ADULT FICTION = Read in 2023
Bradley, Alan. The sweetness at the bottom of the pie, a Flavia de Luce Novel. NY: Bantam
books/ Random House, 2009.
…. The weed that strings the hangman’s bag, a Flavia de Luce Novel. NY: Delacourt Press
/ Random House, 2010.
…. A red herring without mustard, a Flavia de Luce Novel. NY: Delacourt Press
/ Random House, 2011.
…. I am half-sick of shadows, a Flavia de Luce Novel. NY: Delacourt Press
/ Random House, 2011.
(many awards including the Crime Writer’s Association Debut Dagger Award.)
Bujold, Lois McMaster. Penric’s progress. Riverdale, NY: Baen, 2020.
(trilogy of the first three books. Includes the first book – Penric’s Demon, which had
previously only been available in e-book format, 2015. I hope she gets her other e-books
published in this trilogy format because I’ve discovered there are many more of his tales besides the ones listed below which DO come in book format.)
…. Penric and the Shaman, a fantasy novella in the world of the five Gods.
Burton, MO: Subterranean Press, 2016.
…. Penric’s Mission, A fantasy novella in the world of the five gods. Burton, MO:
Subterranean Press, 2016.
…. Penric’s Fox, A fantasy novella in the world of the five gods. Burton, MO:
Subterranean Press, 2017.
…. Mira’s last dance, A fantasy novella in the world of the five gods. Burton, MO:
Subterranean Press, 2017.
…. The prisoner of Limnos, A fantasy novella in the world of the five gods. Burton, MO:
Subterranean Press, 2017.
…. The physicians of Vilnoc, A Penric and Desdemona novella in the world of the five gods.
Burton, MO: Subterranean Press, 2020.
…. Knot of Shadows, A Penric and Desdemona novella in the world of the five gods.
Burton, MO: Subterranean Press, 2021.
Cass, Laurie. Lending a Paw, a bookmobile cat mystery. Thorndike, ME: Center Point Large
Print/ Penguin-Random, 2013.
…. Tailing a tabby, a bookmobile cat mystery. Thorndike, ME: Center Point Large
Print/ Penguin-Random, 2014.
…. Borrowed Crime, a bookmobile cat mystery. Thorndike, ME: Center Point Large
Print/ Penguin-Random, 2015.
…. Pouncing on Murder, a bookmobile cat mystery. Thorndike, ME: Center Point Large
Print/ Penguin-Random, 2016.
…. Cat with a Clue, a bookmobile cat mystery. Thorndike, ME: Center Point Large
Print/ Penguin-Random, 2017.
…. Wrong Side of the Paw, a bookmobile cat mystery. Thorndike, ME: Center Point Large
Print/ Penguin-Random, 2017.
…. Booking the crook, a bookmobile cat mystery. Thorndike, ME: Center Point Large
Print/ Penguin-Random, 2019.
…. Gone with the whisker, a bookmobile cat mystery. Thorndike, ME: Center Point Large
Print/ Penguin-Random, 2020.
…. Checking out Crime, a bookmobile cat mystery. Thorndike, ME: Center Point Large
Print/ Penguin-Random, 2021.
…. The crime that binds, a bookmobile cat mystery. Thorndike, ME: Center Point Large
Print/ Penguin-Random, 2023.
Castillo, Linda. Sworn to silence, a thriller. NY: Minotaur books, 2009.
…. Pray for Silence, a thriller. NY: Minotaur books, 2010.
(it turns out that I prefer “cozy mysteries,” not stressful ones like this series)
Connelly, Michael . The Lincoln Lawyer. NY: Little Brow and Co,. 2005.
Davidson, Diane Mott. Catering to nobody. NY: St. Martin’s Press, 1990.
…. Dying for chocolate. NY: Bantam Books, 1992.
…. The Cereal Murders. NY: Bantam Books, 1993.
…. The Last suppers. NY: Bantam Books, 1994.
…. Killer Pancake. NY: Bantam Books, 1995.
…. The main corpse. NY: Bantam Books, 1996.
…. The Grilling Season. NY: Bantam Books, 1997.
…. Prime Cut. NY: Bantam Books, 1998.
…. Tough Cookie. NY: Bantam Books, 2000.
…. Sticks & Scones. NY: Bantam Books, 2001.
…. Chopping Spree. NY: Bantam Books, 2002.
…. Double Shot. NY: Harper Torch, 2004.
…. Dark Tort. NY: William Morrow/HarperCollins, 2006.
…. Sweet Revenge. NY: Avon/ HarperCollins, 2007.
…. Fatally Flaky. NY: Avon/ HarperCollins, 2009.
…. Crunch Time. NY: William Morrow/HarperCollins, 2011.
…. The whole enchilada, a novel of suspense. NY: William Morrow/HarperCollins, 2013.
Deveraux, Jude. The Princess. NY: Pocket Books/ Simon and Schuster, 1987.
…. A Knight in shining armor. NY: Pocket Books/ Simon and Schuster, 1989, 2002.
…. Remembrance. NY: Pocket Books/ Simon and Schuster, 1994.
…. The Invitation. NY: Pocket Books, 1994. (three short stories)
…. Legend. NY: Pocket Books, 1996.
…. High Tide. NY: Pocket Books/ Simon and Schuster, 1999.
…. Forever…, a novel of good and evil, love and hope. NY: Pocket Books/ Simon and
Schuster, 2002.
…. The Mulberry Tree. NY: Atria Books, 2002.
…. Forever and Always. NY: Pocket Books/ Simon and Schuster, 2003.
…. Always. NY: Pocket Books/ Simon and Schuster, 2004. (high suspense)
…. Holly. NY: Atria Books, 2004.
…. Someone to love. NY: Atria Books, 2007. (not time travel, but ghosts from the past)
…. Return to summerhouse. NY: Pocket books, 2008. (time travel-to medieval times)
(Sequel to The Summerhouse. I had thought I had already read this book, but the story
was brand new to me. Nice surprise)
…. Days of gold, a novel. NY: Atria/ Simon and Schuster, 2009.
…. Lavender morning, Edilean novel, book 1. NY: Atria/ Simon and Schuster, 2009.
…. Scarlet nights, a novel. NY: Atria/ Simon and Schuster, 2010.
…. Heartwishes, an Edilean novel. NY: Atria/ Simon and Schuster, 2011.
…. The scent of jasmine. NY: Pocket Books, 2011.
…. Moonlight in the morning. NY: Pocket Books, 2012.
…. Stranger in the Moonlight, a novel. NY: Pocket Books, 2012.
…. Moonlight Masquerade, a novel. NY: Pocket Books, 2013.
…. Change of Heart, an Edilean novel. NY: Pocket Books, 2014.
…. As you wish. NY: Mira, 2018. (return of the Summerhouse time travel person)
…. Met her match. NY: Mira, 2019.
…. My heart will find you. NY: Mira, 2023. (another time travel tale)
Garmus, Bonnie. Lessons in Chemistry. NY: Doubleday Books, 2022. (now a streaming series)
Irwin, Sophie. A Lady’s guide to fortune-hunting, a novel. NY: Viking, 2022.
(If you are a Georgette Heyer fan, this is for you.)
Lackey, Mercedes. By the Sword. NY: Daw Books, 1991.
…. Sword of Ice and other tales of Valdemar, edited by Mercedes Lackey. NY: Daw Books,
1997.
…. Oathblood. NY: Daw Books, 1998.
…. The Black Swan. NY: Daw Books, 1999.
…. Reserved for the Cat, the elemental masters, book 5. NY: Daw Books, 2007.
…. Gwenhwyfar, the white spirit. NY: Daw Books, Inc. 2009.
(The tale of three – no four – Guineveres)
…. Steadfast, the Elemental Masters, book 8. NY: Daw Books, 2013.
…. Elementary, all-new tales of the Elemental Masters, edited by Mercedes Lackey.
NY: Daw Books, 2013. (cover shows items from her full length elemental masters
books, but only one of them actually relates to any of her books, I think it’s the first
chapter of From a High Tower or one of the others that take place in the Schwarzwald.)
…. Into the West, the founding of Valdemar: book 2. NY: Daw Books, 2022.
…. Shenanigans, all new tales of Valdemar. NY: Daw Books, 2022.
(short stories edited by Mercedes Lackey.)
…. Gryphon in Light, Kelvren’s Saga, book 1. NY: Daw Books, 2023.
Bradley, Marion Zimmer; Norton, Andre; and Lackey, Mercedes. Tiger Burning Bright.
NY: William Morrow & Co, 1995.
Huff, Tanya. The Demon’s Den and other tales of Valdemar, in the world created by Mercedes
Lackey. NY: JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc, 2018.
(A collection of her short stories previously published in various Mercedes Lackey edited short story books)
Oliver, Patricia. Double Deception. NY: Signet/ Penguin books, 1997.
Patterson, James. 1st to die, The women’s murder club book 1. NY: Little Brown and company,
2001. (He certainly does write short chapters)
…. 2nd Chance, The women’s murder club. NY: Little Brown and company, 2002.
…. 3 days to die. The women’s murder club. NY: Little Brown and company, 2003.
…. And Maxine Paetro. 4th of July. The women’s murder club. NY: Little Brown and
company, 2005. (ah – now he’s giving credit to his co-writer)
…. (both authors) 5th Horseman, The women’s murder club. NY: Little Brown and
company, 2006.
…. (both authors) 6th Target, The women’s murder club’s toughest case ever- a serial
kidnapper is stalking the city. NY: Little Brown and company, 2007.
Pattterson, Susan and Susan DiLallo with James Patterson. Things I wish I told my Mother.
NY: Little Brown & co/ Hachatte book group, 2023. (James P. has a book line with this
company, so his name also goes on every one of them and he gets the copyright rights.
Shocking ending. Be prepared to cry.)
Quinn, Julia Minx. NY: Avon Books/ HarperCollins, 1996.
…. To catch an heiress. NY: Avon Books/ HarperCollins, 1998.
…. First comes Scandal, a Bridgerton prequel. NY: Avon Books/ HarperCollins, 2020.
See, Lisa. Lady Tan’s circle of women. NY: Scribner/ Simon & Schuster, 2023.
Sutanto, Jesse. Vera Wong’s unsolicited advice for murderers, a novel. NY: Berkley/ Penguin
Random House, 2023. (now a movie, too) By the author of Dial A for Aunties.
Taylor, Jodi. Hope for the best, the chronicles of St. Mary’s. London, England: Headline
Publishing group, 2019. (Time travel)
…. Plan for the worst, the chronicles of St. Mary’s. London, England: Headline
Publishing group, 2020. (Time travel)
…. Another time, another place. the chronicles of St. Mary’s. London, England: Headline
Publishing group, 2021. (Time travel)
…. A catalogue of catastrophe. the chronicles of St. Mary’s. London, England: Headline
Publishing group, 2022. (Time travel)
Tey, Josephine. Miss Pym Disposes. NY: Scrivener/ Simon & Schuster, 1976.
Winspear, Jacqueline. A sunlit weapon, a Masie Dobbs novel. NY: HarperCollins, 2023.
…. The White Lady, a novel. NY: Harper/ HarperCollins, 2023.
(a stand alone taking place during the 2 world wars and afterwards in England and
Belgium. Not connected to her Masie Dobbs stories of the wars.)
Zevin, Gabrielle. Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
(The lives of Game creators.)
823.08766 The Book of Dragons. Edited by Jonathan Strahan. Illus. Rovina Cai.
NY: Harper Voyager, 2020. (A collection of poems and short stories)
ADULT BIOGRAPHY
B-Felton Felton, Tom. Beyond the Wand, the magic & Mayhem of growing up a
Wizard. NY: Grand Central Publishing/ Hachette Book Group, 2022.
B-Heumann Heumann, Judith with Kristen Joiner. Being Heumann – an unrepentant memoir
of a disability rights activist. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 2020.
B-Hutchinson Hutchinson, Cassidy. Enough. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2023.
B-Patterson Patterson, James. James Patterson by James Patterson, Stories of my life.
NY: Little, Brown and Company, 2022.
B-Stewart Stewart, Patrick. Make it so, a memoir. NY: Gallery books/ Simon & Schuster,
2023. (our favorite Star Trek the next generation Captain and leader of the X-Men.
It turns out he’s better known as a Shakespeare actor and has actually worked with my aunt, who was the vocal coach of the Royal Shakespearian Company.)
B-Trump Haberman, Maggie. Confidence Man – the making of Donald Trump and
the breaking of America. NY: Penguin Press, 2022.
B-Winspear. This time next year we’ll be laughing, a memoir. NY: Soho Press, 2020.
(author of the Mazie Dobbs mystery series which take place during WWI and WWII)
813.52 Nel, Philip. Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss -- how an unlikely couple found
love, dodged the FBI, and transformed children’s literature. Jackson, MS: University
Press of Mississippi, 2012. (An awkward biography written like a university dissertation. The photographs have too much source information, but no indication where the photograph was taken or the circumstance – information that readers would rather have had. Good Index and extensive bibliography and footnotes, and yet when I tried to locate the source of a quote, the footnote was so abbreviated that it did not lead me to the original source.)
ADULT NONFICTION
320.973B Borowitz, Andy. Profiles in Ignorance: how America’s politicians got dumb and
dumber. NY: Avid Reader Press/ Simon & Schuster, 2022.
(I was expecting the usual comedy from this writer, but this is a factual report about
politicians whom I have observed in real life and yes, he has them exactly.)
324.2734D Draper, Robert. Weapons of mass delusion, when the Republican party lost its
mind. NY: Penguin Press/ PenguinRandomHouse, 2022.
384.55 Wolf, Michael. The Fall – the end of FOX news and the Murdoch Dynasty.
NY: Henry Holt and Co, 2023. (Well written/ well researched)
791.4575B Britt, Ryan. Phasers on stun!, how the making (and remaking) of Star Trek
changed the world. NY: Plume/ PenguinRandomHouse, 2022.
973.934 Taylor, Miles. Blowback – a warning to save democracy from the next Trump.
NY: Atria books, 2023. (Miles Taylor is the Anonymous author who wrote the warning
article in the New York Times exposing how Trump was corrupting the Presidency
with the help of people around him – his loyal followers. That article said he was part of
the Adults in the room who were trying to keep the government on a steady keel. But
most of the ‘Adults’ were booted out and Trump began putting people loyal to his
dictatorship in. This time Taylor is warning us what the next take-over by Trump and his
criminal gang would be like if he is elected president – mostly destroying our
Democracy and vowing to put his ‘enemies’ in prison, something he is repeating more
and more these days. An Important read.)
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