The Macroblog

The Library

Here is a list of the books that I’ve already read. Text books or are excluded from this list .

Suggestions for good titles are welcome. Hint: I enjoy tragedies and crime fictions. I’m more of a contemporary guy, and I find it hard to finish classics.

90s

• Of course, I have read books during this time, but they are children books and I can hardly remember their titles.

2002

• ** Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone — J.K. Rowling
• ** Harry Potter and the Chamber of secrets — J.K. Rowling
• ** Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban — J.K. Rowling
• ** Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — J.K. Rowling

2003

• ** Children on the Oregon Trail — A. Rutgers van der Loeff
• The Secrets of Droon – Journey to the Volcano Palace
• ** Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix — J.K. Rowling

2004

• ** Charlie and the Chocolate Factory — Roald Dhal
• ** ABNKKBSNPLAko!? — Bob Ong
• Ang Paboritong Libro ni Hudas — Bob Ong
• ** Tuesdays With Morrie — Mitch Albom
• ** The Five People You Meet in Heaven — Mitch Albom

2005

• * The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time — Mark Haddon
• * The Da Vinci Code — Dan Brown
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them — J.K. Rowling
• Quidditch Through the Ages — J.K. Rowling
• ** Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince — J.K. Rowling
• ** Angels & Demons — Dan Brown

2006

• ** A Walk to Remember — Nicholas Sparks
• Tw7sted — Jessica Zafra
• ** Bee Season — Myla Goldberg
• ** The Little Prince — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
• Twisted 5 — Jessica Zafra
• Superman Returns — Novelization by Marv Wolfman
• ** Lost and Found — Carolyn Parkhurst
• * About a Boy — Nick Hornby

2007 (15/10)

• ** Youngblood³ — Edited by Jorge V. Aruta & Ruel S. de Vera
• ** Youngblood 2.0 — Edited by Jorge V. Aruta & Ruel S. de Vera
• The Prestige — Christopher Priest
• ** For One More Day — Mitch Albom
• ** Chinese Cinderella — Adeline Yen Mah
• ** Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — J.K. Rowling
• ** Dogs of Babel — Carolyn Parkhurst
• * Water for Elephants — Sara Gruen
• A Spot of Bother — Mark Haddon
• ** The Kite Runner — Khaled Hosseini
• A Long Way Down — Nick Hornby
• ** A Thousand Splendid Suns — Khaled Hosseini
• * The Best of Youngblood — Edited by Jorge V. Aruta, et al.
• * The Thirteenth Tale – Diane Setterfield
• * 90 Minutes in Heaven — Don Piper

2008 (9/20)

• ** Daniel Isn’t Talking — Marti Leimbach
• ** The Namesake — Jhumpa Lahiri
• ** Falling Leaves — Adeline Yen Mah
• ** Atonement — Ian McEwan
• Interpreter of Maladies — Jhumpa Lahiri
• ** Life of Pi — Yann Martel
• Twilight — Stephenie Meyer
• ** The Time Traveler’s Wife — Audrey Niffenegger
• The Tales of Beedle the Bard — J.K. Rowling

2009 (15/10)

• * The Memory Keeper’s Daughter — Kim Edwards
• ** The Gargoyle — Andrew Davidson
• Kafka on the Shore — Haruki Murakami
• On Chesil Beach — Ian McEwan
• ** Q & A (Slumdog Millionaire) — Vikas Swarup
• * The Book Thief — Markus Zusak
• ** Unaccustomed Earth — Jhumpa Lahiri
• * Timeline — Michael Crichton
• * The Reader — Bernhard Schlink
• ** Fast Food Nation — Eric Schlosser
• Mugglenet.com’s Harry Potter Should Have Died — Emerson Spartz and Ben Schoen
• ** The Boy in the Striped Pajamas — John Boyne
• The Lovely Bones — Alice Sebold
• The Secret Life of Bees — Sue Monk Kidd
• ** Twisted 8 1/2 — Jessica Zafra

2010 (07/15)

• * Say ni Chiz — As told by Bibeth Orteza
• Next — Michael Crichton
• ** Looking for Alaska — John Green
• * The Catcher in the Rye — J.D. Salinger
• ** The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — Stieg Larsson
• ** The Girl who Played with Fire — Stieg Larsson
• ** The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest — Stieg Larsson

2011 (02/10)

• ** Paper Towns — John Green
• ** One Day — David Nicholls

2012 (01/10)

• * Starter for Ten — David Nicholls¹
• ** The Fault in our Stars — John Green²

* Favorites. You might want to read them too!
** All time favorite reads. Highly recommended.

1. I read half of the book (or a little bit more than that) in 2011. [↩]
2. My first book that was signed by the author. [↩]