Megan's List of Books Read, 2002

Megan Coughlin's Books Read in 2002
#	Title	Author	Comment
1	The Clue of the Dancing Puppet: Nancy Drew #39	Carolyn Keene
2	Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House	Stephanie Barron	If only she could write them as fast as I could read them.
3	The Abilene Paradox: and Other Meditations on Management	Jerry B. Harvey	For work (SIM). The first essay is worth reading; not so the rest. So I sold it.
4	Death at Bishop's Keep	Robin Page
5	The Theft of the Spirit	Carl A. Hammerschlag	For work (SIM).
6	The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People	Stephen R. Covey	For work (SIM). A lot better than I had expected.
7	Virus X: Tracking the New Killer Plagues	Frank Ryan	I'm getting paranoid about getting hanta virus...I wish my cat would stop bringing in mice.
8	The Mystery of the Fire Dragon: Nancy Drew #38	Carolyn Keene	Nancy and friends visit Hong Kong.
9	The Haunted Showboat: Nancy Drew #35	Carolyn Keene	Nancy and friends visit New Orleans.
10	The Hidden Window Mystery: Nancy Drew #34	Carolyn Keene	That's the last of them until I get another batch of my set back.
11	Murder on St. Mark's Place	Victoria Thompson
12	The Wisdom of Teams	Jon R. Katzenbach and Douglas K. Smith	For work (SIM). Blecch.
13	McNally's Choice	Lawrence Sanders (Vincent Lardo)
14	Blood Lure	Nevada Barr
15	Baltimore Blues	Laura Lippman	I seem to enjoy picking up mysteries set in places I've visited.
16	The Nibble Theory and the Kernel of Power	Kaleel Jamison	For work (SIM).
17	I Am the Only Running Footman	Martha Grimes	I especially like it when Jury & Wiggens work with Macalvie.
18	Death at Gallows Green	Robin Paige	An American "penny dreadful" writer moves to Victorian England and is shockingly American.
19	Uncommon Clay	Margaret Maron
20	Deep South	Nevada Barr
21	Basket Case	Carl Hiaasen	Pretty low-key for Hiaasen.
22	Working with Emotional Intelligence	Daniel Goleman	For work (SIM).
23	Breaking Blue	Timothy Egan
24	The Hearse Case Scenario	Tim Cockey
25	The Deep Blue Good-By [sic.]	John D. MacDonald	Good one for the treadmill.
26	The Murder at the Vicarage	Agatha Christie	Decided to re-read all the Miss Marples
27	The Body in the Library
28	The Moving Finger
29	They Do It With Mirrors
30	A Pocket Full of Rye
31	What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!
32	The Mirror Crack'd
33	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	JRR Tolkien
34	Death at Daisy's Folly	Robin Paige
35	A Caribbean Mystery	Agatha Christie
36	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	JRR Tolkien
37	13 Clues for Miss Marple	Agatha Christie
38	How to Read a Book	Mortimer J. Adler & Charles Van Doren	For work (SIM).
39	At Bertram's Hotel	Agatha Christie
40	Poirot Investigates	Agatha Christie	Short diversion into Poirot before I finish Miss Marple
41	Death at Devil's Bridge	Robin Paige
42	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	JRR Tolkien
43	Man's Search for Meaning	Viktor E. Frankl	For work (SIM).
44	Nemesis	Agatha Christie
45	Sleeping Murder	Agatha Christie	Miss Marple's last case.
46	Charm City	Laura Lippman
47	The Summons	John Grisham
48	Black Betty	Walter Mosley
49	Miss Marple: the Complete Stories	Agatha Christie
50	Under the Dragon's Tail	Maureen Jennings
51	Discovery Road	Andy Brown & Tim Garratt	Cycling around the world in one year, east to west across Australia, Africa, and South America.
52	Tishomingo Blues	Elmore Leonard
53	The Alpine Nemesis	Mary Daheim
54	The Mysterious Mr. Quin	Agatha Christie	Was the woman a genius or what?
55	Catch as Cat Can	Rita Mae & Sneaky Pie Brown
56	Resurrection Row	Anne Perry
57	Farrier's Lane	Anne Perry
58	The Old Man and the Sea	Ernest Hemmingway	For work (SIM).
59	Love That Dog	Sharon Creech
60	The World-Famous Alaska Highway	Tricia Brown	Reference for my trip this summer.
61	Pure Drivel	Steve Martin	Can't believe I hadn't read this before.
62	Setting Your Genius Free: How to Discover Your Spirit and Calling	Dick Richards	For work (SIM). Not my kind of thing, but better than it sounds.
63	First, Break All the Rules	Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman	For work (SIM). Much better than I'd anticipated.
64	Widow’s Walk	Robert B. Parker
65	Last Trout in Venice	Doug Lansky
66	Round Ireland with a Fridge	Tony Hawks	Hitchhiking around Ireland with a refrigerator in tow.
67	Murder on Washington Square	Victoria Thompson
68	Management Challenges for the 21^st Century	Peter F. Drucker	For work (SIM). Last chapter might be worth reading.
69	The Golden One	Elizabeth Peters
70	Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled	Dorothy Gilman	Turned out to be a re-read.
71	The Analyst	John Katzenbach
72	Hunting Season	Nevada Barr
73	Whale Talk	Chris Crutcher
74	Fraud	David Rakoff
75	High Exposure: an Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places	David Breashears
76	The Squirrel Cage	Douglass Welch	Re-read. Highly amusing.
77	Thinkertoys	Michael Michalko	For work (SIM).
78	The Art of Possibility	Rosamund Stone Zander & Benjamin Zander	For work (SIM).
79	Neighbors and Other People	Douglass Welch	Re-read. Highly amusing.
80	Death at Rottingdean	Robin Paige
81	The Moonstone Castle Mystery: Nancy Drew #40	Carolyn Keene	Shannon had it.
82	Lemony Snicket: the Unauthorized Autobiography	Lemony Snicket
83	Death at Whitechapel	Robin Paige
84	Rutland Place	Anne Perry
85	The Wailing Wind	Tony Hillerman	Gooood.
86	Bluegate Fields	Anne Perry
87	Grift Sense	James Swain	Set in Vegas.
88	The First Rumpole Omnibus	John Mortimer	Fun.
89	Go Fish	Lise Thompson	Good short stories, written by a friend of mine.
90	Brain Sex	Anne Moir & David Jessel	Biological reasons for the difference between the sexes.
91	Planet of the Blind: a Memoir	Stephen Kuusisto	My mom wanted me to read it for his descriptions of riding his bike and just hoping that the shadows he saw were shadows, and not people, trees, or cars. Much like her childhood, I think.
92	Polaroids From The Dead	Douglas Coupland
93	Brief Interviews With Hideous Men	David Foster Wallace	Good, although sometimes depressing.
94	Funny Money	James Swain
95	The Fourth Hand	John Irving
96	A Purple Place for Dying	John D. MacDonald
97	The Turquoise Lament	John D. MacDonald
98	One Fearful Yellow Eye	John D. MacDonald
99	The Victorian Internet	Tom Standage	For work (SIM).
100	The Golden Compass	Philip Pullman
101	The Lexus and the Olive Tree	Thomas L Friedman	For work (SIM).
102	Butchers Hill	Laura Lippman
103	Hard Eight	Janet Evanovich
104	Cold Water Burning	John Straley	Birthday present.
105	The Salmon of Doubt	Douglas Adams	Birthday present. It is just so sad that there won't be any more books by DNA.
106	Jeeves	P.G. Wodehouse
107	The Xibalba Murders	Lyn Hamilton	Not bad archeological murder mystery.
108	The Leadership Moment	Michael Useem	Not as irksome as I expected. Higher praise than it seems, as I'm annoyed by comparisons between leading in life-and-death situations and leading in a corporation. For work (SIM).
109	Driving Over Lemons	Chris Stewart
110	Plain Truth	Jodi Picoult	Not bad mystery set in Amish country.
111	Death by Station Wagon	Jon Katz
112	The Eyre Affair	Jasper Fforde	Very good, although it took me a while to get into it, which is usually the case with sci-fi. Worth sticking with it.
113	Leading at the Edge	Dennis N.T. Perkins	Another one drawing parallels between life-and-death leadership (Shackleton's experience with the Endurance) and work leadership. For work (SIM).
114	Wolf in the Shadows	Marcia Muller
115	Grave Secrets	Kathy Reichs
116	Frost on my Moustache	Tim Moore
117	Very Good, Jeeves!	P.G. Wodehouse
118	Thank You, Jeeves	P.G. Wodehouse
119	Synchronicity: the Inner Path of Leadership	Joseph Jaworski	For work (SIM).
120	The Maltese Goddess	Lyn Hamilton
121	In Big Trouble	Laura Lippman
122	Black River	G.M. Ford	Good one in his new series.
123	My Story as Told by Water	David James Duncan	Outstanding, demanding writing.
124	Standing in the Rainbow	Fannie Flagg	Just how does she do what she does so well?
125	Passage to Juneau	Jonathan Raban	Good, although not as good as the hype would suggest.
126	The Last River	Todd Balf	Started this in August; finished on New Year's Eve. I had to procrastinate before getting to the part where the guy dies.
127	Pig War Islands	David Richardson	A really good writer could do a lot with the history of the San Juans. This is not that writer.
128	The Surgeon	Tess Gerritsen
129	Leading with Soul	Lee G. Bolman and Terrence E. Deal	For work (SIM).
130	Fire and Ice	Dana Stabenow	The first I've read in her Liam Campbell series. So far, he's only a half-likable guy.
131	A Fine and Bitter Snow	Dana Stabenow	The latest in the Kate Shugak series.
132	The Bourne Identity	Robert Ludlum	Different from the movie, so not entirely predictable.
133	Five Complete Novels	P.G. Wodehouse	Includes: "The Return of Jeeves"; "Bertie Wooster Sees it Through"; "Spring Fever"; "The Butler Did It"; and "The Old Reliable."
134	Jeeves and the Tie that Binds	P.G. Wodehouse
135	Stone Kiss	Faye Kellerman	Always good.
136	The Moche Warrior	Lyn Hamilton
137	The Grave Maurice	Martha Grimes	Quite good.
138	Management of the Absurd	Richard Farson	For work.
139	The Celtic Riddle	Lyn Hamilton	I need to get back to Ireland.
140	Vertical Burn	Earl Emerson	Doesn't feature either of his two series protagonists, but very good firefighter suspense.
141	Poor Tom Is Cold	Maureen Jennings
142	Slow Dollar	Margaret Maron
143	Partner in Crime	J.A. Jance	Beaumont and Brady meet...she's no more likable than she ever was, but he's cool.
144	Shrink Rap	Robert B. Parker	The newest in his Sunny Randall series.
145	Death at Epsom Downs	Robin Paige
146	The Jewel that was Ours	Colin Dexter
147	The Silent Pool	Patricia Wentworth	Susan recommendation, featuring unlikely detective, Miss Silver.
148	The Murder Book	Jonathan Kellerman	This is one of those series in which I dislike basically all characters, yet I keep reading them. His wife's books are much better.
149	Murder at Hobcaw Barony	Elliott Roosevelt	Starring Eleanor Roosevelt, Humphrey Bogart, Joan Crawford, and more!
150	First Avenue	Lowen Clausen	Set in Seattle, written by former Seattle cop.
151	The Alpine Obituary	Mary Daheim
152	The Fingerprint	Patricia Wentworth
153	A First Class Murder	Elliott Roosevelt
154	The Edge of Doom	Amanda Cross
155	The Alington Inheritance	Patricia Wentworth
156	Life Support	Tess Gerritsen	Plane reading.
157	The Empty Copper Sea	John D. MacDonald	He really was quite amazing.
158	The Leper of St. Giles	Ellis Peters
159	The Carnivorous Carnival	Lemony Snicket	Finally!
160	Q is for Quarry	Sue Grafton	Pretty good entry in the series, based on a true story.
161	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	J.K. Rowling	Re-read (of course). Got exicted while waiting to see the next movie and waiting (waiting, waiting) for the fifth book.
162	The Etruscan Chimera	Lyn Hamilton	Archeological mystery.
163	Stupid White Men	Michael Moore	Chapters of it are very interesting.
164	Women on the Case	Sara Paretsky (editor)
165	The African Quest	Lyn Hamilton
166	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency	Alexander McCall Smith	Lady Detective in Botswana.
167	Hoot	Carl Hiaasen	His first kids' book, about a pancake restaurant trying to develop property where burrowing owls nest, and the kids who try to stop them.
168	Lord Peter	Dorothy Sayers	Re-read of all of her Lord Peter stories.
169	Whose Body?	Dorothy Sayers	Re-read.
170	McNally's Caper	Lawrence Sanders	Was it a re-read? I can't tell.
171	Clouds of Witness	Dorothy Sayers	Re-read. I got on a Wimsey kick.
172	McNally's Risk	Lawrence Sanders	Can't tell if this was a re-read, either, but I think not.

Last updated: January 2, 2003
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