I need to start keeping track of all my books, because they keep mysteriously disappearing. So, I give you my virtual library! I just updated the list I made in '06.
Anthologies
The Faery Reel (some of the year’s best fantasy, with authors like Charles de Lint, Gregory Maguire, and Holly Black) compiled & edited by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow
The Green Man (Interpretations of the Green Man myth) also by Windling and Datlow
Coyote Road (interpretations of the coyote myths) also by Windling and Datlow
Am I Blue? (stories of gay and bisexual teens, or teens with gay parents)
Thirteen (horror and thriller stories, got it for the Christopher Pike)
Jane Austen
Emma
Pride and Prejudice
Don Bassingthwaite and Dave Gross
Mistress of the Night (Forgotten Realms)
Suzanna Barclay
Knight’s Ransom: This is a trashy romance that I bought over the summer to pass away my vacation. I picked the least threatening one-it had a Medieval setting, which was intriguing. Despite my boredom, I never finished the book. The romance was too predictable, too fast, and too uninteresting. Still, it had promise.
T. A. Barron
The Lost Years of Merlin: I read this in middle school and fell absolutely in love with it. It tells the fascinating story of a young Merlin, who is stricken blind at the age of twelve and finds himself transported to the magical isle of Fincayra to discover his Second Sight, fight an evil wizard, help a tiny giant, and solve riddles given to him by sneaky, hungry spider creatures. I bought the book a few years ago and still enjoyed it.
The Seven Songs of Merlin: the sequel to the former, just as engrossing and fantastical. Recommended if you liked the first one.
Frank Beddor
The Looking Glass Wars: Again, I've gone into this in
great detail, so I'll spare you.
Holly Black
Tithe
Valiant
(Both of these are wonderful modern faerie tales, and they don’t need my crappy summaries. I finished both of these books in one day, though I had to wait a year inbetween for Mrs. Black to write Valiant. Ironside has been out for awhile, but I haven't gotten around to buying it.)
Francesca Lia Block (Buy her books now. NOW.)
Ecstasia
Primavera
Violet and Claire
Girl Goddess #9
Wasteland
Echo
I Was A Teenage Fairy
The Rose and the Beast
Anne Brashares
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
The Second Summer of the Sisterhood
(I have read the latest installment, but I borrowed it from a friend while at summer camp.)
Libba Bray
A Great and Terrible Beauty
Rebel Angels
The Sweet Far Thing
(What an amazing series! These books became popular around the same time as Twilight, and I can tell you they're written five times better. Also, Gemma could kick Bella's ass.)
Dan Brown
The Da Vinci Code
(I’ve heard that it’s great from a lot of people, but I haven’t read it yet. Didn’t see the movie, either.)
Herbie Brennan
Faerie Wars: This book was fantastic. It had an interesting setting and even more interesting characters, faeries and humans alike. Lord Hairstreak was a personal favorite of mine, just because he was tricky and evil and summoned naughty demons to explode little prince’s heads with. At least, I think that’s what they did. It’s been a few years since I read the book, but I did end up passing it along to a friend who also had good things to say about it.
The Purple Emperor: A sad disappointment, when compared to the first in the series. The constant switching of characters and boring plotline made me hurry to finish the book, and I haven’t thus far bothered with buying the third one.
Terry Brooks
The Sword of Shannara
Sylvia Cassedy
Beyond the Attic Wall: One of the greatest books of my childhood. I remember enjoying this when I was ten as well as now. How could I not love Maggie, the boarding school rebel, her strange aunts and uncle, and the secret she discovers in the attic? Certainly, with characters like Miss Christabel, Uncle Morris, and the Backwoods Girls, this old book can't be forgotten?
Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games
Catching Fire
Mockingjay
Okay, can I recommend this series any more? It's amazing. I am completely obsessed with these books!
Bruce Coville
A Glory of Unicorns
Into the Land of the Unicorns
Song of the Wanderer
(All great stories, all ones that I raced through in the 7th grade. I’m sure I would still enjoy them now.)
Cynthia DeFelice
The Ghost of Fossil Glen: a mystery/ghost story that I read multiple times after I bought it at my elementary school book faire, which tells the story of a tomboy named Allie who is contacted by a ghost who died out on the cliffs of her hometown.
Grace Dent
LBD: It’s A Girl Thing
Charles de Lint
Dreams Underfoot
Widdershins
Moonheart
(Dreams Underfoot is a great compilation of short stories. Widdershins and Moonheart I am still working on finishing. I've made dents in both of them...)
Sara Douglass
The Wayfarer Redemption
Enchanter
StarMan
Sinner
Pilgrim
Crusader
The Serpent Bride
The Twisted Citadel
The Infinity Gate
The continuation of the Tencendor books is amazing. They really transport me. Sara Douglass helped me through one of my worst semesters at college. However, the first half of the series is a bit better than the second half. I.e, the first three books. The author went through a depression while writing the second three and it definitely shows. Also, she killed off all my favorite characters in the last series. :(
Neil Gaiman
Neverwhere
Stardust (graphic novel with Charles Vess)
Smoke and Mirrors
The Sandman: Endless Nights (graphic novel)
The Sandman: Dream Hunters (graphic novel) with Yoshitaka Amano
The Sandman: Dream Hunters (graphic novel) with P. Craig Russell
The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes (graphic novel)
Neverwhere (comic, issue 1)
The Wolves in the Walls
MirrorMask (audiobook)
Coraline
Orchid (graphic novel with Dave McKean)
Fragile Things
Doctor Who: The Doctor's Wife (TV episode--technically I own it!)
Again, I've ranted on him. He is a fabulous writer and very shaggable besides. And I really shouldn't say that, since he's the same age as my mother. :D
Roberta Gellis
Dazzling Brightness
This is a pretty old book that I had to buy used, but if you can get your hands on it, it's definitely worth the read. It's my favorite retelling so far of the myth of Hades and Persephone.
Arthur Golden
Memoirs of a Geisha
Terry Goodkind
Wizard's First Rule
Stone of Tears
Blood of the Fold
Temple of the Wind
Soul of the Fire
Faith of the Fallen
The Pillars of Creation
Naked Empire
(I love, love, LOVE this series! It's amazing in all the ways good books should be! I still have more books to read, which just makes me even happier. This series (at least the first book so far) has been made into an awesome TV show called Legend of the Seeker as well. Watch for amazingness, but it's nothing like the book.)
Philippa Gregory
The Queen’s Fool
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Boleyn Inheritance
The Virgin’s Lover
(I’ve got practically all of Mrs. Gregory’s Tudor novels now, and I don’t expect to stop anytime soon. These are such marvelous reads.)
Shannon Hale
The Goose Girl: Very, very nice book. I’ve read it three times, and I don’t expect to stop there. The heroine must masquerade as a goose girl while her lady-in-waiting tries to take control of the kingdom she’s meant to rule, and she learns to communicate with wind as well as animals. In the end, the evil Selia is of course defeated-but still, I was quite in love with Miss Anidori-Kiladra.
Louise Hawes
Black Pearls: A Faerie Strand
(dark retellings of fairy tales)
Alfred Hitchcock
Tales of Terror (compilation)
John Howard
Sasquatch (compilation, graphic novel)
Diana Wynne Jones
Howl's Moving Castle
The House of Many Ways
-from the Chronicles of Chrestomanci:
Charmed Life
The Lives of Christopher Chant
The Magicians of Caprona
Witch Week
The Pinhoe Egg
Conrad's Fate
Chip Kidd
The Cheese Monkeys: A Novel In Two Semesters
C. S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters
Helen Lowe
Thornspell
(a lovely retelling of the Sleeping Beauty myth, told from the point of view of the prince!)
H.P. Lovecraft
Tales of H.P. Lovecraft (compilation)
Gregory Maguire
Wicked
What-the-Dickens
George R.R. Martin
Game of Thrones
I love the TV series this is based on. If you're looking for extremely well developed characters and tons of intricate plot, this is the series to find it in. I haven't gotten around to reading the book yet, though.
Anne McCaffrey
Acorna
Stephenie Meyer
Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse
Breaking Dawn
(Ugh, I can't believe I read them all. I tortured myself, I really did. But I had to know the outcome...and plus I love Jacob. He's the only one, though.)
K.E. Mills
Accidental Sorcerer
Hope Mirlees
Lud-in-the-Mist
L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
The Soprano Sorceress
Edward Myers
Climb or Die: This book came in the mail, back when my mother used to order children’s chapter books for my brother and me. I still like to read this sometimes, because it was one of my favorites-about a twelve-year-old girl and her brother who have to save their parents, after getting into a snowy car wreck, by scaling a large mountain with no experience and little equipment.
Lauren Myracle
TTYL: This book was very silly, but entertaining.
Deborah Noyes
Angel and Apostle: It’s a sequel of sorts to The Scarlet Letter, only this tells the story of Pearl as a young adult.
Tamora Pierce
Wild Magic
Wolf Speaker
Emperor Mage
Trickster’s Choice
(Oh, Numair. Can’t forget about him and Daine, the dynamic duo from The Immortals Trilogy. They are so OTP.)
Beatrix Potter
The Peter Rabbit Library: We’ve had these since the 80’s…they weren’t originally mine, but I stole them away. :D)
Christopher Pike
The Midnight Club
Chain Letter
The Eternal Enemy: Totally my favorite of the three. I accidentally stole this from my 6th grade English teacher, and have no intention to give it back.
Jack Priest
Nightwitch
Philip Pullman
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
Anne Rice
The Vampire Lestat
Pandora
Jennifer Roberson
Chronicles of the Cheysuli: Shapechanger's Song
Chronicles of the Cheysuli: Legacy of the Wolf
Chronicles of the Cheysuli: Children of the Lion
Karavans
Deepwood
Karavans & Deepwood are love. The Cheysuli books, I am having difficulty getting into. I still think they're too cliche and a bit dull.
Laura Joh Rowland
Assassin's Touch
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Quidditch Through the Ages
Magical Beasts and Where to Find Them
Harry Potter is my favorite series, forever and ever, amen. <3
R. A. Salvatore
The Thousand Orcs
Darren Shan
Cirque Du Freak
Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Egypt Game: One of my favorite books as a pre-teen. I was rather taken with the Egyptians, so I read a lot of this sort of thing.
The Gypsy Game: sequel to the first, not quite as good, but interesting and fast-paced.
The Velvet Room: This one I discovered at my grandma’s house when I was eleven. I have it still, her yellowed old copy, though the cover has been torn almost completely off. I never get tired of reading about that mysterious La Palmeras.
R.L. Stine (my favorite childhood author)
Welcome to Dead House
Stay Out of the Basement
Monster Blood IV
The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb
Night of the Living Dummy
Be Careful What You Wish For
The Werewolf of Fever Swamp
Ghost Beach
The Cuckoo Clock of Doom
It Came From Beneath the Sink!
Attack of the Jack-o-Lanterns
Vampire Breath
The Nightmare Hour
The New Girl
Don’t Ever Get Sick at Grandma’s!
The Curse of the Blue Monkey
Locker 13
Cry of the Cat
How to Be A Vampire
The Haunted Mask II
(I’m sure I have many more that are either locked in my attic or they’ve been given to my elementary school library.)
J. R. R. Tolkien
The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Silmarillion
Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, and others
Dragons of Autumn Twilight
Dragons of a Winter Night
Dragons of Spring Dawning
Time of the Twins
War of the Twins
Test of the Twins
Dragons of Summer Flame
The Second Generation
Darkness and Light
Kendermore
Brothers Majere
Tanis, the Shadow Years
The Soulforge
Brothers in Arms
Best of Tales
The Players of Gilean
Dezra’s Quest
Dragons of a Fallen Sun
Dragons of a Lost Star
Dragons of a Vanished Moon
(Chronicles and Legends-the top two trilogies-are the best out of what I have, and are considered the “classics”. I’ve read them countless times, and I even wrote fanfiction for Dragonlance when I was in eighth and ninth grade.)