What I read in 2011
I read a lot of trash and some good books
Things I really enjoyed get * trigger warnings are in brackets
This is big long list so…
New (never read by me before) Fiction:
1. The Harlequin - Laurell K. Hamilton
2. Midnight Embrace - Amanda Ashley
3. The Obsidian Tower - Freda Warrington (random incest, date rape, forced pregnancy)
4. The Dark Side of the Sun - Terry Pratchett
5. Blood Noir - Laurell K. Hamilton
6. Skin Trade - Laurell K. Hamilton
7. Nightseer - Laurell K. Hamilton
8. His Father’s Son - Nigel Bennett & P. N. Elrdo
9. Master of Ecstasy - Nina Bangs
10. By the Sword - Mercedes Lackey
11. Anackire - Tanith Lee (random incest)
12. Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
13. Earthly Joys - Phillippa Gregory
14. New Moan (bad puns)
15. New Moon - Smeyer (bad writing)
16. Eclipse - Smeyer (bad writing)
17. Embrace the Night - Karen Chance
18. Curse the Dawn - Karen Chance
19. Jamaica Inn - Daphne Du Maurier *
20. Night World Vol. 2 - L. J. Smith
21. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez (semi-incestuous sex, but not so random, death) *
22. Kraken - China Mieville *
23. My Cousin Rachael - Daphne Du Maurier (kissing cousins)*
24. Black Unicorn - Tanith Lee *
25. Sister of My Heart - Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (*)
26. Castle in the Air - Diana Wynne Jones
27. A Great and Terrible Beauty - Libba Bray
28. Dark Elves: Taken - Jet Mykles (rape and more bad porn you can shake giant sticky man thing at)
29. Breakaway - Joel Shepherd
30. Killswitch - Joel Shepherd
31. The Assassins of Tamurin - S. D. Tower*
32. Ash - Malinda Lo
33. Nobody’s Princess - Esther Friesner
34. Nobody’s Prize - Esther Friesner
35. Storm Glass - Maria V. Snyder (rape by way of misleading identity)*
36. Sea Glass - Maria V. Snyder*
37. Spy Glass - Maria V. Snyder*
38. Blaze Wyndham - Beatrice Small (rape)*
39. The Other Queen - Philippa Gregory
40. Savage Surrender - Natasha Peters (rape, gang rape, death by rape, miscarriage caused by rape)
41. Silk and Steel - Catherine King (rape)
42. Women of Iron - Catherine King (rape)
43. Arrow’s Flight - Mercedes Lackey
44. Arrow’s Fall - Mercedes Lackey (rape, attempted suicide, suicide)
45. Magic’s Pawn - Mercedes Lackey (suicide and attempted suicide)
46. Magic’s Promise - Mercedes Lackey
47. Magic’s Price - Mercedes Lackey
48. The Virgin’s Tale - Sherri Smith (spiders used for birth control!)
49. The Painted Man - Peter V. Brett (rape)
50. Warprize - Elizabeth Vaughan*
51. Warsworn - Elizabeth Vaughan*
52. On the Edge of Darkness - Barbara Erskine (sexual coercion)
53. Warlord - Elizabeth Vaughan*
54. The Godfather - Mario Puzo
55. A Feast of Crows - George R. R. Martin
56. A Dance With Dragons - George R. R. Martin (slut shaming, poo, rape)
57. Rule Britannia - Daphne Du Maurier
58. Julius - Daphne Du Maurier (murder “justified” by sexual promiscuity)
59. Frenchman’s Creek - Daphne Du Maurier
60. The Parasites - Daphne Du Maurier (step-siblings boinking)
61. Sphinx’s Princess - Esther Friesner
62. The Narrowboat Girl - Annie Murray (child rape, suicide)
63. Interview With the Vampire - Anne Rice
64. The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice
65. Queen of the Damned - Anne Rice*
66. Divine By Mistake - P.C. Cast*
67. Divine By Choice - P. C. Cast
68. Divine By Blood - P. C. Cast (rape by origin story)
69. Elphame’s Choice - P. C. Cast
70. Bridhid’s Quest - P. C. Cast
71. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins*
72. Red Dragon - Robert Harris
73. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins*
74. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collings*
75. Unseen Academicals - Terry Pratchett
76. Lady of Hay - Barbara Erskine (rape)
77. Adora - Betrice Small (rape and feathers)*
78. Toads and Diamonds - Heather Tomlinson*
79. Mr. Monday - Garth Nix*
80. The Secret Circle: The Power and the Captive - L. J. Smith
81. Lord of Light - Roger Zelazny
82. Water Gypsies - Annie Murray (Child rape, DIY abortion)
Fiction Anthologies:
83. Don’t Look Now and other Stories - Daphne Du Maurier
84. Tortall and Other Lands - Tamora Pierce *
85. Encounters - Barbara Erskine
86. The Rendezvous and Other Stories - Daphne Du Maurier
Non-Fiction:
87. The Sun in the Morning - M. M. Kaye
88. Six Legged Sex - James K. Wangberg (*)
89. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China - Jung Chang (*)
90. Grumpy Old Women - Judith Holder
Manga and Comics (complete series only, not including one-shots and ongoing series):
1. Absolute Boyfriend - Yuu Watase
2. Alice The 19th - Yuu Watase*
3. Angelic Layer - CLAMP
4. +Anima - Natusmi Mikai
5. Ceres: Celestial Legend - Yuu Watase (incest)
6. Clover - CLAMP
7. Dark Water - Koji Suzuki and Meimu
8. Death: At Death’s Door - Jill Thompson
9. Emerging - Masaya Hokazono (body horror)
10. InuYasha - Rumiko Takahashi
11. Legend of Chung Huang - CLAMP *
12. Mermaid Saga - Rumiko Takashi
13. Shirahime-Syo - CLAMP
14. The One I Love - CLAMP
15. Watchmen - Alan Moore
16. Zashiki Onna - Minetaro MOCHIZUKI
17. Sailor Moon - Naoko Takeuchi
18. Yami no Koe - Junji Itou
19. Pride and Prejudice the Graphic Novel - Jane Austen
20. Battle Royale - Koushun Takami * (everything!)
Re-reads:
1. Game of Thrones - GRRM
2. Clash of Kings - GRRM
3. Storm of Swords Book 1
4. Storms of Swords Book 2
5. First Test - Tamora Pierce
6. Yon Ill Wind - Piers Anthony
7. Howl’s Moving Castle - Diane Wynn Jones
8. Arrows of the Queen - Mercedes Lackey
9. The Woman Who Rides Like a Man - Tamora Pierce
10. Lioness Rampant - Tamora Pierce
11. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins (yes I read it twice this year)
12. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - JKR
13. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - JKR
14. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - JKR
15. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
16. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
17. Crossover - Joel Shepherd
18. Poison Study - Maria V. Snyder
19. Magic Study - Maria V. Snyder
20. Fire Study - Maria V. Snyder
Did Not Finish:
1. Castle Dor - Daphne Du Maurier
2. Shadowmancer - G. P. Taylor
3. The Complete Chronicles of Conan - Robert E. Howard
4. Shakespeare’s Wife - Germaine Greer (non-fiction)
Things I really enjoyed get * trigger warnings are in brackets
This is big long list so…
New (never read by me before) Fiction:
1. The Harlequin - Laurell K. Hamilton
2. Midnight Embrace - Amanda Ashley
3. The Obsidian Tower - Freda Warrington (random incest, date rape, forced pregnancy)
4. The Dark Side of the Sun - Terry Pratchett
5. Blood Noir - Laurell K. Hamilton
6. Skin Trade - Laurell K. Hamilton
7. Nightseer - Laurell K. Hamilton
8. His Father’s Son - Nigel Bennett & P. N. Elrdo
9. Master of Ecstasy - Nina Bangs
10. By the Sword - Mercedes Lackey
11. Anackire - Tanith Lee (random incest)
12. Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
13. Earthly Joys - Phillippa Gregory
14. New Moan (bad puns)
15. New Moon - Smeyer (bad writing)
16. Eclipse - Smeyer (bad writing)
17. Embrace the Night - Karen Chance
18. Curse the Dawn - Karen Chance
19. Jamaica Inn - Daphne Du Maurier *
20. Night World Vol. 2 - L. J. Smith
21. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez (semi-incestuous sex, but not so random, death) *
22. Kraken - China Mieville *
23. My Cousin Rachael - Daphne Du Maurier (kissing cousins)*
24. Black Unicorn - Tanith Lee *
25. Sister of My Heart - Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (*)
26. Castle in the Air - Diana Wynne Jones
27. A Great and Terrible Beauty - Libba Bray
28. Dark Elves: Taken - Jet Mykles (rape and more bad porn you can shake giant sticky man thing at)
29. Breakaway - Joel Shepherd
30. Killswitch - Joel Shepherd
31. The Assassins of Tamurin - S. D. Tower*
32. Ash - Malinda Lo
33. Nobody’s Princess - Esther Friesner
34. Nobody’s Prize - Esther Friesner
35. Storm Glass - Maria V. Snyder (rape by way of misleading identity)*
36. Sea Glass - Maria V. Snyder*
37. Spy Glass - Maria V. Snyder*
38. Blaze Wyndham - Beatrice Small (rape)*
39. The Other Queen - Philippa Gregory
40. Savage Surrender - Natasha Peters (rape, gang rape, death by rape, miscarriage caused by rape)
41. Silk and Steel - Catherine King (rape)
42. Women of Iron - Catherine King (rape)
43. Arrow’s Flight - Mercedes Lackey
44. Arrow’s Fall - Mercedes Lackey (rape, attempted suicide, suicide)
45. Magic’s Pawn - Mercedes Lackey (suicide and attempted suicide)
46. Magic’s Promise - Mercedes Lackey
47. Magic’s Price - Mercedes Lackey
48. The Virgin’s Tale - Sherri Smith (spiders used for birth control!)
49. The Painted Man - Peter V. Brett (rape)
50. Warprize - Elizabeth Vaughan*
51. Warsworn - Elizabeth Vaughan*
52. On the Edge of Darkness - Barbara Erskine (sexual coercion)
53. Warlord - Elizabeth Vaughan*
54. The Godfather - Mario Puzo
55. A Feast of Crows - George R. R. Martin
56. A Dance With Dragons - George R. R. Martin (slut shaming, poo, rape)
57. Rule Britannia - Daphne Du Maurier
58. Julius - Daphne Du Maurier (murder “justified” by sexual promiscuity)
59. Frenchman’s Creek - Daphne Du Maurier
60. The Parasites - Daphne Du Maurier (step-siblings boinking)
61. Sphinx’s Princess - Esther Friesner
62. The Narrowboat Girl - Annie Murray (child rape, suicide)
63. Interview With the Vampire - Anne Rice
64. The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice
65. Queen of the Damned - Anne Rice*
66. Divine By Mistake - P.C. Cast*
67. Divine By Choice - P. C. Cast
68. Divine By Blood - P. C. Cast (rape by origin story)
69. Elphame’s Choice - P. C. Cast
70. Bridhid’s Quest - P. C. Cast
71. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins*
72. Red Dragon - Robert Harris
73. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins*
74. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collings*
75. Unseen Academicals - Terry Pratchett
76. Lady of Hay - Barbara Erskine (rape)
77. Adora - Betrice Small (rape and feathers)*
78. Toads and Diamonds - Heather Tomlinson*
79. Mr. Monday - Garth Nix*
80. The Secret Circle: The Power and the Captive - L. J. Smith
81. Lord of Light - Roger Zelazny
82. Water Gypsies - Annie Murray (Child rape, DIY abortion)
Fiction Anthologies:
83. Don’t Look Now and other Stories - Daphne Du Maurier
84. Tortall and Other Lands - Tamora Pierce *
85. Encounters - Barbara Erskine
86. The Rendezvous and Other Stories - Daphne Du Maurier
Non-Fiction:
87. The Sun in the Morning - M. M. Kaye
88. Six Legged Sex - James K. Wangberg (*)
89. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China - Jung Chang (*)
90. Grumpy Old Women - Judith Holder
Manga and Comics (complete series only, not including one-shots and ongoing series):
1. Absolute Boyfriend - Yuu Watase
2. Alice The 19th - Yuu Watase*
3. Angelic Layer - CLAMP
4. +Anima - Natusmi Mikai
5. Ceres: Celestial Legend - Yuu Watase (incest)
6. Clover - CLAMP
7. Dark Water - Koji Suzuki and Meimu
8. Death: At Death’s Door - Jill Thompson
9. Emerging - Masaya Hokazono (body horror)
10. InuYasha - Rumiko Takahashi
11. Legend of Chung Huang - CLAMP *
12. Mermaid Saga - Rumiko Takashi
13. Shirahime-Syo - CLAMP
14. The One I Love - CLAMP
15. Watchmen - Alan Moore
16. Zashiki Onna - Minetaro MOCHIZUKI
17. Sailor Moon - Naoko Takeuchi
18. Yami no Koe - Junji Itou
19. Pride and Prejudice the Graphic Novel - Jane Austen
20. Battle Royale - Koushun Takami * (everything!)
Re-reads:
1. Game of Thrones - GRRM
2. Clash of Kings - GRRM
3. Storm of Swords Book 1
4. Storms of Swords Book 2
5. First Test - Tamora Pierce
6. Yon Ill Wind - Piers Anthony
7. Howl’s Moving Castle - Diane Wynn Jones
8. Arrows of the Queen - Mercedes Lackey
9. The Woman Who Rides Like a Man - Tamora Pierce
10. Lioness Rampant - Tamora Pierce
11. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins (yes I read it twice this year)
12. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - JKR
13. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - JKR
14. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - JKR
15. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
16. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
17. Crossover - Joel Shepherd
18. Poison Study - Maria V. Snyder
19. Magic Study - Maria V. Snyder
20. Fire Study - Maria V. Snyder
Did Not Finish:
1. Castle Dor - Daphne Du Maurier
2. Shadowmancer - G. P. Taylor
3. The Complete Chronicles of Conan - Robert E. Howard
4. Shakespeare’s Wife - Germaine Greer (non-fiction)