Books
I like to read. I do not read as much as I like. I am reminded of that quote "Too many books, not enough time." This is a complete list of books I've read since November 2003 - December 2012..
BOOKS I READ
(AND REMEMBERED TO WRITE DOWN)
From the Ruins of the Reich: Germany 1945-1949 Douglas Botting November 23, 2003
The memory of running Ron McLarty 2/10/05
Wicked Gregory Maguire June 24, 2005
The Preservationist (Noah) or The Flood David Maine August 2005
book about the black death May 2005
Freakonomics Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner August 18, 2005
Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors Jenny Nimmo August 23, 2005
The golem's eye Stroud, Jonathan. September 3, 2005
Eldest Paolini, Christopher September 17, 2005
The Scorpion’s Gate Clarke, Richard A. November 1, 2005
The Fire Within Chris d’Lacey November 14, 2005
Son of a Witch Gregory Maguire December 14, 2005
Collapse Jared Diamon January 6, 2006
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Mark Haddon January 6, 2006
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Ptolemy’s Gate Jonathan Stroud February 17, 2006
The Devil in the White City Erik Larson March 22, 2006
The Trans-Siberian Express Stuart M. Kaminsy March 30, 2006
Oh What a Slaughter Larry McMurtry April 5, 2006
His Excellency (tape) March 2006
Portuguese Irregular Verbs (tape) Alexander McCall Smith March 2006
The Pro Mike Shropshire April 26, 2006
The Great Fire Shirley Hazzard June 2006
Children of the Lamp P.B. Krrr June 23, 2006
Learning by Heart (school) Roland S. Barth June 21, 2006
Fallen David Maine August 2006
Seasons in Hell Mike Shropshire August 2006
Golfing with God Roland Merullo August 2006
SilverFin Charlie Higson August 17, 2006
Rash Pee Hautman August 27, 2006
Bleachers (tape) John Grisham September 7, 2006
The Time Traveler’s Wife Audrey Nifenegger October 9, 2006
The Crack at the Edge of the World (audio) Simon Winchester October 17, 2006
The March E.L. Doctorow October 18, 2006
Manhunt James L. Swanson November 3, 2006
The Man Who Flew the Memphis Bell Col. Robert Morgan (the pilot) November 11, 2006
Charlie Bone and the Hidden King Jenny Nimmo November 23, 2006
A close Run Things (most of) listened to Allan Mallinson November 27, 2006
The Alchemist Paulo Coelbo December 8, 2006
Blizzard, the Storm that Changed America - CD Jim Murphy December 11, 2006
How to Talk so Kids Will Listen & Listen so Kids Will Talk CD Adele Farer & Elaine Mazlish 12/17/06
Fiasco Thomas E. Ricks 12/27/06
Odd Thomas (66%) CD Dean Koontz 12/30/06
A Certain Slant of Light CD Laura Whitcomb 1/17/07
The Brief History of the Dead CD Kevin Brockmeier 1/24/07
Guns, Germs and Steel Jared Diamond 2/15/07
Team of Rivals CD (#36) Doris Kearns Goodwin 3/21/07
Commonwealth of Thieves (CD) Thomas Keneally 4/27/07
Sea of Thunder CD Evan Thomas 5/16/07
The Ladies of Grace Adieu CD Suanna Clarke 6/3/07
Book of Lost Books Stuart Kelly 6/15/07
The Mercy of Thin Air Ronlyn Domingue 6/27/07
Charlie Bone and the Beast Jenny Nimmo July 2007
Lest Darkness Fall L. Sprague DeCamp July 2007
To Bring the Light David Drake July 2007
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J.K. Rowling August 1, 2007
Mysteries of the Middles Ages Thomas Cahill August 10, 2007
The Children of Hurin (didn’t finish-too bad) J.R.R. Tolkien August 18, 2007
How the Irish Saved Civilization Thomas Cahill August 24, 2007
Three Bags Full Leonie Swann September 6, 2007
Children of the Lamp: The Cobra King of Kathmandu P.B. Kerr September 18, 2007
Ty and the Babe Tom Stanton September 24, 2007
The Dead Beat Marilyn Johnson October 9, 2007
The Devil Wears Prada (cd) Laren Weis October 22, 2007
Pontoon Garrison Keillor October 28, 2007
Wind, Sand and Stars Antoine de Saint Exupery November 12, 2007
It’s All Too Much Peter Walsh November 19, 2007
Pirates, Predators of the Seas Angus Konstam November 27, 2007
The World Without Us Alan Weisman November 28, 2007
The Society of S Susan Hubbard December 3, 2007
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union (CD) Michael Chabon December 22, 2007
The Dangerous Book for Boys Hal Iggulden January 21, 2008
Arabian Sands Wilfred Thesiger January 22, 2008
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar (cd) Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein January 25, 2008
Writing Your Own Plays Carol Korty January 29, 2008
The Ruby in the Smoke (cd) Phillip Pullman January 30,. 2008
A War to be Won Williamson Murray & Allan R. Millett long time ago, but the best WWII analysis I’ve read
Einstein in 90 Minutes it only took me 30 minutes] Mary Bribbin February 12, 2008
Fooled by Randomness Nassim Nicholas Taleb February 15, 2008
The Black Swan (CD) Nassim Nicholas Taleb February 17, 2008
Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things Cy Tymony February 2008
The Darwin Awards, Survival of the Fittest Wendy Northcutt February 29, 2008
Into the Wild Jon Krakauer March 3, 2008
Post Secret (Compiled by) Frank Warren March 13, 2008
Book of Unforgettable Journeys, Great Writers on Great Places Various - collection of stories March 14, 2008
Earth Then and Now, Amazing Images of Our Changing World Fred Pearce March 14, 2008
The Portable Obituary Michael Largo April 1, 2008
Porn for Women Cambridge Women's Pornography Cooperative and Susan Anderson April 22, 2008
Fire in the Blood Irene Nemirovsky April 23, 2008
100 Dogs Who Changed Civilization: History's Most Influential Canines Sam Stall April 29, 2008
Now and Forever Ray Bradbury May 1, 2008
The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick May 17, 2008
The Secret Lives of Men and Women Frank Warren, compiled by May 17, 2008
Sir Gawain & the Green Knight Michael Morpurgo May 2, 200
50 Facts that should Change the World Jessica Williamsm May 30, 2008
In the Courts of the Crimson Kings S.M. Stirling June 9, 2008
Out Stealing Horses Per Petterson June 14, 2008
The Daring Book for Girls Miriam Peskowitz June 25, 2008
Gentlemen of the Road (I read 90% not very good) Michael Chabon June 26, 2008
The Stuff of Thought (CD) Steven Pinker June 25, 2008
Finding Nouf Zoë Ferraris July 23, 2008
Mistress of the Art of Death (CD) Ariana Franklin July 24, 2008
Beyond the Glue Event Horizon Frederik Pohl July 25, 2008
Grace the Pirate Kathryn Lasky July 28, 2008
Good Poems (stopped p253 finish later) Garrison Keillor July 29, 2008
Walk Two Moons (CD) Sharon Creech August 7, 2008
The Year of Living Biblically A.J. Jacobs August 16, 2008
Late Bloomers Brendan Gill August 16, 2008
eBay for Dummies Marsha Collier August 19, 2008
The Dangerous Book for Dogs Rex and Sparky August 28, 2008
Playing for Pizza (CD) John Grisham September 13, 2008
The Man in the Picture Susan Hill November 10, 2008
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Simon Armitage December 5, 2008
41 books in 2008
Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency Barton Gellman January 2, 2009
The Intellectual Devotional David S. Kidder & Noah D.Oppenheim January 5, 2009
Envisioning Information Edward R. Tufte January 27, 2009
The Suburban World: The Norling Photos Brad Zellar January 27, 2009
The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls (Sherlock Holmes) John R. King March 4, 2009
Coyote v. Acme Ian Frazier March 18, 2009
Miracle at St. Anna (cd) James McBride March 21, 2009
Smithsonian Guide to Historic America: The Carolinas and the Appalachian States Patricia Hudson and Sandra L. Ballard
The Way Through Doors Jesse Ball March 26, 2009
The Civility Solution: What to do when people are rude P.M. Forni April 27, 2009
The Little Book Selden Edwards April 28, 2009
A Corpse in the Koryo James Church May 18, 2009
Vengeance cd Stuart Kaminiski May 31, 2009
Outliers Malcolm Gladwell June 7, 2009
Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You Sam Gosling June 20, 2009
The Intellectual Devotional: Modern Culture David Kidder and Noah Oppenheim July 1, 2009
The Latehomecomer Kao Kalia Yang July 21, 2009
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows August 7, 2009
The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman August 25, 2009
Not Quite What I Was Planning Rachel Fershleiser & Larry Smith editors August 25, 2009
Vicksburg 1863 Winston Groom September 1, 2009
The Artist’s Way Julie Cameron October 13, 2009
The Golden Compass (CD) Phillip Pullman October 13, 2009
The Sandman Preludes Nocturnes: Vol 1 Neil Gainman October 15, 2009
PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death, and God Frank Warren October 25, 2009
Savvy ingrid Law October 28, 2009
The Looking Glass Wars Frank Beddor November 23, 2009
The End of Mr. YI Scarlett Thomas December 11, 2009
The Places in Between Rory Stewart January 7, 2010
Odd Man Out: A year on the Mound with a Minor League Misfit Mattt McCarthy January 15, 2010
I, Robot Isaac Asimov January 23, 2010
Masterpiece Comics R. Sikoryak January 26, 2010
Odd and the Frost Giants Neil Gaiman January 26, 2010
The Big Burn Timothy Egan February 11, 2010
Newton and the Counterfeiter Thomas Levenson March 1, 2010
The Commoner John Burnham Schwartz March 21, 2010
The Box Richard Matheson March 23, 2010
Hunger Games Suzanne Collins March 27, 2010
Catching Fire Suaznne Collins April 24, 2010
Silk Road to Ruin Ted Rall May 11, 2010
The Big Short Michael Lewis June 15, 2010
Medicus: a novel of the Roman Empire Ruth Downie June 2010
Percy Jackson and the Olympians : the lightning thief Rick Riordan June 2010
Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters Rick Riordan June 2010
Percy Jackson: The Titan's Curse Rick Riordan June 2010
Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth Rick Riordan June 2010
Terra incognita : a novel of the Roman Empire Ruth Downie June 2010
Quantico Greg Bear July 5, 2010
Percy Jackson: The Last Olympian Rick Riordan July 10, 2010
Persona Non Grata Ruth Downie August 1, 2010
Devil May Care (CD) Sebastian Faulks, writing as Ian Flemming August 15, 2010
Younger Next Year Chris Crowley & Henry S. Lodge November 29, 2010
Gangleader for a Day Sudhir Venkatesh October 29, 2010
The Travels Marco Polo December 23, 2010
The Intellectual Devotional: Health David S. Kidder & Noah D. Openheim December 31, 2010
Atlantic Simon Winchester January 23, 2011
Speak Up: Responding to Everyday Bigotry Brian Willoughby January 3, 2011
Scoop Evelyn Waugh February 10, 2011
The Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain Barbara Strauch February 26, 2011
Zeitoun Dave Eggers March 29, 2011
The Rise and Fall of the Bible: The unexpected history of an accidental book Timothy Beal April 27, 2011
A Game of Thrones George R. Martin June 6, 2011
A Princess of Mars (audio) Edgar Rice Burroughs August 5, 2011
The Good Soldiers David Finkel August 14, 2011
The Magicians (CD) Lev Grossman August 22, 2011
Laughing Gas (CD) P.G. Wodehouse September 14, 2011
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson September 29, 2011
Railroaded Richard White October 13, 2011
Off the Beaten Path Dave Marrandette October 18, 2011
Buried Treasures: Uncovering Secrets of the Past Stephane Compoint October 18, 2011
The Intellectual Devotional: Biographies David S. Kidder & Noah D. Oppenheim November 16, 2011
The Chronicles of Harris Burdic Chris Van Allsburg, and others December 20, 2011
Berserker Kill Fred Sabaerhagen December 29, 2011
The Help (CD) Kathryn Stockett December 31, 2011
Poem in Your Pocket Selected by Elaine Bleakney December 31, 2011
The Girl Who Played with Fire Stieg Larsson January 13, 2012
Secret Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 of the World’s Best Hidden Travel Gems National Geographic Travelers January 19, 2012
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest Steig Larsson January 26, 2012
The Magician King (CD) Lev Grosssman January 29, 2012
The Freedom Writers Diary Eric Grunell January 29, 2012
The Reader (CD) Bernhard Schlink February 3, 2012
Bagger Vance Steven Pressfield February 24, 2012
Water for Elephants Sara Gruen March 13, 2012
True Grit Charles Portis March 16, 2012
Shop Class as Soulcraft Matthew B. Crawford March 22, 2012
Mirage Matt Ruff March 29, 2012
The City Clifford D. Simak May 8, 2012
American Gods Neil Gaiman May 16, 2012
Out of Oz Gregory Maguire June 1, 2012
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Bad book) Michael Dibdin June 21, 2012
The Grace of Silence Michele Norris July 2, 2012
The Prince of Mist (CD) Carlos Ruiz Zafon July 16, 2012
Genghis: Birth of an Empire Conn Iggulden August 17, 2012
The Precious Moment Spencer Johnson August 19, 2012
The Keeper of Lost Causes (CD) [driving to Oregon & back] Jussi Adler-Olsen September 17, 2012
Dog On It (CD) Spencer Quinn September 18, 2012
The Grey King (CD) Susan Cooper September 19, 2012
Assassination Vacation (CD) Sarah Vowell September 20, 2012
From Fields to Fairways: Classic Golf Clubs of Minnesota Rick Shefchik October 19, 2012
The Dog Stars Peter Heller October 19, 2012
Great Classic Stories: 22 Unabridged classics (CDs) October 26, 2012
Dark Demon (CD) Christine Feehan November 30, 2012
12-21 Dustin Thomason 1/8/13
Then Everything Changed Jeff Greenfield 3/20/13
1493 Charles C. Mann 3/29/13
Hercule Poriot in Murder on the Links (CD) Agatha Christie 5/5/13
Captain Swing and the Electronic Pirates of Cindery Island Raulo Caceres 6/15/13
The Maltese Falcon (CD) Dashiel Hammett July 6, 2013
The Tinker (CD) Paul Harding July 8, 2013
The Design of Everyday Things Donald A Norman July 12, 2013
Spade and Archer Joe Gores July 17, 2013
Pompeii (CD) Robert Harris August 3, 2013
The Ring of Solomon Jonathan Stroud August 27, 2013
Prague Fatale Phillip Kerr October 3, 2013
Cain Jose Saramago October 26, 2103
The Book of Samson David Maine October 26, 2103
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Washington Irvin October 19, 2013
The One from the Other Philip Kerr November 1, 2013
A Quiet Flame Philip Kerr November 30, 2013
Dead Meat Philip Kerr January 1, 2014
The Kill Artis Daniel Silva January 18, 2014
Death at Venice Donna Leon January 28, 2014
Fore! Gone. Joe Bissen January 30, 2014
A Crack in the Edge of the World (CD) Simon Winchester February 14, 2014
The Boys in the Boat (CD) Daniel James Brown February 27, 2014
Divergence Veronica Roth March 8, 2014
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine (CD) Sally M Walker March 18, 2014
QB1 (CD) Mike Lupica March 15, 2014
Corduroy Mansions (cd) Alexander McCall Smith March 30, 2014
Cool Tools (children’s book) Alison Auch April 1, 2014
A Kid’s Guide to Graphic Design Chip Kidd April 13, 2014
Journey into the Past Stefan Zweig April 23, 2014
The Dog Who Came in From the Cold (CD) Alexander McCall Smith May 14, 20
My Name is Memory (CD) Ann Brashare June 20, 2014
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (CD) Ransom Riggs July 19, 2014
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 (CD) Christopher Paul Curtis July 22, 2014
Hollow City Ransom Riggs August 17, 2014
Killing Floor Lee Child August 11, 2014
The Magician's Land Lev Grossman August 22, 2014
Slan A.E. Van Gogt September 1, 2014
The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman September 10, 2014
A Day No Pigs Would Die Robert Newton Peck September 24, 2014
A Man Without Breath (CD) Phillip Kerr November 7, 2014
The Martian Any Weir November 9, 2014
The Highland Clans Alistair Moffat December 2, 2014
Never Eat Alone Keith Ferrazzi November 27, 2014
Faithful and Victorious Night Louise Gluck December 13, 2014
Shakespeare’s Sonnets William Shakespeare December 21, 2014
The Stars Are My Destination Alfred Bester January 20, 2015
Wild Cheryl Strayed February 20, 2015
The Dirty Streets of Heaven Tad Williams March 6, 2015
Coffee With Jesus David Wilkie March 7, 2015
Sleeping Late in on Judgement Day Tad Williams April 2, 2015
The Man of the Forest CD Zane Grey June 21, 2015
Trials of Rumpole CD John Mortimer June 25, 2015
Trigger Warning Neil Gaiman July 19, 2015
In the Stacks: Short Stories about Libraries and Librarians Michael Cart September 30, 2015
Measuring America* Andro Linklater October 15, 2015
Good Omens Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett December 4, 2015
Library of souls Ransom Riggs December 19, 2015
the life-changing magic of Tidying up marie kondo January 18, 2016
The Three-Body Problem Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu January 21, 2016
Decluttering Your Home Geralin Thomas January 25, 2016
The Dark Forest Cixin Liu February 16, 2016
Rick Steves' Ireland 2014 Rick Steves April 8, 2016
The girl in the spider's web David Lagercrantz April 1, 2016
Fodor's Ireland. April 8, 2016
Top 10 Dublin 2015 Polly Phillimore & Andrew Sanger April 8, 2016
Back Roads Ireland (Eyewitness Travel Back Roads) DK April 8, 2016
Frommer's Ireland Frommer April 8, 2016
Go Set a Watchman (CD) Harper Lee May 12, 2016
Uprooted Naomi Dovik May 23, 2016
Binti Nnedi Okorafor May 26, 2016
Orange is the New Black (CD) Piper Kerman June 23, 2016
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption(CD) Laura Hillenbrand July 10, 2016
The Moor’s Account Laila Lalami September 14, 2016
Without Fail (CD) Lee Child September 19, 2016
The Devils of Cardona Matthew Carr October 6, 2016
While Mortals Sleep CD Kurt Vonnegut October 11, 2016
Our Souls at Night CD
pretty darn sad story Ken Haruf October 18, 2016
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much CD Allison Hoover Bartlett October 28, 2016
Two Old Women Velma Wallis November 3, 2016
Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894 Daniel James Brown November 8, 2016
When Breath Becomes Air CD Paul Kalanithi November 27, 2016
A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman December 19, 2016
Destinations of a LifeTime National Geographic January 4, 2017
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World Adam Grant January 11, 2017
hen to Rob a Bank (CD) Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner January 13, 2017
Greatest Landscapes National Geographic March 15, 2017
Wicked River, The Mississippi (CD) Lee Sandlin March 17, 2017
Hitler’s Furies (CD) Wendy Lower March 30, 2017
Canoeing with the Cree (CD) Eric Sevareid April 2, 2017
Maisie Dobbs (CD) Jacqueline Winspear April 15, 2017
The Odyssey Homer May 9, 2017
Dark Matter (CD) Blake Crouch May 13, 2017
Explorers' Sketchbooks: The Art of Discovery & Adventure Huw Lewis-Jones August 17, 2017
Hypothermia (CD) Arnaldur Indridason September 5, 2017
Life’s Wisdoms Jim Mishek September 22, 2017
In Patagonia Bruce Chatwin October 3, 2017
Nerve Damage (CD) Peter Abrahams October 15, 2017
The Collapsing Empire John Schalzi October 28, 2017
Human Origins John S Compton November 13, 2017
Dust Phillip Pullman November 28, 2017
Refrigerator Monologues Catherine M Valente December 21, 2017
Clock Work Dynasty Daniel H Wilson December 21, 2017
Wright Brothers (CD) David McCullough December 22, 2017
2018
American Assassin (CD) Vince Flynn January 13, 2018
Wool Hugh Howey January 19, 2018
Wishful Drinking Carrie Fisher January 20, 2018
The Shadow District Arnaldur Indridason March 2, 2018
Annihilation Jeff Vandermeer March 5, 2018
Operation Napoleon Arnaldur Indridason March 28, 2018
Greeks Bearing Gifts: Bernie Gunther Philip Kerr April 27, 2018
Shanghai City Guide Insight Guides April 27, 2018
The Gental Art of Swedish Death Cleaning Margaret Magnusson May 17, 2018
The Thin Man (CD) Dashiell Hammett June 1, 2018
the Fix (CD) David Baldacci June 5, 2018
Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon Mark Di Vincenzo June 6, 2018
The Shadow of Tim (CD) H.P. Lovecraft June 10, 2018
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye (CD) David Lagergrantz June 21, 2018
The Intellectual Devotional, American History David S Kidder and Noah D Oppenheim June 30, 2018
On Grand Strategy John Lewis Gaddis July 18, 2018 did not finish; restart at page 113