Books I have read during Peace Corps service
(first 150 not in order they were read)
Glory’s
People-This book was not the first I read, but it did mark my decline into the
waters of literary…well less than good.
Thank you IRC! (IRC is the Peace Corps library)
Fellowship of the Ring
Two Towers
Return of the King-I am a sucker for rereading the Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit
Midnight’s Children-This was the first of several Rushdie books I read here, and overall I was less than impressed with all the hype he gets
The girl with the dragon tattoo
The girl who played with fire
The girl who kicked the hornet’s nest-This was an awesome series and I am really glad I picked it up while I was here.
House on Mango Street
Bossypants
Succubi like it hot-Terrible book, but good entertainment if you are ever sick in bed.
Reville for Radicals
Salmon fishing in the Yemen
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Knaves Templar
The Makeshift God
Angels and Demons-Highly predictable.
The President’s Palm reader
How to succeed in evil
Heterosexual Africa? The History of an idea from the Age of Exploration to the Age of AIDS
Queer Inclusions, Continental Divisions: Public Recognition of Sexual Diversity in Canada and the United States
God’s Army to Purge Homosexuality
Tom Sawyer
Huck Finn
The Time Machine
War of the Worlds
Dragonflight
Dragonquest
The White Dragon
History of Middle Earth volume 1
History of Middle Earth volume 2
History of Middle Earth volume 3
History of Middle Earth volume 4
History of Middle Earth volume 5
History of Middle Earth volume 6
History of Middle Earth volume 7
History of Middle Earth volume 8
History of Middle Earth volume 9
History of Middle Earth volume 10
History of Middle Earth volume 11
History of Middle Earth volume 12-Yeah, don’t judge.
The Wizard of Oz
The Marvelous Land of Oz
Ozma of Oz
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
The Road to Oz
The Emerald City of Oz
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
Tik Tok of Oz
The Scarecrow of Oz
Rinkitink in Oz
The Lost Princess of Oz
The Tin Woodsman of Oz
The Magic of Oz
Glinda of Oz
The Royal Book of Oz
Kabumpo in Oz
The Cowardly Lion of Oz
Grampa in Oz
The Lost King of Oz
The Hungry Tiger of Oz
Gnome King of Oz
The Giant Horse of Oz
Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz
The Yellow Knight of Oz
Pirates in Oz
The Purple Princess of Oz
Ojo in Oz
Speedy in Oz
The Wishinghorse of Oz
Captain Salt in Oz
Handy Mandy in Oz
The Silver Princess of Oz
Ozoplaning with the Wizard
The Wonder City of Oz
The Scalawagons of Oz
Lucky Bucky in Oz
The Magical Mimics in Oz
The Shaggy Man in Oz
Yankee in Oz
Merry Go Round of Oz (Yes, I read 40 books about Oz)
Percy Jackson and the Olypmians-The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson and the Olypmians-The Sea of Monsters
Percy Jackson and the Olypmians-The Titan’s Curse
Percy Jackson and the Olypmians-The Battle of the Labyrinth
Percy Jackson and the Olypmians-The Last Olympian
Blame Hitchens, Dawkins & Harris
The Bible, Christianity & Homosexuality
The Facts on Homosexuality
Lord Foul’s Bane
The Illearth Stone
The Illearth War
The Wounded Land
The One Tree
White Gold Wielder
Wine for Dummies
Whisky and Spirits for Dummies
Sex for Dummies-Quite Hilarious actually.
Steven Petrow’s Complete Gay & Lesbian Manners
Fairy Tales by brothers Grimm
The Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe
The Silver Chair
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Prince Caspian
A horse and his boy
The Last Battle
The Magician’s Nephew
Tolkien-Unfinished Tales
Bluebeard
Cat’s Cradle
Slaughterhouse 5
Deadeye Dick
Breakfast of Champions
God Bless you Mr. Rosewater
God Bless you Dr. Kevorkian
Harrison Bergeron
Hocus Pocus
Jailbird
Long Walk to Forever
Mother Night
Next Door
Player Piano
Slapstick
The Sirens of Titan
Timequake
The Hunger Games
Catching Fire
Mockingjay-Another great trilogy if you are looking for something to pick up.
What’s the matter with Kansas
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
The Restaurant at the end of the Universe
Life, the universe, and everything
So long, and thanks for all the fish
Mostly Harmless-The first 3 in this 5 book set were great. The last 2…
Artemis Fowl
Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox
Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex
Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian
Tuck Everlasting
Dork Whore
First Person Plural
Vernon God Little
How to Shit around the World-A great bathroom book. Pun intended.
The Master and Margarita
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Son of a Witch
Secret Societies
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Little Bee
The Spell of the Sorcerer’s Skull
The Ayes of Texas
The Damnation of Theron Ware
Far and Beyond
Seedfolks
The Third George
Hartinger’s Mouse
Silenced
Hoot
Carpe Juggulum
The Mediterranean Caper
Spherical Harmonic
The Polar Star
Running into Trouble
Atlantis Found
Awkward
Luka and the Fire of Life
Raise the Titanic
Pirate Queens
The Divine Comedy: Inferno
The Divine Comedy: Purgatory
The Divine Comedy: Paradise
Shock Wave
Tales from Nowhere
Iceberg
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Sahara
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Wide Window
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Miserable Mill
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Austere Academy
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Ersatz Elevator
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Vile Village
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Hostile Hospital
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Carnivorous Carnival
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Slippery Slope
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Grim Grotto
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Penultimate Peril
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The End
Medusa
Unraveling Taboos: Gender and Sexuality in Namibia
The Great Hope
Why Women Should Rule the World
The Case for Easter
Gender, Globalization, and Postsocialism
Dividing the Domestic-men, women, and household work in a cross national perspective
Sex, money, happiness, and death
Count to Ten
The Enchantress of Florence
All Creatures Great and Small
The Scourge of God
Por Quién Doblan las Campanas-Thanks for getting me something to keep my Spanish sharp Stoltman…but maybe next time not something that is 600 pages.
Her Way: Young Women Remake the Sexual Revolution
The Glorious Qur’an
Eat, Pray, Love
Something Borrowed, Something Black
Philip Hall Likes Me. I Reckon Maybe.
The Final Reckoning
Committed
Saturday is for Funerals
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women
A Place to Hide: True Stories of Holocaust Rescues
The Sword of the Lady
Flinx’s Folly
The Night of the Hunter
The Man in the Queue
International Relations: Brief Insights
Beyond Good and Evil
The Antichrist
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Beauty and Misogyny
Dune
Dune Messiah
Children of Dune
God Emperor of Dune
Heretics of Dune
Chapterhouse Dune
Hunters of Dune
Sandworms of Dune
Well Read Lives-How Books Inspired a Generation of American Women
Wander Woman-How High Achieving Women Find Contentment and Direction
Letters to Wendy’s
Fortress America: The American Military and the Consequences of Peace
Drowning World
The Franchise Affair
Krishna’s Dialogue on the Soul
October Morning: A Song for Matthew Shepard
The Laramie Project
A Christmas Carol
Dragon
Brat Farrar
From the Land of the Moon
A Long Walk to Water
The Passionate State of Mind
Waiting for the Barbarians
Markets of Paris
Out of the Dust
Precious
The Leviathan
A Game of Thrones
A Clash of Kings
A Storm of Swords
A Feast for Crows
A Dance with Dragons-A fantastic series, cannot wait for the next one!
Blackness Visible-Essays on Philosophy and Race
Cinderella in America-A Book of Folk and Fairy Tales
Henry James and the Woman Business
The Pleasure of My Company
The No Spin Zone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Sex, Power, Conflict-Evolutionary and Feminist Perspectives
The Book Borrower
Bridge to Terabithia
The Global Women’s Movement
Memories of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank
Ranting Again
The Darwin Awards: Intelligent Design
The Brothers Karamazov
Cruising Attitude: Tales of Crashpads, Crew Drama, and Crazy Passengers at 35,000 feet
Bringing Down the House
How the States Got Their Shapes
More Modern African Stories
The Body Lovers
The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories
The Master of Petersburg
Hit and Run
Going Solo
Dreaming of Gwen Stefani
Women in Antiquity
Writ of Execution
White on White, Black on Black
The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories
The Book of Daniel-I should have ended on a stronger note than this one.
Fellowship of the Ring
Two Towers
Return of the King-I am a sucker for rereading the Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit
Midnight’s Children-This was the first of several Rushdie books I read here, and overall I was less than impressed with all the hype he gets
The girl with the dragon tattoo
The girl who played with fire
The girl who kicked the hornet’s nest-This was an awesome series and I am really glad I picked it up while I was here.
House on Mango Street
Bossypants
Succubi like it hot-Terrible book, but good entertainment if you are ever sick in bed.
Reville for Radicals
Salmon fishing in the Yemen
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Knaves Templar
The Makeshift God
Angels and Demons-Highly predictable.
The President’s Palm reader
How to succeed in evil
Heterosexual Africa? The History of an idea from the Age of Exploration to the Age of AIDS
Queer Inclusions, Continental Divisions: Public Recognition of Sexual Diversity in Canada and the United States
God’s Army to Purge Homosexuality
Tom Sawyer
Huck Finn
The Time Machine
War of the Worlds
Dragonflight
Dragonquest
The White Dragon
History of Middle Earth volume 1
History of Middle Earth volume 2
History of Middle Earth volume 3
History of Middle Earth volume 4
History of Middle Earth volume 5
History of Middle Earth volume 6
History of Middle Earth volume 7
History of Middle Earth volume 8
History of Middle Earth volume 9
History of Middle Earth volume 10
History of Middle Earth volume 11
History of Middle Earth volume 12-Yeah, don’t judge.
The Wizard of Oz
The Marvelous Land of Oz
Ozma of Oz
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
The Road to Oz
The Emerald City of Oz
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
Tik Tok of Oz
The Scarecrow of Oz
Rinkitink in Oz
The Lost Princess of Oz
The Tin Woodsman of Oz
The Magic of Oz
Glinda of Oz
The Royal Book of Oz
Kabumpo in Oz
The Cowardly Lion of Oz
Grampa in Oz
The Lost King of Oz
The Hungry Tiger of Oz
Gnome King of Oz
The Giant Horse of Oz
Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz
The Yellow Knight of Oz
Pirates in Oz
The Purple Princess of Oz
Ojo in Oz
Speedy in Oz
The Wishinghorse of Oz
Captain Salt in Oz
Handy Mandy in Oz
The Silver Princess of Oz
Ozoplaning with the Wizard
The Wonder City of Oz
The Scalawagons of Oz
Lucky Bucky in Oz
The Magical Mimics in Oz
The Shaggy Man in Oz
Yankee in Oz
Merry Go Round of Oz (Yes, I read 40 books about Oz)
Percy Jackson and the Olypmians-The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson and the Olypmians-The Sea of Monsters
Percy Jackson and the Olypmians-The Titan’s Curse
Percy Jackson and the Olypmians-The Battle of the Labyrinth
Percy Jackson and the Olypmians-The Last Olympian
Blame Hitchens, Dawkins & Harris
The Bible, Christianity & Homosexuality
The Facts on Homosexuality
Lord Foul’s Bane
The Illearth Stone
The Illearth War
The Wounded Land
The One Tree
White Gold Wielder
Wine for Dummies
Whisky and Spirits for Dummies
Sex for Dummies-Quite Hilarious actually.
Steven Petrow’s Complete Gay & Lesbian Manners
Fairy Tales by brothers Grimm
The Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe
The Silver Chair
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Prince Caspian
A horse and his boy
The Last Battle
The Magician’s Nephew
Tolkien-Unfinished Tales
Bluebeard
Cat’s Cradle
Slaughterhouse 5
Deadeye Dick
Breakfast of Champions
God Bless you Mr. Rosewater
God Bless you Dr. Kevorkian
Harrison Bergeron
Hocus Pocus
Jailbird
Long Walk to Forever
Mother Night
Next Door
Player Piano
Slapstick
The Sirens of Titan
Timequake
The Hunger Games
Catching Fire
Mockingjay-Another great trilogy if you are looking for something to pick up.
What’s the matter with Kansas
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
The Restaurant at the end of the Universe
Life, the universe, and everything
So long, and thanks for all the fish
Mostly Harmless-The first 3 in this 5 book set were great. The last 2…
Artemis Fowl
Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox
Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex
Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian
Tuck Everlasting
Dork Whore
First Person Plural
Vernon God Little
How to Shit around the World-A great bathroom book. Pun intended.
The Master and Margarita
The Golden Compass
The Subtle Knife
The Amber Spyglass
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Son of a Witch
Secret Societies
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Little Bee
The Spell of the Sorcerer’s Skull
The Ayes of Texas
The Damnation of Theron Ware
Far and Beyond
Seedfolks
The Third George
Hartinger’s Mouse
Silenced
Hoot
Carpe Juggulum
The Mediterranean Caper
Spherical Harmonic
The Polar Star
Running into Trouble
Atlantis Found
Awkward
Luka and the Fire of Life
Raise the Titanic
Pirate Queens
The Divine Comedy: Inferno
The Divine Comedy: Purgatory
The Divine Comedy: Paradise
Shock Wave
Tales from Nowhere
Iceberg
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Sahara
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Wide Window
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Miserable Mill
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Austere Academy
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Ersatz Elevator
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Vile Village
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Hostile Hospital
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Carnivorous Carnival
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Slippery Slope
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Grim Grotto
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Penultimate Peril
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The End
Medusa
Unraveling Taboos: Gender and Sexuality in Namibia
The Great Hope
Why Women Should Rule the World
The Case for Easter
Gender, Globalization, and Postsocialism
Dividing the Domestic-men, women, and household work in a cross national perspective
Sex, money, happiness, and death
Count to Ten
The Enchantress of Florence
All Creatures Great and Small
The Scourge of God
Por Quién Doblan las Campanas-Thanks for getting me something to keep my Spanish sharp Stoltman…but maybe next time not something that is 600 pages.
Her Way: Young Women Remake the Sexual Revolution
The Glorious Qur’an
Eat, Pray, Love
Something Borrowed, Something Black
Philip Hall Likes Me. I Reckon Maybe.
The Final Reckoning
Committed
Saturday is for Funerals
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women
A Place to Hide: True Stories of Holocaust Rescues
The Sword of the Lady
Flinx’s Folly
The Night of the Hunter
The Man in the Queue
International Relations: Brief Insights
Beyond Good and Evil
The Antichrist
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Beauty and Misogyny
Dune
Dune Messiah
Children of Dune
God Emperor of Dune
Heretics of Dune
Chapterhouse Dune
Hunters of Dune
Sandworms of Dune
Well Read Lives-How Books Inspired a Generation of American Women
Wander Woman-How High Achieving Women Find Contentment and Direction
Letters to Wendy’s
Fortress America: The American Military and the Consequences of Peace
Drowning World
The Franchise Affair
Krishna’s Dialogue on the Soul
October Morning: A Song for Matthew Shepard
The Laramie Project
A Christmas Carol
Dragon
Brat Farrar
From the Land of the Moon
A Long Walk to Water
The Passionate State of Mind
Waiting for the Barbarians
Markets of Paris
Out of the Dust
Precious
The Leviathan
A Game of Thrones
A Clash of Kings
A Storm of Swords
A Feast for Crows
A Dance with Dragons-A fantastic series, cannot wait for the next one!
Blackness Visible-Essays on Philosophy and Race
Cinderella in America-A Book of Folk and Fairy Tales
Henry James and the Woman Business
The Pleasure of My Company
The No Spin Zone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Sex, Power, Conflict-Evolutionary and Feminist Perspectives
The Book Borrower
Bridge to Terabithia
The Global Women’s Movement
Memories of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank
Ranting Again
The Darwin Awards: Intelligent Design
The Brothers Karamazov
Cruising Attitude: Tales of Crashpads, Crew Drama, and Crazy Passengers at 35,000 feet
Bringing Down the House
How the States Got Their Shapes
More Modern African Stories
The Body Lovers
The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories
The Master of Petersburg
Hit and Run
Going Solo
Dreaming of Gwen Stefani
Women in Antiquity
Writ of Execution
White on White, Black on Black
The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories
The Book of Daniel-I should have ended on a stronger note than this one.
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