The Best, The Worst

I had a pretty big list of books that I read for 2013, and so decided, for those interested in reading, or wanting to know what the best books were . . . I am going to present the top ten books that I read this year, (which was actually a challenge to whittle it down to only five). I also will give you the worst ten books I read this year. So here you go:

BEST BOOKS OF 2013 (not in any particular order)

1. A Short Stay in Hell, by Steven L. Peck

2. Ethics, by Benedict de Spinoza

3. The Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman

4. The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green

5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by J. K. Rowlings

6. Looking for Alaska, by John Green

7. The Fall of Hyperion, by Dan Simmons

8. The Myth of Sisyphus, by Albert Camus

9. Selected Poems, by William Carlos Williams

10. Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates, by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein

WORST BOOKS OF 2013 (not in any particular order)

1. The Blithdale Romance, by Nathaniel Hawthorne

2. The Dark is Rising, by Susan Cooper

3. Unwind, by Neal Shusterman

4. Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher

5. Family Happiness, by Leo Tolstoy

6. Deaf in America, by Carol Padden and Tom Humphries

7. Dissemination, by Jacques Derrida

8. The Day of the Locust by Nathaniel West

9. Over Sea, Under Stone, by Susan Cooper

10. Short Stories, by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Some books I want to read/finish:

1. A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens

2. Time Reborn by Lee Smolin

3. Fear and Trembling, by Soren Kierkegaard

4. A Sickness Unto Death, by Soren Kierkegaard

5. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens

The Books of 2013

This year I read a lot. A lot, because of school and stuff being required, but also, there was a lot I read just for fun. And so, here is the list of books I read, in order, this year. Not sure if I'll be reading as much in 2014, but who knows. As of right now, I don't know which I would say are the best. There were a lot of really good books, and a lot of really horrible books. Maybe I'll come up with those lists and post them with some New Years resolutions. But for now, the list of books read in 2013.


01. A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck
02. The Essential Writings by Ralph Waldo Emerson
03. The Republic by Plato
04. Poetics by Aristotle
05. Walden by Henry David Thoreau
06. The Guide for the Perplexed by Moses Maimonides
07. Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes
08. Macbeth by William Shakespeare
09. New Science by Giambattista Vico
10. The Complete Works of Emily Dickinson Edited by Thomas H. Johnson
11. Short Stories by Hawthorne
12. Course in General Linguistics by Saussure
13. Ethics by Benedict De Spinoza
14. The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne
15. Discourse on Metaphysics by Leibniz
16. Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman Melville
17. Banito Cereno by Herman Melville
18. Dracula by Bram Stoker
19. Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein
20. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke
21. Principles of Human Knowledge by George Berkeley
22. Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass by Fredrick Douglass
23. Deaf In America by Carol Padden and Tom Humphries
24. An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume
25. Dissemination by Jacques Derrida
26. Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
27. Dune by Frank Herbert
28. Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone by J. K. Rowling
29. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
30. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
31. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
32. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
33. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
34. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
35. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
36. The Giver by Lois Lowry
37. Cats Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
38. Thou Art That by Joseph Campbell
39. Gateway by Fredrick Pohl
40. Time Enough For Love by Robert A. Heinlein
41. When I Was a Child I Read Books by Marilynne Robinson
42. A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck (again)
43. The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
44. Forever by Judy Blume
45. Over Sea Under Stone by Susan Cooper
46. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
47. Selected Short Stories by Ernest Hemingway
48. Family Happiness by Tolstoy
49. The Day of the Locust by Nathaniel West
50. Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson
51. The Death of Ivan Ilych by Tolstoy
52. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
53. Coraline by Neil Gainman
54. Stop Pretending by Sonya Sones
55. Hadji Murad by Tolstoy
56. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
57. 100 Selected Poems by E. E. Cummings
58. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
59. Looking for Alaska by John Green
60. American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
61. Unwind by Neal Shusterman
62. The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays by Albert Camus
63. Philosophy Bites Back by David Edmonds and Nigel Warburton
64. Selected Poems by William Carlos Williams
65. The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper