Booklist

Current

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:27:48 +1200

Matter, by Iain M.Banks
Deerskin, by Robin McKinley
The Subtle Knife, by Phillip Pullman (reread to kids)
Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another, by Philip Ball (stuck in the middle somewhere)

2008 so far

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:26:03 +1200

The Yiddish Policemen's Union, by Michael Chabon
Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow
The Algebraist, by Iain M.Banks (reread)
Learning the World: A Novel of First Contact, by Ken McLeod
Excession, by Iain M.Banks (reread)
Northern Lights, by Phillip Pullman (reread to kids, aka _The Golden Compass_)
The Ghost Map, by Steve Johnson
The Ghost Brigades, by John Scalzi
Cell, by Stephen King (reread)
Soldier Of Sidon, by Gene Wolfe
Soldier of Arete, by Gene Wolfe (reread)
Soldier of the Mist, by Gene Wolfe (reread)
Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
Blindsight, by Peter Watts [Creative Commons licensed full pdf here]
Possession: A Romance, by A.S.Byatt
Wintersmith, by Terry Pratchett (reread to kids)
Stumbling on Happiness, by Daniel Gilbert
Old Man's War, by John Scalzi
A Hat Full of Sky, by Terry Pratchett (reread to kids)
Before the Frost, by Henning Mankell

2007

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:59:59 +1200

The Wee Free Men, by Terry Pratchett (reread to kids)
Firewall, by Henning Mankell
The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien (reread to kids)
One Step Behind, by Henning Mankell
The World Without Us, by Alan Weisman
The Fifth Woman, by Henning Mankell
Sidetracked, by Henning Mankell
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Scripts: The Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential Phases: v. 2, by Douglas Adams, Dirk Maggs
Wintersmith, by Terry Pratchett
The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, by Christopher Hitchens
The Naming Of The Dead, by Ian Rankin
Imperium, by Robert Harris
Born On A Blue Day, by Daniel Tammet
The Last Witchfinder, by James Morrow
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, by J.K.Rowling
Lisey's Story, by Stephen King
The Man Who Smiled, by Henning Mankell
The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
The God Of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy
Misery, by Stephen King (reread)
The White Lioness, by Henning Mankell
Spin, by Robert Charles Wilson
The Ophiuchi Hotline, by John Varley
Backroom Boys, by Francis Spufford
Never Let Me Go, by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Dogs Of Riga, by Henning Mankell
Spook, by Mary Roach
Air, by Geoff Ryman
Hannibal Rising, by Thomas Harris
We Need To Talk About Kevin, by Lionel Shriver
Faceless Killers, by Henning Mankell
One Good Turn, by Withold Rybczynski (reread)
Experience, by Martin Amis (reread)
Towing Jehovah, by James Morrow
Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman (reread)
Maskerade, by Terry Pratchett (reread)

2006

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 11:59:59 +1200

Cell, by Stephen King
Thud!, by Terry Pratchett
The Wake, by Neil Gaiman
The End, by Lemony Snicket
The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen volume II, by Alan Moore
The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch, by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen
Stiff, by Mary Roach (reread)
The Ancestor's Tale, by Richard Dawkins(reread)
Down Under, by Bill Bryson (reread)
American Gods, by Neil Gaiman (reread)
Freakonomics, by Steven D.Levitt and Stephen J.Dubner
Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman
Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman (reread)
The Kalahari Typing School For Men, by Alexander McCall Smith
Collapse, by Jared Diamond
Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell
Tomorrow Now, by Bruce Sterling
Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
Night Watch, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
Carpe Jugulum, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
Someone Comes To Town Someone Leaves Town, by Cory Doctorow
Morality For Beautiful Girls, by Alexander McCall Smith
Darkly Dreaming Dexter, by Jeff Lindsay
Tears Of The Giraffe, by Alexander McCall Smith
Hat Full Of Sky, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
Wee Free Men, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
Pompeii, by Robert Harris (reread)
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, by Alexander McCall Smith
Eastern Standard Tribe, by Cory Doctorow

2005

Sat, 31 Dec 2005 11:59:59 +1200

Stiff, by Mary Roach
Trace, by Patricia Cornwell
Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett
Fleshmarket Close, by Ian Rankin
Mutants, by Armand Leroi
Holes, by Louis Sachar
The System of the World, by Neal Stephenson
The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman
Consilience, by E.O.Wilson
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, by Susannah Clarke
The Consolations of Philosophy, by Alain de Botton
The Confusion, by Neal Stephenson
The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, by Gideon Defoe
The Kindly Ones, by Neal Stephenson
The Ancestors' Tale, by Richard Dawkins
Monstrous Regiment, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
The Wee Free Men, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
A Hat Full Of Sky, by Terry Pratchett
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, by Joanne K. Rowling
Quicksilver, by Neal Stephenson
Uncle Tungsten, by Oliver Sacks (reread)
On Writing, by Stephen King (reread)
From A Buick 8, by Stephen King (reread)
Down And Out In The Magic Kingdom, by Cory Doctorow
Idoru, by William Gibson
Why We Believe, by Michael Shermer
The Intuitionist, by Colson Whitehead
Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell
The Algebraist, by Iain M.Banks
Why People Believe Weird Things, by Michael Shermer
Pompeii, by Robert Harris
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by Joanne K. Rowling (reread to kids)
Freedom Of Expression®, by Kembrew McLeod
The Bootstrapper's Bible, by Seth Godin
The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell
The Unequalled Self, by Claire Tomalin
Millennium People, by J.G.Ballard
The Fifth Elephant, by Terry Pratchett (reread)

2004

Fri, 31 Dec 2004 11:59:59 +1200

The Hippopotamus, by Stephen Fry (reread)
The Truth, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
The Grim Grotto, by Lemony Snicket
Night Watch, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
A Devil's Chaplain, by Richard Dawkins
The Blank Slate, by Stephen Pinker (reread)
Monstrous Regiment, by Terry Pratchett
Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood
American Gods, by Neil Gaiman (reread)
Blow Fly, by Patricia Cornwell
A Question of Blood, by Iain Rankin
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by Joanne K. Rowling (reread to kids)
Yellow Dog, by Martin Amis
The Salmon of Doubt, by Douglas Adams
Worlds' End, by Neil Gaiman
Brief Lives, by Neil Gaiman
Griffin and Sabine, by Nick Bantock
Brief Lives, by Neil Gaiman
The Separation, by Christopher Priest
The Information, by Martin Amis
So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish, by Douglas Adams (reread)
The Businessman: A Tale of Terror, by Thomas M.Disch
The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of, by Thomas M.Disch (reread)
Life, the Universe, and Everything, by Douglas Adams (reread)
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, by Douglas Adams (reread)
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams (reread)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by Joanne K. Rowling (reread to kids)
Free Culture, by Lawrence Lessig
Look To Windward, by Iain M.Banks (reread)
The Wee Free Men, by Terry Pratchett
A Short History Of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by Joanne K. Rowling (reread)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, by Mark Haddon
Light, by M.John Harrison
The Well of Lost Plots, by Jasper Fforde
Designing with Web Standards, by Jeffrey Zeldman
The Weirdstone of Brysingamen, by Alan Garner
The Old Devils, by Kingsley Amis
Bravemouth, by Pamela Stephenson
Stupid White Men, by Michael Moore
Life Of Pi, by Yann Martel
253, by Geoff Ryman (reread of WWW version)

2003

Wed, 31 Dec 2003 11:59:59 +1200

Being Dead, by Jim Crace (reread)
The Slippery Slope, by Lemony Snicket
A Walk In The Woods, by Bill Bryson (reread)
The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen volume I, by Alan Moore
The Complete Maus, by Art Speigelman
Notes From A Big Country, by Bill Bryson (reread)
Notes From A Small Island, by Bill Bryson (reread)
I Stole Your Cheese, by Darrell Bristow-Bovey
Engine City, by Ken Macleod
The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
Ending Up, by Kingsley Amis
Other People, by Martin Amis
Night Watch, by Terry Pratchett
The Outsider, by Albert Camus (reread)
The Years Of Rice And Salt, by Kim Stanley Robinson
Time's Arrow, by Martin Amis (reread)
The Blank Slate, by Stephen Pinker
Fables And Reflections, by Neil Gaiman
A Game Of You, by Neil Gaiman
Season Of Mists, by Neil Gaiman
One Good Turn, by Witold Rybczynski
The Green Man, by Kingsley Amis (reread)
The Prestige, by Christopher Priest (reread)
The War Of The Worlds, by H.G.Wells
Engines Of Creation, by K.Eric Drexler
From A Buick 8, by Stephen King
The Thirty-Nine Steps, by John Buchan
The Turn Of The Screw, by Henry James
Animal Farm, by George Orwell (reread) (NB: back in copyright in some jurisdictions; check your local laws)
The Hacker Crackdown, by Bruce Sterling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by Joanne K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by Joanne K. Rowling (reread)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by Joanne Rowling (reread)
The Science Of Diskworld II - The Globe, by Terry Pratchett, Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart
Enduring Love, by Ian McEwan (reread)
Contest, by Matthew Reilly
The Code Book, by Simon Singh (reread)
The Cuckoo's Egg, by Clifford Stoll (reread)
Carpe Jugulum, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
Longitude, by Dava Sobel(reread)
The Science Of Discworld, by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen (reread)
Thief Of Time, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
Unweaving The Rainbow, by Richard Dawkins (reread)
Uncle Tungsten, by Oliver Sacks
Darwin's Dangerous Idea, by Daniel C. Dennett (reread)
Good Omens, by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (reread)
The Carnivorous Carnival, by Lemony Snicket
Dark Light, by Ken Macleod
Experience, by Martin Amis
The Truth, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
The Restraint of Beasts, by Magnus Mills (reread)

2002

Tue, 31 Dec 2002 11:59:59 +1200

Seven Tenths, by James Hamilton-Patterson (reread)
Lost In A Good Book, by Jasper Fforde
Dream Country, by Neil Gaiman
The Dolls House, by Neil Gaiman
Cosmonaut Keep, by Ken Macleod
The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents, by Terry Pratchett
The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde
Resurrection Men, by Ian Rankin
Girlfriend In A Coma, by Douglas Coupland (reread)
Coraline, by Neil Gaiman
The Stuff Our Dreams Are Made Of, by Thomas M.Disch (reread)
Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
On Blue's Waters, by Gene Wolfe
The Evolution Man, by Roy Lewis
Hide And Seek, by Ian Rankin
Billy, by Pamela Stephenson
Preludes And Nocturnes, by Neil Gaiman
From Hell, by Alan Moore
Knots And Crosses, by Ian Rankin
Thinks..., by David Lodge
Artemis Fowl, by Eoin Colfer
Dead Famous, by Ben Elton
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, by Stephen King (reread)
Atonement, by Ian McEwan
The Unauthorised Version, by Robin Lane Fox (reread)
The Hanging Garden, by Ian Rankin (reread)
The Last Hero, by Terry Pratchett
Thief Of Time, by Terry Pratchett
Interesting Times, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
Smoke And Mirrors, by Neil Gaiman
334, by Thomas Disch
Radio Free Albemuth, by Philip K.Dick (reread)
The Beach, by Alex Garland
American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
Spanking Watson, by Kinky Friedman
The Spike Milligan Letters Volume 2, by Norma Farnes (reread)
Goodbye Soldier, by Spike Milligan (reread)
Where Have All The Bullets Gone, by Spike Milligan (reread)
Mussolini His Part In My Downfall, by Spike Milligan (reread)
"Rommel?""Gunner Who?", by Spike Milligan (reread)
Monty His Part In My Victory, by Spike Milligan (reread)
Hitler My Part In His Downfall, by Spike Milligan (reread)
Once Were Warriors, by Alan Duff
Eric, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
Black And Blue, by Ian Rankin (reread)
The Fifth Elephant, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
Set In Darkness, by Ian Rankin
Dead Souls, by Ian Rankin
A Transatlantic Tunnel Hurrah!, by Harry Harrison (reread)
McCarthy's Bar, by Pete McCarthy
The Falls, by Ian Rankin
Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
The Hogfather, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, by Joanne K. Rowling (reread)
Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason, by Helen Fielding
Microserfs, by Douglas Coupland
Stardust, by Neil Gaiman
Bridget Jones's Dairy, by Helen Fielding
The Hostile Hospital, by Lemony Snicket

2001

Mon, 31 Dec 2001 11:59:59 +1200

On Writing, by Stephen King
The Amber Spyglass, by Philip Pullman
The Subtle Knife, by Philip Pullman (reread)
The Northern Lights, by Philip Pullman (reread)
Witches Abroad, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
Lords And Ladies, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
The Vile Village, by Lemony Snicket
Motherless Brooklyn, by Jonathan Lethem
The Truth, by Terry Pratchett
The Ersatz Elevator, by Lemony Snicket
The Austere Academy, by Lemony Snicket
The Wide Window, by Lemony Snicket
The Reptile Room, by Lemony Snicket
The Bad Beginning, by Lemony Snicket
The Miserable Mill, by Lemony Snicket
Down Under, by Bill Bryson
The Last Precinct, by Patricia Cornwell
Look To Windward, by Iain M.Banks
Surely You're Joking Mr Feynmann, by Richard Feynmann
Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Albom
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy - The Original Radio Scripts, by Douglas Adams (edited by Geoffrey Perkins)
Use Of Weapons, by Iain M.Banks (reread)
How The Mind Works, by Stephen Pinker (reread)
Master And Commander, by Patrick O'Brien
The Brethren, by John Grisham
To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (reread from childhood)
Rogue Moon, by Algis Budrys
Grasshopper, by Barbara Vine
Man And Boy, by Tony Parsons
The Female Eunuch, by Germaine Greer
The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of, by Thomas M.Disch
200% Of Nothing, by A.K.Dewdney
The Case-book Of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle

2000

Sun, 31 Dec 2000 11:59:59 +1200

Distraction, by Bruce Sterling
The Fifth Elephant, by Terry Pratchett
A Walk In The Woods, by Bill Bryson (reread)
Darwin's Radio, by Greg Bear
Survivor, by Chuck Paluhniuk
The Valley Of Fear, by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Subtle Knife, by Philip Pullman
Northern Lights, by Philip Pullman
Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
The Ground Beneath Her Feet, by Salman Rushdie
Inconceivable, by Ben Elton
The Code Book, by Simon Singh (free accompanying CD-ROM)
His Last Bow, by Arthur Conan Doyle
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, by Joanne K. Rowling
Excession, by Iain M.Banks (reread)
Deadeye Dick, by Kurt Vonnegut (reread)
The Business, by Iain Banks
King Solomon's Carpet, by Barbara Vine
Hannibal, by Thomas Harris
The Sky Road, by Ken MacLeod
Being Dead, by Jim Crace
The Science Of Diskworld, by Terry Pratchett et al.
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, by Joanne K. Rowling
253 (print remix), by Geoff Ryman (reread)
Point Of Origin, by Patricia Cornwell
Unnatural Exposure, by Patricia Cornwell
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, by Stephen King
Pasquale's Angel, by Paul J. McAuley
Dead Souls, by Ian Rankin
Behold The Man, by Michael Moorcock
The English, by Jeremy Paxman
Camp Concentration, by Thomas M.Disch
Maskerade, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
Carpe Jugulum, by Terry Pratchett (reread)

1999

Fri, 31 Dec 1999 11:59:59 +1200

The Green Man, by Kingsley Amis
The Return Of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle
Taking Lives, by Michael Pye
The Extremes, by Christopher Priest
Archangel, by Robert Harris
Unweaving The Rainbow, by Richard Dawkins
I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson
Widow For One Year, by John Irving
Notes From A Big Country, by Bill Bryson
The Time Ships, by Stephen Baxter
The Restraint Of Beasts, by Magnus Mills
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, by Joanne K. Rowling
The Green Mile, by Stephen King
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, by Joanne K. Rowling
Flanders, by Patricia Anthony
The Cassini Division, by Ken MacLeod
Genetic Engineering Food And The Environment, by Luke Anderson
Blast From The Past, by Ben Elton
The Hanging Garden, by Ian Rankin
The Invisible Man, by H.G.Wells (reread)
Bag Of Bones, by Stephen King
The Hound Of The Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Chimney Sweeper's Boy, by Barbara Vine
The Arabian Nightmare, by Robert Irwin
The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle
Angry White Pyjamas, by Robert Twigger
Inversions, by Iain M.Banks (reread)
The Affirmation, by Christopher Priest
The Wisdom Of Father Brown, by G.K.Chesterton
The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sign Of The Four, by Arthur Conan Doyle
A Study In Scarlet, by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Last Continent, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
The Best Of Harry Harrison (reread)
Trying To Save Piggy Sneed, by John Irving (reread)
Amsterdam, by Ian McEwan
The Fifth Head Of Cerberus, by Gene Wolfe
Labyrinths, by Jorge Luis Borges (reread)
The Urth Of The New Sun, by Gene Wolfe (reread)
How The Mind Works, by Stephen Pinker
Children Of God, by Mary Doria Russell
Enigma, by Robert Harris
The Stone Canal, by Ken MacLeod
Heart Of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad
Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr (reread)
Fatherland, by Robert Harris
Girlfriend In A Coma, by Douglas Coupland
Inversions, by Iain M.Banks
The Star Fraction, by Ken MacLeod

1998

Thu, 31 Dec 1998 11:59:59 +1200

Nymphomation, by Jeff Noon
The Citadel Of The Autarch, by Gene Wolfe (reread)
The Sword Of The Lictor, by Gene Wolfe (reread)
The Claw Of The Conciliator, by Gene Wolfe (reread)
The Shadow Of The Torturer, by Gene Wolfe (reread)
Reaper Man, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
Jingo, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
Eric, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
Carpe Jugulum, by Terry Pratchett
The Hippopotamus, by Stephen Fry (reread)
Deja Dead, by Kathy Reichs
1984, by George Orwell (reread) (NB: back in copyright in some jurisdictions; check your local laws)
Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons
The Sparrow, by Mary Doria Russell
Neither Here Nor There, by Bill Bryson
An Instance Of The Fingerpost, by Iain Pears
A Walk In The Woods, by Bill Bryson
A Song Of Stone, by Iain Banks
The Shining, by Stephen King
Diaspora, by Greg Egan
The Prestige, by Christopher Priest
Complicity, by Iain Banks (reread)
Black And Blue, by Ian Rankin
The Glamour, by Christopher Priest (reread)
Innumeracy, by John Allen Paulos (reread)
The Reproductive System, by John Sladek
Notes On A Small Island, by Bill Bryson (reread)
Fifty Dead Men Walking, by Martin McGartland
The Day Of The Triffids, by John Wyndham
Enduring Love, by Ian McEwan
Consider Her Ways And Others, by John Wyndham
Night Shift, by Stephen King
Chocky, by John Wyndham
Trouble With Lichen, by John Wyndham
The Kraken Wakes, by John Wyndham
The Adversary, by Julian May
The Non-born King, by Julian May
The Golden Torc, by Julian May
The Many-Colored Land, by Julian May
Ringworld, by Larry Niven
The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
The Last Continent, by Terry Pratchett
Distress, by Greg Egan
The Black Dahlia, by James Ellroy
Dolores Claiborne, by Stephen King (reread)
Writing For Pleasure And Profit, by Michael Legat
An Author's Guide To Publishing, by Michael Legat
Longitude, by Dava Sobel
The Novelist's Guide, by Margret Geraghty
Night Frost, by R.D.Wingfield
The Invisible Man, by H.G.Wells
Permutation City, by Greg Egan
253 (the Print Remix), by Geoff Ryman (reread of WWW version)
L.A. Confidential, by James Ellroy
The Man Who Was Thursday, by G.K.Chesterton
Pollen, by Jeff Noon
Gun With Occasional Music, by Jonathan Lethem
Happy Policeman, by Patricia Anthony
Brother Termite, by Patricia Anthony
The Strange Case Of Doctor Jekyll And Mr Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson
Espedair Street, by Iain Banks

1997

Wed, 31 Dec 1997 23:59:59 +1200

Automated Alice, by Jeff Noon
The Sirens Of Titan, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr
Various bits of The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Making History, by Stephen Fry
The Suburban Book Of The Dead (Armageddon III: The Remake), by Robert Rankin
They Came And Ate Us (Armageddon II: The B-Movie), by Robert Rankin
Armageddon The Musical, by Robert Rankin
Feersum Endjinn, by Iain M.Banks (reread)
'48, by James Herbert
Jingo, by Terry Pratchett
Needful Things, by Stephen King
Skeleton Crew, by Stephen King
Feet Of Clay, by Terry Pratchett (reread)
Disturbia, by Christopher Fowler
Midnight's Children, by Salman Rushdie
253, by Geoff Ryman
Soldier Of Arete, by Gene Wolfe
The Regulators, by Stephen King (as Richard Bachman)
Body Of Evidence, by Patricia Cornwell
Exquisite Corpse, by Poppy Z.Brite
Insomnia, by Stephen King
Abandonati, by Gary Kilworth
Desperation, by Stephen King
Pavane, by Keith Roberts
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors, by Roddy Doyle
Prince Caspian, by C.S.Lewis (reread from childhood)
Molecular Studies On Plant CYP Enzymes, by Steven Zachary Hanley
The Horse And His Boy, by C.S.Lewis (reread from childhood)
The Solitaire Mystery, by Jostein Gaarder
The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis (reread from childhood)
The Magician's Nephew, by C.S.Lewis (reread from childhood)
The Van, by Roddy Doyle
Exodus From The Long Sun, by Gene Wolfe
Popcorn, by Ben Elton
Dolores Claiborne, by Stephen King
Excession, by Iain M.Banks
Blue Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson
Vurt, by Jeff Noon
'Salem's Lot, by Stephen King
Carrie, by Stephen King
Fungus The Bogeyman, by Raymond Briggs
Rose Madder, by Stephen King
The Iliad, by Homer (translated by Martin Hammond) (Samuel Butler's translation)
The Gun Seller, by Hugh Laurie
The Demon-Haunted World, by Carl Sagan
The Body Farm, by Patricia Cornwell
Cruel And Unusual, by Patricia Cornwell
All That Remains, by Patricia Cornwell
Post Mortem, by Patricia Cornwell
The Unauthorized Version, by Robin Lane Fox
The Inheritors, by William Golding
If On A Winter's Night A Traveller, by Italo Calvino
The Hobbit, by J.R.R.Tolkien (reread)
The Chrysalids, by John Wyndham (reread)
Feet Of Clay, by Terry Pratchett
The Hogfather, by Terry Pratchett
Darwin's Dangerous Idea, by Daniel C. Dennett

1996

Tue, 31 Dec 1996 23:59:59 +1200

Wild Swans, by Jung Chang (reread)
Notes On A Small Island, by Bill Bryson
A Son Of The Circus, by John Irving
The Language Instinct, by Steven Pinker
The Diamond Age, by Neal Stephenson
Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson (reread)
Immediate Action, by Andy McNab
Last Chance To See..., by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwadine
Sleepers, by Lorenzo Carcaterro
Lady Chatterley's Lover According To Spike Milligan
Maskerade, by Terry Pratchett
The Island Of The Day Before, by Umberto Eco
Earth, by David Brin
Innumeracy, by John Allen Paulos
Eight Little Piggies, by Stephen Jay Gould
The Periodic Kingdom, by Peter Atkins
Plague's Progress, by Arno Karlen
Timewalkers, by Clive Gamble
Whit, by Iain Banks
Memnoch The Devil, by Anne Rice
Sophie's World, by Jostein Gaardner

Abandoned

Tue, 01 Jan 1901 00:00:01 +1200

Books started but unfinished due to apathy, dislike or a better offer.

The Third Policeman, by Flann O'Brien (delayed by others, will try again when next bookless)
Pandora By Holly Hollander, by Gene Wolfe (delayed by other, more attractive purchases)
The Gormenghast Trilogy, by Mervyn Peake (need to forget TV adaptation to enjoy properly)
The Pickwick Papers, by Charles Dickens (bored)
Crime And Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (distracted)
All The President's Men, by Woodward and Bernstein (bored)
One Of Us, by Michael Marshall Smith (couldn't get interested)
The Island Of Doctor Death And Other Stories And Other Stories, by Gene Wolfe (in my car when it was stolen on 5/9/00)
Venus In Copper, by Lindsey Davis (distracted)