Readings 2014 - Fiction

The second part of my annual reading list is the fiction and as usual I have my mix of literary novels, detective stories, and science fiction. This year I also read some spy novels and some really trashy end of the world stuff.

I discovered the Irish writer Tana French and read three of her Dublin Murder Squad series of crime novels. They got me interested in reading James Joyce's Dubliners which I actually had never read. Also went back and read several Elmore Leonard crime novels from the 1970's. 

1. Faithful Place - Tana French, 2010
2. The Nearest Exit - Olen Steinhauer, 2010
3. Prayer - Philip Kerr, 2014
4. The Blazing World - Siri Hustvedt, 2014
5. In The Woods - Tana French, 2007
6. The Tourist - Olen Steinhauer, 2009
7. The Likeness - Tana French, 2008
8. Dubliners - James Joyce, 1914
9. Tree of Smoke - Denis Johnson, 2007
10. The Commissariat of Enlightenment - Ken Kalfus, 2003
11. Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman, 2003
12. Shadow of Night - Deborah Harkness, 2012
13. Life After Life - Kate Atkinson, 2013
14. Wool Omnibus - Hugh Howey, 2012
15. The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman, 2013
16. The Little Friend - Donna Tartt, 2003
17. Death of an Unsigned Band - Tim Thornton, 2010
18. Katabasis - Joseph Brassey, 2013
19. Fobbit - David Abrams, 2012
20. 52 Pick-Up - Elmore Leonard, 1974
21. Swag - Elmore Leonard, 1976
22. Unknown Man No. 89 - Elmore Leonard, 1977
23. Origins: Spinward Fringe - Randolph Lalonde, 2010
24. The Leftovers - Tom Perotta, 2011
25. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke, 2006
26. Zombie Apocalypse - Stephen Jones, 2010
27. Zombie Apocalypse Fightback - Stephen Jones, 2012
28. Life As We Knew It - Susan Beth Pfeffer, 2006
29. The Dead and the Gone - Susan Beth Pfeffer, 2008