The Reading Room

What have I been reading?  What am I reading now? Check out my list!  Books that I particularly enjoyed have been marked with a *.

Currently Reading:

• Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix (paused)
• Frontier Stories / Collected Short Stories Vol. 1 by Louis L’Amour (paused)
• The Horror at Pooh Corner edited by Joe Monson (paused)
• Clues to the John Swift Silver Mines of the Appalachian by James Scott (paused)
• Willows Weep: The Beginning by Dave Spinks (paused)
• The Holy Bible – KJV (audiobook & physical, ongoing read)
• Sherlock Holmes:  The Definitive Collection by Arthur Conan Doyle, Narrated by Stephen Fry (audiobook)
• Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison (audiobook & physical)
• History and Religion in Ancient Egypt Collection by M.A. Murray, A.H. Sayce, E.A. Wallis Budge, and Henry R. Hall (audiobook)
• For Steam & Country by Jon del Arroz

Previously Read:

2024

Fiction

• Make me no Grave by Hayley Stone (audiobook)
• Diamonds are Forever by Ian Fleming (audiobook)*
• From Russia with Love by Ian Fleming (audiobook)*
• Dr. no by Ian Fleming (audiobook)*
• Goldfinger by Ian Fleming (audiobook)*
• Trepidation Volume 1 & 2 by BW Bloodlust
• Johnny Mnemonic (screenplay) by William Gibson
• The House of Dust by Noah Broyles
• JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World by Ko Hiratori*
• Wheel of Time Book 6 – Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan (audiobook)*
• Haunted House Stories by multiple authors
• New Spring by Robert Jordan (audiobook)*
• Watership Down by Richard Adams (audiobook)*
• Swords in the Mist by Fritz Leiber (audiobook)
• Shadow of the Conqueror by Shad Brooks (audiobook)
• The Crystal Shard by R.A. Salvatore
• American Gods by Neil Gaiman (audiobook)
• Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol 2-B, multiple authors (audiobook)*
• The Lakeview Man by D.A. Roberts*
• The Lost Library of Cormanthyr (audiobook)
• Voice of the Whirlwind by Walter Jon Williams (audiobook)*
• I Have no Mouth and I must Scream (audiobook) by Harlan Ellison
• Elric of Melnibone by Michael Moorcock (audiobook)*
• Dark Frontiers: First Hunt by D. A. Roberts
• How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
• The Last Mountain Man by William W. Johnstone (audiobook)
• The Black Hills by William W. Johnstone & J.A. Johnstone (audiobook)
• Death and Taxes by William W. Johnstone & J.A. Johnstone (audiobook)
• Texas Rifles by Elmer Kelton (audiobook)
• Hell Hath no Fury by Charles G. West (audiobook)
• Keep on the Borderlands by Ru Emerson (audiobook) (2nd listen)
• Blood on the Trail by Terrence McCauley (audiobook)
• The Long Trail by Brad Dennison (audiobook)
• Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (audiobook)
• The Straitjacket In The Woods by Kitty R. Kane
• Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock (audiobook)*
• H.P. Lovecraft – The Complete Fiction by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society (audiobook)*
• Behold Humanity!: May We Come In? by Ralts Darkthorne (audiobook)*
• Clan Novel Toreador (Vampire the Masquerade Clan Novel Saga Book 1) by Stewart Wieck
• Skeleton Crew by Stephen King (audiobook)
• Clan Novel Tzimisce (Vampire the Masquerade Clan Novel Saga Book 2) by Eric Griffin
• The Parched Sea by Troy Denning (audiobook)*
• The Once and Future King by T.H. White (audiobook)
• Ghost Stories Vol. 2 by M.R. James (audiobook)
• The Cthulhu Casebooks Book 1:  Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (audiobook)*
• Wheel of Time Book 7 – A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan (audiobook)*
• Edgar Allan Poe – The Complete Works Collection (audiobook) by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Ultimate Horror Collection: 60+ Novels and Stories (audiobook) by multiple authors*
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (audiobook)*
• Vampire Clan Novel 4: Followers of Set by Kathleen Ryan
• The Silence of Ghosts by Jonathan Aycliffe (audiobook)

Non-Fiction

• Egyptian Myths by Jake Jackson (editor)
• Listen Up, You Primitive Screwheads! by Mike Pondsmith, others (audiobook)
• Slaying the Dragon:  A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons by Ben Riggs*
• On Writing by Stephen King (audiobook)* (3rd listen)
• Haitian Vodou by Mambo Chita Tann (audiobook)
• On Writing and Worldbuilding Vol. I by Timothy Hickson (audiobook)
• So You Want to Be a Game Master by Justin Alexander
• Bigfoot: True Life Encounters with Legendary Ape-Men by Rupert Matthews
• The Fall of Rome by Bryan Ward-Perkins (audiobook)
• Smoky Mountain Ghostlore by Juanitta Baldwin
• Bigfoot in Kentucky by Barton M. Nunnelly (audiobook)
• Fear in the Forest by Ethan Hayes (audiobook)
• Sasquatch by Jeff Meldrum (audiobook)
• The Era of the Crusades by Kenneth W. Harl (audiobook)
• How the Crusades Changed History by Philip Daileader (audiobook)
• Cowboys, Mountain Men, and Grizzly Bears by Matthew P. Mayo (audiobook)
• The Oregon Trail by Francis Parkman (audiobook)
• The Lost World of the Old Ones by David Roberts (audiobook)
• In Search of the Old Ones by David Roberts (audiobook)
• How I Went from Writing 2k Words a Day to 10k by Rachel Aaron
• The Wars of the Roses by Dan Jones (audiobook)
• The World’s Most Haunted House: The True Story of the Bridgeport Poltergeist on Lindley Street By: William J. Hall
• Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding Volumes 1 and 2 by Various Authors (audiobooks)
• On Writing and Worldbuilding Vol. 2 by Timothy Hickson (audiobook)
• The Templars by Michael Haag (audiobook)
• The Great Courses:  The Old Testament by Amy-Jill Levine
• The Great Courses:  Understanding the New Testament by David Brakke
• The Steal Like an Artist Audio Trilogy: How to Be Creative, Show Your Work, and Keep Going by Austin Kleon (audiobook)
• The Great Courses:  The World of Biblical Israel by Cynthia R. Chapman
• Native American Tribes:  The History and Culture of the Utes by Charles River Editors
• The Great Courses:  How Jesus Became God by Bart D. Ehrman (audiobook)
• The Great Courses:  Norse Mythology by Jackson Crawford (audiobook)

2023

Fiction

• Resident Evil:  The Umbrella Conspiracy by S.D. Perry*
• Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance Chronicles Book 1) by Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman (audiobook)*
• Darkest, Deepest: 12 Short Stories of Fear & Dread by Cam Wolfe
• Legends of Daer:  Champions of Tylwyth by R.S. Howell
• Dragons of Winter Night (Dragonlance Chronicles Book 2) by Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman (audiobook)
• On Writing by Stephen King (audiobook)*
• Blood for Coins (The Saber’s Noctem Book 1) by Cam Wolfe
• The Pastel City (Tales of Viriconium Book 1) by M. John Harrison
• The Crimson Spark by William Hastings (audiobook)*
• Dragons of Spring Dawning (Dragonlance Chronicles Book 3) by Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman (audiobook)
• Canticle (Book 1 of the Cleric Quintet) by R.A. Salvatore (audiobook)
• Keep of the Borderlands by Ru Emerson (audiobook)
• White Plume Mountain by Paul Kidd (audiobook)*
• The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson (audiobook)
• The Temple of Elemental Evil by Thomas M. Reid (audiobook)
• The Tomb of Horrors by Keith Francis Strohm (audiobook)*
• The Graveyard Apartment by Mariko Koike
• Asylum by Patrick McGrath (audiobook)
• Descent into the Depths of the Earth by Paul Kidd (audiobook)*
• Queen of the Demonweb Pits by Paul Kidd (audiobook)*
• The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowoski (audiobook)
• The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (audiobook)
• The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson (audiobook)
• Something’s Alive on the Titanic by Robert J. Sterling
• In the Beginning:  An Angel of Death Novel by Stevie Jo
• Swords and Deviltry By Fritz Leiber (audiobook)*
• The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 2-A by multiple authors (audiobook)
• The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard by Robert E. Howard (audiobook)
• Cold as Hell By Rhett C. Bruno, Jaime Castle (audiobook)*
• Cyberpunk 2077: No Coincidence By Rafal Kosik, Stefan Kielbasiewicz – translator (audiobook)
• Hell House by Richard Matheson*
• Star Wars: Heir to the Empire By Timothy Zahn (audiobook)*
  
• Star Wars: Dark Force RisingBy Timothy Zahn (audiobook)*
  
• The Last Command By Timothy Zahn (audiobook)*
• Brain Wave by Poul Anderson (audiobook)
• Casino Royale by Ian Fleming (audiobook)*
• The Dying Earth by Jack Vance (audiobook)*
• Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
• Blue Dawn By Blaine L. Pardoe (audiobook)*
• Never Say Sever in Deadwood by Ann Charles (audiobook)*
• Black God’s Kiss by C.L. Moore (audiobook)*
• Swords Against Death by Fritz Leiber (audiobook)*
• Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming (audiobook)*
• Moonraker by Ian Fleming (audiobook)*

Non-Fiction

• Million Dollar Habits by Robert Ringer (audiobook)
• The Curse of Oak Island by Randall Sullivan
• Itchy, Tasty by Alex Aniel (audiobook)*
• Hunt for the Skinwalker (audiobook) by Colm A. Kelleher and George Knapp)*
• Boobs of Steel Part 1:  Decoding the Amazon by J. Ishiro Finney*
• Listen Up, You Primitive Screwheads!!!! by Mike Pondsmith and several others (audiobook)*
• Pulp on Pulp: Tips and Tricks for Writing Pulp Fiction by Kit Sun Cheah, Misha Burnett, JD Cowan and multiple others.
• Chat GPT For Fiction Writing: How To Build Better Fiction Faster Using AI Technology (AI for Authors) by Nova Leigh
• CHATGPT BOOK FOR BEGINNERS: A Comprehensive Guide to Harnessing ChatGPT’s Power for Maximizing Efficiency, Boosting Your Productivity and Success by Sam Bennett

Erotic Fiction

• The Case of the Blackmailed Lesbian (Sled Speed Book 0) by John Savage
• Nightwhisper’s Nightmare by Melissa DuVant*

2022

Fiction

• Wheel of Time Book 5 – The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan (audiobook)*
• Will Save the Galaxy for Food by Yahtzee Croshaw (audiobook)*
• The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 1, 1929-1964 edited by Robert Silverberg, multiple authors (audiobook)*
• The Haunting of Ashburn House by Darcy Coates
• The Snow Creek Hauntings by By: Roger Hayden , Skylar Finn , Alexandria Clarke (audiobook)
• Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
• The Haunting of Hill House by: Shirley Jackson (audiobook)
• Life at the Coffin Joint: The Deadwood Undertaker Series, Book 1 by: Ann Charles , Sam Lucky (audiobook)
• The Neon Rain: A Dave Robicheaux Novel by: James Lee Burke (audiobook)
• Wasteland Bombshell Book 1: Jenny and the Meltdown Boys by Amanda Clover, Jay Aury
• Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia (audiobook)*
• Ghosts of Gotham by Craig Schaefer (audiobook)
• The Best of Richard Matheson by Richard Matheson (audiobook)
• Ghostbusters by Richard Mueller, Ed Naha (audiobook)*
• Hardwired by Walter Jon Williams (audiobook)*
• Kill Creek by Scott Thomas (audiobook)
• Alien III by William Gibson (audiobook)*
• Terra Nova Chronicles Books 1 & 2 by Richard Fox, Josh Hayes (audiobook)
• Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (audiobook)*
• Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock (audiobook)*
• The Haunting of Blackwood House by Darcy Coates

Non-Fiction

• A Book A Week: How I Outline and Draft a Full Novel in Just A Week (Self-Publishing Success 1) by Kate Hall
• Effortless by Greg McKeown (audiobook)
• Great Mythologies of the World by The Great Courses (audiobook)

2021

Fiction

• The Shining by Stephen King (audiobook)*
• Christine by Stephen King (audiobook)*
• Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (audiobook)*
• 2001 by Arthur C. Clarke (audiobook)
• Ghost Stories, Volume One by M.R. James (audiobook)
• The Dark Country by Ramsey Campbell (audiobook)
• Wheel of Time Book 1 – Eye of the World by Robert Jordan (audiobook)*
• Dead Acre by Rhett C. Bruno and Jamie Castle (audiobook, read by Arthur Morgan himself, Roger Clark!)*
• FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven (audiobook)*
• The Grand Hotel, A Novel by Scott Kenemore (audiobook)*
• Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (audiobook)
• Night of the Living Deed (Haunted Guesthouse Book 1) by E.J. Copperman (audiobook)*
• Armor by John Steakley (audiobook)*
• Welcome Descent by Cam Wolfe
• Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse Book 1) by James S. A. Corey
• The Haunting of Gillespie House by Darcy Coates
• Congo by Michael Crichton (audiobook)*
• Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry (audiobook)
• Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (audiobook)*
• Neuromancer by William Gibson (audiobook)*
• Count Zero by William Gibson (audiobook)*
• Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson (audiobook)*
• Jade City by Fonda Lee (audiobook)*
• Noir Fatale edited by Kacey Ezell and Larry Correia (audiobook)*
• Vampire$ by John Steakley (audiobook)*
• Charnel House by Graham Masterton
• Faerie Tale by Raymond E. Feist*
• The Haunting of Rookward House by Darcy Coates
• The Well of Ascension (Mistborn Book 2) by Brandon Sanderson (audiobook)*
• The Hero of Ages (Mistborn Book 3) by Brandon Sanderson (audiobook)*
• Wheel of Time Book 2 – The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan (audiobook)*
• Wheel of Time Book 3 – The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan (audiobook)*
• Wheel of Time Book 4 – The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan (audiobook)*
• Local Haunts: A HorrorTube Anthology compiled by R. Saint Claire
• We’re Not Home: A Horror Anthology compiled by Cam Wolfe
• Jade War by Fonda Lee (audiobook)*
• Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee (audiobook)*

The Deadwood Mystery Series

• Nearly Departed in Deadwood (Deadwood Mysteries Book 1) by Ann Charles (audiobook)*
• Optical Delusions in Deadwood (Deadwood Mysteries Book 2) by Ann Charles (audiobook)*
• Dead Case in Deadwood (Deadwood Mysteries Book 3) by Ann Charles (audiobook)*
• Better off Dead in Deadwood (Deadwood Mysteries Book 4) by Ann Charles (audiobook)*
• An Ex to Grind in Deadwood (Deadwood Mysteries Book 5) by Ann Charles (audiobook)*
• Meanwhile, Back in Deadwood (Deadwood Mysteries Book 6) by Ann Charles (audiobook)*
• A Wild Fright in Deadwood (Deadwood Mysteries Book 7) by Ann Charles (audiobook)*
• Rattling the Heat in Deadwood (Deadwood Mysteries Book 8) by Ann Charles (audiobook)*
• Gone Haunting in Deadwood (Deadwood Mysteries Book 9) by Ann Charles (audiobook)*
• Don’t Let it Snow in Deadwood (Deadwood Mysteries Book 10) by Ann Charles (audiobook)*
• Devil Days in Deadwood (Deadwood Mysteries Book 11) by Ann Charles (audiobook)*

Nonfiction

• How to Think like a Roman Emperor – The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius by Donald Robertson
• The Creative Habit: Learn it and Use it for Life by Twyla Tharp (audiobook)
• The Science of Sci-Fi: From Warp Speed to Interstellar Travel (audiobook)
• Writing Great Fiction – Storytelling Tips and Techniques by Professor James Hynes (audiobook)
• Get Up!: Why Your Chair Is Killing You and What You Can Do About It by James A. Levine
• The Unfettered Mind by Takuan Soho, William Scott Wilson (translation) (audiobook)
• 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson (audiobook)
• Speechless – Controlling Words, Controlling Minds by Michael Knowles (audiobook)*
• The Parasitic Mind by Gad Saad (audiobook)*
• The Minimalist Way by Erica Layne (audiobook)*

2020

Fiction

• Dune* – Frank Herbert
• Ghost Towns (Anthology) – Edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Russel Davis
• Storm Front* – Jim Butcher
• Fury from the Tomb – S.A. Sidor
• The Martian Chronicles* – Ray Bradbury
• Dragon Teeth – Michael Crichton
• Firestick – William W. Johnstone
• Azure Bonds* – Kate Novak and Jeff Grubb
• The Automatic Detective* – A. Lee Martinez
• Shade – Emily Devenport
• Have Brides, Will Travel – William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone
• The Sword of Shannara – Terry Brooks
• The Sadist’s Bible – Nicole Cushing

Erotic Fiction

• Ms. Amazing – Vigilante Justice
• Undercover Nun – Alexis Alexandra
• Disappearances – DrkFetyshNyghts
• The Bronx Cross Murders 1 thru 5 – James Darwin and Barbara Moore
• Undercover Submissive – Crimson Rose
• Trapped in an Insane Asylum – John Savage
• The New Recruit – Jon Barry

Non-Fiction

• On Writing* – Stephen King
• 5000 Words per Hour* – Chris Fox
• Lifelong Writing Habit* – Chris Fox