Top 10 Books First Read During 2013

[Dead & Messed Up]

1. The Stars My Destination (Alfred Bester, 1956)
2. A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway, 1929)
3. The Tao Te Ching (tr. Sam Hamill, 2005)
4. The End of Faith (Sam Harris, 2004)
5. Writing Movies For Fun and Profit (Thomas Lennon & Ben Garant, 2011)
6. The Essential Kabbalah (Daniel C. Matt, 1995)

[Dead & Messed Up]

1. The Stars My Destination (Alfred Bester, 1956)
2. A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway, 1929)
3. The Tao Te Ching (tr. Sam Hamill, 2005)
4. Horns (Joe Hill, 2010)
5. The End of Faith (Sam Harris, 2004)
6. Writing Movies For Fun and Profit (Thomas Lennon & Ben Garant, 2011)
7. The Essential Kabbalah (Daniel C. Matt, 1995)

[dreamdead]

1. Anne Brontë's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
2. Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol
3. Albert Camus's The Plague
4. Aldous Huxley's Brave New World
5. Willa Cather's O Pioneers!
6. Don Lee's Country of Origin
7. Kevin Powers's The Yellow Birds
8. Sherman Alexie's Indian Killer
9. Françoise Sagan's Bonjour Tristesse
10. Margaret Atwood's Cat's Eye
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11. Flannery O’Connor’s Wise Blood
12. Shin Kyung-sook’s Please Look After Mom
13. Stephen King's The Long Walk
14. Ian McEwan's Amsterdam
15. Nicole Krauss's Great House

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[Dead & Messed Up]

1. The Stars My Destination (Alfred Bester, 1956)
2. The Tao Te Ching (tr. Sam Hamill, 2005)
3. A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway, 1929)
4. Full Dark No Stars (Stephen King, 2010)
5. The End of Faith (Sam Harris, 2004)
6. Horns (Joe Hill, 2010)
7. The Essential Kabbalah (Daniel C. Matt, 1995)
8. Writing Movies For Fun and Profit (Thomas Lennon & Ben Garant, 2011)
9. Do the Work (Steven Pressfield, 2011)

[megladon8]

1.) Way Station (Clifford D. Simak, 1963)
2.) It (Stephen King, 1985)
3.) The Divinity Student (Michael Cisco, 1999)
4.) House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski, 2000)
5.) The Walls of the Castle (Tom Piccirilli, 2012)
6.) The Crimson Petal and the White (Michel Faber, 2002)
7.) Kin (Kealan Patrick Burke, 2011)
8.) My Work is Not Yet Done (Thomas Ligotti, 2002)
9.) The Light is the Darkness (Laird Barron, 2011)
10.) Headstone City (Tom Piccirilli, 2006)

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11.) All You Need is KILL (Hiroshi Sakurazaka, 2004)
12.) The Pilo Family Circus (Will Elliott, 2006)
13.) Horns (Joe Hill, 2010)
14.) Penpal (Dathan Auerbach, 2012)
15.) Mandibles (Jeff Strand, 2003)
16.) Come Closer (Sara Gran, 2003)
17.) The Hoard (Alan Ryker, 2012)
18.) Mama Fish (Rio Youers, 2009)
19.) The Void (Brett J. Talley, 2012)
20.) A Whale for the Killing (Farley Mowat, 1972)
21.)The Cannibal Within (Mark Mirabello, 2005)

]

[megladon8]

I will be constantly re-arranging this throughout the year...

1.) Way Station (Clifford D. Simak, 1963)
2.) It (Stephen King, 1985)
3.) The Divinity Student (Michael Cisco, 1999)
4.) House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski, 2000)
5.) The Walls of the Castle (Tom Piccirilli, 2012)
6.) The Crimson Petal and the White (Michel Faber, 2002)
7.) Kin (Kealan Patrick Burke, 2011)
8.) My Work is Not Yet Done (Thomas Ligotti, 2002)
9.) The Light is the Darkness (Laird Barron, 2011)
10.) Headstone City (Tom Piccirilli, 2006)

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11.) Of Blood and Honey (Stina Leicht, 2011)
12.) All You Need is KILL (Hiroshi Sakurazaka, 2004)
13.) The Pilo Family Circus (Will Elliott, 2006)
14.) Horns (Joe Hill, 2010)
15.) Penpal (Dathan Auerbach, 2012)
16.) Mandibles (Jeff Strand, 2003)
17.) Come Closer (Sara Gran, 2003)
18.) The Hoard (Alan Ryker, 2012)
19.) Mama Fish (Rio Youers, 2009)
20.) The Void (Brett J. Talley, 2012)
21.) A Whale for the Killing (Farley Mowat, 1972)
22.)The Cannibal Within (Mark Mirabello, 2005)

]

[megladon8]

I will be constantly re-arranging this throughout the year...

1.) Way Station (Clifford D. Simak, 1963)
2.) It (Stephen King, 1985)
3.) The Divinity Student (Michael Cisco, 1999)
4.) House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski, 2000)
5.) The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival (John Vaillant, 2010)
6.) The Walls of the Castle (Tom Piccirilli, 2012)
7.) The Crimson Petal and the White (Michel Faber, 2002)
8.) Kin (Kealan Patrick Burke, 2011)
9.) My Work is Not Yet Done (Thomas Ligotti, 2002)
10.) Headstone City (Tom Piccirilli, 2006)

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11.) The Light is the Darkness (Laird Barron, 2011)
12.) Of Blood and Honey (Stina Leicht, 2011)
13.) All You Need is KILL (Hiroshi Sakurazaka, 2004)
14.) The Pilo Family Circus (Will Elliott, 2006)
15.) Horns (Joe Hill, 2010)
16.) Penpal (Dathan Auerbach, 2012)
17.) Mandibles (Jeff Strand, 2003)
18.) Come Closer (Sara Gran, 2003)
19.) The Hoard (Alan Ryker, 2012)
20.) Mama Fish (Rio Youers, 2009)
21.) The Void (Brett J. Talley, 2012)
22.) A Whale for the Killing (Farley Mowat, 1972)
23.)The Cannibal Within (Mark Mirabello, 2005)

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[Dead & Messed Up]

1. The Stars My Destination (Alfred Bester, 1956)
2. The Tao Te Ching (tr. Sam Hamill, 2005)
3. Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë, 1847)
4. A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway, 1929)
5. Full Dark No Stars (Stephen King, 2010)
6. The End of Faith (Sam Harris, 2004)
7. Horns (Joe Hill, 2010)
8. The Essential Kabbalah (Daniel C. Matt, 1995)
9. Writing Movies For Fun and Profit (Thomas Lennon & Ben Garant, 2011)
10. Do the Work (Steven Pressfield, 2011)

[Dead & Messed Up]

Books

1. The Stars My Destination (Alfred Bester, 1956)
2. The Tao Te Ching (tr. Sam Hamill, 2005)
3. Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë, 1847)
4. A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway, 1929)
5. Full Dark No Stars (Stephen King, 2010)
6. The End of Faith (Sam Harris, 2004)
7. Horns (Joe Hill, 2010)
8. The Essential Kabbalah (Daniel C. Matt, 1995)
9. Writing Movies For Fun and Profit (Thomas Lennon & Ben Garant, 2011)
10. Do the Work (Steven Pressfield, 2011)

Comics

1. All Star Superman (Morrison & Quitely, 2008)
2. Batman: Haunted Knight (Loeb & Sale, 1996)

[Dead & Messed Up]

Books

1. The Stars My Destination (Alfred Bester, 1956)
2. The Tao Te Ching (tr. Sam Hamill, 2005)
3. Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë, 1847)
4. A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway, 1929)
5. Full Dark No Stars (Stephen King, 2010)
6. The End of Faith (Sam Harris, 2004)
7. Horns (Joe Hill, 2010)
8. The Essential Kabbalah (Daniel C. Matt, 1995)
9. Writing Movies For Fun and Profit (Thomas Lennon & Ben Garant, 2011)
10. Do the Work (Steven Pressfield, 2011)

Comics

1. Superman: Birthright (Waid & Yu, 2004)
2. All Star Superman (Morrison & Quitely, 2008)
3. Batman: Haunted Knight (Loeb & Sale, 1996)

[Dead & Messed Up]

Books

1. The Stars My Destination (Alfred Bester, 1956)
2. The Tao Te Ching (tr. Sam Hamill, 2005)
3. Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë, 1847)
4. A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway, 1929)
5. Full Dark No Stars (Stephen King, 2010)
6. The Painted Veil (W. Somerset Maugham, 1925)
7. The End of Faith (Sam Harris, 2004)
8. Horns (Joe Hill, 2010)
9. The Essential Kabbalah (Daniel C. Matt, 1995)
10. Writing Movies For Fun and Profit (Thomas Lennon & Ben Garant, 2011)

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• Do the Work (Steven Pressfield, 2011)

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Comics

1. Superman: Birthright (Waid & Yu, 2004)
2. All Star Superman (Morrison & Quitely, 2008)
3. Batman: Haunted Knight (Loeb & Sale, 1996)