Seconds 2009 Challenge

I have decided to go ahead and sign up for yet another challenge. The Seconds 2009 Challenge runs from January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009. For this challenge you read 12 books by authors that you have only read once.

Here is the list of books I plan to read:

1. The Black Swan by N. Taleb


2. The Logic of Live by T. Harford


3. Number9Dream by D. Mitchell


4. A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters by J. Barnes


5. The Selfish Gene by R. Dawkins


6. Grotesque by N. Kirino


7. Doubt by J. M. Hecht


8. What Is Ancient Philosophy? by P. Hadot


9. Metaphors We Live By by G. Lakoff


10. Darwin's Dangerous Idea by D. Dennet


11. On Chesil Beach by I. McEwan


12. Prime Obessession by J. Derbyshire

Alternates include:

1. The Big Over Easy by J. Fforde


2. Something by A. Nothomb


3. The Information by M. Amis


4. Something by J. Banville


5. Secret Agent by J. Conrad (which I am already going to read for the Decades Challenge)


6. 2666 by R. Bolano

Thank you to J. Kaye for hosting this challenge.