Books ~ 2014
After the near ridiculous number of books I read last year, I've decided to set my GoodReads challenge at 99 books for 2014. That's more than I challenge myself to in 2013 and still less than I read in 2013, but I'm hoping to read fewer graphic novels, and I've also decided to challenge myself to read at least 24 high fantasy novels. The latter tend toward being quite hefty in most cases.
The books listed below are therefore the for high fantasy challenge. My full reading list will be/is below the second cut. Below the first cut is a table of all the unread physical books I own at the start of 2014. My plan is to cross those off as I get around to reading them. My own version of Mount TBR.
High Fantasy Challenge
001 : The Assassin's Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke
002 : The Pirate's Wish by Cassandra Rose Clarke
003 : The Rogue by Trudi Canavan
004 : Moon's Artifice by Tom Lloyd
005 : The Traitor Queen by Trudi Canavan
006 : The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
007 : Polgara the Sorceress by David & Leigh Eddings
008 : The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
009 : Red Country by Joe Abercrombie
010 : Storm Glass by Maria V Snyder
011 : The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
012 : Sea Glass by Maria V Snyder
013 : Half a King by Joe Abercrombie
014 : The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
015 : Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
016 : Spy Glass by Maria V Snyder
017 : Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
The TBR Table
TBR Books Read: 35 of 67
1Q84 - Haruki Murakami
A History of the World in Twelve Maps - Jerry Brotton
All These Things I’ve Done - Gabrielle Zevin
A Tale for the Time Being - Ruth Ozeki
Battle Royale - Houshun Takami
Binocular Vision - Edith Pearlman
Black Feathers - Joseph D'Lacey
Blood & Ice - Robert Masello
Blood Red Road - Moira Young
Blood Red Snow - Marcus Sedgewick
City of Bohane - Kevin Barry*
Cursed - Benedict Jacka*
Dangerous Women - Various
Days of Blood and Starlight - Laini Taylor
Deadline - Mira Grant
Dinosaur Feather - Sissel-Jo Gazan
Dracula - Bram Stoker
Dust - Hugh Howey
Flight Behaviour - Barbara Kingsolver
Games Traitors Play - Jon Stock
Gardens of the Moon - Steven Erikson
High Rising - Angela Thirkell
I Am Pilgrim - Terry Hayes
Jack Glass - Adam Roberts
Lady Susan & Other Works - Jane Austen
May We Be Forgiven - A.M. Homes
Memoirs of a Master Forger - William Heaney
Nights at the Circus - Angela Carter
Oryx & Crake - Margaret Atwood
Prey - Rachel Vincent
Rebel Heart - Moira Young
Red Country - Joe Abercrombie
Sea Glass - Maria V. Snyder
Shades of Grey - Jasper Fforde
Shadow and Bone - Leigh Bardugo
Shift - Rachel Vincent
Sixty-One Nails - Mike Shevdon
Spy Glass - Maria V. Snyder
Stoner - John Williams
Storm Glass - Maria V. Snyder
Struck - Jennifer Bosworth
Sweet Shop of Dreams - Rosie Hopkins
Taken - Benedict Jacka*
Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald
The City’s Son - Tom Pollock
The Elder Edda
The English Monster - Lloyd Shepherd
The Girl on the Landing - Paul Torday
Glass Book of the Dream Eaters - G. W. Dahlquist
The Haunted Hotel - Wilkie Collins
The Last Hundred Days - Patrick McGuinness
The Last Policeman - Ben Winters
The Lives of Tao - Wesley Chu
The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite - Beatrice Colin
The Marriage Plot - Jeffrey Eugenides
The Midwich Cuckoos - John Wyndham
The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
The Road to Omaha - Robert Ludlum
The Rogue - Trudi Canavan
The Rook - Daniel O’Malley
The Secret History - Donna Tartt
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
The Traitor Queen - Trudi Canavan
The Twelve - Justin Cronin
Tigers in Red Weather - Liza Klaussmann
Where’d You Go Bernadette - Maria Semple
Whispers Underground - Ben Aaronovitch
* = book/series abandoned
Full 2014 List
001 : Prey by Rachel Vincent
002 : Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
003 : The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by G.W. Dahlquist
004 : Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
005 : Dracula by Bram Stoker
006 : The Assassin's Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke
007 : The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
008 : The Vanishing Act by Mette Jakobsen*
009 : Ink Flamingos by Karen E. Olson
010 : The Pirate's Wish by Cassandra Rose Clarke
011 : I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
012 : Allegiant by Veronica Roth
013 : Deadline by Mira Grant
014 : Winter's Damage by Natasha Carthew
015 : Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
016 : The Rogue by Trudi Canavan
017 : White Cat by Holly Black
018 : The English Monster by Lloyd Shepherd
019 : Moon's Artifice by Tom Lloyd
020 : The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H.P. Lovecraft & I.N.J. Culbard
021 : The King in Yellow Robert W. Chambers
022 : Lady Susan and Other Works by Jane Austen
023 : Viper Wine by Hermione Eyre
024 : The Traitor Queen by Trudi Canavan
025 : The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters
026 : Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
027 : Salvage by Alexandra Duncan
028 : The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
029 : Welcome to Rosie Hopkin's Sweet Shop of Dreams by Jenny Colgan
030 : The Plague by Albert Camus
031 : S by Doug Dorst & J.J. Abrams
032 : Dust by Hugh Howey
033 : Blood Red Road by Moira Young
034 : Locke & Key: Head Games by Joe Hill et al
035 : Graveyard Shift by Angela Roquet
036 : Jack Glass by Adam Roberts
037 : Daytripper by Fábio Moon & Gabriel Bá
038 : The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
039 : Struck by Jennifer Bosworth
040 : Polgara the Sorceress by David & Leigh Eddings*
041 : Summer Knight by Jim Butcher*
042 : To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
043 : Night Broken by Patricia Briggs
044 : Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris
045 : The Last Hundred Days by Patrick McGuinness
046 : The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
047 : Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling*
048 : Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling*
049 : The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite by Beatrice Colin
050 : Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling*
051 : Red Country by Joe Abercrombie
052 : The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
053 : Rebel Heart by Moira Young
054 : American Vampire, vol 1 by Scot Snyder et al*
055 : Storm Glass by Maria V Snyder
056 : The Darkest Edge of Dawn by Kelly Gay
057 : Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
058 : The Machine by James Smythe
059 : These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman et al
060 : Black Feathers by Joseph D'Lacey
061 : We Were Liars by E. Lockhardt
062 : Cemetery Girl by Charlaine Harris et al
063 : Siege & Storm by Leigh Bardugo
064 : The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
065 : The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
066 : Red Glove by Holly Black
067 : Sea Glass by Maria V Snyder
068 : Half a King by Joe Abercrombie
069 : Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
070 : Strange Bodies by Marcel Theroux
071 : The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
072 : Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
073 : Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
074 : Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
075 : Under the Dome by Stephen King
076 : Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
077 : The Seventh Miss Hatfield by Anna Caltabiano
078 : Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussmann
079 : Landline by Rainbow Rowell
080 : Black Heart by Holly Black
081 : Fatale vol 1 by Ed Brubaker et al
082 : Deadly Class: Reagan Youth by Rick Remember et al
083 : 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
084 : Half Bad by Sally Green
085 : Spy Glass by Maria V Snyder
086 : The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
087 : Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
088 : The Cure for Dreaming by Cat Winters
089 : Blood & Ice by Robert Masello
090 : All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin
091 : Blackout by Mira Grant
092 : Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
093 : Kill Your Boss by Shane Kuhn
094 : Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling*
095 : Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger
096 : A Calculated Life by Ann Charnock
097 : Waistcoats & Weaponry by Gail Carriger
098 : The Water that Falls on you From Nowhere by John Chu
099 : Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
100 : Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
101 : Kill Shakespeare, vol 1 by Conor McCreery
102 : Games Traitors Play by Jon Stock
103 : Shift by Rachel Vincent
104 : The Wicked + The Divine, The Faust Act by Kieron Gillen
105 : American Vampire, vol 2 by Scott Snyder*
106 : American Vampire, vol 3 by Scott Snyder
107 : Harry Potter and the Dealthy Hallows by J.K. Rowling*
* = reread
previous years
The books listed below are therefore the for high fantasy challenge. My full reading list will be/is below the second cut. Below the first cut is a table of all the unread physical books I own at the start of 2014. My plan is to cross those off as I get around to reading them. My own version of Mount TBR.
High Fantasy Challenge
001 : The Assassin's Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke
002 : The Pirate's Wish by Cassandra Rose Clarke
003 : The Rogue by Trudi Canavan
004 : Moon's Artifice by Tom Lloyd
005 : The Traitor Queen by Trudi Canavan
006 : The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
007 : Polgara the Sorceress by David & Leigh Eddings
008 : The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
009 : Red Country by Joe Abercrombie
010 : Storm Glass by Maria V Snyder
011 : The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
012 : Sea Glass by Maria V Snyder
013 : Half a King by Joe Abercrombie
014 : The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
015 : Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
016 : Spy Glass by Maria V Snyder
017 : Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
The TBR Table
TBR Books Read: 35 of 67
1Q84 - Haruki Murakami
A History of the World in Twelve Maps - Jerry Brotton
All These Things I’ve Done - Gabrielle Zevin
A Tale for the Time Being - Ruth Ozeki
Battle Royale - Houshun Takami
Binocular Vision - Edith Pearlman
Black Feathers - Joseph D'Lacey
Blood & Ice - Robert Masello
Blood Red Road - Moira Young
Blood Red Snow - Marcus Sedgewick
City of Bohane - Kevin Barry*
Cursed - Benedict Jacka*
Dangerous Women - Various
Days of Blood and Starlight - Laini Taylor
Deadline - Mira Grant
Dinosaur Feather - Sissel-Jo Gazan
Dracula - Bram Stoker
Dust - Hugh Howey
Flight Behaviour - Barbara Kingsolver
Games Traitors Play - Jon Stock
Gardens of the Moon - Steven Erikson
High Rising - Angela Thirkell
I Am Pilgrim - Terry Hayes
Jack Glass - Adam Roberts
Lady Susan & Other Works - Jane Austen
May We Be Forgiven - A.M. Homes
Memoirs of a Master Forger - William Heaney
Nights at the Circus - Angela Carter
Oryx & Crake - Margaret Atwood
Prey - Rachel Vincent
Rebel Heart - Moira Young
Red Country - Joe Abercrombie
Sea Glass - Maria V. Snyder
Shades of Grey - Jasper Fforde
Shadow and Bone - Leigh Bardugo
Shift - Rachel Vincent
Sixty-One Nails - Mike Shevdon
Spy Glass - Maria V. Snyder
Stoner - John Williams
Storm Glass - Maria V. Snyder
Struck - Jennifer Bosworth
Sweet Shop of Dreams - Rosie Hopkins
Taken - Benedict Jacka*
Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald
The City’s Son - Tom Pollock
The Elder Edda
The English Monster - Lloyd Shepherd
The Girl on the Landing - Paul Torday
Glass Book of the Dream Eaters - G. W. Dahlquist
The Haunted Hotel - Wilkie Collins
The Last Hundred Days - Patrick McGuinness
The Last Policeman - Ben Winters
The Lives of Tao - Wesley Chu
The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite - Beatrice Colin
The Marriage Plot - Jeffrey Eugenides
The Midwich Cuckoos - John Wyndham
The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
The Road to Omaha - Robert Ludlum
The Rogue - Trudi Canavan
The Rook - Daniel O’Malley
The Secret History - Donna Tartt
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
The Traitor Queen - Trudi Canavan
The Twelve - Justin Cronin
Tigers in Red Weather - Liza Klaussmann
Where’d You Go Bernadette - Maria Semple
Whispers Underground - Ben Aaronovitch
* = book/series abandoned
Full 2014 List
001 : Prey by Rachel Vincent
002 : Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers
003 : The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by G.W. Dahlquist
004 : Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
005 : Dracula by Bram Stoker
006 : The Assassin's Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke
007 : The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
008 : The Vanishing Act by Mette Jakobsen*
009 : Ink Flamingos by Karen E. Olson
010 : The Pirate's Wish by Cassandra Rose Clarke
011 : I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
012 : Allegiant by Veronica Roth
013 : Deadline by Mira Grant
014 : Winter's Damage by Natasha Carthew
015 : Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
016 : The Rogue by Trudi Canavan
017 : White Cat by Holly Black
018 : The English Monster by Lloyd Shepherd
019 : Moon's Artifice by Tom Lloyd
020 : The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H.P. Lovecraft & I.N.J. Culbard
021 : The King in Yellow Robert W. Chambers
022 : Lady Susan and Other Works by Jane Austen
023 : Viper Wine by Hermione Eyre
024 : The Traitor Queen by Trudi Canavan
025 : The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters
026 : Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
027 : Salvage by Alexandra Duncan
028 : The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
029 : Welcome to Rosie Hopkin's Sweet Shop of Dreams by Jenny Colgan
030 : The Plague by Albert Camus
031 : S by Doug Dorst & J.J. Abrams
032 : Dust by Hugh Howey
033 : Blood Red Road by Moira Young
034 : Locke & Key: Head Games by Joe Hill et al
035 : Graveyard Shift by Angela Roquet
036 : Jack Glass by Adam Roberts
037 : Daytripper by Fábio Moon & Gabriel Bá
038 : The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
039 : Struck by Jennifer Bosworth
040 : Polgara the Sorceress by David & Leigh Eddings*
041 : Summer Knight by Jim Butcher*
042 : To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
043 : Night Broken by Patricia Briggs
044 : Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris
045 : The Last Hundred Days by Patrick McGuinness
046 : The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
047 : Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling*
048 : Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling*
049 : The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite by Beatrice Colin
050 : Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling*
051 : Red Country by Joe Abercrombie
052 : The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
053 : Rebel Heart by Moira Young
054 : American Vampire, vol 1 by Scot Snyder et al*
055 : Storm Glass by Maria V Snyder
056 : The Darkest Edge of Dawn by Kelly Gay
057 : Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
058 : The Machine by James Smythe
059 : These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman et al
060 : Black Feathers by Joseph D'Lacey
061 : We Were Liars by E. Lockhardt
062 : Cemetery Girl by Charlaine Harris et al
063 : Siege & Storm by Leigh Bardugo
064 : The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
065 : The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
066 : Red Glove by Holly Black
067 : Sea Glass by Maria V Snyder
068 : Half a King by Joe Abercrombie
069 : Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
070 : Strange Bodies by Marcel Theroux
071 : The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
072 : Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
073 : Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
074 : Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
075 : Under the Dome by Stephen King
076 : Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
077 : The Seventh Miss Hatfield by Anna Caltabiano
078 : Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussmann
079 : Landline by Rainbow Rowell
080 : Black Heart by Holly Black
081 : Fatale vol 1 by Ed Brubaker et al
082 : Deadly Class: Reagan Youth by Rick Remember et al
083 : 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
084 : Half Bad by Sally Green
085 : Spy Glass by Maria V Snyder
086 : The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
087 : Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
088 : The Cure for Dreaming by Cat Winters
089 : Blood & Ice by Robert Masello
090 : All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin
091 : Blackout by Mira Grant
092 : Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
093 : Kill Your Boss by Shane Kuhn
094 : Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling*
095 : Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger
096 : A Calculated Life by Ann Charnock
097 : Waistcoats & Weaponry by Gail Carriger
098 : The Water that Falls on you From Nowhere by John Chu
099 : Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
100 : Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
101 : Kill Shakespeare, vol 1 by Conor McCreery
102 : Games Traitors Play by Jon Stock
103 : Shift by Rachel Vincent
104 : The Wicked + The Divine, The Faust Act by Kieron Gillen
105 : American Vampire, vol 2 by Scott Snyder*
106 : American Vampire, vol 3 by Scott Snyder
107 : Harry Potter and the Dealthy Hallows by J.K. Rowling*
* = reread
previous years