Book List for Fall 2008

This list will be updated periodically during the fall to reflect the books that I have read. I hope to be able to continue reading voraciously, but work may get in the way. This is a list only, no links. The books here were read after September 1 and before November 30.

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
The Philosopher's Apprentice by James Morrow
Hunter's Run by George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, and Daniel Abraham
The Gypsy Morph by Terry Brooks
Dusk by Tim Lebbon
The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams
Stone of Farewell by Tad Williams
To Green Angel Tower by Tad Williams
The Android's Dream by John Scalzi
The Immortal Prince by Jennifer Fallon
Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
The Charnel Prince by Greg Keyes
Territory by Emma Bull
The Dragon Revenant by Katharine Kerr
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
Bridge of Dreams by Chaz Brenchley
The House of the Stag by Kage Baker
Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

Book List for Summer 2008

Since I will be reading a whole lot of new books over the summer, this list will be updated periodically to reflect the ones that I have read. This is a list only -- no links here. These books are ones that I read for the first time between May 20, 2008 and August 31, 2008.


The Sharing Knife: Legacy by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Sharing Knife: Passage by Lois McMaster Bujold
Dragon Harper by Anne and Todd McCaffrey
The Phoenix Unchained by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory
Defender by C.J. Cherryh
Pretender by C.J. Cherryh
Deliverer by C.J. Cherryh
Fire Study by Maria Snyder
Olympos by Dan Simmons
Shadow Gate by Kate Elliott
Mystic and Rider by Sharon Shinn
The Thirteenth House by Sharon Shinn
Dark Moon Defender by Sharon Shinn
Reader and Raelynx by Sharon Shinn
Flesh and Spirit by Carol Berg
Breath and Bone by Carol Berg
Fifty Degrees Below by Kim Stanley Robinson
Old Man's War by John Scalzi
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
The Last Colony by John Scalzi
Karavans by Jennifer Roberson
The Wizard by Gene Wolfe
Shaman's Crossing by Robin Hobb
Kushiel's Mercy by Jacqueline Carey
The Fox by Sherwood Smith
White Rose by R. Garcia y Robertson
Wolf's Blood by Jane Lindskold
Victory of Eagles by Naomi Novik
Forest Mage by Robin Hobb
Shadowmarch by Tad Williams
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
The Execution Channel by Ken MacLeod
Armageddon's Children by Terry Brooks
The Western Wizard by Mickey Zucker Reichert
Hammerfall by C.J. Cherryh
The Elves of Cintra by Terry Brooks
The Margarets by Sheri S. Tepper
Daggerspell by Katharine Kerr
Renegade's Magic by Robin Hobb
Judas Unchained by Peter Hamilton
Sing the Four Quarters by Tanya Huff
The High King's Tomb by Kristen Britain
Once Upon a Dreadful Time by Dennis L. McKiernan
Fifth Quarter by Tanya Huff
No Quarter by Tanya Huff
The Quartered Sea by Tanya Huff
Forge of Heaven by C.J. Cherryh
Dust by Elizabeth Bear
Darkspell by Katharine Kerr
Crystal Rain by Tobias S. Bucknell
The Bristling Wood by Katharine Kerr

Favorite Author List

The following authors are, for the most part, ones whose books I will always make a point of picking up to read. The author's name is hyperlinked to their own webpage. I've also listed a series or two by the author that I especially like. If no series is listed, there is no 'series' that I can point to, just individual books I like. I read many more authors than the list -- these are just the ones that stand out for me.

Douglas Adams -- Hitchhiker's, Dirk Gently
Joanne Bertin -- Dragonlord
Kristen Britain -- Green Rider
Lois McMaster Bujold -- Chalion, The Sharing Knife
Orson Scott Card -- Ender, Ender's Shadow
Jacqueline Carey -- Kushiel
C.J. Cherryh -- Chanur, Foreigner
Kate Elliott -- Jaran, Crossroads
Elizabeth Haydon -- Rhapsody
Peter Hamilton
Robert Jordan -- Wheel of Time, being completed by Brandon Sanderson
Ellen Kushner
Madeleine L'Engle -- The Time Quintet
Mercedes Lackey -- Valdemar, Five Hundred Kingdoms
Holly Lisle -- The Secret Texts
George R.R. Martin -- A Song of Ice and Fire
Anne McCaffrey -- Pern, Acorna
Sean McMullen -- Greatwinter, Moonworlds
Richard K. Morgan -- Takeshi Kovacs novels
Naomi Novik -- Temeraire
Philip Pullman -- His Dark Materials
Brandon Sanderson -- Mistborn, finishing Wheel of Time
Allen Steele -- Coyote
Charles Stross -- The Clan Corporate
Sheri S. Tepper

Book List for Summer 2007

Since I will be reading a whole lot of new books over the summer, this list will be updated periodically to reflect the ones that I have read. This is a list only -- no links here. These books are ones that I read for the first time between May 22, 2007 and August 28, 2007.

The Killing of Worlds by Scott Westerfeld
Leopard in Exile by Andre Norton and Rosemary Edghill
When Darkness Falls by Mercedes Lackey
The Law of Becoming by Kate Elliott
Wolf Hunting by Jane Lindskold
Fortune's Fool by Mercedes Lackey
Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer
Phoenix and Ashes by Mercedes Lackey
The Wizard of London by Mercedes Lackey
Voice of the Gods by Trudi Canavan
Feast of Souls by C.S. Friedman
Mappa Mundi by Justine Robson
Poison Study by Maria Snyder
Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner
Talyn by Holly Lisle
Spirit Gate by Kate Elliott
Coyote by Allen Steele
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Ring of Five Dragons by Eric van Lustbader
Kushiel's Justice by Jacqueline Carey
The Sharing Knife: Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Awakened City by Victoria Strauss
The Language of Power by Rosemary Kirstein
Hidden Warrior by Lynn Flewelling
Magic Study by Maria Snyder
Charmed Spheres by Catherine Asaro
The Serpent Bride by Sara Douglass
Flashforward by Robert J. Sawyer
The Oracle's Queen by Lynn Flewelling
The Empire of the Stars by Alison Baird
The Archons of the Stars by Alison Baird
The Rowan by Anne McCaffrey
Coyote Rising by Allen Steele
Coyote Frontier by Allen Steele
Shapechanger's Song by Jennifer Roberson
The Assassin King by Elizabeth Haydon
Inda by Sherwood Smith
Legacy of the Wolf by Jennifer Roberson
Children of the Lion by Jennifer Roberson
The Lion Throne by Jennifer Roberson
In the Garden of Iden by Kage Baker