Reading List 2004

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2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010

Summary:
I left the old job and moved up near Chicago. I was an IT department of one, trying to upgrade and entire office by myself. I’m surprised that I had enough time to read the books that I did. I didn’t run across many new authors this year, but did manage to read more Richard Yates.

Reading List 2004
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – J. K. Rowling
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – J. K. Rowling
• Syrup – Maxx Barry
• The Puttermesser Papers – Cynthia Ozick
• Kingdom of Fear – Hunter S. Thompson
• Summer Rain – Jon Konrath
• Eats, Shoots, and Leaves – Lynne Truss
• How to Talk Dirty and Influence People – Lenny Bruce
• Wilco: Learning How to Die – Greg Kot
• Hacker Cracker – Ejoui Nuwhere
• Stranger Than Fiction – Chuck Palahnuick
• Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women – Ricky Jay
• The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
• How to Own a Continent – Ryan Russell
• Acts of the Apostles – John F. X. Sundman
• Across the Nightingale Floor – Lian Hearn
• Crypto – Stephen Levy
• Teeth – Hugh Gallagher
• Skinny Dip – Carl Hiaasen
• Grass for his Pillow – Lian Hearn
• Brilliance of the Moon – Lian Hearn
• Zero-Day Exploit – Rob Shein
• Collected Short Stories – Richard Yates
• Getting Things Done – David Allen
• Oblivion: Stories – David Foster Wallace
• If the River Was Whiskey – T. C. Boyle
• A Good School – Richard Yates
• The Inner Circle – T. C. Boyle
• A Game of Thrones – George R. R. Martin
• Going Corporate – Brad Embree
• MASH – Richard Hooker
• Tom Waits: Wild Years – Jay S. Jacobs
• Budding Prospects – T. C. Boyle
• The Wilco Book – Wilco
• Mind Wide Open – Stephen Johnson
• Rain Fall – Barry Eisler