Books 2013.
♥♥♥ --> Books I loved. (Sometimes, I will give a book a very high rating, but the fact that I can recognize the book is good doesn't mean I loved it/would recommend it.) As well, if it has the first book of the series, the whole series is technically implied, but sometimes sequels suck, so judge by the rating.
--> A break from the body of the list means it is a series.
(-/10) --> My rating.
--> I re-read some stuff on a semi-regular basis, so there will be repeats once in a while from year to year and, interestingly but obviously, my opinion of those books may change from read to read.
--> Links go to Amazon.com (unless, as is the case with most short stories, they go directly to the story.) Links for Russian books go to the Russian equivalent of Amazon, Ozon.
--> When I read things in Russian, I provide a link to the Russian and the English translation versions. However, I never read Russian translations, so while I try to link to what is considered the most definitive translation, I cannot myself comment on its quality or accuracy in comparison to the Russian text.
Fiction:
~~~Novels:
♥ Psycho by Robert Bloch. (7.5/10)
♥ Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter by A.E. Moorat. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. (9/10)
♥ Alice Dugdale by Anthony Trollope. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Neverending Story ( PART 1--- PART 2), by Michael Ende. (10/10)
♥ Hungarian Folk-tales (retold) by Val Biro. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King. (8/10)
♥♥♥ God Bless You, Dr.Kevorkian by Kurt Vonnegut. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Villette by Charlotte Brontë. (9/10)
♥♥♥ Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Казаки, Л. Н. Толстой. (The Cossacks by Leo Tolstoy) (8/10)
♥ Anthem by Ayn Rand. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman and Skottie Young. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Анна Каренина, Л. Н. Толстой. (Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy) (9.5/10)
♥♥♥ Детство, Л. Н. Толстой. (Childhood by Leo Tolstoy) (9/10)
♥ Отрочество, Л. Н. Толстой. (Boyhood by Leo Tolstoy) (8.5/10)
♥ Юность, Л. Н. Толстой. (Youth by Leo Tolstoy) (9/10)
♥♥♥ A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (8.5/10)
♥ The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Rescuers by Margery Sharp. (8.5/10)
♥ Miss Bianca by Margery Sharp. (8/10)
♥ The Turret by Margery Sharp. (8/10)
♥ Miss Bianca in the Salt Mines by Margery Sharp. (8.5/10)
♥ Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris. (7/10)
♥ Club Dead by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ Fairy Dust by Charlaine Harris. (6/10)
♥ Dracula Night by Charlaine Harris. (7/10)
♥ Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris. (7/10)
♥ One Word Answer by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Mary Poppins by P. L. Travis. (8/10)
♥ Mary Poppins Comes Back by P. L. Travis. (8.5/10)
♥ Mary Poppins Opens the Door by P. L. Travis. (9/10)
♥ Mary Poppins in the Park by P. L. Travis. (7.5/10)
♥ Mary Poppins From A to Z by P. L. Travis. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend. (7.5/10)
♥ The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares. (8.5/10)
♥ The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares. (8/10)
♥ Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares. (8/10)
♥ Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares. (8.5/10)
~~~Short Stories:
♥ The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Horla by Guy de Maupassant. (7.5/10)
♥ Herbert West - Reanimator by H. P. Lovecraft. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Rappaccini's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Dunwich Horror by H. P. Lovecraft. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Screaming Skull by F. Marion Crawford. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Thing on the Doorstep by H. P. Lovecraft. (9/10)
♥ The Nameless City by H. P. Lovecraft. (7.5/10)
♥ The Doom That Came to Sarnath by H. P. Lovecraft. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Cats of Ulthar by H. P. Lovecraft. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Hound by H. P. Lovecraft. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Dreams in the Witch House by H. P. Lovecraft. (8/10)
♥ Dagon by H. P. Lovecraft. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Rats in the Walls by H. P. Lovecraft. (8/10)
♥ The Haunter of the Dark by H. P. Lovecraft. (7.5/10)
♥ A Mother of Monsters by Guy de Maupassant. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Diary of a Madman by Guy de Maupassant. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Willows by Algernon Blackwood. (9/10)
♥ The Hand by Guy de Maupassant. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Was It a Dream? by Guy de Maupassant. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Grave by Guy de Maupassant. (7.5/10)
♥ Casting the Runes by M. R. James. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer Lytton. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Wake Not the Dead by Johann Ludwig Tieck. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Horror: A True Tale by Anonymous. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Children of the Corn by Stephen King. (8.5/10)
♥ 1408 by Stephen King. (7/10)**
♥♥♥ The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Fear by Guy de Maupassant. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Canon Alberic's Scrapbook by M. R. James. (8/10)
♥ The Death of Halpin Frayser by Ambrose Bierce. (7/10)
♥ The Mezzotint by M. R. James. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ He? by Guy de Maupassant. (7.5/10)
♥ Moxon's Master by Ambrose Bierce. (7/10)
♥♥♥ On the River by Guy de Maupassant. (7.5/10)
♥ The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson. (7.5/10)
♥ Number 13 by M.R. James. (6/10)
♥ Beyond The Wall by Ambrose Bierce. (6/10)
♥ The Apparition by Guy de Maupassant. (6.5/10)
♥ Count Magnus by M.R. James. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Spastic Mannerism by Guy de Maupassant. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad by M. R. James. (7.5/10)
♥ Terror by Guy de Maupassant. (7/10)**
♥♥♥ The Man Who Could Work Miracles by H.G. Wells. (8/10)
♥ The Treasure of Abbot Thomas by M. R. James. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Inn by Guy de Maupassant. (7.5/10)
♥ A School Story by M. R. James. (6/10)
♥ Schopenhauer's Smile by Guy de Maupassant. (6.5/10)
♥ The Rose Garden by M. R. James. (7/10)
♥ Was He Mad? by Guy de Maupassant (6.5/10)**
♥ The Tractate Middoth by M. R. James. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Wolf by Guy de Maupassant. (7.5/10)
♥ The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral by M. R. James. (7.5/10)
♥ The Drowned Man by Guy de Maupassant. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Mr. Humphries and His Inheritance by M. R. James. (8/10)
♥♥♥ A Night in Paris (A Nightmare) by Guy de Maupassant. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Diary of Mr. Poynter by M. R. James. (7/10)
♥ Who Knows? by Guy de Maupassant. (7/10)
♥♥♥ An Episode of Cathedral History by M. R. James. (7.5/10)
♥ The Uncommon Prayer-Book by M. R. James. (6/10)
♥ A Neighbour's Landmark by M. R. James. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ A Warning to the Curious by M. R. James. (8/10)
♥ Rats by M. R. James. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Experiment: A New Year’s Eve Ghost Story by M. R. James. (7.5/10)
♥ The Malice of Inanimate Objects by M. R. James. (7/10)
♥ A Vignette by M. R. James. (7.5/10)
~~~Plays:
♥♥♥ The Medea by Euripides (translated by Rex Warner). (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. (9/10)
♥♥♥ R.U.R. (Rossum's Univeral Robots) by Karel Čapek. (8.5/10)
~~~Poetry:
♥♥♥ The Homeric Hymns by Various Anonymous (translated by Thelma Sargent). (9.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde. (10/10)
♥ When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne. (7/10)
Graphic Novels:
♥♥♥ God Save the Queen by Mike Carey and John Bolton. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Son of Celluloid by Clive Barker and Les Edwards (adapted by Steve Niles). (8/10)
♥ Arkham Woods by Christopher Rowley and Jhomar Soriano. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Batman: Through the Looking Glass by Bruce Jones and Sam Kieth. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Howl: A Graphic Novel by Allen Ginsberg and Eric Drooker. (9/10)
Non-Fiction:
♥♥♥ Blow Him Away: How To Give Him Mind-Blowing Oral Sex by Marcy Michaels with Marie DeSalle. (8/10)
♥ Grigory Rasputin: Holy Man or Mad Monk? by Enid A. Goldberg and Norman Itzkowitz. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai by Yamamoro Tsunetomo. (9/10)
♥ Mindfucking: A Critique of Mental Manipulation by Colin McGinn. (6/10)
♥♥♥ The Book of Jones: A Tribute to the Mercurial, Manic, and Utterly Seductive Cat by Ralph Steadman. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Common Sense by Thomas Paine. (9/10)
♥♥♥ Tree: A Life Story by David Suzuki and Wayne Grady. (8/10)
♥♥♥ How to Think More About Sex by Alain de Botton. (8.5/10)
♥ Classical Art Tours: Westminster Abbey by Claudio Gorlier. (6/10)
♥♥♥ An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting by Jane Collier. (8/10)
♥ The Secret Sex Lives of Animals by David Lambert and the Diagram Group. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Princessa: Machiavelli for Women by Harriet Rubin. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Oration on the Dignity of Man (De hominis dignitate) by Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola. (8/10)
♥ The Philosopher Cat by Kwong Kuen Shan. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ East & West: The Nobel Lecture on Literature, A World Split Apart, Letter to the Soviet Leaders and a BBC Interview by Alexandr I. Solzhenitsyn. (8.5/10)
PREVIOUS YEARS:
2009-2010/ 2010/ 2011/ 2012
--> A break from the body of the list means it is a series.
(-/10) --> My rating.
--> I re-read some stuff on a semi-regular basis, so there will be repeats once in a while from year to year and, interestingly but obviously, my opinion of those books may change from read to read.
--> Links go to Amazon.com (unless, as is the case with most short stories, they go directly to the story.) Links for Russian books go to the Russian equivalent of Amazon, Ozon.
--> When I read things in Russian, I provide a link to the Russian and the English translation versions. However, I never read Russian translations, so while I try to link to what is considered the most definitive translation, I cannot myself comment on its quality or accuracy in comparison to the Russian text.
Fiction:
~~~Novels:
♥ Psycho by Robert Bloch. (7.5/10)
♥ Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter by A.E. Moorat. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. (9/10)
♥ Alice Dugdale by Anthony Trollope. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Neverending Story ( PART 1--- PART 2), by Michael Ende. (10/10)
♥ Hungarian Folk-tales (retold) by Val Biro. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King. (8/10)
♥♥♥ God Bless You, Dr.Kevorkian by Kurt Vonnegut. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Villette by Charlotte Brontë. (9/10)
♥♥♥ Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Казаки, Л. Н. Толстой. (The Cossacks by Leo Tolstoy) (8/10)
♥ Anthem by Ayn Rand. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman and Skottie Young. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Анна Каренина, Л. Н. Толстой. (Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy) (9.5/10)
♥♥♥ Детство, Л. Н. Толстой. (Childhood by Leo Tolstoy) (9/10)
♥ Отрочество, Л. Н. Толстой. (Boyhood by Leo Tolstoy) (8.5/10)
♥ Юность, Л. Н. Толстой. (Youth by Leo Tolstoy) (9/10)
♥♥♥ A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (8.5/10)
♥ The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Rescuers by Margery Sharp. (8.5/10)
♥ Miss Bianca by Margery Sharp. (8/10)
♥ The Turret by Margery Sharp. (8/10)
♥ Miss Bianca in the Salt Mines by Margery Sharp. (8.5/10)
♥ Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris. (7/10)
♥ Club Dead by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ Fairy Dust by Charlaine Harris. (6/10)
♥ Dracula Night by Charlaine Harris. (7/10)
♥ Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris. (7/10)
♥ One Word Answer by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Mary Poppins by P. L. Travis. (8/10)
♥ Mary Poppins Comes Back by P. L. Travis. (8.5/10)
♥ Mary Poppins Opens the Door by P. L. Travis. (9/10)
♥ Mary Poppins in the Park by P. L. Travis. (7.5/10)
♥ Mary Poppins From A to Z by P. L. Travis. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend. (7.5/10)
♥ The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares. (8.5/10)
♥ The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares. (8/10)
♥ Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares. (8/10)
♥ Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares. (8.5/10)
~~~Short Stories:
♥ The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Horla by Guy de Maupassant. (7.5/10)
♥ Herbert West - Reanimator by H. P. Lovecraft. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Rappaccini's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Dunwich Horror by H. P. Lovecraft. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Screaming Skull by F. Marion Crawford. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Thing on the Doorstep by H. P. Lovecraft. (9/10)
♥ The Nameless City by H. P. Lovecraft. (7.5/10)
♥ The Doom That Came to Sarnath by H. P. Lovecraft. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Cats of Ulthar by H. P. Lovecraft. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Hound by H. P. Lovecraft. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Dreams in the Witch House by H. P. Lovecraft. (8/10)
♥ Dagon by H. P. Lovecraft. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Rats in the Walls by H. P. Lovecraft. (8/10)
♥ The Haunter of the Dark by H. P. Lovecraft. (7.5/10)
♥ A Mother of Monsters by Guy de Maupassant. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Diary of a Madman by Guy de Maupassant. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Willows by Algernon Blackwood. (9/10)
♥ The Hand by Guy de Maupassant. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Was It a Dream? by Guy de Maupassant. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Grave by Guy de Maupassant. (7.5/10)
♥ Casting the Runes by M. R. James. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Haunted and the Haunters by Edward Bulwer Lytton. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Wake Not the Dead by Johann Ludwig Tieck. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Horror: A True Tale by Anonymous. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Children of the Corn by Stephen King. (8.5/10)
♥ 1408 by Stephen King. (7/10)**
♥♥♥ The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Fear by Guy de Maupassant. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Canon Alberic's Scrapbook by M. R. James. (8/10)
♥ The Death of Halpin Frayser by Ambrose Bierce. (7/10)
♥ The Mezzotint by M. R. James. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ He? by Guy de Maupassant. (7.5/10)
♥ Moxon's Master by Ambrose Bierce. (7/10)
♥♥♥ On the River by Guy de Maupassant. (7.5/10)
♥ The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson. (7.5/10)
♥ Number 13 by M.R. James. (6/10)
♥ Beyond The Wall by Ambrose Bierce. (6/10)
♥ The Apparition by Guy de Maupassant. (6.5/10)
♥ Count Magnus by M.R. James. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Spastic Mannerism by Guy de Maupassant. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad by M. R. James. (7.5/10)
♥ Terror by Guy de Maupassant. (7/10)**
♥♥♥ The Man Who Could Work Miracles by H.G. Wells. (8/10)
♥ The Treasure of Abbot Thomas by M. R. James. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Inn by Guy de Maupassant. (7.5/10)
♥ A School Story by M. R. James. (6/10)
♥ Schopenhauer's Smile by Guy de Maupassant. (6.5/10)
♥ The Rose Garden by M. R. James. (7/10)
♥ Was He Mad? by Guy de Maupassant (6.5/10)**
♥ The Tractate Middoth by M. R. James. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Wolf by Guy de Maupassant. (7.5/10)
♥ The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral by M. R. James. (7.5/10)
♥ The Drowned Man by Guy de Maupassant. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Mr. Humphries and His Inheritance by M. R. James. (8/10)
♥♥♥ A Night in Paris (A Nightmare) by Guy de Maupassant. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Diary of Mr. Poynter by M. R. James. (7/10)
♥ Who Knows? by Guy de Maupassant. (7/10)
♥♥♥ An Episode of Cathedral History by M. R. James. (7.5/10)
♥ The Uncommon Prayer-Book by M. R. James. (6/10)
♥ A Neighbour's Landmark by M. R. James. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ A Warning to the Curious by M. R. James. (8/10)
♥ Rats by M. R. James. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Experiment: A New Year’s Eve Ghost Story by M. R. James. (7.5/10)
♥ The Malice of Inanimate Objects by M. R. James. (7/10)
♥ A Vignette by M. R. James. (7.5/10)
~~~Plays:
♥♥♥ The Medea by Euripides (translated by Rex Warner). (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. (9/10)
♥♥♥ R.U.R. (Rossum's Univeral Robots) by Karel Čapek. (8.5/10)
~~~Poetry:
♥♥♥ The Homeric Hymns by Various Anonymous (translated by Thelma Sargent). (9.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde. (10/10)
♥ When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne. (7/10)
Graphic Novels:
♥♥♥ God Save the Queen by Mike Carey and John Bolton. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Son of Celluloid by Clive Barker and Les Edwards (adapted by Steve Niles). (8/10)
♥ Arkham Woods by Christopher Rowley and Jhomar Soriano. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Batman: Through the Looking Glass by Bruce Jones and Sam Kieth. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Howl: A Graphic Novel by Allen Ginsberg and Eric Drooker. (9/10)
Non-Fiction:
♥♥♥ Blow Him Away: How To Give Him Mind-Blowing Oral Sex by Marcy Michaels with Marie DeSalle. (8/10)
♥ Grigory Rasputin: Holy Man or Mad Monk? by Enid A. Goldberg and Norman Itzkowitz. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai by Yamamoro Tsunetomo. (9/10)
♥ Mindfucking: A Critique of Mental Manipulation by Colin McGinn. (6/10)
♥♥♥ The Book of Jones: A Tribute to the Mercurial, Manic, and Utterly Seductive Cat by Ralph Steadman. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Common Sense by Thomas Paine. (9/10)
♥♥♥ Tree: A Life Story by David Suzuki and Wayne Grady. (8/10)
♥♥♥ How to Think More About Sex by Alain de Botton. (8.5/10)
♥ Classical Art Tours: Westminster Abbey by Claudio Gorlier. (6/10)
♥♥♥ An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting by Jane Collier. (8/10)
♥ The Secret Sex Lives of Animals by David Lambert and the Diagram Group. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Princessa: Machiavelli for Women by Harriet Rubin. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Oration on the Dignity of Man (De hominis dignitate) by Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola. (8/10)
♥ The Philosopher Cat by Kwong Kuen Shan. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ East & West: The Nobel Lecture on Literature, A World Split Apart, Letter to the Soviet Leaders and a BBC Interview by Alexandr I. Solzhenitsyn. (8.5/10)
PREVIOUS YEARS:
2009-2010/ 2010/ 2011/ 2012