My 2008 reading list - so far:

Modern Literature
The Final Solution by Michael Chabon
The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon
Mr Pip by Lloyd Jones
One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson

Classics
Emma by Jane Austen
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
A Room With a View by E M Forster

Science
The Canon - A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science by Natalie Angier
Bully for Brontosaurus by Stephen Jay Gould

Crime
The Man Who Smiled by Henning Mankell
Strong Poison by Dorothy Sayers
Have his Carcase by Dorothy Sayers
Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers
Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy Sayers
Medusa by Michael Dibdin

Biography
White Cargo by Felicity Kendall
Homesick My Own Story by Jean Fritz

Historical Fiction
Firedrake's Eye by Patricia Finney
Pompeii by Robert Harris

Education
Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire by Rafe Esquith

History
The Story of Britain by Rebecca Fraser