THE READ LIST (archive) Read from 5.3.2019 - 5.3.2020, Most recent to least recent Jhereg by Steven Brust Dune* by Frank Herbert We are Legion (We are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor Small Favor* by Jim Butcher Three Fates* by Nora Roberts (hey, it was a road trip!) The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King The Secret of the Underground Room by John Bellairs The Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull by John Bellairs 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson White Knight* by Jim Butcher Read from 5.3.2018 - 5.3.2019, Most recent to least recent The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems by Onono Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan by Ono no Komachi & Izumi Shikibu, trans. Jane Hirshfield and Mariko Aratani Passing Strange by Ellen Klages Grave Peril* by Jim Butcher Kokin Wakashu: The First Imperial Anthology of Japanese Poetry: With ‘Tosa Nikki’ and ‘Shinsen Waka’ translated by Helen Craig McCullough River of Stars: Selected Poems of Yosano Akiko by Yosano Akiko, trans. Sam Hamill & Keiko Matsui Gibson Sacred Texts and Buried Treasures: Issues in the Historical Archaeology of Ancient Japan by William Wayne Farris The Making of a Japanese Periphery, 1750-1920 by Kären Wigen A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness Blood Rites* by Jim Butcher Death Masks* by Jim Butcher Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore* by Robin Sloan The Last Enchantment by Mary Stewart Read from 5.3.2017 - 5.3.2018, Most recent to least recent The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson Summer Knight* by Jim Butcher A Tale of False Fortunes by Enchi Fumiko The City and the City* by China Mieville The Incrementalists by Skyler White and Steven Brust Fool Moon* by Jim Butcher Vallista by Steven Brust Unbeaten Tracks in Japan by Isabella L. Bird Re-Inventing Japan: Time, Space, Nation by Tessa Morris-Suzuki Storm Front* by Jim Butcher The Waiting Years by Enchi Fumiko The Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart From Sovereign to Symbol by Thomas Conlan The Design of Everyday Things by Don Norman Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan by Lafcadio Hearn Read from 5.3.2016 - 5.3.2017, Most recent to least recent Antiquity and Anachronism in Japanese History by Jeffrey P. Mass The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino 容疑者Xの献身 by Keigo Higashino Women and the Economic Miracle: Gender and Work in Postwar Japan by Mary C. Brinton Babylon's Ashes by James S. A. Corey Invisible Planets: 13 Visions of the Future From China translated and edited by Ken Liu Money Economy in Medieval Japan: A Study in the Use of Coins by Delmer M. Brown A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge Bloodchild: And Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott Botchan by Natsume Soseki Kokoro by Natsume Soseki The Inheritance & Other Stories by Robin Hobb, Megan Lindholm Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China by Evan Osnos Read from 5.3.2015 - 5.3.2016, Most recent to least recent Nemesis Games by James S.A. Corey Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey Abaddon's Gate by James S.A. Corey Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick Oracle's Queen by Lynn Flewelling Hidden Warrior by Lynn Flewelling The Bone Doll's Twin by Lynn Flewelling Currents in Medieval Japanese History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey P. Mass edited by Berger, Goble, Harrington, and Hurst The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, 5th Edition by Project Management Institute The Professor Is In by Karen Kelsky Everyday Things in Premodern Japan: The Hidden Legacy of Material Culture by Susan B. Hanley The Moneylenders of Late Medieval Kyoto by Suzanne Marie Gay Nancy Drew Series, book 1-10 by Carolyn Keene Coins, Trade, and the State: Economic Growth in Early Medieval Japan by Ethan Isaac Segal Uprooted by Naomi Novik Lords of the Sea: Pirates, Violence, and Commerce in Late Medieval Japan by Peter D. Shapinsky State of War: The Violent Order of Fourteenth-Century Japan by Thomas Donald Conlan The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley Read from 5.3.2014 - 5.3.2015, Most recent to least recent The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley The Dark is Rising sequence by Susan Cooper Government and Local Power in Japan, 500 to 1700: A Study Based on Bizen Province by John Whitney Hall The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin Hawk by Steven Brust The Magician's Land by Lev Grossman The Magician King by Lev Grossman The Magicians by Lev Grossman Tiassa by Steven Brust Iorich by Steven Brust The Book of Dzur by Steven Brust The Book of Dragon by Steven Brust Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples Modern Japanese Diaries by Donald Keene The Book of Athyra by Steven Brust Across the Perilous Sea: Japanese Trade with China and Korea from the Seventh to the Sixteenth Centuries by Charlotte von Verschuer Gateway to Japan: Hakata In War and Peace, 500-1300 by Bruce Batten The Book of Taltos by Steven Brust Heian Japan: Centers and Peripheries by Adolphson, Kamens, and Matsumoto The Book of Jhereg by Steven Brust Read from 5.3.2013 - 5.3.2014, Most recent to least recent The Declaration by Gemma Malley The Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan Envisioning the Tale of Genji: Media, Gender, and Cultural Production by Haruo Shirane Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill Winter's Heart by Robert Jordan The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan Read from 5.3.2012 - 5.3.2013, Most recent to least recent The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan Autobiography of a Geisha by Sayo Masuda Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky Life, Sex and Ideas: The Good Life without God by A. C. Grayling Myst: The Book of Atrus by Rand Miller, Robyn Miller, David Wingrove Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years by Elizabeth Wayland Barber The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern A Voyager Out: The Life of Mary Kingsley by Katherine Frank City of Glass by Cassandra Clare The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins City of Ash by Cassandra Clare City of Bones by Cassandra Clare Kushiel's Chosen by Jaqueline Carey Kushiel's Dart by Jaqueline Carey Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris The Last Enchantment by Mary Stewart God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens Read from 5.3.2011 - 5.3.2012, Most recent to least recent Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb The Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World by William J. Bernstein Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin (Gave up it was so horrible...) The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade by Pietra Rivoli The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Read from 5.3.2010 - 5.3.2011, Most recent to least recent The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger by Marc Levinson A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge Little Brother by Cory Doctorow Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton by Edward Rice House of Stairs by William Sleator Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb The Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb The Crystal Shard by R. A. Salvatore The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Read from 5.3.2009 - 5.3.2010, Most recent to least recent Czechoslovakia: A Short History by J. F. Bradley Essentials of Marketing by William D. Perreault (and others) Supply Chain Management: A Logistics Perspective by Coyle (and others) Autobiography of a Geisha by Sayo Masuda The Secret of the Underground Room by John Bellairs Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London and the Country by Patricia C. Wrede, Caroline Stevermer Contemporary Logistics by Paul R. Murphy Jr. and Donald Wood The Mansion in the Mist by John Bellairs The Witching Hour by Anne Rice Read from 5.3.2008 - 5.3.2009, Most recent to least recent Dave Barry Talks Back by Dave Barry Twilight by Stephanie Meyer First, Break All The Rules by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley Beauty by Robin McKinley The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring by John Bellairs The Figure in the Shadows by John Bellairs The House With a Clock in its Walls by John Bellairs The Great Mortality by John Kelly Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch The Curse of the Blue Figurine by John Bellairs The Mummy, The Will, and the Crypt by John Bellairs The Prestige by Christopher Priest The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch A Dark and Hungry God Arises by Stephen R. Donaldson Forbidden Knowledge by Stephen R. Donaldson Read from 5.3.2007 - 5.3.2008, Most recent to least recent A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge Rites of Spring by White Wolf Publishing Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray The Real Story by Stephen R. Donaldson Five Hundred Years After by Steven Brust The Phoenix Guards by Steven Brust xxxHolic, vol. 1-8 by CLAMP Death Note, vol. 1-8 by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata The Last Enchantment by Mary Stewart Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Forests of the Heart by Charles de Lint Wishing Season by Esther Friesner The Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart Read from 5.3.2006 - 5.3.2007, Most recent to least recent Shaman's Crossing by Robin Hobb The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury Feast of Souls by C.S. Friedman God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert Children of Dune by Frank Herbert The Fox Woman by Kij Johnson Black Sun Rising by C.S. Friedman The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt, The Dragon Reborn, The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan Veils by Pat McGreal, Stephen John Phillips, Rebecca Guay, Jose Veillarrubia The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai Silence by Shusaku Endo Getting What You Came For: The Smart Student's Guide to Earning a Master's or Ph.D. by Robert L. Peters, Ph.D. The Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper Marvel 1602 by Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert Haruko's World by Gail Lee Berstein Blood Memory by Greg Iles Still Life With Crows by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Kokoro by Natsume Soseki Dance of Death by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Brimstone by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child The Guns of Avalon by Robert Zelazny Nine Princes in Amber by Robert Zelazny Read from 5.3.2005 - 5.3.2006, Most recent to least recent Deerskin by Robin McKinley Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb Dune by Frank Herbert Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb Golden Fool by Robin Hobb Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, trans. Edward Seidensticker Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson Kiln People by David Brin Orbital Resonance by John Barnes Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami Battle Angel Alita, vol. 1-9 by Yukito Kishiro Sarah by Marek Halter The Tale of Murasaki by Liza Dalby The Lamp From The Warlock's Tomb by John Bellairs Geisha, A Life by Mineko Iwasaki The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama Memories of Silk and Straw by Dr. Junichi Saga Unbeaten Tracks in Japan by Isabella L. Bird Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya Read from 5.3.2004 - 5.3.2005, Most recent to least recent Guinevere: The Legend in Autumn by Persia Woolley The Owl Service by Alan Garner Queen of the Summer Stars by Persia Woolley Child of the Northern Spring by Persia Woolley The New Wife: The Evolving Role of the American Wife by Susan Shapiro Barash The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood The Madness Season by C.S. Friedman Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie Covenent with the Vampire by Jeanne Kaogridis Kushiel's Dart by Jaqueline Carey Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson Shisei by Tanizaki Junichiro Hina by Akutagawa Ryunosuke Persona by Tawada Youko Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Xenocide by Orson Scott Card Nana, vol.1 - 10 by Yazawa Ai Gokinjo monogatari, vol.1 by Yazawa Ai Read from 5.3.2003 - 5.3.2004, Most recent to least recent Sunshine by Robin McKinley Kagen no tsuki vol. 1-3 by Yazawa Ai The Phoenix Guards by Steven Brust The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Naomi by Junichiro Tanizaki Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte The Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinley Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Beauty by Robin McKinley Kaleidoscope Century by John Barnes The Wild Goose by Mori Ogai Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb And Then by Natsume Soseki Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley This Alien Shore by C.S. Friedman The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson Brokedown Palace by Steven Brust Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite The Temple of the Golden Pavillion by Yukio Mishima Harry Potter and Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling Jhereg, Yendi, Teckla, Taltos, Phoenix, Athyra, Orca, Dragon, Issola by Steven Brust Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton Neuromancer by William Gibson Dracula by Bram Stoker A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin Spindle's End by Robin McKinley The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, vol. 1 by Alan Moore The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander The Hero and the Crown, The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Essential X-Men, volume 2 by Marvel Comics ~*~*HOME*~*~