A List of Novels I Have Read
I got my interest in writing while in primary school. I enjoy creating stories that can be read by people. And I am the first to read them.
A List of Novels I Have Read
Those who aspire to be writers or those who do write often must also be ready to read other peoples work.
It is not merely reading, you must be a voracious reader. When reading other peoples work, you are going to learn one or two new things you never knew.
They are going to help you as you write your own. It is a sure way of getting new ideas.
I have a habit I picked a long time back of writing down the novels I have read. They are not very many but I keep on trying to read more and more.
Most of the list is chronologically arranged. Check out how many you have read from my list.
And if you have not read Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park, make sure you do so. It is a masterpiece you will enjoy reading.
A List of Novels Read
| NOVEL | WRITER |
|---|---|
1. A Coffin from Hongkong | James Hadley Chase |
2. Things Fall Apart | Chinua Achebe |
3. Carcass for Hounds | Meja Mwangi |
4. Devil on the Cross | Ngugi Wa Thiong’o |
5. Famous Five | Enid Blyton |
Five on a Hike Together | Enid Blyton |
Five go to Smugglers Top | Enid Blyton |
Five Run Away Together | Enid Blyton |
Five go off in a Caravan | Enid Blyton |
Five on Kirin Island Again | Enid Blyton |
Five Get into Trouble | Enid Blyton |
Five Fall into an Adventure | Enid Blyton |
Five go Down the Sea | Enid Blyton |
Five are Together Again | Enid Blyton |
Five on Secret Trail | Enid Blyton |
6. The Prisoner of Zenda | Anthony Hope |
7. The River Between | Ngugi Wa Thiong’o |
8. Oliver Twist | Charles Dickens |
9. Betrayal in the City | Francis Imbuga |
10. The Adventures of Tom Swayer | Mark Twain |
11. Chameleon’s Second Delivery | Edited by K.I.E. |
12. Juju Rock Adventures | Cyprian Ekwensi |
13. The Equatorial Assignment | David Maillu |
14. The Lost Generation | James Maillu |
15. Mystery in Lamu | Lynn Mansure |
16. The Black Temple | Mohamed Tukur Garba |
17. The Second Conquest | Allen Sharp |
18. The Circle of Revenge | David Mwaurah |
19. You are Dead Without Money | James Hadley Chase |
20. The Jail Bugs | Wahome Mutahi |
21. The Love Root | Mwangi Ruheni |
22. The Ivory Merchant | Mwangi Gicheru |
23. A Brief Assignment | Ayub Ndii |
24. A Woman Reborn | Koigi Wa Wamwere |
25. My Life with a Criminal | Milly’s Story |
26. Hamisi’s Holiday Safari | Anthony Cullen |
27. The Other Woman | Grace Ogot |
28. Dreams Die Fast | Harold Robbins |
29. Striving for the Wind | Meja Mwangi |
30. The Bottle Friends | Francis P. Z. Mudida |
31. My Life in Crime | John Kiriamiti |
32. Across the Bridge | Mwangi Gicheru |
33. The Thirty Nine Steps | John Buchan |
34. What a Husband | Mwangi Gicheru |
35. The Exterminators | Victor Thorpe |
36. Make the Corpse Walk | James Hadley Chase |
37. Range of Angels | Sidney Sheldon |
38. Treasure Island | R.L Stevenson |
39. King Solomon’s Mines | Sir H. Ridder Haggard |
40. You Have Got it Coming | James Hadley Chase |
41. Life is a Lottery | Maurice Sotabinda |
42. The Kings’ Mission | Allen Sharp |
43. Behind the Marriage Mask | Mwaura Njoroge |
44. An Anthology of E. African Plays | Kasigwa, Nyanabani Barnabas |
45. The Bush Trackers | Meja Mwangi |
46. Heroes | James Calabatsos |
47. Mine Boy | Peter Abrahams |
48. The Double Cross | Mwangi Gicheru |
49. Round the World in Eighty Days | Jules Verne |
50. Montezuma’s Daughter | Sir H. Rider Haggard |
Michael Crichton Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton's novel Jurassic Park
| NOVEL | WRITER |
|---|---|
51. To Become a Man | H.R Ole Kulet |
52. He Man | Joshua N. Mwaura |
53. Have a Nice Night | James Hadley Chase |
54. Tiger by the Tail | James Hadley Chase |
55. Triple | Ken Follett |
56. Naira Power | Buchi Emecheta |
57. The south African Affair | Kohu Okpi |
58. The Famous Five (Five go off to Camp) | Enid Blyton |
59. Spears Down | Christine Botchway |
60. Pilgrimage to Nowhere | G. Kalimugogo |
61. Animal Farm | George Orwell |
62. The Famous Five and the Missing Cheetah | Enid Blyton |
63. Three Days on the Cross | Wahome Mutahi |
64. Moses and the School Farm | Barbara Kimenyi |
65. The Man who sold Death | Nick Carter |
66. After 4:30 | David G. Maillu |
67. The Girl was Mine | David Karanja |
68. The one who Cares | Mwaura Njoroge |
69. Outcast | Rosemary Sutcliff |
70. Operation Rhino | James Irungu, James Shimanyula |
71. The Hardy Boys | Case Files |
Scene of the Crime |
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The Mystery of the Spiral Bridge | Franklin W. Dixon |
72. The Cockroach Dance | Meja Mwangi |
73. Colours of Carnations | Ayub Ndii |
74. Congo | Michael Crichton |
75. A Grain of Wheat | Ngugi Wa Thiong’o |
76. Kanina and I | Charles Mangua |
77. Shrine of Tears | Francis D. Imbuga |
78. The Price of Living | Yusuf K. Dawood |
79. The Ministers Daughter | Mwangi Ruheni |
80. Caribee | Christopher Nicole |
81. North from Rome | Helen MacInnes |
82. Recovering without Treatment | Sam Githinji |
83. Jane Eyre | Charlotte Bronte |
84. Honour Among Thieves | Jeffrey Archer |
85. Going Down River Road | Meja Mwangi |
86. Weep not, Child | Ngugi Wa Thiong’o |
87. Lwanda Magere (A play) | Okoiti Omtatah |
88. Two in One | Mwangi Gicheru |
89. The Cruel Burden | Okoth Gonza |
90. Heartstones | Kekelwa Nyanywa |
91. The Sicilian | Maria Puzo |
92. The Stars Shine Down | Sidney Sheldon |
93. What a Life | Mwangi Ruheni |
94. The Naked Face | Sidney Sheldon |
95. The Apocalypse Watch | Robert Ludlum |
96. Death Sentence | Brian Garfield |
97. Vicious Circle | Alexander Kanengoni |
98. Love is a Distant Shore | Claire Harrison |
99. Birds of Kamiti | Benjamin Garth Bundeh |
100.A man of the People | Chinua Achebe |
| NOVEL | WRITER |
|---|---|
101.No Longer At Ease | Chinua Achebe |
102.Gifted Hands | Ben Carson |
103.Matigari Ma Njirungi | Ngugi Wa Thiong’o |
104.The Beautyful Ones are not yet Born | Ayi Kwei Armah |
105.The Eiger Sanction | Trevanian. |
106.Head Over Heels | Jill Mansell |
107.The Leopard Hunts in the Darkness | Wilbur Smith |
108.Run for the Trees | James S. Rand |
109.Claire’s choice | Joan Selby Lowndes |
110.Sight Unseen | Kathy Lynn Emerson |
111.The Snake | John Godey |
112.State of Mind | John Katzenbach |
113. Life and Times of a bank Robber | John Kiggia Kimani |
114.Timeline | Michael Crichton |
115.The Matarese Countdown | Robert Ludlum |
116.Voice of the Heart | Barbara Tylor Bradford |
117.All that she Wants | Maeve Haran |
118.Lady of Hay | Barbara Erskine |
119.Links of a Chain | Monica Genya |
120.The PROM Queen | R.L. Stine |
121.Op-Center | Tom Clancy & Steve Pieczenik |
122.The Cry of the Hallidon | Robert Ludlum |
123.Cold Fire | Dean Koohtz |
124.Prey | Michael Crichton |
125.The Prodigal Daughter | Jeffry Archer |
126.Dream Weavers | Philip Shelby |
127.Total Control | David Baldacci |
128.The Passion of Molly T. | Lawrence Sanders |
129.Angels and Demons | Dan Brown |
130. Abuse of Power | Nancy Taylor Rosenberg |
131. Black Order | James Rollins |
132.The Apocalypse Brigade | Alfred Coppel |
133. Jurassic Park | Michael Crichton |
134. Beyond Recognition | Ridley Pearson |
135. N is for Noose | Sue Grafton |
136.The Bourne Supremacy | Robert Ludlum |
137. Running Away From Richard | Chris Manby |
138.The Rattan Paradise | Mwangi Macharia |
139.Talking to Addison | Jenny Colgan |
140. Doomsday | Wahome Mutahi |
141. State of Fear | Michael Crichton |
142. Airframe | Michael Crichton |
143. Matarese Circle | Robert Ludlum |
144. The Lawless | John Jakes |
This content is accurate and true to the best of the author’s knowledge and is not meant to substitute for formal and individualized advice from a qualified professional.
© 2011 Patrick Kamau
Comments
Patrick Kamau (author) from Nairobi, Kenya on January 28, 2013:
Yes dwachira, I have read some of Yusuf K. Dawood's books and also the surgeons diary. I am an avid reader of novels I am only limited by lack of them. Thanks for reading and commenting.
Patrick Kamau (author) from Nairobi, Kenya on January 28, 2013:
Thanks Teresa Schultz for stopping by. I started reading novels when I was young and they have always fascinated me. Good thing is that I am also about to get published. I can't wait seing it on this list. Novels are a source of inspiration, so I would urge you to start reading again. Thanks and wishing you the best with your family.
Danson Wachira from Nairobi, Kenya on January 28, 2013:
Hi Patkay,
Wah! those are many, i don't read much but seeing Yusuf K. Dawood on your list reminds me of the Surgeon's Diary series on Daily Nation Newspaper. I think i should try to read more. Voted up.
Teresa Schultz from East London, in South Africa on January 28, 2013:
Wow, that's quite a few books you've read! I haven't read a novel in ages - years actually, but I used to love reading - as a kid definitely Famous Five, Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew - and then later Stephen King and Dean R. Koontz. Both my sons (aged almost-14, and 15) enjoy reading, especially my older son who has ready quite a few books in my opinion. He enjoys Terry Pratchett in particular and is also currently on the 6th of the 1st of 7 books he owns - of 14 The Wheel of Time books by Robert Jordan. He bought them in mid December, so I think that's pretty good going (6 books in about 7 weeks) in-between playing computer games in the school holidays! If they have the time for it, I do hope they continue reading when they're older - if I could afford the time, I think I'd love to start reading novels again.
Patrick Kamau (author) from Nairobi, Kenya on April 18, 2012:
daisydayz, you don't have to feel bad that you have not read many of the books I have posted here. The best thing is that you are too a reader. It is only that we have different varieties. Thanks a lot for reading and commenting.
Chantele Cross-Jones from Cardiff on April 18, 2012:
I feel bad saying this but other than oliver twist I haven't read any of those books! And im quite a reader! I just usually dont tackle classics sadly, a lot of chicklits and crime books! That is a brilliant list though some really great books that I really should read!
Patrick Kamau (author) from Nairobi, Kenya on April 17, 2012:
Thanks Emmanuel Kariuki. It is just a matter of time before you see yours listed here. Just keep checking.
Emmanuel Kariuki from Nairobi, Kenya on April 17, 2012:
I will be flattered to see one of my titles on that list. Savanis, TBC, Bookpoint and any bookshop that does not specialize on Text books only.
Patrick Kamau (author) from Nairobi, Kenya on April 17, 2012:
Thanks Emmanuel Kariuki for checking through the mountain of books I have read. I got addicted into this habbit of reading and noting down the books I had read while in high school. The culminating point will be when I will read one of mine and add it into this collection.
By the way, I also need to read yours and add you to the list too. Where do I get them?
Emmanuel Kariuki from Nairobi, Kenya on April 16, 2012:
Hello Patkay,
This is quite a mountain of books that you have scaled. I fear to say the one I have climbed. I re-read Achebe often and maybe I should stop re-reading and scale some heights. Hawaii by James Michener is one long novel that left a great impression on me.
I will pick some of the ones I have not read on your big list and try to catch up.
Patrick Kamau (author) from Nairobi, Kenya on December 13, 2011:
Thanks M.Joseph for going through this list and commenting. It is always good to read novels, they are entertaining and mind refreshing.
M.Joseph on December 13, 2011:
Quite a good collection,ave read most of them as i am a novel 'addict'& i can say they are really good.Let us keep reading!
Patrick Kamau (author) from Nairobi, Kenya on June 13, 2011:
Thanks Lady_E for dropping by. I haven't watched the film for Bourne but i can tell you that i loved the book so much that i have kept it as part of my collection. Look for King Solomon’s Mines by Sir H. Ridder Haggard. I can assure you you will enjoy it.
Thanks again.
Elena from London, UK on June 11, 2011:
What a lovely Collection - I have read a few.
Animal farm, Enid blyton, weep not child, No longer at ease. I wonder if you enjoyed the Book Bourne Supremacy more than the film...
I am also curious about Solomon's mines - I will have to check what it's about.
This is a really nice hub.
Patrick Kamau (author) from Nairobi, Kenya on May 31, 2011:
Thanks viking305 for going through the list.I have to admit i have not read Dolgun, but if i come across it i will definitely read it. Novels are very interesting, they actually prime the writers of tomorrow.
L M Reid from Ireland on May 31, 2011:
I love the list, a great idea. Did you ever read a book called Dolgun. It is a true account of Dolgun who is American and was imprisoned in Russia. It sounds depressing but it is not. Best book I have ever read and I have read lots of books believe me.
Patrick Kamau (author) from Nairobi, Kenya on May 29, 2011:
@ Lucy, Yes i have read all those and i will keep on adding more as i keep reading them.
lucy on May 28, 2011:
All of this is in your head? that wonderful.
Patrick Kamau (author) from Nairobi, Kenya on May 26, 2011:
Thanks alot Eiddwen for taking your time to read my hub. I totally agree with you about the Famous Five series. It was hard to keep one down before you finished reading.
Eiddwen from Wales on May 26, 2011:
Wow I loved your list and most important I loved the Famous Five series.
I loved these and i really enjoyed this hub.
I now look forward to reading many more of your hubs.
Take care
Eiddwen.
