Books Read in 2014

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Hey Readers,

While this year focused on reading Banned Books it was also a year of reviewing for me. Almost all of the books I read this year were reviewed for either my blog, BTS eMag or the OnlineBookClub. It was all a learning experience and one that I really enjoyed. The magic number for this year was 131! That is how many books I completed this year! That is my best year in reading so far. Below you will see a list of all books read in 2014. This spreadsheet will be updated for 2015 to include much more information. The theme for 2015 will be Biographies, Autobiographies and Memoirs. I am super excited about 2015 and will be posting a new blog soon about reading themes so keep your eyes open for it!



2014 Reading list
#
Book
Author
1
The Crystal Heart: Beginnings
Anthony M. Swimsinski
2
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
JK Rowling
3
The Questionable Blood
Daniel Ekine
4
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
JK Rowling
5
The God Particle
Daniel Danser
6
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
JK Rowling
7
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
JK Rowling
8
Dark and Day
Israel Grey
9
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
JK Rowling
10
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
JK Rowling
11
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
JK Rowling
12
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
13
The Man of Nightstone
Devon Drake
14
Kiya: Hope of the Pharoah
Katie Hamstead
15
Animal Farm
George Orwell
16
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
Matthew Dicks
17
Catch 22
Joseph Heller
18
The King Maker
Susan Frances
19
1984
George Orwell
20
Narrative Madness
Ronald B. Richardson
21
The Good Lord Bird
James McBride
22
Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
23
Wave
Sonali Deraniyagala
24
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway
25
The Misanthrope's Mansion
Emma L. Sawville
26
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
27
First Phone call from Heaven
Mitch Album
28
Symphony of Light and Water
Renea Mason
29
As I lay Dying
William Faulkner
30
Zack's Choice
Harry E Gilleland Jr.
31
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
32
The Valley of Amazement
Amy Tan
33
At Her Beck and Call
Mistress Benay
34
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
35
The Fault Tree
Michaela Thompson
36
Falling off the Career Ladder
Haylie B. Fox
37
Slaughterhouse Five
Kurt Vonnegut
38
Fearless Heart
Gail Cauble Gurley
39
Legend
Marie Lu
40
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
41
The Unsacred Gift
C.S. Dorsey
42
Life After Life
Kate Atkinson
43
The Princess of Sparta
Aria Cunningham
44
The Art of Letting Go
Anna Bloom
45
Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
46
Goddess of the Hunt
Becky Flade
47
Kevin's Last Walk
Barry Adkins
48
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
49
Prodigy
Marie Lu
50
Women in Love
DH Lawrence
51
Champion
Marie Lu
52
The Pits
Greg Smith
53
The Awakening
Kate Chopin
54
The Serpent of Venice
Chistopher Moore
55
Passion in the blood
Margaret L. Carter
56
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote
57
Eleanor & Park
Rainbow Rowell
58
The Genie Smolders
Kellyan Zuzulo
59
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
60
My Book of Samples
Demetrius Cudjoe
61
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
62
Songs of Willow Frost
Jamie Ford
63
More than a Temptation
Taige Crenshaw
64
The Giver
Lois Lowry
65
Mr. Mercedes
Stephen King
66
Gathering Blue
Lois Lowry
67
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café
Fannie Flagg
68
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kessey
69
Lane Changes
S.L.Ellis
70
Rescued by the Bucaneer
Normandie Alleman
71
The Silkworm
Robert Galbraith
72
Trinity Angel
Stephanie Treleaven
73
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
74
Messenger
Lois Lowry
75
A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle
76
Son
Lois Lowry
77
If Only
Ashlyn Mathews
78
flowers for algernon
Daniel Keyes
79
fangirl
Rainbow Rowell
80
Angels of the heart
Regina Andrews
81
all the kings men
Robert Penn Warren
82
The Dinner
Herman Koch
83
Light of the Heart
Regina Andrews
84
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
85
Moloka'i
Alan Brennert
86
Glory of the Heart
Regina Andrews
87
Adventures of Huck Finn
Mark Twain
88
Highway to the Stars
B.E. Wilson
89
Peter Pan
J. M. Barrie
90
Papertowns
John Green
91
The Child Thief
Brom
92
Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
93
Look Again
Lisa Scottoline
94
Prophase
M. Street
95
Alice's Adventure in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
96
Through the Looking Glass
Lewis Carroll
97
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
Heidi W. Durrow
98
Unfinished Business
Wendy Hewlett
99
The Orphan Master's Son
Adam Johnson
100
Almost Magic
J.M. Kelley
101
Lady Chatterley's lover
D.H. Lawrence
102
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
103
Fallen Hopes, Taken Dreams
J.M. Barlog
104
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
105
Audrey's Promise
Susan Sheehey
106
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
107
The Celtic Fan
Deanndra Hall
108
The Ferryman
Amy Neftzger
109
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
110
Interview with the vampire
Anne Rice
111
The Satanic Verses
Salaman Rushdie
112
Inoperative: Cyborg One
Charity Parkerson
113
Intact: Cyborg Two
Charity Parkerson
114
The Outsiders
S.E. Hilton
115
Whispered Secrets, Whispered Prayers
Donna Mack
116
Leaving Time
Jodi Picoult
117
The Golden Gateway to Thailand
David Yow
118
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
119
Monster
Walter Dean Myers
120
The Girl in the Photo
Wally Wood
121
Maleficent
adapted by Eliazabeth Rudnick
122
The Book of the Forsaken
Yannis Karatsioris
123
The Pearl
John Steinbeck
124
Revival
Stephen King
125
Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins
126
Pippi Longstocking
Astrid Lindgren
127
Secrets of the Truth
Jessica Dragon Cheramie
128
Battle Royale
Koushun Takami
129
A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin
130
A Clash of Kings
George R.R. Martin
131
A Storm of Swords
George R.R. Martin

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