Reading List

The WxToad's bookshelf

Every book the WxToad read from November 2008 to May 2019: 268 of them, shelved by the year he read them. Click a book to pull it off the shelf, or search the full list below.

268books read
2010busiest year, 42 books
212different authors
Vince Flynnmost read, 13 books

201910 books

201818 books

201729 books

201616 books

201520 books

201421 books

201332 books

201239 books

201123 books

201042 books

200915 books

20083 books

The full list

TitleAuthorRead
Ice BoundDr. Kerri NeilsenMay 2019
Say Goodbye for NowCatherine Ryan HydeMay 2019
The JungleUpton SinclairMay 2019
Come Again No MoreJack ToddApril 2019
Rules for RadicalsSaul AlinskyApril 2019
My Father the SpyJohn RichardsonApril 2019
The Water in BetweenKevin PattersonMarch 2019
The Deep StateJason ChaffetzMarch 2019
Sun Going DownJack ToddFebruary 2019
Franklin PiercePeter A. WallnerJanuary 2019
Peary: The Explorer and the ManJohn Edward WeemsDecember 2018
No One Would ListenHarry MarkopolosDecember 2018
The Life We BuryAllen EskensNovember 2018
Woodrow WilsonAugust HeckscherNovember 2018
Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul reinvented an Industry - and Made Himself the Richest Man in AmericaStephen Manes & Paul AndrewsOctober 2018
Godforsaken Sea - Racing the World's Most Dangerous WatersDerek LundySeptember 2018
The DiscipleStephen CoontsSeptember 2018
Old FriendsTracy KidderSeptember 2018
Steve Jobs: The Man who Thought DifferentKaren BlumenthalAugust 2018
GrantRon ChernowAugust 2018
The InformantKurt EichenwaldMay 2018
CubaStephen CoontsMay 2018
John Tyler: Champion of the Old SouthOliver Perry ChitwoodApril 2018
WatchersDean KoontzMarch 2018
Gold DiggersCharlotte GrayMarch 2018
Millard Fillmore: Biography of a PresidentRobert J. RaybackFebruary 2018
The World According to BobJames BowenJanuary 2018
Katharine Graham - Personal HistoryKatharine GrahamJanuary 2018
Charlie Company - What Vietnam Did to UsPeter Goldman & Tony FullerDecember 2017
The Battle of the GeneralsMartin BlumensonDecember 2017
Act of WarBrad ThorDecember 2017
Walden on Wheels: On the Open Road from Debt to FreedomKen IlgunasNovember 2017
TownieAndre Dubus IIINovember 2017
The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles and Their Secret World WarStephen KinzerOctober 2017
The Color of TruthKai BirdOctober 2017
Tearing Down the WallsMonica LangleySeptember 2017
Use of ForceBrad ThorSeptember 2017
Paperboy: Confessions of a Future EngineerHenry PetroskiAugust 2017
Colder than Hell: A Marine Rifle Company at Chosin ReservoirJoseph R. OwenAugust 2017
And You Know You Should Be GladBob GreeneAugust 2017
Secrecy and Power: The Life of J. Edgar HooverRichard Gid PowersAugust 2017
VoyagerJeana Yeagar & Dick RutanJune 2017
Citizen Cohn: The Life and Times of Roy CohnNicholas von HoffmanJune 2017
Kearney's March: The Epic Creation of the American West, 1846-1847Winston GroomJune 2017
Girl from FitchburgBernadine Kielty SchermanJune 2017
The Mosquito CoastPaul TherouxJune 2017
Proud to Be: My Life, the Air Force, the ControversyKelly FlinnMay 2017
Old Tippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His TimeFreeman CleavesApril 2017
Breaking the LimitKaren LarsenMarch 2017
DamagesBarry WerthMarch 2017
The Hungry OceanLinda GreenlawMarch 2017
The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep ThroatBob WoodwardMarch 2017
Vision: The Story of BoeingHarold MansfieldFebruary 2017
Parting the Desert - The Creation of the Suez CanalZachary KarabellFebruary 2017
A Street Cat Named Bob - And How he Saved my LifeJames BowenJanuary 2017
Ike's Spies - Eisenhower and the Espionage EstablishmentStephen E. AmbroseJanuary 2017
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in CrisisJ. D. VanceJanuary 2017
Octopus: Sam Israel, the Secret Market, and Wall Street's Wildest ConGuy LawsonDecember 2016
The Grand Idea: George Washington's Potomac and the Race to the WestJoel AchenbachDecember 2016
Ayn Rand and the World She MadeAnne C. HellerNovember 2016
Call the Briefing!Marlin FitzwaterOctober 2016
The Price of PoliticsBob WoodwardAugust 2016
Carrying the FireMichael CollinsJuly 2016
Seabiscuit - An American LegendLaura HillenbrandJune 2016
The Catcher in the RyeJ. D. SalingerJune 2016
The Last PatriotBrad ThorMay 2016
Martin Van Buren and the Emergence of American Popular PoliticsJoel H. SilbeyMay 2016
State of FearMichael CrichtonApril 2016
Tracks in the Sea: Matthew Fontaine Maury and the Mapping of the OceansChester G. HearnApril 2016
Last Bus to WisdomIvan DoigMarch 2016
Three Weeks with My BrotherNicholas SparksMarch 2016
Team of RivalsDoris Kearns GoodwinMarch 2016
In the Devil's SnareMary Beth NortonJanuary 2016
Undaunted CourageStephen AmbroseDecember 2015
Coming CleanKimberley Rae MillerDecember 2015
Pathfinder: John Charles Fremont and the Course of American EmpireTom ChaffinDecember 2015
The Devil in the White CityErik LarsonNovember 2015
Pay Any Price: Greed, Power and Endless WarJames RisenNovember 2015
An Invisible ThreadLaura Schoff & Alex TresniowskiOctober 2015
The 100-Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and DisappearedJonas JonassonOctober 2015
Clinton CashPeter SchweizerSeptember 2015
When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded AgeJustin KaplanSeptember 2015
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest TrailCheryl StrayedAugust 2015
Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered From All SidesChristian G. AppyAugust 2015
A Bold Fresh Piece of HumanityBill O'ReillyJuly 2015
Cold MountainCharles FrazierJune 2015
Hidden OrderBrad ThorMay 2015
Andrew Johnson: A BiographyHans L. TrefousseMay 2015
The First CommandmentBrad ThorApril 2015
1812: The Navy's WarGeorge C. DaughanMarch 2015
The Bully PulpitDoris Kearns GoodwinMarch 2015
Band of BrothersStephen E. AmbroseJanuary 2015
Heavy WeatherBruce SterlingJanuary 2015
American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's AmericaDavid O. StewartDecember 2014
Destiny of the RepublicCandice MillardDecember 2014
Blood and ThunderHampton SidesDecember 2014
1776David McCulloughNovember 2014
The Fourth EstateJeffrey ArcherOctober 2014
Empire of the Summer MoonS. C. GwynneSeptember 2014
Hit & Run: How Jon Peters and Peter Gruber Took Sony for a Ride in HollywoodNancy Griffin & Kim MastersAugust 2014
Buddy: How a Rooster Made Me a Family ManBrian McGroryAugust 2014
The HopeHerman WoukAugust 2014
Jack: Straight from the GutJack WelchAugust 2014
Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of WatergateBob WoodwardJuly 2014
What HappenedScott McClellanJuly 2014
UnbrokenLaura HillenbrandJune 2014
The Shadow of Blooming Grove: Warren G. Harding in His TimesFrancis RussellJune 2014
USS SeawolfPatrich RobinsonMarch 2014
Parallel LiesRidley PearsonMarch 2014
The Last Hero: Wild Bill DonovanAnthony Cave BrownMarch 2014
Breaking PointDana HaynesFebruary 2014
The Fourth Part of the WorldToby LesterFebruary 2014
The Last ManVince FlynnJanuary 2014
Compromised: Clinton, Bush and the CIATerry Reed & John CummingsJanuary 2014
Sea of ThunderEvan ThomasDecember 2013
CrashersDana HaynesDecember 2013
Dirty Wars - The World is a BattlefieldJeremy ScahillDecember 2013
A Prayer for Owen MeanyJohn IrvingNovember 2013
Not Between BrothersDavid Marion WilkinsonNovember 2013
Alexander HamiltonRon ChernowOctober 2013
ReccessionalJames A MichenerSeptember 2013
The Shell GameSteve AltenAugust 2013
Blind Man's BluffSherry Sontag & Christopher DrewAugust 2013
The Yankee YearsJoe Torre & Tom VerducciAugust 2013
The Birth of the WestPaul CollinsJuly 2013
Shadow Warrior: William Egan Colby and the CIARandall B. WoodsJuly 2013
The Man Who Loved Books Too MuchAllison Hoover BartlettJuly 2013
Into the SilenceWade DavisJuly 2013
The ChaseClive CusslerJuly 2013
The Lost CyclistDavid HerlihyJune 2013
The River of DoubtCandice MillardJune 2013
A Final Reckoning: A Tale of Bush Life in AustraliaGeorge A. HentyJune 2013
The Great GatsbyF. Scott FitzgeraldJune 2013
Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the MossadGordon ThomasJune 2013
CoolidgeAmity ShlaesMay 2013
The Ice BalloonAlec WilkinsonApril 2013
Twelve Desparate MilesTim BradyMarch 2013
LibertyStephen CoontsMarch 2013
Halsey's TyphoonBob Drury & Tom ClavinMarch 2013
The Worst Journey in the WorldApsley Cherry-GarrardMarch 2013
ScrewedDick Morris & Eileen McGannFebruary 2013
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas JeffersonJoseph J. EllisFebruary 2013
Liberty and TyrannyMark R. LevinJanuary 2013
IntrudersStephen CoontsJanuary 2013
Classified WomanSibel EdmondsJanuary 2013
Benedict Arnold: Revolutionary HeroJames Kirby MartinJanuary 2013
Diary of a U-Boat CommanderAnonymousDecember 2012
The Red HorsemanStephen CoontsDecember 2012
Sleeping with Custer and the 7th CavalryWalter C RodgersDecember 2012
The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on EverestAnatoli Boukreev & G. Weston DeWaltDecember 2012
Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham ClintonBarbara OlsonDecember 2012
Solving 9-11: The Deception That Changed the WorldChristopher BollynNovember 2012
SlipknotLinda GreenlawNovember 2012
James MadisonRichard BrookhiserOctober 2012
The MinotaurStephen CoontsOctober 2012
AirframeMichael CrichtonOctober 2012
Have You Seen My Country Lately?Jerry DoyleOctober 2012
The Cider House RulesJohn IrvingOctober 2012
All Quiet on the Western FrontErich Maria RemarqueSeptember 2012
Man of the HouseThomas P. O'NeillSeptember 2012
The Great Destroyer: Barack Obama's War on the RepublicDavid LimbaughSeptember 2012
Full BlackBrad ThorSeptember 2012
Fahrenheit 451Ray BradburySeptember 2012
Highest DutyChesley SullenbergerSeptember 2012
Under SiegeStephen CoontsAugust 2012
The Roots of Obama's RageDinesh D'SouzaAugust 2012
TyphoonJoseph ConradAugust 2012
The AmateurEd KleinAugust 2012
The Man Who Loved ChinaSimon WinchesterAugust 2012
Liberal Betrayal of America and the Tea Party FirestormWilliam Davis EatonAugust 2012
The KingdomClive CusslerJuly 2012
RayismsRay RothbardJuly 2012
Crossing to SafetyWallace StegnerJuly 2012
Final FlightStephen CoontsJuly 2012
Dead or AliveTom ClancyJune 2012
Angle of ReposeWallace StegnerMay 2012
RiptideD. Preston & L. ChildMay 2012
Andrew Jackson: His Life and TimesH. W. BrandsApril 2012
The Man Who Knew Too MuchDick RussellMarch 2012
Midnight in the Garden of Good and EvilJohn BerendtFebruary 2012
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius VanderbiltT. J. StilesFebruary 2012
Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the WorldAndrew BreitbartFebruary 2012
Huey LongT. Harry WilliamsJanuary 2012
AmericaStephen CoontsJanuary 2012
Honorable Warrior: General Harold K. Johnson and the Ethics of CommandLewis SorleyJanuary 2012
Foreign InfluenceBrad ThorDecember 2011
Washington: A LifeRon ChernowDecember 2011
American AssassinVince FlynnNovember 2011
The Guts To TryCol James H. KyleOctober 2011
Lonesome DoveLarry McMurtryOctober 2011
After AmericaMark SteynOctober 2011
The TycoonsCharles R. MorrisOctober 2011
The Oregon TrailFrancis ParkmanOctober 2011
Dereliction of DutyH. R. McMasterSeptember 2011
Mad Anthony WayneThomas BoydSeptember 2011
All the Little Live ThingsWallace StegnerSeptember 2011
Rabble in ArmsKenneth RobertsJuly 2011
The Perfect StormSebastian JungerJune 2011
Atlas ShruggedAyn RandJune 2011
Riders of the Purple SageZane GreyApril 2011
One Ranger - A MemoirH. Joaquin JacksonApril 2011
Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern LiberalismRonald J. PestrittoApril 2011
Dark SummitNick HeilMarch 2011
DisclosureMichael CrichtonMarch 2011
The Guns of AugustBarbara W. TuchmanMarch 2011
Extreme MeasuresVince FlynnFebruary 2011
Lusitania - An Epic TragedyDiana PrestonJanuary 2011
John AdamsDavid McCulloughJanuary 2011
Protect and DefendVince FlynnDecember 2010
Tuxedo ParkJennet ConantDecember 2010
The Worst Hard TimeTimothy EganDecember 2010
ColossusMichael HiltzikDecember 2010
MatterhornKarl MarlantesNovember 2010
Act of TreasonVince FlynnNovember 2010
The Big Rock Candy MountainWallace StegnerNovember 2010
The Lost SymbolDan BrownOctober 2010
A First Rate Tragedy: Robert Falcon Scott and the Race to the South PoleDiana PrestonOctober 2010
The Life & Times of the Thunderbolt KidBill BrysonOctober 2010
Separation of PowerVince FlynnOctober 2010
PatriotsA. J. LangguthOctober 2010
The Third OptionVince FlynnSeptember 2010
Transfer of PowerVince FlynnAugust 2010
Term LimitsVince FlynnAugust 2010
Captain Lightfoot: The Last of the New England HighwaymenFrederick. W. WaldoAugust 2010
Heart of DarknessJoseph ConradAugust 2010
Mount Washington ReoccupiedRobert MonahanJuly 2010
Skull RackRon BraithwaiteJuly 2010
JFK and the UnspeakableJames DouglassJune 2010
Water for ElephantsSara GruenJune 2010
Pursuit of HonorVince FlynnJune 2010
Unknown SeasRonald WatkinsJune 2010
Sailing Alone Around the WorldJoshua SlocumMay 2010
Lost and FoundJacqueline SheehanMay 2010
Before the FalloutDiana PrestonMay 2010
Seven Years in TibetHeinrich HarrarMay 2010
The Professor and the MadmanSimon WinchesterApril 2010
Over the Edge of the WorldLaurence BergreenApril 2010
The Last PatriotBrad ThorApril 2010
HawkeTed BellMarch 2010
Fortunes of WarStephen CoontsMarch 2010
The Rise of Theodore RooseveltEdmund MorrisMarch 2010
Consent to KillVince FlynnMarch 2010
Empire FallsRichard RussoMarch 2010
The WarburgsRon ChernowMarch 2010
The Innocent ManJohn GrishamFebruary 2010
Executive PowerVince FlynnJanuary 2010
Joseph StalinRobert ServiceJanuary 2010
Half Broke HorsesJeanette WallsJanuary 2010
North Star Over My ShoulderBob BuckJanuary 2010
Time and Chance - Gerald Ford's Appointment with HistoryJames CannonJanuary 2010
The Glass CastleJeanette WallsDecember 2009
Every Man A TigerTom ClanceyDecember 2009
Flying CrowsJim LehrerDecember 2009
Andrew CarnegieDavid NasawDecember 2009
Stern MenElizabeth GilbertOctober 2009
Sleeper SpyWilliam ArcherOctober 2009
As The Crow FliesJeffrey ArcherSeptember 2009
Nine Mile BridgeHelen HamlinAugust 2009
Memorial DayVince FlynnAugust 2009
A Good DogJon KatzAugust 2009
Marching toward Hell: America and Islam After IraqMichael ScheuerApril 2009
The Forgotten ManAmity ShlaesMarch 2009
The Leisure SeekerMichael ZadoorianFebruary 2009
American Prometheus: Triumph & Tragedy of Robert OppenheimerBird & SherwinFebruary 2009
IOUSAWiggin & IncontreraJanuary 2009
Dewey - The Small Town Library CatVicki MyronDecember 2008
The Bilderberg GroupDaniel EstulinNovember 2008
The Creature from Jekyll IslandG. Edward GriffinNovember 2008