Sunday, September 20, 2009

Mysteries/Thrillers to Read

  1. 4th of July by James Patterson (Women's Murder Club #4)
  2. The Ambler Warning by Robert Ludlum
  3. The Black Book / Mortal Causes by Ian Rankin (John Rebus #5 and #6)
  4. The Blood Doctor by Barbara Vine
  5. Body Dump by Fred Rosen
  6. The Children's Game by David Wise
  7. Chosen Prey by John Sandford (Lucas Davenport #12)
  8. Crazy Cool by Tara Janzen
  9. Crazy Hot by Tara Janzen
  10. Criminal Elements edited by Bill Pronzoni
  11. Dark Wind by Tony Hillerman (Leaphorn/Chee #5)
  12. Death in the Devil's Acre by Anne Perry (Thomas and Charlotte Pitt #7)
  13. Desperate Measures by Robert Tine
  14. Die Trying by Lee Child (Jack Reacher #2)
  15. Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton
  16. End in Tears by Ruth Rendell
  17. The Endless Game by Bryan Forbes
  18. Final Target by Iris Johansen
  19. Fogbound by Joe Klempner
  20. The Footprints of God by Greg Iles
  21. A Game of Spies by John Altman
  22. Ghostwalk by Rebecca Stott
  23. The Girl Who Remembered Snow by Charles Mathes
  24. A Grave Talent by Laurie R. King (Kate Martinelli #1)
  25. Hard Times by Sara Paretsky (V.I. Warshawski #10)
  26. Hemlock Bay by Catharine Coulter (FBI #6)
  27. Hocus Corpus by James Tucker (Jake Merlin #2)
  28. Hurting Distance by Sophie Hannah
  29. Ice-Man by Ron Cutler
  30. Icon by Frederick Forsyth
  31. The Intelligencer by Leslie Silbert
  32. The Italian Secretary by Caleb Carr
  33. The Judas Goat by Robert Parker (Spenser #5)
  34. Judgment in Death by J.D. Robb (Eve Dallas #11)
  35. Just the Fax, Ma'am by Leslie O'Kane (Molly Masters #2)
  36. The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
  37. The List of Seven by Mark Frost
  38. Map of Bones by James Rollins
  39. Milk Treading by Nick Smith
  40. The Minds of Billy Milligan by Daniel Keyes
  41. Mount Dragon by Douglas Preston
  42. Murder at Government House by Elspeth Huxley
  43. Murder in E Minor by Robert Goldsborough
  44. Murder in the White House by Margaret Truman
  45. A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
  46. Mystery Cats by Ruth Rendell
  47. Native Tongue by Carl Hiassen
  48. The Parsifal Mosaic by Robert Ludlum
  49. Pig Island by Mo Hayder
  50. A Pinch of Snuff by Reginald Hill (Dalziel/Pascoe #5)
  51. Promised Land by Robert Parker (Spenser #4)
  52. Real Murders by Charlaine Harris (Aurora Teagarden #1)
  53. Red Dragon by Thomas Harris (Hannibal Lecter #1)
  54. Reliquary by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
  55. The Screaming Room by Thomas O'Callaghan
  56. The Search by Iris Johansen
  57. Secret Prey by John Sandford (Lucas Davenport #9)
  58. The Secret Supper by Javier Sierra
  59. Shadowfires by Dean Koontz
  60. Silence in Hanover Close by Anne Perry (Thomas and Charlotte Pitt #9)
  61. Skeleton's Knee by Archer Mayor (Joe Gunther #4)
  62. Someone to Watch Over by Trish MacDonald Skillman
  63. Something Wicked by Carolyn G. Hart (Death on Demand #3)
  64. Sphere by Michael Crichton
  65. Thunderhead by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
  66. Total Recall by Sara Paretsky (V.I. Warshawski #11)
  67. The Trouble with Magic by Madelyn Alt (Bewitching Mystery #1)
  68. Twice Dead by Paul Bishop (Fey Croaker #2)
  69. Two O'Clock, Eastern Wartime by John Dunning
  70. Unbound by Julie Kaewert (Alex Plumtree #2)
  71. Upside Down by John Ramsey Miller
  72. Virtuosity by Terry Bisson
  73. The Watchmen by John Altman
  74. Water Like a Stone by Deborah Crombie (Gemma James/Duncan Kincaid #11)
  75. The Web by Jonathan Kellerman (Alex Delaware #10)
  76. The Winter Queen by Boris Akunin
  77. Witness in Death by J.D. Robb (Eve Dallas #10)

Nonfiction Books to Read

  1. Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet
  2. City of Falling Angels by John Berendt
  3. Fastnet, Force 10 by John Rousmaniere
  4. Hurry Down Sunshine by Michael Greenberg
  5. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
  6. Jep's Place: Hope, Faith and Other Disasters by Joseph A. Parzych
  7. Library: An Unquiet History by Matthew Battles
  8. Midnight in the City of Good and Evil by John Berendt
  9. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
  10. Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea by Gary Kinder
  11. Sleepers by Lorenzo Carcaterra
  12. The South Pole: An Historical Reader by Anthony Brandt
  13. Vanishing America: In Pursuit of Our Elusive Landscapes by James Conaway
  14. Voyages of Delusion: The Quest for the Northwest Passage by Glyn Williams

Horror Books to Read

  1. Anno Dracula by Kim Newman
  2. Cell by Stephen King
  3. Crawlers by John Shirley
  4. Deadspawn by Brian Lumley (Necroscope #5)
  5. Deathbringer by Bryan Smith
  6. Dark of the Eye by Douglas Clegg
  7. Duma Key by Stephen King
  8. Everything's Eventual by Stephen King
  9. The Forbidden Zone by Whitley Streiber
  10. Lullabye by Patricia Wallace
  11. Minion by L.A. Banks
  12. Museum of Horrors edited by Dennis Etchison
  13. The Restless Dead by Hugh B. Cave
  14. The Vision by Dean R. Koontz
  15. The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
  16. World War Z by Max Brooks
  17. Xander Years, Vol. 1 by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Fiction Books to Read

  1. The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seirstad
  2. Cane River by Lalita Tademy
  3. Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks
  4. Continent by Jim Crace
  5. Desolation Island by Patrick O'Brian (Aubrey-Maturin #5)
  6. Digging to America by Anne Tyler
  7. Emotional Geology by Linda Gillard
  8. The Fisherman's Son by Michael Koepf
  9. Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
  10. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
  11. The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank
  12. The Gravedigger's Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates
  13. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  14. I was Amelia Earhart by Jane Mendelsohn
  15. Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
  16. Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill
  17. Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper by Harriet Scott Chessman
  18. The Mapmaker's Opera by Bea Gonzalez
  19. North by Roger Hubank
  20. Peel My Love Like an Onion by Ana Castillo
  21. The Professor's Daughter by Emily Rabateau
  22. Sea Glass by Anita Shreve
  23. Sewer, Gas and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy by Matt Ruff
  24. Sundial in the Grave: 1610 by Mary Gentle
  25. The Testament by John Grisham
  26. Triangle by Katharine Weber
  27. The Voyage by Philip Caputo
  28. Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! by Fannie Flagg
  29. Winner of the National Book Award: A Novel of Fame, Honor and Really Bad Weather by Jincy Willett

SF/Fantasy Books to Read

  1. 2041 by Jane Yolen
  2. Accelerando by Charles Stross
  3. All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson (Bridge #3)
  4. Alternate Realities by C.J. Cherryh
  5. At the Edge of Space by C.J. Cherryh (Alliance -Union Universe)
  6. Billibub Baddings and The Case of the Singing Sword by Tee Morris
  7. The Black Company by Glen Cook (Black Company #1)
  8. Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson #2)
  9. Blood Magic by Matthew Cook (Ballad of Kirin Widowmaker #1)
  10. Blood of Mystery by Mark Anthony (The Last Rune #4)
  11. Brothers of Earth by C.J. Cherryh (Hanan Rebellion #1)
  12. Caesar's Bicycle by John Barnes (Timeline Wars #3) <-- need books #1 and 2!
  13. City of Bones by Martha Wells
  14. City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff Vandermeer
  15. Civil War Fantastic edited by Martin Greenberg
  16. Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille by Steven Brust
  17. Daemonomania by Jonathan Crowley
  18. Dancing with Werewolves by Carole Nelson Douglas (Delilah Street #1)
  19. Deathstalker War by Simon R. Green (Deathstalker #3)
  20. Demons of the Past by Erin Durante
  21. The Dimension Riders by Daniel Blythe
  22. Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear by Jody Lynn Nye et al
  23. The Door to Ambermere by J. Calvin Pierce (Ambermere #1)
  24. Dragon Wing by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (Death Gate #1)
  25. Dreamside by Graham Joyce
  26. The Dreamwalker's Child by Steven Voake
  27. Earth is Room Enough by Isaac Asimov
  28. Elsewhere by Will Shetterly
  29. The Engines of God by Jack McDevitt
  30. Excession by Iain Banks
  31. Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time #1)
  32. The Faded Sun Trilogy by C.J. Cherryh
  33. A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
  34. Fortress in the Eye of Time by C.J. Cherryh (Tristan #1)
  35. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
  36. The Gilded Chain by Dave Duncan (King's Blades #1)
  37. Glass Soup by Jonathan Carroll
  38. The Green Hills of Earth by Robert A. Heinlein
  39. Heechee Rendezvous by Fredrick Pohl (Heechee #3)
  40. Here Be Demons by Esther Friesner
  41. The Hidden Land by Pamela Dean (The Secret Country #2)
  42. Holidays are Hell by Kim Harrison, et al.
  43. Household Gods by Judith Tarr and Harry Turtledove
  44. In the Kingdom of Mists by Jane Jakeman
  45. Invader by C.J. Cherryh (Foreigner #2)
  46. Inversions by Iain Banks
  47. Jingo by Terry Pratchett (Discworld #21)
  48. Knight of the Black Rose by James Lowder (Ravenloft #1) -- need Vampire of the Mists
  49. The Last Hot Time by John M. Ford
  50. The Last Mountain by Robert C. Fleet
  51. Legacy of Morevi by Tee Morris
  52. Little, Big by John Crowley
  53. The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
  54. The Many-Coloured Land by Julian May
  55. Marooned in Real Time by Vernor Vinge (Across Real Time #2)
  56. Master of Wolves by Angela Knight (Mageverse #5) -- need books #1-4!
  57. Matilda at the Speed of Light edited by Damien Broderick
  58. The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser
  59. Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
  60. Mister Monday by Garth Nix (Keys to the Kingdom #1)
  61. Mountain of Black Glass by Tad Williams (Otherland #3)
  62. The Next Adventures of Guy by Norm Cowie
  63. Nightlife by Rob Thurman
  64. No Rest for the Witches by Maryjanice Davidson, et al.
  65. The Novice by Trudi Canavan (Black Magician Trilogy #2)
  66. The Oathbound Wizard by Christopher Stasheff (Wizard in Rhyme #2)
  67. Perfect Circle by Sean Stewart
  68. A Plague of Angels by Sheri S. Tepper
  69. The Pride of Chanur by C.J. Cherryh (Compact Space #1)
  70. Psi Hunt by Michael Kurland
  71. Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge
  72. The Redemption of Althalus by David and Leigh Eddings
  73. River of Blue Fire by Tad Williams (Otherland #2)
  74. Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov
  75. The Scent of Shadows by Vicki Pettersson (Sign of the Zodiac #1)
  76. Sea of Silver Light by Tad Williams (Otherland #3)
  77. Seahorse in the Sky by Edmund Cooper
  78. Serpent's Reach by C.J. Cherryh
  79. The Shattered World by Michael Reaves
  80. Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
  81. Song of Sorcery by Elizabeth Scarborough
  82. Souls in the Great Machine by Sean McMullen (Greatwinter #1)
  83. The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
  84. Spin State by Chris Moriarty
  85. The Stone of Farewell by Tad Williams (Memory, Sorry and Thorn #2)
  86. Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link
  87. The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks (Shannara #1)
  88. Tales of Known Space by Larry Niven
  89. Tatja Grimm's World by Vernor Vinge
  90. Thirteen Phantasms and Other Stories by James E. Blaylock
  91. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
  92. Three Days to Never by Tim Powers
  93. Touch the Dark by Karen Chance
  94. Trader to the Stars by Poul Anderson (Future History of the Polesotechnic League #2) -- need book #1!
  95. Ubik by Philip K. Dick
  96. Unexpected Magic by Diana Wynne Jones
  97. Virtual Light by William Gibson (Bridge #1)
  98. The Web of Fire by Steve Voake
  99. The Whim of the Dragon by Pamela Dean (Secret Country #3)
  100. White Apples by Jonathan Carroll
  101. The Wish List by Eoin Colfer
  102. Witch Doctor by Christopher Stasheff (Wizard in Rhyme #3)
  103. Wizards of Odd edited by Peter Haining
  104. The Wood Wife by Terri Windling
  105. The Year's Best Fantasy edited by David G. Hartwell

New books - September 2009!

Here are the books which arrived in September 2009:

Max Brooks. World War Z
John Crowley. Little, Big
Joanne Harris. Five Quarters of the Orange

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Official TBR Count - September 2009

As of September 1, 2009, my official TBR count is:



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