I will backtrack the books I've read so far in 2009 and try to make the 50... never counted my books before, so we'll see where we end up! :)

#1 Ecce Homo by Nietzsche

#2 Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World - wonderful book by Murakami. Easy read as well.Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World

#3 Einstein biography. Thick, so this book should count for at least two books ;)Einstein His Life and Universe

#4 Foucault: The Order of Things
Very difficult and ununderstandable, until I read other books and it started to fall into place :)
The Order of Things An Archaeology of the Human Sciences

#5 Umberto Eco Foucault's Pendulum
Wonderful, really enjoyed reading this book!

#6 The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Just nice, not to recommend, but a nice and easy read to enjoy your coffee better :)

#7 Suite Française
Interesting, one of the first novels written about the second world war, by a Jewish woman who did not survive the Holocaust.

#8 The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity Twelve Lectures
Difficult, but worthwhile, nice overview of the thoughts about Modernity up to Habermas himself...

#9 Nietzsche Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist
Very good overview of life of Nietzsche, by Walter Kaufmann. Old, but written after all Nietzsche's books came out finally, and critical of the negativity regarding Nietzsche's fame and blame... Really to recommend to anyone interesting to open their mind :)

#10 Eichmann in Jerusalem A Report on the Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt.

The first book I've read by Arendt, and definitely worthwhile. This should be read by all, prefereably during highschool or college. I wish there were more female thinkers like her... Critical of humanity without excluding herself as being part of that...

#11 The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt.
Wonderful book, very detailed and impressive.

#12 Denktagebuch. Bd. 1 1950-1973. Bd. 2 1973-1975. by Hannah Arendt.
Only published in German, but very worthwhile to read. It shows remarkably what she read and what she thought about. Lovely paragraphs regarding judgement and evil...

#13 Introduction to the Philosophy of History by G. Hegel.
Really to recomend. I loved reading this.

#14 Introduction to the Reading of Hegel Lectures on the Phenomenology of Spirit by Alexandre Kojeve.
I read this because I wanted to know more of Hegel put into perspective of the 19th & 20th century. I really enjoed it!

#15 The End of History and the Last Man by Fukuyama.
Interesting, and his review of history and politics are mostly accurate, although i don't agree with most of his opinion. Nevertheless an enjoyable and very interesting perspective on things. At least someone who appreciates Hegel as well :)

#16 The Idea of Evil by Peter Dews
Tracks the ideas regarding evil in western philosophy.

#17 Thus Spoke Zarathustra A Book for None and All by Nietzsche.
Interesting, to say the least...

Pff, I'm not sure I'll get to 50! Only 17 books so far. But I was planning to read more novels anyways, and then I would be able to get much more done, as reading philosophy just takes a lot of time...
If people have any suggestions, I'd love to hear from them!

#18 Reason and Existenz Five Lectures by Karl Jaspers

#19 The Origin and Goal of History by Karl Jaspers.
I actually enjoyed this book.

#20 Correspondence 1926-1969 by Hannah Arendt.
Her letters to and from Karl Jaspers, her mentor. Interesting to read their correspondence just after the end of the second World War...

#21 A Wild Sheep Chase by Murakami.
Very lovely, easy read.

#22 Selections from the Writings of the Bab by the Bab.
Very inspiring, I read it mostlly before going to sleep, to inspire my dreams :)

#23 The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire By E. Gibbons.

I really love this book, although i stil lhaven't finished it. Found a nice copy of it in Rome and thought it was the place to buy it. And to read that book while lingering on the ruins of the empire, is an amazing gift everyone should be able to give himself...

#24 Martin Buber - a book whose title i forgot. It was all about communication and the nature of Man. Hope to read some more by Buber. Books like I and thou, or on Judaism are definitely among the ones I'm interested at...

#25 Zohar The Book of Splendor Basic Readings from the Kabbalah by Gershom Sholem. Interesting, although difficult to read as an outsider.

#26 Kabbalah by Gershom Sholem.
Definately worth reading, a very small book, with a lot of facts. it really gave me a proper idea of what kabbalah is about, its history and it made me realise that certain modern versions of it are just nonsense, from a religious-historical point of view.
It gave me more understanding and respect for the ancient Jewish traditions.

#27 Reason, Faith, and Revolution Reflections on the God Debate by Terry Eagleton.
Instead of reading a book by the New Atheists, I read a book refuting their arguments by showing how they do not address the right things.
I really enjoyed reading this, thanks to H. who advised me to read it!

I started remembering some more novels I've been reading this year... so I'll update them. Getting well in the direction of 50, never thought I had read so much this year already!

#28 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by mark haddon.
Really enjoyed it, very easy to relate to ...

#29 The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman.
I really enjoyed it, and had to wait for the second book in the series for a long time, found it on audiobook and listened to it. Actually found book 3 (the last in the series), but it wasn't good enough to spend more time on it in the end.

29 is pretty good, only 21 to go! :)

Nicole wrote: "If people have any suggestions, I'd love to hear from them!"

Well, I could suggest some books I've enjoyed:
Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (and the rest of the Millennium trilogy) by Stieg Larsson
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Spook Country by William Gibson
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Dreamcatcher by Stephen King

I give every genre a chance so the list is at least a little varied. I wish you luck on reaching 50! :)

#30 In the last two days I've re-read one of my favourite books, The Man in the High Castle by the best science fiction writer ever, Philip K. Dick. It's one of the best of his books, I think together with A Scanner Darkly and Ubik. Haven't read this book for three years now, and forgotten much, so was really enjoyable and even surprising to see what I had forgotten :)

#31 I looked at my bookshelf and realised I read another book this year... Angels & Demons by Dan Brown. Not a good book, but not horrible. Just a nice read for when you're cooking, or something.

#32 If I keep this speed, I will easily make the fifty! Maybe I should just keep finding good books as the one I just read (In Dutch) 19 Kronieken van de Gele Tulp by Gerard van der Leeuw. I cried throughout the whole book, a man who fights cancer and eventually finds out that giving up and letting go are not the same things. A very profound and spiritualy elating book. I'd suggest everyone to read it!

#33 Yesterday was on eof those lovely days, no work, just free time to read. I managed to finish the book The Immoralist by Andre Gide in one day, (it's a thin book anyways) as I felt compelled to read on and on, even though it was hard to relate to it all.
Let's say I expected something very different. But no problem, I finished one more for my 50-in-2009 and also one from the 1001-list :)

Pff. Haven't updated since eight days... and no books to add to this list... Time is ticking... I started some books, but didn't finish them and are not intending to finish them. I'm reading two now, that I will finish:
The Cider House Rules & Muhammad and the Course of Islam

Both are lovely, but in their own way, of course :)

Finished #34... Cider House Rules... well, it doesn't "rule". I didn't enjoy it at all, although the movie was enjoyable (if i remember correctly from many years ago...)
Glad to be able to give it back to the person I borrowed it from...

One month holiday equals some more books finished :)

#35 Ringmasters Daughter by Jostein Gaarder. Not completely interesting, at least not as I had expected. Some of his other books are marvellous, this book was definitely not.

#36 De Joodse Messias by Arnon Grunberg. Defenitatly one of his better books. i read it in original Dutch, but even if you have to read it in English, I would recommend it to all interested in an absurd but compelling story of the grandson of a Nazi who decides to console the Jewish People.

#37 The Elephant Vanishes Stories by Murakami. Nice stories, but not his best.

#38 Muhammad and the Course of Islam by Balyuzi. Perfect book. Another view on Islam and its history.

#39 Book: The Babi Question You Mentioned. History of the Dutch bahai Community 1844 - 1962. interesting, well written account of the Dutch merchants who got in contact with early bahais, the first newspaper account in the Netherlands of this new faith and the start of its local communities.

For the rest I mostly read magazines, I guess I can't count them. But more books will be coming up soon :)

#40 not to forget: Brave New World... i read an online copy, but it counts... I wonder why I waited so long with reading this. Really marvellous :)

#41 Dance, Dance, Dance by Murakami. Lovely, truly lovely. One of his more accessable books, I think. I truly enjoyed it, as I found myself laughing out loud at times!!

Only 9 to go... but not too long left... I hope to make it!! Started Kureishi's The Buddha of Suburbia but I don't like it at all.. i think I'll start another one quickly, in order to get to the 50 in time!!!