'READ 100 BOOKS IN 2011' - Book Lists

[bluelion]

01: The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oskar Wilde (eng.) kindle
02: Das Buch der Illusionen - Paul Auster (de) kindle
03: Der Menschenmacher - Cody McFadyen (de) kindle
04: Leises Gift - Greg Isles (de) paper
05: Der alte Mann und das Meer - Ernest Hemingway (de) kindle
06: Erbarmen - Jussi Adler-Olsen (de) kindle
07: Schändung - Jussi Adler-Olsen (de) kindle
08: Erlösung - Jussi Adler-Olsen (de) kindle
09: Die Chirurgin - Tess Gerritsen (de) kindle
10: Der Meister - Tess Gerritsen (de) paper

...

[jbcohen]

I recently read the Picture of Dorian Gray from Amazon, was rather disappointed as I was expecting something a bit more focused on the painting.

[Traciinaz]

I got started late on this challenge but I'm planning on reading as many as I can this year. So far I have:

1. Her Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
2. Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
3. The Hunger Games by Susanne Collins
4. Catching Fire by Susanne Collins
5. Mockingjay by Susanne Collins
6. The Gunslinger by Stephen King
7. Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
8. Full Dark No Stars by Stephen King
9. The Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

[Xanthe]

Originally Posted by covingtoncat73

Nobody answered me yet as to whether audiobooks and/or graphic novels count. I'll delete these if they don't, though I will be woefully behind, my attn. span is terrible these days. The ones I have finished, I can reccomend, because I have not listed the books or audiobooks that I have started then abandoned because they didn't capture me...

I'm counting my audiobooks. Heck, it takes longer to listen to some of them than it would if I read the printed story.

[rpmazur]

Ok. So, I actually read 1 book before finding this forum. I'm listing the book, the author and the platform, since I have just about every eReader app for the iPhone.

001 His Robot Girlfriend Wesley Austin (Kobo)
002 The Power of a Whisper Bill Hybels (Kindle)
003 Dreamland:Retribution Dale Brown (Real book)
004 Plan of Attack Dale Brown (Real book)
005 Dracula Bram Stoker (Kobo)
006 The Simple Faith of Mister Rogers Amy Hollingsworth (Real Book)
007 Mars Confidential Howard Brown (ePub on Stanza)
008 The Caves of Steel Issac Asimov (Real Book)
009 War of the Worlds H. G. Wells (ePub on Stanza)
010 Starship Troopers Robert A. Heinlein (ePub on Stanza)
011 Along Came a Spider James Patterson (ePub on Stanza)
012 Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad, #1) David Eddings (ePub)
013 Queen of Sorcery (The Belgariad #2) David Eddings (ePub)
014 Magician's Gambit (The Belgariad #3) David Eddings (ePub)
015 Castle of Wizardry (The Belgariad #4) David Eddings (ePub)]
016 Enchanter's Endgame (The Belgariad #5) David Eddings (ePub)
017 Precipice (Lost Tribe of the Sith #1) John Jackson Miller (ePub)
018 Skyborn (Lost Tribe of the Sith #2) John Jackson Miller (ePub)
019 Paragon (Lost Tribe of the Sith #3) John Jackson Miller (ePub)
020 Saviour (Lost Tribe of the Sith #4) John Jackson Miller (ePub)
021 Purgatory (Lost Tribe of the Sith #5) John Jackson Miller (ePub)
022 Sentinel (Lost Tribe of the Sith #6) John Jackson Miller (ePub)
023 Pantheon (Lost Tribe of the Sith #7) John Jackson Miller (ePub)
024 Kiss the Girls James Patterson (ePub)
025 Dreamland Dale Brown (Real book)
026 The Positronic Man Isaac Asimov (ePub)
027 Red Planet Robert A. Heinlein (ePub)
028 The Running Man Richard Bachman (aka Stephen King, ePub)
029 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Phillip Dick (ePub)
030 The Minority Report Phillip Dick (ePub)
031 Dune Frank Herbert (ePub)

[HomeInMyShoes]

There's a list on GoodReads as well

52 books read. Pretty good for someone that usually reads about 20 titles a year.

My read of the year is Catherynne M. Valente’s The Orphan’s Tales: In the Night Garden. This was a wonderful read. I had a hard time believing it was so good because I had very high expectations for the book based on what I had read about it. It exceeded all those expectations. I’m not sure Catherynne’s writing would work with all types of fiction, but in these interwoven folktales, it is a perfect match. A must read for anyone who loves folktales. I’m confident in saying this three months prior to the end of the year, because it is that good.

If you have kids you should read Playful Parenting which has been the most practical and useful parenting book I've read. I'll also add that if you find searching on the Web frustrating or have any interests in how we categorize and find things then you should read Ambient Findability. Finally, I'm giving huge accolades to Steven Galloway's The Cellist of Sarajevo. Just a wonderful read. Oh well, happy reading and hopefully next year I can manage half as much reading as I did this year. Thanks to e-books and to the MobileRead forums for all the entertainment.

The Chronomological List of Books

Spoiler:

1. 8p.p Howard Kunstler, The Geography of Nowhere (non-fiction)
2. 6p.p David Weinberger, Everything is Miscellaneous (non-fiction)
3. 9p.p Peter Morville, Ambient Findability (non-fiction)
4. 7p.p Peter Morville & Louis Rosenfeld, Information Architecture for the WWW (non-fiction)
5. 8e.g H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds (science fiction)
6. 5e.a Terry Brooks, The Scions of Shannara (fantasy)
7. 8p.p Douglas Coupland, Generation A (fiction)
8. 6e.a Terry Brooks, The Druid of Shannara (fantasy)
9. 6e.g H.G. Wells, The Time Machine
10. 6e.a Terry Brooks, The Elf Queen of Shannara (fantasy)
11. 5e.a Terry Brooks, The Talismans of Shannara (fantasy)
12. 9p.p Lawrence J. Cohen, Playful Parenting (non-fiction)
13. 6e.g Jules Verne, A Journey to the Center of the Earth (science fiction)
14. 8e.g Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis (fiction, short)
15: 3e.g Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (fiction)
16. 1e.g Jules Verne, Around the World in 80 Days (fiction)
17. 7e.a Terry Pratchett, Thud! (fantasy)
18. 6p.p Stephen James & David Thomas, Wild Things (non-fiction)
19. 4e.a Bill Allen, How to Slay a Dragon (fantasy)
20. 7e.a Scarlett Thomas, Our Tragic Universe (fiction)
21. 7e.o Natsume Soseki, Kokoro (fiction)
22. 7e.a Stanley Elkin, The Franchiser (fiction)
23. 6e.a Mo Yan, Life and Death are Wearing Me Out (fiction)
24. 7e.a Leslie Haskin, Escape from the World Trade Center (non-fiction, short)
25. 7e.g James Joyce, Ulysses (fiction)
26. 5e.a David P. Clarke, Germs, Genes and Civilization (non-fiction)
27. 6e.a Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan (science fiction)
28. 6p.l Robert van Gulik, The Chinese Maze Murders (fiction)
29. 8p.p Steve Krug, Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (non-fiction)
30. 7e.g H.G. Wells, The Island of Dr. Moreau (fiction)
31. 9p.p Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (fantasy)
32. 5p.p Gary Chapman, The Five Love Languages (non-fiction)
33. 5e.g H.G. Wells, Tono-Bungay (fiction)
34. 9p.p Catherynne M. Valente, The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden (fantasy)
35. 7p.l Neil Gaiman, Coraline (fantasy, short)
36. 7p.l Yann Martel, What is Stephen Harper Reading? (non-fiction)
37. 7p.l Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book (fantasy)
38. 9p.l Steven Galloway, The Cellist of Sarajevo (fiction)
39. 6p.l Neil Gaiman, M is for Magic (fantasy)
40. 7p.p Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (fiction)
41. 7e.g Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (fiction, short)
42. 5e.g Natsume Soseki, Botchan (fiction)
43. 8p.l Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (fantasy)
44. 5p.l Edward Riche, The Nine Planets (fiction)
45. 7p.l Haruki Murakami, Sputnick Sweetheart (fiction)
46. 6e.g Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (fiction)
47. 5e.a Chris Priestley, Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror (fiction)
48. 7e.g Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary (fiction)
49. 2p.p Jeanne Duprau, The Prophet of Yonwood (fiction)
50. 6e.a Stanley Elkin, The Dick Gibson Show (fiction)
51. 7e.g Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol (fiction)
52. 6e.g Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land that Time Forgot (fantasy)

Rating and Abbreviation Guide

Spoiler:

The arbitrary rating system:
9 Kill your neighbours to get a copy of this book.
8 Drive to your bookstore. NOW!
7 Definitely pick this up.
6 Pretty reasonable.
5 An option if you're stuck in the airport with no Internet access.
4 Meh.
3 I could have had a V8!
2 I can't believe the ink stuck to the paper.
1 Give your neighbours a copy in hopes of killing them.

Legend:
e.a electronic purchase from Amazon 28.6%
e.g electronic download from Project Gutenberg 26.5%
e.o electronic download from other site 2.0%
p.l a paper book borrowed from the library 18.4%
p.p a paper book purchased from a store 24.5%

[rpmazur]

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

1.
13. Stephen James & David Thomas, Wild Things: (non-fiction)
14. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (fiction)
15. Jules Verne, A Journey to the Center of the Earth (science fiction)

Just wondering why you didn't like 13-15 (all of which are on the "to-read" list)

[HomeInMyShoes]

^oh, the emoticon means currently reading so I don't know what the rating will be.

I stole the emoticon idea from someone who attributed it to someone else and someone else, but I can't find the original source.

[TallMomof2]

1. A Quick Bite - Lynsay Sands 384 pages - These books are like candy, sweet and go fast.
2. Love Bites - Lynsay Sands 384 pages
3. Single, White Vampire - Lynsay Sands 369 pages
4. Tall, Dark, and Hungry - Lynsay Sands 384 pages
5. Bite to Remember - Lynsay Sands 384 pages
6. Accidental Vampire - Lynsay Sands 384 pages
7. Vampires are Forever - Lynsay Sands 384 pages
8. Vampire, Interrupted - Lynsay Sands 384 pages
9. Rogue Hunter - Lynsay Sands 384 pages
10. Immortal Hunter - Lynsay Sands 368 pages
11. Renegade Hunter - Lynsay Sands 384 pages
12. Bitten by Cupid - Lynsay Sands 384 pages
13. Born to Bite - Lynsay Sands 384 pages - Finished the series
14. On Basilisk Station - David Weber 464 pages - Honor Harrington series, very enjoyable first book
15. The Honor of the Queen - David Weber 464 pages
16. Short Victorious War - David Weber 416 pages
17. Field of Dishonor - David Weber 416 pages
18. Flag in Exile - David Weber 480 pages
19. Honor Among Enemies - David Weber 544 pages
20. In Enemy Hands - David Weber 544 pages
21. Echoes of Honor - David Weber 736 pages
22. Ashes of Honor - David Weber 672 pages
23. War of Honor - David Weber 976 pages
24. Crown of Slaves - David Weber 720 pages
25. Shadow of Saganami - David Weber 960
26.- 29. Four short romance novels - 800 pages
30. Dark Prince - Christine Feehan 496 pages
31. Dark Desire - Christine Feehan 369 pages
32. Dark Gold - Christine Feehan 334 pages
33. Dark Magic - Christine Feehan 358 pages
34. Dark Fire - Christine Feehan 390 pages
35. Dark Legend - Christine Feehan 382 pages
36. Dark Guardian - Christine Feehan 369 pages
37. Dark Destiny - Christine Feehan 383 pages
38. Dark Melody - Christine Feehan 374 pages
39. Dark Symphony - Christine Feehan 352 pages
40. Dark Secret - Christine Feehan 400 pages
41. Dark Demon - Christine Feehan 560 pages
42. Dark Curse - Christine Feehan 464 pages
43. Dark Slayer - Christine Feehan 416 pages
44. Dark Peril - Christine Feehan 400 pages
45. Dark Hunger - Christine Feehan 208 pages
46. Dark Possession - Christine Feehan 368 pages
47. Dark Celebration - Christine Feehan 384 pages
48. Dark Challenge - Christine Feehan 368 pages
49. Dark Dreamers - Christine Feehan 342 pages
50. Warrior (Blades of the Rose) - Zoe Archer 370 pages VERY GOOD BOOK
51. Scoundrel (The Blades of the Rose) - Zoe Archer 320 pages VERY GOOD BOOK
52. Stranger (The Blades of the Rose) - Zoe Archer 370 pages VERY GOOD BOOK
53. Rebel (The Blades of the Rose) - Zoe Archer 370 pages VERY GOOD BOOK
54. The Last Werewolf - Glen Duncan 304 pages EXCELLENT BOOK!

54 books, 22,604 pages

[rpmazur]

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

^oh, the emoticon means currently reading so I don't know what the rating will be.

I stole the emoticon idea from someone who attributed it to someone else and someone else, but I can't find the original source.

No problem! Just thought it meant a bad review.....and I'm going to steal the idea from you if you don't mind.....

[eimaan.11]

Originally Posted by Rakgi

This is my list so far. I don't really care about page count as I feel if it's a book and I've read it then it goes on the list.

1) New Term at Malory Towers by Pamela Cox Finished 6/1/11
2) Summer Term at Malory Towers by Pamela Cox Finished 9/1/11
3) Polgara the Sorceress by David Eddings Finished 10/1/11
4) The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card Finished 14/1/11
5) Winter Term at Malory Towers by Pamela Cox Finished 15/1/11
6) Fun and Games at Malory Towers by Pamela Cox Finished 18/1/11
7) The Last Vampire by Christopher Pike Finished 18/1/11
8) Switched by Amanda Hocking Finished 20/1/11
9) The Last Vampire 2 Black Blood by Christopher Pike Finished 23/1/11
10) The Last Vampire 3 Red Dice by Christopher Pike Finished 25/1/11
11) The Last Vampire 4 Phantom by Christopher Pike Finished 26/1/11
12) The Last Vampire 5 Evil Thirst by Christopher Pike Finished 28/1/11
13) The Last Vampire 6 Creature of Forever by Christopher Pike Finished 30/1/11
14) The Last Vampire 7 (Thirst bk 3) The Eternal Dawn by Christopher Pike Finished 3/2/11
15) The Crown Conspiracy by Michael J. Sullivan Finished 5/2/11
16) Secrets at Malory Towers by Pamela Cox Finished 10/2/11
17) Goodbye Malory Towers by Pamela Cox Finished 12/2/1118) The Fortunes of Phillipa by Angela Brazil Finished 13/2/11
19) Inside Out by Maria V Snyder Finished 7/3/11
20) Outside In by Maria V Snyder Finished 9/3/11
21) Tortall and Other Lands by Tamora Pierce Finished sometime in mid March
22) A Mage in the Making by Alastair J. Archibald Finished 25/3/11
23) The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss Finished 27/3/11
24) Jhereg by Steven Brust Finished 6/4/11
25) Yendi by Steven Brust Finished 9/4/11
26) Enclave by Ann Aguirre Finished 15/4/11
27) The Limit by Kristen Landon Finished 26/4/11
28) Across the Universe by Beth Revis Finished 26/4/11
29) Glass Houses by Rachel Caine Finished 6/5/11
30) Divergent by Veronica Roth Finished 10/5/11
31) Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix Finished 20/5/11
32) Heaven to Wudang by Kylie Chan Finished 28/5/11
33) Ill Wind by Rachel Caine Finished 10/6/11
34) Heat Stroke by Rachel Caine Finished 11/6/11
35) Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill Finished 14/6/11
36) Friday Night Bites by Chloe Neill Finished 22/6/11
37) Twice Bitten by Chloe Neill Finished 25/6/11
38) Hard Bitten by Chloe Neill Finished 1/7/11
39) Hounded by Kevin Hearne Finished 6/7/11
40) Firespell by Chloe Neill Finished 8/7/11
41) HexBound by Chloe Neill Finished 12/7/11
42) The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer Finished 16/7/1
43) The Case of the Left-Handed Lady by Nancy Springer Finished 18/7/11
44) The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets by Nancy Springer Finished 20/7/11
45) A Long, Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan Finished 26/7/11
46) The Beekeepers Apprentice by Laurie R King Finished 29/7/11
47) A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R King Finished 5/8/11

I want to read Good Bye Malory Towers urgently !!! How do I ?

[Rakgi]

Originally Posted by eimaan.11

I want to read Good Bye Malory Towers urgently !!! How do I ?

I don't have this as an ebook just have a physical copy of it, I just ordered it in from my closest bookstore (Angus and Robertson in my case) only took about two weeks or so for me to get it.

[Lizzie in Ma]

Having a great deal of fun this year on this challenge.
Keeping a page up on my blog.
http://www.aworkinprogress.net/2010/...challenge.html

Also have a Goodreads shelf going.
http://www.goodreads.com/user_challe...allenge_widget

[PChmura]

1)Storm Front
2) Fool Moon
3) Grave Peril
4) Summer Knight
5) Death Masks
6) Blood Rites
7) Dead Beat
8 Proven Guilty
9) White Night
10) Small Favor
11) Turn Coat
12) Changes
13) Ghost Story
14) Side Jobs
15) Dead Witch Walking
16) the Good, the Bad, and the Undead
17) How to Flirt With a Naked Werewolf
18) Infected
19) Something From the Night Side
20) Teaching Content Outrageously
21) Teach Like a Champion
22) The Name of the Wind
23) Wise Man's Fear
24) Feed
25) Deadline
26) Touch the Dark
27) Claimed by Shadow
28) One For the Money
29) Unshapely Things
30) Rebooting the American Dream
31) Screwed
32) Threshold
33) Shaken
34) Guardian Angel
35) Toxic Talk
36) The Way of Kings
37) Mistborn
38) Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
39) Spinning
40) Carved in Bone
41) Strange Neighbors
42) Armageddon Science
43) The Dark Triology
44) A Very Special Delivery
45) Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight
46) Scent of Desire
47) Flesh Eaters
48) How Sex Works
49) Will Catholics be Left Behind?
50) Zombies Episodes 1-10
51) Hounded
52) Hexed
53) Hammered
54) The death and Life of the American School System
55) See Me After Class

[wandalynn]

I didn't join the challenge because I didn't think (and still don't) that I would read anywhere near 100 books in a year. But I've enjoyed reading everyone's list and thought I'd post what I've read at this point:

Spoiler:

ebooks

1. Under the Dome by Stephen King
2. Boomerang by Alan Hutcheson
3. I’m a Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson
4. A Game of Thrones by George R.R.Martin
5. The Shop on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber
6. The Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters
7. Co. Aytch: A Memoir of the Civil War by Sam Watkins
8. The Storm Front by Jim Butcher
9. BlueBeard: A Novel by Kurt Vonnegut
10. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
11. Buddha by Deepak Chopra
12. Tale of Despereaux by Kate Decamillo
13. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
14. Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
15. M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman
16. Nowhere to Run by C.J.Box
17. The Spark by Chris Downie
18. Moonlight Mile by Dennis LeHane
19. Wordcatcher by Phil Cousineau and Greg Chadwick
20. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café by Fannie Flag
21. Little Bird of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates
22. True Grit by Charles Portis
23. Last Wish by Eoin Colfer
24. Be Different by John Elder Robison
25. Ireland by Frank Delaney
26. The Dispossessed by Ursula LeGuin
27. Being in Balance: 9 Principles by Wayne Dyer
28. Black Dogs by Ian McEwan
29. Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCam1llo
30. Annabel by Kathleen Winter
31. The King of Lies by John Hart
32. Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
33. Approaching Oblivion by Harlan Ellison
34. A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
35. The Living End by Stanley Elkin
36. Dreamsongs, Vol. 1 by George R.R. Martin
37. Soft Appocalypse by Will McIntosh
38. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
39. The Bridge to Terrabitha by Katherine Patterson
40. The Likeness by Tana French
41. Solar by Ian McEwan
42. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
43. The Faithful Place bt Tana French
44. Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure by Matthew Algeo
45. Savage Run by C.J. Box
46. Autobiography of a Fat Bride by Laurie Notaro
47. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
48. Mansfield Park by Jane Mansfield
49. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham


Paperbooks

1. The Sea by John Banville
2. ‘A’ is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
3. Shiloh by Shelby Foote
4. My Jane Austen Summer by Cindy Jones
5. The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin
6. ‘B’ is for Burglar by Sue Grafton

Audiobooks

1. Freedom by Jonathan Franzen read by David LeDoux
2. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
3. The Witch’s Guide to Cooking with Children by Keith McGowen read
4. Juliet by Anne Fortier read by Cassandra Campbell
5. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell read by Linda Stephens
6. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith
7. Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief by James McPherson
8. Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
9. City of Thieves by David Benioff read by Ron Perlman
10. War Dances by Sherman Alexie read by Author
11. Testimony by Anita Shreve read by various
12. My Reading Life by Pat Conroy read by Author
13. John Adams by David McCullough read by Author
14. The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Anita Pickard read by Tavia
15. My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor read by Author
16. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck read by Gary Sinese

The list includes audiobooks, btw.