Most of my friends are aware that in the year 2008 (my 28th year) I began keeping lists of all the books I read each year, a tradition I've kept going for around 16 years now. Recently, I thought it might be interesting to make a list of the books I had read pre-2008. For most such books I still remember the year (or approximate year) that I first read them, and going through some of my old receipts recently jogged my memory in some places. Still, this list is hardly complete, and the order of the books for each year isn’t entirely chronological in places, but gives one a good idea of what books I was reading for the years in question. For the most part, I chose to mainly list adult books only (had I listed the children's books I read, it would have been much longer), though a few children's books are listed in any case, mainly ones that had a big impact on me and my life.
? indicates a book where I’m not sure if the year is quite exact. % means it was a book read as a school assignment.
Pre-High School
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass (Lewis Carroll)
1986
James and the Giant Peach (Roald Dahl) 1988? 1989?
Great Illustrated Classics: Tales of Mystery & Terror (Edgar Allan
Poe/Adapted by Marjorie P. Katz) 1988? 1989?
The War of the Worlds (H.G. Wells) 1988? 1989?
Many John Bellairs books (starting with The Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull) late 80s/early 90s
Ghostbusters 2: Movie Novelization (Ed Naha) 1989
Dick Tracy: Movie Novelization (Max Allan Collins) 1990
Gremlins 2: The New Batch: Movie Novelization (David Bischoff) 1990
Misery (Stephen King) 1991
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis) 1991
The Rocketeer: Movie Novelization (Peter David) 1991
Hook: Movie Novelization (Terry Brooks) 1991
Carrie (Stephen King) ? early 90s
Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton) 1992
Sphere (Michael Crichton) 1992?
Eaters of the Dead (Michael Crichton) ?
Batman Returns: Movie Novelization (Craig Shaw Gardner) 1992
Aliens: Earth Hive (Steve Perry) 1993?
Aliens: Nightmare Asylum (Steve Perry) 1993?
The Guns of Navarone (Alistair MacLean) 1993?
Goodbye California (Alistair MacLean) 1993? 1994?
The Sword in the Stone (T.H. White)
Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card)
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
The Pearl (John Steinbeck) 1993? %
The Mad Hatter Mystery (John Dickson Carr) 1993?
Batman: The Animated Series: Shadows of the Past (Gary Gravel) 1993
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (Geary Gravel) 1993
Batman: The Animated Series: Dual to the Death (Geary Gravel) 1994
Batman: The Animated Series: The Dragon and the Bat (Geary Gravel) 1994
SeaQuest DSV: Fire Below (Matthew J. Costello) 1994
High School Freshman Year (Fall
1994-Spring 1995) (Age 14)
The Prydain Chronicles Books 1-5 (Lloyd Alexander) 1994?
Calling on Dragons (Patricia C. Wrede) 1994
Star Wars: Heir to the Empire: Book 1 of the Thrawn Trilogy (Timothy Zhan)
1995
Star Wars: Dark Force Rising: Book 2 of the Thrawn Trilogy (Timothy Zhan)
1995
Star Wars: The Last Command: Book 3 of the Thrawn Trilogy (Timothy Zhan)
1995
Star Wars: The Courtship of Princess Leia (Dave Wolverton) 1995
Star Wars: The Truce at Bakura (Kathy Tyers) 1995
Star Wars: The Crystal Star (Vonda N. McIntyre) 1995
Batman: Knightfall (Dennis O’Neill) 1995
Summer 1995 (Age 15)
The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen (Lloyd Alexander)
High School Sophomore Year (Fall
1995-Spring 1996) (Age 15)
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck) autumn 1995 %
Romeo & Juliet (William Shakespeare) autumn 1995 %
The Taming of the Shrew (William Shakespeare) autumn 1995 %
Star Wars: Jedi Search: Book 1 of the Jedi Academy Trilogy (Kevin J.
Anderson) 1995
Star Wars: Dark Apprentice: Book 2 of the Jedi Academy Trilogy (Kevin J.
Anderson) 1995
Star Wars: Champions of the Force: Book 3 of the Jedi Academy Trilogy (Kevin
J. Anderson) 1995
The White Plague (Frank Herbert) 1995? 1996?
Goldeneye (John Gardner) late 1995?
Star Wars: Darksaber (Kevin J. Anderson) December 1995
Patriot Games (Tom Clancy) January 1996
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway) 1996 %
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens) 1996 %
Without Remorse (Tom Clancy) 1996
Debt of Honor (Tom Clancy) 1996
Summer 1996 (Age 16)
Executive Orders (Tom Clancy) July 1996
High School Junior Year (Fall
1996-Spring 1997) (Age 16)
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton) %
Macbeth (William Shakespeare)
%
Julius Caesar (William
Shakespeare) %
The Crucible (Arthur Miller) %
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller) %
The Apocalypse Watch (Robert Ludlum)
The Scorpio Illusion (Robert Ludlum)
The Road to Gandalfo (Robert Ludlum)
The Cry of the Halidon (Robert Ludlum)
Airframe (Michael Crichton) December 1996
The Runaway Jury (John Grisham) 1997
The Dilbert Principle (Scott Adams) May 1997 (bought with first ever
paycheck)
Summer 1997 (Age 17)
The Partner (John Grisham) June
The Pelican Brief (John Grisham) June
The Rainmaker (John Grisham) June
Interview with the Vampire (Anne Rice) June
Pulp Fiction: Screenplay (Quentin Tarantino) June
Lord Foul’s Bane (Stephen R. Donaldson) July
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck) August %
Servant of the Bones (Anne Rice) Summer?
High School Senior Year (Fall
1997-Spring 1998) (Age 17)
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
1997? %
Othello (William Shakespeare)
1997? %
The Lord of the Flies
(William Golding) 1997? %
The Chamber (John Grisham) Fall 1997
Violin (Anne Rice) October 1997
Out of Sight (Elmore Leonard) 1997
Jackie Brown/Rum Punch (Elmore Leonard) December 1997
The Street Lawyer (John Grisham) January 1998
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria
Remarque) January 1998 %
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennessee Williams) February
1998? %
The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams) March 1998 %
Brave New World (Aldous
Huxley) %
The Witching Hour (Anne Rice) ?
Riding the Rap (Elmore Leonard) Spring 1998
Maximum Bob (Elmore Leonard) Spring 1998
Get Shorty (Elmore Leonard) June 1998
Summer 1998 (Age 18)
The SCUM Manifesto (Valerie Solanas)
Fall 1998 (Age 18)
The Glass Key (Dashiell
Hammett)
Red Harvest (Dashiell
Hammett)
Oedipus the King (Sophocles) September %
Candide (Voltaire) October %
Les Fleurs du mal (Charles Baudelaire) November %
1999 (Age 19)
A Simple Plan (Scott Smith) January
The Testament (John Grisham) February
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess) February
Feel This Book (Ben Stiller/Janeane Garofalo) February
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs) May
Jack & Jill (James Patterson) borrowed from my brother Tom
Red Dragon (Thomas Harris)
The Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris)
Hannibal (Thomas Harris) June/July
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit (John Douglas) September
Lost Souls (Poppy Z. Brite) October
(Various stories by H.P. Lovecraft) Autumn
2000 (Age 20)
The Sandman: Volumes 1-10 (Neil Gaiman) January-June
Drawing Blood (Poppy Z. Brite) May
Exquisite Corpse (Poppy Z. Brite) Fall
Are You Loathsome Tonight? (Poppy Z. Brite) November
Plastic Jesus (Poppy Z. Brite)
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
2001 (Age 21)
Survivor (Chuck Palahniuk) July
The Gap into Conflict: The Real Story (Stephen R. Donaldson) autumn/winter
The Gap into Vision: Forbidden Knowledge (Stephen R. Donaldson)
The Gap into Power: A Dark and Hungry God Arises (Stephen R. Donaldson)
The Gap into Madness: Chaos and Order (Stephen R. Donaldson)
The Gap into Ruin: This Day All Gods Die (Stephen R. Donaldson)
2002 (Age 22)
Neuromancer (William Gibson) early winter
Interzone (William S. Burroughs) March
Psychic Self-Defense (Dion Fortune) March
Liber Null & Psychonaut (Peter J. Carroll) March
The Soft Machine (William S. Burroughs) April
The Ticket That Exploded (William S. Burroughs) April
Nova Express (William S. Burroughs) April
Liber Kaos (Peter J. Carroll) June
The Invisibles: Volumes 1-3 (Grant Morrison)
Cities of the Red Night (William S. Burroughs) June/July
The Place of Dead Roads (William S. Burroughs) June/July
Count Zero (William Gibson) June
Mona Lisa Overdrive (William Gibson) summer
Valis (Philip K. Dick) summer
The Divine Invasion (Philip K. Dick) summer
Good Omens (Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett)
Moonchild (Aleister Crowley)
The Illuminatus! Trilogy (Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson)
The I-Ching
The Lazy Crossdresser (Charles Anders) July
Closer (Dennis Cooper) ?
2003 (Age 23)
The Filth (Grant Morrison)
Lazy (Peter Sotos) May
Tick (Peter Sotos) May
The Value of X (Poppy Z. Brite)
The Devil You Know (Poppy Z. Brite) July
Watchmen (Alan Moore) July
V for Vendetta (Alan Moore) July
Cosmic Trigger (Robert Anton Wilson) August
Lullaby (Chuck Palahniuk) September
Diary (Chuck Palahniuk) October
The Sandman: Endless Nights (Neil Gaiman) October
Schrodinger’s Cats (Robert Anton Wilson) October
The Lucifer Principle (Howard Bloom) November
Doom Patrol (Grant Morrison) November
Animal Man (Grant Morrison) December
Transmetropolitan (Warren Ellis)
Tim & Peter (James Robert Baker) ?
Anarchy (James Robert Baker) ?
2004 (Age 24)
Quantum Psychology (Robert Anton Wilson)
The Sluts (Dennis Cooper)
Nightside of Eden (Kenneth Grant) February/March
Hecate’s Fountain (Kenneth Grant) May
Liquor (Poppy Z. Brite)
Maldoror (Lautreamont) August
Pere Ubu (Alfred Jarry) August
Cults of the Shadow (Kenneth Grant)
2005 (Age 25)
The Fall (Albert Camus) January
Ultra-Gash Inferno (Suehiro Maruo) February?
Prime (Poppy Z. Brite) March
Proxy (Peter Sotos) May
God Jr. (Dennis Cooper) July
Glamorama (Bret Easton Ellis) early summer?
Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis) July
The Rules of Attraction (Bret Easton Ellis) July
The Informers (Bret Easton Ellis) July/August?
Lunar Park (Bret Easton Ellis) August
Outside the Circles of Time (Kenneth Grant) summer
The Gates of Janus: Serial Killing and its Analysis
(Ian Brady) August
The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco) September
All Else is Bondage (Wei Wu Wei)
Proxy (Peter Sotos)
2006 (Age 26)
Outer Gateways (Kenneth Grant)
At the Feet of the Guru (Kenneth Grant)
Try (Dennis Cooper)
Guide (Dennis Cooper)
Period (Dennis Cooper)
Battle Royale (KÅshun Takami)
September
Hannibal Rising (Thomas
Harris) December
Towards the End (Joseph Mills)
December
2007 (Age 27)
Catching the Big Fish (David Lynch) January
From Hell (Alan Moore) February
The Man Who Killed His Brother (Stephen R. Donaldson)
The Man Who Risked His Partner (Stephen R. Donaldson)
The Man Who Tried to Get Away (Stephen R. Donaldson)
The Man Who Fought Alone (Stephen R. Donaldson)
Psychopathia Sexualis (Miguel Angel Martin)
Digging the Vein (Tony O’Neill) May?
The Big U (Neal Stephenson)
The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand) August/September
????
Ladies Night (Jack Ketchum) early 2000s
1984 (George Orwell) possibly read in either 2002 or 2003
Frisk (Dennis Cooper) read pre-2005
Aleister Crowley and the Hidden God (Kenneth Grant) possibly 2005
The Magical Revival (Kenneth Grant) 2004?
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