ADULT FICTION
Allingham, Margery. The Tiger in the Smoke. The 14th Albert Campion Mystery. NY:
Doubleday, 1952. (old fashioned British mystery)
Beverley Jo. Devilish. NY: Signet/ Penguin, 2000.
(I’m re-reading her Malloren series, from last to first.)
…. Secrets of the Night. NY: Signet/ Penguin, 1999.
…. Something Wicked. NY: Signet/ Penguin, 1997.
…. Tempting Fortune. NY: Signet/ Penguin, 1995.
…. My Lady Notorious. (The first Malloren book) NY: Signet/ Penguin, 1993.
…. Winter Fire. (Malloren) NY: Signet; New American Library, 2003.
…. A most unsuitable man. (Malloren) NY: Signet; New American Library, 2005.
…. A Lady’s Secret. (Malloren- three friends) NY: Signet; New American Library, 2008.
…. The Secret Wedding. (Malloren- three friends) NY: Signet; New American Library,
2009.
…. The Secret Duke. (Malloren-three friends) NY: Signet; New American Library, 2010.
…. An Unlikely Countess. (a novel of the Malloren World) NY: Signet; New American
Library, 2011.
…. Seduction in Silk (a novel of the Malloren World) NY: Signet; New American Library,
2013.
(and her Rogues series)
…. An Arranged Marriage (Company of Rogues – 1) NY: Zebra/ Kensington, 1991.
(The beginning of another series. This time I’m reading them first to last.)
…. An Unwilling Bride. (Company of Rogues – 2) NY: Zebra/ Kensington, 1992.
…. Christmas Angel. (Company of Rogues – 3) NY: Zebra/ Kensington, 1992.
…. Three Heroes. (Company of Rogues – collection) NY: New American Library, 2004.
Containing – The Demon’s Mistress
The Dragon’s Bride (Company of Rogues – 6)
The Devil’s Heiress. (Company of Rogues – 7)
…. Forbidden. (Company of Rogues – 4) NY: Zebra books/ Kensington, 1994.
…. Dangerous Joy. (Company of Rogues – 5) NY: Zebra books/ Kensington, 1995.
…. Skylark. (Company of Rogues – 10) NY: New American Library, 2004.
…. To rescue a rogue (Company of Rogues – 12) NY: New American Library, 2006.
…. Lady Beware (Company of Rogues 13 – sequel to To Rescue a Rogue) NY: New
American Library, 2007.
…. The Rogue’s Return. (Company of Rogues – 11 NY: New American Library, 2006.
…. Hazard. (Company of Rogues – 8 ) NY: New American Library, 2002.
…. St. Raven. (Company of Rogues – 9) NY: Signet; New American Library, 2003.
…. A Shocking Delight. (Company of Rogues – 14) NY: Signet; New American Library,
2014.
…. The Viscount needs a wife. (Company of Rogues – 16) NY: Signet; New American
Library, 2016.
…. Merely a Marriage. (Company of Rogues – 17) NY: Signet; New American Library,
2017.
Bujold, Lois McMaster. Cordella’s Honor. NY: Baen, 1996. (Includes two novels – Shards of
Honor plus Barrayar - and one short story, plus an author’s Afterword which
describes various versions of the two novels.)
…. Young Miles. NY: Baen, 1996. (Includes two noveles – The Warrior’s apprentice and
The Vor game. Plus a short story – The Mountains of mourning and an author’s
afterward.)
… Cetaganda. NY: Baen, 1996.
…. Borders of Infinity. Framingham, MA: The NESFA Press, 1989, 2007.
(A collection of three stories published by a Science Fiction group bound
together by Miles recollecting them while in a hospital recovering from
having his arm bones replaced. Includes The mountains of mourning, Labyrinth, and
The Borders of Infinity.)
…. Brothers in Arms. NY: Baen Books, 1989.
…. Mirror Dance. NY: Baen Books, 1994.
Deveraux, Jude. A willing murder, a Medlar mystery. NY: Mira, 2018.
(although many of her romance books also include a mystery, it looks like she’s now
writing true mysteries with a touch of romance, but no sex. Nicely done.)
…. A Justified Murder, a Medlar mystery. NY: Mira, 2019.
…. Met Her Match. (Summer Hill) NY: Mira, 2019.
Kerstan, Lynn. Marry in Haste and Francesca’s Rake. NY: Signet, 2005. (double novel)
Kwan, Kevin. Crazy Rich Asians, a novel. NY: Random House, 2013. (movie made of this)
…. China Rich Girlfriend, a novel. (2) NY: Random House, 2016.
…. Rich People Problems, a novel. (3) NY: Doubleday/Penguin Random House, 2017.
Lackey, Mercedes.
…. Beauty and the Werewolf. NY: Luna/ Harlequin, 2011.
…. The Bartered Brides. NY: Daw Books, 2018.
Collegium Chronicles list of books
…. Foundation, a Novel of Valdemar (book 1). NY: Daw Books, 2008.
…. Intrigues. Volume 2 of the Collegium Chronicles, a Novel of Valdemar. NY:
Daw Books, 2010.
…. Changes. Volume 3 of the Collegium Chronicles, a Novel of Valdemar. NY:
Daw Books, 2011.
…. Redoubt. Volume 4 of the Collegium Chronicles, a Novel of Valdemar. NY:
Daw Books, 2012.
…. Bastion. Volume 5 of the Collegium Chronicles, a Novel of Valdemar. NY:
Daw Books, 2013.
…. Closer to Home. Book 1 of the Herald Spy. NY: Daw Books, 2014.
…. Closer to the Heart. Book 2 of the Herald Spy. NY: Daw Books, 2015.
…. Closer to the Chest. Book 3 of the Herald Spy. NY: Daw Books, 2016.
…. The Hills Have Spies, Book one of Family Spies, a novel of Valdemar. NY: Daw
Books, 2018.
(continuation of the adventures of Herald Mags in Valdemar except this series will
feature his children. Book one = Perry. Too bad the jacket copy talks about an
entirely different story with an entirely different child’s name – not one of the three
mentioned in this story. Mercedes says, “P.s. if you own a copy with this mistake
keep it, it’ll be valuable some day.”) (unfortunately for me- this is a library book)
…. Eye Spy. Book two of Family Spies, a novel of Valdemar. NY: Daw Books, 2019.
(Abidela)
(Diana Tregarde books)
…. Burning Water. NY: Tor Books, 1989.
…. Children of the Night. NY: Tor Books, 1990.
…. Jinx High. NY: Tor Books, 1991.
…. Sacred Ground. NY: Tom Doherty Associates Book, 1994.
Lipman, Laura. Lady in the Lake, a novel. NY: HarperCollins, 2019.
(Baltimore author using many Baltimore settings, most of which I remember.)
Novik, Naomi. Spinning Silver. NY: Del Ray, 2018.
(Uses multiple folk tale and Greek motifs.)
…. Uprooted. NY: Del Ray, 2015.
O’Brian, Patrick. Master and commander. NY: WW Norton &Co., 1970.
(I was disappointed at how poorly it was written. Kept getting confused as to
whose head were were in now.)
Quick, Amanda. The other lady vanishes. NY: Jove/ Berkley/ Penquin Random House, 2018.
Beyond the Bridgerton family stories by Quinn
Quinn, Julia. Just like heaven. NY: Avon/ HarperCollins, 2011.
…. A Night like this. NY: Avon/ HarperCollins, 2012.
…. The Sum of all kisses. NY: Avon/ HarperCollins, 2013.
…. Because of Miss Bridgerton. NY: Avon/ HarperCollins, 2016.
…. The girl with the make-believe husband. NY: Avon/ HarperCollins, 2017.
…. The Other Miss Bridgerton. NY: Avon/ HarperCollins, 2018.
Smith, Alexander McCall. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. NY: Random House, 1998.
…. Tears of the Giraffe. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. NY: Random House, 2000.
…. Morality for Beautiful Girls. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. NY: Random House,
2001.
…. The Kalahari typing school for men. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. NY: Random
House, 2002.
…. The colors of all the cattle. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. NY: Pantheon Books/
Penguin Random House, 2018.
Taylor, Jodi. Just one damned thing after another – the Chronicles of St. Mary’s Book 1.
NY: Night Shade books, 2013. (Time Travel !)
…. A symphony of echoes - the Chronicles of St. Mary’s Book 2. NY: Night Shade books,
2015.
…. A second chance - the Chronicles of St. Mary’s Book 3. NY: Night Shade books,
2016.
…. A trail through time - the Chronicles of St. Mary’s Book 4. NY: Night Shade books,
2016.
…. No time like the past - the Chronicles of St. Mary’s Book 5. NY: Night Shade books,
2017.
…. What could possibly go wrong? - the Chronicles of St. Mary’s Book 6. NY: Night Shade
books, 2017.
…. Lies, damned lies, and History - the Chronicles of St. Mary’s Book 7. NY: Night Shade
books, 2017.
…. And the rest is history - - the Chronicles of St. Mary’s Book 8. NY: Night Shade
books, 2017.
…. The long and short of it – Stories from the Chronicles of St. Mary’s Book 8.
NY: Night Shade books, 2017.
(This one is short stories that fill out and extend the tales in her books.)
…. Taylor, Jodi. An argumentation of historians - the Chronicles of St. Mary’s Book 9.
. NY: Night Shade books, 2017.
Yolen, Jane. How to fracture a fairy tale. San Francisco: Tachyon, 2018.
(a collection of previously published tales and poems)
Winspear, Jacqueline. Maisie Dobbs, a novel. NY: Soho Press, 2003.
(female detective, ex- WWI nurse, solves mysteries – this one involving injured soldiers.)
ADULT BIOGRAPHY
B Andrews. Andrews, Julie. (with her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton) Home Work, a
memoir of my Hollywood years. NY: Hachette books, 2019.
B Buttigieg Buttigieg, Pete. Shortest way home, one mayor’s challenge and a model for
America’s Future. NY: Liveright publishing/ WW Norton, 2019.
(Democratic candidate for president 2019 writes about being a mayor and gay)
B Field Field, Sally. In Pieces, a memoir. NY: Grand Central Publishing, 2018.
B Idle. Idle, Eric. Always look on the bright side of life, a sortabiography. NY: Crown
Archetype, 2018. (In case you don’t recognize him – he’s an important part of the
Monty Python group who wrote and performed in SpamaLot.)
B Israel Israel, Lee. Can you ever forgive me? Memoirs of a Literary forger.
NY: Simon & Schuster, 2008.
B Key Leepson, Marc. What so proudly we hailed. NY: Macmillan, 2014.
B Krosoczka Krosoczka, Jarrett. Hey Kiddo. NY: Graphix/Scholastic, 2018. (drug addict
mom/ no father/ raised by grandparents/ developed into an artist)
B Mulgrew Mulgrew, Kate. Born with Teeth, a memoir. NY: Little Brown and Company,
2015. (Autobiography of the actress who became my favorite Star Trek character,
Captain Janeway.)
B Mulgrew Mulgrew, Kate. How to forget, a daughter’s memoir. NY: Wiliam Morrow/
HarperCollins, 2019. (both death of father and later mother Alzheimer’s, sad)
B Noah Noah, Trevor. Born a crime, stories from a South African childhood. NY:
Spiegel & Grau/ Random House, 2016.
(childhood adventures of famous nighttime comedian.)
B Obama Obama, Michelle. Becoming. NY: Crown, 2018. (FLOTUS)
B Rice Rice, Susan. Tough Love – My story of the things worth fighting for.
NY: Simon and Schuster, 2019.
(Ambassador to the UN, Assistant Secretary of State, and Head of National Security)
ADULT NONFICTION
302.302 McNamee, Roger. Zucked – waking up to the facebook catastrophe.
NY: Penguin Press, 2019. (very repetitive. Must be duplicates of various articles)
362.88 De Becker, Gavin. The Gift of Fear – survival signals that protect us from
violence. NY: Little Brown and company, 1997.
800 Paul, Ann Whitford. Writing picture books, a hands-on guide from story creation to
publication. IL: Writer’s Digest Books, 2018.
808.3 Cron, Lisa. Story Genius, how to use brain science to go beyond outlining and write
a riveting novel (before you waste three years writing 327 pages that go nowhere)
Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 2016.
818.602. Guisewite, Cathy. Fifty things that aren’t My Fault, essays from the grown-up years.
NY: G.P. Putnam & sons, 2019. (The creator of the CATHY comic strip)
909.825 Hoffman, David. The dead hand – the untold story of the cold war arms race and its
dangerous legacy. NY:Doubleday, 2009. (Biological agents as well as nuclear bombs!)
973.933 Leamer, Laurence. Mar-a-Lago, inside the gates of power at Donald Trump’s
presidential palace. NY: Flatiron books, 2019.
(shows that Trump has always been the awful person he has proven himself to be.)
973.933 Reid, Joy-Ann. The Man who sold America. NY: William Morrow/HarperCollins,
2019. (more info about the criminal who is the president.)
973.933 Reilly, Rick. Commander in Cheat, how golf explains Trump. NY: Hachette
Books, 2019. (the guy who cheats at golf, cheats at everything else because it’s all
about winning and he must be the winner. & his caddies cheat for him, too.)
973.933 Sims, Cliff. Team of Vipers, my 500 extraordinary days in the Trump white house.
NY: St. Martin’s Press, 2019. (written by a ‘Christian” member of Trump’s first year
in the White House. Interesting to see his viewpoint, although he completely
ignores the appalling things that T said and did that we have video proof of. He
brags about the speeches and tweets he wrote for T to present and tries to present T as a reasonable person, while admitting that T is NOT reasonable.)
973.933 Ward, Vicky. Kushner, Inc. Greed. Ambition. Corruption. – the Extraordinary story of
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 2019.
973.933 Wilson, Rick. Everything Trump touches dies, a Republican strategist gets real
about the worst president ever. NY: Free press/ Simon & Schuster, 2018.
(again – it’s a Republican writing about how Trump has failed as a president)
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