The List January 15, 2008

I’ve been a bibliophile since before I could read. I have no idea how many books I’ve read over the years – just that it’s approximately a shitload. Probably fairly accurate as my taste in books runs toward pop non-fiction and genre series. I’ll read just about anything except chick lit, straight-up romances (ie, “bodice-rippers”), and high literature.

Here are the ground rules for the list:

1. New books will be added to the bottom of the list.
2. I am under no obligation to read these in the order that they appear on the list.
3. In the case of a series, only the next book in the series will be on the list. If I want to continue reading the series, I will add the next book when I finish the one that is currently on the list.
4. Books on this list may be removed if I change my mind about wanting to read them once I get a copy in hand.
5. Books currently being read are in Red.
6. Books on the short list (ie, I’ve got a copy lined up, and intend to read it ASAP) are in Purple.

And now….The List.

1. Shakespeare’s Landlord by Charlaine Harris
2. Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black
3. Shadow Man by Cody Mcfayden
4. One for the Money by Janet Evanovich
5. Rain Fall by Barry Eisler
6. Murphy’s Law by Rhys Bowen
7. Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
8. Witchling by Yasmin Galenorn
9. The Man with the Golden Torc by Simon Green
10. Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey
11. You Slay Me by Kate Macalister
12. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flag
13. Hortus Miscellaneous by Linda Plato
14. Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling by Ross King
15. Dingley Falls by Micheal Malone
16. Stardust by Neil Gaiman
17. Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
18. Audacity of Hope by Barak Obama
19. The Ghost Map by Steve Johnson
20. Polio: An American Story by David Oshinsky
21. Ashes to Ashes: America’s Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Phillip Morris by Richard Kluger
22. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
23. John Adams by David Willis McCullough
24. Radicalism of the American Revolution by Gordon S Wood
25. The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
26. The Executioner’s Song by Norman Mailer
27. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
28. Angle of Repose by Wallace Stenger
29. No Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns Goodwin
30. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
31. The Moon and the Sun by Vonda M McIntyre
32. The Falling Woman by Gregory Benford
33. Sundiver by David Brin
34. Billy Bathgate by E.L. Doctorow
35. Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
36. The March by E.L. Doctorow
37. Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P Bix
38. 90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper
39. Yellowthread Street by William Marshall
40. 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
41. Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
42. Green River Running Red by Ann Rule
43. Manhunt: The Twelve Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer by James L Swanson
44. The Curse of Chalion by Loise McMaster Bujold
45. Hominids by Robert J Sawyer
46. To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer
47. Avalon by Anya Seton
48. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
49. Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind by Guy Claxton
50. Zen and the Art of Knitting by Bernadette Murphy
51. Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam
52. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
53. Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick
54. Parts Per Million by Joy Horowitz
55. Garden Spells by Sarah Allison Allen
56. Faith and Treason by Antonia Fraser
57. Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
58. Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne by David Starkey
59. The Twilight Before Christmas by Christine Feehan
60. Bareback by Kit Whitfield
61. The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan
62. Suburban Nation by Jeff Speck
63. Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez
64. Duct Tape Marketing by John Jantsch
65. The Great Influenza by John Barry
66. The Power of Nice by Robin Koval
67. Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
68. Storm World by Chris Mooney
69. Greywalker by Kat Richardson
70. Territory by Emma Bull
71. The Coming Plague by Laurie Garrett
72. Microbe Hunters by P De Kruif
73. The Overspent American by Juilet Schor
74. Look Me in the Eye by John Elder Robinson
75. The Sword in the Stone by TH White
76. Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Cruise
77. Simplify Your Life by Elaine St. James
78. All Things Wise and Wonderful by James Herriot
79. Born to Buy by Juilet Schor
80. Three Men in a Boat To Say Nothing of the Dog by Jerome Klapta Jerome
81. What Color is Your Parachute
82. Red Moon by David S Michaels
83. Everything I Want to Do is Illegal by Joel Salatin
84. Fugitive Denim by Rachel Lousie Snyder
85. Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough
86. Flu by Gina Bari Kolata
87. The Elegant Universe by B Greene
88. Candy Girl by Diablo Cody
89. Mallory’s Oracle by Carol O’Connell
90. Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson
91. What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman
92. Stardance by Spider Robinson
93. The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki
94. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M Pirsig
95. Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks
96. The Swarm by Frank Schatzing
97. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
98. Lincoln’s Dreams by Connie Willis
99. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
100. The Rising by Brian Keene
101. Blood and Iron by Elizabeth Bear
102. The History of the Ancient World by Susan Wise Bauer
103. Rogue Messiahs by Colin Wilson
104. The Patron Saint of Plagues by Barth Anderson
105. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
106. The Witling by Vernor Vinge
107. The Invention of Everything Else by Samantha Hunt
108. Streets of Laredo by Larry McMurtry
109. Dead Man’s Walk by Larry McMurtry
110. Comanche Moon by Larry McMurtry
111. Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
112. Mean Genes by Terry Burnham & Jay Phelan
113. Scratch Beginnings by Adam Shepard
114. Holy Blood, Holy Grail
115. How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman
116. Simple Prosperity by David Wann
117. In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
118. Apache Voices by Sherry Robinson
119. Looking for Carroll Beckwith by Robert Snow
120. This Common Secret by Susan Wicklund
121. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
122. Rhapsody by Elizabeth Haydon
123. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
124. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
125. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
126. Call of the Wild by Jack London
127. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
128. Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris
129. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
130. The Art of War by Sun Tzu
131. Moby Dick by Herman Melville
132. King Solomon’s Mines by H Rider Haggard
133. Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
134. Dragon Bones by Patricia Briggs
135. Superpowers: A Novel by David J Schwartz
136. A Kiss Before the Apocalypse by Thomas E Sniegoski
     
137. Wicked Game by Jeri Smith-Ready
138. Florida Roadkill by Tim Dorsey
139. Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben
140. Monkeewrench by P J Tracy
141. Whiskey Sour by Joe Konrath
     
142. Academ’s Fury by Jim Butcher
143. The MD: A Horror Story by Thomas M Disch

BTW – Suggestions are welcome as long as you understand two things – your suggestion might not make the list, and if it does, it might be a while before I get to it.