The Book List
You too can keep track of what I’m reading. The “Pre-March 2008″ section refers only to books mentioned on the blog; I can’t really reconstruct much more than that. All months after that are theoretically accurate. Chicka-bow, chicka-bow.
* denotes a first-time read.
January 2009:
Searching for God Knows What, by Donald Miller.
November/December 2008:
Mrs Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf
*Mayflower, by Nathaniel Philbrick
*Game Widow, by Wendy Kays
*To the Lighthouse, by Virgina Woolf
*Tales from Outer Suburbia, by Shaun Tan. (reviewed)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare.
Hamlet, by William Shakespeare.
*The Bromeliad, by Terry Pratchett.
*Old Man’s War, by John Scalzi.
*The Ghost Brigades, by John Scalzi.
*The Last Colony, by John Scalzi.
*Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West, by Benazir Bhutto.
*Three Men in a Boat, by Jerome K. Jerome.
*Parenting, Inc., by Pamela Paul.
*Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood.
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, by Avi.
*English Passengers, by Matthew Kneale.
*The Game, by A. S. Byatt.
*Babel Tower, by A. S. Byatt.
*Season of Migration to the North, by Tayeb Salih.
*My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, by Amos Tutuola.
*The Palm-Wine Drinkard, by Amos Tutuola.
*The Sound and the Fury, by William Faulkner.
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen.
*An Abundance of Katherines, by John Green.
Girl Meets God, by Lauren Winner.
The Secret of the Old Clock, by Carolyn Keene
The Bartimaeus Trilogy, by Jonathan Stroud.
*Coraline, by Neil Gaiman.
*Paper Towns, by John Green.
*The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman.
The Screwtape Letters, by C. S. Lewis.
*Tamburlaine the Great, part One, by Christopher Marlowe.
*What Maisie Knew, by Henry James.
*Catch-22, by Joseph Heller.
*Looking for Alaska, by John Green.
*A Hatful of Sky, by Terry Pratchett.
*Arrow of God, by Chinua Achebe.
*The Oath, by Frank Peretti.
*Dr Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe.
*Under Western Eyes, by Joseph Conrad.
*Death and the King’s Horseman, by Wole Soyinka.
*Faking Grace, by Tamara Leigh. (reviewed)
Read Responsibly, by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum.
*Jpod, by Douglas Coupland.
*The Book of Lost Things, by John Connolly. (reviewed)
*Edward II, by Christopher Marlowe.
*Halting State, by Charles Stross.
*Story of the Sand, by Mark B. Pickering. (reviewed)
*In the Land of Invisible Women, by Qanta Ahmed. (reviewed)
*A Prayer for Owen Meany, by John Irving.
The Big Over Easy, by Jasper Fforde.
*Anna of the Five Towns, by Arnold Bennett.
*Mankind, by Anonymous.
The Fourth Bear, by Jasper Fforde.
The Lions of Al-Rassan, by Guy Gavriel Kay.
Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe.
Positive Attitude, by Scott Adams.
Bridget Jones’s Diary, by Helen Fielding.
*Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life, by Bryan Lee O’Malley.
*The Spanish Tragedy, by Thomas Kyd.
Alias Grace, by Margaret Atwood. (reviewed)
*Genuine Men, by Nancy Bruno. (reviewed)
*Templeton Turtle Goes Exploring, by Ron Pridmore. (reviewed)
*A Jest of God, by Margaret Laurence.
*The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak. (reviewed)
*Endymion, by John Lyly.
*The Wars, by Timothy Findley.
*Lives of Girls and Women, by Alice Munro.
*First Daughter, by Eric van Lustbader. (reviewed)
My Man Jeeves, by P. G. Wodehouse.
Say Cheesy, by Darby Conley.
*It Starts with You!, by Julia J. Austin. (reviewed)
*The Brain that Changes Itself, by Norman Doidge.
*When We were Romans, by Matthew Kneale. (reviewed)
Blueprint for Disaster, by Darby Conley.
Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons, by Bill Watterson.
*The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan.
Yukon Ho!, by Bill Watterson.
There’s Treasure Everywhere, by Bill Watterson.
*Castaway Kid, by R. B. Mitchell. (reviewed)
*The Road Past Altamont, by Gabrielle Roy.
Misty of Chincoteague, by Marguerite Henry.
*The Heretic’s Daughter, by Kathleen Kent. (reviewed)
*Résistance, by Agnès Humbert.
*V for Vendetta, by Alan Moore.
*Runaway, by Steve Simpson. (reviewed)
Great Canadian Short Stories, ed. Alec Lucas.
*Stealing Athena, by Karen Essex. (reviewed)
*The Last Plague, by Glen E. Page. (reviewed)
Letters to Karen, by Charlie W. Shedd.
*Witches Abroad, by Terry Pratchett.
*Equal Rites, by Terry Pratchett.
*Smilla’s Sense of Snow, by Peter Høeg.
*Absolution by Murder, by Peter Tremayne.
*Spanish Billionaire, Innocent Wife, by Kate Walker.
*What If . . . ?, by Steve N. Lee. (reviewed)
*The Fire-Dwellers, by Margaret Laurence.
*Yellowknife, by Steve Zipp. (reviewed)
*Moving Pictures, by Terry Pratchett.
Awesome Lavratt, by Ann Wilkes. (reviewed)
*Proust was a Neuroscientist, by Jonah Lehrer.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, by Marjane Satrapi.
*Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett.
*Pyramids, by Terry Pratchett.
*Lords and Ladies, by Terry Pratchett.
Nine Princes in Amber, by Roger Zelazny.
The Guns of Avalon, by Roger Zelazny.
Sign of the Unicorn, by Roger Zelazny.
The Hand of Oberon, by Roger Zelazny.
The Courts of Chaos, by Roger Zelazny.
Little House in the Big Woods, by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
*Farworld: Water Keep, by J. Scott Savage. (reviewed)
*Fatal Voyage, by Kathy Reichs. (reviewed)
Little House on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
On the Banks of Plum Creek, by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Farmer Boy, by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
By the Shores of Silver Lake, by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
The Long Winter, by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
These Happy Golden Years, by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
*Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson. (reviewed)
The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkein. (reviewed)
*Four Fires, by Bryce Courtenay.
*Victory Conditions, by Elizabeth Moon.
*Wyrd Sisters, by Terry Pratchett.
*Reaper Man, by Terry Pratchett.
*I Am America (and So Can You), by Stephen Colbert.
*Thief of Time, by Terry Pratchett.
The Princes of Ireland, by Edward Rutherfurd.
*Virus Games, by G. L. Sheerin. (reviewed)
*The Sweet Hereafter, by Russell Banks. (reviewed)
*The Grass is Singing, by Doris Lessing.
Journey to Cubeville, by Scott Adams.
*The Togakushi Legend Murders, by Yasuo Uchida.
*Jennifer Government, by Max Barry.
*Springtime on Mars, by Susan Woodring. (reviewed)
*Carpe Jugulum, by Terry Pratchett.
Gaudy Night, by Dorothy L. Sayers.
*Fall on Your Knees, by Ann-Marie MacDonald.
*Asleep, by Banana Yoshimoto.
*The News from Paraguay, by Lily Tuck.
*The Last Continent, by Terry Pratchett.
Girl Meets God, by Lauren F. Winner.
*Agnes Grey, by Anne Brontë.
*Storm Glass, by Jane Urqhart.
*Deception on His Mind, by Elizabeth George.
*A Place of Hiding, by Elizabeth George.
*Making Money, by Terry Pratchett.
*Atonement, by Ian McEwan. (reviewed)
*The War of the Worlds, by H. G. Wells. (reviewed)
Unshelved, by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum.
Library Mascot Cage Match, by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum.
Read Responsibly, by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum.
*Thud!, by Terry Pratchett.
*Dining with Death, by Kathleen Molloy. (reviewed)
What Would Dewey Do?, by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum.
*Lolita, by Vladimir Nabukov.
*Men at Arms, by Terry Pratchett.
*The Ovum Factor, by Marvin L. Zimmerman. (reviewed)
*Hogfather, by Terry Pratchett.
*Mort, by Terry Pratchett.
*Maskerade, by Terry Pratchett.
*Monstrous Regiment, by Terry Pratchett.
*Playing for the Ashes, by Elizabeth George.
What Would Wally Do? by Scott Adams.
Piercing the Darkness, by Frank Peretti.
*Who Do You Think You Are?, by Alice Munro.
*The Roaring Girl, by Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker.
*Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, by R. L. Stevenson. (reviewed)
*Soul Music, by Terry Pratchett.
*Tess of the D’Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy.
If Only They Could Talk, by James Herriott.
*Whitethorn, by Bryce Courtenay.
*Swimming Pool Sunday, by Madeleine Wickham. (reviewed)
*What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew, by Daniel Pool.
*Ellis Island and Other Stories, by Mark Helprin.
*Feet of Clay, by Terry Pratchett.
*Jingo, by Terry Pratchett.
The King’s Daughter, by Suzanne Martel.
*Women Astronomers: Reaching for the Stars, by Mabel Armstrong. (reviewed)
*Four Letter Word, by Joshua Knelman and Rosalind Porter (eds.) (reviewed)
*Red Rabbit, by Tom Clancy.
*Sourcery, by Terry Pratchett.
Misc. Pre-March 2008:
*Just a Geek, by Wil Wheaton (reviewed)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, by Helen Fielding (reviewed)
*This Is Your Brain on Music, by Daniel Levitin (reviewed)
*The Invasion of Canada, by Pierre Berton (reviewed)
*Flames Across the Border, by Pierre Berton (reviewed)
Stitch ‘n Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker, by Debbie Stoller (reviewed)
*Who Has Seen the Wind, by W. O. Mitchell (reviewed)
*The Poyson Garden, by Karen Harper (reviewed)
*Light in August, by William Faulkner (reviewed)
*Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi (reviewed)
*The Difference Engine, by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling (reviewed)
*Firefly Lane, by Kristen Hannah (reviewed)
*Letter Perfect, by David Sacks (reviewed)