A Complete List of Books I've Read

This list is sorted by recently finished at the top.

• Updated 05/10/2025

Books:

• To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway

• Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

• The Hostage by C.S. Forester

• Vostok by Steve Alten

• Set Your Story Free: The Writer's Guide to Freewrite by Annie Cosby

• The Loch by Steve Alten

• Long Live The Pumpkin Queen by Shea Ernshaw

• Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell

• It Waits in the Woods by Josh Malerman

• The Pram by Joe Hill

• Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline

• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

• The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

• For Love of Magic by Simon R. Green

• Building a Non-Anxious Life by Dr. John Delony

• Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews edited by Malcolm Cowley

• Several Short Sentences About Writing by Verlyn Klinkenborg

• The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

• The Sky and the Forest by C.S. Forester

• Eruption by Michael Crichton and James Patterson

• Season of Storms by Andrej Sapkowski

• The Lady of The Lake by Andrzej Sapkowski

• Fiction Writer's Handbook by Hallie and Whit Burnett

• Conquer Worry and Anxiety: The Secret to Mastering Your Mind by Daniel G. Amen, MD

• The Writer's Life: Insights from The Right to Write by Julia Cameron

• Where Love Is, There God Is Also by Leo Tolstoy

• Dream Catcher by Margaret A. Salinger

• Writing Past Dark: Envy, Fear, Distraction, and Other Dilemmas in the Writer's Life by Bonnie Friedman

• The Housemaid is Watching by Freida McFadden

• How the Light Gets In by Joyce Maynard

• The Chosen Presents: A Blended Harmony of The Gospels by Steve Laube, Amanda Jenkins, and Dallas Jenkins

• Count the Ways by Joyce Maynard

• You Like It Darker by Stephen King

• Practicing the Way by John Mark Comer

• J.D. Salinger: The Last Interview and Other Conversations edited by David Streitfeld

• In Search of J.D. Salinger by Ian Hamilton

• At Home in the World by Joyce Maynard

• J.D. Salinger: The Escape Artist by Thomas Beller

• The Tower of Swallows: A Novel of The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski

• J.D Salinger: A Life by Kenneth Slawenski

• Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters and Seymour, and Introduction by J.D. Salinger

• Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger

• If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit by Brenda Ueland

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

• Baptism of Fire: A Novel of The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski

• The Handmaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

• The Torrents of Spring by Ernest Hemingway

• How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author by Janet Evanovich

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

• Process: The Writing Lives of Great Authors by Sarah Stodola

• Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas by Megan Shepherd

• Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

• Across the River and Into the Trees by Ernest Hemingway

• The Words of Jesus in the Original Aramaic: Discovering the Semitic Roots of Christianity by Stephen Andrew Missick

• Holly by Stephen King

• The Writing Life by Annie Dillard

• C.S. Lewis on Grief by C.S. Lewis

• Trump: The Art of the Deal by Donald Trump and Tony Schwartz

• The Witcher: The Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski

• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

• Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg

• Time Travel Inn by Bart King

• The Mist by Stephen King

• The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

• Under the Lake by Stuart Woods

• Love Her Wild by Atticus

• Dinosaur Beach by Keith Laumer

• What Would Jesus Eat by Don Colbert, M.D.

• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

• The Housemaid by Freida Mcfadden

• Salem's Lot by Stephen King

• Shuna's Journey by Hayao Miyazaki

• Blood of Elves: A Novel of The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski

• 3 Days to Live by James Patterson

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K Rowling

• Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

• Sword of Destiny: Tales of the Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski

• Stay In The Game: No Adversity Is Too Great for You by Joel Osteen

• Classic Crews: The Classic Crews Reader by Harry Crews

• Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses by Bruce Feiler

• The Write Path: Essays on the Art of Writing and the Joy of Reading by Lauren Kessler

• The Last Wish: Introducing the Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski

• The Imperfect Disciple by Jared Wilson

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

• Fairy Tale by Stephen King

• Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar

• Revealing Revelation by Amir Tsarfati and Dr. Rick Yohn

• The Parasite and Other Tales of Terror by Arthur Conan Doyle

• God Has a Name by John Mark Comer

• The Book of Revelation Handbook (Study Guide) by Michael Pearl

• Goliath Must Fall by Louie Giglio

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

• Psycho by Robert Bloch

• Cry Macho by N. Richard Nash

• Assembly by Natasha Brown

• Nothing But blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

• The Dragon and the Fair Maid of Kent by Gordon R. Dickson

• The Dragon in Lyonesse by Gordon R. Dickson

• Mastering the Process: From Idea to Novel by Elizabeth George

• While the Black Stars Burn by Lucy A. Snyder

• Meg: Generations by Steve Alten

• The Dragon and the Gnarly King by Gordon R. Dickson

• True Grit by Charles Portis

• Meg: Nightstalkers by Steve Alten

• Play Dead by Ted Dekker

• Meg: Hell's Aquarium by Steve Alten

• The Dragon and the Djinn by Gordon R. Dickson

• Malorie by Josh Malerman

• Meg: Primal Waters by Steve Alten

• The Ickabog by J.K. Rowling

• Affirming the Apostles' Creed J.I. Packer

• The Dragon, The Earl, and The Troll by Gordon R. Dickson

• Willie Nelson's Letters to America by Willie Nelson and Turk Pipkin

• One By One by Freida McFadden

• Playing with Fire by Billy Hallowell

• Bird Box by Josh Malerman

• You Are Never Alone by Max Lucado

• He Chose the Nails by Max Lucado

• The Trench by Steve Alten

• The Dragon at War by Gordon R. Dickson

• The Brothers of Auschwitz by Malka Adler

• The Dragon on the Border by Gordon R. Dickson

• Fear Fighters by Jentezen Franklin

• Meg by Steve Alten

• Nearing Home by Billy Graham

• In The Eye of The Storm by Max Lucado

• Peace with God by Billy Graham

• Floating Dragon by Peter Straub

• You Were Made for This Moment by Max Lucado

• The Body by Stephen King

• The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

• A New Song by Jan Karon

• The Dragon Knight by Gordon R. Dickson

• The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

• Billy Summers by Stephen King

• The Lost World by Michael Crichton

• Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

• The Dragon and the George by Gordon R. Dickson

• The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis

• A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway

• The Great House of God: A Home for Your Heart by Max Lucado

• The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White (2nd time reading this--great reference book)

• Out to Canaan by Jan Karon

• The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

• The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

• The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis

• Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

• A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 by Phillip Keller

• Captain January by Laura E. Richards

• Walden by Henry David Thoreau

• Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale by Lauren Myracle, illustrated by Isaac Goodhart

• The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

• The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur

• Later by Stephen King

• If It Bleeds by Stephen King

• These High, Green Hills by Jan Karon

• Trade Your Cares For Calm by Max Lucado

• News of the World by Paulette Jiles

• A Light in the Window by Jan Karon

• At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon

• The Walking Dead: Compendium One by Robert Kirkman

• The Wit & Wisdom of Mark Twain by Alex Ayres, editor

• Hush by James Patterson and Candice Fox

• Elements of Fiction Writing: Conflict, Action & Suspense by William Noble

• Elements of Fiction Writing: Plot by Ansen Dibell

• The Greatest Virtue: The Secret to Living in Happiness and Success by Pat Robertson

• Elements of Fiction Writing: Beginnings, Middles & Ends by Nancy Kress

• The Slumber of Christianity by Ted Dekker

• The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway

• Dr. Sleep by Stephen King

• The Shining by Stephen King

• Garden City by John Mark Comer

• The Dark Tower: The Wind Through The Keyhole by Stephen King

• The Dark Tower: The Dark Tower VII by Stephen King

• Pursuit as Happiness by Ernest Hemingway

• Nobody's Perfect by Terry Powell

• Do What Jesus Did: A Real-Life Field Guide to Healing the Sick, Routing Demons and C Changing Lives Forever by Robby Dawkins

• Song of Susannah by Stephen King

• A Story of God and All of Us: A Novel Based on the Epic TV Miniseries "The Bible" by Roma Downey, Mark Burnett

• Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King

• Elements of Fiction Writing: Dialogue by Lewis Turco

• The Outsider by Stephen King

• Der Besuch der alten Dame by Friedrich Duerrenmatt

• To Skin a Cat by Thomas McGuane

• Remembering: Voices of the Holocaust: A New History in the Words of the Men and W Women Who Survived by Lyn Smith, Laurence Rees (Foreword)

• Men Without Women by Ernest Hemingway

• Wizard and Glass by Stephen King

• Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps by Andrea Warren

• The Mortifications by Derek Palacio

• The Call of the Wild by Jack London

• How to Shake the Other Man by Derek Palacio

• The Longest Silence: A Life In Fishing by Thomas McGuane

• Ernest Hemingway on Writing by Ernest Hemingway, Larry P. Phillips (Editor), Charles S Scribner Jr. (Forward)

• Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger

• Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury

• On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

• Escaping Into the Open by Elizabeth Berg

• The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World by John Mark Comer

• The Discovery of Poetry: A Field Guide to Reading and Writing Poems by Francis Mayes

• Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

• Our Town by Thornton Wilder, Donald Marguiles (Foreword), Tappan Wilder (Afterword)

• The Magic Shop by H.G. Wells

• Dracula by Bram Stoker

• Perestroika by Tony Kushner

• Millennium Approaches by Tony Kushner

• Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

• The Institute by Stephen King

• My Brother by Jamaica Kincaid

• Endangered Species: Let the Game Begin by W.B. Martin, T. Johns

• When Faith Fails: Finding God in the Shadow of Doubt by Dominic Done

• Flight or Fright: 17 Turbulent Tales by Stephen King, Bev Vincent, (Editor), E. Michael Lewis

• Limitless: Your Past is a Memory. God Makes All Things New by Jentezen Franklin

• The Game's Afoot; Or Holmes for the Holidays by Ken Ludwig

• The Waste Lands by Stephen King

• The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

• The Process of Dramaturgy by Scott R Irelan, Anne Fletcher

• First Steps Towards An Acting Career by Nigel Rideout

• The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe

• Cost of Living by Martyna Majok

• Drawing of the Three by Stephen King

• The Gunslinger by Stephen King

• Little Black Dress by James Patterson

• The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco

• Writing the Script: A Practical Guide for FIlms and Television by Wells Root

• Designing Your Life: Build a Life that Works for you by Bill Burnett, Dave Evans

• Three Early Stories by J.D. Salinger

• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

• Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks

• A Practical Handbook for the Actor by Melissa Bruder, Lee Michael Cohn, Madeleine Olnek

• The Martyr's Song (The Martyr's Song Series, Book 1) by Ted Dekker

• The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

• Heller with a Gun by Louis L'Amour

• The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr., E.B. White

• Hir by Taylor Mac

• Harvest by Manjula Padmanabhan

• Acting for the Camera: Revised Edition by Tony Barr, Edward Asner

• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

• A.D: New Orleans After the Deluge by Josh Neufeld

• Brionne by Louis L'Amour

• Look Back in Anger by John Osborne

• A Doll's House by Henrick Ibsen

• Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

• Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World by Max Lucado

• The Way I Was Made: Words and Music for an Unusual Life by Chris Tomlin

• Cold-Case Christianity: A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospels by J. Warner Wallace

• In Defense of Easter: Answering Critical Challenges to the Resurrection of Jesus by Tim Chaffey

• The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells

• Taking the Titanic by James Patterson, Scott Slaven

• The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

• In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway

• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

• Elevation by Stephen King

• American Indian Stories by Zikala-Sa

• Avenue Q - The Musical by Robert Lopez

• Shoot Don't Shoot by J.A. Jance

• Pet Sematary by Stephen King

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