Any one of us has three different reading lists made. The first – of the books we want to read (the longest one) but never get to read; second – the books we are supposed to read to look like we are some sophisticated readers meaning mostly the classics like Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Oscar Wilde, Shakespeare, etc.; and third – the books we have at home, piled, dusty and neglected.
I decided to ‘get my house in order’ and by that I mean to finally sit on my ass and read the books I have at home. The fact that my husband refuses to buy me more books until I read those adds just extra motivation.
So it seems I’ll be having quite the busy 2018 and decided to make a list to share here with all the books I currently have at home and plan to read. I will be updating this article every once in a while when I finish a book until it is all ticked. For each book I read I will be adding a link to its review which you are more than welcome to read if you want. 🙂
Hopefully by the time I finish them we would have bought our own apartment and we’ll have enough space to put more than one library as I don’t plan to stop buying books.
Here is the list:
- To Read
- Already Read
- 1. Skulduggery Pleasant BY DEREK LANDY
- 2. Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire BY DEREK LANDY
- 3. Skulduggery Pleasant: The Faceless Ones BY DEREK LANDY
- 4. Skulduggery Pleasant: Dark Days BY DEREK LANDY
- 5. Skulduggery Pleasant: Mortal Coil BY DEREK LANDY
- 6.Skulduggery Pleasant: Death Bringer BY DEREK LANDY
- 7. Skulduggery Pleasant: Kingdom of the Wicked BY DEREK LANDY
- 8. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy BY DOUGLAS ADAMS
- 9. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe BY DOUGLASS ADAMS
- 10. Life, The Universe and Everything BY DOUGLASS ADAMS
- 11. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish BY DOUGLASS ADAMS
- 12. Mostly Harmless BY DOUGLASS ADAMS
- 13. Ender's Game BY ORSON SCOTT CARD
- 14. Speaker for the Dead BY ORSON SCOTT CARD
- 15. Xenocide BY ORSON SCOTT CARD
- 16. Children of the Mind BY ORSON SCOTT CARD
- 17. The Picture of Dorian Grey BY OSCAR WILDE
- 18. Pride and Prejudices and Zombies BY AUSTEN and GRAHAME-SMITH
- 19. Hellgate London: Exodus BY MEL ODOM
- 20. Hellgate London: Goetia BY MEL ODOM
- 21. Hellgate London: Covenant BY MEL ODOM
- 22. Lion Heart BY JUSTIN CARTWRIGHT
- 23. The End of Mr. Y BY SCARLETT THOMAS
- 24. Digital Fortress BY DAN BROWN
- 25. Angels and Demons BY DAN BROWN
- 26. The Davinci Code - DAN BROWN
- 27. The Medici Secret BY MICHAEL WHITE
- 28. The Summoner BY GAIL Z. MARTIN
- 29. Black Hawk Down BY MARK BOWDEN
- 30. Christine BY STEVEN KING
- 31. Bag of Bones BY STEVEN KING
- 32. The Shining BY STEVEN KING
- 33. The Firm BY JOHN GRISHAM
- 34. The Talisman BY STEVEN KING & PETER STRAUB
- 35. Hannibal BY THOMAS HARRIS
- 36. Dawnthief BY JAMES BARCLAY
- 37. The Name of the Rose BY UMBERTO ECO
- 38. War and Peace BY LEO TOLSTOY
- 39. The Riftwar Saga: Magician BY RAYMOND E. FEIST
- 40. The Riftwar Saga: Silverthorn BY RAYMOND E. FEIST
- 41. The Riftwar Saga: A Darkness at Sethanon BY RAYMOND E. FEIST
- 42. Wheel of Time: The Eye of the World BY ROBERT JORDAN
- 43. Wheel of Time: The Great Hunt BY ROBERT JORDAN
- 44. Wheel of Time: The Dragon Reborn BY ROBERT JORDAN
- 45. Wheel of Time: The Shadow Rising BY ROBERT JORDAN
- 46. Wheel of Time: The Fires of Heaven BY ROBERT JORDAN
- 47. Wheel of Time: Lord of Chaos BY ROBERT JORDAN
- 48. Wheel of Time: A Crown of Swords BY ROBERT JORDAN
- 49. Wheel of Time: The Path of Daggers BY ROBERT JORDAN
- 50. Wheel of Time: Winter's Heart BY ROBERT JORDAN
- 51. Wheel of Time: Crossroads of Twilight BY ROBERT JORDAN
- 52. Wheel of Time: Knife of Dreams BY ROBERT JORDAN
- 53. Wheel of Time: The Gathering Storm BY ROBERT JORDAN & BRANDON SANDERSON
- 54. Wheel of Time: Towers of Midnight BY ROBERT JORDAN & BRANDON SANDERSON
- 55. Wheel of Time: A Memory of Light BY ROBERT JORDAN & BRANDON SANDERSON
- 56. Wheel of Time: New Spring BY ROBERT JORDAN
- 57. The Sword of Truth: Wizard's First Rule BY TERRY GOODKIND
- 58. The Sword of Truth: Stone of Tears BY TERRY GOODKIND
- 59. The Sword of Truth: Blood of the Fold BY TERRY GOODKIND
- 60. The Sword of Truth: Temple of the Winds BY TERRY GOODKIND
- 61. The Sword of Truth: Soul of the Fire BY TERRY GOODKIND
- 62. The Sword of Truth: Faith of the Fallen BY TERRY GOODKIND
- 63. The Sword of Truth: Pillars of Creation BY TERRY GOODKIND
- 64. The Sword of Truth: Debt of Bones BY TERRY GOODKIND
- 65. The Sword of Truth: Naked Empire BY TERRY GOODKIND
- 66. The Sword of Truth: Chainfire BY TERRY GOODKIND
- 67. The Sword of Truth: Phantom BY TERRY GOODKIND
- 68. The Sword of Truth: Confessor BY TERRY GOODKIND
- 69. The Sword of Truth: The Omen Machine BY TERRY GOODKIND
- 70. The Sword of Truth: The First Confessor: The Legend of Magda Searus BY TERRY GOODKIND
- 71. The Sword of Truth: The Third Kingdom BY TERRY GOODKIND
- 72. The Sword of Truth: Severed Souls BY TERRY GOODKIND
- 73. The Sword of Truth: Warheart BY TERRY GOODKIND
- 74. Mrs McGinty's Dead BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 75. The Murder at the Vicarage BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 76. The Hollow BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 77. Hallowe'en Party BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 78. A Pocket Full of Rye BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 79. Hickory Dickory Dock BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 80. The Big Four BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 81. Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 82. Poirot's Early Cases BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 83. Elephants Can Remember BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 84. The Listerdale Mystery BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 85. Taken at the Flood BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 86. Death Comes as the End BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 87. Cat Among the Pigeons BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 88. Sleeping Murder BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 89. Destination Unknown BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 90. 4.50 from Paddington BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 91. They Do It with Mirrors BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 92. Parker Pyne Investigates BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 93. The Sittaford Mystery BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 94. Sparkling Cyanide BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 95. Postern of Fate BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 96. The A.B.C. Murders BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 97. Murder in the Mews BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 98. Three Act Tragedy BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 99. The Body in the Library BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 100. Murder for Christmas BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 101. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 102. The Man in the Brown Suit BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 103. The Thirteen Problems BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 104. Murder in Mesopotamia BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 105. By the Pricking of My Thumbs BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 106. Crooked House BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 107. Dead Man's Folly BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 108. The Secret of Chimneys BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 109. The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 110. The Moving Finger BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 111. The Secret Adversary BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 112. The Seven Dials Mystery BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 113. Sad Cypress BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 114. Dumb Witness BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 115. A Murder Is Announced BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 116. Death in the Clouds BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 117. A Caribbean Mystery BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 118. Why Didn't They Ask Evans? BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 119. Curtain BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 120. The Clocks BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
- 121. They Came to Baghdad BY AGATHA CHRISTIE
Damn, I hadn’t realized how many Agatha Christie books I had until now 😀 Anyway, this is my crazy list and I will do everything physically possible to finish it. I just might, considering how stubborn I am (those who know me can testify 😀 Learning Greek out of stubbornness is a new level of crazy).
So how about you? What do you plan to read for the next year and do you have a list like this one (or any of the three types I mentioned above)? Feel free to share any ideas for cool books or add your lists in the comments. I accept opinions for the books in my list, especially if you have read them, so I can rank them easier 😀
P.S. – As I was reminded a few times, I tend to disregard the list and also read books that are not in it. So I am adding this new section with all the extra books I’ve read that I don’t have a copy of at home but I read anyway:
- 122. Holly Lisle's Create A Language Clinic BY HOLLY LISLE
- 123. Be Your Own Editor: A Writer's Guide to Perfect Prose BY SIGRID MACDONALD
- 124. You Are A Writer BY JEFF GOINS
- 125. The Art of Time in Fiction: As Long as It Takes BY JOAN SILBER
- 126. Whip Me, Beat Me, Make Me Write Hot Sex BY TYMBER DALTON
- 127. Writing Active Setting Book 1: Characterization and Sensory Detail BY MARY BUCKHAM
- 128. Be a Sex-Writing Strumpet BY STACIA KANE
- 129. Magic Bites [Kate Daniels #1] BY ILONA ANDREWS
- 130. Magic Burns [Kate Daniels #2] BY ILONA ANDREWS
- 131. Magic Strikes [Kate Daniels #3] BY ILONA ANDREWS
- 132. Magic Mourns [Kate Daniels #3.5] BY ILONA ANDREWS
- 133. Magic Bleeds [Kate Daniels #4] BY ILONA ANDREWS
- 134. Magic Dreams [Kate Daniels #4.5] BY ILONA ANDREWS
- 135. Fathers and Sons [Curran's POV] BY ILONA ANDREWS
- 136. Magic Slays [Kate Daniels #5] BY ILONA ANDREWS
- 137. Magic Rises [Kate Daniels #6] BY ILONA ANDREWS
- 138. Taming the Alpha [Wild Obsession #1] BY ADRIANA HUNTER
- 139. Claiming The Alpha [Wild Obsession #2] BY ADRIANA HUNTER
- 140. On Creative Writing BY GRAEME HARPER
- 141. Writing Vivid Settings BY RAYNE HALL
- 141. The Alchemist BY PAULO COEHLO
- 142. Drawing on the Power of Resonance in Writing BY DAVID FARLAND
- 143. Writing the Paranormal Novel: Techniques and Exercises for Weaving Supernatural Elements Into Your Story BY STEVEN HARPER
- 144. Anti-Procrastination for Writers: The Writer's Guide to Stop Procrastinating, Start Writing and Create a Daily Writing Ritual BY AKASH KARIA
- 145. How to write fiction: A Guardian masterclass BY GEOFF DYER
- 146. Create a Character Clinic BY HOLLY LISLE
- 147. How To Write Page-Turning Scenes BY HOLLY LISLE
- 148. The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection Pile BY NOAH LUKEMAN
- 149. Violence: A Writer's Guide BY RORY MILLER
- 150. Nine Day Novel Writing How to Structure and Write BY STEVE WINSOR