Books on my Shelves

Unfinished Books

  1. A Brief History of Time
  2. Guns, Germs and Steel
  3. Beyond Good and Evil
  4. Nana
  5. The Idiot
  6. Great Expectations
  7. Beloved
  8. Wide Sargasso Sea
  9. The Revolution, A manifesto
  10. Ahab’s Wife or, The Star Gazer
  11. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
  12. Enduring Love
  13. Ficciones (Spanish)
  14. Your Inner Fish
  15. Close Range
  16. The Power of Myth
  17. The Blind Watchmaker

Unread Books

  1. Seven Types of Ambiguity
  2. 1984
  3. The Tin Drum
  4. The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy
  5. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  6. A letter to a Christian Nation
  7. God is not Great
  8. The Selfish Gene
  9. The Red Queen, Sex and the Evolution of the Human Nature
  10. Mrs. Dalloway
  11. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
  12. On Writing
  13. The Sound and the Fury
  14. Oliver Twist
  15. The Catcher in the Rye
  16. The Children of Hurin
  17. The Greatest Show on Earth
  18. The Awakening
  19. Dead Aid
  20. The Hero with a Thousand Faces
  21. Digital Fortress (Ewww.. I loathe Dan Brown, but this was a gift)
  22. Ensayo Sobre la Ceguera (Gift/Spanish)
  23. Atahualpa (Gift/Spanish)
  24. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
  25. El Alquimista ( This was also a gift and is in Spanish).
  26. Swordspoint
  27. Amsterdam
  28. Midnight Children
  29. The Comfort of Strangers
  30. Rebecca
  31. Baudolino
  32. The Name of the Rose
  33. Foucault’s Pendulum
  34. The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún
  35. The Book of Lost Tales I
  36. The Book of Lost Tales II
  37. The Lays of Beleriand
  38. The Shaping of Middle-Earth
  39. The Lost Road and Other Writings
  40. The War of the Ring
  41. The Treason of Isengard
  42. The Return of the Shadow
  43. Sauron Defeated
  44. Morgoth’s Ring
  45. The War of the Jewels
  46. The Peoples of Middle-Earth
  47. Unfinished Tales
  48. Palacio del Deseo (Palace of Desire)

So, not quite one hundred, but I just grabbed a random number, and 100 books looked a lot better than fifty books.  This list will probably grow, as I am a compulsive buyer and I may buy more while on a trip to Barnes and Noble or while browsing my favorite online store, Amazon.com

16 Comments › Leave yours

  1. IgnobleBard #

    I suggest you read The HItchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy if you are familar with the conventions of Science Fiction because it’s a funny parody and nerds of a certain age like to reference it often. ;-)

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    • Vivian #

      One vote for Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. We’ll see if anyone else comments and leaves a vote, otherwise, the Hitchhiker’s Guide it is.

      Thank you for commenting Mr. Bard,

      *hugs*

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    • ShedragonXXL #

      I go along with IgnobleBard: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is an absolute MUST READ, one of the most intelligent and inventive parodies I ever read (I’m one of those nerds of a certain age ;) ).

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      • Vivian #

        Thank for stopping by ShedragonXXL. :)
        Another vote for the Hitchhiker’s guide is recorded.

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      • Clodia #

        I agree — and certainly you should read the first Hitchhiker’s Guide. They went progressively downhill, I thought, but they’re definitely worth reading.

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        • Vivian #

          Thank you Clodia!
          Another Vote for Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Yikes! It’s the whole five books collection I have to read :D

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  2. klafka #

    you should read the selfish gene, you should also add some cyberpunk books to your queue! :P

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    • Vivian #

      Thanks for commenting Klafka.
      Send me some cyberpunk books you don’t want anymore :P

      Reply

  3. Encairion #

    I honestly have not heard of half these books, however I am totally down with this. I haven’t spent nearly enough time reading lately :( So I’d love to read with you, just let me know what you decide on :D

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    • Vivian #

      Thank you for stopping by :)
      You can see my little picture on my Avatar, in case you were curious. So far I have one vote for “The Selfish Gene” and one for “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” I’ll let you know what the outcome is. :)
      *hugs*

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  4. Chaotic Binky #

    Catcher in the Rye was a good book; I tittered through most of it in spite of the sad theme.

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    • Vivian #

      Hey Binky, thank you for stopping by :D

      A vote for Catcher in the Rye is recorded.

      *hugs*

      Reply

  5. Randy #

    Finish Wide Sargasso Sea. It’s worth it. For the unread books, i suggest On Writing. I assume that’s by Stephen King. It doesn’t have a whole lot of technical advice about writing, but it’s an interesting look into his mind.

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    • Vivian #

      Thank you Randy. One vote for Wide Sargasso Sea and one for On Writing ( you are the only lucky one that gets two :P )
      ETA: On Writing is indeed by Stephen King. :)

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  6. Aislynn #

    Hi, Viv!

    I cannot help a lot with these – I have read only a few myself. A Brief History Of Time is very good, and Oliver Twist is a classic I can recommend. The Children Of Hurin I cannot recommend, as they did not give me much compared to what I already had read from Tolkien.

    A book I am still recommending, although it is very old (and radically femistic, too) is Mary Daly’s Gyn/Ecology. Back when I was in my twenties, that book was a revelation to me. :)

    Otherwise, I have no recommendation yet, I fear.

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    • Vivian #

      Let’s say you have cast a vote for “A brief History of Time” and one for “Oliver Twist.”

      Thank you for stopping by :D

      *hugs*

      Reply

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