The Paper Brick Wall
* What is the Paper Brick Wall? *
Also known as the TBR pile (books To Be Read), The Paper Brick Wall circles the top of my desk menacingly. It his highly probably that one day, while sitting and blogging, I will be crushed by the tumbling piles; until that happens, I am doing my best to read more and buy less. So far, this has been a complete failure.
My general rule is : I read in English books originally written in Shakespeare’s language. I read in French books originally written in Molière’s language or translated from other languages. Then there is the non-fiction category, which includes books in both languages.
Books are ordered by author, and those followed by a (dnf) are books that I started reading, haven’t finished and intend to return to. The books followed by (e) are e-books, and (r) means books I plan on re-reading.
Fiction – English
- The Outlander by Gil Adamson
- Grimspace by Ann Aguirre
- The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
- Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews
- Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
- Beach Blondes by Katherine Applegate
- Broken by Kelley Armstrong
- Haunted by Kelley Armstrong
- Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
- Emma by Jane Austen
- Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
- Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
- Persuasion by Jane Austen
- Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
- Leviathan by Paul Auster
- Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker
- Neuropath by Scott Barker
- Ariel by Steven R. Boyett
- 3 Willows by Ann Brashares
- Going Bovine by Libba Bray
- Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs
- Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
- World War Z by Max Brooks
- Veracity by Laura Bynum
- Insatiable by Meg Cabot
- Ill Winds by Rachel Caine
- The Farseekers by Isobelle Carmody
- Fire by Kristin Cashore
- Graceling by Kristin Cashore
- The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton
- Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline B. Cooney (e)
- Forget about it by Caprice Crane
- The Lady and the Panda by Vicki Constantine Croke
- The Stolen One by Suzanne Crowley
- Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
- This lullaby by Sarah Dessen
- The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
- Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
- Twilight of Avalon by Anna Elliott
- Foursome by Jane Fallon
- Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
- Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet
- In the woods by Tana French
- Nobody’s Prize by Esther M. Friesner
- Sphinx’s Princess by Esther M. Friesner
- Tempting Faith DiNapoli by Lisa Gabriele
- The Almost Archer Sisters by Lisa Gabriele
- Stardust by Nail Gaiman
- Beautiful Creatures by Margaret Stohl and Kami Garcia
- Helen of Troy by Margaret George
- Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George
- Idoru by William Gibson
- Undress me in the Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman
- A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
- Pearl by Mary Gordon
- Black Ships by Jo Graham
- Hand of Isis by Jo Graham
- Feed by Mira Grant
- Claudius by Robert Graves
- Paper Towns by John Green
- Mistress of the Sun by Sandra Gulland
- Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
- Pompeii by Robert Harris
- Believers by Zoe Heller
- Catch of the Day by Kristan Higgins
- Fools Rush In by Kristan Higgins
- The Next Best Thing by Kristan Higgins
- The Stepsister Scheme by Jim C. Hines
- Willow by Julia Hoban
- The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist
- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khlaed Hosseini
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- Ice Song by Kirsten Imani Kasai
- Buddha Baby by Kim Wong Keltner
- This charming man by Marian Keyes
- The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
- Lisey’s Story by Stephen King (dnf)
- Under the Dome by Stephen King
- Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino
- Out by Natsuo Kirino
- Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz
- The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (dnf)
- The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
- Made in the U.S.A. by Billie Letts
- Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
- Ash by Melinda Lo
- Every Demon has his Day by Cara Lockwood
- Blade of Fortriu by Juliet Marillier
- Heart’s Blood by Juliet Marillier
- Heir to Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier
- The Dark Mirror by Juliet Marillier
- The Well of Shades by Juliet Marillier
- Ink exchange by Melissa Marr
- Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
- Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
- The Birth House by Ami McKay
- Cleopatra’s Daughter by Michelle Moran
- Nefertiti by Michelle Moran
- The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran
- The Center of Everything by Laura Moriarty
- While I’m Falling by Laura Moriarty
- Sepulchre by Kate Mosse
- Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness
- The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness
- The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
- Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
- Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
- Gods Behaving Badly by Mary Philips
- He, She and It by Marge Piercy
- The Unabridged Journal of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
- The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
- Dreams of the Dead by Thomas Randall
- The Demon’s Covenant by Sarah Rees Brennan
- How I live Now by Meg Rosoff
- Demon Princess by Michelle Rowen
- Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
- The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
- The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
- Warbreaker by Bradon Sanderson
- FlashForward by Robert J. Sawyer
- The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold
- Shanghai Girls by Lisa See
- The Girl with Glass Feet by Ali Shaw
- The Terror by Dan Simmons
- Drood by Dan Simmons
- Darkborn by Alison Sinclair
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
- Fire Study by Maria V. Snyder
- I am a Cat by Soseki (dnf yet)
- Betrayals by Lili St. Crow
- Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett (e)
- Save the Date by Tamara Summers
- Battle Royale by Koushun Takami (dnf yet)
- Devil in the details by Jennifer Traig
- Brava Valentine by Adriana Trigiani
- Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani
- The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
- Crashed by Robin Wasserman
- Skinned by Robin Wasserman
- Generation Dead by Daniel Waters
- The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
- Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
- The Killing of Worlds by Scott Westerfeld
- The Risen Empire by Scott Westerfeld
- The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig
Fiction and Non-Fiction – French
See on the French side of the blog : La Bibli Infinie, ma PAL
Non-Fiction
- Colors by Victoria Finlay
- The Mummy Congress by Heather Pringle
- The Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and in Modern Oblivion by Leo Steinberg
- Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton
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This is a great name for it – I hadn’t thought to list out all the books on my blog. Seems like a better way to get the books organized than making different piles in the bedroom or in my notebook.
Would you be okay with me using your term (and crediting you) of the Paper Brick Wall? I’d completely understand if you’d rather not.
Thanks!
gaby317nyc AT gmail DOT com
I, Claudius is wonderful – it’s one of the books that had me laughing out loud.
Ha, I didn’t think it would be a funny book! I can’t wait to read it.
And yes, you can borrow the term, I don’t mind at all! 🙂
I just stumbled on your blog (from another one I follow), and I had to laugh about The Paper Brick Wall.
I have huge TBR stacks, too, and started a separate blog to deal with mine…it’s called CURL UP AND READ, at
http://curlupandread.wordpress.com
Absolutely love your blog. Books make me so happy too! I’ve only just started my blog a month ago, and yours is the first one I’ve found that I can actually relate to. Very awesome! Hope you don’t mind if I add you to my Blogroll?
I’m back, visiting for Bloggiesta…Your Paper Brick Wall is like mine. Unfortunately, I’m back to buying new books, winning books in contests, accepting review books…well, you get the picture!
I can visualize myself buried under my Paper Brick Wall!
My bestfriend and I have a similar list of books we made together over the phone with hundreds of miles between us. Your blog is wonderful and I’m adding you to my blogroll if you don’t mind. I have The Handmaid’s Tale on my desk now. Was supposed to start it weeks ago, but since school started hadn’t had a chance. Reading makes me so happy and its so good to find others who share the same passion for books. It’s always been my way of getting away when I could not physically go anywhere. And even when I do manage a getaway, I always have a book packed. I look forward to reading more from you.
I would like to use this idea (and name) if you don’t mind…of course, I will make sure to credit you (and link) for it.
I’m hoping it will help me decrease my pile of books as well 🙂
Of course, go ahead! 😀 My list helped me getting a bigger idea of all the books I had to read, although it moves constantly and I don’t always take the time to update it. Let me know once you do it, I’m always curious about a fellow blogger’s picks! 🙂
LOL!
I also have a long TBR list!
I hadn’t thought of listing them on my blog, but I’ll think about that …
happy reading!
Love the list! Lets see, if I could go back to school…I think I would be an art history/english/literature major!
I noticed you read “paper” books and “e” books. Most people seemed to be on one side or the other. Me…I find myself in the middle somewhere.
I posted a few days back about the two and I got a few responses mostly from those who can’t give up their paper books.
I would love to hear from someone like you…who does or rather reads both!
Have a wonderful day, love your blog.
Shera
Fascinating list, both in English and French. I also read both books by Khaled Hosseini (loved them), Wuthering Heights, The Road, Cent Ans de Solitude, Kafka sur le Rivage, l’Ombre du Vent. Just finished Carol Edgarian’s Three Stages of Amazement. I really enjoyed it !
Thanks for your interesting blog that I just “discovered”.
what about harry potter series? have you read them?
its really nice to see other people gone crazy bout books
now I certify the reality that I am not alone ahaha
Personally I like having old books better than new ones, so I often go to the library, but that doesn’t stop me from having several shelves of book towering over my bed.
I love the term ‘Paper Brick Wall’. I more think of it as my shelves of shame. Shame in that I buy more when these lovely books remain unread. I must say though, each book will eventually have it’s time. Just the other day I picked up a book that I bought easily over a year ago (so long ago in fact, the book shop I got it from went into administration and shut down Australia wide!). Yet I continue to buy, just the other day I purchased 9 new books online!?!?! I have a problem, I need help. This blog is probably not the answer as reading through some of your reviews has made me want to buy more! Damn you. Fortunately I already put my order in and can’t quite justify ordering more if my first order is yet to be delivered. Love this blog, so glad I found it!