So somehow I have read at least 50 books a year for the last five years and not burned the eyes out of my head. Every year I pick a Top 10 favorite reads. Below are the Top 10 for each year 2008-2012, reordered as a list of favorites from #1 to #50. I might reorder them slightly if I were to do this again tomorrow but my top ten there are solid faves that either mean a lot to me or introduced me to new ideas or have stuck with me. It's winter, read something!
Stars In My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. Delany
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Lunar Park by Brett Easton Ellis
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
The City and The City by China Mieville
The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo
Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
Clans of the Alphane Moon by Philip K. Dick
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
The Boy Detective Fails by Joe Meno
The Keep by Jennifer Egan
He Died With His Eyes Open by Derek Raymond
Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson
Nobody's Angel by Jack Clark
Robbie's Wife by Russell Hill
Rule of the Bone by Russell Banks
Nineteen Seventy-Four by David Peace
The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
The Painter of Battles by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks
The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer
Up in the Air by Walter Kirn
Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
Embassytown by China Mieville
Easy Money by Jens Lapidus
The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jessi Adler-Olsen
The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King
Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Missing by Karen Alvtegen
Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
The Wandering Ghost by Martin Limon
The Wheat Field by Steve Thayer
Real World by Natsuo Kirino
The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbo
Hypothermia by Arnaldur Indridason
Amnesia Moon by Jonathan Lethem
Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey
Citizen Vince by Jess Walter
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Blackmailer by George Alexrod
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
Resolution by Robert B. Parker
Stars In My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. Delany
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Lunar Park by Brett Easton Ellis
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
The City and The City by China Mieville
The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo
Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
Clans of the Alphane Moon by Philip K. Dick
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
The Boy Detective Fails by Joe Meno
The Keep by Jennifer Egan
He Died With His Eyes Open by Derek Raymond
Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson
Nobody's Angel by Jack Clark
Robbie's Wife by Russell Hill
Rule of the Bone by Russell Banks
Nineteen Seventy-Four by David Peace
The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
The Painter of Battles by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks
The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer
Up in the Air by Walter Kirn
Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
Embassytown by China Mieville
Easy Money by Jens Lapidus
The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jessi Adler-Olsen
The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King
The Murderer Vine by Shepard Rifkin
Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill
An Evil Guest by Gene Wolfe
Babylon Babies by Maurice G. Dantec
Missing by Karen Alvtegen
Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
The Wandering Ghost by Martin Limon
The Wheat Field by Steve Thayer
Real World by Natsuo Kirino
The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbo
Hypothermia by Arnaldur Indridason
Amnesia Moon by Jonathan Lethem
Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey
Citizen Vince by Jess Walter
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Blackmailer by George Alexrod
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
Resolution by Robert B. Parker
