This was the first year I actually kept track of the books I’d read. I started pre-blog, so while there is a write up for every book, they’re not all online.
It was definitely interesting to get a number on what I read. I suspect I’m capable of reading more, as I know I had several dry spells where I just wasn’t able to get any nightly reading done. I also know this list is somewhat atypical of me, because I usually do more rereading. Doing a list kept me a bit honest on reading new things (and the packed and stacked nature of half my collection helped too).
- 64. The Greener Shore – Morgan Llywelyn
- 63. Sahara – Michael Palin
- 62. Frontiers of Heaven – Stanley Stewart
- 61. King Arthur – Frank Thompson
- 60. The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye – A.S. Byatt
- 59. Strange Candy – Laurell K. Hamilton
- 58. Fluke – Christopher Moore
- 57. Watership Down – Richard Adams
- 56. Sorcery and the Single Girl – Mindy Klasky
- 55. Titus Groan – Mervyn Peake
- 54. Northanger Abbey – Jane Austen
- 53. A Good Year– Peter Mayle
- 52. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell – Susanna Clarke
- 51. Shopgirl – Steve Martin
- 50. Arthurian Romances – Chretien de Troyes
- 49. A Year in Provence – Peter Mayle
- 48. The Violet Keystone – Garth Nix (YA)
- 47. Into Battle – Garth Nix (YA)
- 46. Above the Veil – Garth Nix (YA)
- 45. In a Sunburned Country – Bill Bryson
- 44. A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories – Robin McKinley (YA)
- 43. No god but God – Reza Aslan
- 42. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J. K. Rowling (YA)
- 41. Aenir – Garth Nix (YA)
- 40. Castle – Garth Nix (YA)
- 39. The Fall – Garth Nix (YA)
- 38. The Last Green Tree – Jim Grimsley
- 37. Four Queens – Nancy Goldstone
- 36. Fortune’s Fool – Mercedes Lackey
- 35. Beggars in Spain – Nancy Cress
- 34. Yemen: The Unknown Arabia – Tim MacKintosh-Smith
- 33. Along the Inca Trail – Karin Muller
- 32. Sea of Faith: Islam and Christianity in the Medieval Mediterranean World – Stephen O’Shea
- 31. The Summer Country – James A. Hetley
- 30. Blood Trail – Tanya Huff
- 29. Blood Price – Tanya Huff
- 28. Ella Enchanted – Gail Carson Levine (YA)
- 27. Deerskin- Robin McKinley
- 26. Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Ancestors of Avalon – Diana L. Paxson
- 25. The First Five Pages – Noah Lukeman
- 24. Wolf Tower – Tanith Lee (YA)
- 23. Dreams Underfoot – Charles De Lint
- 22. Dialogue (Write Great Fiction Series) – Gloria Kempton
- 21. The Outlaws of Sherwood- Robin McKinley
- 20. Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England – William Cronon
- 19. A Taxonomy of Barnacles – Galt Niederhoffer
- 18. Snobbery – the American Version – Joseph Epstein
- 17. The Frog Prince – Jane Porter
- 16. You Suck: A Love Story – Christopher Moore
- 15. A Dirty Job – Christopher Moore
- 14. Abhorsen – Garth Nix (reread)
- 13. Lireal – Garth Nix (reread)
- 12. Sabriel – Garth Nix (reread)
- 11. It Must’ve Been Something I Ate – Jeffrey Steingarten
- 10. The Man Who Loved Jane Austen – Sally Smith O’Rourke
- 9. Eleanor of Aquitaine – Alison Weir
- 8. Native Tongues – Charles Berlitz
- 7. Girl’s Guide to Witchcraft – Mindy Klasky
- 6. The Will of the Empress – Tamora Pierce (YA)
- 5. Seasons of the Witch- Gail Duff
- 4. The Book of Lost Things – John Connolly
- 3. The Man Who Ate Everything – Jeffrey Steingarten
- 2. Rick Steve’s Europe Through the Back Door
- 1. One Good Knight – Mercedes Lackey