MT. TBR Inventory

I have seperated Mt. TBR’s inventory into two pages now:  The books for which I owe reviews are on my ARC-alanche Pile, and the regular pile, or in my house BOOKCASES, of books to be read are here.

In alphabetical order of author, this is MT TBR:

Purple Hibiscus: A Novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Haunting Bombay by Shilpa Agarwal
PS, I LOVE YOU by Cecelia Ahern
The Way to Write for Children: An Introduction to the Craft of Writing Children’s Literature by Joan Aiken
Psychic Academy, Vol. 1 by Katsu Aki
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom
Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Lady Susan, The Watson, Sanditon by Jane Austen
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance – Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery
The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister by Nonna Bannister
Cuba by Emily Barr
Queen Lucia Part I by E. F. Benson
Little Big Man by Thomas Berger
The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen
Evans Above (Constable Evans Mystery) by Rhys Bowen
The Martian Chronicles (The Grand Master Editions) by Ray Bradbury
All over but the Shoutin’ by Rick Bragg
Ugly by Constance Briscoe
Molly Moon’s Incredible Book of Hypnotism by Georgia Byng
Molly Moon Stops the World (Molly Moon) by Georgia Byng
HONESTLY, KATIE JOHN! by MARY CALHOUN
When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? by George Carlin
Voice of Our Shadow (Fantasy Masterworks) by Jonathan Carroll
Betrayed (House of Night, Book 2) by P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast
Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
On the Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
The Big Four by Agatha Christie
Miss Marple the Complete Short Stories by Agatha Christie
An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England: A Novel by Brock Clarke
Tell No One by Harlan Coben
Just One Look by Harlan Coben
Promise Me (Myron Bolitar Mysteries) by Harlan Coben
Darkest Fear (Myron Bolitar Mysteries) by Harlan Coben
The Final Detail by Harlan Coben
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept by Paulo Coelho
The Book of Lost Things by John Connelly
Heart of Darkness (Penguin Classics) by Joseph Conrad
Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia by Dennis Covington
I Heard the Owl Call My Name by Margaret Craven
Little, Big by John Crowley
Watch Me Disappear by Jill Dawson
BoneMan’s Daughters by Ted Dekker
White Noise (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) by Don DeLillo
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Valis by Philip K. Dick
The Minority Report (P. K. Dick) by Philip K. Dick
Resistance: The Gathering Storm by William C. Dietz
Clown Girl: A Novel by Monica Drake
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
What Is the What (Vintage) by Dave Eggers
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Three to Get Deadly (Stephanie Plum, No. 3) by Janet Evanovich
Four to Score (Stephanie Plum, No. 4) by Janet Evanovich
High Five (Stephanie Plum, No. 5) by Janet Evanovich
Plum Lovin’ (A Between-the-Numbers Novel) by Janet Evanovich
Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players by Stefan Fatsis
Gilgamesh: A New Rendering in English Verse by David Ferry
The Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel by Jasper Fforde
Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Everything Must Go by Elizabeth Flock
Commodore Hornblower by C. S. Forester
Hornblower During the Crisis by C. S. Forester
Lieutenant Hornblower by C. S. Forester
Hornblower and the Atropos by C. S. Hornblower
Beat to Quarters by C. S. Forester
Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason by Michael Fourcault
The Jane Austen Book Club: A Novel by Karen Joy Fowler
Heavens to Betsy!: And Other Curious Sayings by Charles E. Funk
A Lesson Before Dying (Oprah’s Book Club) by Ernest J. Gaines
Mabinogion by Jeffrey Gantz
The Martian Child: A Novel About A Single Father Adopting A Son by David Gerrold
Deliberate Steps: (Along a Familiar Path) by Dick Gibson
It Isn’t Easy Being A Lion by Dick Gibson
Imprints (On a Healing Heart) by Dick Gibson
Joshua: A Parable for Today by Joseph F. Girzone
Joshua and the Children: A Parable by Joseph F. Girzone
A Is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
The Blue Zone: A Novel by Andrew Gross
Among the Hidden (Shadow Children #1) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Austenland: A Novel by Shannon Hale
Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi
What Was She Thinking?: Notes on a Scandal: A Novel by Zoe Heller
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Jericho Falls by Christopher Hyde
The Enemy Within by Robert F. Kennedy
Flowers for Algernon (Bantam Classic) by Daniel Keyes
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
On Writing by Stephen King
Dreamcatcher by Stephen King
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon : A Novel by Stephen King
Danse Macabre by Stephen King
Delores Claiborne by Stephen King
Gerald’s Game by Stephen King
The Wastelands (The Dark Tower III) by Stephen King
The Taking by Dean Koontz
The Namesake: A Novel by Jhumpa Lahiri
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Daniel Isn’t Talking by Marti Leimbach
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka
The Summoning by Bentley Little
Dispatch (Signet Novel) by Bentley Little
THE COLLECTION: The Sanctuary; The Woods Be Dark; The Phonebook Man; Estoppel; The Washingtonians; Life with Father; Bob by Bentley Little
The Resort by Bentley Little
The House by Bentley Little
Revelation by Bentley Little
The Policy by Bentley Little
Dominion by Bentley Little
The Vanishing by Bentley Little
Death Instinct by Bentley Little
Number the Stars (Yearling Newbery) by Lois Lowry
Gathering Blue (Readers Circle) by Lois Lowry
Messenger by Lois Lowry
A Summer to Die by Lois Lowry
The Silent Boy by Lois Lowry
Gooney Bird and the Room Mother by Lois Lowry
The Bad Seed by William March
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Love in the Time of Cholera (Vintage International) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason
Hell House by Richard Matheson
What Dreams May Come: A Novel by Richard Matheson
A Stir of Echoes by Richard Matheson
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
The Giant’s House: A Romance (P.S.) by Elizabeth McCracken
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
The Nanny Diaries: A Novel by Emma McLaughlin
Ways of Dying by Zakes Mda
Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
Un Lun Dun by China Mieville
Altered Carbon (Gollancz) by Richard Morgan
A Writer’s House in Wales (National Geographic Directions) by Jan Morris
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Signet Classics) by Baroness Orczy
Burmese Days: A Novel by George Orwell
The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Novel for Serious People by Charles Osborne
Fight Club: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk
Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
A Girl of the Limberlost (A Dell Yearling Classic) by Gene Stratton Porter
The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand
The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse by Robert Rankin
How Green Was My Valley by Llewellyn Richard
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley
Cyran de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
Blindness (Harvest Book) by Jose Saramago
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel by Lisa See
The Beasties by William Sleator
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.) by Betty Smith
The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci by Jonathan D. Spence
A Wizard In A Feud (Chronicles of the Rogue Wizard) by Christopher Stasheff
Once upon a Time When We Were Colored by Clifton L. Taulbert
Vanity Fair (Bantam Classic) by William Makepeace Thackeray
Under Milk Wood (Penguin Modern Classics) by Dylan Thomas
Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain
Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Pretties (Uglies Trilogy, Book 2) by Scott Westerfeld
The Once and Future King by Terence Hanbury White
The Freedom Writers Diary: Movie-Tie-In: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them by The Freedom Writers

8 Responses

  1. I’ve enjoyed looking at your list. Many are on mine as well, some I’ve never heard of, and some are so fantastic. The Glass Castle is one of the best books I’ve ever read. All the King’s Men and How green was my Valley are on my Top 10. Under Milk Wood–stunning. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn–love it so much. So many others on your list just make my heart palpitated with fond memories!! But if I went back and read all the books I loved once, I could never tackle my own mountain of books!

  2. I totally suggest you pick up Wild Swans. While I have not read it yet, I intend on reading it before the summer is up and it would be great to compare notes with someone.

  3. I just think it is hillarious that you call your TBR list Mt. TBR. I have been meaning on commenting since I first saw your blog several months ago. It cracks me up. I was thinking about it just this weekend when I had to move the 800+ books off of my TBR shelves for a home repair project — they are now in huge, teetering stacks along my mantle and around my living room. I thought, “Wow! Now I have a whole TBR Mountain Range.”

  4. Hi, KAMom ~ I know you from LT and have been meaning to get over here to your blog. Love what you call it and am impressed that you have it so organized. I’ve got lists of TBRs scattered around my apartment and on both my computers, piles of them unlisted and more on my reserved list from the library, and some on my amazon Wish List. If I ever put them all together on one list, I might come close to your volume ~ but maybe not.

    I added In the Shadow of Mt. TBR to my Favorites. :)

    Mary

  5. I can’t even look at this, it’s scaring me! My TBR is probably this bad too but I try not to lay it out there. Maybe I should, maybe that would stop me from buying more books!

  6. Wow, what a big TBR. I count books that I don’t own but want to read on my TBR as well as books I own.

    I see you read ARC’s. I am hosting the 2009 ARC challenge to get threw some ARC’s. If your interested, go here:

    http://teddyrose.blogspot.com/2008/12/2009-arc-reading-challenge.html

  7. Wow, just, wow.
    I wouldn’t know how to start listing my TBRs. I’m impressed!

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