SF/Fantasy Books to Read

1. Accelerando by Charles Stross
2. All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson (Bridge #3)
3. Alternate Realities by C.J. Cherryh
4. At the Edge of Space by C.J. Cherryh (Alliance -Union Universe)
5. Billibub Baddings and The Case of the Singing Sword by Tee Morris
6. Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson #2)
7. Blood of Mystery by Mark Anthony (The Last Rune #4)
8. Brothers of Earth by C.J. Cherryh (Hanan Rebellion #1)
9. Caesar's Bicycle by John Barnes (Timeline Wars #3) <-- need books #1 and 2!
10. City of Bones by Martha Wells
11. City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff Vandermeer
12. Civil War Fantastic edited by Martin Greenberg
13. Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille by Steven Brust
14. Daemonomania by Jonathan Crowley
15. Deathstalker War by Simon R. Green (Deathstalker #3)
16. Demons of the Past by Erin Durante
17. The Dimension Riders by Daniel Blythe
18. Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear by Jody Lynn Nye et al
19. The Door to Ambermere by J. Calvin Pierce (Ambermere #1)
20. Dragon Wing by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (Death Gate #1)
21. The Dreamwalker's Child by Steven Voake
22. Earth is Room Enough by Isaac Asimov
23. The Engines of God by Jack McDevitt
24. Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time #1)
25. The Faded Sun Trilogy by C.J. Cherryh
26. A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
27. Fortress in the Eye of Time by C.J. Cherryh (Tristan #1)
28. The Gilded Chain by Dave Duncan (King's Blades #1)
29. The Green Hills of Earth by Robert A. Heinlein
30. The Hidden Land by Pamela Dean (The Secret Country #2)
31. Holidays are Hell by Kim Harrison, et al.
32. Household Gods by Judith Tarr and Harry Turtledove
33. In the Kingdom of Mists by Jane Jakeman
34. Invader by C.J. Cherryh (Foreigner #2)
35. Inversions by Iain Banks
36. Jingo by Terry Pratchett (Discworld #21)
37. The Last Hot Time by John M. Ford
38. The Last Mountain by Robert C. Fleet
39. Legacy of Morevi by Tee Morris
40. The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
41. The Many-Coloured Land by Julian May
42. Master of Wolves by Angela Knight (Mageverse #5) -- need books #1-4!
43. The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser
44. Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
45. Mountain of Black Glass by Tad Williams (Otherland #3)
46. The Next Adventures of Guy by Norm Cowie
47. Nightlife by Rob Thurman
48. No Rest for the Witches by Maryjanice Davidson, et al.
49. The Novice by Trudi Canavan (Black Magician Trilogy #2)
50. The Oathbound Wizard by Christopher Stasheff (Wizard in Rhyme #2)
51. Perfect Circle by Sean Stewart
52. A Plague of Angels by Sheri S. Tepper
53. The Pride of Chanur by C.J. Cherryh (Compact Space #1)
54. Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge
55. River of Blue Fire by Tad Williams (Otherland #2)
56. Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov
57. The Scent of Shadows by Vicki Pettersson (Sign of the Zodiac #1)
58. Sea of Silver Light by Tad Williams (Otherland #3)
59. Serpent's Reach by C.J. Cherryh
60. Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
61. Song of Sorcery by Elizabeth Scarborough
62. Souls in the Great Machine by Sean McMullen (Greatwinter #1)
63. Spin State by Chris Moriarty
64. The Stone of Farewell by Tad Williams (Memory, Sorry and Thorn #2)
65. Tatja Grimm's World by Vernor Vinge
66. Thirteen Phantasms and Other Stories by James E. Blaylock
67. Three Days to Never by Tim Powers
68. Touch the Dark by Karen Chance
69. Trader to the Stars by Poul Anderson (Future History of the Polesotechnic League #2) -- need book #1!
70. Unexpected Magic by Diana Wynne Jones
71. Virtual Light by William Gibson (Bridge #1)
72. The Web of Fire by Steve Voake
73. The Whim of the Dragon by Pamela Dean (Secret Country #3)
74. White Apples by Jonathan Carroll
75. Witch Doctor by Christopher Stasheff (Wizard in Rhyme #3)

Fiction Books to Read

1. Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks
2. Continent by Jim Crace
3. Desolation Island by Patrick O'Brian (Aubrey-Maturin #5)
4. Digging to America by Anne Tyler
5. Emotional Geology by Linda Gillard
6. The Gravedigger's Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates
7. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
8. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
9. I was Amelia Earhart by Jane Mendelsohn
10. Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
11. Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper by Harriet Scott Chessman
12. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
13. Sea Glass by Anita Shreve
14. Sewer, Gas and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy by Matt Ruff
15. The Testament by John Grisham
16. Triangle by Katharine Weber
17. The Voyage by Philip Caputo
18. The Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright
19. Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! by Fannie Flagg

Mysteries/Thrillers to Read

1. 4th of July by James Patterson (Women's Murder Club #4)
2. The Ambler Warning by Robert Ludlum
3. Arctic Chill by Arnaldur Indridason (Inspector Erlunder #5)
4. The Black Book / Mortal Causes by Ian Rankin (John Rebus #5 and #6)
5. The Blood Doctor by Barbara Vine
6. Body Dump by Fred Rosen
7. Crazy Cool by Tara Janzen
8. Crazy Hot by Tara Janzen
9. Criminal Elements edited by Bill Pronzoni
10. Dark Wind by Tony Hillerman (Leaphorn/Chee #5)
11. Death in the Devil's Acre by Anne Perry (Thomas and Charlotte Pitt #7)
12. Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton
13. The Endless Game by Bryan Forbes
14. Fogbound by Joe Klempner
15. The Footprints of God by Greg Iles
16. A Game of Spies by John Altman
17. Ghostwalk by Rebecca Stott
18. A Grave Talent by Laurie R. King (Kate Martinelli #1)
19. Hemlock Bay by Catharine Coulter (FBI #6)
20. Hocus Corpus by James Tucker (Jake Merlin #2)
21. Ice-Man by Ron Cutler
22. Icon by Frederick Forsyth
23. The Intelligencer by Leslie Silbert
24. The Italian Secretary by Caleb Carr
25. The Judas Goat by Robert Parker (Spenser #5)
26. Judgment in Death by J.D. Robb (Eve Dallas #11)
27. Just the Fax, Ma'am by Leslie O'Kane (Molly Masters #2)
28. The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
29. Machine Man by Max Berry
30. Map of Bones by James Rollins
31. Milk Treading by Nick Smith
32. Mount Dragon by Douglas Preston
33. Murder at Government House by Elspeth Huxley
34. Murder in the House by Margaret Truman
35. Murder in the National Gallery by Margaret Truman
36. Murder in the White House by Margaret Truman
37. Mystery Cats by Ruth Rendell
38. Native Tongue by Carl Hiassen
39. The Parsifal Mosaic by Robert Ludlum
40. Pig Island by Mo Hayder
41. A Pinch of Snuff by Reginald Hill (Dalziel/Pascoe #5)
42. Promised Land by Robert Parker (Spenser #4)
43. Real Murders by Charlaine Harris (Aurora Teagarden #1)
44. Red Dragon by Thomas Harris (Hannibal Lecter #1)
45. The Screaming Room by Thomas O'Callaghan
46. The Search by Iris Johansen
47. The Secret Supper by Javier Sierra
48. Shadowfires by Dean Koontz
49. Silence in Hanover Close by Anne Perry (Thomas and Charlotte Pitt #9)
50. Someone to Watch Over by Trish MacDonald Skillman
51. Something Wicked by Carolyn G. Hart (Death on Demand #3)
52. Sphere by Michael Crichton
53. Thunderhead by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
54. The Trouble with Magic by Madelyn Alt (Bewitching Mystery #1)
55. Twice Dead by Paul Bishop (Fey Croaker #2)
56. Two O'Clock, Eastern Wartime by John Dunning
57. Virtuosity by Terry Bisson
58. The Watchmen by John Altman
59. Water Like a Stone by Deborah Crombie (Gemma James/Duncan Kincaid #11)
60. The Web by Jonathan Kellerman (Alex Delaware #10)

Nonfiction Books to Read

1. Fastnet, Force 10 by John Rousmaniere
2. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
3. Jep's Place: Hope, Faith and Other Disasters by Joseph A. Parzych
4. Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea by Gary Kinder
5. The South Pole: An Historical Reader by Anthony Brandt
6. Vanishing America: In Pursuit of Our Elusive Landscapes by James Conaway
7. 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. Duma Key by Stephen King
   
7. Everything's Eventual by Stephen King
8. Lullabye by Patricia Wallace
9. Minion by L.A. Banks
10. Museum of Horrors edited by Dennis Etchison
11. The Vision by Dean R. Koontz
12. World War Z by Max Brooks
    
13. Xander Years, Vol. 1 by Keith R.A. DeCandido

New year - some changes

Towards the end of 2009, I noticed I wasn't keeping up with this blog regarding new books and the number of books to be read (TBR) each month. I decided I will occasionally report on new books and the current TBR number.

New books:

Elizabeth Strout. Olive Kitteridge
Paul Collins. Banvard's Folly

TBR: 224

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