ADULT FICTION
Chandler, Raymond. Farewell, My Lovely. NY: Random House , 1940. (his biography said that this book was funny. It’s not. You need to know a lot of detective slang words, too.)
Christie, Agatha. Crooked House. NY/London: Harper/ GP Putnam sons, 2011/1949.
Deveraux, Jude. Change of heart. NY: Pocket books, 2014.
Harris, Charlaine. Real Murders. an Aurora Teagarden Mystery. Thorndike, Maine: Center
Point Large Print, 1990/ 2008.
…. A bone to pick, an Aurora Teagarden Mystery. Thorndike, Maine: Center
Point Large Print, 1992/ 2008.
…. Three bedrooms, one corpse. an Aurora Teagarden Mystery. NY: Charles Scribner’s
sons, 1994 (actually there were two corpses. Hmmm)
…. The Julius House. an Aurora Teagarden Mystery. Thorndike, Maine: Center Point
Large Print, 1995/ 2009.
…. Dead over heels, an Aurora Teagarden Mystery. NY: Charles Scribner’s sons, 1996.
…. A Fool and his Honey, an Aurora Teagarden Mystery. Maine : Thorndike Center
Point Large Print, 1999.
…. Last Scene Alive, an Aurora Teagarden Mystery. Maine: Thorndike Center
Point Large Print, 2002.
…. Poppy done to Death, an Aurora Teagarden Mystery. Maine: Thorndike/ Chivers
Large Print, 2003.
…. All the little liars, an Aurora Teagarden Mystery. Maine: Thorndike Press Large Print,
2016.
…. Sleep like a baby, an Aurora Teagarden Mystery. NY: Minotaur books, 2017.
(the last in this series)
…. An Easy Death. NY: Saga Press, 2018. (Excellent alternate history tale)
Henderson, Zenna. Pilgrimage, the book of the People. NY: Avon, 1961.
(published as a paperback/ costing only $0.75 !!!)
…. Ingathering, the complete people stories. Framingham, MA: The NESFA Press, 1995.
(Combines both Pilgrimage and her second people book – The People, no different flesh.)
Heyer, Georgette. The Black Moth. London: Heinemann, 1929. (her first book, published 1921)
(Has always been in print – wow – for 100 years.)
…. The Masqueraders. NY: E.P. Dutton & Co. (originally published 1928)
…. The Talisman Ring. NY: E.P Dutton & Co, 1936.
…. A Blunt Instrument. Mattituck, NY: Aeonian Press, 1976. (reprint of 1938).
(one of her mystery books)
…. Cotillion. Napierville, IL: Sourcebooks, 1953/ 2007 reprint.
…. Sprig Muslin. NY: GP Putnam’s Sons, 1956
…. The Corinthian. NY: Buccaneer Books, 1983. (originally published 1940)
Quarantine re-Reading = I’m now re-reading some of Lackey’s series
Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms series
Lackey, Mercedes. The Fairy Godmother (Tales of the five hundred kingdoms). NY: Luna, 2004.
…. One Good Knight. (Tales of the five hundred kingdoms). NY: Luna, 2006.
…. Fortune’s Fool. (Tales of the five hundred kingdoms). NY: Luna, 2007.
…. The Snow Queen. (Tales of the five hundred kingdoms). NY: Luna, 2008.
…. The Sleeping Beauty. (Tales of the five hundred kingdoms). NY: Luna, 2010.
…. Beauty and the werewolf. (Tales of the five hundred kingdoms). NY: Luna, 2011.
(Last one of the series. I’d love to read more)
Quarantine re-reading the Collegium Chronicles
…. Foundation, the Collegium Chronicles, v.1. NY: Daw books, 2008.
…. Intrigues, book two of the Collegium Chronicles. NY: Daw books, 2009.
…. Changes, book Three of the Collegium Chronicles. NY: Daw books, 2011.
…. Redoubt, book Four of the Collegium Chronicles. NY: Daw books, 2012.
…. Bastion, book Five of the Collegium Chronicles. NY: Daw books, 2013.
Which continues on with the Herald Spy Series
…. Closer to Home, book one of the Herald Spy. NY: Daw books, 2014.
…. Closer to the Heart, book two of the Herald Spy. NY: Daw books, 2015.
…. Closer to the Chest, book three of the Herald Spy. NY: Daw books, 2016.
Which continues on with the Family Spy Series
…. The Hills have Spies. Book one of the Family Spies. NY: Daw books, 2018.
…. Eye Spy, Book two of the Family Spies. NY: Daw books, 2019.
…. Spy, Spy Again, Book three of the Family Spies. NY: Daw books, 2020.
And more elemental Masters
…. The case of the spellbound child, Elemental Masters series. NY: Daw books, 2019.
(more magical adventures of Nan, Sarah, and the Watsons. Sherlock shows up, too)
ReReading Anne McCaffrey’s Pern series
McCaffrey, Anne. Dragonflight, volume 1 of the dragonriders of Pern. NY: Del Rey/ Ballantine,
1968. (See YA list for the teenage harpers’ books that go along with Vol. 1, 2, and 3)
…. DragonQuest, volume 2 of the dragonriders of Pern. NY: Del Rey/ Ballantine, 1971.
…. The White Dragon, volume3 of the dragonriders of Pern. NY: Del Rey/ Ballantine, 1978.
…. Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern. NY: Del Rey/ Ballantine, 1983.
…. Nerilka’s Story. NY: Del Rey/ Ballantine, 1986. (runs concurrently with Moreta)
…. Dragonsdawn. Dragonriders of Pern series. NY: Del Rey/ Ballantine, 1988.
…. The Renegades of Pern. Dragonriders of Pern series. NY: Del Rey/ Ballantine, 1989.
…. All the Weyrs of Pern. NY: Del Rey/ Ballantine, 1991.
…. The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall. NY: Del Rey/ Ballantine, 1993.
(short stories filling in gaps in the Pern series)
…. The Dolphins’ Bell. Illus. Pat Morrisey. Newark, NJ: Wildside press, 1993. (novela)
…. The Dolphins of Pern. Dragonriders of Pern series. NY: Del Rey/ Ballantine, 1994.
…. The girl who heard dragons. Illus. Michael Whelan. NY: Tor, 1994.
(Only the title story is a PERN story. The rest are short stories, realistic & fantasy)
…. No one noticed the cat. NY: ROC/ Penguin. 1996.
(not a PERN book. Simply good fantasy)
…. Dragonseye. Dragonriders of Pern series. NY: Del Rey/ Ballantine, 1997.
…. Masterharper of Pern. Dragonriders of Pern series. NY: Del Rey/ Ballantine, 1998.
…. The Skies of Pern. NY: Del Rey/ Ballantine Books, 2001.
…. A gift of Dragons. Illus. Tom Kidd. NY: Ballantine Books, 2002.
(four short stories originally printed elsewhere from 1973 - 2002. One of them,
The Girl Who Heard Dragons, 1994, has been melded into several other Pern Books,
including The Renegades of Pern, The Dolphins of Pern, and is featured in another
collection of short stories with the title – The Girl Who Heard Dragons.)
McCaffrey, Todd and Anne McCaffrey. Dragon’s Kin. NY: Del Rey, 2003.
…. Dragonsblood - Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern... NY: Del Rey, 2005.
(actually comes after Dragon Harper in this series)
…. Dragon’s Fire. NY: Del Rey, 2006.
…. Dragon Harper. NY: Del Rey, 2007.
…. Dragonheart-- Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern. NY: Del Rey, 2008.
…. Dragongirl -- Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern. NY: Del Rey, 2010.
…. Dragon’s Time -- Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern. NY: Del Rey, 2011.
…. Sky Dragons -- Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern. NY: Del Rey, 2012.
(Anne’s son, using Anne’s story outline. There are quite a few of these
joint projects, some begun while Anne was still alive.)
McCaffrey, Gigi. Dragon’s Code – Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern. NY: Del Rey,
2018. (written by Anne’s daught er)
McCaffrey, Anne and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. Catalyst. A tale of the Barque Cats.
NY: Del Ray, 2010.
…. Catacombs, A tale of the Barque Cats. NY: Del Ray, 2010.
Brain Ships series:
McCaffrey, Anne with Mercedes lackey and Margaret Ball. Brain Ships. NY: Baen, 1992.
(Consisting of 2 books – The Ship who Searched and Partnership. Sequels to
The Shop Who Sang )
McCaffrey, Anne with S.M. Stirling. The City who fought, NY: Baen, 1993.
McCaffrey, Anne with Jody Lynn Nye. The Ship who Won. NY: Baen, 1994.
…. The Ship Errant. NY: Baen, 1996.
McCaffrey, Anne with S.M. Stirling. The Ship Avenged. NY: Baen, 1996.
Quinn, Julia. The secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy. (Book 4 of the Smythe-Smith Quartet which
I began reading in 2019.) NY: Avon/ HarperCollins, 2015.
Taylor, Jodi. Hope for the best. The chronicles of St. Mary’s. London: Headline, 2019.
(The latest in her time traveling historians stories)
Winspear, Jacqueline.
…. Masie Dobbs, Birds of a Feather. Two Maisie Dobbs Novels. NY: HarperCollins. 2003/
2004. (The first and second books of this series combined in one paperback.)
…. Pardonable Lies, Maisie Dobbs Novel. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 2005.
…. Messenger of Truth, a Maisie Dobbs Novel. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 2006.
…. An Incomplete Revenge, a Maisie Dobbs Novel. NY: HarperCollins, 2008.
…. Among the Mad, a Maisie Dobbs Novel. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 2009.
…. The mapping of Love and Death, a Maisie Dobbs Novel. NY: HarperCollins, 2010.
…. A lesson in secrets, a Maisie Dobbs Novel. NY: HarperCollins, 2011.
…. Elegy for Eddie, a Maisie Dobbs Novel. NY: HarperCollins, 2012.
…. Leaving everything most loved, a Masie Dobbs Novel. NY: HarperCollins, 2013.
…. A dangerous place, a Maisie Dobbs Novel. NY: HarperCollins, 2015.
…. Journey to Munich, a Maisie Dobbs Novel. NY: HarperCollins, 2016.
…. In this grave hour, a Maisie Dobbs Novel. NY: HarperCollins, 2017
…. To die but once, a Maisie Dobbs Novel. NY: HarperCollins, 2018.
,,,, The American Agent, a Maisie Dobbs Novel. NY: HarperCollins, 2019.
ADULT BIOGRAPHY
B Fox Fox, Michael J. A funny thing happened on the way to the future; twists and turns
and lessons learned. NY: Hyperion, 2010.
B Heyer Kloester, Jennifer. Georgette Heyer. London: Heineman/Random House, 2011.
B Karr Karr, Mary. The Liars’ Club, a memoir. NY: Viking Penguin, 1995.
B Trump Trump, Mary L. Too much and never enough – how my family created the world’s
most dangerous man. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2020.
B Winebanks Wine-Banks, Jill. The Watergate girl – my fight for truth and justice against a
criminal president. NY: Henry Holt and Co., 2020.
ADULT NONFICTION
truth. NY: ISP/ Simon & Schuster, 2020.
332.15094 Enrich David. Dark Towers – Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an epic trail of
destruction. NY: Custom House/ HarperCollins, 2020.
338.272 Maddow, Rachel. Blowout – corrupted democracy, rogue state Russia, and the
richest, most destructive industry on earth. NY: Crown, 2019.
(This book is just like listening to Rachel Maddow speak.)
355.00973 Bergen, Peter. Trump and his generals – the cost of chaos. NY: Penguin, 2019.
362.1 Bollyky, Thomas. Plagues and the paradox of progress – why the world is getting
healthier in worrisome ways. Cambridge, MA: the MIT press, 2018.
(written before COVID-19. He needs to add a chapter about that, which would
make him revise some of his conclusions in earlier chapters.)
420.9 Bryson, Bill. The Mother Tongue, English and how it got that way. NY: William
Morrow, 1990.
500 Bryson, Bill. A short history of nearly everything. NY: Broadway Books/ Random
House, 2003. (not human history but history of this earth and things on it)
909 Harari, Tyval Noah. Sapiens, a brief history of Humankind. NY: Harper, 2015.
(not really brief – is 444 pages long)
973.933 Anonymous (a senior Trump administration official) A Warning. NY: Hachette
Book Group, 2019.
973.933 Rucker, Philip and Leonnig, Carol. A very stable genius, Donald J. Trump’s
testing of America. NY: Penguin Press, 2020. (two Pulitzer prize winners)
973.933 Schmidt, Michael. Donald Trump v. the United States, inside the struggle to stop
a president. NY: Random House, 2020.
973.933 Strzok, Peter. Compromised, counterintelligence and the threat of Donald J.
Trump. NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020. (FBI Investigation & Mueller Report)
973.933 Wolkoff, Stephanie Winston. Melania and me, the rise and fall of my friendship
with the first lady. NY: Gallery Books, 2020.
973.93309 Woodward, Bob. Rage. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2020.
(includes word for word interviews with the incompetent President Trump)
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