Reading

Here are the books I’ve read in the last few years…

Books read in 2005

This is quite the list! I know my face was in a book pretty often, just ask Dave, but this list of books read is pretty good. It’s fun looking back over it. If I counted right, there are 95 entries here. Some of them are repeats, but I read those books more than once. I figured it was only right to list them every time I read them. Books read in January are at the top of the list; those read in December at the bottom.

By Craig Shaw Gardner

  • A Malady of Magicks
  • A Multitude of Monsters
  • A Night in the Netherhells

By David Eddings
The Belgariad:

  • Pawn of Prophecy
  • Queen of Sorcery
  • Magician’s Gambit
  • Castle of Wizardry
  • Enchanters’ End Game

The Malloreon:

  • Guardians of the West
  • King of the Murgos
  • Demon Lord of Karanda
  • Sorceress of Darshiva
  • The Seeress of Kell

Stitch in Snow
by Anne McCaffrey

The Eye of the Heron
by Ursula K. LeGuin

The Dragon and the George
by Gordon R. Dickson

By Elizabeth Moon
The Deed of Paksenarion

  • Sheepfarmer’s Daughter
  • Divided Allegiance
  • Oath of Gold

By J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the…

  • Sorcerer’s Stone
  • Chamber of Secrets
  • Prisoner of Azkaban
  • Goblet of Fire
  • Order of the Phoenix

A Place of Hiding
by Elizabeth George

By Elizabeth Peters
Amelia Peabody Mysteries

  • Crocodile on the Sandbank
  • The Curse of the Pharaohs
  • The Mummy Case
  • The Lion in the Valley
  • The Deeds of the Disturber
  • The Last Camel Died at Noon

Some Buried Caesar
by Rex Stout

Elizabeth Peters
Amelia Peabody Mysteries

  • The Snake, the Crocodile & the Dog
  • The Hippopotamus Pool
  • Seeing a Large Cat
  • The Ape Who Guards the Balance
  • The Falcon at the Portal
  • He Shall Thunder in the Sky
  • Lord of the Silent
  • The Golden One
  • Children of the Storm
  • Guardian of the Horizon

Hot Six
by Janet Evanovich

The Daughters of Cain
by Colin Dexter
The Serpent on the Crown
by Elizabeth Peters

A Year in Provence
by Peter Mayle

I know. I just read it.
Well, I just read it again.
He Shall Thunder in the Sky
by Elizabeth Peters

Her Majesty’s Wizard
by Christopher Stasheff

Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince
by J.K. Rowling
I read it twice in a row

David Eddings
The Belgariad

  • Pawn of Prophecy
  • Queen of Sorcery
  • Magician’s Gambit
  • Castle of Wizardry
  • Enchanters’ End Game

The Malloreon

  • Guardians of the West
  • King of the Murgos
  • Demon Lord of Karanda
  • Sorceress of Darshiva
  • The Seeress of Kell

A World Called Camelot
by Arthur H. Landis

Anything Can Happen
by George and Helen Waite Papashvily

by Mercedes Lackey
Books of the Last Herald-Mage

  • Magic’s Pawn
  • Magic’s Promise
  • Magic’s Price

By the Sword
by Mercedes Lackey

by Mercedes Lackey
Vows and Honor

  • Oathbound
  • Oathbreaker

Odds on Miss Seeton
by Heron Carvic

by Anne Perry
Inspector Thomas Pitt mysteries

  • The Cater Street Hangman
  • Callander Square
  • Paragon Walk

by Mercedes Lackey
The Mage Winds

  • Winds of Fate
  • Winds of Change
  • Winds of Fury

The Malacia Tapestry
by Brian Aldiss

by Anne McCaffrey
The Dragonriders of Pern

  • Dragonflight
  • Dragonquest
  • The White Dragon

by Anne McCaffrey
The Harper Hall of Pern

  • Dragonsong
  • Dragonsinger
  • Dragondrums

Renegades of Pern
by Anne McCaffrey

All the Weyrs of Pern
by Anne McCaffrey

“B” is for Burglar
by Sue Grafton

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
by Douglas Adams

by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the…

  • Sorcerer’s Stone
  • Chamber of Secrets
  • Prisoner of Azkaban
  • Goblet of Fire
  • Order of the Phoenix
  • Half-Blood Prince (twice)

Nights of Rain and Stars
by Maeve Binchy

by Stephen R. Donaldson
Mordant’s Need

  • The Mirror of Her Dreams
  • A Man Rides Through

Books read in 2006

These are the books I read in 2006. If I counted right there are 93 of them listed here. Any duplicates you see are the result of my having read the same book more than once. It happens. When it does, the book in question gets counted again. It’s only fair. The most recently read books are at the bottom of the list.

S is for Silence
by Sue Grafton

The Specialists
by Lawrence Block

The Burglar in the Library
by Lawrence Block

Inspector Queen’s Own Case
by Ellery Queen

Circle of Friends
by Maeve Binchey

Predator
by Patricia Cornwell

by David Eddings
The Belgariad

  • Pawn of Prophecy
  • Queen of Sorcery
  • Magician’s Gambit
  • Castle of Wizardry
  • Enchanter’s End Game

by David Eddings
The Malloreon

by David Eddings
The Elenium

by Elizabeth Peters
Amelia Peabody Mysteries

The Broker
by John Grisham

by Anne McCaffrey

  • The Masterharper of Pern
  • Dragonsdawn
  • First Fall
  • Dragonseye
  • Moreta
  • Nerilka’s Story

The Glass Lake
by Maeve Binchy

Crystal Clear
by Elizabeth Cadell

A Palm for Mrs. Polifax
by Dorothy Gilman

Ten Big Ones
by Janet Evanovich

Death on the High C’s
by Robert Barnard

One Shot
by Lee Child

by Stephen R. Donaldson
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever

  • Lord Foul’s Bane
  • The Illearth War
  • The Power that Preserves

by Debbie Macomber

by David Eddings
The Belgariad. Yes, again.

  • Pawn of Prophecy
  • Queen of Sorcery
  • Magician’s Gambit
  • Castle of Wizardry
  • Enchanter’s End Game

The Malloreon. Yes, again.

  • Guardians of the West
  • King of the Murgos
  • Demon Lord of Karanda
  • Sorceress of Darshiva
  • The Seeress of Kell

Tomb of the Golden Bird
The Amelia Peabody Series
by Elizabeth Peters

The Adventures of the Stainless Steel Rat
by Harry Harrison

The Last Book in the Universe
by Rodman Philbrick

The Coelura
by Anne McCaffrey

by Katherine Kurtz
The Histories of King Kelson

  • The Bishop’s Heir
  • The King’s Justice
  • The Quest for Saint Camber

King Kelson’s Bride
by Katherine Kurtz

Bound for Mars
by Arthur W. Ballou

by Katherine Kurtz
The Chronicles of the Deryni

  • Deryni Rising
  • Deryni Checkmate
  • High Deryni

by J. J. Marric

  • Gideon’s Day
  • Gideon’s Week
  • Gideon’s Night
  • Gideon’s Month
  • Gideon’s Staff

by Lloyd Alexander
The Prydain Chronicles

  • The Book of Three
  • The Black Cauldron
  • The Castle of Llyr
  • Taran Wanderer
  • The High King
  • Five very short stories that fill in a bit of history before Taran was born.

by Robert Silverberg

  • Lord Valentine’s Castle
  • Majipoor Chronicles

by Barbara Hambly
Darkmage

  • The Silent Tower
  • The Silicon Mage

by John Creasey

  • Here Comes the Toff
  • The Toff Proceeds
  • Toff on Fire

Knitting Rules!
by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
The Dragonlance Chronicles

  • Dragons of Autumn Twilight
  • Dragons of Winter Night
  • Dragons of Spring Dawn

by David Eddings
The Belgariad

  • Pawn of Prophecy
  • Queen of Sorcery

Books read in 2007

These are the books I read in 2007. The most recently read book is at the bottom of the list. If I counted right I only read 89 books during the year. Quite a few of them were pretty long, though, and I wasted a week on a book I’ll never finish.

by David Eddings
The Belgariad
First two books in series read at the end of 2006

  • Magician’s Gambit
  • Castle of Wizardry
  • Enchanter’s End Game

by David Eddings
The Malloreon

  • Guardians of the West
  • King of the Murgos
  • Demon Lord of Karanda
  • Sorceress of Darshiva
  • The Seeress of Kell

by Monica Ferris
The Needlecraft Mysteries

Victorian Lace Today
by Jane Sowerby

by Patricia Moyes

by J. J. Marric

  • Gideon’s Risk
  • Gideon’s Fire
  • Gideon’s March
  • Gideon’s Ride
  • Gideon’s Vote

The Tiger in the Smoke
by Margery Allingham

At Knit’s End
by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

The Missing Madonna
by Sister Carol Anne O’Marie

by Barbara Hambly
The Darwath Trilogy

Dragonsbane
by Barbara Hambly

Pride & Prejudice
by Jane Austin

Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë

I did not finish this one. I got bored with the author’s asides, but added a film version to my Netflix queue so I can finish the story.
Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray

A Portrait of a Lady
by Henry James

Gideon’s Lot
by J. J. Marric

Maigret’s Boyhood Friend
by Georges Simenon

Death on Demand
by Carolyn G. Hart

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
by Al Ries and Jack Trout

by Carolyn G. Hart

The Door
by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Gideon’s Badge
by J. J. Marric

by J. K. Rowling
Though I’m reading these books at the rate of one per week, I’ll be lumping them together here for ease of listing the lot.
Harry Potter and the…

The People: No Different Flesh
by Zenna Henderson

The Cases of Susan Dare
by Mignon G. Eberhart

The Shape of Snakes
by Minette Walters

Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austin

Dog Wizard
by Barbara Hambly

by Charlotte MacLeod

by David & Leigh Eddings
The Redemption of Althalus

by David Eddings
The Tamuli

Acid Row
by Minette Walters

by Mercedes Lackey
The Mage Storms

Death by Darjeeling
by Laura Childs

by Charlotte MacLeod

by Lawrence Block
Evan Tanner Mysteries

With No One as Witness
by Elizabeth George

Knots and Crosses
by Ian Rankin

The Sins of the Fathers
A Matthew Scudder Novel
by Lawrence Block

by Lawrence Block
Bernie Rhodenbarr Mysteries

by Lee Child
A Jack Reacher Mystery

Tooth and Nail
by Ian Rankin

Twelve Sharp
by Janet Evanovich

Burglar on the Prowl
by Lawrence Block

Hide and Seek
by Ian Rankin

by Charlotte MacLeod

Metro Girl
by Janet Evanovich

by Robert Ludlum

Books read in 2008

by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon

The Elder Gods
by David & Leah Eddings

by Mercedes Lackey
Darian’s Tale

Take a Thief
by Mercedes Lackey

Brightly Burning
by Mercedes Lackey

by Mercedes Lackey
Bardic Voices

Shades of Earl Grey
by Laura Childs

by Monica Ferris

The Friday Night Knitting Club
by Kate Jacobs

The Dolphins of Pern
by Anne McCaffrey

by Mercedes Lackey
various series

Valentine Pontifex
by Robert Silverberg

by Mercedes Lackey

The Skies of Pern
by Anne McCaffrey

by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Darkover

by Anne Bishop
The Black Jewels Trilogy

by Mercedes Lackey

Things I Learned from Knitting
by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory
The Obsidian Trilogy

Black Notice
by Patricia Cornwell

Without Fail
by Lee Child

The Burglar Who Liked to Quote Kipling
by Lawrence Block

Knitting Lace Triangles
by Evelyn A. Clark

by Patricia Cornwell

by Lee Child

The Thief Who Couldn’t Sleep
An Evan Tanner Mystery
by Lawrence Block

At Risk
by Patricia Cornwell

The Serpent’s Shadow
by Mercedes Lackey

Gunpowder Green
by Laura Childs

Burglars Can’t be Choosers
by Lawrence Block

by David Eddings
The Belgariad
Again.

The Malloreon

Lean Mean Thirteen
by Janet Evanovich

by J. J. Marric

Unraveled Sleeve
by Monica Ferris

Needled to Death
by Maggie Sefton

by Andre Norton
Witch World

by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Darkover

by Andre Norton
Witch World

by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Darkover

Motor Mouth
by Janet Evanovich

by John Grisham

by Ann Budd

The Ship with the Flat Tire
by Todd Hunt

Knit Two
by Kate Jacobs

Books read in 2009

The English Breakfast Murders
by Laura Childs

The Scarlett Letter
by Nathanial Hawthorne

Cutwork
by Monica Ferris

by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Darkover:

Emma
by Jane Austen

by Monica Ferris

Knitted Lace of Estonia
by Nancy Bush

A Traitor to Memory
by Elizabeth George

by Diane Duane

Door into Fire
also by Diane Duane, but with a completely different character set.

Hot Stuff
by Janet Evanovich

Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen

The Front
by Patricia Cornwell

Childe Morgan
by Kathryn Kurtz

Powers That Be
by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova

Power Play
by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

The Secret Language of Knitters
by Mary Beth Temple

Great Cases of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Embroidered Truths
by Monica Ferris

by Debbie Macomber

In the King’s Service
by Kathryn Kurtz

Power Lines
by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

by Kathryn Kurtz

by Kathryn Kurtz and Deborah Turner Harris

Knitting in the Old Way
by Priscilla Gibson Roberts

by David Eddings
The Malloreon

Nothing to Lose
by Lee Child

Hit Parade
by Lawrence Block

by J. J. Marric

  • Gideon’s Sport
  • Gideon’s Art
  • Gideon’s Men
  • Gideon’s Press
  • Gideon’s Fog
  • Gideon’s Drive

St. Patrick’s Gargoyle
by Kathryn Kurtz

Joust
by Mercedes Lackey

‘Ware Hawk
by Andre Norton

A Cast of Corbies
by Mercedes Lackey

In the Midst of Death
by Lawrence Block

The Last Juror
by John Grisham

Doorways in the Sand
by Roger Zelazny

Death of an Adept
by Kathryn Kurtz

Books read in 2010

I’m not reading anywhere near as many books this year as I have been. What’s up with that? It’s not like I don’t read every day, because I do. Ah well. It’s not a race or contest after all. Keep telling me that, would you?

Deryni Magic
by Kathryn Kurtz

Timeline
by Michael Crichton

by Sue Grafton
Q is for Quarry
R is for Ricochet

Paratime
by H. Beam Piper

Cannery Row
by John Steinbeck

T is for Trespass
by Sue Grafton

by Andre Norton

  • The Time Traders
  • Galactic Derelict
  • The Defiant Agents

Tanner’s Tiger
by Lawrence Block

P is for Peril
by Sue Grafton

What Came Before He Shot Her
by Elizabeth George

by Lawrence Block

by Elizabeth Peters

by David Eddings
The Belgariad

The Malloreon

The Elenium

  • The Diamond Throne
  • The Ruby Knight
  • The Sapphire Rose

The Tamuli

  • Domes of Fire
  • The Shining Ones
  • The Hidden City

The Chameleon’s Shadow
by Minette Walters

Careless in Red
by Elizabeth George

Time to Murder and Create
by Lawrence Block

by Christopher Stasheff

Sadie Shapiro’s Knitting Book
by Robert Kimmel Smith

by Maeve Binchy

The Knitgrrl Guide to Professional Knitwear Design
by Shannon Okey

The Passionate Witch
by Thorne Smith

Little, Big
by John Crowley

by Philip Pullman
His Dark Materials

Books read in 2011

We began a new year with a couple of classics…

The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas

Persuasion
by Jane Austen

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson

by Katherine Kurtz

by Stephen R. Donaldson

Gone Tomorrow
by Lee Child

Quentins
by Maeve Binchy

Alta
by Mercedes Lackey

by Frances and Richard Lockridge

by Mercedes Lackey

by Rick Cook

  • Wizard’s Bane
  • Wizardry Compiled
  • Wizardry Cursed

Mask of the Wizard
by Catherine Cooke

Empire of the East
by Fred Saberhagen

By J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the… (yes, again)

  • Sorcerer’s Stone
  • Chamber of Secrets
  • Prisoner of Azkaban
  • Goblet of Fire
  • Order of the Phoenix
  • Half-Blood Prince
  • Deathly Hallows

by David Eddings (Okay, I’ve been on a re-reading binge!)
The Belgariad

  • Pawn of Prophecy
  • Queen of Sorcery
  • Magician’s Gambit
  • Castle of Wizardry
  • Enchanter’s End Game

by David Eddings
The Malloreon

  • Guardians of the West
  • King of the Murgos
  • Demon Lord of Karanda
  • Sorceress of Darshiva
  • The Seeress of Kell

By Elizabeth Peters
the Amelia Peabody mysteries… (er, yes, again)

  • Crocodile on the Sandbank
  • The Curse of the Pharaohs
  • The Mummy Case
  • Lion in the Valley
  • Deeds of the Disturber
  • The Last Camel Died at Noon
  • The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog
  • The Hippopotamus Pool
  • Seeing a Large Cat
  • The Ape Who Guards the Balance
  • The Falcon at the Portal
  • He Shall Thunder in the Sky
  • Lord of the Silent
  • The Golden One
  • Children of the Storm

Books read in 2012

We begin the year finishing up the Amelia Peabody books. Then?

by Elizabeth Peters

  • The Serpent on the Crown
  • Tomb of the Golden Bird