Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Books I Want to Read

I have problem with deciding on which book(s) to read.  I want a book that'd make my time worthwhile.  I hate to start on a mediocre book, not so bad that I can just quit it, but not good enough to continue.

So I "lifted" the list below from an (ahem) underground forum.  Saving it for a rainy day.

The Top 10 Fiction by Year from 1990 - 2010

2010
Baldacci, David - Hell's corner (2010)
Berry, Steve - The emperor's tomb (2010)
Cussler, Clive - Crescent dawn (2010)
Follett, Ken - Fall of giants (2010)
Grisham, John - The confession (2010) ***
Jordan, Robert - Towers of midnight (2010)
King, Stephen - Full dark, no stars (2010)
Larsson, Stieg - The girl who kicked the hornet's nest (2010) ***
Patterson, James - Cross fire (2010)
Thor, Brad - The Athena project : a thriller (2010
2009
Brown, Dan - Lost Symbol (2009) ****
Evanovich, Janet - Finger Lickin Fifteen (2009) ***
Gladwell, Malcolm - Outliers (2009)
Harris, Charlaine - Dead and Gone (2009)
Harvey, Steve - Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man (2009)
Meyer, Stephenie - Breaking Dawn (2009)
Meyer, Stephenie - Eclipse (2009)
Niffenegger, Audrey - The Time Traveller's Wife (2009) ****
Meyer, Stephenie - New Moon (2009)
Young, William P - The Shack (2009)

2008
Atkinson, Kate - When Will There Be Good News (2008)
Collins, James - Beginners Greek (2008)
Cooper, Helene - The House at Sugar Beach (2008)
Groff, Lauren - The Monsters of Templeton (2008)
Lehane, Dennis - The Given Day (2008)
Miller, Sue - The Senators Wife (2008)
Price, Richard - Lush Life (2008)
Barrows, M Shaffer and A - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2008)
Wolff, Tobias - Our Story Begins (2008)
Wroblewski, David - The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (2008)

2007
"Amirrezvani, Anita - The Blood of Flowers (2007)"
"Bohjalian, Chris - The Double Bind (2007)"
"Chabon, Michael - The Yiddish Policemens Union (2007)"
"Hosseini, Khaled - A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007)"
"McCall, Nathan - Them (2007)"
"McEwan, Ian - On Chesil Beach (2007)"
"Nemirovsky, Irene - Fire in the Blood (2007)"
"Rowling, JK - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007)"
"Russo, Richard - Bridge of Sighs (2007)"
"Shreve, Anita - Body Surfing (2007)"

2006
Atkinson, Kate - One Good Turn (2006)
Bryson, Bill - The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid (2006)
Buford, Bill - Heat (2006)
Gruen, Sara - Water for Elephants (2006)
Haddon, Mark - A Spot of Bother (2006)
Hamilton, Jane - When Madeline Was Young (2006)
McCarthy, Cormac - The Road (2006)
Setterfield, Diane - The Thirteenth Tale (2006)
Sundaresan, Indu - Splendor of Silence (2006)
Tyler, Anne - Digging to America (2006)

2005
"Brown, Dan - The Da Vinci Code (2005)"
"Cornwell, Patricia - Predator (2005)"
"Evanovich, Janet - Eleven on Top (2005)"
"Grisham, John - The Broker (2005)"
"Karon, Jan - Light from Heaven (2005)"
"Kidd, Sue Monk - The Mermaid Chair (2005)"
"Kostova, Elizabeth - The Historian (2005)"
"Patterson, James - Mary, Mary (2005)"
"Sparks, Nicholas - At First Sight (2005)"
"Sparks, Nicholas - True Believer (2005)"

2004
Albom, Mitch - The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2004) *****
Brown, Dan - Angels & Demons (2004) *****
Brown, Dan - The Da Vinci Code (2004) *****
Wolfe, Tom - I Am Charlotte Simmons (2004)
Thomason, Ian Caldwell and Dustin - The Rule of Four (2004)
Cornwell, Patricia - Trace (2004)
Crichton, Michael - State of Fear (2004) *****
Grisham, John - The Last Juror (2004) *****
Tim LaHaye, Jerry B Jenkins and - Glorious Appearing (2004)
Patterson, James - London Bridges (2004)

2003
Albom, Mitch - The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2003)
Brown, Dan - The Da Vinci Code (2003)
Clancy, Tom - The Teeth of the Tiger (2003)
Cornwell, Patricia - Blow Fly (2003)
Grisham, John - Bleachers (2003)
Grisham, John - The King of Torts (2003) ****
Tim LaHaye, Jerry B Jenkins and - Armageddon (2003)
Patterson, James - The Big Bad Wolf (2003)
Sebold, Alice - The Lovely Bones (2003)
Sparks, Nicholas - The Wedding (2003)

2002
Auel, Jean M - The Shelters of Stone (2002)
Clancy, Tom - Red Rabbit (2002)"
Crichton, Michael - Prey (2002) *****
Grisham, John - Skipping Christmas (2002)
Grisham, John - The Summons (2002) ****
King, Stephen - Everythings Eventual (2002)
Tim LaHaye, Jerry B Jenkins and - The Remnant (2002)
Kraus, Emma McLaughlin and Nicola - The Nanny Diaries (2002)
Patterson, James - Four Blind Mice (2002) ****
Sebold, Alice - The Lovely Bones (2002)

2001
Cussler, Clive - Valhalla Rising (2001)
Franzen, Jonathan - The Corrections (2001)
Grisham, John - A Painted House (2001) *****
Grisham, John - Skipping Christmas (2001)
King, Stephen - Dreamcatcher (2001)
Straub, Stephen King and Peter - Black House (2001)
Tim LaHaye, Jerry B Jenkins and - Desecration (2001)
McMillan, Terry - A Day Late and a Dollar Short (2001)
Patterson, James - Violets Are Blue (2001)
Steel, Danielle - The Kiss (2001)

2000
Clancy, Tom - The Bear and the Dragon (2000)
Cornwell, Patricia - The Last Precinct (2000)
Grisham, John - The Brethren (2000)
Tim LaHaye, Jerry B Jenkins and - The Indwelling: The Beast Takes Possession (2000)
Tim LaHaye, Jerry B Jenkins and - The Mark: The Beast Rules the World (2000)
Patterson, James - Cradle and All (2000) ****
Patterson, James - Rose Are Red (2000)
Sparks, Nicholas - The Rescue (2000)
Steel, Danielle - Journey (2000)
Steel, Danielle - The House on Hope Street (2000)

1999
Binchy, Maeve - Tara Road (1999)
Brooks, Terry - Star Wars: Episode 1, The Phantom Menace (1999)
Crichton, Michael - Timeline (1999) *****
Grisham, John - The Testament (1999) ****
Harris, Thomas - Hannibal (1999)
King, Stephen - Hearts in Atlantis (1999)
King, Stephen - The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999)
Tim LaHaye, Jerry B Jenkins and - Apollyon (1999)
Tim LaHaye, Jerry B Jenkins and - Assassins (1999)
Steel, Danielle - Irresistible Forces (1999)

1998
Clancy, Tom - Rainbow Six (1998)
Clark, Mary Higgins - All Through the Night (1998)
Cornwell, Patricia - Point of Origin (1998)
Grisham, John - The Street Lawyer (1998)
King, Stephen - Bag of Bones (1998)
Morrison, Toni - Paradise (1998)
Steel, Danielle - Mirror Image (1998)
Steel, Danielle - The Klone and I (1998)
Steel, Danielle - The Long Road Home (1998)
Wolfe, Tom - A Man in Full (1998)


1997
Clark, Mary Higgins - Pretend You Dont See Her (1997)
Cornwell, Patricia - Hornets Nest (1997)
Cornwell, Patricia - Unnatural Exposure (1997)
Frazier, Charles - Cold Mountain (1997)
Grisham, John - The Partner (1997) *****
Patterson, James - Cat & Mouse (1997)
Sheldon, Sidney - The Best Laid Plans (1997)
Steel, Danielle - Special Delivery (1997)
Steel, Danielle - The Ghost (1997)
Steel, Danielle - The Ranch (1997)


1996
Clancy, Tom - Executive Orders (1996) ****
Cornwell, Patricia - Cause of Death (1996)
Crichton, Michael - Airframe (1996) *****
Grisham, John - The Runaway Jury (1996) *****
King, Stephen - Desperation (1996)
King), Richard Bachman (aka Stephen - The Regulators (1996)
Klein, Joe - Primary Colors (1996)
Redfield, James - The Tenth Insight (1996)
Steel, Danielle - Malice (1996)
Steel, Danielle - Silent Honor (1996)


1995
Clark, Mary Higgins - Silent Night (1995)
Crichton, Michael - The Lost World (1995) *****
Evans, Richard Paul - The Christmas Box (1995)
Evans, Nicholas - The Horse Whisperer (1995)
Garner, James Finn - Politically Correct Bedtime Stories (1995)
Grisham, John - The Rainmaker (1995)
King, Stephen - Rose Madder (1995)
Redfield, James - The Celestine Prophecy (1995)
Steel, Danielle - Five Days in Paris (1995)
Steel, Danielle - Lightning (1995)

1994
Clancy, Tom - Debt of Honor (1994)
Crichton, Michael - Disclosure (1994) ****
Garner, James Finn - Politically Correct Bedtime Stories (1994)
Grisham, John - The Chamber (1994) ****
King, Stephen - Insomnia (1994) *****
Redfield, James - The Celestine Prophecy (1994)
Steel, Danielle - Accident (1994)
Steel, Danielle - The Gift (1994)
Steel, Danielle - Wings (1994)
Waller, Robert James - The Bridges of Madison County (1994)

1993
Clancy, Tom - Without Remorse (1993)
Esquivel, Laura - Like Water for Chocolate (1993)
Grisham, John - The Client (1993) *****
King, Stephen - Nightmares and Dreamscapes (1993)
Ludlum, Robert - The Scorpio Illusion (1993)
Rice, Anne - Lasher (1993)
Steel, Danielle - Vanished (1993)
Turow, Scott - Pleading Guilty (1993)
Waller, Robert James - Slow Waltz at Cedar Bend (1993)
Waller, Robert James - The Bridges of Madison County (1993)

1992
Clark, Mary Higgins - All Around the Town (1992)
Grisham, John - The Pelican Brief (1992)
King, Stephen - Dolores Claiborne (1992)
King, Stephen - Geralds Game (1992)
McMillan, Terry - Waiting to Exhale (1992)
Michener, James - Mexico (1992)
Rice, Anne - Tale of the Body Thief (1992)
Sheldon, Sidney - The Stars Shine Down (1992) ****
Steel, Danielle - Jewels (1992)
Steel, Danielle - Mixed Blessings (1992)

1991
Bradford, Barbara Taylor - Remember Me (1991)"
Clancy, Tom - The Sum of All Fears (1991) *****
Clark, Mary Higgins - Loves Music, Loves to Dance (1991)"
Follet, Ken - Night Over Water (1991)
Grisham, John - The Firm (1991)
King, Stephen - Needful Things (1991)
Ripley, Alexandra - Scarlett: The Sequel to Margaret Mitchells ""Gone with the Wind (1991)
Sheldon, Sidney - The Doomsday Conspiracy (1991)
Steel, Danielle - Heartbeat (1991)
Steel, Danielle - No Greater Love (1991)

1990
Auel, Jean M - The Plains of Passage (1990)



Collins, Jackie - Lady Boss (1990)
King, Stephen - Four Past Midnight (1990)
King, Stephen - The Stand (1990)
Ludlum, Robert - The Bourne Ultimatum (1990)
Pilcher, Rosamunde - September (1990)
Rice, Anne - The Witching Hour (1990)
Sheldon, Sidney - Memories of Midnight (1990)
Steel, Danielle - Message from Nam (1990)
Turow, Scott - The Burden of Proof (1990)