2013 Audio Book List (all unabridged)
2nd Annual Center of the Roof Top Ten Book List
69. – 71. The Grimnoir Chronicles by Larry Correia – narrated by Bronson Pinchot – Finished December 13 and again December 25 (Marriage Material)
68. “A Clash of Kings” (A Song of Ice and Fire Book 2) by George R. R. Martin – narrated by Roy Dotrice – Finished November 30 (Entertaining)
67. “Relic” (Pendergast, Book 1) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child – narrated by David Colacci – Finished November 16 (Dismal)
66. “Stay Close” by Harlan Coben – narrated by Scott Brick – Finished November 12 (So good!)
65. “The Picture of Dorian Gray” by Oscar Wilde – narrated by Simon Preble – Finished November 9 (Entertaining)
64. “Midnighters #2: Touching Darkness” (Midnighters Trilogy) by Scott Westerfeld – narrated by Voiceover (iOS Kindle app) – Finished November 8
63. “The Bone Season” by Samantha Shannon – narrated by Alana Kerr – Finished October 6 (Entertaining)
62. “14” by Peter Clines – narrated by Ray Porter – Finished November 2 (So good!)
61. “A Game of Thrones” (A Song of Ice and Fire book 1) by George R. R. Martin – narrated by Roy Dotrice – Finished October 29 (So good!)
60. “Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries” by Neil DeGrasse Tyson – narrated by Dion Graham – Finished October 20 (Entertaining)
59. “Doctor Sleep” by Stephen King – narrated by Will Patton – Finished October 16 (So good!)
58. “Claire Dewitt and the Bohemian Highway” by Sara Gran – narrated by Carol Monda – Finished October 13 (Entertaining)
57. “The Shining” by Stephen King – narrated by Campbell Scott – Finished October 10 (Entertaining)
56. “The Fault in our Stars” by John Green – narrated by Kate Rudd – Finished October 4 (Marriage material)
55. “Ceremony in Death” (In Death Book 5) by J. D. Robb – narrated by Susan Ericksen – Finished October 2 (Meh)
54. “Killing Floor” (Jack Reacher Book 1) by Lee Child – narrated by Dick Hill – Finished September 27 (So good!)
53. “Solaris: The Definitive Edition” by Stanislaw Lem, Bill Johnston (Translator) – narrated by Alessandro Juliani – Finished September 23 (Entertaining)
52. “Claire Dewitt and the City of the Dead” by Sara Gran – narrated by Carol Monda – Finished September 20 (So good!)
51. “Eye of the Needle” by Ken Follett – narrated by Eric Lincoln – Finished September 17 (Entertaining)
50. “Disobedience” by Naomi Alderman – narrated by Roe Kendall – Finished September 13 (Entertaining)
49. “The Cuckoo’s Calling” by Robert Galbraith aka J. K. Rowling – narrated by Robert Glenister – Finished September 10 (So good!)
48. “One Shot” (Jack Reacher Book 9) by Lee Child – narrated by Dick Hill – Finished September 8 (So good!)
47. “The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City and Started the Tabloid Wars” by Paul Collins – narrated by William Dufris – Finished September 5 (Entertaining)
46. “Jack of Diamonds” by Bryce Courtenay – narrated by Humphrey Bower – Finished September 2 (Marriage Material)
45. “Mystery Writers of America Presents: Vengeance” by several writers – narrated by an ensemble – Finished August 25 (Entertaining)
44. “A Dog’s Journey” by W. Bruce Cameron – narrated by George K. Wilson – Finished August 22 (Entertaining)
43. “Sharp Objects” by Gillian Flynn – narrated by Ann Marie Lee – Finished August 19 (So good!)
40. -42. “Glory in Death”, “Imortal in Death” and “Rapture in Death” by J. D. Robb – narrated by Susan Ericksen – Finished August 17 (Entertaining) ”
37. -39. The Pine Deep Trilogy by Jonathan Maberry – narrated by Tom Weiner – Finished August 9 (Entertaining)
36. “We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves” by Karen Joy Fowler – narrated by Orlagh Cassidy – finished July 24 (Entertaining)
35. “Jaws” by Peter Benchley – narrated by Erik Steele – Finished July 20 (Meh)
34. “Truth in Advertising” by John Kenny – narrated by Robert Petkoff – Finished July 17 (Marriage Material)
31. – 33. The North and South Trilogy by John Jakes – narrated by Grover Gardner – Finished July 13 (Marriage Material)
30. “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald – narrated by Jake Gyllenhaal – finished June 10 (So good!)
29. “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline – narrated by Wil Wheaton – Finished June 6 (So good!)
28. “The Company: A Novel of the CIA” by Robert Littell – narrated by Scott Brick – finished May 31 (So good!)
27. “Midnighters #1: The Secret Hour” (Midnighters Trilogy) by Scott Westerfeld – narrated by Voiceover (iOS Kindle app) – Finished May 20
26. “Dad is Fat” by Jim Gaffigan – narrated by Jim Gaffigan – Finished May 16 (Entertaining)
25. “Naked in Death” (In Death Book 1) by J.D. Robb – narrated by Susan Ericksen – Finished May 14 (Entertaining)
19. – 24. The Joe Ledger Novels by Jonathan Maberry – narrated by Ray Porter – Finished May 10 (Series: Marriage Material)
18. “Metro Girl” by Janet Evanovich – narrated by C.J. Critt – Finished April 11 (Entertaining)
17. “The Cider House Rules” by John Irving – narrated by Grover Gardner – Finished April 3 (Marriage Material)
16. “House Rules” by Jodi Picoult – narrated by Mark Turetsky, Nicole Poole, Andy Paris, Christopher Evan Welch and Rich Orlow – Finished March 25 (So Good!)
15. “Mission Flats” by William Landay – narrated by William Dufris – Finished March 19 (Entertaining)
14. “Voyagers of the Titanic: Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came From” by Richard Davenport-Hines – narrated by Robin Sachs – Finished March 13 (So good!)
13. “Deadly Coast” by R. E. McDermott – narrated by Todd Haberkorn – Finished March 8 (So good!)
12. “Deadly Straits” by R. E. McDermott – narrated by Todd Haberkorn – Finished March 4 (So good!)
11. “The Gypsey Morph” (The Genesis of Shannara Book 3) by Terry Brooks – narrated by Phil Gigante – Finished March 1 (Marriage Material)
10. “The Elves of Cintra” (The Genesis of Shannara Book 2) by Terry Brooks – narrated by Phil Gigante – Finished February 27 (So good!)
9. “Armageddon’s Children” (The Genesis of Shannara Book 1) by Terry Brooks – narrated by Dick Hill – finished February 24 (So good!)
8. “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams – narrated by Stephen Fry – Finished February 18 (Entertaining)
7. “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck – narrated by Dylan Baker – Finished February 15 (Marriage Material)
6. “John Dies at the End” by David Wong – narrated by Stephen R. Thorne – Finished February 5 (Entertaining)
5. “The Hunt for Red October” by Tom Clancy – narrated by J. Charles – Finished January 31 (Meh)
4. “The Black Box” (Harry Bosch #18) by Michael Connelly – narrated by Michael McConnohie – Finished January 26 (Entertaining)
3. “The Drop” (Harry Bosch #17) by Michael Connelly – narrated by Len Cariou – finished January 21 (Entertaining)
2. “Harvest” by Tess Gerritsen – narrated by George Guidall – Finished January 16 (So good!)
1. “Strangers” by Dean Koontz – narrated by Dick Hill – Finished January 10 (Meh)
2012 Audio Book List (all unabridged)
Inaugural Center of the Roof Top Ten Book List
1. “IT” – Stephen King – Began end of 2011, finished 1/4/12
2. “The Concrete Blonde” – Michael Connelly – Finished 1/9/12
3.* “Under the Dome” – Stephen King – Finished 1/22/12
4. “The Black Echo” (Harry Bosch #1) – Michael Connelly – Finished 1/24/12
5. “The Black Ice” (Harry Bosch #2) – Michael Connelly – Finished 1/27/12
6.* “The Concrete Blonde” (Harry Bosch #3) – Michael Connelly – Finished 2/2/12
7. “Stories I Only Tell My Friends” – Rob Lowe – Finished 2/6/12
8.** “So Yesterday” – Scott Westerfeld – Finished 2/10/12
9.** “Peeps” – Scott Westerfeld – Finished 2/15/12
10. “1Q84” – Haruki Murakami – Finished 3/12/12
11. “The Stand” – Stephen King – Finished 4/2/12
12.** “Uglies” – Scott Westerfeld – Finished 4/9/12
13.** “Pretties” – Scott Westerfeld – Finished 4/15/12
14. “The Last Coyote” (Harry Bosch #4) – Michael Connelly – Finished 4/20/12
15. “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” – Seth Grahame-Smith – Finished 4/25/12
16. “Zero Day” – David Baldacci – Finished 5/1/12
17** “Specials” – Scott Westerfeld – Finished 5/7/12
18.** “Extras” – Scott Westerfeld – Finished 5/13/12
19. “77 Shadow Street” – Dean Koontz – Finished 5/21/12
20. “Let’s Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir)” – Jenny Lawson – Finished 5/25/12
21. “Engines of Change: A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars” – Paul Ingrassia Finished 6/1/12
22. “The Glory of Their Times: The Story Of The Early Days Of Baseball Told By The Men Who Played It” – Lawrence Ritter – Finished 6/3/12
23. “The Given Day” – Dennis Lehane – Finished 6/17/12
24. “Trunk Music” (Harry Bosch #5) – Michael Connelly – Finished 6/22/12
25. “The Lincoln Lawyer” (Mickey Haller #1) – Michael Connelly – Finished 6/29/12
26. “The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science” – Norman Doidge – Finished 7/6/12
27. “A Dog’s Purpose: A Novel for Humans” – W. Bruce Cameron – Finished 7/11/12
28. “The Potato Factory” (The Australian Trilogy Part One) – Bryce Courtenay – Finished 7/25/12
29. “Tommo and Hawk” (The Australian Trilogy Part Two) – Bryce Courtenay – Finished 8/8/12
30.* “Fifty Shades of Grey” (Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy) – E. L. James – Finished 8/11/12
31. “Fifty Shades Darker” (Book Two of the Fifty Shades Trilogy) – E.L. James – Finished 8/16/12
32. “Solomon’s Song” (The Australian Trilogy Part Three) – Bryce Courtenay – Finished 8/22/12
33. “Fifty Shades Freed” (Book Three of the Fifty Shades Trilogy) – E.L. James – Finished 8/25/12
34. “The Poet” (Jack McEvoy #1) – Michael Connelly Finished – 829/12
35. “13 Things That Don’t Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time” – Michael Brooks – Finished 9/4/12
36. “Angels Flight” (Harry Bosch #6) – Michael Connelly – Finished 9/8/12
37. “The Scarecrow” (Jack McEvoy #2) – Michael Connelly – Finished 9/13/12
38. “Blood Work” (Terry McCaleb #1) – Michael Connelly – Finished 9/20/12
39. “A Darkness More Than Night” (Terry McCaleb #2, Harry Bosch #7) – Michael Connelly – Finished 9/25/12
40. “City of Bones” (Harry Bosch #8) – Michael Connelly – Finished 101/12
41.* “Defending Jacob” – William Landay – Finished 10/7/12
42. “The Next Right Thing” – Dan Barden – Finished 10/13/12
43. “Lost Light” (Harry Bosch #9) – Michael Connelly – finished 10/17/12
44. “The Narrows” (Harry Bosch #10) – Michael Connelly – finished 10/21/12
45. “Gone Girl” – Gillian Flynn – finished 10/25/12
46. “The Closers” (Harry Bosch #11) – Michael Connelly – Finished 10/27/12
47. “Echo Park: (Harry Bosch #12) -Finished – 10/31/12
48. “The Overlook” (Harry Bosch #13) – Michael Connelly – Finished 11/4/12
49. “The Hunger Games” (Book One of the Hunger Games Trilogy) – Suzanne Collins – Finished 11/9/12
50. “The Handmaid’s Tale” – Margaret Atwood – Finished 11/13/12
51. “Catching Fire” (Book Two of The Hunger Games Trilogy) – Suzanne Collins – Finished 11/18/12
52. “Mocking Jay” (Book Three of the Hunger Games Trilogy) – Suzanne Collins – Finished 11/23/12
53. “The Brass Verdict” (Harry Bosch #14, Mickey Haller #2) – Michael Connelly – finished 11/28/12
54. “The Art of Fielding” – Chad Harbach – Finished 12/2/12
55. “Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base” – Annie Jacobsen – Finished 12/11/12
56. “Nine Dragons” (Harry Bosch #15) – Michael Connelly – finished 12/15/12
{First audio book I’ve ever not finished, half of “Nano” – Robin Cook – Gave up on 12/18/12}
57. “The Reversal” (Mickey Haller #3, Harry Bosch #16) – Michael Connelly – Finished 12/23/12
58.* “11-22-63” – Stephen King – finished 12/24/12
59.* “Void Moon” – Michael Connelly – Finished 12/27/12
*Audio book previously listened to.
** Audio book previously listened to multiple times.