| Title (Series) | Author | Started | Finished | Pages |
| Complex Adaptive Systems | John Miller and Scott Page | 28-Sep-07 | 30-Apr-08 | 284 |
| The World is Flat | Thomas L. Friedman | 06-Dec-07 | 23-Jan-08 | 469 |
| Stone of Tears (Sword of Truth 2) | Terry Goodkind | 28-Dec-07 | 08-Jan-08 | 992 |
| Beginning Database Design | Clare Churcher | 28-Dec-07 | 19-Jan-08 | 300 |
| Pithy Pulpy Seedy Juicy | Hilary Price | 03-Jan-08 | 03-Jan-08 | 224 |
| The Blood of the Fold (Sword of Truth 3) | Terry Goodkind | 09-Jan-08 | 17-Jan-08 | 623 |
| Grow Up, America! | Michael Hurd | 24-Jan-08 | 03-Feb-08 | 288 |
| One Big Happy: All the Dirt! | Rick Detorie | 29-Jan-08 | 30-Jan-08 | 128 |
| The Phantom Tollbooth | Norton Juster | 31-Jan-08 | 01-Feb-08 | 256 |
| Blood Red Horse | K. M. Grant | 04-Feb-08 | 06-Feb-08 | 277 |
| Summer | Edith Wharton | 06-Feb-08 | 08-Feb-08 | 205 |
| Stardust | Neil Gaiman | 08-Feb-08 | 08-Feb-08 | 248 |
| Freakonomics | Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner | 08-Feb-08 | 09-Feb-08 | 207 |
| What Do You Call a Sociopath in a Cubicle? | Scott Adams | 09-Feb-08 | 10-Feb-08 | 224 |
| So Many Books | Gabriel Zaid | 10-Feb-08 | 10-Feb-08 | 144 |
| Einstein Simplified | Sidney Harris | 10-Feb-08 | 10-Feb-08 | 160 |
| Leaving the Saints | Martha Beck | 10-Feb-08 | 15-Feb-08 | 306 |
| The Lesser Kindred (Song in the Silence 2) | Elizabeth Kerner | 11-Feb-08 | 18-Feb-08 | 435 |
| Ambient Findability | Peter Morville | 12-Feb-08 | 25-Feb-08 | 179 |
| Fire and Ice (Warriors 2) | Erin Hunter | 18-Feb-08 | 22-Feb-08 | 317 |
| One Big Happy: Should I Spit on Him? | Rick Detorie | 20-Feb-08 | 21-Feb-08 | 128 |
| The Last Starfighter | Alan Dean Foster | 25-Feb-08 | 27-Feb-08 | 218 |
| Philosophy: Who Needs It? | Ayn Rand | 25-Feb-08 | 10-May-08 | 215 |
| Back to the Future | George Gipe | 27-Feb-08 | 27-Feb-08 | 248 |
| Forest of Secrets (Warriors 3) | Erin Hunter | 28-Feb-08 | 01-Mar-08 | 312 |
| Rising Storm (Warriors 4) | Erin Hunter | 01-Mar-08 | 02-Mar-08 | 315 |
| Gone-Away Lake (Gone-Away Lake 1) | Elizabeth Enright | 02-Mar-08 | 03-Mar-08 | 256 |
| Return to Gone-Away (Gone-Away Lake 2) | Elizabeth Enright | 03-Mar-08 | 04-Mar-08 | 212 |
| The Little White Horse | Elizabeth Goudge | 04-Mar-08 | 07-Mar-08 | 277 |
| The Gammage Cup | Carol Kendall | 08-Mar-08 | 08-Mar-08 | 283 |
| Bedknob and Broomstick | Mary Norton | 08-Mar-08 | 09-Mar-08 | 229 |
| The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet (Mushroom Planet 1) | Eleanor Cameron | 09-Mar-08 | 11-Mar-08 | 195 |
| Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet (Mushroom Planet 2) | Eleanor Cameron | 11-Mar-08 | 12-Mar-08 | 209 |
| The Future of the Book | Geoffrey Nunberg, ed. | 12-Mar-08 | 20-Apr-08 | 306 |
| Euler's Gem | David S. Richeson | 18-Mar-08 | 20-Mar-08 | 285 |
| Noble House (Asian Saga 5) | James Clavell | 31-Mar-08 | 13-Apr-08 | 1370 |
| Words You Don't Want to Hear During Your Annual Performance Review | Scott Adams | 20-Apr-08 | 21-Apr-08 | 128 |
| When Body Language Goes Bad | Scott Adams | 21-Apr-08 | 21-Apr-08 | 128 |
| Another Day in Cubicle Paradise | Scott Adams | 22-Apr-08 | 22-Apr-08 | 128 |
| Can't You Guys Read? | Sidney Harris | 25-Apr-08 | 25-Apr-08 | 140 |
| The Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1) | Jeff Kinney | 25-Apr-08 | 25-Apr-08 | 224 |
| The Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2) | Jeff Kinney | 25-Apr-08 | 25-Apr-08 | 224 |
| Einstein Atomized | Sidney Harris | 26-Apr-08 | 26-Apr-08 | 154 |
| It's Not Funny If I Have to Explain It | Scott Adams | 26-Apr-08 | 26-Apr-08 | 240 |
| The Official Rules of Life | Paul Dickson | 30-Apr-08 | 30-Apr-08 | 108 |
| The Wizard of Oz (Wizard of Oz 1) | L. Frank Baum | 01-May-08 | 02-May-08 | 219 |
| The Temple of Winds (Sword of Truth 4) | Terry Goodkind | 03-May-08 | 07-May-08 | 822 |
| "You Want Proof? I'll Give You Proof!" | Sidney Harris | 08-May-08 | 08-May-08 | 158 |
| Metaphors We Live By | George Lakoff and Mark Johnson | 09-May-08 | 23-May-08 | 237 |
| Peter Arno | Peter Arno | 11-May-08 | 11-May-08 | 256 |
| The Questers | E. W. Hildick | 11-May-08 | 12-May-08 | 145 |
| The Mystery of the Ghost Bell | Val Abbott | 12-May-08 | 12-May-08 | 121 |
| Cop in the Hood | Peter Moskos | 16-May-08 | 17-May-08 | 196 |
| The Arkadians | Lloyd Alexander | 18-May-08 | 20-May-08 | 272 |
| Neuromancer | William Gibson | 23-May-08 | 24-May-08 | 271 |
| Predictions | Sian Griffiths, ed. | 25-May-08 | 03-Jun-08 | 320 |
| Urchin of the Riding Stars (Mistmantle Chronicles 1) | M. I. McAllister | 03-Jun-08 | 08-Jun-08 | 282 |
| You Can't Say Boobs on Sunday | Jan Eliot | 06-Jun-08 | 07-Jun-08 | 189 |
| Hikaru No Go (Hikaru No Go 1) | Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata | 08-Jun-08 | 08-Jun-08 | 192 |
| Adventures of the Greek Heroes | Mollie McLean and Anne Wiseman | 08-Jun-08 | 08-Jun-08 | 174 |
| The Losers/High Hunt | David Eddings | 08-Jun-08 | 21-Jun-08 | 501 |
| Demons, Dreamers, and Madmen | Harry G. Frankfurt | 09-Jun-08 | 18-Jun-08 | 256 |
| The New Yorker Book of Mom Cartoons | The New Yorker | 16-Jun-08 | 16-Jun-08 | 112 |
| The Gospel According to Disney | Mark I. Pinsky | 18-Jun-08 | 23-Jun-08 | 267 |
| The New Yorker Book of Cat Cartoons | The New Yorker | 22-Jun-08 | 22-Jun-08 | 102 |
| Why? | Charles Tilly | 23-Jun-08 | 28-Jun-08 | 180 |
| Tequila Mockingbird | Leo Cullum | 25-Jun-08 | 25-Jun-08 | 128 |
| Jump Start: A Love Story | Robb Armstrong | 25-Jun-08 | 28-Jun-08 | 272 |
| Mondo Boxo | Roz Chast | 28-Jun-08 | 28-Jun-08 | 95 |
| Culture Shock Singapore | Marion Bravo-bhasin | 28-Jun-08 | 07-Jul-08 | 388 |
| Fire Bringer | David Clement-Davies | 28-Jun-08 | 04-Jul-08 | 498 |
| The New Yorker Book of Technology Cartoons | The New Yorker | 29-Jun-08 | 29-Jun-08 | 110 |
| The New Yorker Book of Literary Cartoons | The New Yorker | 04-Jul-08 | 04-Jul-08 | 104 |
| Dilbert's Guide to the Rest of Your Life: Dispatches from Cubicleland | Scott Adams | 04-Jul-08 | 04-Jul-08 | 207 |
| Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg (Disney Fairies 1) | Gail Carson Levine | 04-Jul-08 | 06-Jul-08 | 189 |
| Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand (Disney Fairies 2) | Gail Carson Levine | 06-Jul-08 | 06-Jul-08 | 191 |
| The Boggart (Boggart 1) | Susan Cooper | 06-Jul-08 | 06-Jul-08 | 196 |
| The Boggart and the Monster (Boggart 2) | Susan Cooper | 07-Jul-08 | 07-Jul-08 | 185 |
| A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver | E. L. Konigsburg | 07-Jul-08 | 08-Jul-08 | 201 |
| The Rescuers | Margery Sharp | 08-Jul-08 | 09-Jul-08 | 149 |
| A Dangerous Path (Warriors 5) | Erin Hunter | 10-Jul-08 | 11-Jul-08 | 313 |
| The Darkest Hour (Warriors 6) | Erin Hunter | 11-Jul-08 | 12-Jul-08 | 315 |
| Urchin and the Heartstone (Mistmantle Chronicles 2) | M. I. McAllister | 12-Jul-08 | 16-Jul-08 | 297 |
| Chicken Soup and Other Medical Matters | Sidney Harris | 15-Jul-08 | 15-Jul-08 | 101 |
| Cunning | Don Herzog | 16-Jul-08 | 26-Jul-08 | 192 |
| The Heir of Mistmantle (Mistmantle Chronicles 3) | M. I. McAllister | 17-Jul-08 | 19-Jul-08 | 316 |
| Piled Higher and Deeper (PhD 1) | Jorge Cham | 20-Jul-08 | 20-Jul-08 | 176 |
| Fablehaven (Fablehaven 1) | Brandon Mull | 20-Jul-08 | 22-Jul-08 | 368 |
| Piled Higher and Deeper: Life Is Tough and Then You Graduate (PhD 2) | Jorge Cham | 20-Jul-08 | 20-Jul-08 | 152 |
| Piled Higher and Deeper: Scooped (PhD 3) | Jorge Cham | 20-Jul-08 | 20-Jul-08 | 160 |
| Rise of the Evening Star (Fablehaven 2) | Brandon Mull | 26-Jul-08 | 29-Jul-08 | 456 |
| The Price of Everything | Russell Roberts | 29-Jul-08 | 30-Jul-08 | 205 |
| Dave at Night | Gail Carson Levine | 30-Jul-08 | 01-Aug-08 | 281 |
| The Wish | Gail Carson Levine | 01-Aug-08 | 02-Aug-08 | 197 |
| So You Want to Be a Wizard (Young Wizards 1) | Diane Duane | 04-Aug-08 | 05-Aug-08 | 370 |
| Kare Kano 1 (Kare Kano 1) | Masami Tsuda | 05-Aug-08 | 05-Aug-08 | 187 |
| Spellfall | Katherine Roberts | 06-Aug-08 | 08-Aug-08 | 250 |
| Kare Kano 2 (Kare Kano 2) | Masami Tsuda | 08-Aug-08 | 08-Aug-08 | 187 |
| Kare Kano 3 (Kare Kano 3) | Masami Tsuda | 09-Aug-08 | 09-Aug-08 | 187 |
| Holes | Louis Sachar | 09-Aug-08 | 09-Aug-08 | 233 |
| Fairest | Gail Carson Levine | 09-Aug-08 | 11-Aug-08 | 326 |
| The Telling Pool | David Clement-Davies | 11-Aug-08 | 15-Aug-08 | 362 |
| God Said, "Ha!" | Julia Sweeney | 15-Aug-08 | 15-Aug-08 | 172 |
| Mars 1 (Mars 1) | Fuyumi Soryo | 15-Aug-08 | 16-Aug-08 | 200 |
| Oral Sadism and the Vegetarian Personality | Edited by Glenn C. Ellenbogen, PhD | 16-Aug-08 | 18-Aug-08 | 275 |
| Memory | Richard F. Thompson and Stephen A. Madigan | 18-Aug-08 | 27-Aug-08 | 258 |
| Frindle | Andrew Clements | 26-Aug-08 | 26-Aug-08 | 112 |
| The Landry News | Andrew Clements | 26-Aug-08 | 26-Aug-08 | 144 |
| The Society of Captives | Gresham M. Sykes | 26-Aug-08 | 02-Sep-08 | 156 |
| No Talking | Andrew Clements | 27-Aug-08 | 28-Aug-08 | 160 |
| The Saturdays | Elizabeth Enright | 02-Sep-08 | 03-Sep-08 | 175 |
| The Music of the Spheres | Elizabeth Redfern | 03-Sep-08 | 11-Sep-08 | 420 |
| 49 Dogs, 36 Cats, and a Platypus | Sidney Harris | 04-Sep-08 | 04-Sep-08 | 130 |
| Why the Sky is Blue | Götz Hoeppe | 11-Sep-08 | 19-Sep-08 | 290 |
| Reigning Cats and Dogs | Hilary B. Price | 18-Sep-08 | 18-Sep-08 | 96 |
| Absolut Book | Richard W. Lewis | 19-Sep-08 | 19-Sep-08 | 269 |
| The Ranch | Danielle Steel | 19-Sep-08 | 23-Sep-08 | 371 |
| Stargirl | Jerry Spinelli | 22-Sep-08 | 22-Sep-08 | 186 |
| The Borrowers | Mary Norton | 24-Sep-08 | 25-Sep-08 | 200 |
| Thud! (Discworld 34) | Terry Pratchett | 25-Sep-08 | 28-Sep-08 | 382 |
| Going Postal (Discworld 33) | Terry Pratchett | 29-Sep-08 | 01-Oct-08 | 394 |
| The Medieval Court in Europe | Edward E. Haymes, editor | 01-Oct-08 | 18-Oct-08 | 228 |
| The New Yorker Book of Business Cartoons | New Yorker | 04-Oct-08 | 04-Oct-08 | 110 |
| The New Yorker Book of Kids Cartoons | New Yorker | 06-Oct-08 | 06-Oct-08 | 126 |
| The Magician's Ring | Carol Gaskin | 06-Oct-08 | 06-Oct-08 | 122 |
| The Name of the Rose | Umberto Eco | 18-Oct-08 | 27-Oct-08 | 611 |
| Soul of the Fire (Sword of Truth 5) | Terry Goodkind | 27-Oct-08 | 02-Nov-08 | 788 |
| Faith of the Fallen (Sword of Truth 6) | Terry Goodkind | 02-Nov-08 | 07-Nov-08 | 785 |
| Foucault's Pendulum | Umberto Eco | 07-Nov-08 | 16-Nov-08 | 533 |
| The Touch | Colleen McCullough | 16-Nov-08 | 19-Nov-08 | 609 |
| Serenity | Keith R.A. DeCandido | 23-Nov-08 | 25-Nov-08 | 257 |
| The Pillars of Creation (Sword of Truth 7) | Terry Goodkind | 25-Nov-08 | 28-Nov-08 | 275 |
| Naked Empire (Sword of Truth 8) | Terry Goodkind | 30-Nov-08 | 05-Dec-08 | 676 |
| Chainfire (Sword of Truth 9) | Terry Goodkind | 06-Dec-08 | 14-Dec-08 | 740 |
| Phantom (Sword of Truth 10) | Terry Goodkind | 14-Dec-08 | 19-Dec-08 | 673 |
| Debt of Bones (Sword of Truth: Prequels 1) | Terry Goodkind | 20-Dec-08 | 20-Dec-08 | 175 |
| Confessor (Sword of Truth 11) | Terry Goodkind | 21-Dec-08 | 27-Dec-08 | 757 |
| Alternative Zits (Zits 11) | Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman | 22-Dec-08 | 22-Dec-08 | 245 |
| Lord of the Flies | William Golding | 28-Dec-08 | 30-Dec-08 | 208 |
| Grip of the Shadow Plague (Fablehaven 3) | Brandon Mull | 30-Dec-08 | 31-Dec-08 | 487 |
140 books finished in 2008.
39,409 pages in the selected books (an average of about 281 pages each).
That's an average of about 2 days per book (assuming no overlap)
or 5 days per book (taking actual overlap into consideration),
which is equivalent to 139 books (or 39,408 pages) per year. Or
108 pages per day, actually.
Typical number of books in progress simultaneously: 0.
Fiction books: 115 (82%)
Non-fiction books: 25 (18%)
Books not marked in db as fiction or nonfiction: 0 (0%)
