Read in 2009

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  1. January
  2. [5/5] The Aleph: Stories, Jorge Luis Borges
  3. [4/5] Prometheus, Franz Kafka *
  4. [4/5] The Book of Sand: Stories, Jorge Luis Borges
  5. [2/5] (lit. The Cat #10: The Cat Is Happy), Philippe Geluck
  6. [1/5] (lit. Makeup), Bernadine Bibiano
  7. [1/5] (lit. 2009? No Thanks), Régis Jauffret
  8. [1/5] (lit. No Spring For Marie), Olivier Adam
  9. [1/5] (lit. Everything Must Disappear), Pierre Pelot
  10. [1/5] (lit. My TV!), Marc Dugain
  11. [1/5] (lit. One Minute Before Midnight), Catherine Cusset
  12. [1/5] (lit. The Navigators), Etienne Davodeau
  13. [1/5] (lit. The Big Dive), Geneviève Brisac
  14. [1/5] (lit. The Little Girl With Sharp Eyes), Pierre Bordage
  15. [1/5] (lit. As A Bird With A Natural Joyful), François Bégaudeau
  16. [2/5] (lit. Zarbie, The Sister of Zartmo), Gérard Mordillat
  17. [5/5] Peter and the Wolf, Miguelanxo Prado
  18. [1/5] (lit. The Eye of Caine), Patrick Bauwen
  19. [5/5] 80 Days, Nicolas Vadot and Olivier Guéret
  20. [1/5] Catwings, Ursula Kroeber Le Guin
  21. [1/5] I Am Legion #1: The Dancing Faun, Fabien Nury and John Cassaday
  22. [1/5] I Am Legion #2: Vlad, Fabien Nury and John Cassaday
  23. [1/5] I Am Legion #3: The Three Monkeys, Fabien Nury and John Cassaday
  24. [4/5] (lit. Princesses Stories), Christine Palluy, Rébecca Dautremer, Claire Degans and Daneth Khong
  25. [2/5] Story of the Eye, Georges Bataille
  26. [3/5] [30 Days of Night #1], Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith

  27. February
  28. [1/5] Letter from Marc Lépine, Marc Lépine
  29. [3/5] Hostage, Robert Crais
  30. [4/5] The Mysterious Island, Jules Verne
  31. [4/5] Selected Poems, Philip Larkin
  32. [4/5] (lit. Gesture), Anne-Marie Alonzo
  33. [4/5] (lit. Fairy Tale For Average People), Boris Vian
  34. [2/5] (lit. Young Girls), Sylvie Testud
  35. [3/5] Zazie in the Metro, Raymond Queneau
  36. [3/5] (lit. The Unpredictable), Metin Arditi
  37. [2/5] White Stains, Anaïs Nin and friends
  38. [4/5] Tales of Thailand, Pira Sudham
  39. [3/5] Selected Poems, Jacques Prévert
  40. [3/5] Selected Poems, Pierre de Marbeuf
  41. [4/5] The Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe
  42. [5/5] [The Velveteen Rabbit], Margery Williams Bianco *

  43. March
  44. [3/5] Selected Poems, Martin Niemöller
  45. [4/5] A Void, Georges Perec
  46. [2/5] Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
  47. [1/5] New Moon, Stephenie Meyer
  48. [3/5] Selected Poems, Robert Louis Stevenson
  49. [4/5] Selected Poems, Arthur Rimbaud
  50. [4/5] (lit. The Chronicles of an Unworthy Mother #1), Caroline Allard
  51. [3/5] (lit. The Chronicles of an Unworthy Mother #2), Caroline Allard
  52. [2/5] Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer
  53. [4/5] Let Me Go!, Anne Claire Poirier and Marie-Claire Blais
  54. [2/5] The Small Pleasures of Life, Philippe Delerm

  55. April
  56. [2/5] (lit. Little Treatise For Those Who Want To Always Be Right), Georges Picard
  57. [2/5] (lit. Disgust: Thomas Bernhard in El Salvador), Horacio Castellanos Moya
  58. [5/5] The River King, Alice Hoffman
  59. [4/5] Collected Poems, Arthur Rimbaud
  60. [4/5] The Rotters' Club, Jonathan Coe
  61. [2/5] Where's Wally? The Great Picture Hunt, Martin Handford
  62. [4/5] Where's Wally? The Wonder Book, Martin Handford
  63. [2/5] (lit. 400 Flashs: Piaf to Dion), Roland Lachance
  64. [2/5] Bedtime For Little Bears!, David Bedford and Caroline Pedler
  65. [4/5] (lit. First Poems For All My Life), Jean-Hugues Malineau
  66. [3/5] The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Joanne K. Rowling
  67. [3/5] Selected Poems, Paul Éluard
  68. [3/5] The Closed Circle, Jonathan Coe
  69. [3/5] The Canterville Ghost, Oscar Wilde
  70. [3/5] Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, Oscar Wilde
  71. [1/5] A Model Millionaire, Oscar Wilde

  72. May
  73. [1/5] Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer
  74. [3/5] The Vampyre, John William Polidori
  75. [4/5] The Rights of the Reader, Daniel Pennac *
  76. [2/5] (lit. Microfictions), Régis Jauffret

  77. June
  78. [2/5] The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Francis Scott Fitzgerald
  79. [2/5] The Lees Of Happiness, Francis Scott Fitzgerald
  80. [5/5] The Mystery of the Yellow Room, Gaston Leroux
  81. [5/5] Asterix #1: Asterix the Gaul, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  82. [3/5] Asterix #2: Asterix and the Golden Sickle, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  83. [3/5] Asterix #3: Asterix and the Goths, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  84. [4/5] Asterix #4: Asterix the Gladiator, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  85. [4/5] Asterix #5: Asterix and the Banquet, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  86. [2/5] (lit. I Am The Most Beautiful), Mario Ramos
  87. [2/5] (lit. The Hill of the 100 Fairies), Jean-Luc Bizien and Sandrine Gestin
  88. [3/5] Moby Dick, Jean Rouaud and Denis Deprez
  89. [4/5] Asterix #6: Asterix and Cleopatra, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  90. [2/5] Asterix #7: Asterix and the Big Fight, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  91. [2/5] (lit. General Store #1: Marie), Régis Loisel and Jean-Louis Tripp
  92. [2/5] (lit. General Store #2: Serge), Régis Loisel and Jean-Louis Tripp
  93. [2/5] (lit. General Store #3: The Men), Régis Loisel and Jean-Louis Tripp
  94. [3/5] (lit. Object of All Desire), Françoise Bourdin
  95. [3/5] Asterix #8: Asterix in Britain, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  96. [2/5] Asterix #9: Asterix and the Normans, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  97. [2/5] Asterix #10: Asterix the Legionary, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  98. [2/5] Asterix #11: Asterix and the Chieftain's Shield, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  99. [4/5] Asterix #12: Asterix at the Olympic Games, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  100. [2/5] Asterix #13: Asterix and the Cauldron, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  101. [1/5] Asterix #14: Asterix in Spain, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  102. [4/5] Asterix #15: Asterix and the Roman Agent, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  103. [3/5] Asterix #16: Asterix in Switzerland, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  104. [2/5] (lit. Infoman Illustrated), Jean-René Dufort
  105. [2/5] Asterix #17: The Mansions of the Gods, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  106. [3/5] The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler
  107. [2/5] Asterix #18: Asterix and the Laurel Wreath, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  108. [4/5] Asterix #19: Asterix and the Soothsayer, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  109. [5/5] Asterix #20: Asterix in Corsica, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  110. [3/5] Asterix #21: Asterix and Caesar's Gift, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  111. [4/5] Asterix #22: Asterix and the Great Crossing, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  112. [2/5] Asterix #OS: Asterix and the Indians, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  113. [1/5] Asterix #23: Obelix and Co., René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  114. [1/5] Asterix #OS: How Obelix Fell into the Magic Potion ..., René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  115. [1/5] Asterix #32: Asterix and the Class Act, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  116. [2/5] Asterix #OS: The Twelve Tasks of Asterix, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  117. [3/5] Asterix #24: Asterix in Belgium, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo *
  118. [1/5] Asterix #25: Asterix and the Great Divide, Albert Uderzo *
  119. [1/5] Asterix #26: Asterix and the Black Gold, Albert Uderzo *
  120. [3/5] Asterix #27: Asterix and Son, Albert Uderzo *
  121. [3/5] Asterix #28: Asterix and the Magic Carpet, Albert Uderzo *
  122. [1/5] Asterix #29: Asterix and the Secret Weapon, Albert Uderzo *
  123. [3/5] Asterix #30: Asterix and Obelix All at Sea, Albert Uderzo *
  124. [1/5] Asterix #31: Asterix and the Actress, Albert Uderzo *
  125. [1/5] Asterix #33: Asterix and the Falling Sky, Albert Uderzo *

  126. July
  127. [3/5] The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
  128. [3/5] Selected Poems, Lawrence Raab
  129. [2/5] Selected Poems, Jenny Joseph
  130. [2/5] The English Roses: Too Good To Be True, Madonna Louise Ciccone and Stacy Peterson
  131. [3/5] Miki, Stephen Mackey
  132. [3/5] The Nursery Alice, Lewis Carroll and Chiara Carrer
  133. [5/5] Demolishing Nisard, Éric Chevillard
  134. [5/5] Streak of Chalk, Miguelanxo Prado
  135. [3/5] The Butterfly Lovers, Benjamin Lacombe
  136. [1/5] Gossip Girl #1: Gossip Girl, Cecily von Ziegesar
  137. [4/5] A Taste of Chlorine, Bastien Vivès
  138. [2/5] (lit. Children Games), Anatoli Kim
  139. [3/5] Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Jeff Lindsay
  140. [2/5] (lit. The Unicorn #1: The Last Temple of Asklepios), Mathieu Gabella and Anthony Jean
  141. [3/5] Coco Chanel, Brigitte Labbé and Michel Puech
  142. [2/5] (lit. Wonders of the World), Armelle Chevallier *
  143. [3/5] Mary Learns to Cook, Gilbert Delahaye and Marcel Marlier *
  144. [3/5] (lit. Mary Discovers Music), Gilbert Delahaye and Marcel Marlier *
  145. [2/5] (lit. Mary Learns to Sail), Gilbert Delahaye and Marcel Marlier *
  146. [2/5] Mary Learns to Ride, Gilbert Delahaye and Marcel Marlier *
  147. [5/5] Earth from Above for Young Readers, Yann Arthus-Bertrand
  148. [3/5] Joséphine #1, Pénélope Bagieu
  149. [3/5] Selected Short Stories, Wang Wenxing
  150. [3/5] Joséphine, Pénélope Bagieu *
  151. [3/5] A Room With a View, Edward Morgan Forster
  152. [3/5] (lit. Miss Don't Touch #1: The Virgin of the Bordello), Hubert and Kerascoët
  153. [4/5] Selected Short Poems, Lord Byron
  154. [5/5] The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
  155. [3/5] (lit. Miss Don't Touch #2: Blood on Hands), Hubert and Kerascoët
  156. [2/5] (lit. The Unicorn #2: Ad Naturam), Mathieu Gabella and Anthony Jean

  157. August
  158. [5/5] The Royal Game, Stefan Zweig
  159. [3/5] Selected Poems, Wystan Hugh Auden
  160. [2/5] (lit. Miss Don't Touch #3: Prince Charming), Hubert and Kerascoët
  161. [2/5] Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
  162. [3/5] The Big Green Book, Robert Graves *
  163. [4/5] The Griffin and the Minor Canon, Frank Richard Stockton *
  164. [2/5] (lit. Kamo, The Idea of the Century), Daniel Pennac *
  165. [2/5] (lit. Kamo, Babel Agency), Daniel Pennac *
  166. [3/5] Coraline, Neil Gaiman
  167. [4/5] Selected Poems, Philip Larkin
  168. [5/5] The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
  169. [3/5] Dream Story, Arthur Schnitzler
  170. [3/5] Selected Poems, Michèle Lalonde
  171. [3/5] Percy Jackson & the Olympians #1: The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan
  172. [2/5] Kamo's Escape, Daniel Pennac *
  173. [2/5] Kamo and I, Daniel Pennac *
  174. [5/5] The Bee-Man of Orn, Frank Richard Stockton *
  175. [2/5] (lit. The Sirens of Bagdad), Yasmina Khadra
  176. [1/5] (lit. Mixed Tales), Philippe Dumas and Boris Moissard *
  177. [4/5] The Hug Therapy Book, Kathleen Keating and Mimi Noland
  178. [4/5] Percy Jackson & the Olympians #2: The Sea of Monsters, Rick Riordan
  179. [5/5] (lit. Praises), Martine Doucet

  180. September
  181. [3/5] Q & A, Vikas Swarup
  182. [4/5] Pompeii, Peter Connolly
  183. [2/5] The Tattooed Girl, Joyce Carol Oates
  184. [5/5] Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi
  185. [3/5] Sailing Ships, Sadie Fields and Thomas Bayley
  186. [3/5] Jack and the Beanstalk, Joseph Jacobs and Sébastien Mourrain
  187. [2/5] (lit. Genealogy of a Witch), Benjamin Lacombe and Sébastien Perez
  188. [3/5] (lit. General Store #4: Confessions), Régis Loisel and Jean-Louis Tripp
  189. [3/5] The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch, Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
  190. [3/5] Percy Jackson & the Olympians #3: The Titan's Curse, Rick Riordan
  191. [3/5] Night Train to Lisbon, Pascal Mercier
  192. [2/5] (lit. Bedtime For Little Monster!), Mario Ramos
  193. [5/5] At the Mountains of Madness, Howard Phillips Lovecraft
  194. [3/5] The Shadow Out of Time, Howard Phillips Lovecraft

  195. October
  196. [5/5] I, Claudius, Robert Graves
  197. [4/5] Caligula, Albert Camus *
  198. [3/5] Little Vampire Goes to School, Joann Sfar
  199. [2/5] Little Vampire Does Kung Fu, Joann Sfar
  200. [5/5] The Little Prince, Joann Sfar
  201. [2/5] (lit. The Cat #1: The Cat), Philippe Geluck
  202. [2/5] (lit. In the Penal Colony), Sylvain Ricard and Maël
  203. [4/5] Maus, Art Spiegelman
  204. [3/5] (lit. The Chick and the Cat), Praline Gay-Para and Rémi Saillard
  205. [3/5] The Little Mermaid, Hans Christian Andersen and Charlotte Gastaut
  206. [1/5] The Vampire Diaries #1: The Awakening, Lisa Jane Smith *

  207. November
  208. [1/5] The Vampire Diaries #2: The Struggle, Lisa Jane Smith
  209. [2/5] (lit. Miss Don't Touch #4: Till Death Do Us Part), Hubert and Kerascoët
  210. [3/5] The She-Devils, Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly
  211. [4/5] Claudius the God, Robert Graves
  212. [1/5] Tintin #1: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, Hergé *
  213. [1/5] Tintin #2: Tintin in the Congo, Hergé *
  214. [1/5] Tintin #3: Tintin in America, Hergé *
  215. [3/5] Tintin #4: Cigars of the Pharaoh, Hergé *
  216. [5/5] Tintin #5: The Blue Lotus, Hergé *
  217. [4/5] Tintin #6: The Broken Ear, Hergé *
  218. [3/5] Tintin #7: The Black Island, Hergé *
  219. [5/5] Tintin #8: King Ottokar's Sceptre, Hergé *
  220. [2/5] Tintin #9: The Crab with the Golden Claws, Hergé *
  221. [2/5] Tintin #10: The Shooting Star, Hergé *
  222. [3/5] Tintin #11: The Secret of the Unicorn, Hergé *
  223. [3/5] Tintin #12: Red Rackham's Treasure, Hergé *
  224. [3/5] Tintin #13: The Seven Crystal Balls, Hergé *
  225. [3/5] Tintin #14: Prisoners of the Sun, Hergé *
  226. [1/5] Tintin #15: Land of Black Gold, Hergé *
  227. [5/5] Tintin #16: Destination Moon, Hergé *
  228. [5/5] Tintin #17: Explorers on the Moon, Hergé *
  229. [5/5] Tintin #18: The Calculus Affair, Hergé *
  230. [1/5] Tintin #19: The Red Sea Sharks, Hergé *
  231. [2/5] Tintin #20: Tintin in Tibet, Hergé *
  232. [4/5] Tintin #21: The Castafiore Emerald, Hergé *
  233. [1/5] Tintin #22: Flight 714, Hergé *
  234. [3/5] Tintin #23: Tintin and the Picaros, Hergé *
  235. [1/5] Tintin #24: Tintin and Alph-Art, Hergé *

  236. December
  237. [3/5] The Human Stain, Philip Roth
  238. [4/5] Sin City #1: Sin City, Frank Miller *
  239. [3/5] Sin City #2: A Dame to Kill for, Frank Miller *
  240. [4/5] Sin City #3: The Big Fat Kill, Frank Miller *
  241. [4/5] Sin City #4: That Yellow Bastard, Frank Miller *
  242. [2/5] Sin City #5: Family Values, Frank Miller *
  243. [1/5] Sin City #6: Booze, Broads & Bullets, Frank Miller *
  244. [3/5] Sin City #7: Hell and Back, Frank Miller *
  245. [2/5] The Bellybuttons #1: Who Do You Think You Are?, Maryse Dubuc and Marc Delafontaine
  246. [4/5] (lit. From My Eyes), Bastien Vivès
  247. [1/5] Little Vampire and the Society of Canine Defenders, Joann Sfar
  248. [3/5] Summer Blonde, Adrian Tomine
  249. [4/5] Embroideries, Marjane Satrapi
  250. [3/5] (lit. Moon-Coverer), Éric Puybaret
  251. [2/5] The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
  252. [4/5] [The Girl in the Castle Inside the Museum], Kate Bernheimer and Nicoletta Ceccoli
  253. [3/5] The Professor's Daughter, Joann Sfar and Emmanuel Guibert
  254. [3/5] Tamara Drewe, Posy Simmonds
  255. [2/5] (lit. The Bellybuttons #2: Bad Times For Uglies), Maryse Dubuc and Marc Delafontaine
  256. [4/5] The Vampire of Ropraz, Jacques Chessex
  257. [4/5] (lit. Huts Seeds), Philippe Lechermeier and Éric Puybaret
  258. [3/5] Kiss Kiss, Selma Mandine
  259. [4/5] Burma Chronicles, Guy Delisle
  260. [2/5] (lit. The Bellybuttons #3: The Bonds of Friendship), Maryse Dubuc and Marc Delafontaine
  261. [4/5] Fire in the Blood, Irène Némirovsky
  262. [2/5] Charles Darwin, Alan Gibbons and Leo Brown

Author Comments: 

Read in 2009. I've read all of these in french language, but I wrote the titles in engligh for a better understanding.
I hope I didn't forget anything.
(lit.) means literally.
[] are read in english language.
*re-read.

Favorite new readings 2009:
Documentary: Earth from Above for Young Readers, Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Novel: The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
Short story or Collection: The Aleph: Stories, Jorge Luis Borges
Poem or Poetic Work: Let Me Go!, Anne Claire Poirier and Marie-Claire Blais
Comic or Graphic novel: Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi
Album: The Girl in the Castle Inside the Museum, Kate Bernheimer and Nicoletta Ceccoli

Now I see what you meant with inspiration.

On what?