List of books I've read
This is a list of all the books I've read to the best of my memory.
Contents
Ancient Writings
Books in this category are over 500 years old.
- Curse of Agade
- Epistle to the Ephesians
- Epic of Gilgamesh
- Book of Exodus
- Epistle to the Galatians
- Book of Genesis
- Book of Haggai
- Epistle to the Hebrews
- Instructions of Shuruppak
- Kesh Temple Hymn
- Epistle of James
- First Epistle of John
- Second Epistle of John
- Third Epistle of John
- Book of Jonah
- Epistle of Jude
- Book of Leviticus
- Gospel of Mark
- Gospel of Matthew
- Book of Numbers
- Book of Obadiah
- First Epistle of Peter
- Second Epistle of Peter
- Epistle to Philemon
- Epistle to the Philippians
- First Epistle to the Thessalonians
- Second Epistle to the Thessalonians
- Epistle to Titus
Baby Books
These books are meant to be read to babies.
- Babies On the Farm by Ginger Swift
- A Baby's First Word Book
- Baby Loves Quantum Physics by Ruth Spiro
- Baby Touch and Feel
- Colors - Pop-Up: Peekaboo! by Dawn Sirett
- Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
- The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton
- Good Morning, Good Night by Annie Alexander
- Good Night, I Love You by Caroline Jayne Church
- Hello Genius
- Kiss Kiss by Selma Mandine
- Little Monkey by ?
- Pat the Bunny
- Ten Little Ladybugs by Melanie Gerth
- Ten Tiny Toes by Caroline Jayne Church
- Your Baby's First Word Will Be Dada by Jimmy Fallon
Biographies & Memoirs
These are non-fiction biographies or memoirs.
- American On Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot by Craig Ferguson
- Bossypants by Tina Fey
- Breaking Up With God by Sarah Sentilles
- Extra Life: Coming of Age In Cyberspace by David Bennahum
- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
- I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Tucker Max
- I Know I Am, But What Are You? by Samantha Bee
- Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity by Kerry Cohen
- Losing Faith In Faith: From Preacher to Atheist by Dan Barker
- Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard Feynman
- Waiting For Snow In Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy by Carlos Eire
- A Walk In the Woods by Bill Bryson
- What Do You Care What Other People Think? by Richard Feynman
- Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
- Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Comics
These are collections of newspaper comics, not graphic novels.
- Calvin and Hobbes
- Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
- Something Under the Bed Is Drooling by Bill Watterson
- Yukon Ho! by Bill Watterson
- Weirdos From Another Planet! by Bill Watterson
- The Revenge of the Baby-Sat by Bill Watterson
- Scientific Progress Goes "Boink" by Bill Watterson
- Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons by Bill Watterson
- The Days are Just Packed by Bill Watterson
- Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat by Bill Watterson
- Tenth Anniversary Book by Bill Watterson
- There's Treasure Everywhere by Bill Watterson
- It's a Magical World by Bill Watterson
- Dilbert
- Family Circus
- The Far Side
- FoxTrot
- FoxTrot by Bill Amend
- Pass the Loot by Bill Amend
- Black Bart Says Draw by Bill Amend
- Eight Yards Down and Out by Bill Amend
- Bury My Heart At Fun-Fun Mountain by Bill Amend
- Say Hello to Cactus Flats by Bill Amend
- Come Closer, Roger, There's a Mosquito On Your Nose by Bill Amend
- Welcome to Jasorassic Park by Bill Amend
- Garfield
- Garfield At Large by Jim Davis
- Garfield Gains Weight by Jim Davis
- Garfield Bigger Than Life by Jim Davis
- Garfield Weighs In by Jim Davis
- Garfield Takes the Cake by Jim Davis
- Garfield Eats His Heart Out by Jim Davis
- Garfield Tips the Scales by Jim Davis
- Garfield Makes It Big by Jim Davis
- Garfield Rolls On by Jim Davis
- Garfield Food For Thought by Jim Davis
- Garfield Swallows His Pride by Jim Davis
- Garfield World Wide by Jim Davis
- Garfield Rounds Out by Jim Davis
- Garfield Chews the Fat by Jim Davis
- Garfield Goes to Waist by Jim Davis
- Garfield Hangs Out by Jim Davis
- Garfield Takes Up Space by Jim Davis
- Garfield Says a Mouthful by Jim Davis
- Garfield Takes His Licks by Jim Davis
- Garfield Pulls His Weight by Jim Davis
- Garfield and His 9 Lives by Jim Davis
- A Garfield Christmas by Jim Davis
- Garfield Goes to Hollywood by Jim Davis
- Garfield In Disguise by Jim Davis
- Garfield In Paradise by Jim Davis
- Garfield In the Rough by Jim Davis
- Garfield: Judgment Day by Jim Davis
- A Garfield Thanksgiving by Jim Davis
- Here Comes Garfield by Jim Davis
- Grimmy
- Hark a Vagrant
- Herman
- Life In Hell
- The Lockhorns
- Peanuts
- The Simpsons
Fiction
This is general fiction targeted to elementary level reading and higher.
- 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
- The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
- Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan
- Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman
- Anansai Boys by Neil Gaiman
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Anita Blake
- Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. by Judy Blume
- Artemis Fowl
- The Baroque Cycle
- The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
- Blubber by Judy Blume
- The Book of Everything by Guus Kuijer
- The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
- The Call of the Wild by Jack London
- A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
- Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
- The Catcher In the Rye by J. D. Salinger
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
- The Chronicles of Narnia
- The Chronicles of Prydain
- Contact by Carl Sagan
- Coraline by Neil Gaiman
- Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
- The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
- The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson
- Dirk Gently
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick
- The Door Into Summer by Robert A. Heinlein
- Down and Out In the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
- Discworld
- DragonLance
- Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
- Dragons of Winter Night by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
- Dragons of Spring Dawning by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
- Tales Vol.1 - The Magic of Krynn by Multiple Authors
- Tales Vol.2 - Kender, Gully Dwarves, and Gnomes by Multiple Authors
- Tales Vol.3 - Love and War by Multiple Authors
- Tales Vol.4 - The Reign of Istar by Multiple Authors
- Tales Vol.5 - The Cataclysm by Multiple Authors
- Tales Vol.6 - The War of the Lance by Multiple Authors
- The Dragons of Krynn by Multiple Authors
- The Dragons at War by Multiple Authors
- Dune
- Easy by Kerry Hoffmann
- The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter and Rennard Strickland
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
- Eon by Greg Bear
- The Facts In the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
- Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
- Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
- The Fir-Tree by Hans Christian Andersen
- Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes
- Forging of the Darksword by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis
- Foundation
- Frankenstein (Abridged) by Margaret Tarner
- Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
- Fudge
- Funny Girl by Nick Hornby
- George's Secret Key to the Universe by Lucy Hawking and Stephen Hawking
- The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
- Go the Fuck to Sleep by Adam Mansbach
- The Goats by Brock Cole
- The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
- Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
- Harry Potter
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
- Harry Potter Schoolbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J. K. Rowling
- Harry Potter Schoolbook Quidditch Through the Ages by J. K. Rowling
- High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- The Restaurant At the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
- Life, the Universe, and Everything by Douglas Adams
- So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish by Douglas Adams
- Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams
- Young Zaphod Plays It Safe by Douglas Adams
- And Another Thing... by Eoin Colfer
- The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- How to Be Good by Nick Hornby
- Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
- Hyperion by Dan Simmons
- The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
- Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice
- The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells - Wasn't impressed.
- Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
- James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
- A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
- Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
- The Lazy Beaver by Giovanni Gallo
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
- The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
- Little House
- Little House In the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Little House On the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Little Town On the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
- A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
- The Minister's Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
- The Mote In God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
- My Father's Dragon
- Neuromancer by William Gibson
- The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman - Fantastic!
- Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell
- Otherwise Known As Sheila the Great by Judy Blume
- Pattern Recognition by William Gibson
- Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
- The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allen Poe
- The Player of Games by Ian M. Banks
- The Princess Bride by William Goldman
- Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
- Ready Player One - Ernest Cline
- Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving
- Riverworld
- A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Seven Citadels
- The Shining by Stephen King
- The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
- Slam by Nick Hornby
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
- Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
- Sounder by William Armstrong
- Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
- Strange Candy by Laurell Hamilton
- Stranger In a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
- Starship Titanic by Terry Jones
- Stuart Little by E. B. White
- There's a Boy In the Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy
- Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
- Very Far Away From Anywhere Else by Ursula Le Guin
- The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
- Wayside School
- Way Station by Clifford Simak
- Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
- White Fang by Jack London
- Winnie-the-Pooh
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
- Worlds of Power
- A Wrinkle In Time Series
- Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig
- Zodiac by Neal Stephenson
Game Books
Books in this list have game elements to them.
- For Eagle Eyes Only by Rolf Heimann
- Lone Wolf
- Two Minute Mysteries
- Where's Waldo
Graphic Novels
These are more teen or adult oriented comics.
- A Child's Life by Phoebe Gloeckner
- Freddie & Me: A Coming-of-Age (Bohemian) Rhapsody by Mike Dawson
- The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien and Charles Dixon
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Manga) by Shotaro Ishinomori
- Metroid by Kouji Tazawa
- Metroid: Hissho Tekunikku Kan Peki-ban by Minazuki Yuu
- Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
- Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine
- War Is Boring by David Axe and Matt Bors
Non-Fiction
This is general non-fiction for children and adults.
- 13 Things That Don't Make Sense by Michael Brooks
- 25 Big Ideas by Robert Matthews
- 30-Second Religion by Russell Re Manning
- 30-Second Theories by Paul Parsons
- 50 Mathematical Ideas You Really Need to Know by Tony Crilly
- 1,000 Things Everyone Should Know About Science by John Farndon
- Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us by Joe Palca and Flora Lichtman
- The Art of Shen Ku by Zeek
- Billions and Billions by Carl Sagan
- The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
- The Book of General Ignorance by John Lloyd and John Mitchinson
- The Book of Totally Useless Information by Don Voorhees
- A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
- Bullsh*t by John Grant
- Classic Rock Stories: The Stories Behind the Greatest Songs of All Time by Tim Morse
- Common Sense by Thomas Paine
- The Complete Idiot's Guide For Dummies by Frank Coffey
- The Demon-Haunted World: Science As a Candle In the Dark by Carl Sagan
- The Dilbert Principle by Scott Adams
- Don't Swallow Your Gum! by Aaron Carroll and Rachel Vreeman
- The Duck That Won the Lottery by Julian Baggini
- Dude, You're Gonna Be a Dad! By John Pfeiffer
- Essentials of Philosophy: The Basic Concepts of the World's Greatest Thinkers by James Mannion
- Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea by Carl Zimmer
- A Field Guide to the Wildlife of North America by Bryan Richard
- Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
- Free Will by Sam Harris
- The Future Was Here: The Commodore Amiga by Jimmy Maher
- Game Over: Press Start to Continue by David Sheff
- Game Sound by Karen Collins
- The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
- God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens
- The Good Atheist by Dan Barker
- Good Dog, Happy Baby by Michael Wombacher
- The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
- The Greatest Show On Earth: The Evidence For Evolution by Richard Dawkins
- Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy
- The Happy Heretic by Judith Hayes
- A History of Pi by Petr Beckmann
- How to Haunt a House For Halloween by Robert Freidhoffer
- I Am Error: The Nintendo Family Computer / Entertainment System Platform by Nathan Altice
- I Sold My Soul On eBay by Hemant Mehta
- In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
- Just My Type by Simon Garfield
- Last Chance to See by Mark Carwardine and Douglas Adams
- The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins
- The Man's Book: The Essential Guide For the Modern Man by Thomas Fink
- Maybe Yes, Maybe No by Dan Barker
- Mind Over Matter: Conversations With the Cosmos by K. C. Cole
- A Mindful Life by Palavali Vivekanand
- Mistakes Were Made (but Not By Me) by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson
- Napalm & Silly Putty by George Carlin
- On the Shoulders of Giants (Illustrated) by Stephen Hawking
- Origin of Species: 6th London Edition by Charles Darwin
- Paranormality by Richard Wiseman
- The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten by Julian Baggini
- Physics For the Rest of Us by Roger Jones
- Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System by Nick Montfort and Ian Bogost
- Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons From the Myths of Boyhood by William Pollack
- River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life by Richard Dawkins
- Satanism: The Seduction of America's Youth by Bob Larson
- The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary by Richard Dawkins
- A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
- So, Now You Know by Harry Bright and Harlan Briscone
- Some Mistakes of Moses by Robert Green Ingersoll
- Stick to Drawing Comics Monkey Brain by Scott Adams
- The Story of Mathematics by Anne Rooney
- The Story of Physics by Anne Rooney
- Trick or Treatment by Edzard Ernst and Simon Singh
- Typography by Gavin Ambrose and Paul Harris
- The Universe In a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking
- The Way of the Heathen: Practicing Atheism In Everyday Life by Greta Christina
- What to Expect When Your Wife's Expanding by Thomas Hill
- When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? by George Carlin
- Why Are You Atheists So Angry? 99 Things That Piss Off the Godless by Greta Christina
- Why Evolution Is True by Jerry Coyne
- Why People Believe Weird Things: Revised and Expanded by Michael Shermer
- Women In Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky
- World Religions: Beliefs and Traditions From Around the Globe by Robert Pollock
- Written In Stone: The Stone Age Origins of Our Modern-Day Language by Christopher Stevens
Poetry
These are books consisting mostly of poetry.
Video Game Guides
These books are published works that act as guides for video games. I rarely read a video game guide cover-to-cover, but there are some exceptions.
- Ultima VII: Clue Book - Key to the Black Gate
- The Official Nintendo Player's Guide
- Ultima: Exodus - Hint Book
Young Children's Books
Books in this list are for young children who either can't yet read, or are learning to read. These books usually rely heavily on illustrations.
- ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book by Dr. Seuss
- Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr. and Eric Carle
- The Cat In the Hat by Dr. Seuss
- Chilly Billy by Peter Mayle
- The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss
- Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees
- Go, Dog. Go! by P.D. Eastman
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
- Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
- I'll Teach My Dog 100 Words by P.D. Eastman
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
- Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik
- The Littlest Angel by Charles Tazewell
- The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
- Madeline
- Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! by Dr. Seuss
- Miss Nelson Is Missing by Harry Allard and James Marshall
- Night Night, Groot by Brendan Deneen
- Night-Night Michigan by ?
- Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss
- One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
- Peter Rabbit
- The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
- The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin by Beatrix Potter
- The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter
- The Tale of Benjamin Bunny by Beatrix Potter
- The Tale of Two Bad Mice by Beatrix Potter
- The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle by Beatrix Potter
- The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan by Beatrix Potter
- The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher by Beatrix Potter
- The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
- The Story of Miss Moppet by Beatrix Potter
- The Tale of Tom Kitten by Beatrix Potter
- Please, Mr. Panda by Steve Antony
- Put Me In the Zoo by Robert Lopshire
- Sesame Street
- Stone Soup by Marily Sapienza
- There's a Wocket In My Pocket by Dr. Seuss
- The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and Other Favorite Bedtime Rhymes by Sanja Rescek
- Up In Bubbles by Barbara Salsberg
- The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
- You Are My Wish Come True by Marianne Richmond
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak