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!
2017
His Fair Assassin: Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers 
Long Red Hair by Meags Fitzgerald
Many Waters by Madeleine L’Engle
Under The Harrow by Flynn Berry
The Grownup by Gillian Flynn
The Anatomy of Story by John Truby
Bird Girl and the Man Who Followed the Sun by Velma Wallis
Is It All In Your Head? True Stories of Imaginary Illness by Suzanne O’Sullivan
Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L’Engle
The Tattooed Potato And Other Clues by Ellen Raskin
Wifey by Judy Blume
A Wind In The Door by Madeleine L’Engle
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien
The Prisoner Of Hell Gate by Dana L. Wolff
Sure Of You by Armistead Maupin
Significant Others by Armistead Maupin
Babycakes by Armistead Maupin
Further Tales Of The City by Armistead Maupin
Nancy Drew & The Secret Of The Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
Nancy Drew & The Message In The Hollow Oak by Carolyn Keene
2016
Autobiography Of A Face by Lucy Grealy
Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
Shrill: Notes From A Loud Woman by Lindy West
This Is The Story Of A Happy Marriage by Ann Patchett 
Hard Light by Elizabeth Hand
The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Born Standing Up: A Comics Life by Steve Martin
13 Ways Of Looking At A Fat Girl by Mona Awad
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order Of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Femme by Mette Bach
Available Dark by Elizabeth Hand
Fairytales For Lost Children by Diriye Osman
Can’t We Talk About Something Pleasant? by Roz Chast
The Mist by Stephen King
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
The Best Screenplay Goes To by Linda Seger
Urban Watercolor Sketching by Felix Scheinberger
More Tales Of The City by Armistead Maupin
Making A Good Script Great by Linda Seger
Ender’s Shadow by Orson Scott Card
World War Z by Max Brooks
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Die Trying by Lee Child
Cathedral by Raymond Carver
What Now by Ann Patchett 
The Way Of The Screenwriter by Amnon Buchbinder
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee
An Exact Replica Of A Figment Of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken
2015
tiny beautiful things by Cheryl Strayed
Finders Keepers by Stephen King
Killing Floor by Lee Child
The Murder of Rodger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey
Flying On Broken Wings by Carrie Bailee
Aftermath : on marriage and separation by Rachel Cusk
Lost & Found by Brooke Davis
An Astronaut’s Guide To Life On Earth by Chris Hadfield
An illustrated journey
by Danny Gregory
To Kill A Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor
Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Dope by Sara Gran
The Tracey Fragments by Maureen Medved
Come Closer by Sara Gran
Ru by Kim Thúy
House of Sighs by Jocelyne Saucier
Generation Loss by Elizabeth Hand
2014
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
Dear Life by Alice Munro
Inés Of My Soul by Isabel Allende
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order Of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Eight
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Gone, Girl by Gillian Flynn
Divergent by Veronica Roth
The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
Slammerskin by Emma Donoghue
Room by Emma Donoghue
Catching The Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity by David Lynch
My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozekiland
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne & Dave King
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
The Dead Zone by Stephen King
All My Friends Are Superheroes by Andrew Kaufman
Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King
The TV Writer’s Workbook by Ellen Sandler
Tell The Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood
Roost by Ali Bryan
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
The Vanishing Act by Mette Jakobsen
The Year Of The Flood by Margret Atwood
Spider’s Bite by Jennifer Estep
2013
Oryx & Crake by Margret Atwood
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida 
Dance With Dragons by George. R. R. Martin
A Feast of Crows by George. R. R. Martin
Down In the Dumps by H. Mel Malton
A Storm of Swords by George. R. R. Martin
Clash of Kings by George. R. R. Martin
How To Be A Woman by Caitlin Moran
Writing Down The Bones: Freeing The Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg
Game of Thrones by George. R. R. Martin
Wild Mind: Living The Writer’s Life by Natalie Goldberg
Fat!So? By Marilyn Wann
Xenocide by Orson Scott Card
Authenticity Is The New Bullshit by Hugh MacLeod
Speaker For The Dead by Orson Scott Card
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Save The Cat Goes To The Movies by Blake Snyder
Losing It by Cora Carmack
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Directing Actors by Judith Weston
Hot & Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love & Fashion Edited By Virgie Tovar 
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….