So I promised vaguelyalive that I’d write up a list of books I’ve read this year. I’ll also add the list of books I plan to read in the near future. Based on the post in question I’ll follow a similar format, _except_ that for the books I’ve read so far, I do not have the start and end dates so I’ll just ignore that little omission (convenient of course. For me!) So I’ll make two lists in this post – A list of books I’ve finished reading with one line/word comments, date of start, date of end and genre of course (All nicely linked to Amazon with my affiliate id of course >:) ), A list of books I intend to read (which will be crossed out as I finish reading them) Currently Reading: So without further ado, the list of books I’ve finished reading this year:
The Lost Army By Valerio Massimo ManfrediGood, a little slow but quite nicely described. Elaborate descriptions of the setting, the places mentioned in the book Start Date: 08/04/2010 End Date: 11/04/2010 Genre: Historical (Greek)mythology(?)/Adventure/War | |
Unseen Academicals (Discworld Novel) By Terry PratchettStart Date: Unknown End Date: Unknown Genre: Satire, humor | |
Jingo (Discworld Novel) By Terry PratchettStart Date: Unknown End Date: Unknown Genre: Satire, humor | |
The Fifth Elephant (Discworld Novel) By Terry PratchettStart Date: Unknown End Date: Unknown | |
Sourcery (Discworld Novel) by Terry PratchettStart Date: Unknown End Date: Unknown Genre: Satire, humor | |
Interworld by Niel Gaiman and Michael ReavesStart Date: 18/05/2010 End Date: 19/05/2010 Genre: Satire, humor | |
Small Gods (Discworld Novel) By Terry PratchettStart Date: 23/05/2010 End Date: 26/05/2010 Genre: Satire, humor | |
White Tiger by Arvind AdigaStart Date: Unknown End Date: Unknown Genre: Parody, India, Humor |
Other books I own and have read in the past:
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman (2009)
- Hyperion by Dan Simmons (1990)
- The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons (1991)
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey (1963)
- The Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett (1998)
- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (1998)
- Total Control by David Baldacci (1998)
- A Prison Diary by FF 8282 (2002)
- Inscrutable Americans by Anurag Mathur (1996)
- Three Men in a Boat, to Say Nothing of the Dog by Jerome K. Jerome (2005)
- Picture of Dorian Gray (Penguin Popular Classics) by Oscar Wilde (1994)
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1962)
- Last Song of Dusk by SiddharthDhanvantShanghvi (2006)
- Demons of Chitrakut (Ramayana S.) by Ashok Banker (2005)
- King of Ayodhya (Ramayana) by Ashok Banker (2006)
- Armies of Hanuman (Ramayana series) by Ashok K. Banker (2005)
- Siege of Mithila (Ramayana S.) by Ashok Banker (2005)
- Prince Of Ayodhya by Ashok K. Banker (2005)
- Crescent Garden by Christopher Love, S (2007)
- Face Lift by David Callinan (2006)
- Seven Ancient Wonders (Jack West Junior 1) by Matthew Reilly (2006)
- Johnny and the Bomb by Terry Pratchett (2004)
- The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett (2000)
- PYRAMIDS: THE BOOK OF GOING FORTH. A DISCWORLD NOVEL by TERRY PRATCHETT (1990)
- INTERESTING TIMES (DISCWORLD) by TERRY PRATCHETT (1995)
- Feet of clay (Discworld novel) by Terry Pratchett (1997)
- Monstrous Regiment (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett (2004)
- Thud! (Discworld Novels) by Terry Pratchett (2006)
- Prelude to Foundation (Foundation Novels) by Isaac Asimov (1989)
- Foundation (Foundation Novels) by Isaac Asimov (1991)
- Foundation and Empire (Foundation Novels) by Isaac Asimov (1991)
- Forward the Foundation (Foundation Novels) by Isaac Asimov (1994)
- Second Foundation (Foundation Novels) by Isaac Asimov (1991)
- Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov (1987)
- Foundations Edge by Isaac Asimov (1994)
- The Discworld Graphic Novels: The Colour of Magic & The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett (2008)
- A Lifetime of Secrets: A PostSecret Book by Frank Warren (2007)
- InterWorld by Neil Gaiman (2007)
And with even lesser ado, the list of books that I own and plan to read in the near future (In no particular order):
- Paths of Glory by Jeffrey Archer (2009)
- The Argumentative Indian : Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity by Amartya Sen (2006)
- The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons (1998)
- The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger (1979)
- Red Earth and Pouring Rain (Faber Fiction Classics) by Vikram Chandra (2001)
- Hotel by Arthur Hailey (2000)
- Don Quixote (Penguin Classics) by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra (2003)
- MirrorMask by Neil Gaiman (2005)
- Isaac Asimov’s science fiction treasury by Isaac Asimov (1980)
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Tor Classics) by Jules Verne (1995)
- THE GLASS PALACE by Amitav Ghosh (2000)
- Lord of the Rings, the by J. R. R. Tolkien (1996)
- Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country (Star Trek) by J.M. Dillard (1992)
- Crossroad (Star Trek, Book 71) by Barbara Hambly (1994)
- Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home by McIntyre (1986)
- Crooked Little Vein: A Novel by Warren Ellis (2007)
- The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps by Otto Penzler (2007)
And lastly, the books that I don’t own but plan to read in the near future:
- The Grapes of Wrath By John Steinbeck
- Smoke and Mirrors By Neil Gaiman
- The Savage Detectives – Roberto Bolano
- The Changeling By Kate Horseley
- The Reader By Bernhard Schlink
- The Book Theif by Markus Zusak
- The Immortals of Meluha by Amish Tripathi
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Dude, you seriously put in way more effort than I did, what with the pictures and all.
It is actually quite easy.. Using Amazon to generate the code and just paste it.. I am actually planning to create a image-map of all the book covers of the books that I own and paste it somewhere :D
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Some books I’ve read and liked.
Frederick Forsyth – Avenger, The Afghan.
Nicholas Sparks – A Walk To Remember, The Notebook.
All the Dan Brown and Harry Potter series books :)
I loved Forsyth’s Fist of God. It remains, to this day, one of my favorite action-thrillers.
I’ve read all the Harry Potters but only read the Da Vinci code by Dan Brown which I hate with a vengeance. I just don’t read Dan Brown period :D
Nicholas Sparks, I’ve heard of but never read unfortunately. Perhaps in the near future :)