Books I've Read

  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
  • American Gods by Neil Gaiman
  • Animal Farm by George Orwell
  • Anthem by Ayn Rand
  • Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
  • Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles 1: The Nixie's Song by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
  • Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
  • Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
  • The Butterfly Clues by Kate Ellison
  • Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry
  • Carrie by Stephen King
  • Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
  • A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (twice)
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
  • The Clockwork Experiment by a friend of mine
  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Published by Sheree Bykofsky and Jennifer Basye Sander
  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing a Novel by Tom Monteleone
  • Coraline by Neil Gaiman
  • The Crucible by Arthur Miller
  • The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger by Stephen King
  • The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
  • The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands by Stephen King
  • Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
  • Death Note 1: Boredom by Tsugumi Ohba
  • Death Note 2: Confluence by Tsugumi Ohba
  • Death Note 3: Hard Run by Tsugumi Ohba
  • Dracula by Bram Stoker
  • Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
  • The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi
  • Eldest by Christopher Paolini
  • Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
  • Eragon by Christopher Paolini
  • Every You, Every Me by David Levithan
  • Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
  • The Fairy's Return and Other Princess Tales by Gail Carson Levine
  • The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
  • The Floating Islands by Rachel Neumeier
  • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
  • The Giver by Lois Lowry
  • The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
  • The Haiku Anthology by Cor Van Den Heuvel
  • Hamlet by William Shakespeare
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 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 Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (twice)
  • Here, There be Dragons by James A. Owen
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
  • The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Holes by Louis Sachar
  • Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
  • How I Write by Janet Evanovich
  • How to Train your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
  • The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  • The Husband by Dean Koontz
  • I am a Pole (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert
  • Inception: The Shooting Script by Christopher Nolan
  • Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
  • Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde
  • Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse
  • The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
  • The List by Siobhan Vivian
  • The Lord of the Rings:: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Macbeth by William Shakespeare
  • Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
  • Mariel of Redwall by Brian Jacques
  • Marly's Ghost by David Levithan
  • Mattimeo by Brian Jacques
  • Measle and the Wrathmonk by Ian Ogilvy
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
  • MirrorMask by Neil Gaiman
  • Misery (screenplay) by William Goldman
  • Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
  • A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
  • Montefiore's Goddaughter by Elizabeth Brooks
  • Mossflower by Brian Jacques
  • Night by Elie Wiesel
  • Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
  • Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
  • Ogden Nash's Zoo by Ogden Nash
  • On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
  • Othello by William Shakespeare
  • Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard
  • Paper Towns by John Green
  • Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
  • Pet Sematary by Stephen King
  • The Phantom Limb by William Sleator
  • The Poison Eaters and Other Stories by Holly Black
  • Ranger's Apprentice: The Burning Bridge by John Flanagan
  • Ranger's Apprentice: The Icebound Land by John Flanagan
  • Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
  • Redwall by Brian Jacques
  • Requiem: Poems of the Terezin Ghetto, edited by Paul B. Janeczko
  • The Rivals by Daisy Whitney
  • Robot Haiku by Ray Salemi
  • Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare'Salem's Lot by Stephen King
  • Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
  • Salome by Oscar Wilde
  • Sandman: Dream Country by Neil Gaiman
  • Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
  • Sandman: The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman
  • Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder
  • The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
  • Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing by Stephen King
  • A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
  • A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket
  • A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket
  • A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket
  • The Shadowing: Hunted by Adam Slater
  • The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
  • Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
  • Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
  • The Spiderwick Chronicles 1: The Field Guide by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
  • The Spiderwick Chronicles 2: The Seeing Stone by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
  • The Spiderwick Chronicles 3: Lucinda's Secret by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
  • The Spiderwick Chronicles 4: The Ironwood Tree by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
  • The Spiderwick Chronicles 5: The Wrath of Mulgarath by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
  • The Stand by Stephen King
  • Stardust by Neil Gaiman
  • The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
  • The Summer of May by Cecelia Galante
  • The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
  • The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
  • Ten Little Indians (play) by Agatha Christie
  • The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
  • Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
  • Thoughts on Life by a friend of mine (see The Clockwork Experiment)
  • Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
  • The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
  • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
  • Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
  • The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine (twice)
  • Welcome to Bordertown, edited by Holly Black and Ellen Kushner
  • Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
  • The Witches by Roald Dahl
  • Wither by Lauren DeStafano
  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
  • Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly by Gail Carson Levine
  • 9 (screenplay) by Pamela Pettler