Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Books I Read in 2012-- (so far)

Russian Literature

1. Anna Karenina--Leo Tolstoy
2. Demons--Fyodor Dostoevsky
3. The Adolescent--Fyodor Dostoevsky
4. The Brothers Karamazov--Fyodor Dostoevsky
5. The Brothers Karamazov--Fyodor Dostoevsky (read twice)
6. Life and Fate--Vasilly Grossman

Other Literature

7. Les Miserables--Victor Hugo
8. A Tale of Two Cities--Charles Dickens
9. The Great Gatsby--F. Scott Fitzgerald
10. Back to Blood--Tom Wolfe
11. Snowdrops--AD Miller

Russian History

12. Red Victory: A History of the Russian Civil War--W. Bruce Lincoln
13. Stalin: The History of a Dictator--Montgomery Hyde
14. Lenin's Tomb--David Remnick
15. The Russian Origins of the First World War--Sean McKeen
16. Ivan the Terrible--Isabel De Madariaga
17. Catherine the Great--Robert K. Massie
18. Peter the Great--Robert K. Massie
19. The Great Game--Peter Hopkirk
20. Empires Apart: A History of American and Russian Imperialism--Brian Landers

Other History

21. The Rise and Fall of the British Empire--Lawrence James
22. Jerusalem: A Biography--Simon Sebag Montefiore
23. Modern Times--Paul Johnson
24. From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life--Jacques Barzun
25. The Civil War: Fort Sumter to Perryville--Shelby Foote
26. The Civil War: Fredricksburg to Meridian--Shelby Foote
27. The Civil War: Red River to Appomattox--Shelby Foote
28. Fredrick the Great: The Magnificent Enigma--Robert Asprey
29. The Ascent of Money--Niall Ferguson

Christian Books

30. Complete Works, Vol. 2--Richard Baxter
31. Complete Works, Vol. 3--Richard Baxter
32. Complete Works, Vol. 4--Richard Baxter
33. The Glory of Christ--John Owen
34. Communion with God--John Owen
35. A Quest for Godliness--J.I. Packer
36. Honoring the Written Word of God--J.I. Packer
37. A Guide to Listening and Inner Healing Prayer--Rusty Rustenbach
38. Letters--Samuel Rutherford

Science Fiction, etc

39. The Dragon Reborn--Robert Jordan
40. The Shadow Rising--Robert Jordan
41. The Fires of Heaven--Robert Jordan
42. Lord of Chaos--Robert Jordan
43. Elric of Melniborne--Michael Moorcock
44. Chindi--Jack McDevitt
45. Echo--Jack McDevitt
46. Caliban's War--James S. A. Corey
47. Summertide--Charles Sheffield
48. Quartershare--Mike Lowell
49. Fleet of Worlds--Larry Niven and Edward Lerner
50. Juggler of Worlds--Larry Niven and Edward Lerner
51. Destroyer of Worlds--Larry Niven and Edward Lerner
52. Betrayer of Worlds--Larry Niven and Edward Lerner

So sadly I did not make a running list this year, so I had to sit down and look through my books to try to remember everything I read. I don't think I got them all.