Books I Want to Read

The date in brackets is when it was originally added to my list. See also: Books I'm Reading and Books I've Read

• The Voyage of the Space Beagle by A. E. van Vogt - Mentioned here as the origin of the work nexialist, which I find interesting.
• Morphogenesis by Greg Egan - “If you liked The Thing you should check it out” (reddit)
• Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson - “Seeing the AI grow and develop in 'real time' was really fantastic writing. ” (reddit)

• Neurotribes
• Otherland by Tad Williams - Recommended by Gwmngilfen at the September Tech Meetup. Deals with slightly-in-the-future VR worlds.

• Theodore Sturgeon - To Marry Medusa
• Vernor Vinge - A Fire Upon The Deep
• The Green Brain and Hellstrom's Hive, both by Frank Herbert
• Swarm by Bruce Stirling
• All you Need is Kill by Hiroshi Saukurazaka
• Serpents Reach by CJ Cherryh
• Janet Edwards Hive Mind

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey - Gift from Karen, Dec 2011. (Jun 2004)
• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon (Aug 2003)
• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis - Dec 2011 gift from Karen. (Apr 2003)
• Anyone Can Do It by Duncan Bannatyne (Oct 2011)
• Apathy and Other Small Victories by Paul Neilian (Jan 2011)
• Ark by Stephen Baxter (Sep 2010)
• Bad Science by Ben Goldacre (May 2010)
• Blood of Elves by A Sapkowski - Recommended on the Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List (Dec 2003)
• Chaos by James Gleick (Jun 2004)
• Compilers - Principles, Techniques and Tools by Alfred V Aho - First edition present from my mum, Dec 2011. (Mar 2012)
• Cowl by Neal Asher (Jul 2010)
• Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine - Book for the skeptics bookgroup April 2012. I'm finding the style extremely hard to read, she annoys me. I'm only a few chapters in and have been encouraged to read further though. (Apr 2012)
• A Devil's Chaplain by Richard Dawkins - I loved The Blind Watchmaker by Dawkins so I plan to read his other books… (Dec 2003)
• Eats, Shites & Leaves by Antal Parody (Jun 2005)
• Geek Love by Katherine Dunn - Borrowed from Kev. (Apr 2010)
• Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter (Jul 2010)
• Gray's Anatomy by John Gray (Mar 2012)
• The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins (Jun 2010)
• Halfhead by Stuart B MacBride - Picked this up on a whim in Waterstones because it was set in a futuristic Glasgow. (Aug 2011)
• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski - Sounds like a fascinating book. (Dec 2010)
• Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones - Reading this for my sci-fi bookgroup. (Jun 2011)
• Hybrids by David Thorpe (Sep 2010)
• If We're So In Love Why Aren't We Happy? by Susan Page (May 2005)
• The Illuminatus! Trilogy by multi multi (Mar 2004)
• The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde - Recommended on a reddit list of books to read before you die (Jan 2020) and of course, I'd been meaning to read this one especially
• In The Balance by Harry Turtledove (Sep 2010)
• The King Beyond The Gate by David Gemmell (Sep 2010)
• The Last Wish by A Sapkowski (Sep 2010)
• The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Recommended on a reddit list of books to read before you die (Jan 2020) and it's a classic I always meant to read
• Making History by Stephen Fry - Gift from my sister, Dec 2011. (Dec 2005)]
• Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl - Recommended on a reddit list of books to read before you die (Jan 2020)
• The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury - Recommended on a reddit list of books to read before you die (Jan 2020)
• Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky - Recommended on a reddit list of books to read before you die (Jan 2020)
• The Nudist on the Late Shift by Po Bronson (May 2003)
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Sep 2011)
• Principles of Angels by Jaine Fenn (Sep 2010)
• Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City by Robert Sullivan - Not sure where I heard about this book - sounds interesting though. Been on my list since June 2004. (Jan 2011)
• Richard Branson: The Autobiography by Richard Branson (Mar 2012)
• The Robot Builder's Bonanza by Gordon McComb - I've had this book for months, but never actually got around to reading it 'till now. (May 2005)
• The Sacred Stones by Matthew Reilly (Sep 2010)
• The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins - I loved The Blind Watchmaker by Dawkins so I plan to read his other books… (Dec 2003)
• Sex Tips For Girls by Cynthia Heimel (Apr 2004)
• A Song of Ice and Fire by George R Martin - Recommended on the Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List (Dec 2003)
• A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon (Mar 2012)
• The Star Diaries by Stanislaw Lem - Rumoured to be where Douglas Adams got his writing style from. Need to read this. Mentioned by a guy on slashdot. Got as a gift from my mum, Dec 2011. (May 2004)
• Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (Aug 2003)
• The Survivors Club: How To Survive Anything by Ben Sherwood (Mar 2012)
• Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu - This book is recommended by everybody who makes a list of 'great books' or 'books that changed my life' and they never mention what the fsck its about - just stuff like; 'if you haven't read it, read it' and nothing descriptive. I suppose I better track (Jun 2004)
• The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer (Mar 2012)
• Utopia by Thomas Moore (Sep 2005)
• What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School: Notes From A Street-Smart Executive by Mark McCormack (Jul 2005)
• Where Wizards Stay Up Late by Katie Hafner (May 2003)
• Why We Love by Helen Fisher - Read some of her papers and listened to one of her talks. Fascinating woman. Looks like an interesting book. (Sep 2010)

• 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami - Characters slipping between parallel universes with subtle differences. Sounds interesting. (Jan 2012)
• Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman - http://i.imgur.com/qdg3v.jpg - this made me want to read it. (Jun 2012)
• Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie - recommended at a sci-fi bookgroup (6 Dec 2019)
• Antarctica by Kim Stanley Robinson - Set in McMurdo base, same as The Thing, might be interesting, though I did find his Mars trilogy quite tough to read. (Sep 2012)
• Blindness by Jose Saramago (Apr 2011)
• Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy (Dec 2010)
• Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs by Ken Jennings (Mar 2011)
• Cows by Matthew Stokoe - Mentioned in a 'most disturbing book' thread on reddit. Sounds interesting. (Dec 2010)
• The Culture of Narcissism by Christopher Lasch - Lack of community post industrialisation. Could be interesting. (Aug 2011)
• Food of the Gods by Terrence McKenna (Sep 2011)
• The Hot Zone by Richard Preston - Sounds interesting. (Dec 2010)
• The Internet is a Playground by David Thorne (Nov 2010)
• Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach - Recommended on a reddit list of books to read before you die (Jan 2020)
• Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris (Feb 2012)
• Lost Boys by Scott Orson Card - The climax was mentioned on xkcd. Sounds interesting. (Jul 2011)
• Millennium by John Varley (Jul 2011)
• On the Outside Looking Indian by Rupinder Gill - Saw the back cover on reddit, with blurbs she'd written herself. Looks interesting. (Mar 2011)
• On The Road by Jack Kerouac (Oct 2010)
• Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad, Book 1) by David Eddings (Jun 2005)
• Split Infinity by Piers Anthony (Feb 2012)
• Story of the Eye (Histoire de l'oeil) by Georges Bataille (Dec 2010)
• Unwind by Neal Shusterman (Jan 2011)

• The Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons - Recommended on the Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List (Dec 2003) - I read the first one (in August 2018) and want to read the others.