The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly
8. Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly
9. The Defector by Daniel Silva
10.The Apprentice: a novel by Tess Gerritsen

[anivyl]

Sorry I took a while to update this properly, there was just so much on my mind as to which books it should be, and how to list them! I have read enough books now on my Kindle to make it a good 10 but a couple of these books will have to be from my DTB times (since I only have had my Kindle for about a month).


1. The Last Lecture - by Randy Pausch
2. The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo - By Stieg Larsson
3. Sookie Stackhouse 8 copy boxed set - By Charlaine Harris (I love the whole series, and listing all the books 1 by 1 seems like cheating haha)
4. Neverwhere - by Neil Gaiman
5. Xenolith - by A.Sparrow
6. My Sister's Keeper - By Jodi Picoult
7. The Surgeon - by Tess Gerritsen
8. Assassin's Apprentice - by Robin Hobb
9. Torn - by Chris Jordan
10. For One More Day - by Mitch Albom

suddenly, finding the right 10 books is hard ahahaha, i wish have like 1 more space!

[MidnightAria]

1.   The Palmyra Impact by H. Boyd Morrison
2.   Paranoia by Joseph Finder
3.   Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
4.   Almost Human by Melanie Nowak
5.   Afraid by Jack Kilborn
6.   Run for your life by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
7.   The Fixer Files by Jon F. Merz
8.   Soul Identity by Dennis Batchelder
9.   Gone by Bryan Alaspa
10.  Snodgrass Vacation by Dave Conifer

[scarlet]

Okay, my final answer.... (and I'm being good, and doing them from 1-10)

1. Learn me good John Pearson
2. All I Really Need to Know I learned in Kindergarten Robert Fulghum
3. Star Trek Mirror Universe Glass Empires Mike Sussman, Dayton Ward, Kevin Dillmore, David Mack, Greg Cox
4. My Gun Has Bullets Lee Goldberg
5. Leave Me Gasping TC Beacham
6. Rogue Hunter Kevis Hendrickson
7. UR Stephen King
8. Blood Vice: The Nightfall Syndicate Keith Melton
9. Surrender DorothyR.G. Alexander
10. Uhura's SongJanet Kagan


I can't put Mike Hicks' First Contact, because I haven't read it on my kindle, I beta-read via a print out....

[melissaj323]

1. The Shack by William P. Young
2. Ariana's Pride by Margaret Lake
3. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris (entire series)
4. Virgin River by Robyn Carr (entire series)
5. Belong to me by Marisa de Los Santos
6. Take Two by Karen Kingsbury
7. Like Dandelion Dust by Karen Kingsbury
8. Sullivan's Island by Dorothea Benton Frank
9. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
10. Distant Cousin by Al Past

[hera]

1. Magic Lost, Trouble Found by Lisa Shearin
2. Cast in Shadow by Michelle Sagara
3. M*A*S*H by Richard Hooker
4. The Book of Night with Moon by Diane Duane
5. Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood) by J.R. Ward
6. The Princess Bride by William Goldman
7. What Every BODY is Saying by Joe Navarro
8. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
9. The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks
10. Defintely Dead by Charaline Harris

[RKCHR]

1.   Beguilement (The Sharing Knife, Book 1) by Lois Mcmaster Bujold
2.   Legacy (The Sharing Knife, Book 2) by Lois Mcmaster Bujold
3.   Passage (The Sharing Knife, Book 3) by Lois Mcmaster Bujold
4.   Horizon (The Sharing Knife, Book 4)  by Lois Mcmaster Bujold
5.   The Way of Shadows (The Night Angel Trilogy) by Brent Weeks
6.   Shadow's Edge (Night Angel Trilogy, Book 2) by Brent Weeks
7.   Beyond the Shadows (The Night Angel Trilogy) by Brent Weeks
8.   Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
9.   Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh
10. Delicious by Sherry Thomas

[Angela]

1. Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers (reading this one now)
2. The One Year Bible, New Living Translation by Tyndale
3. The Shack by William P. Young
4. The Princess Bride (30th Anniversary Edition) by William Goldman
5. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
6. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
7. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
8. Uncubicled by Josh McMains
9. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
10. The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett

[ktwac]

1  Genghis:Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden
2  Dracula by Bram Stoker
3  Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
4  My Life in France by Julia Child
5  The Perfectionist by Rudolph Chelminski
6  To Dance with Kings:A Novel by Rosalind Laker
7  Goodbye Glamour Gals by R.J. Dailey
8  Gone with The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
9   Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
10 Mozarts Wife by Juliet Waldron