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)

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

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

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

Official TBR Count - September 2009

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

--- 234 ---

New book - August 2009

Here is the book that arrived in August 2009:

Steve Voake. The Web of Fire

Official TBR Count - August 2009

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

--- 237 ---

New books - July 2009!

Here are the books that arrived in July 2009:

Elizabeth Hay. Late Nights on Air
Tim Cahill. A Wolverine is Eating My Leg
Marlys Millhiser. The Mirror
Steve Voake. The Dreamwalker's Child

Official TBR Count - July 2009

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

--- 237 ---

New book - June 2009!

Here is the book that arrived in June:

Diane Setterfield. The Thirteenth Tale

Official TBR Count - June 2009

As of June 1, 2009, my TBR count is:

--- 242 ---

New books - May 2009!

Here are the books which arrived in May:

Patricia Briggs. Blood Bound
C.J. Cherryh. Alternate Realities
C.J. Cherryh. At the Edge of Space
Kelly Link. Stranger Things Happen
Daniel Tammet. Born on a Blue Day
Linda Gillard. Emotional Geology
Jonathan Carroll. Glass Soup

Official TBR Count - May 2009

As of May 1, 2009, my TBR count is:

--- 248 ---

New books - April 2009!

Here are the books which arrived in April:

C.J. Cherryh. The Faded Sun Trilogy
Jody Nye. Don't Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear
Karen Chance. Touch the Dark
John Crowley. Daemonomania
Sheri S. Tepper. A Plague of Angels
Erin Durante. Demons of the Past

Official TBR Count - April 2009

As of April 1, 2009, my TBR count is:

--- 231 ---

New books - March 2009!

Here is the book that arrived in March:

Heather O'Neill. Little Criminals

Official TBR Count - March 2009

As of March 1, 2009, my TBR count is:

--- 232 ---

New books - February 2009!

Here are the books which arrived in February 2009:

Jane Jakeman. In the Garden of Mists
Jim Butcher. Fool Moon
Gregory Maguire. Son of a Witch
Joyce Carol Oates. The Gravedigger's Daughter
Frank Beddor. The Looking Glass Wars
James Conaway. Vanishing America: In Pursuit of Our Elusive Landscapes
Sara Gruen. Water for Elephants
Michael Crichton. Eaters of the Dead
Asne Seierstad. The Bookseller of Kabul