Reading List
Ah, that darned obligatory reading list that keeps getting longer and longer. The same one where books are rarely struck off because they have actually been read. Alas! What is a girl to do?
Anyway, these are the books that I am planning on reading one day. Too many of these books have been on my to-read list for years now. Eventually, I hope to get to them. Eventually. (Though in many cases I have been known to boot books off my reading list as I just loose interest in them. Alas.)
- Adams, Lisa & John Heath : Why We Read What We Read
- Alexander, Lloyd : The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain, Book 1)
- Asher, Jay : Thirteen Reasons Why
- Baldwin, David : The Lost Prince: The Survival of Richad of York
- Banks, L.A. : Minion (Book 1 of The Vampire Huntress Legend, rec’d by Penny)
- Barrowman, John & Carole E. Barrowman : Anything Goes
- Bayard, Pierre : How to Talk About Books you Haven’t Read
- Beagle, Peter : Tamsin
- Beddor, Frank : The Looking Glass Wars
- Beddor, Frank : Seeing Redd
- Berger, Josh : 100 Habits of Successful Graphic Designers : Insider Secrets from Top Designers on Working Smart and Staying Creative
- Berton, Pierre : The Secret World of Og
- Benway, Robin : Audrey, Wait!
- Black, Holly : Ironside
- Booth, Coe : Tyrell
- Bowler, Tim : Frozen Fire
- Bradbury, Ray : Something Wicked This Way Comes
- Brooks, Max : World War Z
- Brooks, Max : The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead
- Butcher, Jim : Storm Front
- Caine, Rachel : Glass Houses
- Card, Orson Scott : Magic Street (rec’d by Chris)
- Carter, Ally : Learning to Play Gin
- Cast, P.C. & Kristin Cast : Marked: A House of Night Novel
- Clarke, Andy : Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design
- Connolly, John : The Book of Lost Things
- Cowden, Tami D : The Complete Writer’s Guide to Heroes and Heroines
- Davies, Robertson - High Spirits: A Collection of Ghost Stories
- Davis, Patricia : Aromatherapy A-Z: The most comprehensive guide to aromatherapy ever published
- De Lint, Charles : The Blue Girl
- Douglass, Sara : The Betrayal of Arthur
- Enthoven, Sam : Tim, Defender of the Earth
- Faust, Minister : From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain
- Gaskell, Elizabeth : Gothic Tales
- Going, K.L. : The Garden of Eve
- Golden, Christopher : Myth Hunters
- Gray, Claudia : Evernight
- Green, John : An Abundance of Katerines
- Green, John : Looking for Alaska
- Hale, Shannon : Book of a Thousand Days
- Hambly, Barbara : Renfield: Slave of Dracula
- Henry, Shawn Lawton : Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design
- Hetley, James A. : The Summer Country
- Horowitz, Anthony : Groosham Grange
- Hubbard, Susan : The Society of S
- Jaffe, Michelle : Kitty Kitty
- James, Henry : Portrait of a Lady
- Jenkins, : A. M. Night Road
- Joyce, James : Ulysses
- Kaufman, Andrew : All My Friends are Superheroes
- Kelleher, Anne : Silver’s Edge
- Klasky, Mindy : Glasswrights Apprentice (The Glassrights’ Series, Book 1)
- Klause, Annette Curtis: Blood and Chocolate
- Kushner, Ellen : The Privilege of the Sword
- Laing, Annette : Don’t Know Where, Don’t Know When
- Levine, Gail Carson : Ella Enchanted
- Lewis, Pam : Speak Softly She Can Hear
- Lorimer, Janet : Master of Shadows
- Mailman, Erika : The Witch’s Trinity: A Novel
- Marillier, Juliet : Daughter of the Forest (rec’d by Krystal)
- Marr, Melissa : Ink Exchange
- McKinley, Robin : Beauty
- Montgomery, L.M. : At the Altar
- Montgomery, L.M. : Christmas with Anne
- Moriarty, Jaclyn : The Murder of Bindy MacKenzie (rec’d by Rach)
- Murphy, Pat : The Wild Girls
- Musk, Justine : Uninvited
- Na, An : The Fold
- Niffenegger, Audrey : The Time Traveler’s Wife
- Novik, Naomi : His Majesty’s Dragon (Temeraire saga, book 1)
- Pierce, Tamora : Trickster’s Choice (rec’d by Lisa)
- Prineas, Sarah : The Magic Thief
- Rostand, Edmond : Cyrano de Bergerac
- Rusell, Craig : Brother Grimm
- Salinger, J.D. : The Catcher in the Rye
- Schreiber, Ellen : Vampire Kisses
- Somper, Justin : Vampirates: Deams of the Ocean
- Stewart, Mary : Nine Coaches Waiting
- Twitchell, James B. : Shopping for God: How Christianity Went from In Your Heart to In Your Face
- Wells, H.G. : The Invisible Man
- Wharton, Thomas : Salamander
- White, T.H. : The Once and Future King
- Wood, Maryrose : My Life: The Musical
- Young, E.L. : Storm: The Infinity Code
- Young, E.L. : Storm: The Ghost Machine
- Zacks, Richard : The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd
- Zuehlke, Mark : For Honour’s Sake
- Zusak, Markus : The Book Thief
If you have a suggestion, I would be more than happy to add it to my list in hopes that I may eventually get there.
Hi Courtney,
My name is Annie and I saw your comment posted about New Moon taking awhile to reach Australia. You’re right. I live in Australia, too, but I had it shipped from America because I couldn’t wait :P. Just thought I’d tell you (or anyone interested) that the release date for here is Feb 2007. I have connections with bookstores, and they told me that when they’re expecting the first shipment.
I recommend:
Trickster’s Choice by Tamora Pierce
srry my computer is stupid.
i recommended trickster’s choice. it was just some random book i decided to buy and now i wouldn’t part with it. it’s about Alanna’a daughter (you don’t have to read it Alanna books to understand it)who is kidnapped and sold into slavery. The book has more to it than you would think. I LOVE Nawat!! I think it and the sequel are the best books Tamora Pierce has wrote.
I also recommend The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty. My sister recommended the book to me and i thought it was pretty good. Its about two schools that have their english classes send letters to someone in the other school. It’s predictable but a book that you can read in a few hours.
P.S. Ella Enchanted is a great book, the movie is nothing like it. the movie doesn’t deserve to have the name Ella Enchanted.
Christopher Golden is an amazing author, and he’s written for a wide variety of genres and ages. If you like fantasy/action-adventure, look into the PROWLERS quartet.
Oh my goodness! You like Lewis! AND Rowling, AND Pullman AND Bray AND Tolkien! You are officially my best friend. I really appreciate your variety of genres in your list.
I agree about Ella Enchanted, the movie WAS HORRIBLE! It actually disgusted me, seriously.
I would definately read R.A Salvatore, if not the Highwaymen, then the Forgotten Realms series - DRIZZT ROCKS MY SOCKS!
Avid readers will one day rule the world - teehee.
Or at least that’s how i’m planning MY life.
i recommend Alana the first adventure by tamora pierce. it is a very cool book. and lisa i also read tricksters choice and it was good
Hey, I love your list, a lot of those are some of my favorite books too. I wanted to reccommend Jacqueline Carey’s Kushiel series (Kushiel’s Dart, Kushiel’s Choice, Kushiel’s Avatar). They’ve got some heavy sexual stuff but the story is amazing and the characters kick ass ;-)
Also I really hope you’ve read His Dark Materials Series, also excellent, and the movie’s coming soon!
i think you should add the truth about forever by sarah dessen! she is my absolute favorite author and the book deserves to be on that list!!!
You should try Warrior Heir by Chima. I just finished reading the sequel, Wizard Heir, and am waiting for the next book, Dragon Heir!
The whole Tortall arc by Tamora Pierce is good, and HDM as well as all of Pullman’s other books are great!
I second the Warrior Heir series by Cinda Williams Chima. The released books at the moment are both wonderful. And Tamora Pierce is incredible as well. I would personally recommend some TA Barron. I’d recommend starting with the Lost Years of Merlin books.