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Here is a list of books I have read (by month):

2022

April

• Charles Portis. True Grit

March

• Malcolm Gladwell and Bruce Headlam. Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon

2021 (8)

September

• Vince Flynn. Enemy at the Gates

June

• Frederick Forsyth. The Day of the Jackal

May

• Dashiell Hammett. The Maltese Falcon

April

• Raymond Chandler. The Big Sleep

March

• Ken Follett. Hornet Flight

• Michael Blake. Dances with Wolves

February

• Cal Newport. So Good They Can't Ignore You

January

• Cal Newport. Deep Work

2020 (19)

December

• Herman Wouk. The Caine Mutiny

November

• Daniel Silva. The English Assassin

• Agatha Christie. Death on the Nile

October

• J.D. Vance. Hillbilly Elegy

• Richard Feynman. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

• Vince Flynn. Total Power

• Daniel Silva. The Unlikely Spy

September

• Michael Chabon. The Final Solution

• Daniel Silva. The Kill Artist

August

• Lucinda Hawksley. The Real Sherlock

• Robert Galbraith. Career of Evil

July

• Marie Benedict. Agent 355

• Charles Martin. Long Way Gone

• Robert Galbraith. The Silkworm

June

• Robert Galbraith. The Cuckoo's Calling

April/May

• Ken Follett. The Pillars of the Earth

March

• Agatha Christie. And Then There Were None

February

• Tom Wolfe. The Right Stuff

January

• Mario Puzo. The Godfather

2019 (16)

December

• Kyle Mills and Vince Flynn. Lethal Agent

November

• Nelson DeMille & Alex DeMille. The Deserter

October

• Bill Bryson. A Walk in the Woods

May

• David Baldacci. Bullseye

• David Baldacci. The Hit.

April

• John Scalzi. The Dispatcher

• Carl Hiaasen. Bad Monkey

• David Baldacci. The Innocent.

March

• Ben Coes. Bloody Sunday.

• Ben Coes. Shooting Gallery.

• Ben Coes. Trap the Devil.

February

• Ian Fleming. Casino Royale.

• Ben Coes. First Strike.

• Ben Coes. Independence Day.

January

• Ben Coes. Eye for an Eye.

• Ben Coes. The Last Refuge.

2018 (5)

December

• Ben Coes. Coup d'Etat.

• Ben Coes. Power Down.

November

• Nelson Demille. The Cuban Affair.

• Malcolm Gladwell. Outliers: The Story of Success.

October

• Kyle Mills & Vince Flynn. Red War.

2017 (11)

October

• Dan Brown. Origin.

• Herman Wouk. War and Remembrance.

September

• Kyle Mills & Vince Flynn. Enemy of the State.

June

• Shai Cherry. Introduction to Judaism (Great Courses lecture series).

• Herman Wouk. The Winds of War.

May

• Dave Ramsey and Rachel Cruze. Smart Money Smart Kids: Raising the Next Generation to Win with Money.

• Vince Flynn. Order to Kill.

• Vince Flynn. The Survivor.

• Vince Flynn. The Last Man.

April

• Mark Greaney. The Gray Man.

March

• Scott Carney. What Doesn't Kill Us.

2016 (7)

December

• Edward Dolnick. The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, The Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World

• Frank McCourt. Angela's Ashes.

• Pat Conroy. The Prince of Tides.

November

• Ron Chernow. Alexander Hamilton.

October

• David McCullough. John Adams.

September

• Truman Capote Breakfast at Tiffany's.

August

• Robert Penn Warren All the King's Men.

2012 (4)

April

• Kurt Gilliland and Royce Montgomery Anatomists and Eponyms: The Spirit of Anatomy Past.

• Vince Flynn Kill Shot.

March

• Bill O'Reilly Killing Lincoln.

• George F. Sheldon, M.D. Hugh Williamson: Physician, Patriot, and Founding Father.

2011 (2)

June

• Raymond Chandler Farewell, My Lovely.

• Rosecrans Baldwin You Lost Me There.

2010 (35)

December

• Vince Flynn American Assassin.

July

• J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

• Rebecca Skloot The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

• Tom Clancy The Cardinal of the Kremlin.

• David Baldacci Saving Faith.

June

• Carl Hiaasen Tourist Season.

• George Carlin Napalm and Silly Putty.

May

• Christopher Buckley Thank You for Smoking.

• Dexter Filkins The Forever War.

April

• Carl Hiaasen Double Whammy.

• Nathaniel West The Day of the Locust.

• William Shakespeare Macbeth.

• Christopher Buckley The White House Mess .

• James M. Cain The Postman Always Rings Twice.

• Vladimir Nabokov Lolita.

• C.S. Lewis The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.

• James Joyce A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

March

• William Faulkner The Sound and the Fury.

• Aldous Huxley Brave New World.

• Thornton Wilder The Bridge of San Luis Rey.

• James Dickey Deliverance.

• Raymond Chandler The Big Sleep.

• Vince Flynn Pursuit of Honor.

February

• Joseph Heller Catch-22.

• Mark Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

• Dashieel Hammett The Maltese Falcon.

• Mark Twain The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

January

• William Golding Lord of the Flies.

• Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness.

• Zora Neale Hurston Their Eyes Were Watching God.

• John Knowles A Separate Peace.

• Tim Dorsey Florida Roadkill.

• Steven M. Forman Boca Knights.

• Cormac McCarthy The Road.

• Carl Hiaasen Skin Tight.

2009 (39)

December

• Tim Dorsey Cadillac Beach.

• William Goldman Marathon Man.

• Lawrence Goldstone The Anatomy of Deception.

November

• John Grisham The King of Torts.

• Brad Thor The Lions of Lucerne.

• Agatha Christie Cat Among the Pigeons.

• David Baldacci Absolute Power.

October

• David Baldacci The Whole Truth.

• Michael J. Collins, M.D. Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs: The Making of a Surgeon.

• Carl Hiaasen Native Tounge.

September

• Dan Brown The Lost Symbol.

• David Baldacci Divine Justice.

• Michael Palmer The Fifth Vial.

• Richard P. Feynman "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!".

August

• David Baldacci Stone Cold.

• Michael Palmer Extreme Measures.

• Charles R. Morris The Surgeons: Life and Death in a Top Heart Center.

July

• Michael Palmer The First Patient.

• Sandeep Jauhar, M.D. Intern: A Doctor's Initiation.

June

• John Grisham. The Street Lawyer.

May

• Douglas Adams. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

• Carl Hiaasen. Lucky You.

• Garrison Keillor. The Book of Guys.

• Michael Chabon. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.

April

• Truman Capote. In Cold Blood.

March

• Carl Hiaasen. Basket Case.

• Gregory McDonald. Fletch Won.

• Carl Hiaasen. Nature Girl.

• Gregory McDonald. Fletch.

• Carl Hiaasen. Strip Tease.

• Carl Hiaasen. Skinny Dip.

• David Baldacci. The Collectors.

February

• Bill O'Reilly. A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity.

• Vince Flynn. Extreme Measures.

• David Baldacci. The Camel Club.

January

• Vince Flynn. Protect and Defend.

• Vince Flynn. Act of Treason.

• Vince Flynn. Memorial Day.

• Vince Flynn. Term Limits.

2008 (28)

August

• Michael Shaara. The Killer Angels.

• Vince Flynn. Separation of Power.

• Vince Flynn. The Third Option.

July

• Michael Crichton. Rising Sun.

• Vince Flynn. Transfer of Power.

• David Baldacci. Simple Genius.

• Harlan Coben. The Woods.

• Michael Ruhlman. Walk on Water: The Miracle of Saving Children's Lives.

June

• Agatha Christie. The Murder on the Links.

May

• Sherwin B. Nuland, M.D. Doctors: The History of Scientific Medicine Revealed Through Biography.

April

• Vince Flynn. Consent to Kill.

• Cdr. Richard Jadick. On Call in Hell: A Doctor&apos s Iraq War Story.

• F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby.

• Nelson DeMille. Wild Fire.

• Stephen King. Carrie.

• Agatha Christie. The Mysterious Affair at Styles.

• Tom Clancy. Patriot Games.

• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Valley of Fear.

March

• Bill O'Reilly. Those Who Trespass.

• Michael Chabon. The Yiddish Policemen&apos s Union.

• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Hound of the Baskervilles.

• Agatha Christie. Murder on the Orient Express.

February

• Jerome Groopman, M.D. How Doctors Think.

• Thomas Harris. Black Sunday.

• Larry McMurtry. Lonesome Dove.

January

• Oscar Wilde. The Picture of Dorian Gray.

• Cormac McCarthy. No Country For Old Men.

• Michael Chabon. The Final Solution.

2007 (30)

December

• G-d. Genesis.

• David McCullough. 1776. Simon & Schuster, 2006.

• Richard Preston. The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story. Anchor, 1999.

• Khaled Hosseini. The Kite Runner. Riverhead Trade, 2004.

November

• Marcus Luttrell. Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 . Little, Brown and Company, 2007.

• Marvin Grody, M.D. Rx for Happiness: An OB/GYN's Story . Lombard Press, 2007.

September

• John Steinbeck. The Pearl. Bantam Books, 1964.

• Chaim Potok. The Chosen. Ballantine Books, 1996.

• Bernard Malamud. The Fixer. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004.

• Nelson DeMille. Night Fall. Warner Books, 2004.

• Nelson DeMille. The Lion's Game. Warner Books, 2002.

August

• Nelson DeMille. The Gold Coast . Warner Books, 1990.

• Michael J. Collins. Hot Lights, Cold Steel: Life, Death and Sleepless Nights in a Surgeon's First Years . St. Martin's Griffin, 2006.

• J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Scholastic, 1999.

July

• Leon Uris. The Angry Hills. Bantam Books, 12th Edition, 1979.

• Emily R. Transue. On Call: A Doctor's Days and Nights in Residency. St. Martin's Press, 2004.

• J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Arthur A. Levine Books, 1999.

• J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Scholastic, 1998.

• Atul Gawande. Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance. Metropolitan Books, 2007.

• Peter Benchley. Jaws. Random House, 2005.

June

• Jeffery Deavers. The Cold Moon. Pocket Star, 2007.

• Nelson DeMille. Plum Island. Warner Books, 1997.

• Atul Gawande. Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science. Picador, 2003.

• J.D. Salinger. The Catcher in the Rye. Little, Brown & Company, 1991.

• Frederick Forsyth. The ODESSA File. Viking Press, 1972.

May

• Nelson DeMille. The General's Daughter. Warner Books, 1992.

• Dan Brown. Deception Point. Pocket, 2002.

• Tom Clancy. The Hunt for Red October. Naval Institute Press, 1984.

January

• Ernest Hemingway. The Sun Also Rises. Scribner, 1954.

• S. King. The Green Mile: The Complete Serial Novel. Scribner, 2000.

Other books read by Clayton (prior to 2007)

• John Grisham. The Client

• John Grisham. The Firm

• John Grisham. A Time To Kill

• John Grisham. The Chamber

• John Grisham. The Pelican Brief

• Thomas Harris. The Silence of the Lambs

• Thomas Harris. Red Dragon

• Thomas Harris. Hannibal

• Thomas Harris. Hannibal Rising

• Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird