Book Bucket List

This is a list of books I’d like to read before I “kick the bucket” (so cliché I know).  I like to read a lot, but I find I never really feel like it or “have the time” (which I do, I’m just lazy).  Reading is something I’d love to get back into regularly.  I read a lot on the internet, articles and other blogs included, but novels are things that I tend to avoid.  This is something I want to do because I think it’ll be a really enriching accomplishment, and because I do really enjoy reading. 

After I finish a book, I’ll record the date and a few thoughts on the book, and possibly a rating if I think of it.  Check back often to see if I’ve added any more books, or what I’ve thought.  Any recommendations are welcome .  Oh, and I’ve integrated a few books in there that I’ve already read.

Here’s my list, in no particular order.

• The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown
• Make Love, the Bruce Campbell Way - Bruce Campbell
• Eye of the Beholder - David Ellis
• Valley of Bones - Michael Gruber
• The Gunseller - Hugh Laurie
• 1984 - George Orwell
• Animal Farm – George Orwell
• The Black Cauldron - Lloyd Alexander
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Series - Douglas Adams
• American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis
• A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
• To Kill a Mocking Bird - Harper Lee
• Moby Dick - Herman Melville
• Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
• Abarat 2 - Clive Barker
• The Damnation Game - Clive Barker
• I Drink For a Reason – David Cross.  Finished: January 15, 2011.  Rating: 4/5
  I thoroughly enjoyed this book – it was funny, and also at moments extremely smart.  I’m a huge fan of David Cross so it doesn’t surprise me that I enjoyed it so much.  It was slightly random, but in an awesome way – it was definitely my style of humour, a combination of silliness, wit, and sarcasm that David Cross does so well.  If you’re not a fan of his standup, you may not be a fan of this book, just as a forewarning.
• Royal Assassin (Farseer Triloy Part 2) – Robin Hobb
• Assassin’s Quest (Farseers Triloy Part 3) – Robin Hobb

 

Frank Herbert Books
Dune Series:

• Dune: The Butlerian Jihad
• Dune: The Machine Crusade
• Dune: The Battle of Corrin
• Dune: House Atreides
• Dune: House Harkonnen
• Dune: House Corrino
• Dune - Finished: sometime a few years ago (I can’t remember the date) Rating: 5/5
  I really enjoyed this novel, it’s definitely one of my favourites.  If you like Sci-Fi, this is a staple for the series.
• Paul of Dune
• Dune Messiah
• The Winds of Dune
• Children of Dune
• God Emperor Dune
• Heretics of Dune
• Chapterhouse Dune
• Hunters of Dune
• Sandworms of Dune
• Road to Dune

Other Frank Herbert Novels:

• Whipping Star (ConSentient Novel)
• The Dosadi Experiment (ConSentient Novel)
• The Jesus Incident (WorShip Novel)
• The Lazarus Effect (Worship Novel)
• The Ascension Factor (Worship Novel)
• Man of Two Worlds - Finished: A looonnng time ago, when I was in high school.  Rating: 5/5
  I loved this book.  I thought it was a good combination of humour, drama, action and everything in between.  It also has some very fucked up moments.

Christopher Moore Novels

• Practical Demonkeeping
• Coyote Blue
• Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story
• Island of the Sequined Love Nun
• The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove
• Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal - Finished: Late 2009 or early 2010.  Rating: 5/5
  If you have a sense of humour, this is a great book.  It’s not blasphemous for any religious folk out there, and despite my lack of faith, I found it very enthralling, and at times even spectacularly heartfelt.
• Fluke, or I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings
• The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror
• A Dirty Job – Finished: April 19, 2010.  Rating 5/5
  Again, like Christopher Moore’s other novels that I’ve read, this was exceptionally hilarious.  I was a bit worried that a book about someone being Death that it would be a bit dark, or a bit unpleasant, but Moore manages to find the humour in any situation.  A definite read for any Christopher Moore fans, and a great read for anyone looking for an entertaining and hilarious story.
• You Suck: A Love Story
• Bite Me: A Love Story

Stephen King Novels

• Carrie
• Under the Dome
• Misery - Finished: Late 2009 or early 2010.  Rating: 5/5
  If you read any Stephen King book, this is the one to read.  It involves you immediately, and it’s terrifying without the work of anything supernatural.  It also takes a deep look into human nature and the human mind.  I read this book three times within two months, each time taking less than a day to read it – it’s just that awesome, I couldn’t put it down.
• The Shining - Finished: sometime when I was in Grade 8. Rating: 5/5
  This is one of my favourite books, and I read it pretty much once a year.  It has a lot of deep, disturbing character development that I adore, and a lot of what I find scary – so lots of suspense and mood.  A great horror novel!
• The Green Mile
• Pet Sematary
• ‘Salem’s Lot
• Different Seasons
• Four Past Midnight
• The Stand
• The Dark Tower Series (at least the first one)
• The Dead Zone
• The Regulators
• Thinner
• The Bachman Books: Rage, the Long Walk, Roadwork, The Running Man
• Dolores Claiborne
• Gerald’s Game

Philip K. Dick Novels

• Confessions of a Crap Artist
• The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike
• The Man in the High Castle
• Dr Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
• A Scanner Darkly

Michael Connelly – Harry Bosch Series

• The Black Echo
• The Black Ice
• The Concrete Blonde
• The Last Coyote
• Trunk Music
• Angels Flight
• A Darkness More Than Night
• City of Bones
• Lost Light
• The Narrows
• The Closers
• Echo Park
• The Overlook
• 9 Dragons