2009 Doesn't Start Until The Hangover Ends

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 AssGentlemen Of The Road - Michael ChabonThe Three Musketeers - Alexandre DumasShortest Profound Book EverThe Marriage Of Heaven & Hell - William BlakeBest PlayWaiting For Godot - Samuel BeckettBook That I Was Uncomfortable To Read In Public Because Damn Was It CreepyLolita - Vladimir NabokovBook That Made Me Weep Like A Prison BitchThe Road - Cormac McCarthyThe Schwa Was Here - Neal ShustermanFlowers For Algernon - Daniel KeyesOverrated Books That I Still LikedFragile Things: Short Fictions And Wonders - Neil GaimanStardust - Neil GaimanOn Chesil Beach - Ian McEwanScariest Goddamn BooksHeart-Shaped Box - Joe HillCoraline - Neil GaimanArkham Asylum: A Serious House On Serious Earth - Grant Morrison
59. 20th Century Ghosts - Joe HillThe Stand - Stephen King (Reread)Best Discworld Novels (Or, Best Novels Ever)Night Watch - Terry PratchettReaper Man - Terry PratchettMort - Terry PratchettInteresting Times - Terry Pratchett
Soul Music - Terry PratchettMen At Arms - Terry PratchettLords & Ladies - Terry PratchettSmall Gods - Terry PratchettWitches Abroad - Terry PratchettGuards! Guards! - Terry PratchettMoving Pictures - Terry PratchettWorst Discworld Novels (That Still Manage To Be Pretty Damn Great)The Light Fantastic - Terry PratchettEqual Rites - Terry PratchettSourcery - Terry PratchettPyramids - Terry PratchettWyrd Sisters - Terry PratchettBooks I Wish I'd WrittenJonathan Strange And Mr. Norrell - Susanna ClarkeCollected Fictions - Jorge Luis BorgesThe Crimson Petal And The White - Michael FaberMost Sanctimonious CookbooksVegan Express - Nava AtlasPeace In Every Bite: A Vegan Cookbook - Two MoonsBest Comic Series To Be Ruined By The Hot Topic CrowdThe Sandman, Volume 2: The Doll's House - Neil Gaiman
The Sandman, Volume 3: Dream Country - Neil GaimanThe Sandman, Volume 4: Season Of Mists - Neil GaimanThe Sandman, Volume 5: A Game Of You - Neil GaimanBest-Named ComicHellblazer: Fear & Loathing - Garth EnnisOverrated Books I 'Got', But Didn't EnjoyNeverwhere - Neil GaimanBooks I Didn't Realize I Liked Until The Very Last PageThe Yiddish Policeman's Union - Michael ChabonNeuromancer - William GibsonDisgrace - J.M. CoetzeeWorst/Most Disappointing Books Of The YearAn Arsonist's Guide To Writer's Homes In New England - Brock ClarkeNeedful Things - Stephen KingSnuff - Chuck PalahniukDirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Douglas AdamsThe Knife Thrower And Other Stories - Steven Millhauser
60. Viriconium - M. John HarrisonA Dirty Job - Christopher MooreBest Addiction-Suffering Superhero EVERIron Man: Demon In A Bottle - David MichelinieInvincible Iron Man #1 - Matt FractionIron Man Volume 1: Extremis - Warren EllisInvincible Iron Man #2 - Matt FractionBest NonfictionSweet And Low - Rich CohenA Short History Of Nearly Everything - Bill BrysonWhen You Are Engulfed In Flames - David SedarisThe Year Of Magical Thinking - Joan DidionDreams From My Father - Barack ObamaAn Anthropologist On Mars - Oliver SacksHeat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany - Bill BufordBest Beach-ReadsFour Past Midnight - Stephen KingBest Comic Ever In The History Of EverWatchmen - Alan Moore (Reread)Best Books To Be Made Into Ass-Kicking MoviesNo Country For Old Men - Cormac McCarthyAmerican Splendor: Our Movie Year - Harvey PekarHellboy, Volume 1: Seed Of Destruction - Mike Mignola
The Prestige - Christopher PriestBest Mix Of Great & Terrible Comic ArtistsSPX 2003 Anthology - Comic Book Legal Defense FundBest Book On How Totally Fucked Up Polygamy IsThe 19th Wife - David EbershoffMost Hated Book Series That I Didn't Hate Until Everyone Started Gushing About How It Was The BEST SERIES EVER OMGWTFBBQNew Moon - Stephenie Meyer
Twilight - Stephenie MeyerBooks That Were Surprisingly GoodThree Minutes On Love - Roccie HillGirl With A Pearl Earring - Tracy ChevalierBest Kids' Books That Really Aren'tThe Tales Of Beedle The Bard - J.K. RowlingThe Graveyard Book - Neil GaimanHarry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone - J.K. Rowling (Reread)Best Books About Books.... And IncestThe Thirteenth Tale- Diane SetterfieldThe Shadow Of The Wind - Carlos Ruiz ZafonBooks That I Know Are Great, But That I Didn't Really LikeAmerican Pastoral - Philip RothShit-Your-Pants-Funny Books Everyone Should WorshipA Confederacy Of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole (Reread)Best Use Of Extreme Violence And Sexual Abuse Involving Hamsters In A Comic SeriesThe Boys #9 - Garth Ennis
50. The Boys #8 - Garth EnnisBest Book That Reminded Me Of Pan's Labyrinth, But In A Good WayThe Book Of Lost Things - John ConnollyBest Short ComicThe Cat With The Really Big Head & One Other Story That Isn't As Good - Roman DirgeBook That Convinces Me The Neighbor's Cat Ate My Goddamn OwlHarry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets - J.K. RowlingTop Ten Favorite Books Of The Year (Not Counting Rereads)Interesting Times - Terry PratchettJonathan Strange And Mr. Norrell - Susanna ClarkeThe Year Of Magical Thinking - Joan DidionDreams From My Father - Barack ObamaSmall Gods - Terry PratchettWaiting For Godot - Samuel BeckettThe Three Musketeers - Alexandre DumasThe Road - Cormac McCarthyHeat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany - Bill BufordHellboy, Volume 1: Seed Of Destruction - Mike MignolaBottom Ten Books Of The YearAmerican Pastoral - Philip RothNew Moon - Stephenie MeyerAn Arsonist's Guide To Writer's Homes In New England - Brock ClarkeNeedful Things - Stephen KingSnuff - Chuck PalahniukDirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Douglas AdamsThe Knife Thrower And Other Stories - Steven Millhauser
60. Viriconium - M. John HarrisonA Dirty Job - Christopher MooreNeverwhere - Neil Gaiman

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