These are listed in order of the most recent first. The list starts when I first began keeping track of what I was reading – the earliest part of the list is not comprehensive, because I didn’t get into the habit of recording them regularly for a few months. And, of course, I’m a lot older than this list, so it is not anywhere near a lifetime list.
Fearless Fourteen – Janet Evanovich – 10/10/09
The Return of the King – J.R.R. Tolkien – re-read, 10/10/09
The Two Towers – J.R.R. Tolkien – re-read, 10/2/09
The Fellowship of the Ring – J.R.R. Tolkien – re-read, 9/21/09
An Assembly Such as This – Pamela Aidan – 9/3/09
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao – Junot Diaz – 8/30/09
Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson – re-read, 8/24/09
Real Murders – Charlaine Harris – 8/20/09
Shadowmarch – Tad Williams – 8/17/09
The Name of the Wind: Kingkiller Chronicle, Day 1 – Patrick Rothfuss – 8/5/09
I am Legend – Richard Matheson – 7/30/09
Fool Moon – Jim Butcher – 7/29/09
The Last Colony – John Scalzi – 7/27/09
The Ghost Brigades – John Scalzi – 7/25/09
Old Man’s War – John Scalzi – 7/24/09
Captain’s Fury – Jim Butcher – 7/22/09
The Hero of Ages – Brandon Sanderson – 7/20/09
Living Dead in Dallas – Charlaine Harris – 7/12/09
Cursor’s Fury – Jim Butcher – 7/12/09
The Well of Ascension – Brandon Sanderson – 7/9/09
Academ’s Fury – Jim Butcher – 7/6/09
Mistborn – Brandon Sanderson – 7/4/09
Storm Front – Jim Butcher – 6/27/09
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowling – re-read, 6/25/09
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J.K. Rowling – re-read, 6/23/09
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – J.K. Rowling – re-read, 6/22/09
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – J.K. Rowling – re-read, 6/19/09
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – J.K. Rowling – re-read, 6/17/09
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – J.K. Rowling – re-read, 6/17/09
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – J.K. Rowling – re-read, 6/15/09
When You Are Engulfed in Flames – David Sedaris – 6/14/09
The Lies of Locke Lamora – Scott Lynch – 6/13/09
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen – 6/10/09
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies – Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith – 6/7/09
Elantris – Brandon Sanderson – 6/5/09
Blood Noir – Laurell K. Hamilton – 6/2/09
Furies of Calderon – Jim Butcher – 6/2/09
Throne of Jade – Naomi Novik – 5/31/09
Dead Until Dark – Charlaine Harris – 5/29/09
twilight – Stephanie Meyer – 5/26/09
The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame – 5/25/09
The Bourne Identity – Robert Ludlum – 5/24/09
Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog – Kitty Burns Florey – 5/23/09
Night – Elie Wiesel – 5/22/09
Odd Hours – Dean Koontz – 5/21/09
The Good Guy – Dean Koontz – 5/20/09
Snow Crash – Neal Stephenson – 5/19/09
After Dark – Haruki Murakami – 5/15/09
The Big Over Easy – Jasper Fforde – 5/14/09
The Hob’s Bargain – Patricia Briggs – 5/12/09
Inkdeath – Cornelia Funke – 5/11/09
A Feast for Crows – George R.R. Martin – 5/7/09
Robinson Crusoe – Daniel Defoe – 4/30/09
Mage-Guard of Hamor – L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – 4/28/09
The Hotel New Hampshire – John Irving – 4/23/09
Dragon Blood – Patricia Briggs – 4/19/09
Dragon Bones – Patricia Briggs – 4/18/09
Son of a Witch – Gregory Maguire – 4/17/09
Inkspell – Cornelia Funke – 4/15/09
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For – Frank Miller – 4/11/09
The Pillars of the Earth – Ken Follett – 4/11/09
Just a Geek – Wil Wheaton – 4/8/09
Death: The Time of Your Life – Neil Gaiman – 4/8/09
A Storm of Swords – George R.R. Martin – 4/7/09
Natural Ordermage – L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – 4/2/09
Oath of Gold: The Deed of Paksenarrion, Book III – Elizabeth Moon – re-read, 3/31/09
Divided Allegiance: The Deed of Paksenarrion, Book II – Elizabeth Moon – re-read, 3/30/09
Sheepfarmer’s Daughter: The Deed of Paksenarrion, Book I – Elizabeth Moon – re-read, 3/27/09
Arrow’s Fall – Mercedes Lackey – re-read, 3/25/09
Arrow’s Flight – Mercedes Lackey – re-read, 3/24/09
Arrows of the Queen – Mercedes Lackey – re-read, 3/23/09
Exile’s Valor – Mercedes Lackey – 3/23/09
Magical Thinking – Augusten Burroughs – 3/20/09
The 5th Horseman – James Patterson and Maxine Paetro – 3/14/09
The Complete Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi – 3/12/09
Death in the Clouds – Agatha Christie – 3/9/09
Artemis Fowl – Eoin Colfer – 3/3/09
Making Money – Terry Pratchett – 2/22/09
Survival in Auschwitz – Primo Levi – 2/16/09
Hellboy: Wake the Devil – Mike Mignola – 2/10/09
Inkheart – Cornelia Funke – 2/9/09
Arthur & George – Julian Barnes – 2/1/09
The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman – 1/24/09
The Hollow – Agatha Christie – 1/23/09
The Moonstone – Wilkie Collins – 1/17/09
Dancing Barefoot – Wil Wheaton – 1/5/09
The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 5: The Wrath of Mulgarath – Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black – 1/4/09
The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 4: The Ironwood Tree – Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black – 1/4/09
If Chins Could Kill – Confessions of a B Movie Actor – Bruce Campbell – 12/31/08
The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 3: Lucinda’s Secret – Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black – 12/26/08
The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 2: The Seeing Stone – Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black – 12/24/08
The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 1: The Field Guide – Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black – 12/23/08
Dry – Augusten Burroughs – 12/23/08
Mona Lisa Overdrive – William Gibson – 12/21/08
Don Quixote – Miguel de Cervantes (Translation by Edith Grossman) – 12/17/08
The Bartimaeus Trilogy: The Golem’s Eye – Jonathan Stroud – 12/17/08
The Shipping News – Annie Proulx – 11/28/08
The Bartimaeus Trilogy: The Amulet of Samarkand – Jonathan Stroud – 11/23/08
Silas Marner, The Weaver of Raveloe – George Eliot – 11/20/08
Brisingr – Christopher Paolini – 11/12/08
The Return of the King – J.R.R. Tolkien – re-read, 11/3/08
The Two Towers – J.R.R. Tolkien – re-read, 10/30/08
The Fellowship of the Ring – J.R.R. Tolkien – re-read, 10/21/08
A Caribbean Mystery – Agatha Christie – 10/6/08?
The Murder at Hazelmoor – Agatha Christie – re-read, 10/6/08
Selected Tales of the Brothers Grimm – Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm – 10/6/08
Dumb Witness – Agatha Christie – re-read, 10/6/08
Maus II: And Here my Troubles Began – Art Spiegelman – 9/24/08
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents – Terry Pratchett – 9/23/08
Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte – 99/20/08
Maus I: My Father Bleeds History – Art Spiegelman – 9/16/08
The Coroner’s Lunch – Colin Cotterill – 9/14/08
Hiroshima – John Hersey – 9/11/08
Undead and Unemployed – Mary Janice Davidson – 9/6/08
Nature Girl – Carl Hiaasen – 9/1/08
You’ve Been Warned – James Patterson & Howard Roughan – 8/28/08
Watchmen – Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons – re-read, 8/27/08
Undead and Unwed – Mary Janice Davidson – 8/27/08
Preacher: Gone to Texas Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon – 8/22/08
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay – Michael Chabon – 8/21/08
The Sandman: Endless Nights – Neil Gaiman – 8/10/08
The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro – 8/5/08
Cryptonomicon – Neal Stephenson – 8/3/08
Swamp Thing: Love and Death – Alan Moore – re-read, 8/1/08
Hellboy: Seed of Destruction – Mike Mignola – 7/30/08
Heroes: Volume One – DC Comics – 7/20/08
Xenocide – Orson Scott Card – 7/19/08
Ordermaster – L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – 7/15/08
Sin City: The Hard Goodbye – Frank Miller – 7/10/08
Blue Shoes and Happiness – Alexander McCall Smith – 7/6/08
Wellspring of Chaos – L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – 7/2/08
When Demons Walk – Patricia Briggs – 6/29/08
Speaker for the Dead – Orson Scott Card – 6/25/08
Saga of the Swamp Thing – Alan Moore – 6/21/08
Lean Mean Thirteen – Janet Evanovich – 6/19/08
Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card – 5/31/08
Brother Odd – Dean Koontz – 5/25/08
Running With Scissors – Augusten Burroughs – 5/21/08
How I Paid for College – Marc Acito – 5/18/08
Night Watch – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 5/10/08
The Harlequin – Laurell K. Hamilton – 5/4/08
4th of July – James Patterson – 5/1/08
3rd Degree – James Patterson & Andrew Gross – 5/1/08
His Majesty’s Dragon – Naomi Novik – 4/28/08
Albion – Alan Moore – 4/26/08
Raven’s Strike – Patricia Briggs – 4/22/08
Raven’s Shadow – Patricia Briggs – 4/15/08
Steal the Dragon – Patricia Briggs – 4/13/08
Basket Case – Carl Hiaasen – 4/10/08
The Truth – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 4/8/08
V for Vendetta – Alan Moore, David Lloyd – 4/5/08
Stormy Weather – Carl Hiaasen – 4/3/08
Blood Meridian – Cormac McCarthy – 3/31/08
Thief of Time – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 3/26/08
Sick Puppy – Carl Hiaasen – 3/23/08
For a Few Demons More – Kim Harrison – 3/19/08
Skin Tight – Carl Hiaasen – 3/18/08
Forever Odd – Dean Koontz – 3/17/08
Visions of Sugar Plums – Janet Evanovich – 3/16/08
Tourist Season – Carl Hiaasen – 3/16/08
The Fifth Elephant – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 3/15/08
A Three Dog Life – Abigail Thomas – 3/15/08
Lisey’s Story – Stephen King – 3/11/08
Carpe jugulum – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 3/9/08
Iron Kissed – Patricia Briggs – 3/8/08
Jingo – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 3/6/08
Blood Bound – Patricia Briggs – 3/5/08
Moon Called – Patricia Briggs – 3/3/08
Hogfather – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 2/27/08
Feet of Clay – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 2/23/08
Skinny Dip – Carl Hiaasen – 2/21/08
Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens – 2/20/08
Maskerade – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 2/16/08
Whitethorn Woods – Maeve Binchy – 2/14/08
Aerie – Mercedes Lackey – 2/14/08
Soul Music – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 2/12/08
Plum Lovin’ – Janet Evanovich – 2/10/08
Men at Arms – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 2/9/08
Lords and Ladies – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 2/7/08
Small Gods – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 2/5/08
Witches Abroad – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 2/3/08
Reaper Man – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 2/2/08
Moving Pictures – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 1/30/08
Eric – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 1/28/08
Guards! Guards! – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 1/27/08
The Sandman: The Wake – Neil Gaiman – 1/26/08
Pyramids – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 1/26/08
The Sandman: The Kindly Ones – Neil Gaiman – 1/24/08
Wyrd Sisters – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 1/23/08
The Sandman: Worlds’ End – Neil Gaiman – 1/22/08
Wintersmith – Terry Pratchett – 1/21/08
Sourcery – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 1/20/08
The Sandman: Brief Lives – Neil Gaiman – 1/18/08
Mort – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 1/17/08
The Sandman: Fables & Reflections – Neil Gaiman – 1/16/08
Equal Rites – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 1/15/08
The Light Fantastic – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 1/14/08
The Color of Magic – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 1/13/08
Interesting Times – Terry Pratchett – re-read, 1/11/08
Magician: Master – Raymond E. Feist – re-read, 1/8/08
A Hat Full of Sky – Terry Pratchett – 1/8/08
The Sandman: A Game of You – Neil Gaiman – 1/5/08
Magician: Apprentice – Raymond E. Feist – re-read, 1/3/08
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Slowly adding prior books – originally began the page with the earliest part of the list , then changed to working backwards. It’s a long list. It’ll all get in here eventually.
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Summer 2003:
Galileo’s Daughter – Dava Sobel
Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
Arabian Jazz – Diane Abu-Jaber
A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
The Mill on the Floss – George Eliot
Hard Times – Charles Dickens
Adam Bede – George Eliot
The Three Musketeers – Alexander Dumas
Guns, Germs and Steel – Jared Diamond
The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold
David Copperfield – Charles Dickens
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – J.K. Rowling
Mrs. Dalloway – Virginia Woolf
Out of the Silent Planet – C.S. Lewis – re-read