Books read in the year 2001

January 2001

Stand By For Mars Carey Rockwell
Looking Backward Edward Bellamy
R.U.R. Karel Capek
Weapons and Equipment of the Napoleonic Wars Philip Haythornthwaite
Die Hard! Philip Haythornthwaite
Hunting Party Elizabeth Moon
Sporting Chance Elizabeth Moon
Rules for Aging Roger Rosenblatt
Voodoo Science Robert Park
The Book of 5 Rings Miyamoto Musashi (reread)
The Art of War Sun Tzu (reread)
The Structure and Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics R.I.G. Hughes
The Education of Cyrus Xenophon
Secrets of the Samurai Oscar Ratti and Adele Westbrook

February 2001

The Winds of Mars H.M. Hoover
Treasures of Morrow H.M. Hoover
Aikido for Life Gaku Homma
Hapgood Tom Stoppard (reread)
Winning Colors Elizabeth Moon
Once a Hero Elizabeth Moon
The Pillow Book Sei Shonagon
Rules of Engagement Elizabeth Moon
Wildside Steven Gould

March 2001

Prisoner's Hope David Feintuch
Miss Carlyle's Curricle Karen Harbaugh
Infinite in All Directions Freeman Dyson
Now Then Again Penny Penniston
The Dueling Machine Ben Bova
Welcome to Temptation Jennifer Crusie
Change of Command Elizabeth Moon
The Proud Tower Barbara Tuchman
Entering Space Robert Zubrin
The East India Company Antony Wild
The Bell Tree H.M. Hoover
Remarks on Cavalry Emanuel von Warnery
Changer of Worlds David Weber (ed.)
Zero G: Life and Survival in Space Peter Bond

April 2001

Against the Odds Elizabeth Moon
On the Trail of the Space Pirates Carey Rockwell
The Case of the Baker Street Irregular Robert Newman (reread)
Galileo Bertolt Brecht (reread)
The Case of the Vanishing Corpse Robert Newman
A Monstrous Regiment of Women Laurie R. King
The Golden Compass Philip Pullman
The Case of the Somerville Secret Robert Newman
The Case of the Threatened King Robert Newman
The Case of the Etruscan Treasure Robert Newman
The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman
The Case of the Frightened Friend Robert Newman
Sexing the Brain Lesley Rogers
The Women Troubadours Meg Bogin
Sheepfarmer's Daughter Elizabeth Moon
The Knight in History Frances Gies
Commedia Dell'Arte: an Actor's Handbook John Rudlin

May 2001

Space Tina Landau
Shards of Honor Lois McMaster Bujold
Barrayar Lois McMaster Bujold
The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman
Shrub Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose
Black Ajax George MacDonald Fraser
A Letter of Mary Laurie R. King
Crazy for You Jennifer Crusie
The Duel Robert Baldick (reread)
Unpopular Essays Bertrand Russell
The Dark is Rising Susan Cooper
Ode to a Banker Lindsey Davis
The English Gentleman Abroad Douglas Sutherland

June 2001

A Body in the Bath House Lindsey Davis
Greek Lyrics Richmond Lattimore
Paradise Lost John Milton (partial reread)
The Warrior's Apprentice Lois McMaster Bujold
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them J.K. Rowling
Quidditch Through the Ages J.K. Rowling
The Vor Game Lois McMaster Bujold
Cetaganda Lois McMaster Bujold
Ethan of Athos Lois McMaster Bujold
Borders of Infinity Lois McMaster Bujold
The Pleasures of Japanese Literature Donald Keene
Fast Women Jennifer Crusie
Brothers in Arms Lois McMaster Bujold
Extraterrestrial Intelligence Jean Heidmann

July 2001

The Moor Laurie R. King
Welcome to Temptation Jennifer Crusie (reread)
Dueling Kevin McAleer
Time Life Basic Plumbing Time Life
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays Bertrand Russell
In the Wake of the Plague Norman F. Cantor
It's a Small, Medium and Outsize World John Taylor
Rhapsody Elizabeth Haydon

August 2001

A Narrow Road to a Far Province Basho (trans. Dorothy Britton)
An Introduction to Haiku Harold G. Henderson
Prophecy Elizabeth Haydon
Weird Water and Fuzzy Logic Martin Gardner
The Case of the Indian Curse Robert Newman
O Jerusalem Laurie R. King
The Elegant Universe Brian Greene
The Decameron Giovanni Boccaccio
The Servant of Two Masters Carlo Goldoni
The Player of Games Iain M. Banks

September 2001

The Military Experience in the Age of Reason Christopher Duffy
The Bridge Iain Banks
The Triumphs Petrarch (trans. Ernest Hatch Wilkins)
The Case of the Watching Boy Robert Newman
Boundaries and Barriers: On the Limits to Scientific Knowledge John L. Casti, Anders Karlqvist (eds.)
The Science Fiction Stories of Rudyard Kipling John Brunner (ed.)
Destiny Elizabeth Haydon
The Other Wind Ursula K. Le Guin

October 2001

Holes Louis Sachar
Tales From Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin
Consider Phlebus Iain M. Banks

November 2001

Use of Weapons Iain M. Banks
Fortinbras Lee Blessing
Six Plays of Plautus Plautus (trans. Lionel Casson)
The State of the Art Iain M. Banks
The Art of Defence on Foot John Taylor
A Treatise Upon the Useful Science of Defence John Godfrey
The Winter Soldiers Richard M. Ketchum
Who Got Einstein's Office? Ed Regis
The Sentiment of the Sword Richard F. Burton
Ender's Shadow Orson Scott Card
Broad-sword and Single-stick R.G. Allanson-Winn and C. Phillipps-Wolley

December 2001

A New System of Sword Exercise for Infantry Richard F. Burton
Full House Stephen Jay Gould
Madman William Naomi Claire Wallace
Congress at Princeton: Being the Letters of Charles Thomson to Hannah Thomson, June-October 1783 Eugene R. Sheridan and John M. Murrin (eds.)
The Lady from Spain Gail Eastwood
Postscript to `The Name of the Rose' Umberto Eco
Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America David S. Shields
Poor Richard: an Almanack Benjamin Franklin (a selection)
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens (reread)
The Campaign of Princeton Alfred Hoyt Bill
The Twelve Days of Christmas Regina Scott
Grandfather's Book of Country Things William Needham and Barrows Mussey
Return to Earth H.M. Hoover (reread)
How to Talk to a Naked Man Melanie Mills
Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down Dave Barry
Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Other Plays Steve Martin

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