I’m borrowing this idea from Crazy Cozy Murders Secret Dreamworld of a Bookaholic – writing down all the books I added to my shelves over the course of the year, crossing off the ones I actually read, and then the total number added. Maybe this will help me keep the number down this following year.

Books added in 2009

1. Manhunt by Janet Evanovich
2. Full House by Janet Evanovich
3. Black Beauty by Sewell
4. The Host by Stephenie Meyer
5. Heath by Janet Fife-Yeomans
6. Love Letters of Great Men by John C. Kirkland
7. The Associate by John Grisham
8. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
9. Run for Your Life by James Patterson
10. Fool by Christopher Moore
11. Secret Diary of a Call Girl by Anonymous
12. Cinema Therapy for Lovers
13. Blonde by Joyce Carol Oats
14. Life with My Sister Madonna by Christopher Ciccone
15. Pretties by Scott Westerfeld
16. Pretty Little Mistakes by Heather McElnatton
17. Letters to a Young Poet by Ranier Maria Rilke
18. High Five by Janet Evanovich
19. Tempest in Eden by Sandra Brown
20. Unspeakable by Sandra Brown
21. The Outsiders of S.E. Hinton
22. A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean
23. O is for Outlaw by Sue Grafton
24. Shakespeare’s MacBeth
25. Hawk O’Toole’s Hostage by Sandra Brown
26. The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike
27. The Twilight Director’s Notebook by Catherine Hardwicke
28. Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris
29. Thursday’s Child by Sandra Brown
30. Three in Death by J.D.Robb
31. Divided in Death by J.D. Robb
32. Betrayal in Death by J.D. Robb
33. Everyone is Beautiful by Katherine Center
34. Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares
35. G is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton
36. The Godfather by Mario Puzo
37. Imitation in Death by J.D. Robb
38. L is for Lawless by Sue Grafton
39. Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence
40. Purity in Death by J.D. Robb
41. The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks
42. Survivor in Death by J.D. Robb
43. Hot Stuff by Janet Evanovich
44. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
45. Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
46. Transforming Grace by Jerry Bridges
47. Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss
48. Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff
49. Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult
50. The Reader by Bernhard Schlick
51. Seven Up by Janet Evanovich
52. The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
53. Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
54. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
55. Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
56. The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
57. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
58. Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
59. Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris
60. Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris
61. Take Your Shirt Off and Cry by Nancy Balbirer
62. Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris
63. All Together Dead by Charlaine Harris
64. From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
65. Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
66. Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
67. Crime Beat by Michael Connelly
68. Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
69. To the Nines by Janet Evanovich
70. Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich
71. Smitten by Janet Evanovich
72. Iced by Carol Higgins Clark
73. Swimsuit by James Patterson
74. Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald
75. Cheri by Colette
76. Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich
77. Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich
78. Tarantula by Bob Dylan
79. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
80. Laced by Carol Higgins Clark
81. Th Perfect Husband & The Other Daughter by Lisa Gardner
82. Boxcar Children: Yellow House Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner
83. Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich
84. Rhett Butler’s People by Donald McCaig
85. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
86. Burton on Burton edited by Mark Salisbury
87. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
88. Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich
89. Bonk by Mary Roach
90. Glory in Death by J.D. Robb
91. Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain (paperback)
92. A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
93. Smash Cut by Sandra Brown
94. Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath
95. The Noticer by Andy Andrews
96. Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb
97. Maximum Ride: School’s Out by James Patterson
98. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Ben H. Winters
99. Smile and Move by Sam Parker
100. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
101. Boxcar Children: Surprise Island By Gertrude Chandler Warner
102. Boxcar Children: Snowflake Inn by Gertrude Chandler Warner
103. Misery by Stephen King
104. Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
105. Mystery at Lilac Inn by Carolyn Keene
106. Haunted Showboat by Carolyn Keene
107. Secret of Mirror Bay by Carolyn Keene
108. Popped by Carol Higgins Clark
109. Visions in Death by J.D. Robb
110. Hitched by Carol Higgins Clark
111. Boxcar Children: Pizza Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner
112. Bungalow Mystery by Carolyn Keene
113. Boxcar Children: Mystery in the Snow by Gertrude Chandler Warner
114. Boxcar Children: Bus Station Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner
115. Boxcar Children: Lighthouse Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner
116. Boxcar Children: Mystery Ranch by Gertrude Chandler Warner
117. Pirates of the Caribbean: Junior Novelization
118. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame
119. Rainwater by Sandra Brown
120. A Touch of Dead by Charlaine Harris
121. The Killing Circle by Andrew Pyper
122. The First Assistant by Clare Naylor
123. Rhett Butler’s People by Donald McCaig (duplicate)
124. 90210: Tis the Season by Mel Gilden
125. Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell
126. Rich Again by Anna Maxted
127. Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain (hardback/duplicate)
128. As You Like It by William Shakespeare
129. Sign of the Twisted Candles by Carolyn Keene

I added 129 books to shelves, not including a large number that came from my dad and grandmother (probably totally another 50-100). I currently have 301 books on the TBR pile. Yikes.