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"I am a voracious reader...."

by challenger - last update: Dec 29, 2007

Books read in 2007

John Wyndham: Trouble With Lichen

Lee Child: The Enemy
Men's Adventure Magazines
H.R.F. Keating: Sherlock Holmes - The Man and His World
Paul Edwards: John Eagle - Expeditor #5: The Laughing Death
Robert Graysmith: Zodiac
Caleb Carr: The Italian Secretary
Steve Hart: The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
Arthur Conan Doyle: The Coming of the Fairies
Michael Hardwick: The Revenge of the Hound
Pierre Boulle: Monkey Planet
Stephen D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner: Freakonomics
Derren Brown: Tricks of the Mind
Edgar Wallace: Again the Ringer
Paul Kenyon: Flicker of Doom
Guy N Smith: Bats out of Hell
Guy Endore: The Werewolf of Paris
Robert Sellers: Cult TV
Pascal Mercier: Nachtzug nach Lissabon
Arthur Schnitzler: Die Traumnovelle
Nick Carter: Temple of Fear
Heinrich Boell: Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum
Lee Child: The Hard Way
Matthew Polly: American Shaolin
Peter Geyer: Klaus Kinski
Dan Brown: Digital Fortress
Ira Levin: Rosemary's Baby
John Wyndham: Exiles on Asperus
Rosamunde Stone Zander & Ben Zander: The Art of Possibility
Mickey Spillane: The Erection Set
Ranulph Fiennes: Beyond the Limits
Michael Crichton: State of Fear
Margaret Atwood: The Blind Assassin
Paul Kenyon: The Ecstasy Connection
Napoleon Hill: Think and Grow Rich
Peter O'Donnell: Dragon's Claw
Klaus Kinski's poems

Books read in 2006

Klaus Kinski: Jesus Christus Erloeser und Fieber - Tagebuch eines Aussaetzigen

James Allen: As A Man Thinketh
Ruth Ann & Wald Amberstone: Tarot Tips
Paulo Coelho: The Alchemist
Peter O'Donnell: Pieces of Modesty
Ryu Murakami: In the Miso Soup
George E. Turner, Michael H Price: Spawn of Skull Island - The Making of King Kong
Thorsten Benzel: Muchas Gracias, Senior Lobo
Ian Fleming: Live and Let Die
Yukio Mishima: Sun & Steel
Robert Heinlein: The Puppet Masters
Ian Fleming: Moonraker
Ian Fleming: The Spy Who Loved Me
Malcolm Gladwell: Blink
Paul Kenyon: Sonic Slave
Lance Parkin: Alan Moore (Pocket Essentials)
Peter O'Donnell: Dead Man's Handle
Paul Kenyon: Operation Doomsday
Guy N. Smith: Carnivore
Haruki Murakami: Norwegian Wood
Graham Groom: Caroline Munro - From Brighton to Bond and Back Again!
Leslie Charteris: The Saint Abroad
Stanley Bing: 100 *** Jobs… and how to get them
Douglas Adams: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Re-read)
Jack Ketchum: The Girl Next Door
Cornell Woolrich: Beyond the Night
Richard Koch: The 80/20 Principle
Arturo Perez-Reverte: The Fencing Master
Paul Kenyon: Death is a Ruby Light
Malcolm Gladwell: The Tipping Point
Guy N Smith: The Master
John Gardner: For Special Services
Barefoot Doctor Manifesto
Pocket Essentials: Hammer Films
The Barefoot Doctor's Handbook for the Urban Warrior
Luke Rhinehart: The Dice Man
Tony Hawks: Round Ireland With a Fridge
Dean Koontz: Velocity
Pocket Essentials: Hitchhiker's Guide
Nick Carter (=Martin Cruz Smith): Code Name: Werewolf
David Carradine: Spirit of Shaolin
Guy N Smith: Cannibals
Carlos Ruiz Zafon: The Shadow of the Wind
Nick Williams: The Work We Were Born To Do (OK, I'm in dire need of change, but that book sucks)
W. Howard Baker: The Dead & the Damned
Ian Fleming: Octopussy & The Living Daylights
The Lonely Planet Guide to Experimental Travel
Raymond Chandler: The Little Sister

Books read in 2005

Raymond Chandler: The Little Sister

Ian Fleming: Dr No
John Blackburn: Bury Him Darkly
R.L. Fanthorpe: Horden aus der Finsternis
Guy N Smith: Mania
Arturo Perez-Reverte: Koenigin des Suedens (=Queen of the South)
Jason Dark: Disco Dracula
Paul Kenyon: Hardcore Murder
Janette Barlow/Paul Stewart: Branded Customer Service - The New Competitive Edge
Sten Nadolny: Die Entdeckung der Einsamkeit (=The Discovery of Slowness)
Paul Kenyon: Diamonds Are For Dying
Banachek: Psychological Subtleties
Umberto Eco: Die geheimnisvolle Flamme der Koenigin Loana (= The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana)
Ian Fleming: On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Ed Wood, Jr: Killer in Drag
Rev. Steve Galindo: The Ed Wood Bible
(First draft: If you join only one religion this year, make sure it is this one.)
Guy N. Smith: Death Bell
Giacomo Casanova: History of My Life, Part 2 (Re-read)
Ian Fleming: The Man With the Golden Gun
Joachim Fuchsberger: Ungeplante Abenteuer
John T. Lescroart: Rasputin's Revenge
Edgar Rice Burroughs: Llana of Gathol
Carl Honore: In Praise of Slow
Francis Wheen: How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World (If you only read one book this year, make sure this is it!)
Colin Dexter: The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn
Burl Barer: The Saint - A Complete History....
Ian Fleming: Thunderball
Paul Nero/James Moore: Blagging it
Walter Gibson: The Red Menace (A Shadow novel)
John Wyndham: The Chrysalids
Chris Gullo: In All Sincerity... Peter Cushing
Helmut Berger: Ich
Stephen Thrower: Beyond Terror - The Films of Lucio Fulci
John Wyndham: The Seeds of Time
Simon Clark: The Night of the Triffids
Donald Trump: How to Get Rich (Are you taking notes?)
David Monagan: Jaywalking With the Irish
Joep P.M. Schrijvers: The Way of the Rat
Koji Suzuki: Loop - The Ring III
Imogen Hassall - Tuesday's Child

Books read in 2004 (since July)

Dan Leissner: Tuesday's Child: The Life and Death of Imogen Hassall


Maryam D'Abo/John Cork : Bond Girls Are Forever
John Wyndham: The Day of the Triffids
Frederic Brown: The Screaming Mimi
Glen David Gold: Carter Beats the Devil
Christos Tses/Dirk Bruederle: Jerry Cotton - George Nader und seine Filme
Christopher Frayling: Sergio Leone - Something to do with Death
Guenter Grass: Mein Jahrhundert (=My Century)
Mark Haddon: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (vastly overrated one-trick-pony of a book!)
Bram Stoker: The Jewel of the Seven Stars
Leslie Charteris: Enter the Saint
Italo Calvino: Das Schloss, darin sich Schicksale kreuzen (=The Castle of Crossed Destinies)
Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest
Derren Brown: Pure Effect
Leslie Charteris: The Saint Closes The Case
Edgar Rice Burroughs: A Princess From Mars
Karl Marx/Friedrich Engels: Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei (=The Communist Manifesto) (Re-read)
Giacomo Casanova: History of My Life, Part 1 (Re-read)
Paul Simpson: The Mini Rough Guide to Elvis
Guy N. Smith: Entombed
Leslie Charteris: Vendetta for The Saint
H. Rider Haggard: SHE
Peter O'Donnell: Last Day in Limbo

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Comments for challenger about World
songlines Sun Sep 13, 2009 09:47 UTC
 A belated Birthday wish for you Holger! Wishing you so much fun and happy travel days. Sending love to Ann and yourself. Agnes
dila Wed Sep 2, 2009 19:53 UTC
 Happy birthday hope you will have a very nice day
Gillybob Wed Sep 2, 2009 08:25 UTC
 Hey Holger! Many happy returns of the day. Wishing you a year filled with safe and happy travels! Gillybob greetings
sachara Wed Sep 2, 2009 06:14 UTC
 Holger, happy birthday greetings from the Netherlands. Have a wonderful day. Hugs and smiles for you and Ann.
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