Happy 2009. Let's hope this year is better than last year, with fewer violent deaths, horrific tragedies, bad hair, and depressing movies.
To celebrate the New Year, I humbly present to my loyal readers the First Annual Fear And Loathing Awards, a look back at the books I read in 2008. Here we'll see the best, worst, and weirdest shit I read in 2008. Enjoy!
Books That Make Me Want To Grab A Sword And Kick Ass
Gentlemen Of The Road - Michael Chabon
The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
Shortest Profound Book Ever
The Marriage Of Heaven & Hell - William Blake
Best Play
Waiting For Godot - Samuel Beckett
Book That I Was Uncomfortable To Read In Public Because Damn Was It Creepy
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
Book That Made Me Weep Like A Prison Bitch
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
The Schwa Was Here - Neal Shusterman
Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keyes
Overrated Books That I Still Liked
Fragile Things: Short Fictions And Wonders - Neil Gaiman
Stardust - Neil Gaiman
On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan
Scariest Goddamn Books
Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill
Coraline - Neil Gaiman
Arkham Asylum: A Serious House On Serious Earth - Grant Morrison 59. 20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hill
The Stand - Stephen King (Reread)
Best Discworld Novels (Or, Best Novels Ever)
Night Watch - Terry Pratchett
Reaper Man - Terry Pratchett
Mort - Terry Pratchett
Interesting Times - Terry Pratchett
Soul Music - Terry Pratchett
Men At Arms - Terry Pratchett
Lords & Ladies - Terry Pratchett
Small Gods - Terry Pratchett
Witches Abroad - Terry Pratchett
Guards! Guards! - Terry Pratchett
Moving Pictures - Terry Pratchett
Worst Discworld Novels (That Still Manage To Be Pretty Damn Great)
The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett
Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett
Sourcery - Terry Pratchett
Pyramids - Terry Pratchett
Wyrd Sisters - Terry Pratchett
Books I Wish I'd Written
Jonathan Strange And Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
Collected Fictions - Jorge Luis Borges
The Crimson Petal And The White - Michael Faber
Most Sanctimonious Cookbooks
Vegan Express - Nava Atlas
Peace In Every Bite: A Vegan Cookbook - Two Moons
Best Comic Series To Be Ruined By The Hot Topic Crowd
The Sandman, Volume 2: The Doll's House - Neil Gaiman
The Sandman, Volume 3: Dream Country - Neil Gaiman
The Sandman, Volume 4: Season Of Mists - Neil Gaiman
The Sandman, Volume 5: A Game Of You - Neil Gaiman
Best-Named Comic
Hellblazer: Fear & Loathing - Garth Ennis
Overrated Books I 'Got', But Didn't Enjoy
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
Books I Didn't Realize I Liked Until The Very Last Page
The Yiddish Policeman's Union - Michael Chabon
Neuromancer - William Gibson
Disgrace - J.M. Coetzee
Worst/Most Disappointing Books Of The Year
An Arsonist's Guide To Writer's Homes In New England - Brock Clarke
Needful Things - Stephen King
Snuff - Chuck Palahniuk
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Douglas Adams
The Knife Thrower And Other Stories - Steven Millhauser 60. Viriconium - M. John Harrison
A Dirty Job - Christopher Moore
Best Addiction-Suffering Superhero EVER
Iron Man: Demon In A Bottle - David Michelinie
Invincible Iron Man #1 - Matt Fraction
Iron Man Volume 1: Extremis - Warren Ellis
Invincible Iron Man #2 - Matt Fraction
Best Nonfiction
Sweet And Low - Rich Cohen
A Short History Of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
When You Are Engulfed In Flames - David Sedaris
The Year Of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion
Dreams From My Father - Barack Obama
An Anthropologist On Mars - Oliver Sacks
Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany - Bill Buford
Best Beach-Reads
Four Past Midnight - Stephen King
Best Comic Ever In The History Of Ever
Watchmen - Alan Moore (Reread)
Best Books To Be Made Into Ass-Kicking Movies
No Country For Old Men - Cormac McCarthy
American Splendor: Our Movie Year - Harvey Pekar
Hellboy, Volume 1: Seed Of Destruction - Mike Mignola
The Prestige - Christopher Priest
Best Mix Of Great & Terrible Comic Artists
SPX 2003 Anthology - Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
Best Book On How Totally Fucked Up Polygamy Is
The 19th Wife - David Ebershoff
Most Hated Book Series That I Didn't Hate Until Everyone Started Gushing About How It Was The BEST SERIES EVER OMGWTFBBQ
New Moon - Stephenie Meyer
Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
Books That Were Surprisingly Good
Three Minutes On Love - Roccie Hill
Girl With A Pearl Earring - Tracy Chevalier
Best Kids' Books That Really Aren't
The Tales Of Beedle The Bard - J.K. Rowling
The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman
Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling (Reread)
Best Books About Books.... And Incest
The Thirteenth Tale- Diane Setterfield
The Shadow Of The Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Books That I Know Are Great, But That I Didn't Really Like
American Pastoral - Philip Roth
Shit-Your-Pants-Funny Books Everyone Should Worship
A Confederacy Of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole (Reread)
Best Use Of Extreme Violence And Sexual Abuse Involving Hamsters In A Comic Series
The Boys #9 - Garth Ennis 50. The Boys #8 - Garth Ennis
Best Book That Reminded Me Of Pan's Labyrinth, But In A Good Way
The Book Of Lost Things - John Connolly
Best Short Comic
The Cat With The Really Big Head & One Other Story That Isn't As Good - Roman Dirge
Book That Convinces Me The Neighbor's Cat Ate My Goddamn Owl
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets - J.K. Rowling
Top Ten Favorite Books Of The Year (Not Counting Rereads)
Interesting Times - Terry Pratchett
Jonathan Strange And Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
The Year Of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion
Dreams From My Father - Barack Obama
Small Gods - Terry Pratchett
Waiting For Godot - Samuel Beckett
The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany - Bill Buford
Hellboy, Volume 1: Seed Of Destruction - Mike Mignola
Bottom Ten Books Of The Year
American Pastoral - Philip Roth
New Moon - Stephenie Meyer
An Arsonist's Guide To Writer's Homes In New England - Brock Clarke
Needful Things - Stephen King
Snuff - Chuck Palahniuk
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Douglas Adams
The Knife Thrower And Other Stories - Steven Millhauser 60. Viriconium - M. John Harrison
A Dirty Job - Christopher Moore
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
To celebrate the New Year, I humbly present to my loyal readers the First Annual Fear And Loathing Awards, a look back at the books I read in 2008. Here we'll see the best, worst, and weirdest shit I read in 2008. Enjoy!
Books That Make Me Want To Grab A Sword And Kick Ass
Gentlemen Of The Road - Michael Chabon
The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
Shortest Profound Book Ever
The Marriage Of Heaven & Hell - William Blake
Best Play
Waiting For Godot - Samuel Beckett
Book That I Was Uncomfortable To Read In Public Because Damn Was It Creepy
Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
Book That Made Me Weep Like A Prison Bitch
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
The Schwa Was Here - Neal Shusterman
Flowers For Algernon - Daniel Keyes
Overrated Books That I Still Liked
Fragile Things: Short Fictions And Wonders - Neil Gaiman
Stardust - Neil Gaiman
On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan
Scariest Goddamn Books
Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill
Coraline - Neil Gaiman
Arkham Asylum: A Serious House On Serious Earth - Grant Morrison 59. 20th Century Ghosts - Joe Hill
The Stand - Stephen King (Reread)
Best Discworld Novels (Or, Best Novels Ever)
Night Watch - Terry Pratchett
Reaper Man - Terry Pratchett
Mort - Terry Pratchett
Interesting Times - Terry Pratchett
Soul Music - Terry Pratchett
Men At Arms - Terry Pratchett
Lords & Ladies - Terry Pratchett
Small Gods - Terry Pratchett
Witches Abroad - Terry Pratchett
Guards! Guards! - Terry Pratchett
Moving Pictures - Terry Pratchett
Worst Discworld Novels (That Still Manage To Be Pretty Damn Great)
The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett
Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett
Sourcery - Terry Pratchett
Pyramids - Terry Pratchett
Wyrd Sisters - Terry Pratchett
Books I Wish I'd Written
Jonathan Strange And Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
Collected Fictions - Jorge Luis Borges
The Crimson Petal And The White - Michael Faber
Most Sanctimonious Cookbooks
Vegan Express - Nava Atlas
Peace In Every Bite: A Vegan Cookbook - Two Moons
Best Comic Series To Be Ruined By The Hot Topic Crowd
The Sandman, Volume 2: The Doll's House - Neil Gaiman
The Sandman, Volume 3: Dream Country - Neil Gaiman
The Sandman, Volume 4: Season Of Mists - Neil Gaiman
The Sandman, Volume 5: A Game Of You - Neil Gaiman
Best-Named Comic
Hellblazer: Fear & Loathing - Garth Ennis
Overrated Books I 'Got', But Didn't Enjoy
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
Books I Didn't Realize I Liked Until The Very Last Page
The Yiddish Policeman's Union - Michael Chabon
Neuromancer - William Gibson
Disgrace - J.M. Coetzee
Worst/Most Disappointing Books Of The Year
An Arsonist's Guide To Writer's Homes In New England - Brock Clarke
Needful Things - Stephen King
Snuff - Chuck Palahniuk
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Douglas Adams
The Knife Thrower And Other Stories - Steven Millhauser 60. Viriconium - M. John Harrison
A Dirty Job - Christopher Moore
Best Addiction-Suffering Superhero EVER
Iron Man: Demon In A Bottle - David Michelinie
Invincible Iron Man #1 - Matt Fraction
Iron Man Volume 1: Extremis - Warren Ellis
Invincible Iron Man #2 - Matt Fraction
Best Nonfiction
Sweet And Low - Rich Cohen
A Short History Of Nearly Everything - Bill Bryson
When You Are Engulfed In Flames - David Sedaris
The Year Of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion
Dreams From My Father - Barack Obama
An Anthropologist On Mars - Oliver Sacks
Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany - Bill Buford
Best Beach-Reads
Four Past Midnight - Stephen King
Best Comic Ever In The History Of Ever
Watchmen - Alan Moore (Reread)
Best Books To Be Made Into Ass-Kicking Movies
No Country For Old Men - Cormac McCarthy
American Splendor: Our Movie Year - Harvey Pekar
Hellboy, Volume 1: Seed Of Destruction - Mike Mignola
The Prestige - Christopher Priest
Best Mix Of Great & Terrible Comic Artists
SPX 2003 Anthology - Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
Best Book On How Totally Fucked Up Polygamy Is
The 19th Wife - David Ebershoff
Most Hated Book Series That I Didn't Hate Until Everyone Started Gushing About How It Was The BEST SERIES EVER OMGWTFBBQ
New Moon - Stephenie Meyer
Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
Books That Were Surprisingly Good
Three Minutes On Love - Roccie Hill
Girl With A Pearl Earring - Tracy Chevalier
Best Kids' Books That Really Aren't
The Tales Of Beedle The Bard - J.K. Rowling
The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman
Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling (Reread)
Best Books About Books.... And Incest
The Thirteenth Tale- Diane Setterfield
The Shadow Of The Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Books That I Know Are Great, But That I Didn't Really Like
American Pastoral - Philip Roth
Shit-Your-Pants-Funny Books Everyone Should Worship
A Confederacy Of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole (Reread)
Best Use Of Extreme Violence And Sexual Abuse Involving Hamsters In A Comic Series
The Boys #9 - Garth Ennis 50. The Boys #8 - Garth Ennis
Best Book That Reminded Me Of Pan's Labyrinth, But In A Good Way
The Book Of Lost Things - John Connolly
Best Short Comic
The Cat With The Really Big Head & One Other Story That Isn't As Good - Roman Dirge
Book That Convinces Me The Neighbor's Cat Ate My Goddamn Owl
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets - J.K. Rowling
Top Ten Favorite Books Of The Year (Not Counting Rereads)
Interesting Times - Terry Pratchett
Jonathan Strange And Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
The Year Of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion
Dreams From My Father - Barack Obama
Small Gods - Terry Pratchett
Waiting For Godot - Samuel Beckett
The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany - Bill Buford
Hellboy, Volume 1: Seed Of Destruction - Mike Mignola
Bottom Ten Books Of The Year
American Pastoral - Philip Roth
New Moon - Stephenie Meyer
An Arsonist's Guide To Writer's Homes In New England - Brock Clarke
Needful Things - Stephen King
Snuff - Chuck Palahniuk
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Douglas Adams
The Knife Thrower And Other Stories - Steven Millhauser 60. Viriconium - M. John Harrison
A Dirty Job - Christopher Moore
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
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