2004-2005 Reading List
This is a list of most of the books I read between May 2004 (approximate) and December 2005. The list is in alphabetical order by author, with multiple works by one author in chronological order of when I read them. Future lists will be organized completely according to the order I read the books.
- Richard Adams, Watership Down
- John Barlow, Eating Mammals
- Dave Barry, Dave Barry Talks Back
- Dave Barry, Dave Barry's Book Of Bad Songs
- John Bellairs, The Letter, The Witch, And The Ring
- John Bellairs, The Treasure Of Alpheus Winterborn
- Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden
- Michael Chabon, Wonder Boys
- Tony Clements, The African Violet Handbook*
- Patricia Cornwell, Blow Fly
- Patricia Cornwell, Trace
- Roald Dahl, Matilda
- Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
- Dave Eggers, ed., Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans : The Best of McSweeney's, Humor Category (x2)
- Dave Eggers, ed., The Best of McSweeney's, Vol. 1
- T.S. Eliot, The Cocktail Party
- T.S. Eliot, The Family Reunion
- Bret Easton Ellis, Rules of Attraction
- Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho
- Bret Easton Ellis, The Informers
- Bret Easton Ellis, Less Than Zero
- Bret Easton Ellis, Lunar Park
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
- Mark Helprin, Winter's Tale
- Deborah and James Howe, Bunnicula
- Brian Jacques, The Long Patrol
- Brian Jacques, Marlfox
- Brian Jacques, Legend Of Luke
- Brian Jacques, Lord Brocktree
- Brian Jacques, Taggerung
- Brian Jacques, Triss
- Brian Jacques, Loamhedge
- Brian Jacques, Rakkety Tam
- Michael Korda, Horse People: Scenes From The Riding Life*
- Nicole Krauss, The History of Love: A Novel
- David Lodge, Changing Places
- David Lodge, Small World
- David Lodge, Nice Work
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
- W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor's Edge
- Reynolds Price, Kate Vaiden
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix
- J.K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince
- Richard Russo, Straight Man
- David Sedaris, Naked
- David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day
- David Sedaris, Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim
- David Sedaris, Holidays On Ice
- Judy Reene Singer, Horseplay: A Novel
- Jane Smiley, Moo
- Jane Smiley, A Year At The Races*
- Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres
- Jane Smiley, Duplicate Keys
- Jane Smiley, Barn Blind
- Jane Smiley, Horse Heaven
- Jeffrey Steingarten, The Man Who Ate Everything*
- Jeffrey Steingarten, It Must Have Been Something I Ate*
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
- J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord Of The Rings
- Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation* (I read approximately the first 3/4 of this book and then skimmed the last quarter because it was too boring.)
- Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle
- Kurt Vonnegut, Galapagos
- Kurt Vonnegut, Slapstick
- Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night
- Rob Walsh, Are You Really Going To Eat That?*
- Keith Waterhouse, Billy Liar
- Bill Watterson, Calvin And Hobbes
- Bill Watterson, Something Under The Bed Is Drooling
- Bill Watterson, Yukon Ho!
- Bill Watterson, Weirdos From Another Planet!
- Bill Watterson, Revenge Of The Babysat
- Charles Webb, Elsinor
- Bailey White, Mama Makes Up Her Mind*
- Bailey White, Sleeping At The Starlite Motel*
* denotes non-fiction