Summary of Books Read in 2004
I have participated in the 50 book challenge for the second year, and in 2004 completed 51 books:
1. Good to Great by Jim Collins.
2. Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons.
3. Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett.
4. Please Understand Me by David Keirsey and Marilyn Bates.
5. A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin.
6. The Road to Middle Earth by Tom Shippey.
7. Stardust by Neil Gaiman.
8. The Once and Future King by T.H. White.
9. The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger by Stephen King.
10. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
11. Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan.
12. The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King.
13. The Dark Tower III: The Wastelands by Stephen King.
14. Pyramids by Terry Pratchett.
15. Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett.
16. The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass by Stephen King.
17. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin.
18. Taking Charge/Managing Conflict by Jonathan Stulberg.
19. The Worthing Saga by Orson Scott Card.
20. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy.
21. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.
22. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie.
23. The Book of Merlyn by T.H. White.
24. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
25. The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene.
26. How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy by Orson Scott Card.
27. Foundation by Isaac Asimov.
28. The Memory of Earth by Orson Scott Card.
29. The Witches by Roald Dahl.
30. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.
31. Characters and Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card.
32. Marcovaldo: or Seasons in the City by Italo Calvino.
33. Classic Stories I by Ray Bradbury.
34. Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus by Orson Scott Card.
35. Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb.
36. Endymion by Dan Simmons.
37. The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman.
38. The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges.
39. Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman, et al.
40. Book Business: Publishing Past, Present and Future by Jason Epstein.
41. Eric by Terry Pratchett.
42. The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt.
43. Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.
44. A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. Beagle.
45. Description by Monica Wood.
46. Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie.
47. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.
48. Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett.
49. Leopards in the Temple by Morris Dickstein.
50. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.
51. Dubliners by James Joyce.
Facts: I read more science fiction and fantasy novels in 2004 than I have read in any other year. The non-fiction I read consisted of required reading for business school and books on writing and the book industry. Among the books I read included those which were part of twelve different series. Nine books were gifts from my wife pucette. The longest book I read was 1,216 pages, the shortest was 80 pages. The total number of pages of the books I completed was 16,648 (about 325 pages per book). I also read approximately 2,000 more pages of text in books that I did not complete in 2004 (but plan to complete and add to my 2005 list). The majority of the reading was done while commuting by subway to and from work and school, and the reviews were written during lunch breaks.
For the sake of comparison, here is the list of books I read in 2003:
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien.
2. Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
3. A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick.
4. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold.
5. Cracking the GMAT by Princeton Review.
6. Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond.
7. American Gods by Neil Gaiman.
8. Saga of the Volsungs by Jesse L. Byock.
9. The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene.
10. Neuromancer by William Gibson.
11. J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter.
12. Getting Things Done When You Are Not In Charge by Geoffrey Bellman.
13. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
14. The Razor's Edge by William Somerset Maugham.
15. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.
16. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling.
17. Irish Fairy and Folktales by William Butler Yeats (editor).
18. Smith of Wootton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R. Tolkien.
19. Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card.
20. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers.
21. Wigfield: The Can-do Town That Just May Not by Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello and Stephen Colbert.
22. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce.
23. The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain.
24. The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett.
25. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling.
26. Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas.
27. Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis.
28. J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century by Tom Shippey.
29. The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett.
30. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling.
31. What Color Is Your Parachute? by Richard Nelson Bolles.
32. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes.
33. Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto.
34. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
35. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams.
36. Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett.
37. Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco.
38. Mort by Terry Pratchett.39. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling.
40. Hyperion by Dan Simmons.
41. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.
42. The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain.
43. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.
44. On Writing by Stephen King.
45. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving.
46. Gangs of New York by Herbert Asbury.
47. Sourcery by Terry Pratchett.
48. Sleepers by Lorenzo Carcaterra.
49. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin.
50. A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin.
I plan to continue reading and reviewing books in my journal for 2005, providing more detailed analyses if I am able to do so.
1. Good to Great by Jim Collins.
2. Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons.
3. Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett.
4. Please Understand Me by David Keirsey and Marilyn Bates.
5. A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin.
6. The Road to Middle Earth by Tom Shippey.
7. Stardust by Neil Gaiman.
8. The Once and Future King by T.H. White.
9. The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger by Stephen King.
10. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
11. Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan.
12. The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King.
13. The Dark Tower III: The Wastelands by Stephen King.
14. Pyramids by Terry Pratchett.
15. Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett.
16. The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass by Stephen King.
17. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin.
18. Taking Charge/Managing Conflict by Jonathan Stulberg.
19. The Worthing Saga by Orson Scott Card.
20. The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy.
21. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.
22. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie.
23. The Book of Merlyn by T.H. White.
24. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
25. The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene.
26. How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy by Orson Scott Card.
27. Foundation by Isaac Asimov.
28. The Memory of Earth by Orson Scott Card.
29. The Witches by Roald Dahl.
30. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.
31. Characters and Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card.
32. Marcovaldo: or Seasons in the City by Italo Calvino.
33. Classic Stories I by Ray Bradbury.
34. Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus by Orson Scott Card.
35. Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb.
36. Endymion by Dan Simmons.
37. The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman.
38. The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges.
39. Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman, et al.
40. Book Business: Publishing Past, Present and Future by Jason Epstein.
41. Eric by Terry Pratchett.
42. The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt.
43. Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.
44. A Fine and Private Place by Peter S. Beagle.
45. Description by Monica Wood.
46. Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie.
47. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.
48. Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett.
49. Leopards in the Temple by Morris Dickstein.
50. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad.
51. Dubliners by James Joyce.
Facts: I read more science fiction and fantasy novels in 2004 than I have read in any other year. The non-fiction I read consisted of required reading for business school and books on writing and the book industry. Among the books I read included those which were part of twelve different series. Nine books were gifts from my wife pucette. The longest book I read was 1,216 pages, the shortest was 80 pages. The total number of pages of the books I completed was 16,648 (about 325 pages per book). I also read approximately 2,000 more pages of text in books that I did not complete in 2004 (but plan to complete and add to my 2005 list). The majority of the reading was done while commuting by subway to and from work and school, and the reviews were written during lunch breaks.
For the sake of comparison, here is the list of books I read in 2003:
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien.
2. Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
3. A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick.
4. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold.
5. Cracking the GMAT by Princeton Review.
6. Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond.
7. American Gods by Neil Gaiman.
8. Saga of the Volsungs by Jesse L. Byock.
9. The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene.
10. Neuromancer by William Gibson.
11. J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter.
12. Getting Things Done When You Are Not In Charge by Geoffrey Bellman.
13. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
14. The Razor's Edge by William Somerset Maugham.
15. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.
16. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling.
17. Irish Fairy and Folktales by William Butler Yeats (editor).
18. Smith of Wootton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R. Tolkien.
19. Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card.
20. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers.
21. Wigfield: The Can-do Town That Just May Not by Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello and Stephen Colbert.
22. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce.
23. The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain.
24. The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett.
25. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling.
26. Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas.
27. Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis.
28. J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century by Tom Shippey.
29. The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett.
30. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling.
31. What Color Is Your Parachute? by Richard Nelson Bolles.
32. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes.
33. Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto.
34. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
35. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams.
36. Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett.
37. Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco.
38. Mort by Terry Pratchett.39. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling.
40. Hyperion by Dan Simmons.
41. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.
42. The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain.
43. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.
44. On Writing by Stephen King.
45. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving.
46. Gangs of New York by Herbert Asbury.
47. Sourcery by Terry Pratchett.
48. Sleepers by Lorenzo Carcaterra.
49. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin.
50. A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin.
I plan to continue reading and reviewing books in my journal for 2005, providing more detailed analyses if I am able to do so.