100+ Books in 2025 discussion

In August of 2010 I started a personal project to read the books on the Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Readers top 100 Novels in the English Language of the 20th Century list.I'm still working through the list, but I also enjoy reading a variety of genres, especially mysteries.

Here are the books I've read in January 2016 (M=Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Reader's Top 100 Novels in the English language of the 20th Century, B=physical book, K=Kindle or EPUB book, A=audiobook)

1. Bowl of Fruit [1907], Panayotis Cacoyannis (K)
2. Mr. Mercedes, Stephen King (A)
3. The Murder Pit, Jeff Shelby (K)
4. Time's Divide, Rysa Walker (K)
5. Faithless, Karin Slaughter (A)
6. So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood, Patrick Modiano (K)
7. Shovel Ready, Adam Sternbergh (K)
8. The Wife, Meg Wolitzer (A)
9. Say That Again, N. Gemini Sasson (K)
10. Finders Keepers, Stephen King (A)
11. The Edge of Normal, Carla Norton (K)

Here are the books I've read in February 2016 (M=Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Reader's Top 100 Novels in the English language of the 20th Century, B=physical book, K=Kindle or EPUB book, A=audiobook)

12. When The Bough Breaks, Jonathan Kellerman (A)
13. The Poisoned Rose, Daniel Judson (K)
14. Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Jeff Lindsay (A)
15. The Ghosts of Varner Creek, Michael Weems (K)
16. Natural Causes, James Oswald (K)
17. Dearly Devoted Dexter, Jeff Lindsay (A)
18. Thankless in Death, J.D. Robb (K)
19. The Blue Edge of Midnight, Jonathon King (A)
20. The Bone Orchard, Daniel Judson (K)
21. Roses are Red, James Patterson (A)
22. The Book of Souls, James Oswald (K)

Here are the books I've read in March 2016 (M=Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Reader's Top 100 Novels in the English language of the 20th Century, B=physical book, K=Kindle or EPUB book, A=audiobook)

23. Dexter in the Dark, Jeff Lindsay (A)
24. The Hummingbird Wizard, Meredith Blevins (K)
25. No Game for a Dame, M. Ruth Myers (K)
26. The Gin Palace, Daniel Judson (K)
27. The Donzerly Light, by Ryne Douglas Pearson (K)
28. The Murderer's Daughter, Jonathan Kellerman (A)
29. Me Again, Keith Cronin (K)
30. Violets are Blue, James Patterson (A)
31. Blood Orchids, Toby Keith (K)

Here are the books I've read in April 2016 (M=Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Reader's Top 100 Novels in the English language of the 20th Century, B=physical book, K=Kindle or EPUB book, A=audiobook)

32. Concealed in Death, J.D. Robb (K)
33. X, Sue Grafton (A)
34. Four Blind Mice, James Patterson (A)
35. Dexter By Design, Jeff Lindsay (A)
36. The Hangman's Song, James Oswald (K)
37. The Big Bad Wolf, James Patterson (A)

Here are the books I've read in May 2016 (M=Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Reader's Top 100 Novels in the English language of the 20th Century, B=physical book, K=Kindle or EPUB book, A=audiobook)

38. Dexter is Delicious, Jeff Lindsay (A)
39. Festive in Death, J.D. Robb (K)
40. Double Dexter, Jeff Lindsay (A)
41. The Black Stiletto, Raymond Benson (K)
42. Career of Evil, Robert Galbraith (K)
43. The World is Flat, Thomas L. Friedman (A)
44. The Black Stiletto: Black & White, Raymond Benson (K)

Here are the books I've read in June 2016 (M=Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Reader's Top 100 Novels in the English language of the 20th Century, B=physical book, K=Kindle or EPUB book, A=audiobook)

45. The Black Stiletto: Stars & Stripes, Raymond Benson (K)
46. Unsaid, Neil Abramson (A)
47. The Promise of Stardust, Priscille Sibley (A)
48. The Black Stiletto: Secrets and Lies (K)
49. The Test, Patricia Gussin (K)
50. Lab Girl, Hope Jahren (A)
51. The Black Stiletto: Endings and Beginnings, Raymond Benson (K)

Here are the books I've read in July 2016 (M=Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Reader's Top 100 Novels in the English language of the 20th Century, B=physical book, K=Kindle or EPUB book, A=audiobook)

52. A Murder in Time, Julie McElwain (K)
53. Mary, Mary, James Patterson (A)
54. Public Faces-Private Lives (Women in South Florida-1870s-1910s), Karen Davis (B)
55. The Heart Goes Last, Margaret Atwood (A)
56. The Butterfly Forest, Tom Lowe (K)
57. Dexter's Final Cut, Jeff Lindsay (A)
58. Obsession in Death, J. D. Robb (K)
59. Devoted in Death, J. D. Robb (K)
60. Dexter is Dead, Jeff Lindsay (A)
61. Nomad, Matthew Mather (K)

Here are the books I've read in August 2016 (M=Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Reader's Top 100 Novels in the English language of the 20th Century, B=physical book, K=Kindle or EPUB book, A=audiobook)

62. Sanctuary, Matthew Mather (K)
63. The Girl With a Clock for a Heart, Peter Swanson (A)
64. End of Watch, Stephen King (A)
65. Nefertiti, Nick Drake (K)
66. Tutankamen, Nick Drake (K)
67. Cross, James Patterson (A)
68. Egypt, Nick Drake (K)
69. Double Cross, James Patterson (A)

Here are the books I've read in September 2016 (M=Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Reader's Top 100 Novels in the English language of the 20th Century, B=physical book, K=Kindle or EPUB book, A=audiobook)

70. Cross Country, James Patterson (A)
71. Dark Matter, Blake Crouch (A)
72. The Abducted: The Beginning, Roger Hayden (K)
73. Alex Cross's TRIAL, James Patterson (A)
74. Silver Justice, Russell Blake (K)
75. I, Alex Cross, James Patterson (A)
76. Me Before You, Jojo Moyes (K)
77. Cross Fire, James Patterson (A)
78. Breakthrough, Michael C. Grumley (K)

Here are the books I've read in October 2016 (M=Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Reader's Top 100 Novels in the English language of the 20th Century, B=physical book, K=Kindle or EPUB book, A=audiobook)

79. Kill Alex Cross, James Patterson (A)
80. Brotherhood in Death, J.D. Robb (K)
81. James Potter and The Hall of Elders Crossing, G. Norman Lippert (K)
82. Library of Souls, Ransom Riggs (K)
83. Merry Christmas, Alex Cross (A)
84. Leap, Michael C. Grumley (K)
85. Alex Cross, Run, James Patterson (K)
86. Cross My Heart, James Patterson (K)
87. Hope to Die, James Patterson (A)
88. After You, Jojo Moyes (A)
89. This is Where it Ends, Marieke Nijkam (K)
90. The Eternal Wonder, Pearl S. Buck (K)

Here are the books I've read in November 2016 (M=Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Reader's Top 100 Novels in the English language of the 20th Century, B=physical book, K=Kindle or EPUB book, A=audiobook)

91. Catalyst, Michael C. Grumley (K)
92. Cross Justice, James Patterson (A)
93. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry (K)
94. The City of Mirrors, Justin Cronin (A)
95. Genesis, Michael C. Grumley (K)
96. Apprentice in Death, J.D. Robb (K)
97. Dead Wake, Erik Larsen (A)
98. Dorothy Must Die, Danielle Paige (A)

Here are the books I've read in December 2016 (M=Modern Library/Radcliff's Rival/Reader's Top 100 Novels in the English language of the 20th Century, B=physical book, K=Kindle or EPUB book, A=audiobook)

99. Alena, Rachel Pasten (K)
100. Mind War, Douglas E. Richards (K)
101. The Wicked Will Rise, Danielle Paige (K)
102. Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mewed, Alan Bradley (A)
103. The Grownup, Gillian Flynn (A)
104. Underground Airlines, Ben H. Winter (K)
105. The Rosie Project, Graeme Simsion (K)
106. The Magicians, Lev Grossman (A)