Mount TBR 2022: My Sign-Up

 

Once again, I plan to concentrate on reading primarily from my own books in the coming year. In 2021 I actually planted a flag on Mount Olympus...but my declared goal will remain Mount Everest with a dream goal of Olympus. Please join me in knocking out some of those books that have been waiting for attention for weeks...months...even years.

1. Fadeaway Girl by Martha Grimes [on TBR since 5/26/12] (1/2/22)

2. The Case of the Famished Parson by George Bellairs [on TBR since 10/10/19] (1/2/22)

3. The Price of the Phoenix by Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath [on TBR since 1980s] (1/4/22

4. Easy to Kill by Agatha Christie [on TBR since 9/11/94] (1/7/22)

5. Bodies from the Library 2 by Tony Medawar (ed) [on TBR since 5/10/20] (1/13/22)

6. Best "Thinking Machine" Detective Stories by Jacques Futrelle [on TBR since 9/28/12] (1/16/22)

7. What, Me, Mr. Mosley? by John Greenwood [on TBR since 3/13/10] (1/17/22)

8. The Ruby Raven by Michael Dahl [on TBR since 7/1/16] (1/19/22)

9. Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie [on TBR since 11/22/15] (1/21/22)

10. Deathblow Hill by Phoebe Atwood Taylor [on TBR since 3/9/13] (1/21/22)

11. Star Trek: Voyage to Adventure by Michael J. Dodge [on TBR since 1984] (1/22/22)

12. Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson [on TBR since 2/23/21] (1/23/22)

Pike's Peak!

13. And Soon I'll Come to Kill You by Susan Kelly [on TBR since 5/12/12] (1/23/22)

14. The Green Island Mystery by Betsy Allen [on TBR since 3/9/18] (1/24/22)

15. The Pocket Book of Popular Verse by Ted Malone (ed) [on TBR since 10/3/14] (1/27/22)

16. An Old Betrayal by Charles Finch [on TBR since 6/4/15] (1/29/22)

17. Cut to the Quick by Kate Ross [on TBR since 1994] (1/31/22)

18. Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man by William Shatner [on TBR since 8/1/19] (2/4/22]

19. The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips [on TBR since 10/1/10] (2/6/22)

20. Midnight Sailing by Lawrence G. Blochman [on TBR since 7/1/18] (2/8/22)

21. This Club Frowns on Murder by Albert Borowitz [on TBR since 10/4/13] (2/10/22)

22. Death Walks in Marble Halls by Lawrence G. Blochman [on TBR since 4/30/20] (2/11/22)

23. The Murder Who Wanted More by Baynard Kendrick [on TBR since 4/20/20] (2/11/22)

24. The Murder Game by Steve Allen [on TBR since 9/3/11] (2/12/22)

Mount Blanc!!

25. The Golden Box by Frances Crane [on TBR since 7/7/15] (2/14/22)

26. He'd Rather Be Dead by George Bellairs [on TBR since 6/1/21] (2/15/22)

27. Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie [on TBR since 10/23/10] (2/16/22)

28. Death Stops the Frolic by George Bellairs [on TBR since 6/1/21] (2/18/22)

29. Clutch of Constables by Ngaio Marsh [on TBR since 7/1/17[ (2/20/22)

30. Midsummer Nightmare by Christopher Hale [on TBR since 10/28/17] (2/21/22)

31. Portrait of a Dead Heiress by Thomas B. Dewey [on TBR since 11/13/21] (2/22/22)

32. The Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers [on TBR since at least 2011] (2/24/22)

33. Surfeit of Suspects by George Bellairs [on TBR since 11/17/20] (2/24/22)

34. The Dishonest Murderer by Frances & Richard Lockridge [on TBR since at least 2011] (2/25/22)

35. Murder Begins at Home by Delano Ames [on TBR since 10/4/13] (2/26/22)

36. A Broken Vessel by Kate Ross [on TBR since 1996] (2/27/22)

Mt. Vancouver!!!

37. The Ghost Finders by Adam McOmber [on TBR since 12/25/21] (3/2/22)

38. The Corpse with the Grimy Glove by R. A. J. Walling [on TBR since 7/8/16] (3/5/22)

39. Death Treads Softly by George Bellairs [on TBR since 9/14/19] (3/7/22)

40. The Laws of Murder by Charles Finch [on TBR since 11/17/14] (3/9/22)

41. Home by Nightfall by Charles Finch [on TBR since 7/13/19] (3/11/22)

42. Murder Roundabout by Richard Lockridge [on TBR since at least 2011] (3/12/22)

43. The Devil in Music by Kate Ross [on TBR since 1997] (3/13/22)

44. The Mystery of the Talking Skull by Robert Arthur [on TBR since 6/20/19] (3/15/22)

45. Inspector's Holiday by Richard Lockridge [on TBR since 8/6/11] (3/15/22)

46. The Man in the Moonlight by Helen McCloy [on TBR since 12/25/17] (3/16/22)

47. The Castle Island Case by F. Van Wyck Mason [on TBR since 8/4/16] (3/20/22)

48. With Option to Die by Richard Lockridge [on TBR since 3/21/09]  (3/22/22)

Mt. Ararat!!!!

49. The Cat Saw Murder by D. B. Olsen (Dolores Hitchens) [on TBR since12/25/19] (3/25/22)

50. Murder for Art's Sake by Richard Lockridge [on TBR since at least 2011] (3/26/22)

51. A Plate of Red Herrings by Richard Lockridge [on TBR since 3/12/16] (3/28/22)

52. The Inheritance by Charles Finch [on TBR since 2/1/19] (3/30/22)

53. The Mystery of the Stuttering Parrot by Robert Arthur [on TBR since 7/13/19] (3/30/22)

54. The Sunburned Corpse by Adam Knight [on TBR since 7/21/20] (4/4/22)

55. The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes [on TBR since at least 2011] (4/6/22)

56. Always Lock Your Bedroom Door by Roy Winsor [on TBR since 10/3/14] (4/10/22)

57. The Body in the Fog by Cora Harrison [on TBR since 1/19/19] (4/10/22)

58. Death & the Professor by E. & M. A. Radford [on TBR since 6/1/22] (4/12/22)

59. Evan's Gate by Rhys Bowen [on TBR since 10/10/10] (4/13/22)

60. Nancy Drew Ghost Stories [on TBR since 1983--but a reread] (4/15/22)

Mt. Kilimanjaro!!!!!

61. Luck Be a Lady, Don't Die by Robert J. Randisi [on TBR since 6/9/16] (4/16/22)

62. Brand Spanking New Day by Berkeley Breathed [on TBR since 12/25/20] (4/16/22)

63. Take Two at Bedtime by Margery Allingham [on TBR since 10/9/15] (4/17/22)

64. Only Yesterday by Frederick Lewis Allen [on TBR since 10/4/18] (4/21/22)

65. The Black Mountain by Rex Stout [on TBR since 8/6/16] (4/23/22)

66. Lieutenant Pascal's Tastes in Homicides by Hugh Pentecost [on TBR since 10/28/17] (4/25/22)

67. Dead Little Rich Girl by Norbert Davis [on TBR since 5/31/16] (4/26/22)

68. The Case of the Sapphire Brooch by Christopher Bush [on TBR since 12/24/18] (4/30/22)

69. Raisins and Almonds by Kerry Greenwood [on TBR since 12/25/11] (4/30/22)

70. Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood [on TBR since 11/28/20] (5/2/22)

71. The Vanishing Thief by Kate Parker [on TBR since 2/9/17] (5/5/22)

72. Parcels for Inspector West  by John Creasey [on TBR since 10/4/18] (5/7/22)

73. The Parchment Key  by Stanley Hopkins Jr. [on TBR since 12/31/21] (5/9/22)

74. Killer Loose! by Genevieve Holden [on TBR since 12/31/21] (5/11/22)

75. Lock 14 by Georges Simenon [on TBR since 4/8/16] (5/14/22)

El Toro!!!!!!

76. Going Public by David Westheimer [on TBR since 9/21/13] (5/16/22)

77. Reliquary by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child [on TBR since 12/2/12] (5/19/22)

78. The Body That Wasn't Uncle by George Worthing Yates [on TBR since 5/10/21] (5/23/22)

79. The Corbin Necklace by Henry Kitchell Webster [on TBR since 1/5/13] (5/25/22)

80. Murder Down Under by Arthur W. Upfield [on TBR since 9/30/11] (5/28/22)

81. The Clue in the Crumbling Wall by Carolyn Keene [on TBR since 10/28/17--this edition] (5/29/22)

82. The Tears of the Singers by Melinda Snodgrass [on TBR since 1984] (5/30/22)

83. Death Among the Sunbathers by E. R. Punshon [on TBR since 4/9/21] (6/3/22)

84. Bullets for Macbeth by Marvin Kaye [on TBR since 1/16/16] (6/5/22)

85. All Hallows' Evil by Valerie Wolzien [on TBR since 10/5/18] (6/7/22)

86. The Trouble with Tribbles by David Gerrold [on TBR since at least 2011--not logged properly] (6/8/22)

87. Trixie Belden & the Black Jacket Mystery by Kathryn Kenny [on TBR since 7/29/17] (6/8/22)

88. Give the Little Corpse a Great Big Hand by George Bagby [on TBR since 10/5/17] (6/14/22)

89. Murder Gone Minoan by Clyde B. Clason [on TBR since 10/4/13] (6/17/22)

90. Alfred Hitchcock Presents: A Month of Mystery as edited by Alfred Hitchcock [on TBR since 9/21/18] (6/20/22)

91. John Smith Hears Death Walking by Wyatt Blassingame [on TBR since 5/29/20] (6/21/22)

92. The Golden Man by Frances & Richard Lockridge [on TBR since 9/8/20] (6/22/22)

93. The Queen & the Corpse by Max Murray [on TBR since 12/25/20] (6/24/22)

94. The White Elephant Mystery by Ellery Queen, Jr. [on TBR since 6/2/21] (6/25/22)

95. The Secret of the Golden Pavilion by Carolyn Keen [on TBR since 7/28/17] (6/26/22)

96. The Scarlet Slipper Mystery by Carolyn Keene [on TBR since 6/1/18] (6/27/22)

97. Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge [on TBR since about 1977] (6/29/22)

98. The Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke [on TBR since about 1983] (7/2/22)

99. Paperbacks, U.S.A. by Piet Schreuders [on TBR since 7/1/18] (7/3/22)

100. Seven Tears for Apollo by Phyllis A. Whitney [on TBR since 10/5/18] (7/4/22)

Mount Everest!!!!!! Commitment met. Still Reading!

101. The Body in the Vestibule by Katherine Hall Page [on TBR since 10/1/10] (7/6/22)

102. Voyage into Violence by Frances & Richard Lockridge [on TBR since at least 2011] (7/9/22)

103. The Woman in the Water by Charles Finch [on TBR since 10/2/21] (7/10/22]

104. Murder Off the Books by Evelyn David [on TBR since 4/2/15] (7/13/22)

105. Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse [on TBR since 11/1/20] (7/16/22)

106. The Suspect by L. R. Wright [on TBR since 11/27/10] (7/18/22)

107. The Case of the Gilded Lily by Erle Stanley Gardner [on TBR since 9/28/12] (7/19/22)

108. Secret of the White Rose by Stefanie Pintoff [on TBR since 9/6/14] (7/20/22)

109. And Left for Dead by Frances & Richard Lockridge [on TBR since 9/28/12] (7/21/22)

110. Stories Not for the Nervous as by Alfred Hitchcock (Robert Arthur, ed) [on TBR since 7/9/14] (7/22/22)

111. Striding Folly by Dorothy L. Sayers [on TBR since 12/5/19] (7/23/22)

112. Crossword Mystery by E. R. Punshon [on TBR since 4/9/21] (7/26/22)

113. Badenheim 1939 by Aharon Appelfeld [on TBR since 9/9/16] (7/27/22)

114. Experiment with Death by E. X. Ferrars [on TBR since 3/28/15] (7/29/22)

115. Death in a Sunny Place by Richard Lockridge [on TBR since 9/8/20] (7/30/22)

116. Not I, Said the Sparrow by Richard Lockridge [on TBR since at least 2011, not logged properly] (7/31/22)

117. A Question of Death by Kerry Greenwood [on TBR since 8/9/19] (8/4/22)

118. The Long Skeleton by Frances & Richard Lockridge [on TBR since at least 2011] (8/5/22)

119. The Bad Quarto by Jill Paton Walsh [on TBR since 6/10/18] (8/10/22)

120. The Abrus Necklace Mystery by Elizabeth Seibert [on TBR since 7/1/18] (8/11/22)

121. The World's 100 Best Detective Stories Vol. 6 by Eugene Thwing, ed. [on TBR since 10/25/14] (8/13/22)

122. Slow Dancing with the Angel of Death by Helen Chappell [on TBR since 12/20/10] (8/14/22)

123. X Marks the Spot by Lee Thayer [on TBR since 5/13/19] (8/18/22)

124. Four Days' Wonder by A. A. Milne [on TBR since 12/25/17] (8/20/22)

125. The Coffin Trail by Martin Edwards [on TBR 1/4/21] (8/21/22)

126. Dead Man's Gift by Zelda Popkin [on TBR since 7/2/15] (8/24/22)

127. Kill the Butler! by Michael Kenyon [on TBR since 3/29/19] (8/26/22)

128. Treachery in the Yard by Adimchinma Ibe [on TBR since 9/6/14] (8/27/22)

129. You Only Hang Once by H. W. Roden [on TBR since 1/8/21] (8/30/22)

130. Six Deadly Dames by Frederick Nebel [on TBR since 7/5/19] (9/2/22)

131. A Scream in Soho by John G. Brandon [on TBR since 12/25/19] (9/3/22)

132. Murder by Matchlight by E. C. R. Lorac [on TBR since 7/14/21] (9/5/22)

133. The Corpse on the Hearth by Harry Lang [on TBR since 7/14/21] (9/5/22)

134. The Uninvited Corpse by Michael Underwood [on TBR since 10/14/21] (9/6/22)

135. Murder at the Pageant by Victor L. Whitechurch [on TBR since 6/26/12] (9/10/22)

136. The Entropy Effect by Vonda N. McIntyre [on TBR since 12/25/81] (9/10/22)

137. The World's Best 100 Detective Stories by Eugene Thwing (ed) [on TBR since 10/25/14] (9/12/22)

138. Zanzibar Intrigue by F. Van Wyck Mason [on TBR since 12/29/19] (9/15/22)

139. Read & Buried by Erika Chase [on TBR since 12/18/14] (9/15/22)

140. Star Trek: The New Voyages by Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath (eds) [on TBR since 1982] (9/17/22)

141. Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie [on TBR since 10/17/13] (9/18/22)

142. The Witch Tree Symbol by Carolyn Keene [on TBR since 10/6/16] (9/19/22)

143. Goodbye, Nanny Gray by Susannah Stacey [on TBR since 7/1/17] (9/22/22)

144. N or M? by Agatha Christie [on TBR since 10/12/12] (9/24/22)

145. Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie [on TBR since 7/2/16] (9/25/22)

146. The Witches' Bridge by Barbee Oliver Carleton [on TBR since 9/13/19] (10/2/22)

147. The Ghost in the Gallery by Carolyn Keene [on TBR since 1979] (10/6/22)

148. The Mystery of the Whispering Mummy by Robert Arthur [on TBR since 5/12/18] (10/6/22)

149. Susanna, Don't You Cry by Mary Plum [on TBR since 7/14/21] (10/7/22)

150. Welcome Death by Glyn Daniel [on TBR since 12/25/12] (10/9/22)

Mount Olympus!!!!!!!!

151. Mickey Mouse: Adventure in Outer Space by George E. Davie [on TBR since 10/3/19] (10/10/22)

152. To Spite Her Face by Hildegarde Dolson [on TBR since 11/13/21] (10/14/22)

153. The Curse of the Fleers by Basil Cooper [on TBR since 6/12/20] (10/17/22)

154. Challenge for Three by David Garth [on TBR since 12/24/19] (10/22/22)

155. The Worm of Death by Nicholas Blake [on TBR since at least 2011] (10/28/22)

156. The Widow's Cruise by Nicholas Blake [on TBR since at least 2011] (10/28/22)

157. End of Chapter by Nicholas Blake [on TBR since at least 2011] (10/30/22)

158. The Old Dark House by J. B. Priestley [on TBR since 7/26/14] (11/1/22)

159. The 10:30 from Marseilles by Sebastien Japrisot [on TBR since 9/28/12] (11/5/22)

160. The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie [on TBR since at least 2011] (11/8/22)

161. Down Among the Dead Men by Stewart Sterling [on TBR since 3/24/17] (11/10/22)

162. Streaked with Crimson by Charles J. Dutton [on TBR since 2/13/21] (11/12/22)

163. The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell [on TBR since 10/1913] (11/13/22)

164. The King Is Dead by Ellery Queen [on TBR since 12/25/15] (11/17/22)

165. No More Dying Then by Ruth Rendell [on TBR since 3/17/11] (11/18/22)

166. The Old English Peep Show by Peter Dickinson [on TBR since 8/15/21] (11/21/22)

167. The Longer the Thread by Emma Lathen [on TBR since 4/14/18] (11/25/22)

168. Murder in Black Tie by Sara Rosett [on TBR since 10/14/21] (11/26/22)

169. Wrapped Up in Crosswords by Nero Blanc [on TBR since 12/6/18] (11/27/22)

170. Death Beneath the Christmas Tree by Robert Nordan [on TBR since3/15/20] (11/29/22)

171. The Last Noel by Jean Hager [on TBR since 10/3/19] (12/3/22)

172. The Clue of the Velvet Mask by Carolyn Keene [1st copy on TBR since 1979; tweed cover on TBR since 8/6/16] (12/12/22)

173. Where Two Ways Meet by Grace Livingston Hill [on TBR since 3/28/14] (12/12/22)

174. Murder at the College by Victor Whitechurch [on TBR since 5/17/16] (12/17/22)

175. Holmes for the Holidays by Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg, & Carol-Lynn Waugh (eds) [on TBR since 10/28/20] (12/21/22)

176. The Hanover Square Affair by Ashley Gardner [on TBR since 2003] (12/23/22)

177. The Candle Shop Mystery by Eileen Hill [on TBR since 1/5/19] (12/25/22)

178. Sweet Poison by Douglas Clark [on TBR since 6/16/10] (12/26/22)

179. Murder Impossible by Jack Adrian & Robert Adey (eds) [on TBR since at least 2011] (12/30/22)

180. The Triple Hoax by Carolyn Keene [on TBR since 1979] (12/31/22)

181. A Nameless Coffin by Gwendoline Butler [on TBR since 1/22/15] (12/31/22)