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message 1: by Kris (last edited Jan 31, 2015 01:13PM) (new)

Kris | 166 comments In August of 2010 I started a personal project to read the books on the Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Readers top 100 Novels in the English Language of the 20th Century list.I'm still working through the list, but I also enjoy reading a variety of genres, especially mysteries.

Here are the books I've read in January 2015 (M=Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Reader's Top 100 Novels in the English language of the 20th Century, B=physical book, K=Kindle or EPUB book, A=audiobook)

1. (M) Portnoy's Complaint, Phillip Roth (B)
2. Heartburn, Nora Ephron (A)
3. (M) Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon (B)
4. One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez (A)
5. Shift, Hugh Howey (K)
6. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches, Alan Bradley (A)
7. Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel (K)
8. (M) Moonheart, Charles de Lint (A)
9. (M) A Dance to the Music of Time: 4th Movement, Anthony Powell (B)
10. All The Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr (A)
11. (M) Fifth Business, Robertson Davies (K)


message 2: by Kris (last edited Mar 07, 2015 06:45PM) (new)

Kris | 166 comments Here are the books I've read in February 2015 (M=Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Reader's Top 100 Novels in the English language of the 20th Century, B=physical book, K=Kindle or EPUB book, A=audiobook)

12. (M) Sometimes a Great Notion, Ken Kesey (K)
13. Midlife Cabernet, Elaine Ambrose (K)
14. Thunderstruck, Erik Larson (A)
15. The Shadow King, Jo Marchant (K)
16. The Hypnotist, Lars Kepler (A)
17. Dust, Hugh Howey (B)


message 3: by Kris (last edited Apr 15, 2015 05:57PM) (new)

Kris | 166 comments Here are the books I've read in March 2015 (M=Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Reader's Top 100 Novels in the English language of the 20th Century, B=physical book, K=Kindle or EPUB book, A=audiobook)

18. Eighty Days, Matthew Goodman (A)
19. The Paper Magician, Charlie N. Holmberg (K)
20. White Heat, M.J. McGrath (A)
21. (M) Suttree, Cormac McCarthy (K)


message 4: by Kris (last edited May 01, 2015 06:32PM) (new)

Kris | 166 comments Here are the books I've read in April 2015 (M=Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Reader's Top 100 Novels in the English language of the 20th Century, B=physical book, K=Kindle or EPUB book, A=audiobook)

22. Shakespeare Saved My Life: Ten Years in Solitary with the Bard, Laura Bates (K)
23. The Boy in the Snow, M.J. McGrath (A)
24. Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward (A)
25. Paw and Order, Spencer Quinn (K)
26. The Glass Magician, Charlie N. Holmberg (K)
27. The Bone Seeker, M.J. McGrath (A)
28. Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare (A)


message 5: by Kris (last edited Jun 05, 2015 05:29PM) (new)

Kris | 166 comments Here are the books I've read in May 2015 (M=Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Reader's Top 100 Novels in the English language of the 20th Century, B=physical book, K=Kindle or EPUB book, A=audiobook)

29. The Book of Strange New Things, Michel Faber (A)
30. (M) Studs Lonigan, James T. Farrell (K)
31. Brain Web, Douglas E. Richards (K)
32. A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare (A)
33. Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare (A)
34. (M) Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (A)
35. The Tempest, William Shakespeare (A)
36. The Rise & Fall of Great Powers, Tom Rachman (A)


message 6: by Kris (last edited Jun 30, 2015 05:41AM) (new)

Kris | 166 comments Here are the books I've read in June 2015 (M=Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Reader's Top 100 Novels in the English language of the 20th Century, B=physical book, K=Kindle or EPUB book, A=audiobook)

37. The Miniaturist, Jessie Burton (A)
38. (M) Point Counterpoint, Aldous Huxley (K)
39. Don't Cry Now, Joy Fielding (B)
40. Burnt Mountain, Anne Rivers Siddons (A)
41. The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas (A)
42. (M) Citizen of the Galaxy, Robert Heinlein (B)
43. Mind's Eye, Douglas E. Richardson (K)
44. (M) The Puppet Masters, Robert A. Heinlein (B)


message 7: by Kris (last edited Oct 26, 2015 05:26PM) (new)

Kris | 166 comments Here are the books I've read in July 2015 (M=Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Reader's Top 100 Novels in the English language of the 20th Century, B=physical book, K=Kindle or EPUB book, A=audiobook)

45. (M) Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand (A)
46. Ilium, Dan Simmons (K)
47. The Master Magician, Charlie N. Holmberg (K)
48. Go Set A Watchman, Harper Lee (A)
49. The Girl On The Train, Paula Hawkins (A)
50. Reincarnation of the Black Rose, Belinda Vasquez Garcia (K)
51. Jump Cut, Lisa McClendon (K)
52. As Chimney Sweepers Come To Dust, Alan Bradley (A)
53. Half of Paradise, James Lee Burke (B)
54. Death Troupe, Vincent H. O'Neil (K)


message 8: by Kris (last edited Oct 26, 2015 05:27PM) (new)

Kris | 166 comments Here are the books I've read in August 2015 (M=Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Reader's Top 100 Novels in the English language of the 20th Century, B=physical book, K=Kindle or EPUB book, A=audiobook)

55. Black, Russell Blake (K)
56. Bones of Betrayal, Jefferson Bass (A)
57. Olympos, Dan Simmons (K)
58. Dark of the Moon, John Sanford (A)
59. Mean Streak, Sandra Brown (A)
60. Waking Up, Sam Harris (K)
61. Speak, Louisa Hall (A)
62. In the Shadow of Gotham, Stefanie Pintoff (K)
63. The Skeleton in the Closet, M.C. Beaton (A)
64. Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer (A)
65. (M) The World According to Garp, John Irving (K)
66. Authority, Jeff VanderMeer (A)


message 9: by Kris (last edited Oct 26, 2015 05:28PM) (new)

Kris | 166 comments Here are the books I've read in September 2015 (M=Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Reader's Top 100 Novels in the English language of the 20th Century, B=physical book, K=Kindle or EPUB book, A=audiobook)

67. (M) Ulysses, James Joyce (B)
68. Diary of a Confessions Queen, Kathy Carmichael (K)
69. Future Crime, Ben Bova (A)
70. The Most Secret War: Army Signals Intelligence in Vietnam, James L. Gilbert (B)
71. Black is Back, Russell Blake (K)
72. The Anatomist's Apprentice, Tessa Harris (A)
73. Einstein's Dreams, Alan Lightman (A)
74. The Queen of the Tearling, Erika Johansen (K)
75. The Transcriptionist, Amy Rowland (A)
76. Dead to Me, Cath Staincliffe (A)
77. And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie (B)
78. Acceptance, Jeff VanderMeer (A)


message 10: by Kris (last edited Oct 29, 2015 06:04PM) (new)

Kris | 166 comments Here are the books I've read in October 2015 (M=Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Reader's Top 100 Novels in the English language of the 20th Century, B=physical book, K=Kindle or EPUB book, A=audiobook)

79. Jack and Jill, James Patterson (K)
80. Murder at the Book Group, Maggie King (A)
81. Black is the New Black, Russell Blake (K)
82. The Fifth Heart, Dan Simmons (A)
83. (M) V, Thomas Pynchon (K)
84. The Library At Mount Char, Scott Hawkins (K)
85. The Genius, Jesse Kellerman (A)


message 11: by Kris (last edited Dec 04, 2015 01:07PM) (new)

Kris | 166 comments Here are the books I've read in November 2015 (M=Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Reader's Top 100 Novels in the English language of the 20th Century, B=physical book, K=Kindle or EPUB book, A=audiobook)

86. Moriarty, Anthony Horowitz (A)
87. Cat and Mouse, James Patterson (K)
88. 10% Happier, Dan Harris (A)
89. Black to Reality, Russell Blake (K)
90. Invasion of the Tearling, Erika Johansen (A)
91. The Daughter of Time, Josephine Tey (K)
92. The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick (K)
93. Pop Goes the Weasel, James Patterson (K)
94. Blindsighted, Karin Slaughter (A)


message 12: by Kris (last edited Dec 29, 2015 07:08PM) (new)

Kris | 166 comments Here are the books I've read in December 2015 (M=Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Reader's Top 100 Novels in the English language of the 20th Century, B=physical book, K=Kindle or EPUB book, A=audiobook)

95. Miss Lonelyhearts, Nathanael West (K)
96. Black In The Box, Russell Blake (K)
97. Kisscut, Karin Slaughter (A)
98. Edie Kiglatuk's Christmas, M.J. McGrath (K)
99. Remix, Lexi Revellian (K)
100. Hostage Taker, Stephanie Pintoff (A)
101. Small Kindnesses, Satya Robyn (K)
102. Calculated in Death, J.D. Robb (K)
103. A Faint Cold Fear, Karin Slaughter (A)
104. Indelible, Karin Slaughter (A)
105. (M) A Town Like Alice, Neville Shute (K)
106. The Worst Day of My Life, So Far, M.A. Harper (K)


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