{"id":562,"date":"2013-08-06T13:20:28","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T18:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d-h-o.us\/home\/?p=562"},"modified":"2022-11-28T08:39:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T13:39:07","slug":"books-i-have-read-vol-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dho.co\/index.php\/books-i-have-read-vol-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Books I have read Vol. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

The point of this is simply to prevent me from buying the same books again and again,…<\/p>\n

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Books: That I have read in no particular order.  I am tried of going to a bookstore and buying books from the stacks that I have already read.  Unfortunately, >90% of the books I have read have been from a library, so this is a mere fraction I can remember
\n** Denotes top quintile.
\n\u2020\u2020 Denotes bottom quintile
\n?? Denotes probably read<\/p>\n

Books to Buy<\/span><\/b>
\nSteve Alten \u2013 Resurrection
\nDale Brown \u2013 Dreamland: Whiplash (2009),
\nHiaasen \u2013 Nature Girl (2006)
\n<\/span>Arthur C Clarke – The Light of Other Days (2000)<\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Douglas Adams<\/span><\/b>
\n1. The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1979)
\n2. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980)
\n3. Life, the Universe and Everything (1982)
\n4. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (1984)
\n5. Mostly Harmless (1992)<\/p>\n

Dirk Gently\u2019s Holistic Detective Agency<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Dante Alighieri<\/span><\/b>
\nInferno<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Steve Alten<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/b>Domain
\nGoliath<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Maya Angelou<\/span><\/b>
\nI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Aristotle<\/span><\/b>
\nThe Politics<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Louis Armstrong<\/span><\/b>
\nSatchmo<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jane Austin<\/span><\/b>
\nSense and Sensibility (1811)
\nPride and Prejudice (1813)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

David Baldacci<\/span><\/b>
\nSplit Second
\nAbsolute Power (1996)
\nTotal Control (1996)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Karna Small Bodman<\/span><\/b>
\nGambit<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Dale Brown<\/span><\/b>
\nPatrick McLanahan Series<\/span><\/i>
\nFlight of the Old Dog (1987) **
\nThe Tin Man (1998) ??
\nBattle Born (1999) ??
\nWarrior Class (2001)
\nWings of Fire (2002)
\nAir Battle Force (2003)
\nPlan of Attack (2004)
\nStrike Force (2007)
\nShadow Command (2008)
\nRogue Forces (2009)<\/p>\n

Executive Intent (2010)
\nAct of War Series<\/span><\/i>
\nAct of War
\nEdge of Battle (2006)
\nIndependent Series
\nSilver Tower (1988)
\nChains of Command (1993)
\nDreamland<\/span><\/i>
\nDreamland (2001)
\nNerve Center (2002)
\nRazor’s Edge (2002)
\nPiranha (2003)??
\nStrike Zone (2004)
\nArmageddon (2004)
\nSatan’s Tail (2005)
\nEnd Game (2006)
\nRetribution (2007)
\nRevolution (October 28, 2008)<\/p>\n

Black Wolf (2010)<\/p>\n

Raven Strike (2011)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Dan Brown<\/span><\/b>
\nDigital Fortress, 1998
\nAngels & Demons, 2000
\nDeception Point, 2001
\nThe Da Vinci Code, 2003
\nThe Lost Symbol, 2009<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Lewis Carroll<\/span><\/b>
\nAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jimmy Carter<\/span><\/b>
\nAn Hour Before Daylight<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Lee Child<\/span><\/b>
\nKilling Floor (1997)
\nDie Trying (1998)
\nTripwire (1999)
\nRunning Blind  (2000)
\nEcho Burning (2001)??
\nWithout Fail (2002)??
\nPersuader (2003)**
\nThe Enemy (2004)
\nOne Shot (2005)
\nThe Hard Way (2006)
\nBad Luck and Trouble (2007)
\nNothing To Lose (2008)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Geoffrey Chaucer<\/span><\/b>
\nThe Canterbury Tales<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Lincoln Child<\/span><\/b>
\nUtopia (2002) **
\nDeath Match (2004) **
\nDeep Storm (2007)
\nTerminal Freeze (2009)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Arthur C Clarke<\/span><\/b>
\nChildhood’s End (1953)
\n2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
\n2010: Odyssey Two (1982)
\n3001: The Final Odyssey (1997)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Tom Clancy<\/span><\/b>
\nRed Storm Rising (1986)
\nJack Ryan\/John Clark Universe<\/i>
\nWithout Remorse (1993)
\nPatriot Games (1987)
\nRed Rabbit (2002)
\nThe Hunt for Red October (1984)
\nThe Cardinal of the Kremlin (1988)
\nClear and Present Danger (1989)
\nThe Sum of All Fears (1991)
\nDebt of Honor (1994)
\nExecutive Orders (1996)
\nRainbow Six (1998)
\nThe Bear and the Dragon (2000)
\nThe Teeth of the Tiger (2003)
\nOp-Center Universe<\/i>
\nOp-Center
\nMirror Image
\nGames of State??
\nActs of War
\nBalance of Power
\nNetForce Universe<\/i>
\nNetForce (1998)
\nPower Plays Series<\/i>
\nPolitika (1997)
\n??likely more??<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Eoin Colfer<\/span><\/b>
\nAnd, Another Thing, . . .<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Robin Cook<\/span><\/b>
\nYear of the Intern (1972)
\nComa (1977)
\nSphinx (1979)
\nBrain (1981)
\nFever (1982)
\nGodplayer (1983)
\nMindbend (1985)
\nOutbreak (1987)
\nMortal Fear (1988)
\nMutation (1989)
\nHarmful Intent (1990)
\nVital Signs (1991)
\nBlindsight (1992)
\nTerminal (1993)
\nFatal Cure (1994)
\nAcceptable Risk (1994)
\nContagion (1995)
\nChromosome 6 (1997)
\nInvasion (1997)
\nToxin (1998)
\nVector (1999)
\nAbduction (2000)
\nShock (2001)
\nSeizure (2003)
\nMarker (2005)
\nCrisis (2006)??
\nCritical (2007)
\nForeign Body (2008)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Richard Connell<\/span><\/b>
\nThe Most Dangerous Game<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

John Connelly<\/span><\/b>
\nThe Book of Lost Things<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Michael Connelly<\/span><\/b>
\nHarry Bosch series<\/i>
\n7. A Darkness More Than Night (2001)**
\n8. City Of Bones (2002)
\n9. Lost Light (2003)
\n10. The Narrows (2004) **
\n11. The Closers (2005)<\/p>\n

#. 9 Dragons
\nOther novels<\/i>
\nThe Poet (1996)
\nBlood Work (1998)
\nVoid Moon (2000)
\nThe Scarecrow (2009)???<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Patricia Cornwell<\/span><\/b>
\nBlow Fly (2003)
\nTrace (2004)??
\nBook of the Dead (2007)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

James Fenimore Cooper<\/span><\/b>
\nThe Last of the Mohicans\u2020\u2020<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Stephen Crane<\/span><\/b>
\nThe Red Badge of Courage<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Michael Crichton<\/span><\/b>
\n1969             The Andromeda Strain
\n1972             The Terminal Man
\n1975             The Great Train Robbery
\n1976             Eaters of the Dead
\n1980             Congo
\n1987             Sphere
\n1990             Jurassic Park
\n1992             Rising Sun
\n1994             Disclosure
\n1995             The Lost World
\n1996             Airframe
\n1999             Timeline
\n2002             Prey
\n2004             State of Fear
\n2006             Next
\n2009             Pirate Latitudes<\/p>\n

Micro<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Clive Cussler<\/span><\/b>
\nPacific Vortex (1983) Dirk Pitt Novel<\/b>
\nMediterranean Caper (1973)
\nIceberg (1975)
\nRaise the Titanic (1976)
\nVixen 03 (1978)
\nNight Probe (1981)
\nDeep Six (1984)
\nCyclops (1986)
\nTreasure (1988)
\nDragon (1990)
\nSahara (1992)
\nInca Gold (1994)
\nShockwave (1996)
\nFlood Tide (1997)
\nAtlantis Found (1999)
\nValhalla Rising (2001)
\nTrojan Odyssey (2003)
\nBlack Wind (2004)
\nTreasure of Khan (2006)
\nArctic Drift (2008)<\/p>\n

Crescent Dawn<\/p>\n

Poseidon\u2019s Arrow
\nSea Hunters (1996) Non-Fiction<\/b>
\nThe Sea Hunters II (2002)
\nSerpent (1999) NUMA Files<\/b>
\nBlue Gold (2000)
\nFire Ice (2002)
\nWhite Death (2003)
\nLost City (2004)
\nPolar Shift (2005)
\nThe Navigator (2007)
\nMedusa (2009)
\nThe Silent Sea (2010)<\/p>\n

Devil\u2019s Gate (2011)<\/p>\n

The Storm<\/p>\n

Zero Hour (2013)
\nGolden Buddha (2003) Oregon Files<\/b>
\nSacred Stone (2004)
\nDark Watch (2005)
\nSkeleton Coast (2006)
\nPlague Ship (2008)
\nCorsair (2009)<\/p>\n

The Jungle
\nThe Chase (2007)  Isaac Bell Series<\/b>**
\nWrecker (2009)<\/p>\n

The Spy<\/p>\n

The Race<\/p>\n

The Thief (2012)<\/p>\n

The Strker (2013)<\/p>\n

Spartan Gold (2009 )Fargo Adeventures<\/b><\/p>\n

Lost Empire<\/p>\n

The Kingdom<\/p>\n

The Tombs<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jeffery Deaver<\/span><\/b>
\nSpeaking In Tongues (2000)
\nGarden Of Beasts (2004)
\nJohn Pellam<\/i>
\n3. Hell’s Kitchen (2001)
\nLincoln Rhyme<\/i>
\n1. The Bone Collector (1997)
\n2. The Coffin Dancer (1998)
\n3. The Empty Chair (2000)
\n4. The Stone Monkey (2002)
\n5. The Vanished Man (2003) **
\n6. The Twelfth Card (2005)
\n7. The Cold Moon (2006)
\n8. The Broken Window (2008)
\nKathryn Dance<\/i>
\n2. The Sleeping Doll (2007)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Charles Dickens<\/span><\/b>
\nOliver Twist
\nA Christmas Carol
\nDavid Copperfield
\nA Tale of Two Cities
\nGreat Expectations<\/p>\n

Tess Gerritsen<\/span><\/b>
\nLife Support
\nThe Mephisto Club
\nHarvest<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

John Gilstrap<\/span><\/b>
\nNathan\u2019s Run**<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

W.E.B. Griffin<\/span><\/b>
\nBadge of Honor Series<\/i>
\nBook III, The Victim (1991)??
\nBook IV, The Witness (1992)??
\nBook V, The Assassin (1993)??
\nBook VI, The Murderers (1994)
\nBook VIII, Final Justice (2003)
\nHonor Bound Series<\/i>
\nBook I, Honor Bound (1993)
\nBook II, Blood and Honor (1996)
\nThe Presidential Agent Series<\/i>
\nBook II, The Hostage (2006)
\nBook IV, The Shooters (2008)
\nBook V, Black Ops (2009)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Nathaniel Hawthorne<\/span><\/b>
\nThe Scarlet Letter<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Carl Hiaasen<\/span><\/b>
\nTourist Season (1986)
\nDouble Whammy (1987)
\nSkin Tight (1989)
\nNative Tongue (1991)
\nStrip Tease (1993)
\nStormy Weather (1995)
\nLucky You (1997)
\nNaked Came the Manatee (1998)
\nSick Puppy (2000)
\nBasket Case (2002)
\nSkinny Dip (2004)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Hobbes<\/span><\/b>
\nLeviathan<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Homer<\/span><\/b>
\nThe Iliad
\nThe Odyssey<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Stephen Hunter<\/span><\/b>
\nThe 47th<\/sup> Ssmirai<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

George Jones<\/span><\/b>
\nI Lived to Tell It All<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jonathan Kellerman<\/span><\/b>
\nBones (2008)<\/p>\n

?? Likely 4-5 others<\/p>\n

The Web (1996)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Harper Lee<\/span><\/b>
\nTo Kill a Mockingbird (1960)\u2020\u2020<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

C. S. Lewis<\/span><\/b>
\nThe Chronicles of Narnia<\/i>
\nThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950)
\nPrince Caspian (1951)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Robert Ludlum<\/span><\/b>
\nThe Scarlatti Inheritance (1971)
\nThe Bourne Identity (1980)
\nThe Aquitaine Progression (1984)
\nThe Bourne Supremacy (1986)
\nThe Icarus Agenda (1988)
\nThe Bourne Ultimatum (1990)
\nThe Scorpio Illusion (1993)
\nThe Apocalypse Watch (1995)
\nThe Matarese Countdown (1997)
\nThe Prometheus Deception (2000)
\nThe Sigma Protocol ??<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Machiavelli<\/span><\/b>
\nSelected Political Writings<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Clinton McKinzie<\/span><\/b>
\nThe Edge of Justice<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Glen Meade<\/span><\/b>
\nSnow Wolfe<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Herman Melville<\/span><\/b>
\nMoby-Dick<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

John Milton<\/span><\/b>
\nParadise Lost<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sharon Moalem<\/span><\/b>
\nSurvival Of the Sickest<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jim Norton<\/span><\/b>
\nHappy Endings
\nI Hate your Guts<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

John Kennedy O\u2019Toole<\/span><\/b>
\nA Confederacy of Dunces<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

George Orwell<\/span><\/b>
\nAnimal Farm (1945)
\nNineteen Eighty-Four (1949)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

James Patterson<\/span><\/b>
\nAlex Cross<\/i>
\n1. Along Came a Spider (1993)
\n2. Kiss the Girls (1995)
\n3. Jack & Jill (1996)
\n4. Cat and Mouse (1997)
\n5. Pop Goes the Weasel (1999)
\n6. Roses are Red (2000)
\n7. Violets Are Blue (2001)
\n8. Four Blind Mice (2002)
\n9. The Big Bad Wolf (2003)
\n12. Cross (2006)
\n13. Double Cross (2007)
\nMaximum Ride<\/i>
\n1. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
\nMichael Bennett<\/i>
\n1. Step on a Crack (2007)
\nWomen’s Murder Club<\/i>
\n1. 1st to Die (2001)
\n2. 2nd Chance (2002)
\n3. 3rd Degree (2004)???
\n5. The 5th Horseman (2006)
\n6. The 6th Target (2007)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Edgar Allan Poe<\/span><\/b>
\nThe complete stories<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Douglas Preston<\/span><\/b>
\nThe Codex (2004)
\nTyrannosaur Canyon (2005)
\nBlasphemy (2008) **amazing!
\nImpact (2010)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Douglas Preston & Lee Child<\/span><\/b>
\nRelic (1995)**
\nReliquary (1997)
\nThe Cabinet of Curiosities (2002)
\nStill Life with Crows (2003)
\nDiogenes Trilogy<\/i>
\nBrimstone (2004)
\nDance of Death (2005)
\nThe Book of the Dead (2006)
\nThe Wheel of Darkness (2007)
\nCemetery Dance (2009)
\nFever Dream (2010)<\/p>\n

Gideon\u2019s Sword<\/p>\n

Cold Vengeance<\/p>\n

Gideon\u2019s Corpse<\/p>\n

Two Graves
\nOther novels<\/i>
\nMount Dragon (1996)
\nRiptide (1998)**
\nThunderhead (1999)
\nThe Ice Limit (2000)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Richard Preston<\/span><\/b>
\nThe Cobra Event
\nThe Hot Zone
\nThe Demon in the Freezer<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Paul Pressler<\/span><\/b>
\nA Hill on Which to Die\u2020\u2020<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mary Roach<\/span><\/b>
\nStiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (2003)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

James Rollins<\/span><\/b>
\nSubterranean (1999)
\nExcavation (2000)
\nAmazonia (2002)**
\nIce Hunt (2003)??<\/p>\n

Alter of Eden
\nSIGMA Force series<\/i>
\n1. Sandstorm (2004)
\n2. Map of Bones (2005)
\n3. Black Order (2006)??
\n4. Judas Strain (2007)
\n5. The Last Oracle (2008)
\n6. The Doomsday Key (2009)<\/p>\n

#. The Devil Colony<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Rousseau<\/span><\/b>
\nThe Basic Political Writing<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

J K Rowlings<\/span><\/b>
\nHarry Potty 1-7<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

John Sanford<\/span><\/b>
\nThe Prey Series
\nShadow Prey
\nSilent Prey
\nMortal Prey
\nNaked Prey
\nHidden Prey
\nBroken Prey
\nInvisible Prey
\nPhantom Prey
\nWicked Prey
\nStorm Prey
\nVirgil Flowers<\/i>
\nDark of the Moon
\nBad Blood??
\nThe Kidd Series<\/i>
\nThe Fool’s Run??
\nThe Devil’s Code
\nThe Hanged Man’s Song<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Orson Scott Card<\/span><\/b>
\nEnder’s Game series<\/i>
\nEnder’s Game (1985)
\nXenocide  (1991)
\nThe Shadow saga<\/i>
\nEnder’s Shadow (1999)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

William Shakespeare<\/span><\/b>
\nThe Taming of the Shrew
\nA Midsummer Night’s Dream
\nMuch Ado About Nothing
\nRomeo and Juliet
\nMacbeth
\nHamlet
\nKing Lear
\nOthello
\nHenry IV
\nHenry V<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mary Shelley<\/span><\/b>
\nFrankenstein<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Upton Sinclair<\/span><\/b>
\nThe Jungle<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sophocles<\/span><\/b>
\nOedipus the King<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Robert Louis Stevenson<\/span><\/b>
\nTreasure Island<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Bram Stoker<\/span><\/b>
\nDracula<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jonathon Swift<\/span><\/b>
\nGulliver’s Travels<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Robert Tanenbaum<\/span><\/b>
\nHoax
\nFury<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Henry David Thoreau<\/span><\/b>
\nWalden<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

J. R. R. Tolkien<\/span><\/b>
\n1937 The Hobbit
\n1954 The Fellowship of the Ring
\n1954 The Two Towers:
\n1955 The Return of the King
\n1977 The Silmarillion<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Kilgore Trout\/ Philip Jos\u00e9 Farmer<\/span><\/b>
\nVenus on the Half-Shell<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Mark Twain<\/span><\/b>
\nAdventures of Huckleberry Finn
\nThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer
\nThe Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Booker T Washington<\/span><\/b>
\nUp from Slavery<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Stephen White<\/span><\/b>
\nPrivileged Information (1991)
\nThe Program (2001)<\/p>\n

Dead Time<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Stephen Woodworth<\/span><\/b>
\nWith Red Hands<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Richard Wright<\/span><\/b>
\nNative sun \u2020\u2020 \u2013 The worst book I have ever read.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Unknown Author<\/span><\/b>
\nBeowulf<\/p>\n

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