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So far: 4 books2012
[May 7] Paulo Coelho: The Alchemist
[May 2] Kurt Vonnegut: While Mortals Sleep
[Apr 12] Stephen King: Blockade Billy / Morality
[Jan 5] Ernest Cline: Ready Player One
Total: 11 books (incl. LotR which should count for three)2011
[Dec 31] Susanna Clarke: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
[Nov 23] Phil Schwarzmann: How to Marry a Finnish Girl
[Oct 23] Raymond Khoury: The Templar Salvation
[Oct 8] Henry N. Beard and Douglas C. Kenney: Loru Sorbusten herrasta (Bored of the Rings)
[--] J. R. R. Tolkien: Lord of the Rings
[Sep 26] The Return of the King
[Aug 14] The Two Towers
[June 23] Fellowship of the Ring
[June 27] Stephen King: Under the Dome
[May 5] Hugo and Nebula Award Winners from Asimov’s Science Fiction (edited by Sheila Williams)
[Apr 6] Kate Mosse: Labyrinth
[Feb 22] Stephen King: Full Dark, No stars
[Jan 26] Michael Byrnes: the Genesis Plague
[Jan 9] Neal Stephenson: Anathem
Total: 14 books2010
[Nov 10] David Hewson: Dante’s Numbers
[Oct 21] Joe Hill: Horns
[Sep 20] Dennis Lehane: Mystic River
[Aug 23] John Connolly: The Gates
[Aug 16] Neil Gaiman: Neverwhere
[Aug 5] Raymond Khoury: Sanctuary
[July 15] Joe Hill: 20th Century Ghosts
[July 1] Scott Smith: The Ruins
[June 20] Raymond Khoury: The Sign
[May 19] Tess Gerritsen: Luutarha (The Bone Garden)
[May 11] Doris Lessing: The Golden Notebook
[Feb 16] Richard Dalby (ed.): Vampire Stories
[Jan 29] Virpi Hämeen-Anttila: Päivänseisaus
[Jan 21] Barack Obama: Dreams from My Father
Total: 14 books2009
[Dec 30] Bill Bryson: Neither here nor there
[Nov 12] Dan Brown: The Lost Symbol
[Oct 25] Stephen Jones (ed.): The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Vol. 9
[Oct 16] Yann Martel: Life of Pi
[Oct 4] Kate Atkinson: Case Histories
[Sep 16] Daniel Suarez: Daemon
[Aug 6] Peter Straub: Houses without Doors
[July 19] William Gibson: Pattern Recognition
[July 12] Raymond Khoury: The Last Templar
[June 17] Don Hutchison (ed.): Wild Things Live There – The Best of Northern Frights
[Mar 18] Stephen King: Just After Sunset
[Feb 10] Upton Sinclair: The Jungle (eBook)
[Jan 21] Peter Haining (ed.): The Armchair Horror Collection
[Jan 18] Sofi Oksanen: Puhdistus
Total: 11 books (ouch)2008
[Nov 5] William Gibson: Virtuaalivalo (Virtual Light)
[Oct 9] Clive Barker: Mister B. Gone
[Sep 30] Bruce Sterling (ed.): Peililasit (Mirrorshades; a cyberpunk anthology)
[Sep 4] John Twelve Hawks: The Dark River
[Aug 4] Bernard Werber: Muurahaiset (Fr “Les Fourmis”, Empire of the Ants)
[July 18] Peter Straub: Mr X
[May 2] James Herbert: Moon
[Apr 22] Joe Hill: Heart-Shaped Box
[Mar 25] Iain M. Banks: Aseiden käyttö (Use of Weapons)
[Mar 2] Stephen King: Duma Key
[Feb 4] John Twelve Hawks: The Traveller
[Jan 13] Iain M. Banks: Pelaaja (The Player of Games)
Total: 13 books + 1 short story2007
[Dec 30] Elizabeth Kostova: The Historian
[Oct 26] H.P. Lovecraft: Call of Cthulhu (eBook, short story)
[Sep 24] Aldous Huxley: Uusi uljas maailma (Brave New World)
[Sep 9] David Katan: Translating Cultures, An Introduction for Translators, Interpreters and Mediators
[Sep 1] Jonathan Swift: Gulliver’s Travels (eBook)
[Aug 10] Richard Bachman: Blaze
[Aug 1] Rocky Wood, David Rawsthorne and Norma Blackburn: Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished
[June 28] Bill Bryson: Mother Tongue
[June 18] Lionel Shriver: We need to talk about Kevin
[Apr 20] Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray
[Mar 21] Richard Dalby (ed.): Vampire Stories
[Mar 5] Bill Bryson: Down Under
[Feb 25] Stephen King: Lisey’s Story
[Jan 3] Arturo Pérez-Reverte: Yhdeksäs Portti (El Club Dumas/Ninth Gate)
Total: 17 books2006
[Nov 28] Minette Walters: Iskällaren (Ice House)
[Nov 14] Kristine Kathryn Rusch: Alien Influences
[Oct 5] Jan Guillou: Pahuus (Ondskan; Swedish)
[Sep 7] Björn Kurtén: Musta tiikeri (The Dance of the Tiger)
[Aug 19] Lynne Truss: Eats, Shoots & Leaves – Zero tolerance approach to punctuation
[--] Anne Rice: The Vampire Chronicles Collection vol. I
[Aug 8] Interview with the Vampire (1/3 of the Collection)
[July 16] Bill Bryson: A Short History of Nearly Everything
[July 3] Kathy Reichs: Deadly Décisions
[May 27] Daniel Burstein: Secrets of the Code
[May 25] Stanley Wiater et.al.: The Stephen King Universe
[Apr 27] Stephen King: Cell
[Apr 6] Dan Simmons: Song of Kali
[Mar 31] Daniel Burstein: Secrets of the Code
[Mar 4] Pirkko Muikku-Werner (ed.): Kielipoliisin käsikirja
[Feb 20] Donna Tartt: Secret History
[Jan 13] Stephen King: Colorado Kid
[Jan 5] Stephen King: Insomnia
Total: only 13 books2005
[Nov 14] Bill Bryson: Notes from a Big Country
[Oct 29] Stephen King: IT
[Aug 28] Stephen King: The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
[July 1] Stephen King: Firestarter
[June 7] Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller (ed.): Paljaat luut (Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror With Stephen King)
[May 30] George Beahm (ed.): The Stephen King Companion
[May 4] Robin Cook: Contagion
[Apr 14] Michael Crichton: The Lost World
[Apr 1] Dan Brown: Deception Point
[Mar 2] Dan Brown: Digital Fortress
[Feb 27] Osmo Ikola: Kielen elämää ja käyttöä
[Feb 21] Dan Brown: Angels and Demons
[Feb 2] Stephen King: Bag of Bones
Total: 27 books (or 32)2004
[Dec 29] Dan Brown: The Da Vinci Code
[Dec 21] Ray Bradbury: Something Wicked This Way Comes
[Dec 13] Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451
[Dec 7] Donna Tartt: The Little Friend
[Dec 4] Stephen King: The Tommyknockers
[Oct 24] Stephen King: ‘Salem’s Lot
[Oct 18] Thomas Harris: the Hannibal Lecter Omnibus
[Oct 18] Hannibal (3/3 of the Omnibus)
[Oct 08] Silence of the Lambs (2/3 of the Omnibus)
[Sep xx] Red Dragon (1/3 of the Omnibus)
[Sep 27] Stephen King: Dark Tower VI — Song of Susannah
[Sep 02] Douglas Adams: The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide
[Aug 23] Stephen King: Christine
[Aug 18] Stephen King: Pet Sematary
[Aug 11] Stephen King: From a Buick 8
[Aug 09] Stephen King: Cujo
[Aug 08] Pirjo Hiidenmaa: Suomen kieli — who cares?
[July 21] Stephen King: Black House *100th book in booklog*
[June 25] Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: The Little Prince
[June 17] Stephen King: Carrie
[June 04] Stephen King: Dark Tower V – Wolves of the Calla
[Apr 28] Stephen King: The Talisman
[Mar 18] Stephen King: Night Shift
[Feb 07] Stephen King: Eyes of the Dragon
[Feb 01] John Grisham: The Summons
[Jan 16] John Irving: The World According to Garp
[Jan 08] Bill Bryson: Made in America
[Jan 02] Virpi Hämeen-Anttila: Suden vuosi
Total: 27 books2003
[Dec 14] Stephen King: Dark Half
[Dec 01] Stephen King: Kauhun vuodenajat II (Different seasons: autumn, winter)
[Nov 25] Stephen King: Tukikohta vol. 2 (The Stand — uncut)
[Nov 19] Terho Itkonen: Selvää suomea
[Oct 22] Stephen King: Tukikohta vol. 1 (The Stand — uncut)
[Sep 30] Flann O’Brien: Kolmas konstaapeli (The Third Policeman)
[Sep 23] Stephen King: The Shining
[Sep 02] John Grisham: Petos (The Street Lawyer)
[Aug 29] Stephen King: Danse Macabre
[Aug 22] Stephen King: Rose Madder
[Aug 20] Richard Bachman: Thinner
[Aug 08] J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter ja Azkabanin vanki (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)
[Aug 04] Stephen King: Everything’s Eventual
[July 25] Wes Craven: Fountain Society
[July 24] Stephen King: Four Past Midnight
[July 17] Eoin Colfer: Artemis Fowl
[July 15] Stephen King: On Writing
[June 04] Stephen King: Gerald’s Game
[May 23] Stephen King: Anteeksi, oikea numero (Nightmares and Dreamscapes 2nd half)
[Apr 08] Stephen King: Hearts in Atlantis
[Mar 12] Stephen King: Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption
[Feb xx] Stephen King: Dead Zone
[Feb 04] Stephen King: Green Mile
[Jan 25] Stephen King: Dark Tower IV – Wizard and Glass
[Jan 07] Stephen King: Yksinäinen sormi (Nightmares and Dreamscapes 1st half)
[Jan 03] Alexis Kouros: Harmattan, Kulkija ja Unisieppari
[Jan 02] Alexis Kouros: Gondwanan Lapset
Total: 20 books2002
[Nov 23] Stephen King: Bag of Bones
[Nov 04] Stephen King: Jälkeen keskiyön (Skeleton Crew, 2nd half)
[Oct 17] Richard Bachman: Running Man
[Oct 16] Maija Länsimäki (editor): Sanalla sanoen – pakinoita suomen kielestä
[Oct 12] Richard Bachman: Roadwork
[Oct 03] Stephen King: Dolores Claiborne
[Sep 16] Stephen King: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
[Sep 13] Stephen King: Dark Tower III – The Wastelands
[Sep 05] Stephen King: Dark Tower II – Drawing of the Three
[Sep 02] Stephen King: Cycle of the Werewolf
[Sep 01] Richard Bachman: The Regulators
[Aug 12] Stephen King: Dark Tower I – Gunslinger
[Aug 03] Stephen King: Needful Things
[July 31] John Grisham: Testamentti (The Testament)
[July 27] John Grisham: Firma (The Firm)
[July 12] Stephen King: Desperation
[July 09] J.D. Salinger: The Catcher in the Rye (Penguin Book; I’d read everything else…)
[July 06] Richard Bachman: Long W