What I’m reading…
Books are great. They take you into worlds that you’d never otherwise visit, show you sights that you wouldn’t ever dream of until someone takes you by the hand and says “Look”. Books can make you laugh, make you cry, make you angry, inform you. Within their pages there are millions of stories, billions of characters just waiting for you to discover them.
If you don’t read, then I feel sorry for you, because you’re missing out on so much. Not only all the magic contained within the pages, but also the pages themselves. As physical objects, books offer a tactile, sensual experience that can’t be matched by TV or the internet. Don’t be one of those people that says “Oh yeah, I saw that movie”, be one of those people that says “Oh yeah, I loved that book”.
I’ve been keeping this list for a little while now – since about the middle of 2007 – and it’s getting quite long, so for 2009 I’ve undertaken a little bit of an update. I’ve split the books into years (at least roughly – not sure exactly where the split came between 2007 and 2008) and have split this year into months. The most recent stuff is always at the top, and the top-most book is either the one that I’m currently reading or the one that I have just finished.
In addition to that, I’ve also added Amazon links to some of the titles (I hope to get time to go back and do them all over the next little while) so that you can go and buy them if you want to, and where possible I’ve also started adding links to the authors official websites. I say “where possible” because I haven’t been able to find official sites for all of them (I don’t want to just link to their Wikipedia entry or the author entry on their publisher’s website); any that are missing that you know, please drop me a line and let me know.
That’s about it; why are you still reading this page? Go and read a book! You’ll be glad you did.
July 2009
088 : The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett
Author websites: Terry Pratchett
June 2009
087 : Roots by Alex Haley
I’ve been unable to locate an official site for Alex Haley
May 2009
086 : The Ghosts of Sleath by James Herbert
085 : Dead Air by Iain Banks
Author websites: Iain Banks : James Herbert
April 2009
084 : Executioner’s Song by Norman Mailer
I’ve been unable to locate an official site for Norman Mailer
March 2009
083 : A Most Wanted Man by John le Carre
Author websites: John le Carre
February 2009
082 : Fatal Revenant by Stephen Donaldson
081 : Dead Aim by Iris Johansen
080 : The Associate by John Grisham
079 : D Is For Deadbeat by Sue Grafton
Author websites: Sue Grafton : John Grisham : Iris Johansen : Stephen Donaldson
January 2009
078 : Dead Right by Peter Robinson
077 : Back From The Dead by Chris Petit
076 : Dead Cert by Dick Francis
075 : The Dead of Jericho by Colin Dexter
074 : Dead Simple by Peter James
Author websites: Peter Robinson : Dick Francis : Peter James
I’ve been unable to locate official sites for Chris Petit or Colin Dexter
2008
073 : The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde
072 : First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde
071 : Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
070 : Well Of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
069 : Lost In A Good Book by Jasper Fforde
068 : The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
067 : Waiting For Godalming by Robert Rankin
066 : Witches Of Chiswick by Robert Rankin
065 : Website Story by Robert Rankin
064 : Knees Up, Mother Earth by Robert Rankin
063 : Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
062 : Backwards (A Red Dwarf Novel) by Rob Grant
061 : Last Human (A Red Dwarf Novel) by Doug Naylor
060 : The Damnation Game by Clive Barker
059 : Floating Dragon by Peter Straub
058 : Mystery by Peter Straub
057 : The Throat by Peter Straub
056 : White Knight (Dresden Files 9) by Jim Butcher
055 : Proven Guilty (Dresden Files 8 ) by Jim Butcher
054 : Dead Beat (Dresden Files 7) by Jim Butcher
053 : Blood Rites (Dresden Files 6) by Jim Butcher
052 : Death Masks (Dresden Files 5) by Jim Butcher
051 : Summer Knight (Dresden Files 4) by Jim Butcher
050 : Grave Peril (Dresden Files 3) by Jim Butcher
049 : The Long Way Down by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman
048 : Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
047 : The Saint and Mr Teal by Leslie Charteris
046 : Fool Moon (Dresden Files 2) by Jim Butcher
045 : Storm Front (Dresden Files 1) by Jim Butcher
044 : Dead Zone by Stephen King
043 : Lost In A Good Book by Japser Fforde
042 : The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde
041 : A Long December by Donald Harstad
040 : The Business by Iain Banks
039 : Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
038 : Frankie Howerd: Stand-Up Comic by Graham McCann
037 : Blaze by Stephen King
036 : Charles Hawtrey: The Man Who Was Private Widdle by Roger Lewis
035 : Mr X by Peter Straub
034 : Abarat 2: Days of Magic, Nights of War by Clive Barker
033 : Abarat by Clive Barker
028 : The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (5 books)
2007 (Second Half)
027 : Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift
026 : Around The World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
025 : White Night by Jim Butcher
024 : The Appeal by John Grisham
023 : The Runes of the Earth by Stephen Donaldson
022 : The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde
021 : Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
020 : Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse by Robert Rankin
019 : Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
018 : Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
014 : ..according to Spike Milligan by Spike Milligan (4 books)
013 : Moby Dick by Herman Melville
012 : The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
011 : A Long December by Donald Harstad
010 : You’ll Never Eat Lunch In This Town Again by Julia Phillips
009 : The Big Thaw by Donald Harstad
008 : Which Lie Did I Tell? More Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman
007 : Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman
006 : Playing for Pizza by John Grisham
005 : The Princess Bride by William Goldman
004 : The Moon’s A Balloon by David Niven
003 : Bring On The Empty Horses by David Niven
002 : Houses without Doors by Peter Straub
001 : Slow Burn By Don Oakley (my review of this weighty tome is here)
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