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2014
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(Man, I did dump a lot of books this year. Cleaned out six or seven boxes of boos for donation.)
The Foundation, Isaac Asimov
Spells: Spellcraft To Bring Magic To Your Life And Reality To your Desires, 2000, Matthew Green
The Hypochondriac’s Guide to Life, and Death, 1998, Gene Weingarten
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2013
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(I did a terrible job tracking this year! But this was also a year in which I didn’t finish a lot of books. I spent tons of time cleaning out of my library of books I frankly wasn’t ever going to read.)
One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich
Watership Down, Richard Adams
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2012
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Candid, Voltaire (most)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle
–A Scandal in Bohemia
–The Red-Headed League
–A Case of Identity
–The Boscombe Valley Mystery
–The Five Orange Pips
–The Man with the Twisted Lip
–The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
–The Adventure of the Speckled Band
–The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb
–The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
–The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
–The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
The Time Machine, H.G. Wells,
Mockingjay, Susan Collins
Catching Fire, Susan Collins
The Hunger Games, Susan Collins
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2011
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(I did a terrible job tracking this year! But this was also a year in which I didn’t finish a lot of books. I spent tons of time cleaning out of my library of books I frankly wasn’t ever going to read. I also got sucked into reading fan fiction, which is a fascinating experience, but I didn’t track the stories.)
Around the World in Eighty Days, Jules Verne (1873).
The Phantom of the Opera, Gaston Leroux (1910).
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2010
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The Thirty-Nine Steps, John Buchan (1915).
The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson (1959).
2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke (1968).
The Crawling Chaos, HP Lovecraft
The Descendant
The Doom That Came to Sarnath
The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath
The Evil Clergyman
The Horror at Martin’s Beach
The Horror at Red Hook
The Hound
The Lurking Fear
The Moon Bog
The Music of Erich Zann
The Other Gods
The Outsider
The Picture in the House
The Quest of Iranon
The Rates in the Walls
The Shunned House
The Silver Key
The Statement of Randolph Carter
The Strange High House in the Mist
The Street
The Temple
The Terrible Old Man
The Thing on the Doorstep
The Tomb
The Transition of Juan Romero
The Tree
The Unnamable
The White Ship
Through the Gates of the Silver Key
What the Moon Brings
Polaris
The Very Old Folk
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2009
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The Cats of Ulthar, HP Lovecraft (1920).
The Book, HP Lovecraft (1938).
The Beast in the Cave, HP Lovecraft (1918).
The Alchemist, HP Lovecraft (1916).
Poetry and the Gods, HP Lovecraft and Anna Helen Crofts (1920).
Pickman’s Model, HP Lovecraft (1927).
Nyarlathotep, HP Lovecraft (1920).
Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1969).
A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole (1980).
Prince of Chaos, Amber Chronicles Book 10, Roger Zelazny (1991).
Knight of Shadows, Amber Chronicles Book 9, Roger Zelazny (1989).
Sign of Chaos, Amber Chronicles Book 8, Roger Zelazny (1987).
Blood of Amber, Amber Chronicles Book 7, Roger Zelazny (1986).
Trumps of Doom, Amber Chronicles Book 6, Roger Zelazny (1985).
The Courts of Chaos, Amber Chronicles Book 5, Roger Zelazny (1978).
The Hand of Oberon, Amber Chronicles Book 4, Roger Zelazny (1976).
Sign of the Unicorn, Amber Chronicles Book 3, Roger Zelazny (1975).
The Guns of Avalon, Amber Chronicles Book 2, Roger Zelazny (1972).
Nine Princes in Amber, Amber Chronicles Book 1, Roger Zelazny (1970).
The Dragon Waiting, John M. Ford (1983).
Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay, Annie Proulx, Larry McMurtry, and Diana Ossana (2005)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne (1870).
Grimm’s Household Stories (Children’s and Fairy Tales), The Brothers Grimm (1812).
Memory, HP Lovecraft (1919).
Medusa’s Coil, HP Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop (1930).
In the Vault, HP Lovecraft (1925).
Imprisoned with the Pharaohs, HP Lovecraft and Harry Houdini (1924).
Hypnos, HP Lovecraft (1923).
Herbert West: Reanimator, HP Lovecraft (1922).
He, HP Lovecraft (1926).
From Beyond, HP Lovecraft (1934).
The Bride’s Baby, Liz Fielding (2008).
Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family, HP Lovecraft (1921).
Ex Oblivione, HP Lovecraft (1921).
Dagon, HP Lovecraft (1919).
The Return of the King, JRR Tolkien (1955).
The Two Towers, JRR Tolkien (1954).
It’s OK If You’re Clueless and 23 More Tips for the College Bound, Terry McMillan (2006).
The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lords of the Rings Part 1, JRR Tolkien (1954).
The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien (1937).
Free-Range Chickens, Simon Rich (2008).
Suze Orman’s 2009 Action Plan: Keeping Your Money Safe & Sound, Suze Orman (2009).
Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny, Suze Orman (2007).
The Difference: How Anyone Can Prosper in Even the Toughest Times, Jean Chatzky (2009).
Cool Air, HP Lovecraft (1926).
Celephais, HP Lovecraft (1920).
Beyond the Wall of Sleep, HP Lovecraft (1919).
Azathoth, HP Lovecraft (1922).
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, HP Lovecraft (1927).
Mountains of Madness, HP Lovecraft (1931)
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2008
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Ardenh’s World, Empire of the East Book 3, Fred Saberhagen (1973)
The Black Mountains, Empire of the East Book 2, Fred Saberhagen (1971)
The Broken Lands, Empire of the East Book 1, Fred Saberhagen (1968)
The Shadow Out of Time, HP Lovecraft (1935)
The Shadow Over Innsmouth, HP Lovecraft (1931)
The Haunter of the Dark, HP Lovecraft (1935)
Dreams in the Witch-House, HP Lovecraft (1932)
The Whisperer in Darkness, HP Lovecraft (1930)
The Dunwich Horror, HP Lovecraft (1928)
The Call of Cthulhu, HP Lovecraft (1926)
The Colour Out of Space, HP Lovecraft (1927)
The Festival, HP Lovecraft (1923)
The Nameless City, HP Lovecraft (1921)
Rats, Lice and History, Hans Zinsser (1934).
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz (2007).
On Gold Mountain, Lisa See (1995).
The Scholastic Culture of the Middle Ages, 1000-1300, John W. Baldwin (1971).
Nothing’s Sacred, Louis Black (2006).
Empire Falls, Richard Russo (2001).
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2007
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SC Bryce 