Attached is a list of the books I read in 2007.
Sometimes I add markers like (*) to indicate books I particularly
like. I also try to keep track of how many books of a particular
kind (novel, etc.) and from a given country and century (Eng.
19th, etc.), I read each year. For the complete list of my reading
since 1958, see
http://www.seltzerbooks.com/readall.html
January
1 ed. Jane Espenson 1 Finding Serenity AMERICAN 21st 1 ESSAYS 1
2 Richard Powers 9 *** The Echo Maker AMERICAN 21st 2 NOVEL 1
3 Orson Scott Card 11 Empire AMERICAN 21st 3 NOVEL 2
4 Khaled Hosseini 1 The Kite Runner AFGHAN 21st 1 NOVEL 3 February
5 Alexander Dumas 19 Les Quarante-Cinq (en francais) FRENCH 19th 1
NOVEL 4
6 Billy Collins 1 The Trouble with Poetry and Other Poems AMERICAN
20th 1 POETRY 1
7 Philip Roth 7 Everyman AMERICAN 21st 4 NOVEL 5
8 Kris Radish 1 Dancing Naked at the Edge of Dawn AMERICAN 21st 5
NOVEL 6
9 Sarah Vowell 1 Take the Cannoli AMERICAN 21st 6 ESSAYS 2
10 Oakley Hall 1 Ambrose Bierce and the Trey of Pearls AMERICAN 21st
6 MYSTERY 1 March
11 John Kendrick Bangs 1 [electronic book] House-Boat on the Styx
AMERICAN 20th 2 HUMOR 1
12 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1 [electronic book] Ghostly Tales Volume
1 (Schalken the Painter and an Accout of Some Strange Disturbances
in Aungier Street) IRISH 19th 1 MYSTERY 2
13 Charlotte Bronte 1 [electronic book] Jane Eyre ENGLISH 19th 1
NOVEL 7
14 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 2 [electronic book] Green Tea IRISH 19th
2 MYSTERY 3
15 Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 2 [electronic book] Mr. Justice Harbottle
IRISH 19th 3 MYSTERY 4
16 Rudyard Kipling 3 [electronic book] Just So Stories ENGLISH 19th
2 CHILDREN'S 1
17 Rudyard Kipling 4 [electronic book] The Jungle Book ENGLISH 19th
3 CHILDREN'S 2
18 Gilbert and Sullivan 1 [electronic book] The Gondoliers ENGLISH
19th 4 PLAY 1
19 Gilbert and Sullivan 2 [electronic book] The Grand Duke ENGLISH
19th 5 PLAY 2
20 Gilbert and Sullivan 3 [electronic book] HMS Pinafore ENGLISH
19th 6 PLAY 3
21 Gilbert and Sullivan 4 [electronic book] Iolanthe ENGLISH 19th 7
PLAY 4
22 Rudyard Kipling 5 [ebook] The Second Jungle Book ENGLISH 19th 8
CHILDREN'S 3
23 Gilbert and Sullivan 5 [electonic book] The Mikado ENGLISH 19th 9
PLAY 5
24 Robert Parker 37 Hundred-Dollar Baby AMERICAN 21st 7 MYSTERY 5
25 Samuel Pepys 1 [electronic books] Samuel Pepys' Diary ENGLISH
17th 1 DIARY 1
26 Gilbert and Sullivan 6 The Pirates of Penzance ENGLISH 19th 10
PLAY 6
27 Oakley Hall 2 Ambrose Bierce and the Ace of Shoots AMERICAN 21st
April
28 Alain de Botton 8 The Architecture of Happiness ENGLISH 21st 1
ESSAYS 2
29 Charles Dickens 14 The Old Curiosity Shop ENGLISH 19th 11
NOVEL 8
30 Oscar Wilde 5 Ballad of the Reading Gaol ENGLISH 19th 12 POETRY 1
31 Lisa Randall 1 Warped Passages: Unravelling the Mysteries of the
Universe's Hidden Dimensions AMERICAN 21st 8 SCIENCE 1
32 Elliot Perlman 2 ** Three Dollars AUSTRALIAN 20th 1 NOVEL 9 May
33 G.K. Chesterton 1 [electronic book] The Innocence of Father Brown
ENGLISH 20th 1 NOVEL 10
34 Edgar Allan Poe 2 [electionic book] Eureka AMERICAN 19th 1
SCIENCE 2
35 Alexander McCall Smith 11 The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
BOTSWANA 21st MYSTERY 7
36 Michio Kaku 1 Parallel Worlds AMERICAN 21st SCIENCE 3
37 J.R.R. Tolkien 6 The Children of Hurin ENGLISH 21st
NOVEL 11
38 Ambrose Bierce 3 [electronic book] The Devil's Dictionary
AMERICAN 19th ESSAYS 3
39 Homer 4 Homeric Hymns Greek BC1 POETRY 1
40 Aristotle 3 On the Soul Greek BC 2 PHILOSOPHY 1
41 Robert Parker 38 Blue Screen AMERICAN 21st 8 MYSTERY 8
42 Jonathan Burgess 1 The Tradition of the Trojan War in Homer and
the Epic Cycle HISTORY 1
43 Pauline Melville 1 *** The Ventriloquist's Tale ENGLISH 20th 2
NOVEL 12
44 Ian McEwan 7 **** On Chesil Beach ENGLISH 21st 2 NOVEL 13
45 Bruce Chatwin 2 Utz ENGLISH 20th 3 NOVEL 14
46 Don DeLillo 5 *Falling Man AMERICAN 21st 9 NOVEL 15
47 Michael Ondaatje 5 **Divisadero SRI LANKAN 21st 1/CANADIAN
21st 1 NOVEL 16
48 Khaled Hosseini 2 **** A Thousand Splendid Suns AFGHAN 21st 2
NOVEL July
49 Boethius 1 [electronic book] The Consolation of Philosophy
ANCIENT ROME 5th 1 PHILOSOPHY 1
50 William James 4 A Pluralistic Universe AMERICAN 20th 3
PHILOSOPHY 2
51 Maneesh Sethi 1 Game Programming for Teens AMERICAN 21st 10
COMPUTER 1
52 Norman Mailer 7 The Castle in the Forest AMERICAN 21st 11 NOVEL
18
53 Alexandre Dumas 20 Le Capitaine Pamphile FRENCH 19th 2 NOVEL 19
54 Jared Diamond 3 Collapse AMERICAN 21st 12 ECOLOGY 1
55 Steven Pinker 3 The Blank Slate AMERICAN 21st 13 PSYCHOLOGY 1
56 Kim Edwards 1 The Memory Keeper's Daughter AMERICAN 21st 14 NOVEL
20
57 J.K. Rowling 7 ***Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ENGLISH
21st 3 NOVEL 21
58 David Foster Wallace 8 Consider the Lobster AMERICAN 21st 15
ESSAYS August
59 Jose Saramago 8 The Gospel According to Jesus Christ PORTUGUESE
20th 1 NOVEL 22
60 Umberto Eco 4 **Baudolino ITALIAN 21st 1 NOVEL 23
61 Gao Xingjian 2 Buying a Fishing Rod for my Father CHINESE 21st 1
SHORT STORIES 1
62 Jane Austen 4 [electronic book] Emma ENGLISH 19th 13 NOVEL 24
63 William Gibson 5 Spook Country AMERICAN 21st 16 NOVEL 25
64 Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni 1 *** Sister of My Heart INDIA 20th 1
NOVEL 26
65 Umberto Eco 5 ***The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana ITALIAN 21st
NOVEL 27
66. Mitch Albom 1 Tuesdays with Morrie AMERICAN 21st 17 ESSAYS 5
September
67 Jose Sarmago 9 **The Double PORTUGUESE 21st 1 NOVEL 28
68 Umberto Eco 5 Misreadings ITALIAN 21st 2 ESSAYS 6
69 Tim O'Brien 4 July, July AMERICAN 21st 18 NOVEL 29
70 Walter Miller 2 **The Darfsteller (in The Hugo Winners -
Volumes I & II (Volumes 1 and 2), edited by Isaac Asimov)
AMERICAN 20th 4 SCIFI 1
71 Murray Leinster 1 Exportaion Team (in The Hugo Winners -
Volumes I & II (Volumes 1 and 2), edited by Isaac Asimov)
AMERICAN 20th 5 SCIFI 2
72 Clifford Simak 1 *The Big Front Yard (in The Hugo Winners -
Volumes I & II (Volumes 1 and 2), edited by Isaac Asimov)
AMERICAN 20th 6 SCIFI 3
73 Daniel Keyes 1 ***Flowers for Algernon (in The Hugo Winners -
Volumes I & II (Volumes 1 and 2), edited by Isaac Asimov)
AMERICAN 20th 7 SCIFI 4
74 Poul Anderson 1 *The Longest Voyage (in The Hugo Winners -
Volumes I & II (Volumes 1 and 2), edited by Isaac Asimov)
AMERICAN 20th 8 SCIFI 5
75 Jack Vance 1 The Dragon Masters (in The Hugo Winners - Volumes
I & II (Volumes 1 and 2), edited by Isaac Asimov)
AMERICAN 20th 9 SCIFI 6
76 Poul Anderson 2 No Truce with Kings (in The Hugo Winners -
Volumes I & II (Volumes 1 and 2), edited by Isaac Asimov)
AMERICAN 20th 10 SCIFI 7
77 Gordon Dickson 1 Soldier, Ask Not (in The Hugo Winners -
Volumes I & II (Volumes 1 and 2), edited by Isaac Asimov)
AMERICAN 20th 11 SCIFI 8
78 Jack Vance 2 The Last Castle (in The Hugo Winners - Volumes I
& II (Volumes 1 and 2), edited by Isaac Asimov) AMERICAN 20th 11 SCIFI 8
79 Anne McCaffrey 4 ***Weyr Search (in The Hugo Winners - Volumes
I & II (Volumes 1 and 2), edited by Isaac Asimov)
AMERICAN 20th 11 SCIFI 8
80 Philip Jose Farmer Riders of the Purple Wage
(in The Hugo Winners - Volumes I & II (Volumes 1 and 2), edited by Isaac
Asimov) AMERICAN 20th 11 SCIFI 8
81 Robert Silverberg 1 ***Nightwings (in The Hugo Winners -
Volumes I & II (Volumes 1 and 2), edited by Isaac Asimov)
AMERICAN 20th 11 SCIFI 8
82 Poul Anderson 1 **The Sharing of Flesh (in The Hugo Winners -
Volumes I & II (Volumes 1 and 2), edited by Isaac Asimov)
AMERICAN 20th 11 SCIFI 8
October
83 Robert Parker 39 School Days AMERICAN 21st 18 MYSTERY 9
84 Jane Smiley 1 *Ten Days in the Hills AMERICAN 21st 19 NOVEL 30
review
85 Isaac Asimov 12 The Robots of Dawn AMERICAN 20th 12 SCIFI
9/MYSTERY 10
86 Isaac Asimov 13 *Robots and Empire AMERICAN 20th 13 SCIFI
10/MYSTERY 11
87 Isaac Asimov 14 *Asimov's Mysteries AMERICAN 20th 14 SCIFI
11/MYSTERY 12
88 Umberto Eco 6 Six Walks in the Fictional Woods ITALIAN 20th 1
ESSAYS 7
89 Stephen King 11 On Writing AMERICAN 21st 20 ESSAYS 8
90 Gerard de Nerval 1 Sylvie (in French) FRENCH 19th 3 NOVEL 31
91 Jane Smiley 2 ***A Thousand Acres AMERICAN 20th 15 NOVEL 32
92 Wilkie Collins 1 **The Woman in White ENGLISH 19th 14 NOVEL 33
93 Fritz Leiber 1 Ship of Shadows (in The Hugo Winners Volume 3 edited by Isaac
Asimov) AMERICAN 20th 15 SCIFI 12
94 Fritz Leiber 2 Ill Met in Lankhmar (in The Hugo Winners Volume
3 edited by Isaac
Asimov) AMERICAN 20th 16 SCIFI 13
95 Theodore Sturgeon 2 Slow Scultpture (in The Hugo Winners Volume
3 edited by Isaac
Asimov) AMERICAN 20th 17 SCIFI 14
96 Poul Anderson 4 **The Queen of Air and Darkness (in The
Hugo Winners Volume 3 edited by Isaac Asimov) AMERICAN 20th 18 SCIFI 15
97 Larry Niven 4 **Inconstant Moon (in The Hugo Winners Volume 3 edited by Isaac
Asimov) AMERICAN 20th 19 SCIFI 16
98 Poul Anderson 5 Ghost Song (in The Hugo Winners Volume 3 edited by Isaac
Asimov) AMERICAN 20th 20 SCIFI 17
99 James Tiptree Jr. 1 The Girl Who Was Plugged in (in The Hugo
Winners Volume 3 edited by Isaac Asimov) AMERICAN 20th 21 SCIFI 18
100 Harlan Ellision 1 The Deathbird (in The Hugo Winners Volume 3 edited by Isaac
Asimov) AMERICAN 20th 22 SCIFI 19
101 George R.R. Martin 1 A Song for Lya (in The Hugo Winners
Volume 3 edited
by Isaac Asimov) AMERICAN 20th 23 SCIFI 20
102 Harlan Ellison 2 Adrfit Off the Islets of Langerhaus (in The
Hugo Winners Volume 3 edited by Isaac Asimov) AMERICAN 20th 24 SCIFI 21
November
103 Roger Zelzany 1 **Home Is the Hangman (in The Hugo Winners
Volume 4 edited
by Isaac Asimov) AMERICAN 20th 25 SCIFI 22
104 Larry Niven 5 The Borderland of Sol (in The Hugo
Winners Volume 4 edited by Isaac Asimov) AMERICAN 20th 26 SCIFI 23
105 Fritz Leiber 3 Catch That Zeppelin! (in The Hugo Winners
Volume 4 edited
by Isaac Asimov) AMERICAN 20th 27 SCIFI 24
106 Spider Robinson 1 By Any Other Name (in The Hugo Winners
Volume 4 edited
by Isaac Asimov) AMERICAN 20th 28 SCIFI 25
107 James Tiptree Jr. 2 ***Houston, Houston, Do You Read?
(in The Hugo Winners Volume 4 edited by Isaac Asimov)
AMERICAN 20th 29 SCIFI 26
108 Isaac Asimov 15 ***Bicentennial Man (in The
Hugo Winners Volume 4 edited by Isaac Asimov) AMERICAN 20th 30 SCIFI 27
109 Joe Haldeman 2 *Tricentennial (in The Hugo Winners
Volume 4 edited
by Isaac Asimov) AMERICAN 20th 31 SCIFI 28
110 Philip Pullman 1 ***The Golden Compass ENGLISH 20th 4 NOVEL 34
111 Philip Pullman 2 ***The Subtle Knife ENGLISH 20th 5 NOVEL 35
112 Amy Bloom 1 **Away AMERICAN 21st 20 NOVEL 36
113 Spider Robinson 2 and Jeanne Robinson 1 ****Stardance (in The
Hugo Winners Volume 4 edited by Isaac Asimov) AMERICAN 20th 32 SCIFI 29
114 Joan D. Vinge 1 *Eyes of Amber (in The Hugo Winners Volume 4 edited by Isaac
Asimov) AMERICAN 20th 33 SCIFI 30
115 Harlan Ellison 3 ***Jeffry Is Five (in The Hugo Winners Volume
4 edited by Isaac
Asimov) AMERICAN 20th 34 SCIFI 31
116 John Varley 1 ***The Persistence of Vision (in The Hugo
Winners Volume 4 edited by Isaac Asimov) AMERICAN 20th 35 SCIFI 32
117 Poul Anderson 6 Hunter's Moon (in The Hugo Winners
Volume 4 edited
by Isaac Asimov) AMERICAN 20th 36 SCIFI 33
118 Sara Gruen 1 ****Water for Elephants AMERICAN 21st 21 NOVEL 37
December
119 Philip Pullman 3 **The Amber Spyglass ENGLISH 20th 6 NOVEL 38
120 C.S. Lewis 5 Voyage of the Dawn Treader ENGLISH 20th 7
CHILDREN'S 4
121 Barry Longyear 1 ****Enemy Mine (in The Hugo Winners, Volume
5: Nine Prizewinning Science Fiction Stories (1980 - 1982) AMERICAN 20th 37
SCIFI 34
122 George R.R. Martin ****Sandkings (in The Hugo Winners, Volume
5: Nine Prizewinning Science Fiction Stories (1980 - 1982) AMERICAN 20th 38
SCIFI 35
123 George R.R. Martin **The Way of Cross and Dragon (in The Hugo
Winners, Volume 5: Nine Prizewinning Science Fiction Stories (1980
- 1982)
AMERICAN 20th 39 SCIFI 36
124 Gordon R. Dickson **Lost Dorsai (in The Hugo Winners, Volume
5: Nine Prizewinning Science Fiction Stories (1980 - 1982) AMERICAN 20th 40
SCIFI 37
125 Poul Anderson 7 **The Saturn Game (in The Hugo Winners, Volume
5: Nine Prizewinning Science Fiction Stories (1980 - 1982) AMERICAN 20th 41
SCIFI 38
126 John Varley 2 **The Pusher (in The Hugo Winners, Volume 5:
Nine Prizewinning Science Fiction Stories (1980 - 1982) AMERICAN 20th 42
SCIFI 39
127 Isaac Asimov 16 *Forward the Foundation AMERICAN 20th 43 SCIFI
40
128 Pete Hamill 1 Forever AMERICAN 21st 22 NOVEL 39
129 Isaac Asimov 17 *The Caves of Steel AMERICAN 20th 44 SCIFI 41
130 Isaac Asimov 18 ***The Naked Sun AMERICAN 20th 45 SCIFI 42