Reading List
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wyntir_knightAs I mentioned in a previous post, I've joined the 50 book challenge. I'm having a certain amount of difficulty staying focused however, so I'm making my intended list here and posting my thoughts on the books in my journal for future reference.
Fiction:
1. The Bobby Gold Stories - Anthony Bourdain
2. Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday - Alan Dean Foster
3. Transformers (movie adaptation) - Alan Dean Foster
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling
5. Utopia - Lincoln Child
6. Silent Partner - Jonothan Kellerman
7. The Codex - Douglas Preston
8. Neuromancer - William Gibson
9. Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman
10. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kensey
11. Sandman: Book of Dreams - Various Authors, edited by Neil Gaiman
12. Saving Solace: Champions Volume 1 - Douglas W. Clark
13. The Echo - Minette Walters
14. A Morbid Taste for Bones - Ellis Peters
15. Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident - Eoin Colfer
16. In A Glass Darkly - Sheridan leFanu
17. Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald
18. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
19. King Solomon's Mines - H. Rider Haggard
20. Metropolis: a novel - Elizabeth Gaffney
21. One Lonely Night - Mickey Spillane
22. Tess of the D'Ubervilles - Thomas Hardy
23. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
24. The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck
25. The Book of the Dead - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Non-Fiction
1. In the Wake of Madness: The Murderous Voyage of the Whaleship Sharon - Joan Druett
2. The Devil in Babylon: Fear of Progress and the Birth of Modern Life - Allan Levine
3. Warrior Politics: Why Leadership Requires a Pagan Ethos - Robert D. Kaplan
4. The Pirate Hunter: The True Story Of Captain Kidd - Richard Zacks
5. The Children's Blizzard - David Laskin
6. Elmer McCurdy: The Life and Afterlife of An American Outlaw - Marc Svenvold
7. Warriors of God
8. Walking the Bible: A journey by land through the Five Books of Moses - Bruce Fieler
9. The Devil's Picnic: Around the World in Pursuit of Forbidden Fruit - Tara Grescoe
10. The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World - Jack Zipes
11. The Great Influenza - John Barry
12. Tea - Roy Moxham
13. A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire - Amy Butler Greenfield
14. Stalemate!: Great Trench Warfare Battles - J.H. Johnson
15. Triangle: the Fire that Changed America - David von Drehle
16. The Great Starvation Experiment: The Heroic Men Who Starved so That Millions Could Live - Todd Tucker
17. Fasting Girl - Michelle Stacey
18. Demon in the Waters - Gregory Gibson
19. Curse of the Narrows: The Halifax Explosion, 1917 - Laura Macdonald
20. Boy Soldiers of the Great War - Richard Van Emden
21. Treachery at Sharpnose Point: Unraveling the Mystery of the Caledonia's Final Voyage - Jeremy Seal
22. A Hanging Offense - Buckner Melton
23. The Men Who Stare at Goats - Jon Ronson
24. Out of Harm's Way - Jessica Mann
25. Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy - Diane Preston
I want to get these books read by the end of the year. It won't happen, but I'll make a good effort.
Fiction:
6. Silent Partner - Jonothan Kellerman
7. The Codex - Douglas Preston
8. Neuromancer - William Gibson
9. Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman
10. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kensey
11. Sandman: Book of Dreams - Various Authors, edited by Neil Gaiman
12. Saving Solace: Champions Volume 1 - Douglas W. Clark
13. The Echo - Minette Walters
14. A Morbid Taste for Bones - Ellis Peters
15. Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident - Eoin Colfer
16. In A Glass Darkly - Sheridan leFanu
17. Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald
18. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
19. King Solomon's Mines - H. Rider Haggard
20. Metropolis: a novel - Elizabeth Gaffney
21. One Lonely Night - Mickey Spillane
22. Tess of the D'Ubervilles - Thomas Hardy
23. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
24. The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck
Non-Fiction
2. The Devil in Babylon: Fear of Progress and the Birth of Modern Life - Allan Levine
3. Warrior Politics: Why Leadership Requires a Pagan Ethos - Robert D. Kaplan
4. The Pirate Hunter: The True Story Of Captain Kidd - Richard Zacks
5. The Children's Blizzard - David Laskin
6. Elmer McCurdy: The Life and Afterlife of An American Outlaw - Marc Svenvold
7. Warriors of God
8. Walking the Bible: A journey by land through the Five Books of Moses - Bruce Fieler
9. The Devil's Picnic: Around the World in Pursuit of Forbidden Fruit - Tara Grescoe
10. The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World - Jack Zipes
11. The Great Influenza - John Barry
12. Tea - Roy Moxham
13. A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire - Amy Butler Greenfield
14. Stalemate!: Great Trench Warfare Battles - J.H. Johnson
15. Triangle: the Fire that Changed America - David von Drehle
16. The Great Starvation Experiment: The Heroic Men Who Starved so That Millions Could Live - Todd Tucker
17. Fasting Girl - Michelle Stacey
18. Demon in the Waters - Gregory Gibson
19. Curse of the Narrows: The Halifax Explosion, 1917 - Laura Macdonald
20. Boy Soldiers of the Great War - Richard Van Emden
21. Treachery at Sharpnose Point: Unraveling the Mystery of the Caledonia's Final Voyage - Jeremy Seal
22. A Hanging Offense - Buckner Melton
23. The Men Who Stare at Goats - Jon Ronson
24. Out of Harm's Way - Jessica Mann
25. Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy - Diane Preston
I want to get these books read by the end of the year. It won't happen, but I'll make a good effort.