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Books I have read


Books I have read, listed in three categories ( 1- Fiction   2- History, Political, Science, non-fiction   3- Religious and religious history )

Fiction:                                                                                                      Click here to return to the Books index

  • A Deadly Turn — Claire Booth  ♥♥♥
  • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan Doyle  ♥♥♥♥♥
  • A Farewell To Arms –Ernest Hemingway  ♥♥♥
  • Alleged Rogue, The — Sian Ann Bessey  ♥♥♥♥♥+
  • Allegiant — Veronica Roth  ♥♥♥
  • Angels and Demons — Dan Brown  ♥♥♥♥
  • Anne of Avonlea — Lucy Maud Montgomery  ♥♥♥♥
  • Anne of Green Gables — Lucy Maud Montgomery  ♥♥♥♥
  • An Uncommon Earl — Sian Ann Bessey  ♥♥♥♥♥+
  • An Unlikely Match — Sarah Eden  ♥♥♥
  • An Unlikely Pair — Tracy Hunter Abramson  ♥♥♥
  • Appeal, The — John Grisham  ♥♥♥
  • Associate, The — John Grisham  ♥♥♥
  • As Time Goes By — Jerry Borrowman  ♥♥♥
  • A Time For Mercy — John Grisham  ♥♥♥
  • Bleak House — Charles Dickens  ♥♥♥♥
  • Blind Eye — James Stewart  ♥♥♥
  • Book Thief, The — Markus Zusak  ♥♥♥
  • Brave New World — Aldous Huxley  ♥♥
  • Brethren, The — John Grisham  ♥♥♥
  • Broker, The — John Grisham  ♥♥♥
  • Camino Island — John Grisham  ♥♥♥♥
  • Camino Winds — John Grisham  ♥♥
  • Catcher in the Rye — J. D. Salinger  ♥♥
  • Catching Fire — Suzanne Collins  ♥♥♥
  • Challenge to the Critics, A — by Diane E. Wirth  ♥♥♥
  • Chamber, The — John Grisham  ♥♥♥
  • Chosen, The — Chaim Potok  ♥♥♥♥♥
  • Client, the — John Grisham  ♥♥♥♥
  • Company, The — Robert Littell
  • Confession, The — John Grisham  ♥♥♥♥
  • Cover Up — Claire M. Poulson  ♥♥♥
  • Cry, The Beloved Country — Alan Paton  ♥♥♥♥♥+
  • Daddy’s Little Girl — Mary Higgins Clark
  • Dead Or Alive — Tom Clancy  ♥♥
  • Deadly Alliance — A. L. Sewards  ♥♥♥
  • Deep Cover — Traci Abramson  ♥♥♥♥
  • Divergent — Veronica Roth  ♥♥♥
  • Drop Zone — Traci Abramson  ♥♥♥♥
  • Enemy Between Us, The — Melinda Sanchez  ♥
  • Fahrenheit 451 —  Ray Bradley  ♥♥♥
  • Fail Safe —  Traci Abramson  ♥♥♥♥
  • Firm, The —  John Grisham  ♥♥♥♥
  • For Whom The Bell Tolls — Ernest Hemingway  ♥♥
  • Gem Thief, The — Sian Ann Bessey  ♥♥♥
  • Great and The Terrible, The — Chris Stewart (six volumes)  ♥♥♥♥
  • Girl in the Green Raincoat, The — Laura Lippman  ♥♥♥
  • Great Expectations — Charles Dickens  ♥♥♥♥
  • Guardian, The — Gerald Lund  ♥♥♥♥
  • Guardians, The — John Grisham  ♥♥♥♥
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone — J. K. Rawlings  ♥♥♥♥
  • Heart of Darkness — Joseph Conrad  ♥♥
  • Heart of the Rebellion — Sian Ann Bessey  ♥♥♥♥
  • Heirs of Falcon Ridge — Traci Abramson  ♥♥♥♥
  • Home Again At Last — Jerry Borrowman  ♥♥♥
  • Hunger Games, The — Suzanne Collins  ♥♥♥♥
  • If I Should Die — Jennie Hanes  ♥♥♥
  • I’ll Be Seeing You — Jerry Borrowman  ♥♥♥
  • I’ll Find You — Clair Poulson  ♥♥♥
  • Infidel — Ayaan Ali  ♥♥♥
  • In Harm’s Way — Traci Abramson  ♥♥♥
  • Innocent Man, The — John Grisham  ♥♥♥
  • In Plain Sight — Clair Poulson  ♥♥♥♥
  • Insider, The — Sian Ann Bessey
  • Insurgent — Veronica Roth  ♥♥♥♥
  • Jane and the Waterloo Map — Stephanie Barron  ♥♥♥♥
  • Jane Eyre — Charlotte Bronte  ♥♥♥♥
  • Jude The Obscure — Thomas Hardy  ♥♥♥
  • Judge’s List, The — John Grisham  ♥♥♥♥
  • Last Juror, The — John Grisham  ♥♥♥
  • Last Man Standing — David Baldacci  ♥♥♥
  • Layover — David Bell  ♥♥
  • Leverage Point — Gerald Lund
  • Litigators, The — John Grisham  ♥♥♥♥
  • Lost and Found — Clair Poulson  ♥♥♥♥
  • Lost World, The — Michael Crichton  ♥♥
  • Masked Baron, The — Anneka Walker  ♥♥♥
  • Matched — Ally Condie  ♥♥
  • Maze Runner — James Dashner  ♥♥♥
  • Mill On The Floss, The — George Eliot  ♥♥♥♥♥
  • Moby Dick — Herman Melville  ♥♥♥♥
  • Mockingjay — Suzanne Collins  ♥♥
  • My Antonia — Willa Cather  ♥♥♥
  • My Dearest Enemy — Jennifer Moore
  • My Name Is Asher Lev — Chaim Potok  ♥♥♥
  • Nightingale, The — Kristin Hannah  ♥♥♥♥
  • Noble Smuggler, The — Sian Ann Bessey  ♥♥♥♥
  • Not Dead Yet — Traci Hunter Abramson   ♥♥♥
  • Obsession — Traci Abramson  ♥♥♥♥
  • Of Daggers and Deception — A. L. Sowards  ♥♥♥
  • One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich — Aleksander Solzhenitsyn  ♥♥
  • Out-lawyered, by Clair Poulsen  ♥♥♥♥
  • Painted House, The — John Grisham  ♥♥
  • Partials — Dan Wells  ♥♥♥
  • Partner, The — John Grisham  ♥♥♥
  • Pelican Brief, The — John Grisham  ♥♥♥♥
  • Persuasion — Jane Austen♥♥♥
  • Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen  ♥♥♥♥
  • Prometheus Bound — Aeschylus  ♥♥
  • Pursuit of Justice — Willard Gardner  ♥♥♥
  • Racketeer, The — John Grisham  ♥♥♥♥
  • Rebecca — Daphne Du Maurier  ♥♥♥♥
  • Rainmaker, The — John Grisham  ♥♥♥♥
  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm —  Kate Douglas Wiggin  ♥♥♥♥
  • Reckoning, The — John Grisham  ♥♥♥♥
  • Red Badge of Courage, The — Stephen Crane  ♥♥
  • Relentless — Clair Poulsen  ♥♥♥♥
  • Rent Collector, The — Camron Wright  ♥♥♥♥♥
  • Robinson Crusoe — Daniel Defoe  ♥♥♥♥
  • Rogue Lawyer — John Grisham  ♥♥♥♥
  • Rooster Bar — John Grisham   ♥♥♥
  • Royal Secrets — Traci Abramson  ♥♥♥
  • Rules in Rome, The — A. L. Sowards  ♥♥♥♥
  • Runaway Jury — John Grisham  ♥♥♥♥
  • Scarlet Letter, The — Nathaniel Hawthorne  ♥♥♥♥
  • Scarlet Pimpernel — Baroness Emmuska Orczy  ♥♥♥♥
  • Sherlock Holmes, Complete Stories of — Arthur Conan Doyle  ♥♥♥
  • Spotlight — Traci Hunter Abramson  ♥♥♥♥
  • Street Lawyer — John Grisham  ♥♥♥♥
  • Summons, The — John Grisham  ♥♥♥
  • Sun Also Rises, The — Ernest Hemingway  ♥♥♥
  • Suspect — Clair Poulsen   ♥♥♥♥
  • Sworn Enemy — A. L. Sowards  ♥♥♥
  • Sycamore Row — John Grisham   ♥♥♥♥
  • Tales of the South Pacific — James Michener  ♥♥♥♥
  • Thirty-nine Steps, The — John Buchan  ♥♥♥♥
  • Til the Boys Come Home — Jerry Borrowman  ♥♥♥
  • Time To Kill, A — John Grisham  ♥♥♥
  • To Kill A Mockingbird — Harper Lee  ♥♥♥♥
  • Treasure Island — Robert Louis Stevenson  ♥♥♥♥
  • Tripwire — Lee Child  ♥♥♥
  • Source, The — James Michener  ♥♥♥
  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin — Harriet Beecher Stowe  ♥♥♥♥
  • Undercurrents — Traci Abramson  ♥♥♥
  • Vicar’s Daughter — Josi Killpack  ♥♥♥♥
  • Whistler, The — John Grisham  ♥♥♥♥
  • You Came for Me — Sian Ann Bessey  ♥♥♥♥

History, Political, Science, Non-fiction:                                         Click here to return to the Books index

• 1776, by David McCullough  ♥♥♥
• Agent Zigzag, by Ben Macintyre  ♥♥♥
• Agony and the Ecstacy, The, by Irving Stone  ♥♥♥♥
• All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Remarque  ♥♥♥♥
• A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson  ♥♥♥♥♥+
• Bad Baby Names — Michael Sherrod  ♥♥♥♥
• Band of Brothers, by Stephen Ambrose  ♥♥♥
• Behind The Fireplace, by Andrew Scott  ♥♥♥♥
• Believe In America, by Mitt Romney  ♥♥♥
• Blind Eye, by James B. Stewart  ♥♥♥
• Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, by Eric Metaxas  ♥♥♥
• Born To Run, by Christopher Mcdougal  ♥♥♥♥
• Brute, The Life of Victor Krulak, by Robert Coram  ♥♥♥
• Childbed Fever, A Biography of Ignaz Semmelweis, by K. Codell Carter and Barbara R. Carter  ♥♥♥♥
• Climb, The, by Anatoly Boukreev  ♥♥♥
• Coldest Winter, The, by David Halberstam  ♥♥♥
• Colditz Story, The, by P. R. Reid  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Colditz, The Last Days of, by P. R. Reid  ♥♥♥♥
• Conflict of Interest, by Adam Mitzner  ♥♥
• Crusades, The, by Zoe Oldenbourg  ♥♥♥
• Dark Seas, by Jerry Borrowman  ♥♥♥
• Diary of Anne Frank, The, by Anne Frank  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Don’t Know Much About American History, by Ken Davis  ♥♥♥
• Economics in One Lesson, by Henry Hazlitt  ♥♥
• Escaping Club, The, by A. J. Evans  ♥♥♥
• Exiled, The Story of John Lathrop, by Helene Holt  ♥♥♥♥
• Exodus, by Leon Uris  ♥♥♥♥♥++
• Exploring The Sky, by Richard Moeschl
• Frederick Douglass, by Frances Ruffin  ♥♥♥
• Gates of Fire, The Battle of Thermopylae, by Steven Pressfield  ♥♥♥
• Gifted Hands, by Ben Carson
• God’s Jury, The Inquisition, by Cullen Murphy  ♥♥♥
• Gulag Archipelago, The, by Aleksander Solzhenitsyn  ♥♥♥
• Hiding Place, The, by Corie ten Boom  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Hoover’s FBI, by Cartha Deloach  ♥♥♥
• Iberia, by James Michener  ♥♥♥♥
• Into The Wild, by Jon Krakauer  ♥♥♥♥
• Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Irena’s Children, by Tilar Mazzeo
• Last Train from Hiroshima, by Charles Pellegrino  ♥♥♥
• Liberty and Tyranny, by Mark Levin  ♥♥♥♥
• Life At The Extremes, by Frances Ashcroft
• Lone Survivor, by Marcus Luttrell  ♥♥♥
• Madame Curie, by Eve Curie  ♥♥♥♥
• Man Who Broke into Auschwitz, The, by Denis Avey  ♥♥♥
• Men In Black, How the Supreme Court is Destroying America, Mark Levin  ♥♥♥
• New Zealand Birds in Pictures, by Kimball Chen   ♥♥♥♥
• Nightingale, The, by Kristen Hannah  ♥♥♥
• One L, by Scott Turow  ♥♥♥
• Operation Mincemeat, by Ben Macintyre  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs, by Patrick O’Donnell  ♥♥♥
• Our Iceberg Is Melting, Changing and Succeeding under any conditions, by John Kotter  ♥♥♥
• Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, by William Shirer
• Sarah’s Key, by Tatiana de Rosnay  ♥♥♥
• Second World War, The, by Winston Churchill  ♥♥♥♥
• Short History of Nearly Everything, A, by Bill Bryson  ♥♥♥♥♥+
• Six Days of War, by Michael B. Oren  ♥♥♥♥
• Source, The,  by James Michener  ♥♥♥
• Space, by James Michener ♥♥♥♥
• Spycraft, by Robert Wallace  ♥♥♥
• Spy Who Came in from the Cold, The, by John le Carré  ♥♥♥
• Surviving Hitler, by O. Hakan Palm  ♥♥♥
• The Answer Is…, Reflections on my life, by Alex Trebek  ♥♥♥
• Thomas More, The Life of, by Peter Ackroyd  ♥♥♥
• Three Against Hitler, by Jerry Borrowman  ♥♥♥
• Unbroken, by Laura Hillebrand  ♥♥♥♥♥+
• Uncertain Journey, by Terry Shellenberger  ♥♥♥
• Universe, The, by Kaufmann  ♥♥♥
• Valley of Fear, The, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle   ♥♥♥♥♥
• When The East Wind Blows, by Barbara Martin  ♥♥♥
• Wicked Bugs, by Amy Stewart  ♥♥♥♥
• Witness, by Whittaker Chambers  ♥♥♥
• Zookeeper’s Wife, The, by Diane Ackerman  ♥♥♥♥

 

Religious and Religious fiction:                                         Click here to return to the Books index

 

• Alma and Abinadi, by Mark E. Petersen  ♥♥♥
• An Analysis of the Book of Mormon, by Wesley Ziegler  ♥♥♥
• Answers To Gospel Questions (five volumes), by Joseph Fielding Smith  ♥♥♥♥
• Are Mormons Christian?, by Stephen Robinson ♥♥♥♥♥
• Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt, by Parley P. Pratt  ♥♥♥♥♥+
• Banner Is Unfurled, A, by Marcie Gallacher  ♥♥♥
• Believing Christ, by Stephen Robinson  ♥♥♥
• Bible, The  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Blueprint of Christ’s Church, The, by Tad R. Callister ♥♥♥♥♥+
• Book of Mormon, The  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Book of Mormon Authorship, by Noel B. Reynolds  ♥♥♥
• Book of Mormon, Key to Conversion, by Glenn L. Pearson ♥♥♥♥♥+
• Challenge the Book of Mormon Makes to the World, The, by Grace Guymon Jones  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Charlotte’s Rose, by A. E. Cannon  ♥♥♥
• Companion to your Study of the Book of Mormon, by Victory Ludlow  ♥♥♥
• Companion to your Study of the Doctrine and Covenants, by Victor Ludlow  ♥♥♥
• Companion to your Study of the Old Testament, by Victor Ludlow  ♥♥♥
• Deadly By Design, by Paige Edwards  ♥♥♥
• Deposition of a Disciple, by Elder Neal L. Maxwell  ♥♥♥♥
• Doctrinal Commentary on the Pearl of Great Price, by Hyrum Andrus  ♥♥♥
• Doctrinal New Testament Commentary (3 volumes), Bruce R. McConkie  ♥♥♥♥
• Doctrine and Covenants  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Doctrine and Covenants Commentary, by Hyrum M. Smith  ♥♥♥♥
• Doctrines of Salvation (3 volumes), by Joseph F. Smith  ♥♥♥♥
• Fire and Steel volume 1:  A Generation Rising, by Gerald R. Lund  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Fire and Steel volume 2:  The Storm Descends, by Gerald R. Lund  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Fire and Steel volume 3:  The Shadow Falls, by Gerald R. Lund  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Fire and Steel volume 4:  The Proud Shall Stumble, by Gerald R. Lund  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Fire and Steel volume 5:  Out of the Smoke, by Gerald R. Lund  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Fire and Steel volume 6:  Into The Flames  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Fire of the Covenant, by Gerald N. Lund  ♥♥♥♥♥
• First, the Life and Faith of Emma Smith, by Jennifer Reeder   ♥♥♥
• First 2000 Years, The, by Cleon Skousen  ♥♥♥
• Fourth Thousand Years, The, by Cleon Skousen  ♥♥♥
• From Critic to Convert, by Willard Morgan  ♥♥♥♥
• From Deacon To Man of God, by Rulon Skinner  ♥♥♥
• Go Forward With Faith, by Sherie Dew  ♥♥♥♥
• Golden Answers, by John Bytheway  ♥♥♥♥♥+
• Gospel Symbolism, by Joseph Fielding McConkie ♥♥♥♥
• Great & The Terrible 1, The: The Brothers, by Chris Stewart  ♥♥♥♥
• Great & The Terrible 2: The: Where Angels Fall, by Chris Stewart  ♥♥♥♥
• Great & The Terrible 3: The: The Second Sun, by Chris Stewart  ♥♥♥♥
• Great & The Terrible 4: The: From the End of Heaven, by Chris Stewart  ♥♥♥♥
• Great & The Terrible 5: The: Fury and Light, by Chris Stewart  ♥♥♥♥
• Great & The Terrible 6: The: As Clear as the Moon, by Chris Stewart  ♥♥♥♥
• Handcarts To Zion, by LeRoy Hafen  ♥♥♥♥
• He Changed My Life, by L. Brent Goates  ♥♥♥♥
• History of Joseph Smith, by Luck Mack Smith  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Holding On, by S. Michael Wilcox  ♥♥♥♥♥+
• Hyrum Smith, Patriarch, by Pearson Corbett  ♥♥♥
• Infinite Atonement, The, by Tad Callister  ♥♥♥♥
• Insights from the life of a Prophet, by Sheri Dew  (biography of President Nelson) ♥♥♥♥♥+
• Inspiring Experiences That Build Faith, by Thomas S. Monson  ♥♥♥♥
• In The Hands of the Lord, by Richard Turley  (biography of President Oaks)  ♥♥♥♥♥+
• Jesus The Christ, by James E. Talmage  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Joseph of Egypt, by Mark E. Petersen  ♥♥♥♥
• Joseph Smith: A Prophet, by Donald W. Hemingway  ♥♥♥♥
• Joseph Smith, the Prophet, by Truman Madsen ♥♥♥♥
• Joseph Smith’s First Vision, by Milton V. Backman, Jr.  ♥♥♥
• Kolob Theorem, The, by Lynn M. Hilton  ♥♥♥
• Life of Christ, The, by Frederic William Farrar  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Life of John Taylor, The, by B. H. Roberts  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Mansion, The, by Henry Van Dyke  ♥♥♥♥
• Marvelous Work and a Wonder, by LeGrand Richards  ♥♥♥♥
• Miracle, The, by Blaine Yorgason  ♥♥♥
• Miracle of Forgiveness, by Spencer W. Kimball  ♥♥♥♥♥
• More Precious Than Rubies, by S. Dilworth Young  ♥♥♥♥
• Mormon Doctrine, by Bruce R. McConkie  ♥♥♥♥
• Mr. Durant of Salt Lake City, by Ben E. Rich  ♥♥♥♥
• Muddy, by Dean Hughes ♥♥♥♥
• My Servant Brigham, by Richard Holzapfel  ♥♥♥
• Myth Makers, by Hugh Nibley  ♥♥♥
• No Ma’am, That’s Not History, by Hugh Nibley  ♥♥♥♥
• Only The Brave, by Gerald Lund
• Outstanding Stories by General Authorities, by Leon Hartshorn  ♥♥♥♥
• Paradise Unveiled, by Joan Brady  ♥♥
• Pearl of Great Price, The  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Pilgrim’s Progress, The, by John Bunyan  ♥♥♥♥♥+
• Prophets and Apostles of the Last Days, by Lawrence Flake  ♥♥♥♥
• Put On The Whole Armor of God, by Leon Hartshorn  ♥♥♥
• Real or Rumor, by Keith Erekson  ♥
• River, by Dean Hughes  ♥♥♥
• Saints, Volume 1, by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints  ♥♥♥♥
• Saints, Volume 2, by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints  ♥♥♥♥
• Silence of God, The, by Gale Sears  ♥♥♥
• Simeon Solution, The, by Anne Osborn  ♥♥♥♥
• Sister Preachers, by Gale Sears  ♥♥♥♥
• Take Heed That Ye Be Not Deceived, by Richard I. Winwood   ♥♥♥♥
• Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites, by Chris Heimerdinger  ♥♥♥
• Third Thousand Years, The, by Cleon Skousen  ♥♥♥
• ‘Thousand Years’ series, by Cleon Skousen  ♥♥♥
• Trial of the Stick of Joseph, by Jack West  ♥♥♥
• Undaunted, by Gerald Lund  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Unexpected Deliverer, The, by Emily Freeman and David Butler  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Vision, The, by N. B. Lundwall  ♥♥♥
• Visions, Manifestations, and Miracles of the Restoration, by Trevan G. Hatch ♥♥♥
• We Are Christians Because…”, by Robert E. Wells ♥♥♥
• Witness for His Names, by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Work & the Glory 1, The: Pillar of Light, The, by Gerald Lund • W
• Work & the Glory 2, The: Like a Fire is Burning, The, by Gerald Lund  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Work & the Glory 3, The: Truth Will Prevail, by Gerald Lund  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Work & the Glory 4, The: Thy Gold to Refine, by Gerald Lund  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Work & the Glory 5, The: A Season of Joy, by Gerald Lund  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Work & the Glory 6, The: Praise to the Man, by Gerald Lund  ♥♥♥♥♥
• Work & the Glory 7, The: No Unhallowed Hand, by Gerald Lund
• Work & the Glory 8, The: So great a Cause, by Gerald Lund
• Work & the Glory 9, The: All is Well, by Gerald Lund

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