The 110+ Books I Mean To Read Next:

This list comes from a blog post I did about books I have every intention of reading but, for one reason or another, have not gotten around to. I intend to finish this list by February 23, 2015. So keep tabs on me if you'd like. Leave  encouraging and/or harassing comments using our contact form if you wish--I'll probably be too busy reading to acknowledge them.

Count: 25 (last updated 5/6/13)

• The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (9/12)
• The Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
• Beloved by Toni Morrison
• Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
• Still Alice by Lisa Genova
• The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
• The Magus by John Fowles
• The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
• The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien (1/13)
• The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
• Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
• The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
• Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson
• The World According to Garp by John Irving
• The Alienist by Caleb Carr
• The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
• The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
• Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning
• Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee
• Middlemarch by George Eliot
• A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
• All The King's Men by Robert Penn
• Animal Farm by George Orwell
• The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington
• My Antonia by Willa Cather
• Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
• Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
• To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
• Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
• Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
• 1984 by George Orwell
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
• The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
• Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
• Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
• Earthseed by Pamela Sargent
• The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
• Green Rider by Kristen Britain
• The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
• The 15-book boxed set of Roald Dahl
1. The Witches (3/12)
2. Matilda
3. The Twits (5/12)
4. James and the Giant Peach (6/12)
5. The BFG
6. Esio Trot
7. The Boy
8. The Magic Finger
9. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (6/12)
10. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
11. Going Solo
12. Danny and the Champion of the World
13. George's Marvellous Medicine
14. The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
15. Fantastic Mr. Fox
• The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye
• Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt (5/12)
• Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
• Solovki by Roy Robson
• Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
• Ireland by Frank Delaney
• Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs
• The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde (caught up 8/12), not caught up again 10/12
1. One of Our Thursdays Is Missing (8/12)
2. The Woman Who Died A Lot (2/13)
• The Grimspace/Sirantha Jax series by Ann Aguirre (4 soon to be 5 behind)
1. Wanderlust
2. Doubleblind
3. Killbox
4. Aftermath
5. Endgame
• The Newflesh series by Mira Grant (1 soon to be 2 behind)
1. Deadline (3/13)
2. Blackout
• The Native Star series by M.K. Hobson (1 behind)
1. The Hidden Star
• The Unearthly series by Cynthia Hand (caught up 8/12), not caught up again 1/13 (completed 3/13)
1. Hallowed (8/12)
2. Boundless (3/13)
• The Baker Street Irregulars series by Robert Newman (8 to finish)
1. The Case of the Vanishing Corpse
2. The Case of the Somerville Secret
3. The Case of the Threatened King
4. The Case of the Etruscan Treasure
5. The Case of the Frightened Friend
6. The Case of the Murdered Players
7. The Case of the Indian Curse
8. The Case of the Watching Boy
• The Dublin Murder Squad series by Tana French (2 soon to be 3 behind)
1. The Likeness
2. Faithful Place
3. Broken Harbour
• The In Death Series by J.D. Robb (5 behind) caught up 12/12, not caught up again 2/13, caught up 5/13
  
1. Indulgence in Death (6/12)
2. Treachery in Death (5/12)
3. New York to Dallas (6/12)
4. Celebrity in Death (7/12)
5. Delusion in Death (12/12)
6. Calculated in Death (5/13)
   
• The Hungry City Chronicles by Philip Reeve (4 to catch up)
1. Mortal Engines
2. Predator's Gold
3. Infernal Devices
4. A Darkling Plain
• The Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson (2 to finish)
1. Mistborn: The Final Empire (2/13)
2. The Well of Ascension (4/13)
   
3. The Hero of Ages
4. The Alloy of Law
• The Fionovar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay (3 to finish)
1. The Summer Tree
2. The Wandering Fire
3. The Darkest Road
• The Discworld series by Terry Pratchett (only going for ONE here, way too much of an investment to go for the entire series)
• The Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness (3 to finish)
1. The Knife of Never Letting Go
2. The Ask and the Answer
3. Monsters of Men
• The Parasol Protectorate books by Gail Carriger (5 to catch up)
1. Soulless
2. Changeless
3. Blameless
4. Heartless
5. Timeless
• The Mary Russell books by Laurie R. King (11 to catch up)
1. Beekeeping for Beginners (Short Story) (9/12)
2. The Beekeeper's Apprentice
3. A Monstrous Regiment of Women
4. A Letter of Mary
5. The Moor
6. O Jerusalem
7. Justice Hall
8. The Game
9. Locked Rooms
10. The God of the Hive
11. Pirate King
12. Garment of Shadows
• The Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold (at least one)
• The Newford Series by Charles de Lint (at least one)
• As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann
• The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgalov
• All-Of-A-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor (2/13)
• We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
• The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
• Madapple by Christina Meldrum
• Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
• Between Shades of Gray by Rita Sepetys
• Kristin Lavransdattar by Sigrid Undset
• Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver
• The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
• Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
• The Lost Conspiracy by Frances Hardinge
• The Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell
• Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
• The Taste of a Man by Slavenka Drakulic
• Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks by Donald Harington
• The Stand by Stephen King
• Chime by Franny Billingsley
• Being Billy by Phil Earle (2/13)
• Burn Bright by Marianne de Pierres
• Split by Swati Avasthi (1/13)
• The Raging Quiet by Sherryl Jordan
• The Survival Kit by Donna Frietas
• How To Save A Life by Sara Zarr
• Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor
• The Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger (1/13)
• The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp
• Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
• Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
• Blindness by Jose Saramago
• Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
• To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy
• Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
• The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
• The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
• On The Road by Jack Kerouac
• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
• The last two Twilight books by Stephenie Meyer
1. Eclipse
2. Breaking Dawn
• The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor by Flannery O'Connor

Other Lists I'm Working On:

Pulitzer Award Winners
National Book Award Winners
Printz Award Winners
Newbery Medal Winners
Top 100 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novels (NPR)

Read Thus Far in 2013:

KEY:
N--Novel
NV--Novella
GN--Graphic Novel
Audio--Listened to audiobook
SS--Short Story
SPB--Short Picture Book (for adults)
P--Play
SB--Short Book (no illustrations)
CB--Children's Book

1. Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger (N)
2. Moloka'i by Alan Brennert (N)
3. The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien (N)
4. Split by Swati Avasthi (N)
5. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (SS)
6. My Reading Life by Pat Conroy (Audio)
7. The Soul Bird by Michal Snunit (SPB)
8. The Enchanted Truth by Kym Petrie (SB)
9. And Everything Nice by Kim Moritsugu (NV)
10. Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose (P)
11. The Willowdale Handcar by Edward Gorey (SPB)
12. Norman and Brenda by Colin Thompson and Amy Lissiat (SPB)
13. Fables, vol. 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham (GN)
14. Fables, vol. 2: Animal Farm by Bill Willingham (GN)
15. Fables, vol. 3: Storybook Love by Bill Willingham (GN)
16. Fables, vol. 4: The March of the Wooden Soldiers by Bill Willingham (GN)
17. Delirium's Party: A Little Endless Storybook by Jill Thompson (SPB)
18. Z is for Zombie: An Illustrated Guide for the End of the World by Adam Troy-Castro
19. The Great Silent Grandmother Gathering by Sharon Mehdi (SPB)
20. The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1 by Joseph Gordon-Levitt (ed.) (SPB)
21. The Sigh by Marjane Satrapi (GN)
22. When We Wake by Karen Healey (N)
23. Pandora's Box: Pride by Alcante (GN)
24. Spider's Bite by Jennifer Estep (N)
25. Thoughtful Alphabets: The Just Dessert and the Deadly Blotter by Edward Gorey (SPB)
    
26. The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett (NV)
27. Fables, vol. 5: The Mean Seasons by Bill Willingham (GN)
28. Fables, vol. 6: Homelands by Bill Willingham (GN)
29. Fables, vol. 7: Arabian Days & Nights by Bill Willingham (GN)
30. Fables, vol. 8: Wolves by Bill Willingham (GN)
31. The Piano Lesson by August Wilson (P)
32. Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach (SPB)
33. Fables, vol. 9: Sons of Empire by Bill Willingham (GN)
34. Fables, vol. 10: The Good Prince by Bill Willingham (GN)
35. Envelopes by Harriet Russell (SPB)
36. Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (Audio)
37. Fables, vol. 11: War and Pieces by Bill Willingham (GN)
38. Disquiet by Julia Leigh (NV)
39. Fairest, vol. 1: Wide Awake by Bill Willingham (GN)
40. Saga: Volume 1 (#1-6) by Brian Vaughan (GN)
41. The Lucy Variations by Sara Zarr (N)
42. Blankets by Craig Thompson (GN)
43. The Last Question by Isaac Asimov (SS)
44. Fables, vol. 12: The Dark Ages by Bill Willingham (GN)
45. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (CB)
46. The Woman Who Died A Lot (Thursday Next, #7) by Jasper Fforde (Audio)
47. Fables, vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover by Bill Willingham (GN)
48. Fables: Werewolves in the Heartland by Bill Willingham (GN)
49. Fables, vol. 14: Witches by Bill Willingham (GN)
50. Being Billy by Phil Earle (N)
51. Fables, vol. 15: Rose Red by Bill Willingham (GN)
52. Fables, vol. 16: Super Team by Bill Willingham (GN)
53. Fables, vol. 17: Inherit the Wind by Bill Willingham (GN)
54. All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor (CB)
55. Jack of Fables, vol. 1: The (Nearly) Great Escape by Bill Willingham (GN)
56. Queen & Commander (Hive Queen Saga, #1) by Janine Southard
57. Air, vol. 1: Letters from Lost Countries by G. Willow Wilson (GN)
58. Mysterious Ways by Jason Rubin (GN)
59. Saving Daisy by Phil Earle (N)
60. Y the Last Man, vol. 1: Unmanned by Brian Vaughan (GN)
61. Y the Last Man, vol. 2: Cycles by Brian Vaughan (GN)
62. Bookhunter by Jason Shiga (GN)
63. Daytripper by Fabio Moon & Gabriel Ba (GN)
64. Bayou, vol. 1 by Jeremy Love (GN)
    
65. Bayou, vol. 2 by Jeremy Love (GN)
66. Y: The Last Man, vol. 3: One Small Step by Brian Vaughan (GN)
67. PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death, and God by Frank Warren (SPB)
    
68. Set to Sea by Drew Weing (SPB)
69. Sick of Each Other by William Steig (SPB)
70. Deadline (Newsflesh, #2) by Mira Grant (Audio)
71. Gunnerkrigg Court, vol. 1: Orientation by Tom Siddell (GN)
72. The Night Bookmobile by Audrey Niffenegger (SPB)
73. Who is AC? by Hope Larson (GN)
74. Ender's Game: Battle School by Christopher Yost (GN)
75. A Friendly Game by Joe Pimienta (GN)
76. Refresh, Refresh by Benjamin Percy (GN)
77. Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol (GN)
78. Level Up by Gene Luen Yang (GN)
79. Friends With Boys by Faith Erin Hicks (GN)
80. Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, vol. 2 by Joseph Gordon-Levitt (SPB)
81. Y the Last Man, vol. 4: Safeword by Brian Vaughan (GN)
    
82. Y the Last Man, vol. 5: Ring of Truth by Brian Vaughan (GN)
    
83. Y the Last Man, vol. 6: Girl on Girl by Brian Vaughan (GN)
    
84. Y the Last Man, vol. 7: Paper Dolls by Brian Vaughan (GN)
85. The Eternal Smile by Gene Luen Yang & Derek Kirk Kim (GN)
86. Life in Outer Space by Melissa Keil (N)
87. Mister Wonderful by Daniel Klowes (GN)
    
88. Morning Glories: Volume 1 (#1-12) by Nick Spencer (GN)
89. Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge (GN)
    
90. The Arrival by Shaun Tan (CGN)
    
91. Fables, vol. 18: Cubs in Toyland by Bill Willingham (GN)
92. Chimichanga by Eric Powell (CGN)
    
93. Water Baby by Ross Campbell (GN)
    
94. City People Notebook by Will Eisner (APB)
95. Gunnerkrigg Court, vol. 2: Research by Tom Slidell (GN)
    
96. Gunnerkrigg Court, vol. 3: Reason by Tom Slidell (GN)
    
97. Getting Married and Other Mistakes by Barbara Slate (GN)
    
98. Fingerprints by Will Dinski (GN)
    
99. Slow Storm by Danice Novgorodoff (GN)
100. Smile by Raina Telgemeier (GN)
101. Sick of Each Other by William Steig (APB)
102. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan (N)
     
103. I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly (GN)
104. Runaways, vol. 1: Pride and Joy by Brian K. Vaughan (GN)
105. Mercury by Hope Larson (GN)
106. Hidden by Richard Sala (GN)
107. Y the Last Man, vol. 8: Kimono Dragons by Brian K. Vaughan (GN)
108. Y the Last Man, vol. 9: Motherland by Brian K. Vaughan (GN)
109. Y the Last Man, vol. 10: Whys and Wherefores by Brian K. Vaughan (GN)
110. Air, vol. 2: Flying Machine by G. Willow Wilson (GN)
111. Air, vol. 3: Pureland by G. Willow Wilson (GN)
112. Boundless (Unearthly, #3) by Cynthia Hand (N)
113. The Reece Malcolm List by Amy Spalding (N)
     
114. Virtuosity by Jessica Martinez (N)
115. Game by Barry Lyga (N)
116. The Last Dragon by Jane Yolen (GN)
117. Calculated in Death by J.D. Robb (Audio)
118. Adorkable by Sarra Manning (N)
119. Lucid by Adrienne Stolz & Ron Bass (N)
120. Confessions of a Blabbermouth by Mike Carey (GN)
     
121. The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl (Audio)
122. Orbiter by Warren Ellis (GN)
123. Unholy Kinship by Naomi Nowak (GN)
124. The Guild by Felicia Day (GN)
125. The Distance Between Us by Kasie West (NG)
126. Castle Waiting, vol. 1 by Linda Medley (GN)
127. The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2) by Brandon Sanderson (Audio)
128. The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle: The Thing Under the Bed by Patrick Rothfuss (APB)
129. Tigers & Devils by Sean Kennedy (N)
130. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James (Audio, DNF)