This list is a bit different than the other two. I’ll still name the genre, of course, but I’m also assigning a number to each book. Why is this important? Check out The Rules for more info. Upon initial posting, there are 135 books on this list, including the three I started this project with. As new books are added to the collection (and let’s face it – there will always be more books,) I’ll tack them onto the bottom of the list.
Without further ado…
*Previous partial read
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Biography & Memoir
1. Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
2. We’ll Always Have Cleveland: A Memoir Of A Novelist And A City by Les Roberts
3. Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou
4. The Kitchen Readings: Untold Stories of Hunter S. Thompson by Michael Cleverly
5. My Life by Bill Clinton
Business & Finance
6. Wizards: Millionaire Magicians of the American Dream by Michael Caldwell & Kathleen Caldwell, Angelo Giudice
Essays
7. The Portable Henry Rollins by Henry Rollins
8. Eye Scream (Rollins, Henry) by Henry Rollins
9. Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine & the Downward Spiral of Dumbness: Modern History from the Sports Desk by Hunter S. Thompson
10. Fear & Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist by Hunter S. Thompson
11. Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays by Zadie Smith *
Fiction
12. Prelude to Foundation (Foundation: Prequel, #1) by Isaac Asimov
13. The Best From Galaxy, Volume 4 by Jim Baen
14. Orion’s Hounds (Star Trek: Titan, #3) by Christopher L. Bennett
15. Titan (The Grand Tour) by Ben Bova
16. Mercury (The Grand Tour, #4) by Ben Bova
17. Return to Mars by Ben Bova
18. Future Crime by Ben Bova
19. Mars by Ben Bova
20. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
21. Star Trek: A Singular Destiny (Star Trek) by Keith R.A. DeCandido
22. X-Men Mutant Empire 2: Sanctuary by Christopher Golden
23. X-Men Mutant Empire 1 – Siege by Christopher Golden
24. A Time to Kill by John Grisham
25. Forrest Gump by Winston Groom
26. East of the Mountains by David Guterson
27. The Reality Dysfunction (Night’s Dawn, #1) by Peter F. Hamilton
28. The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway
29. Dubliners by James Joyce
30. Sometimes a Great Notion (Penguin Classics) by Ken Kesey & Charles Bowden
31. The Green Mile Book Box Set by Stephen King
32. A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold*
33. Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #4) by C.S. Lewis
34. The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #3) by C.S. Lewis
35. The Magician’s Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) by C.S. Lewis *
36. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #2) by C.S. Lewis
37. The Red King (Star Trek: Titan, #2) by Andy Mangels & Michael A. Martin
38. A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4) by George R.R. Martin
39. A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3) by George R.R. Martin
40. A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2) by George R.R. Martin
41. Kobayashi Maru (Star Trek: Enterprise) by Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels
42. Taking Wing (Star Trek: Titan, #1) by Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels
43. Cities of the Plain (Border Trilogy, #3) by Cormac McCarthy
44. The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty
45. Death of a Salesman: Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts & a Requiem by Arthur Miller
46. Gap Creek : The Story Of A Marriage (Oprah’s Book Club) by Robert Morgan
47. We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
48. The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story by Richard Preston
49. The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3) by Philip Pullman
50. The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2) by Philip Pullman
51. The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2) by Anne Rice
52. The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles, #3) by Anne Rice
53. The Tale of the Body Thief (The Vampire Chronicles, #4) by Anne Rice
54. Memnoch the Devil (The Vampire Chronicles, #5) by Anne Rice
55. The Vampire Armand (The Vampire Chronicles, #6) by Anne Rice
56. The Mummy by Anne Rice
57. Pandora (New Tales of the Vampires, #1) by Anne Rice
58. Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1) by Kim Stanley Robinson
59. Invisible Prey (Lucas Davenport, #17) by John Sandford
60. Death with Interruptions by Jose Saramago *
61. The Pilot’s Wife by Anita Shreve
62. A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve
63. The Last Time They Met by Anita Shreve
64. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
65. Oil! by Upton Sinclair
66. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
67. The Digital Plague (Avery Cates, #2) by Jeff Somers
68. Bubbles A Broad (Bubbles Yablonsky, #4) by Sarah Strohmeyer
69. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
70. The Great War: American Front (Great War, #1) by Harry Turtledove
71. The Invisible Man (Paperback) by H.G. Wells
72. The Sonderberg Case by Elie Wiesel
73. The Tower (Spider World 1) by Colin Wilson
74. The Delta (Spider World 2) by Colin Wilson
75. The Magician (Spider World 3) by Colin Wilson
76. Shadowland (Spider World) by Colin Wilson
77. A Rose for Ecclesiastes by Roger Zelazny
78. The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker’s Guide, #1-5) by Douglas Adams *
79. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov *
80. Selected Canterbury Tales (Dover Thrift Editions) by Geoffrey Chaucer *
81. White Witch of Rosehall by Herbert G. Delisser *
82. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce *
83. The Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) by Franz Kafka *
84. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel *
85. The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl *
86. Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust *
87. The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) by Philip Pullman *
88. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield*
89. Zero at the Bone (Zero at the Bone, #1) by Jane Seville *
90. Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Wordsworth Royals) by William Shakespeare*
91. The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien *
92. The Picture of Dorian Gray (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) by Oscar Wilde*
Food & Drink
93. Biodynamic Wine, Demystified by Nicholas Joly
94. The Geography of Wine: How Landscapes, Cultures, Terroir, and the Weather Make a Good Drop by Brian J. Sommers
95. Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine by George M. Taber & Robert G. Mondavi
96. The United States of Arugula: The Sun Dried, Cold Pressed, Dark Roasted, Extra Virgin Story of the American Food Revolution by David Kamp *
General Non-Fiction
97. The Natural Superiority of the Left-Hander by James T. deKay
History, Anthropology & Archaeology
98. The Archaic Period in Pennsylvania: Hunter-Gatherers of the Early and Middle Holocene (Recent Research in Pennsylvania Archaeology, No. 1) by J.M. Adovasio
99. The First Americans: In Pursuit of Archaeology’s Greatest Mystery (Modern Library Paperbacks) by James Adovasio & Jake Page
100. Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle That Made England by Juliet Barker
101. Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World’s Greatest Outlaw by Mark Bowden
102. A History of Civilizations by Fernand Braudel & Richard Mayne
103. The Maya (Ancient Peoples & Places) by Michael D. Coe
104. Secret Societies by Arkon Daraul
105. Myths and Legends of Japan by F. Hadland Davis & Evelyn Paul
106. The Rise and Fall of the Choctaw Republic. (Civilization of the American Indian) by Angie Debo
107. The Lost Chronicles of the Maya Kings by David Drew
108. Mental Floss Presents Forbidden Knowledge: A Wickedly Smart Guide to History’s Naughtiest Bits (Mental Floss Presents) by Mental Floss
109. 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America (History Channel Presents) by Steven M. Gillon & in category
110. A History of Pagan Europe by Prudence Jones & Nigel Pennick
111. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen
112. The Archaeology Handbook: A Field Manual and Resource Guide by Bill McMillon
113. A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya by Linda Schele & David Freidel
114. The Aztecs by Richard F. Townsend
115. I Was Born in Slavery: Personal Accounts of Slavery in Texas (Real Voices, Real History Series) by Andrew Waters
116. The Devil We Knew: Americans and the Cold War by H.W. Brands & Brands
117. Rule by Secrecy: The Hidden History that Connects the Trilateral Commission, the Freemasons & the Great Pyramids by Jim Marrs
118. The Birth of Britain: A History of the English Speaking Peoples, Volume I (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) by Winston S. Churchill *
Political & Social Commentary
119. The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy by William Strauss & Neil Howe
120. Hegemony or Survival: America’s Quest for Global Dominance by Noam Chomsky *
121. Generations: The History of America’s Future, 1584 to 2069 by William Strauss & Neil Howe *
Religion & Spirituality
122. Popol Vuh by Anonymous & Dennis Tedlock in category
123. The World’s Religions: Our Great Wisdom Traditions by Huston Smith
124. The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Mythos/Bollingen Series, #17) by Joseph Campbell *
Science
125. Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution by Francis Fukuyama
126. Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension by Michio Kaku
127. The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution & Future of the Human Animal by Jared Diamond*
128. Genome The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley*
Travel
129. Ohio Oddities: A Guide to the Curious Attractions of the Buckeye State by Neil Zurcher
130. The Best American Travel Writing 2002 by Frances Mayes & Jason Wilson
Writing
131. Write for College: A Students Handbook by Patrick Sebranek & Verne Meyer, Dave Kemper
132. Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them by Francine Prose *
Starting Books
133. Jackie as Editor by Greg Lawrence
134. Against the Grain by Richard Manning
135. Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin