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2014 (85 Books)

January

February

March

15. The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri (****)
16. The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga) by Lois McMaster Bujold (***)
17. Use of Weapons (Book 3 of the Culture Series) by Iain M. Banks (****)
18. The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald (**)
19. Salem's Lot by Stephen King (***)
20. Bleak House by Charles Dickens (****)
21. The Great Influenza (Non-Fiction) by John M Barry (***)

April


22. The State of the Art (Book 4 of the Culture Series) by Iain M. Banks (***)

23. Cetaganda (Vorkosigan Saga) by Lois McMaster Bujold (****)
24. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (***1/2)
25. Ethan of Ethos (Vorkosigan Saga) by Lois McMaster Bujold (**1/2)
26. Insurgent (Book 2 of Divergent Series) by Veronica Roth (***)
27. Fault Lines (Non-Fiction) by Raghuram Rajan  (****1/2)
28. The Jewel in the Crown (Book 1 of the Raj Quartet) by Paul Scott (****)
29. Flash Boys by Michael Lewis (***1/2)
30. Labyrinth (Vorkosigan Saga) by Lois McMaster Bujold (**1/2)
31. Borders of Infinity (Vorkosigan Saga) by Lois McMaster Bujold (**)

May


32. The End of the Affair by Graham Greene (for my RL Book Club) (****)

33. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (for my RL Book Club) (***)
34. Brothers in Arms (Vorkosigan Saga) by Lois McMaster Bujold (***)
35. Allegiant (Book 3 of Divergent Series) by Veronica Roth (*1/2)
36. Words of Radiance (Book 2 of The Stormlight Archives) by Brandon Sanderson (****1/2)
37. Runaway Jury by John Grisham (***1/2)
38. Nude Before God by Shiv Kumar (*1/2)

June



39. Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber (****)
40.The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach (*****)
41. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (****)
42. Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold (***)
43. Before the Dawn by Nicholas Wade (***1/2)
44. The Day of the Scorpion by Paul Scott (****)

July



45. Be Careful What You Wish For (Book 4 of the Clifton Chronicles) by Jeffrey Archer (***)
46. The Tailor of Panama by John Le Carre (***1/2)
47. Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold (***)
48. Excession (Book 5 of the Culture Series) by Iain M. Banks (****)
49. The Billionaire's Apprentice by Anita Raghavan (***1/2)
50. Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (****)

August


51. Spring Tide by Cilla Borjlind (***1/2)

52. Inversions (Book 5 of the Culture Series) by Iain M. Banks (***1/2)
53. The Goldfinch by Donna Tart (*1/2)
54. Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold (***1/2)
55. Towers of Silence by Paul Scott (***1/2)
56. Total Control by David Baldacci (***)
57. Heidi by Johanna Spyri (***)
58. Peril at End House by Agatha Christie (***)
59. The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins (****)

September


60. The Inimitable Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse (***1/2)
61. A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold (***)
62. Off on a Comet by Jules Verne (**1/2)
63. Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks (***1/2)
64. Winterfair Gifts by Lois McMaster Bujold (**1/2)

October

65. The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene (***1/2)
66. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (**1/2)
67. Twilight Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko (****)
68. World War Z by Max Brooks (***)
69. Turn of the Screw by Henry James (***)
70. The Stand by Stephen King (***1/2)
71. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (***)
72. Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin (***)
73. Rob Roy by Walter Scott (***)

November



74. Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga) by Lois McMaster Bujold (***1/2)
75. V for Vendetta by Alan Moore (****)
76. Full Moon by P. G. Wodehouse (***1/2)
77. Tripwire (Jack Reacher Series) by Lee Child (***)
78. The Fault in our Stars by John Green (***)
79. Cryoburn (Vorkosigan Saga) by Lois McMaster Bujold (**1/2)

December


80. Legion: Skin Deep by Brandon Sanderson (***1/2)

81. Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis (***)
82. Atonement by Ian McEwan (***1/2)
83. After the Funeral by Agatha Christie (***)
84. A Division of Spoils (Book #4 - The Raj Quartet) by Paul Scott (****)
85. Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks (****)

2013 (77 Books)

1. By Grace and Banners by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (***)
2. Hard Times by Charles Dickens (**1/2)
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald (***)
4. A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson 
(****)
5. Louise de la Vallière by Alexandre Dumas (***)
6. The Listerdale Mystery by Agatha Christie (**1/2)
7. The Immortals of Meluha by Amish Tripathi (**1/2)
8. The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami (***)
9. Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming (**1/2)
10. Raiders from the North by Alex Rutherford (***)
11. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (***1/2)
12. The Secret of the Nagas by Amish Tripathi (**1/2)
13. The Oath of the Vayuputras by Amish Tripathi 
(**1/2)
14. The Clicking of Cuthbert by P. G. Wodehouse (**1/2)
15. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton 
(***1/2)
16. Best Kept Secret by Jeffrey Archer (***)
17. Brothers at War by Alex Rutherford 
(***)
18. The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean 
(***)
19. Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold (***)
20. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney 
(****)
21. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney 
(***1/2)
22. The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas (***1/2)
23. Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb (***)
24. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Last Straw by Jeff Kinney (***)
25. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (**)
26. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney (***)
27. The Golden Fool by Robin Hobb (***)
28. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney (**1/2)
29. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney 
(**1/2)
30. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney (**)
31. The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino 
(***1/2)
32. Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb 
(***)
33. The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (***1/2)
34. The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson (****)
35. Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts (***)
36. The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne (***)
37. Beloved by Toni Morrison (*1/2)
38. Jaws by Peter Benchley (**1/2)
39. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami (*****)
40. The Cobra by Frederick Forsyth (**1/2)
41. Salvation of a Saint by Keigo Higashino 
(***)
42. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher (***)
43. The Firm by John Grisham (***)
44. The Tower of Silence by Gyan Prakash (*1/2)
45. The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain (****)
46. Echoes from the Dead by Johan Theorin (***)
47. 1st to Die by James Patterson (*1/2)
48. Quantum: Einstein, Bohr, and the Great Debate about the Nature of Reality by Manjit Singh (****)
49. Stardust by Neil Gaiman (****)
50. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (*****)
51. Empire of the Moghul: Ruler of the World by Alex Rutherford (***1/2)
52. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway (*1/2)
53. Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson (****)
54. The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson 
(***)
55. Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs (****)
56. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey (****)
57. Blockade Billy by Stephen King (***)
58. 
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (****)
59. Brother Thomas by Dean Koontz (**1/2)
60. Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami (***1/2)
61. 
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy (***1/2)
62. The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon (***1/2)
63. Day Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko (****)
64. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (*****)
65. The Thief by Fuminori Nakamura (***)
66. Daisy Miller and other Stories by Henry James (****)
67. Accidental Apprentice by Vikas Swarup (***)
68. Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner (*****)
69. The Tainted Throne: Empire of the Moghul by Alex Rutherford(***1/2)
70. Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee (****)
71. On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (****)
72. Deadhouse Gates - Steven Erikson (****)
73. In Fed We Trust - David Wessel (****)
74. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (*****)
75. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (***1/2)
76. The Kill List by Frederick Forsyth (**1/2)
77. Where Eagles Dare by Alistair MacLean (***1/2)

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