2021 Reading Log: The List

Completed reads for 2021:
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The City of God (2 vols), by Saint Augustine of Hippo
- On the Nature of Things, by Lucretius
- On the Cave of the Nymphs, by Porphyry
- Kim, by Rudyard Kipling
- The Dream of Scipio, by Cicero
- The Dragon Masters, by Jack Vance
- The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Valley of Fear, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Lost Horizon, by James Hilton
- Flashman and the Tiger, by George MacDonald Fraser
- Goodbye, Mr Chips, by James Hilton
- A True Story, by Lucian of Samosata
- On the Syrian Goddess, by Lucian of Samosata
- Micromegas, by Voltaire
- Black Ajax, by George MacDonald Fraser
- Metamorphoses (2 vols.), by Ovid
- Zadig or Destiny, by Voltaire
- The White Bull, by Voltaire
- Story of a Good Brahmin, by Voltaire
- Plato’s Dream, by Voltaire
- The Simple Soul, by Voltaire
- The Man of Forty Crowns, by Voltaire
- Jeannot and Colin, by Voltaire
- The Two Genies, by Voltaire
- The Treaty of Waitangi (1840)
- The Princess of Babylon, by Voltaire
- Candide, by Voltaire
- The Pilgrimage to Parnassus, by Anonymous
- The Return from Parnassus, by Anonymous
- The Return from Parnassus: Or the Scourge of Simony, by Anonymous
- Virgin Planet, by Poul Anderson
- The Field Bazaar, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- How Watson Learned the Trick, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Lost Special, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Man with the Watches, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Crown Diamond (Play), by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Adventure of the Tall Man (Plot Outline), by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Adventure of the Two Collaborators, by J.M. Barrie
- To Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Poem), by Arthur Guiterman
- To an Undiscerning Critic (Poem), by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Man Who Was Wanted, by Arthur Whitaker
- The Painful Predicament of Sherlock Holmes (Play), by William Gillette
- Sherlock Holmes (Play), by William Gillette
- The Speckled Band (Play), by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- My Evening with Sherlock Holmes, by J.M. Barrie
- The Late Sherlock Holmes, by J.M. Barrie
- And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie
- The Homeric Hymns
- The Shield of Heracles, by Hesiod
- Catalogue of Women (fragments), by Hesiod
- The Astronomy (fragments), by Hesiod
- The Precepts of Chiron (fragments), by Hesiod
- The Great Works (fragments), by Hesiod
- The Idaean Dactyls (fragments), by Hesiod
- The Marriage of Ceyx (fragments), by Hesiod
- The Great Eoiae (fragments), by Hesiod
- The Melampodia (fragments), Hesiod
- The Aegimus (fragments), by Hesiod
- Fragments of Unknown Position, by Hesiod
- Doubtful Fragments, by Hesiod
- The Epigrams of Homer
- The War of the Titans (fragments)
- The Story of Oedipus (fragments)
- The Thebais (fragments)
- The Epigoni (fragments)
- The Cypria (fragments)
- The Aethiopis (fragments)
- The Little Iliad (fragments)
- The Sack of Ilium (fragments)
- The Returns (fragments)
- The Telegony (fragments)
- The Taking of Oechalia (fragments), by Homer
- The Margites (fragments), by Homer
- The Cercopes (fragments), by Homer
- The Battle of the Frogs and Mice, by Homer
- The Contest of Homer and Hesiod
- Inanna’s Descent to the Netherworld (2 versions)
- Dumuzid’s Dream
- Dumuzid and Gestin-ana
- Inanna and Bilulu (fragments)
- Dumuzid and His Sisters (fragments)
- Nergal and Ereshkigal
- Enki and Ninmah
- Dracula’s Guest, by Bram Stoker
- Enuma Elish
- Marduk’s Ordeal (fragments)
- The Myth of Etana
- Erra and Ishum
- The Epic of Gilgamesh
- The Death of Gilgamesh
- Enmerkar and En-suhgir-ana
- Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta
- Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave
- Lugalbanda and the Anzu Bird
- The Marriage of Martu
- The Dialogue of Pessimism
- Enki Builds the E-engurra
- Enki and the World Order
- The Eridu Genesis
- The Journey of Nanna to Nippur
- The Herds of Nanna
- A Song of Praise to Nanna
- Inanna and Ebih
- Inanna and Shu-kale-tuda
- Inanna Seizes the E-ana
- Inanna and Enki
- Inanna and Gudam (fragments)
- Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld
- The Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzid
- Enlil and Ninlil
- The Creation of the Pickaxe
- The Worm and the Toothache
- How Grain Came to Sumer
- Enlil and Nam-zid-tara
- Ninurta and the Turtle
- The Exploits of Ninurta
- The Return of Ninurta to Nippur
- Enki and Ninhursaga
- Enlil and the Sud (fragments)
- Ningiszida’s Journey to the Netherworld
- The Flood Story
- The Sumunda Grass
- Pabilsag’s Journey to Nibru (fragments)
- Gilgamesh and Aga
- A Dog for Nintinuga
- An Axe for Nergal
- The Debate Between Hoe and Plough
- The Debate Between Grain and Sheep
- The Debate Between Winter and Summer
- The Debate Between Bird and Fish
- The Debate Between Copper and Silver (fragments)
- The Debate Between Date Palm and Tamarisk (fragments)
- A Drinking Song
- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, by Agatha Christie
- The Discourses of Epictetus, by Epictetus
- The Enchiridion, by Epictetus
- Fragments, by Epictetus
- Essay on the Generative Principle of Political Constitutions, by Joseph de Maistre
- The Caesars, by Emperor Julian the Apostate
- The A.B.C. Murders, by Agatha Christie
- Five Little Pigs, by Agatha Christie
- The Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Vols 2-4 of 6)
- The Bible (Authorized King James Version with Apocrypha)
- The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles, by H.G. Wells
- The Invisible Man, by H.G. Wells
- Salome (play), by Oscar Wilde
- The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Children of Húrin, by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe
- Death on the Nile, by Agatha Christie
- Inferno, by Dante Alighieri
- Rhetoric, by Aristotle
- Death in the Clouds, by Agatha Christie
- The Poetic Edda
- Eureka, by Edgar Allan Poe
- The Mysterious Affair at Styles, by Agatha Christie
- Peril at End House, by Agatha Christie
- The Murder at the Vicarage, by Agatha Christie
- Crooked House, by Agatha Christie
- The Great God Pan, by Arthur Machen
- Goblin Market, The Prince’s Progress, and Other Poems, by Christina Rossetti
- The Big Four, by Agatha Christie
- Unfinished Tales, by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Murder in Mesopotamia, by Agatha Christie
- Creative Metal, by Len Gale
- The Man in the Brown Suit, by Agatha Christie
- Endless Night, by Agatha Christie
- Lord Edgware Dies, by Agatha Christie
- Three Act Tragedy, by Agatha Christie
- The Murder on the Links, by Agatha Christie
- On Abstinence from Animal Food, by Porphyry
- Letter to Marcella, by Porphyry
- Saturnalia, by Lucian of Samosata
- The Life of Plotinus, by Porphyry
- The Wednesday Wizard, by Sherryl Jordan
- Denzil’s Dilemma, by Sherryl Jordan
- Denzil’s Great Bear Burglary, by Sherryl Jordan
- The Silver Dragon, by Sherryl Jordan
- A Murder is Announced, by Agatha Christie
- The Nature of Middle-earth, by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Cards on the Table, by Agatha Christie
- Introduction to Precious Metals, by Mark Grimwade
- Isagoge, by Porphyry
- The Road to Wigan Pier, by George Orwell
- Saturnalian Letters, by Lucian of Samosata
- Cronosolon, by Lucian of Samosata
- The Prose Edda, by Snorri Sturluson
- A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
- A Child’s Christmas in Wales, by Dylan Thomas
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, by Anonymous
- Pearl, by Anonymous
- Sir Orfeo, by Anonymous
- On Fairy-Stories, by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm’s Son, by J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Chimes, by Charles Dickens
- Hercule Poirot’s Christmas, by Agatha Christie
- Auxiliaries to the Perception of Intelligible Natures, by Porphyry
- Sparkling Cyanide, by Agatha Christie
After 2019 and 2020, another nice, meaty year for reading. As always, there is the inevitable problem of listing short and fragmentary works, but between Conan Doyle, Poe, a good chunk of Christie, Mesopotamian, Greek, and Norse myth, and a scoopful of Ancient Philosophy, I’d say that 2021 was successful. More re-reads than previously, especially with Tolkien.