Books I Read in 2007

Submitted by Faustess on Thu, 07/26/2007 - 09:40
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  1. Rowland, Laura Joh – Red Chrysanthymum
  2. Powell, Julie – Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously
  3. Tolkien, J.R.R. - The Fellowship of the Ring
  4. Travers, P. L. – Mary Poppins
  5. Travers, P. L. – Mary Poppins Comes Back
  6. Carson, Rachel - Silent Spring
  7. Dalai Lama – The Universe in a Single Atom
  8. Montgomery, Lucy Maud - Anne of Windy Poplars (4)
  9. Miller, Arthur - Death of a Salesman
  10. Paolini, Christopher – Eragon
  11. Sena, Hideaki – Parasite Eve
  12. Harris, Joanne – Chocolat
  13. Christie, Agatha - The Mysterious Affair at Styles
  14. Morville, Peter – Ambient Findability
  15. Bukowski, Charles - Ham on Rye
  16. Arnim, Elizabeth von – The Enchanted April
  17. Reidelbach, Maria – Completely Mad : A History of the Comic Book and Magazine
  18. Foster, Thomas - How to Read Literature Like a Professor: a Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines
  19. Giblin, James - When Plague Strikes
  20. Fisher, M. F. K. - How to Cook a Wolf
  21. Wilson, August - Fences: A Play
  22. Caldwell, Ian and Dustin Thomason – Rule of Four
  23. Bauer, Susan Wise – The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had
  24. Hansberry, Lorraine – To Be Young, Gifted, and Black : Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
  25. Child, Julia – The Way to Cook
  26. Bennett, Lerone, Jr. – What Manner of Man : A Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
  27. Paolini, Christopher – Eldest
  28. Brite, Poppy Z. – Lost Souls
  29. Edel, Leon - Henry James: The Untried Years (#1)
  30. Berendt, John – Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
  31. Du Maurier, Daphne – Echoes from the Macabre
  32. Suzuki, Koji – Spiral
  33. Willig, Lauren - Masque of the Black Tulip
  34. Willig, Lauren - The Deception of the Emerald Ring
  35. Butler, Octavia – Kindred
  36. Macaulay, David – Castle
  37. Kirkman, Robert – Walking Dead: Days Gone By vol. 1
  38. Suskind, Patrick – Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
  39. Harris, Charlaine – Grave Sight
  40. LeGuin, Ursula – The Other Wind (#5)
  41. Verne, Jules - Around the World in Eighty Days
  42. Nelson, Maggie – The Red Parts: A Memoir
  43. Shakespeare, William – The Sonnets
  44. Deen, Paula – It Ain’t All About the Cookin’
  45. Fletcher, Anne – Thin For Life
  46. Harris, Charlaine – Grave Surprise
  47. Miles, Jack - God: A Biography
  48. LeGuin, Ursula – Tales of Earthsea
  49. Thoreau, Henry David – Civil Disobedience
  50. Matheson, Richard – I Am Legend
  51. Avi - Nothing but the Truth: A Documentary Novel
  52. Kolesniko, Mark – Alex
  53. Rawling, J. K. - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
  54. Leopold, Aldo - A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There
  55. Bertozzi, Nick – The Salon
  56. Larson, Erik – Thunderstruck
  57. Perl, Lila – Hunter’s Stew and Hangtown Fry : What Pioneer America Ate and Why
  58. Allain, Marcel and Pierre Souvestre – Fantomas
  59. King, Stephen - Carrie
  60. White, T. H. - The Sword in the Stone
  61. Book Club by Bill Barnes & Gene Ambaum
  62. Library Mascot Cage Match by Bill Barnes & Gene Ambaum
  63. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
  64. The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun
  65. The Confessor by Daniel Silva
  66. Unshelved by Bill Barnes & Gene Ambaum
  67. Fruits Basket vol. 16 & 17 by Natsuki Takaya
  68. The No. One Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall-Smith
  69. Gothic Sports vol.1 & 2 by Anike Hage
  70. The Elements of Murder: a History of Poison by John Emsley
  71. The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
  72. The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks
  73. Monster Island by David Wellington
  74. The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci
  75. 30 Days of Night by Steve Niles & Ben Templesmith
  76. Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
  77. Peony in Love by Lisa See
  78. Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark
  79. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
  80. Vicky Angel by Jacqueline Wilson
  81. Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick
  82. Matilda by Roald Dahl
  83. The Three Voices of Poetry by T.S. Eliot
  84. Good to Great and the Social Sectors by Jim Collins
  85. Demon by Tosca Lee
  86. Avoid Boring People: Lessons From a Life in Science by James Watson
  87. The Poison Diaries by The Duchess of Northumberland Jane & illustrated by Colin Stimpson
  88. Don't Go Where I Can't Follow by Andre Nilsson
  89. Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
  90. Harvey by Mary Chase
  91. At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon
  92. Dazzle, vol. 1 & 2 by Minari Endoh
  93. The BFG by Roald Dahl
  94. Confessions of a Teen Sleuth by Chelsea Cain
  95. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
  96. Fear and Trembling by Amelie Nothomb
  97. The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold
  98. Chibi Vampire (vol 1-5) by Yuna Kagesaki
  99. Absolute Boyfriend (vol 3 & 4) by Yuu Watase
Author Comments: 

This is what I actually got read last year. Not bad. A lot of comics & manga, but a lot of heavier things too. A good mix, I think!

professor07/27/2007

The only ones of these that I've read are Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings / The Fellowship of the Ring and Richard Matheson's I Am Legend. You probably knew already but the movie 'The Omega Man' (1971) starring Charlton Heston was based on I Am Legend.

Faustess08/01/2007

I don't think there were any here that I really *didn't* like except for Ambient Findability. I'd most strongly recommend Kindred by Octavia Butler and the Earthsea series by Ursula Leguin (start with A Wizard of Earthsea). I also enjoyed Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini as great "for fun" fantasy genre books. If you like history, you might like Thunderstruck - it's kind of like that TV show, Connections with two seemingly disparate things in history that are related (in this case Marconi's invention of wireless telegraphy and a nasty murder case in London).

I'd say so far this year, I Am Legend has blown me away the most. Awesome AWESOME book! Matheson's short stories less powerful. I think there's a new movie coming out this year based on the book too. I haven't seen "Omega Man" yet, but hope to before the other one comes out in theaters.

alyson09/25/2007

What were your thoughts on How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas Foster? I'm currently reading it now.

Faustess09/26/2007

I found it a fun read, with a lot of good ideas. However, if you were looking for a book with a lot of depth in exploring different schools of literary criticism, a different book would probably be in order. This is not really a scholarly work, but it is a good, engaging introduction to literary criticism.

alyson09/26/2007

So far I have found it fun and engaging, as you have said. I picked it up because I know I was missing out on undertones in the books I read. Thanks for your input! I'm glad to hear I'm on the right track.

Ennui10/22/2007

What's your opinion about Echoes from the Macabre by Daphne Du Maurier? I've only read Rebecca so far (which I extremely enjoyed, despite my expectations) and I've been trying to find more of her works ever since... without any luck so far, though.

Faustess10/22/2007

It was actually pretty good! I didn't really find Rebecca that spooky since the plot is pretty well known. These short stories I thought were much better. One is the story that the movie The Birds was based on - much more intense than the movie! I'd really recommend it - especially if you've been looking for more of her work. You might check your local public library if you're having trouble finding her stuff (other than Rebecca) at the bookstore. Another I've heard about, but haven't read yet that's supposed to be good is called Jamaica Inn. I hope this helps! :)

Faustess01/23/2010

As another follow-up, I read Jamaica Inn a couple of months ago and that was great too! :D I think my favorite of the 3 was Echoes of the Macabre, though. :)