Tuesday, September 18, 2012

SF/Fantasy Books to Read

  1. All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson (Bridge #3)
  2. Billibub Baddings and The Case of the Singing Sword by Tee Morris
  3. Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson #2)
  4. Blood of Mystery by Mark Anthony (The Last Rune #4)
  5. Brothers of Earth by C.J. Cherryh (Hanan Rebellion #1)
  6. City of Bones by Martha Wells
  7. City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff Vandermeer
  8. Daemonomania by Jonathan Crowley
  9. Deathstalker War by Simon R. Green (Deathstalker #3)
  10. The Dimension Riders by Daniel Blythe
  11. The Door to Ambermere by J. Calvin Pierce (Ambermere #1)
  12. Dragon Wing by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (Death Gate #1)
  13. The Dreamwalker's Child by Steven Voake
  14. Earth is Room Enough by Isaac Asimov
  15. The Engines of God by Jack McDevitt
  16. Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (Wheel of Time #1)
  17. A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
  18. The Hidden Land by Pamela Dean (The Secret Country #2)
  19. In the Kingdom of Mists by Jane Jakeman
  20. Invader by C.J. Cherryh (Foreigner #2)
  21. Jingo by Terry Pratchett (Discworld #21)
  22. Legacy of Morevi by Tee Morris
  23. The Many-Coloured Land by Julian May
  24. The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser
  25. Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
  26. Mountain of Black Glass by Tad Williams (Otherland #3)
  27. The Next Adventures of Guy by Norm Cowie
  28. Nightlife by Rob Thurman
  29. No Rest for the Witches by Maryjanice Davidson, et al.
  30. The Novice by Trudi Canavan (Black Magician Trilogy #2)
  31. A Plague of Angels by Sheri S. Tepper
  32. Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge
  33. River of Blue Fire by Tad Williams (Otherland #2)
  34. Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov
  35. The Scent of Shadows by Vicki Pettersson (Sign of the Zodiac #1)
  36. Sea of Silver Light by Tad Williams (Otherland #3)
  37. Song of Sorcery by Elizabeth Scarborough
  38. Souls in the Great Machine by Sean McMullen (Greatwinter #1)
  39. Three Days to Never by Tim Powers
  40. Unexpected Magic by Diana Wynne Jones
  41. The Web of Fire by Steve Voake
  42. The Whim of the Dragon by Pamela Dean (Secret Country #3)
  43. White Apples by Jonathan Carroll

Fiction Books to Read

  1. Continent by Jim Crace
  2. Desolation Island by Patrick O'Brian (Aubrey-Maturin #5)
  3. The Gravedigger's Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates
  4. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  5. Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper by Harriet Scott Chessman
  6. Sea Glass by Anita Shreve
  7. Sewer, Gas and Electric: The Public Works Trilogy by Matt Ruff
  8. 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. Ashes to Ashes by Tami Hoag (Sam Kovac #1)
  4. The Blood Doctor by Barbara Vine
  5. Crazy Cool by Tara Janzen
  6. Dark Wind by Tony Hillerman (Leaphorn/Chee #5)
  7. Death in the Devil's Acre by Anne Perry (Thomas and Charlotte Pitt #7)
  8. Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton
  9. The Endless Game by Bryan Forbes
  10. A Game of Spies by John Altman
  11. A Grave Talent by Laurie R. King (Kate Martinelli #1)
  12. Hemlock Bay by Catharine Coulter (FBI #6)
  13. The Intelligencer by Leslie Silbert
  14. The Judas Goat by Robert Parker (Spenser #5)
  15. Judgment in Death by J.D. Robb (Eve Dallas #11)
  16. Just the Fax, Ma'am by Leslie O'Kane (Molly Masters #2)
  17. Map of Bones by James Rollins
  18. Murder in the House by Margaret Truman
  19. Native Tongue by Carl Hiassen
  20. The Parsifal Mosaic by Robert Ludlum
  21. A Pinch of Snuff by Reginald Hill (Dalziel/Pascoe #5)
  22. Promised Land by Robert Parker (Spenser #4)
  23. Red Dragon by Thomas Harris (Hannibal Lecter #1)
  24. The Screaming Room by Thomas O'Callaghan
  25. The Search by Iris Johansen
  26. Shadowfires by Dean Koontz
  27. Something Wicked by Carolyn G. Hart (Death on Demand #3)
  28. Twice Dead by Paul Bishop (Fey Croaker #2)
  29. Two O'Clock, Eastern Wartime by John Dunning
  30. The Watchmen by John Altman
  31. Water Like a Stone by Deborah Crombie (Gemma James/Duncan Kincaid #11)
  32. The Web by Jonathan Kellerman (Alex Delaware #10)

Friday, May 25, 2012

Nonfiction Books to Read


  1. The South Pole: An Historical Reader by Anthony Brandt
  2. Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck
  3. Vanishing America: In Pursuit of Our Elusive Landscapes by James Conaway
  4. Voyages of Delusion: The Quest for the Northwest Passage by Glyn Williams

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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. The Vision by Dean R. Koontz
  9. World War Z by Max Brooks

Saturday, January 9, 2010

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

Sunday, September 20, 2009

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