Reading

Welcome to my list of some of the books I’ve read! For more information on why I keep this list, see my post, My Big List of Books.

I’d love to hear from you. Let me know what books are on your list, or if you have any recommendations!

2013

Hot & Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love & Fashion Edited By Virgie Tovar 

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

Directing Actors by Judith Weston

In The Blink of An Eye by Walter Murch

The Commitments by Roddy Doyle

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

How Not To Make A Short Film: Secrets From A Sundance Programmer by Roberta Marie Munroe

The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

The Independent Filmmaker’s Guide by Glenn Berggoetz

The Way of the Screenwriter by Amnon Buchbinder

My First Movie : Twenty Celebrated Directors Talk about Their First Film edited by Stephen Lowenstein

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Lessons From The Fat-O-Sphere by Kate Harding and Marianne Kirby

Ignore Everybody And 39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod

The Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbook by Chris Jones, Andrew Zinnes & Genevieve Jolliffe

2012

Sylvanus Now by Donna Morrissey

Writing Great Books for Young Adults by Regina Brooks

Little (Grrl) Lost by Charles De Lint

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

The Imposter Bride by Nancy Richler

Whirl Away by Russell Wangersky

Ru by Kim Thúy

Lips touch : three times by Laini Taylor

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

Forks Over Knives by Gene Stone

Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin

The Kind Diet by Alicia Silverstone

In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan

Repeat Until Rich by Josh Axelrad

The Land Of Stories by Chris Colfer

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

Angel: After the Fall Volume 6 by Joss Whedon

Angel: After the Fall Volume 5 by Joss Whedon

Wonder Woman: Gods And Mortals by George Perez

Save The Cat! by Blake Snyder

Angel: After the Fall Volume 4 by Joss Whedon

Angel: After the Fall Volume 3 by Joss Whedon

Angel: After the Fall Volume 2 by Joss Whedon

Angel: After the Fall Volume 1 by Joss Whedon

Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

You Went Away by Timothy Findley

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

Torch by Cheryl Strayed

ChiRunning by Danny Dreyer

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Complete Guide To Yin Yoga by Bernie Clarke

Apocalypse for Beginners by Nicolas Dickner

Crafty Screenwriting: Writing Movies That Get Made by Alex Epstein

 

2011

How not to write a screenplay : 101 common mistakes most screenwriters make by Denny Martin Flinn

My Sister’s Blue Eyes by Jacques Poulin

Maus: A Survivor’s Tale by Art Spiegelman

Volkswagen Blues by Jacques Poulin

The Dark Tower by Stephen King

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows

On Becoming a Novelist by John Gardner (1/2)

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne & Dave King

The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff

Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King

Goldfish by Brian Michael Bendis (graphic novel)

Fast & Easy by Suzanne Somers

Eat Great, Lose Weight by Suzanne Somers

Return of the King by J.R. Tolkein

Revision and Self-Editing by James Scott Bell

The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis

Two Towers by J.R. Tolkein

Matilda by Rohl Dahl

Essex County by Jeff Lemire

Firefly: Shepard’s Story

Unless by Carol Shields

Intro to The Intention Experiment by Lynne McTaggart

The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien

On Writing by Stephen King (second time)

2010

The Birth House by Ami McKay (Started..)

A Song for Suzanna by Stephen King

Naked by David Sedaris

The Field by Lynne McTaggart

Paddy Clark Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle

The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

Buffy Comic Book 7

Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (1/2)

The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan

Good Omen by Neil Gaiman (1/2)

Buffy Comics Books 1-6

Wolves of Calla by Stephen King

Abduction by John E. Mack (1/2)

Brighton Rock by Graham Greene

A Winter’s Tale: The Wreck of the Florizel by Cassie Brown

Revenge of the Paste Eaters by Peck

Kiss The Sunset Pig by Laurie Gough

Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

The End of the Alphabet by C. S. Richardson

Come, Thou Tortoise by Jessica Grant

A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson

The English Major by Jim Harrison

Henry V by Shakespeare

No Great Mischief by Alistar McLeod (3rd time)

Secret Power of Yoga by Nischala Joy Devi

Iliad by Homer

Long Story Short by Elyse Fieldman

Wizards and Glass by Stephen King

Angel Season 6 comics 1-12

Complete Guide to Blogging by Huffington Post (½)

Wasteland by Stephen King

Nikolski by Nicholis Dickner

Escape from Cubicle Nation: From corporate prisoner to thriving entrepreneur by Pamela Slim

Help Me, Jacques Cousteau by Gil Anderson

The Drawing Of The Three by Stephen King

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Generation X by Douglas Coupland

Brick Lane by Monica Ali (½)

Icefields by Thomas Wharton (½)

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards

2009

Hatha Yoga -

Coyote Cowgirl by Kim Antieau

The Jade Peony by Wayson Choy

Good To a Fault by Marina Endicott

Knit Two by Kate Jacobs

The Gunslinger by Stephen King

Ender’s Shadow by Orson Scott Card

Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey

The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pulman

Lullaby by Palahniuk, Chuck

The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs

Blinding Light by Paul Theroux (1/3)

A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews

The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman

No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemmingway

The Yiddish Policeman’s Unionby Michael Chabon

October Light by Jon Gardner

My Russian Love by Dan Frank

The Big Red Fez by Seth Godin

The 100 Mile Diet by Smith, Alisa

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

Riding The Iron Rooster by Paul Theroux

Memoirs of A Geisha by Arthur Golden

Zen and The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenanceby Robert M. Pirsig

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

This Book Will Save Your Life by A.M. Holmes

Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje

Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje

Fear and Loathing in America– Hunter S. Thompson letters

Fruit: A novel about a boy and his nipplesby Brian Francis

The Woman Next Door Is Pregnant by Michel Tremblay

The Outlander by Gil Adamson

The Book Of Negros by Lawrence Hill

 

Random Books From The Missing Years

(Not a complete list! Not by far!)

Not Wanted on The Voyage by Timothy Findley

King Leary by Paul Quarrington

Brown Girl in the Ringby Nalo Hopkinson

Cocksure by Mordecai Richler

Rockbound by Frank Parker Day

The Last Crossing by Guy Vanderhaeghe

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence

Fall On Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald

The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry

The Steep Approach To Garbadaleby Iain Banks

Spanish Fly by Will Ferguson

The Empress Letters by Linda Rogers

Who Named The Knife by Linda Spalding

Reading Writers Reading by Danielle Schaub

Friends Of Meager Fortune by David Adams Richard

My Heart Is Africa by Scott Griffin

Wild Ducks Flying Backwards by Tom Robbins

Son Of A Witch by Gregory Maguire

A Short History Of Indians In Canadaby Thomas King

A Map Of Glass by Jane Urquhart

Lurking Back: East Sooke No-News by Peg Pyner

Kingdom Of Ten Thousand Things by Gary Geddes

Going Coastal by Wendy French

Tree by David Suzuki

Beauty Tips From Moosejaw by Will Ferguson

84 Charing Cross Road by Helen Hanff

The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helen Hanff

 

 

2003

Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje

Fury by Salman Rushdie

Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King

Sleepwalking by Adrine Tomine

McSweeny’s Vol 1

Pearls 2003

The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky

The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov

Griffin and Sabineby Nick Bancock

Beyond the Pale by Elana Dykewomon

The Portrait of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Fourth Hand by John Irving

Harry Potter and the Philosiphers Stone by J.K Rowling

Harry Potter and the Secret Chamber by J.K Rowling

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban by J.K Rowling

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K Rowling

Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix by J.K Rowling

 

2002

Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje

One Good Story, That One by Thomas King

The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemmingway

The Fuck Up by Arthur Nersesian

Simple Recipes by Madelene Thien

World Of Wonders by Robertson Davies

Generica by Will Ferguson

The Forgetting Room by Nick Bantock

Heave by Christy Ann Conilin

Miss Wyomingby Douglas Couplan

The Collected Works Of Billy The Kid by Michael Ondaatje

Gondar by Nicholas Luard

Microserfs by Douglas Coupland

Ground Works: Avant-Garde For Thee ed Christian Bok

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by David Egger

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller

King Leoplolds Ghosts by Adam Hochschild

A Stolen Life by Angie Gignac

 

2001

In The Skin Of The Lion by Michael Ondaatje

The Water Method Man by John Irving

Life After God by Douglas Coupland

All Families Are Psychotic by Douglas Coupland

Fly Boy Action Figure Comes With Gas Mask by Jim Munroe

Confessions Of An Ugly Stepsister by Gregory McGuire

Amsterdam by Ian Ewan

Handwriting by Michael Ondaatje

Anil’s Ghostby Michael Ondaatje

The Apprecticeship Of Duddy Kravitz by Mordeci Richtler

The World According To Garp by John Irving

Contact by Carl Sagan

The Stand by Stephen King

Joshua Then and Now by Mordeci Richler

The Talesman by Stephen King

On Writing by Stephen King

The Dead Zone by Stephen King

The Cashierby Gabrielle Roy

The Last of The Crazy People by Timothy Findley

Girlfriend In A Coma by Douglas Coupland

No Great Mischief by Alistar MacLeod

Last Salt Gift of Blood by Alistar MacLeod

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan

 

And then there are all the books I read before this list….