June 21, 2009
Why is this page here? I thought it would be helpful for me to keep track of my reading habits. (Too much junk? Too serious?) Plus, I find it easier to remember a book if I write even a short review.
This list was begun over Labor Day weekend, 2003 and contains no mention of anything I read before August 25 of that year.
Hearn, Lian. Tales of the Otori.
Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Akunin, Boris. The Death of Achilles.
Baker, Kevin. Sometimes You See It Coming.
Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451.
Brown, Dan. Angels & Demons.
Brown, Dan. Digital Fortress.
Burdett, John. Bangkok 8.
Caldwell, Ian. Thomason, Dustin. The Rule of Four.
Carter, Stephen. The Emperor of Ocean Park.
Chabon, Michael. Gentlemen of the Road.
Chandler, Raymond. The Big Sleep.
Chesterton, G. K.. The Man Who was Thursday.
Coetzee, J.M.. Disgrace.
Davis, Lindsey. The Accusers.
Davis, Lindsey. Ode to a Banker.
Deford, Frank. The Entitled.
Dietrich, William. Napoleon’s Pyramids.
Doctorow, E. L.. The March.
Dumas, Alexandre. The Count of Monte Cristo.
Dunning, John. The Bookman’s Promise.
Fasman, Jon. The Geographer’s Library.
Funke, Cornelia. The Thief Lord.
Gaiman, Neil. American Gods.
Gaiman, Neil. Stardust.
Gruen, Sara. Water for Elephants.
Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
Hurne, Ralph. The Yellow Jersey.
Jones, Edward. The Known World.
Keneally, Thomas. A River Town.
Lewis, C. S.. The Chronicles of Narnia.
Lupica, Mike. Wild Pitch.
McDevitt, Jack. A Talent for War.
Murakami, Haruki. Sputnik Sweetheart.
O'Brian, Patrick. Master and Commander.
Pessl, Marisha. Special Topics in Calamity Physics.
Shaara, Michael. The Killer Angels.
Silva, Daniel. The English Assassin.
Smith, Alexander. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.
Wangerin, Walter. The Book of the Dun Cow.
White, Robin. Typhoon.
Atkinson, Rick. An Army at Dawn.
Bailyn, Bernard. To Begin the World Anew.
Bernstein, William. The Four Pillars of Investing.
Bernstein, R.. Thomas Jefferson.
Bishop, Patrick. Fighter Boys.
Cantor, Norman. In the Wake of the Plague.
Chesterton, G. K.. Saint Thomas Aquinas.
Culley, Travis. The Immortal Class.
Dicker, John. The United States of Wal-Mart.
Ehrenreich, Barbara. Nickel and Dimed.
Euchner, Charles. The Last Nine Innings.
Fallows, James. Blind Into Baghdad.
Feinstein, John. The Last Amateurs.
Franken, Al. Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them.
Garland, David. 1 Corinthians.
Gleick, James. Isaac Newton.
Goodall, Jane. Through a Window.
Halberstam, David. The Amateurs.
Halberstam, David. The Education of a Coach.
Holland, Tom. Rubicon.
Hynes, Samuel. Flights of Passage.
Kernan, Alvin. The Unknown Battle of Midway.
Lamb, Linda. Robbins, Arnold. Learning the vi Editor.
Leavy, Jane. Sandy Koufax.
Limoncelli, Thomas. Hogan, Christine. The Practice of System and Network Administration.
Murphy, Austin. Saturday Rules.
Roberts, Andrew. Waterloo.
Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation.
Schweikher, Erich. Diamond, Paul. Cycling’s Greatest Misadventures.
Shrady, Nicholas. Tilt.
Smith, William. Midway.
Spector, Ronald. Eagle Against the Sun.
Thomas, Helen. Thanks for the Memories, Mr. President.
Tidwell, Doug. XSLT.
Toobin, Jeffrey. Too Close to Call.
Walther, Carl. The Proper Distinction Between Law and Gospel.