Mount TBR 2023: My Sign-Up

 

 

 

I'm gearing up for a twelfth climb up Mount TBR and another year of focusing on the books I've accumulated but still need to read (after months...years...of waiting). I've managed to plant my flag on Mount Olympus on Mars two years running now, but I'm going to keep my declared goal at Mount Everest. Any Martian books will just be a bonus. 

 

1. The White Priory Murders by Carter Dickson [on TBR since at least 2011] (1/7/23)

2. Beauty Marks the Spot by Kelley Roos [on TBR since 2/9/21] (1/7/23)

3. The Becket Factor by Michael David Anthony [on TBR since 6/16/18] (1/9/23)

4. The Dante Game by Jane Langton [on TBR since 5/13/13] (1/13/23)

5. Swing Low, Swing Death by R. T. Campbell [on TBR since 12/18/18] (1/17/23)

6. The Angry Heart by Leslie Edgley [on TBR since 7/27/17] (1/21/23)

7. Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper [on TBR since 7/6/22] (1/23/23)

8. Mysterious Invitation by Bernice Bloom [on TBR since 12/25/21] (1/27/23)

9. The Crimson Clue by George Harmon Coxe [on TBR since 11/12/16] (1/30/23)

10. Wings Above the Diamantina by Arthur W. Upfield [on TBR since 9/28/12] (2/3/23)

11. Here Come the Dead by Robert Portner Koehler [on TBR since 5/31/16] (2/5/23)

12. Garden of Deadly Delights by Cynthia Manson (ed) [on TBR since 2/15/20] (2/7/23)

Pike's Peak!

13. Murder R.F.D. by Leslie Stephan [on TBR since 12/27/18] (2/9/23)

14. Bats in the Belfry by E.C.R. Lorac [on TBR since 11/17/20] (2/19/23)

15. Heart of the Sun by Pamela Sargent & George Zebrowski [on TBR since 1997] (2/19/23)

16. Phi Beta Murder by C. S. Challinor [on TBR since 6/27/11] (2/20/23)

17. The Fear Sign by Margery Allingham [on TBR since 3/5/11] (2/22/23)

18. It Walks by Night John Dickson Carr [on TBR since 10/4/18] (2/24/23)

19. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome [on TBR since at least 2011] (2/27/23)

20. The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie [on TBR since 9/28/13] (3/1/23)

21. Dead Wake by Erik Larson [on TBR since 6/7/18] (3/4/23)

22. Towards Zero by Agatha Christie [on TBR since at least 2011] (3/5/23)

23. The Black Cat Murders by Karen Baugh Menuhin [on TBR since 6/29/21] (3/7/23)

24. The Woman in the Picture by John August [on TBR since 7/15/21] (3/10/23)

Mount Blanc!!

25. Sidney Chambers & the Perils of the Night by James Runcie [on TBR since 4/7/19] (3/11/23)

26. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde [on TBR since 11/13/21] (3/14/23)

27. Dead, Mr. Mozart by Bernard Bastable [on TBR since 6/9/12]

28. Bony & the Kelly Gang by Arthur W. Upfield [on TBR since 10/6/16] (3/23/23)

29. Beyond by Theodore Sturgeon [on TBR since 11/17/20] (3/26/23)

30. The Genesis Secret by Tom Knox [on TBR since 8/5/11] (3/29/23)

31. Speakers of the Dead by J. Aaron Sanders [on TBR since 12/28/22] (4/1/23)

32. Gone West by Carola Dunn [on TBR since 10/2/15] (4/6/23)

33. Fatal Enquiry by Will Thomas [on TBR since 2/11/14] (4/9/23)

34. Danger at the Drawbridge by Mildred A. Wirt [on TBR since 10/5/17] (4/10/23)

35. Nine--And Death Makes Ten by Carter Dickson [on TBR since 1/22/15] (4/11/23)

36. And So to Murder by Carter Dickson [on TBR since 10/12/12] (4/12/23)

Mt. Vancouver!!!

37. Little Men by Louisa May Alcott [on TBR since the 1980s] (4/14/23)

38. Inquest by Percival Wilde [on TBR since 7/1/18] (4/15/23)

39. Murder in Miniatures by Sam Merwin, Jr. [on TBR since 7/1/21] (4/15/23)

40. Death Demands an Audience by Helen Reilly [on TBR since 7/30/11] (4/17/23)

41. Silent Witness by Margaret Yorke [on TBR since 7/21/21] (4/22/23)

42. Pride of the Peacock by Victoria Holt [on TBR since 10/5/18] (4/23/23)

43. Packing My Library by Alberto Manguel [on TBR since 3/8/18] (4/26/23)

44. The Cave of Time by Edward Packard [on TBR since 1979] (4/26/23)

45. The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits by Mike Ashley, ed. [on TBR since 4/7/19] (4/30/23)

46. Jimmie Dale & the Blue Envelope Murder by Frank L. Packard [on TBR since 7/8/21] (5/1/23)

47. The Gentle Hangman by James M. Fox [on TBR since 6/1/18] (5/3/23)

48. The End of the Alphabet by C. S. Richardson [on TBR since 7/3/09] (5/7/23)

Mt. Ararat!!!!

49. Mystery of the Hidden Hand by Phyllis A. Whitney [on TBR since 10/3/19] (5/7/23)

50. Death Turns the Tables by John Dickson Carr [on TBR since 6/27/12] (5/9/23)

51. The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley [on TBR since 2/26/22] (5/11/23)

52. The Four False Weapons by John Dickson Carr [on TBR since at least 2011] (5/12/23)

53. The Beauty Queen Killer by John Creasey [on TBR since 10/7/16] (5/14/23)

54. Tom O'Bedlam by Robert Silverberg [on TBR since early 1990s] (5/16/23)

55. Murder in Burgundy by Audrey Peterson [on TBR since 2/28/15] (5/17/23)

56. Line-Up by John Rhode (ed) [on TBR since 6/1/18] (5/22/23)

57. Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Oct 1965 [on TBR since 2019] (5/29/23)

58. Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke [on TBR since 10/6/20] (finished 5/26/23)

59. Murder Is Suggested by Frances & Richard Lockridge [on TBR since at least 2011] (6/1/23)

60. The Curriculum Murders by Marlis Day [on TBR since 6/15/13] (6/6/23)

Mt. Kilimanjaro!!!!!

61. Murder Is Pathological by P. M. Carlson [on TBR since 4/18/15] (6/7/23)

62. 52 Miles to Terror by Ruth Christoffer Carlsen & G. Robert Carlsen [on TBR since 6/1/19] (6/9/23)

63. And Be a Villain by Rex Stout [on TBR since 7/1/09] (6/9/23)

64. Death Among Friends & Other Detective Stories by Cyril Hare [on TBR since 10/6/16] (6/12/23)

65. Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine July 1958 by Ellery Queen, ed [on TBR since 2019] (6/16/23)

66. Everything I Needed to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book by Diane Muldrow [on TBR since 1/7/22] (6/17/23)

67. 6 X H by Robert A. Heinlein [on TBR since 6/10/18] (6/19/23)

68. Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Feburay 1961 by Ellery Queen, ed [on TBR since 2019] (6/21/23)

69. Murder, London-New York by John Creasey [on TBR since 10/3/19] (6/22/23)

70. Inspector West Kicks Off by John Creasey [on TBR since 10/14/21] (6/23/23)

71. The Distant Hours by Kate Morton [on TBR since 12/15/11] (6/29/23)

72. The Figure in the Dusk by John Creasey [on TBR since 12/25/16] (7/2/23)

73. The Birthday Murder by Lange Lewis [on TBR since 10/4/09] (7/3/23)

74. The Frightened Pigeon by Richard Burke [on TBR since 7/7/22] (7/5/23)

75. I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay by Harlan Ellison & Isaac Asimov [on TBR since 11/14/09] (7/5/23)

El Toro!!!!!!

76. See Also Murder by Larry D. Sweazy [on TBR since 7/24/21] (7/7/23)

77. Slay Bells by Eunice Mays Boyd [on TBR since 9/6/22] (7/7/23)

78. Juggernaut by Alice Campbell [on TBR since 12/26/19] (7/11/23)

79. Ghostwalk by Rebecca Stott [on TBR since 7/10/10] (7/16/23)

80. The Final Appointment by Marcia Blair [on TBR since 12/25/22] (7/16/23)

81. The Private Wound by Nicholas Blake [on TBR since 9/12/15] (7/25/23)

82. The Bell in the Fog by John Stephen Strange [on TBR since 10/7/16] (7/29/23)

83. The Body in the Cast by Katherine Hall Page [on TBR since 10/1/10] (8/1/23)

84. Ashes to Ashes by Emma Lathen [on TBR since 10/7/16] (8/3/23)

85. Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally [on TBR since 5/16/20] (8/6/23)

86. The Mystery of the Yellow Hands by Jake & Luke Thoene [on TBR since 6/15/19] (8/16/23)

87. Psycho by Robert Bloch [on TBR since 10/14/21] (8/18/23)

88. The World's Best One Hundred Detective Stories by Eugene Thwing (ed) [on TBR since 10/3/19] (8/26/23)

89. The Art of the Mystery Story by Howard Haycraft (ed) [on TBR since 11/15/14] (8/29/30)

90. Sparkling Cyanide {Remembered Death} by Agatha Christie [on TBR since 5/12/12] (8/31/23

91. Beverly Gray on a Treasure Hunt by Clair Blank [on TBR since 5/12/18] (8/31/23)

92. The Case Against Paul Raeburn by John Creasey [on TBR since 10/16/21] (9/1/23)

93. The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler [on TBR since 11/16/17] (9/9/23)

94. Borkmann's Point by Häkan Nesser [on TBR since 12/28/13] (9/10/23)

95. The Covenant of the Crown by Howard Weinstein [on TBR since 12/25/81] (9/12/23)

96. Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie [on TBR since 7/18/09] (9/16/23)

97. Hemlock Hollow by Culley Holderfield [on TBR since 9/3/22] (9/19/23)

98. Who Is Simon Warwick? by Paticia Moyes [on TBR wince 9/8/11] (9/22/23)

99. Nemesis by Agatha Christie [on TBR since 6/22/18] (9/23/23)

100. The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman [on TBR since 12/31/23] (9/28/23)

Mount Everest!!!!!!! (Commitment Complete)

101. Depart This Life by E. X. Ferrars [on TBR since 7/26/14] (9/30/23)

102. Murder on the Purple Water by Frances Crane [on TBR since 12/17/20] (10/8/23)

103. While the Clock Ticked by Franklin W. Dixon [on TBR since 1979] (10/9/23)

104. What Happened at Hazelwood by Michael Innes [on TBR since at least 2011] (10/14/23)

105. Alfred Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery by Alfred Hitchcock (as ed. by; Robert Arthur, actual ed.) [on TBR since 11/25/20] (10/16/23)

106. Hopjoy Was Here by Colin Watson [on TBR since 11/5/11] (10/17/23)

107. Death & Chicanery by Philip MacDonald [on TBR since 7/1/17] (10/19/23)

108. The Will of the Tribe by Arthur W. Upfield [on TBR since 10/4/18] (10/21/23)

109. Body Blow by Kenneth Hopkins [on TBR since 5/2/15] (10/22/23)

110. Secret of the Old Post Box by Dorothy Sterling [on TBR since 7/2/22] (10/22/23)

111. The War of the Worlds Murder by Max Allan Collins [on TBR since 7/30/22] (10/24/23)

112. The Floating Lady Murder by Daniel Stashower [on TBR since 9/13/19] (10/28/23)

113. Uncoffin'd Clay by Gladys Mitchell [on TBR since 2/1/19] (11/2/23)

114. Black Friday by Dave Goodis [on TBR since 12/27/18] (11/3/23)

115. The Red Death Murders by Jim Noy [on TBR since 12/31/22] (11/6/23)

116. Murder for Two by George Harmon Coxe [on TBR since 5/31/16] (11/9/23)

117. The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace [on TBR since 2/1/18] (11/10/23)

118. Only the Good by Mary Collins [on TBR since 5/31/16] (11/12/23)

119. You'll Be the Death of Me by Miriam Lynch [on TBR since 12/25/22] (11/13/23)

120. Death of a Doll by Hilda Lawrence [on TBR since 10/17/15] (11/17/230

121. Vultures in the Sky by Todd Downing [on TBR since 6/1/21] (11/22/23)

122. The Professor Knits a Shroud by Wirt Van Arsdale [on TBR since 9/27/21] (11/26/23)

123. Murder in Mayfair by D. M. Quincy [on TBR since 2/26/22] (11/29/23)

124. The Toff & the Runaway Bride by John Creasey [on TBR since 12/25/16] (12/2/23)

125. The Mystery of the Silver Spider by Robert Arthur [on TBR since 3/18/22] (12/3/23)

126. Murder on Fifth Avenue by Michael Jahn [on TBR since 2/9/13] (12/6/23)

127. The Clue in the Jewel Box by Carolyn Keene [on 7/5/19--this edition; have owned a copy since 1979] (12/7/23)

128. Sound of Revelry by Octavus Roy Cohen [on TBR since 7/1/21] (12/10/23]

129. Blind Man's Bluff by Baynard Kendrick [on TBR since 4/25/20] (12/12/23--finished; review coming 12/16/23 for ROY Awards)

130. John Dickson Carr: The Man Who Explained Miracles by Douglas G. Greene [on TBR since 5/14/20] (12/19/23)

131. The Mistletoe Murder & Other Stories by P. D. James [on TBR since 7/13/21] (12/20/23)

132. The Quest of the Missing Map by Carolyn Keene [this copy on TBR since 11/10/18; have had yellow spine edition since 1979] (12/22/23)

133. Murder Is a Collector's Item by Elizabeth Dean [on TBR since 10/4/13] (12/30/23)

134. The Secret in the Old Attic by Carolyn Keene [on TBR since 1977] (12/30/23)

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