Books Read

A list of all the books I’ve ever read in my life.

Classics

1. Things Fall Apart–Chinua Achebe
2. The Complete Works of Hans Christian Andersen–Hans Christian Andersen
3. I Know Why The Cage Bird Sings—Maya Angelou
4. Little Women —Louisa May Alcott
5. Pride and Prejudice—Jane Austen
6. If Beale Street Could Talk—James Baldwin
7. Waiting to Meet the Man—James Baldwin
8. Giovanni’s Room—James Baldwin
9. Fahrenheit 451—Ray Bradbury
10. Jane Eyre —Charlotte Bronte
11. In Cold Blood—Truman Capote
12. Breakfast at Tiffany’s—Truman Capote
13. The Complete Short Stories of Truman Capote
    
14. The Awakening—Kate Chopin
15. Heart of Darkness—Joseph Conrad
16. The Red Badge of Courage—Stephan Crane
17. A Tale of Two Cities—Charles Dickens
18. Great Expectations—Charles Dickens
19. A Christmas Carol—Charles Dickens
20. Crime and Punishment—Fydor Dostoevsky
21. The Count of Monte Cristo — Alexandre Dumas
22. The Three Musketeers– Alexandre Dumas
23. The Invisible Man—Ralph Ellison
24. The Great Gatsby—F. Scott Fitzgerald
25. The Overcoat– Nicoli Gogol
26. Lord of the Flies —William Golding
27. The Scarlet Letter—Nathanial Hawthorne
28. Hunger—Kunt Hamsun
29. The Old Man and the Sea—Ernest Hemingway
30. Les Miserables—Victor Hugo
31. Their Eyes Were Watching God—Zora Neale Hurston
32. The Metamorphosis — Franz Kafka
33. To Kill A Mockingbird—Harper Lee
34. Chronicles of a Death Foretold—Gabriel Garcia Marquez
35. Gone with the Wind—Margaret Mitchell
36. The Ramayana –R.K. Narayan
37. 1984—George Orwell
38. Animal Farm—George Orwell
39. The Gormenghast Trilogy—Mervyn Peake
40. The Bell Jar—Sylvia Plath
41. The Polar Bear — Henrik Pontipoddian
42. All Quiet On the Western Front—Erich Maria Remarque
43. The Fountainhead—Ann Rynd
44. The Catcher in the Rye—J.D. Salinger
45. Frankenstein—Mary Shelley
46. The Jungle—Upton Sinclair
47. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn—Betty Smith
48. Cannery Row-— John Steinbeck
49. East of Eden—John Steinbeck
50. The Grapes of Wrath –John Steinbeck
51. Of Mice and Men —John Steinbeck
52. The Pearl– John Steinbeck
53. Treasure Island—Robert Louis Stevenson
54. Shipwrecked—Robert Louis Stevenson
55. Getting Married – August Strindberg
56. Gulliver’s Travels—Jonathan Swift
57. Anna Karenina—Leo Tolstoy
58. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn—Mark Twain
59. The Adventures of Simplicius Simplicissimus—Hans Jacob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen
60. The Color Purple—Alice Walker
61. The Robber Bridegroom—Eudora Welty
    
62. The Picture of Dorian Gray—Oscar Wilde
63. Monkey –Wu Ch-Eng-En
64. The Complete Icelandic Saga – Author Unknown
65. Ancient Irish Myths—Author Unknown
66. Beowulf—Author Unknown

Popular Fiction

1. Flowers in the Attic—V.C. Andrews
2. Ruby—V.C. Andrews
3. Pearl in the Mist—V.C. Andrews
4. All that Glitters—V.C. Andrews
5. Hidden Jewel—V.C. Andrews
6. Tarnished Gold—V.C Andrews
7. Dawn—V.C. Andrews
8. Secrets of the Morning—V.C. Andrews
9. Twilight’s Child—V.C. Andrews
10. Midnight Whispers—V.C. Andrews
11. Darkest Hours—V.C. Andrews
12. Heaven —V.C. Andrews
13. Dark Angel—V.C. Andrews
14. Fallen Hearts—V.C. Andrews
15. Web of Dreams—V.C. Andrews
16. Butterfly—V.C. Andrews
17. Crystal—V.C. Andrews
18. Raven—V.C. Andrews
19. Brooke—V.C. Andrews
20. Melody– V.C. Andrews
21. Heart Song—V.C. Andrews
22. Unfinished Symphony—V.C. Andrews
23. Music in the Night—V.C. Andrews
24. Bless Me Ultima—Rudolfo Anya
25. The Handmaid’s Tale—Margaret Atwood
26. Alias Grace—Margaret Atwood
27. The Robber Bride—Margaret Atwood
28. The Blind Assassin—Margaret Atwood
29. Legacy—Jeanette Baker
30. Catriona—Jeanette Baker
31. The Sword and the Falcon—Julie Beard
32. A Place Where the Sea Remembers—Sandra Benitez
33. Corelli’s Mandolin—Louis De Bernieres
34. The Mist of Avalon—Marion Zimmer Bradley
35. The Da Vinci Code—Dan Brown
36. Saints and Strangers—Angela Carter
37. The Bloody Chamber—Angela Carter
    
38. A House on Mango Street—Sandra Cisneros
39. The Anastasia Syndrome—Mary Higgins Clark
40. The Lost World: Jurassic Park—Michael Crichton
41. Remembrance —Jude Deveraux
42. A Knight in Shining Armor –Jude Deveraux
43. The Duchess—Jude Deveraux
44. The Heiress—Jude Deveraux
45. The Conquest—Jude Deveraux
46. Sweet Liar—Jude Deveraux
47. Mountain Laurel—Jude Deveraux
48. The Invitation—Jude Deveraux
49. Highland Velvet—Jude Deveraux
50. Wishes—Jude Deveraux
51. Eternity—Jude Deveraux
52. Temptation—Jude Deveraux
53. High Tide—Jude Deveraux
54. The Maiden—Jude Deveraux
55. Legend—Jude Deveraux
56. The Tea Rose—Jennifer Donnelly
57. The Winter Rose—Jennifer Donnelly
    
58. Like Water for Chocolate—Laura Esquivel
59. One for the Money—Janet Evanovich
60. Two for the Dough—Janet Evanovich
61. Three to Get Deadly—Janet Evanovich
    
62. Four to Score—Janet Evanovich
63. High Five–Janet Evanovich
64. Hot Six—Janet Evanovich
65. Seven Up—Janet Evanovich
66. Hard Eight—Janet Evanovich
67. To the Nines—Janet Evanovich
68. Ten Big Ones—Janet Evanovich
69. Eleven On Top—Janet Evanovich
70. Twelve Sharp—Janet Evanovich
71. Lean Mean Thirteen—Janet Evanovich
72. Fearless Fourteen—Janet Evanovich
73. Visions of Sugar Plums—Janet Evanovich
74. Plum Lovin’ —Janet Evanovich
75. Plum Lucky—Janet Evanovich
    
76. White Orlander—Janet Fitch
77. Austenland—Shannon Hale
78. Dead Until Dark—Charlaine Harris
79. Living Dead in Dallas—Charlaine Harris
80. Blackbird House—Alice Hoffman
81. The Magician’s Tale —David Hunt
82. Sophie’s World—Jostein Gaarder
83. Outlander—Diana Gabaldon
84. Dragonfly in Amber– Diana Gabaldon
85. Voyager– Diana Gabaldon
86. Drums of Autumn– Diana Gabaldon
87. The Fiery Cross– Diana Gabaldon
88. A Breath of Snow and Ashes– Diana Gabaldon
89. The Outlandish Companion– Diana Gabaldon
90. Ellen Foster —Kaye Gibbons
91. Memoirs of a Geisha—Arthur Golden
92. Snow Falling on Ceders —David Guterson
93. These Old Shades—Georgette Heyer
    
94. High Fidelity—Nick Hornby
95. A Prayer for Owen Meany—John Irving
96. We Have Always Lived in the Castle—Shirley Jackson
    
97. Annie John—Jamaica Kincaid
98. Rose Madder—Stephan King
99. The Shining—Stephan King
100. Desperation—Stephan King
101. The Regulators—Stephan King
102. Carrie—Stephan King
103. The Poisonwood Bible—Barbra Kingsolver
104. The Door to December—Dean Koontz
105. This Is All I Ask —Lynn Kurland
106. She’s Come Undone—Wally Lamb
107. Shutter Island—Dennis Lehane
108. Asylum—Patrick McGrath
     
109. Gone South —Robert McCammon
110. Lost Laysen–Margaret Mitchell
111. Song of Solomon—Toni Morrison
112. The Bluest Eye—Toni Morrison
113. Blonde—Joyce Carol Oates
114. Rape: A Love Story—Joyce Carol Oates
115. The English Patient— Michael Odijite
116. Crocodile on the Sandbank—Elizabeth Peter
117. The Season of Passage—Christopher Pike
     
118. Summer of ’42 —Herman Raucher
119. The Rapture of Canaan—-Sheri Reynolds
120. Interview with the Vampire—Anne Rice
121. Pandora—Anne Rice
122. Honest Illusion—Nora Roberts
123. The Reef—Nora Roberts
124. Sweet Revenge—Nora Roberts
125. Homeport—Nora Roberts
126. Sanctuary—Nora Roberts
127. I, Vampire —-Michael Romkey
128. Lady Moses—Lucinda Roy
129. The Loom and Other Stories–-R. A. Sasaki
130. Malice—Danielle Steele
131. The Crystal Cave—Mary Stewart
132. Superstition—R.L. Stine
133. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer—Patrick Suskind
134. The Joy Luck Club—Amy Tan
135. The Kitchen God’s Wife—Amy Tan
136. Romeo —Elise Title
137. Fingersmith–Sarah Waters
     
138. Forever Amber—Kathleen Winsor
     

Nonfiction

1. Fresh Fruits—Shoichi Aoki
2. The Devil Finds Work—James Baldwin
3. Mark Twain—An Illustrated Biography—Ken Burns
4. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens—Sean Covey
5. Tropical Nature: Life and Death in the Rain Forests of Central and South America—Adrian Forsyth and Ken Miyata
6. What Not To Wear—Susannah Constantine and Trinny Woodall
7. What Not To Wear: For Every Occasion— Susannah Constantine and Trinny Woodall
8. What You Wear Can Change Your Life– Susannah Constantine and Trinny Woodall
9. The Art of Gormenghast—Estelle Daniel
10. Awake in the Dark—Roger Ebert
11. The Great Movies—Roger Ebert
12. The Great Movies II—Roger Ebert
13. I Feel Bad About My Neck —-Nora Ephron
14. Ex Libris—Anne Fadiman
    
15. The Diary of Anne Frank —Anne Frank
16. The Autobiography of Malcolm X—as told to Alex Haley
17. Sex with Kings—Eleanor Herman
18. On Writing –Stephan King
19. Into Thin Air—Jon Krakauer
20. Into the Wild– Jon Krakauer
21. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America—Erik Larson
22. A Night to Remember: The Classic Account of the Final Hours of the Titanic—Walter Lord
23. Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules to Writing–Elmore Leonard
24. Teacher Man—Frank McCourt
25. 1776—David McCullough
26. Common Sense—Thomas Paine
27. In the Heart of the Sea—Nathaniel Philbrick
28. Mayflower—Nathaniel Philbrick
29. What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whists—The Facts of Daily Life in 19^th Century England—-Daniel Pool
30. Everything I Need to Learn About Being a Girl I Learned From Judy Blume—-Jennifer O’Connell, ed.
31. The Hot Zone–Richard Preston
32. Imagined London—Anna Quindlen
    
33. What Southern Women Know About Flirting—Ronda Rich
34. Power in the Blood—David Warren Sabean
35. Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee—Charles J. Shields
36. Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer—James L. Swanson
37. The Opposite of Fate—Amy Tan
38. Esquires Big Book of Great Writing: More than 70 Years of Celebrated Journalism—Adrienne Miller, ed.
39. No Plot? No Problem–Chris Baty
40. Stein on Writing–Sol Stein
    
41. 20 Master Plots–Ronald Tobias
42. Housekeeping vs. the Dirt–Nick Hornby.
    

Dramatic Plays /Epic Poems

1. The Inferno—Dante Alighieri
2. Waiting for Godot—Samuel Beckett
3. A Raisin in the Sun—Lorraine Hansberry
4. The Odyssey –Homer
5. A Doll’s House—Henrik Ibsen
6. Hedda Gabber — Henrik Ibsen
7. Peer Gynt– Henrik Ibsen
8. Nathan the Wise—Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
9. Collected Stories—Donald Margulies
10. The Crucible—Arthur Miller
11. Death of a Salesman—Arthur Miller
12. Tartuffe—Moliere
13. The Goblin Market —Christina Rossetti
14. Amadeus —Peter Shaffer
15. Romeo and Juliet– William Shakespeare
16. Hamlet —William Shakespeare
17. Julius Caesar —William Shakespeare
18. Macbeth —William Shakespeare
19. Much Ado About Nothing—William Shakespeare
20. Richard II— William Shakespeare
21. Richard III—William Shakespeare
22. The Merchant of Venice —William Shakespeare
23. Othello —William Shakespeare
24. Cymbeline —William Shakespeare
25. The Tempest —William Shakespeare
26. Titus Andronicus–William Shakespeare
27. Antony and Cleopatra—William Shakespeare
28. Doubt: A Play —John Patrick Shanley
29. Oedipus Rex–Sophocles
30. Antigone– Sophocles
31. Oedipus at Crolous — Sophocles
32. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead—Tom Stoppard
33. Miss Julie –August Strindberg
34. The Ghost Sonata –August Strindberg
35. The Importance of Being Earnest—Oscar Wilde
36. A Streetcar Named Desire—Tennessee Williams
37. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof—Tennessee Williams
38. The Glass Menagerie—Tennessee Williams
39. Sweet Bird of Youth—Tennessee Williams
40. The Epic of Gilgamesh—Author Unknown
41. The Song of Roland—Author Unknown
42. The Romance of Tristan and Iseult—Author Unknown

Young Adult

1. Go Ask Alice —Anonymous
2. Speak––Laurie Halse Anderson
3. Catalyst—Laurise Halse Anderson
4. Fever 1793—Laurie Halse Anderson
5. Prom—Laurie Halse Anderson
6. Twisted—Laurie Halse Anderson
7. Doing It—Melvin Burgess
8. The China Garden –Liz Berry
9. Forever—Judy Blume
10. A Great and Terrible Beauty—Libba Bray
11. Rebel Angels—Libba Bray
12. The Sweet Far Thing—Libba Bray
    
13. The Secret Garden –Frances Hodgson Burnett
14. The Perks of Being a Wallflower—Stephen Chbosky
15. Al Capone Does My Shirts—Gennifer Choldenko
16. Boy—Roald Dahl
17. Going Solo—Roald Dahl
18. Matilda—Roald Dahl
19. Charlie and the Chocolate Factor—Roald Dahl
20. James and the Giant Peach—Roald Dahl
21. The Truth About Forever—Sarah Dessen
22. Just Listen—Sarah Dessen
23. Dreamland—Sarah Dessen
24. This Lullaby—Sarah Dessen
25. Keeping the Moon—Sarah Dessen
26. Lock and Key—Sarah Dessen
    
27. A Northern Light—Jennifer Donnelly
28. The Little Prince—Antoine de Saint-Exuprey
29. Harriet the Spy—Louise Fitzhugh
    
30. Johnny Tremain –Esther Forbes
31. Stardust—Neil Gaiman
32. Coraline—Neil Gaiman
33. The Luxe—Anna Godberson
34. The Minister’s Daughter—Julie Hern
35. Out of the Dust—Karen Hesse
36. When Zachary Beaver Came to Town—Kimberly Willis Holt
37. Across Five Aprils —Irene Hunt
38. 13 Little Blue Envelopes—Maureen Johnson
39. Girl at Sea—Maureen Johnson
    
40. Ophelia—Lisa Klien
    
41. Hattie Big Sky—Kirby Larson
42. The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler—-E.L. Konisburg
43. A Wrinkle in Time—Madeleine L’Engle
44. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe—C.S Lewis
45. The Giver –Lois Lowry
46. Number the Stars –Lois Lowry
47. Gathering Blue—Lois Lowry
48. The Babysitter’s Club: Kristy’s Great Idea—Anne M. Martin
49. Twilight—Stephanie Meyer
50. New Moon— Stephanie Meyer
51. Eclipse—Stephanie Meyer
52. Breaking Dawn—Stephenie Meyer
53. Anne of Green Gables—L. Maude Montgomery
54. Fallen Angels—Walter Dean Myers
55. Bridge to Terabithia—Katherine Paterson
56. Sweet Valley Series—Francis Pascal
57. Life as We Knew It—Susan Beth Pfeffer
58. The Midnight Club —Christopher Pike
59. The Listeners—Christopher Pike
60. The Immortal– Christopher Pike
61. The Amber Spyglass—Philip Pullman
62. The Ruby in the Smoke—Philip Pullman
63. Where the Red Fern Grows—Wilson Rawls
64. Witch Child––Celia Rees
65. Sorceress—Celia Rees
    
66. Pirates!—Celia Rees
67. Harry Potter and the Sorcerrer’s Stone –J.K. Rowling
68. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets– J.K. Rowling
69. Harry Potter and the Prisoner from Azkaban –J.K. Rowling
70. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire—J.K. Rowling
71. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix—J.K. Rowling
72. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince –J.K. Rowling
73. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows –J.K. Rowling
74. Holes—-Louis Sachar
75. The Invention of Hugo Cabret—Brian Selznick
    
76. Calico Captive—Elizabeth George Spears
77. The Witch of Blackbird Pond—Elizabeth George Spears
78. The Egypt Game—Zilpha Keatley Snyder
79. Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind—Suzanne Fisher Staples
80. Havali—Suzanne Fisher Staples
81. Fear Street Series —R.L. Stine
82. Goosebumps Series —R.L. Stine
83. A Certain Slant of Light—Laura Whitcomb
84. Story of a Girl—Sara Zarr
85. Sweethearts—Sara Zarr
86. I Am the Messenger––Markus Zusak
87. The Book Thief—Markus Zusak
88. Fighting Ruben Wolfe—Markus Zusak
89. Getting the Girl—Markus Zusak
90. Choose Your Own Goosebumps Series—R.L. Stine
91. Choose Your Own Adventures—Various authors