On Monday 5th October 2009 I sorted out my book cases, I decided to separate unread from read books and the vastness of the number of unread books which I have accumulated shocked me. As of this day I am banned from buying more books, I shall not set foot in Waterstones or buy myself books from Amazon, unless I have a legitimate reason like an OU course or reference for work.

I have to read most of these before I can buy more books. They will be books I really, really want and not just ones I quite fancy the looks of that just happen to have a 3 for 2 sticker on the cover. I shall update this list with dates when I finish each book on this list. Progress can be followed in the tag; the backlog.

1. Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac (Finished 05/01/2010)
2. Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami (Started 06/01/2010 Finished 26/02/2010)
3. Neuromancer by William Gibson (Started 04/03/2010)
4. Wormwood by Poppy Z Brite
5. Self Made Man by Poppy Z Brite
6. Liquor by Poppy Z Brite
7. And the Ass saw the Angel by Nick Cave
8. Farewell My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
9. The Best of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
10. Generation X by Douglas Coupland
11. JPod by Douglas Coupland
12. The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland
13. The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco
14. The Liar by Stephen Fry
15. The Hippopotamus by Stephen Fry
16. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
17. Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman
18. Robin Hood by Henry Gilbert
19. Rites of Passage by William Golding
20. Close Quarters by William Golding
21. Fire Down Below by William Golding
22. Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
23. Hannibal by Thomas Harris
24. A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemmingway
25. For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemmingway
26. Djinn Rummy by Tom Holt
27. Paint Your Dragon by Tom Holt
28. Open Sesame by Tom Holt
29. Only Human by Tom Holt
30. Snow White and the Seven Samurai by Tom Holt
31. Nothing But Blue Skies by Tom Holt
32. Point Counter Point by Aldous Huxley
33. Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro
34. Threshold by Caitlin R Kiernan
35. Murder of Angels by Caitlin R Kiernan
36. Daughter of Hounds by Caitlin R Kiernan
37. Carrie by Stephen King
38. The Tommyknockers by Stephen King
39. The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H. P. Lovecraft
40. Wicked by Gregory Maguire
41. Memories of my Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
42. The Looney by Spike Milligan
43. Frankenstein According to Spike Milligan
44. The Essential Spike Milligan
45. Let There be Lite by Rupert Morgan
46. Sula by Toni Morrison
47. A Mercy by Toni Morrison
48. Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake
49. Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake
50. Titus Alone by Mervyn Peake
51. Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams by Sylvia Plath
52. Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett
53. Men At Arms by Terry Pratchett
54. Maskerade by Terry Pratchett
55. Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett
56. The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett
57. Soul Music by Terry Pratchett
58. The Godfather by Mario Puzo
59. The Last Don by Mario Puzo
60. Necrophenia by Robert Rankin
61. The Vampire Armand by Anne Rice (read half then stopped)
62. Merrick by Anne Rice
63. Blood and Gold by Anne Rice
64. Pandora by Anne Rice
65. Justine by Marquis de Sade
66. Philosophy in the Bedroom by Marquis de Sade
67. My Idea of Fun by Will Self
68. The Butt by Will Self
69. Liver by Will Self
70. Anathem by Neal Stephenson
71. The Man Who Fell To Earth by Walter Tevis
72. Kowloon Tong by Paul Theroux
73. The Silmarillion by J.R.R Tolkien
74. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
75. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien (read a third then stopped)
76. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
77. Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
78. Leave it to Psmith by P.G. Wodehouse

More to follow in the list…