Memberasukamaxwell
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- All collections (3,149), Your library (2,196), Currently reading (2), Owned But Not Read (1,437), Read but unowned (11), Wishlist (941)
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- Women Authors (681), First Edition (351), Biography (270), Manga (262), Fiction (219), Mythology and Folklore (154), Horror (146), Medieval (132), Favorite (119), POC History (114), Thomas Jefferson (102), Witchcraft (99), British History (87), Historical Murder Trash (80), Autobiography (80), World History (79), Maritime and Pirate History (77), Medical History (76), Science History (69), Ghosts (60), American Colonial History (59), Classic Fiction (59), Religion (58), Monsters (58), Egyptian History (57), Literary History (55), Italian History (50), American Revolution (50), Disease or Famine (46), Native American History (45), Classic Non-Fiction (44), Oscar Wilde (41), American Civil War and West (41), Law and Punishment (36), Signed (35), WWI or WWII (34), French History (34), Reference (34), Death or Cemetery (31), Disaster (27), Modern American History (26), Enlightenment (25), French Revolution (24), Children (23), Giacomo Casanova (21), Psychology (20), Art History (19), Video Game (16), Netgalley ARC (11), Vikings (7)
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- Sep 10, 2009
- About My Library
Oldest published: 1845
Non-Fiction:
- Biography
- American, British, French History
- Cultural Studies / Folk Culture
- Medical / Plague / Famine History
- POC History
- Historical Murder Trash
Manga / Comics / Fiction
- Myths, Folklore, Fairy Tales
- Horror / Gothic
- Classic Fiction- About Me
I have a bachelor's degree in history, and I'm known for my addiction to books. I go book hunting almost twice a month, and will often walk away with four or more at a time. I'm actually running out of space to put them!
My 2015 50 Book Challenge: http://www.librarything.com/topic/179155
My 2016 50 Book Challenge: http://www.librarything.com/topic/211458
My 2017 50 Book Challenge: http://www.librarything.com/topic/245202
My 2018 50 Book Challenge: http://www.librarything.com/topic/285199
My 2019 50 Book Challenge: http://www.librarything.com/topic/299978 - Women Authors Challenge!
My 2020 50 Book Challenge: https://www.librarything.com/topic/307052 - Biographies!
My 2021 50 Book Challenge: https://www.librarything.com/topic/324845 - Disease / Medical History!
My 2022 50 Book Challenge: https://www.librarything.com/topic/337536 - Witchcraft History!
My 2023 50 Book Challenge: https://www.librarything.com/topic/335940 - Historical Murder Trash!
My 2024 50 Book Challenge: https://www.librarything.com/topic/336482 - Maritime and Pirate History!
My 2025 50 Book Challenge: https://www.librarything.com/topic/345280 - Medieval History!
My 2026 50 Book Challenge: https://www.librarything.com/topic/359865 - French History!- Memberships
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- Favorite Authors
- Karen Abbott, Catharine Arnold, Sabine Baring-Gould, Deborah Blum, Nellie Bly, Giacomo Girolamo Casanova, Alan Pell Crawford, Robert Darnton, Mike Dash, Owen Davies, Daniel Defoe, Guillermo del Toro, Eric Jay Dolin, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Eighteen-Bisang, Lindsey Fitzharris, Stephen Fry, Eric Gable, Neil Gaiman, Mark Gatiss, Jamie Goodall, Jamie L. H. Goodall, Annette Gordon-Reed, Alex Grecian, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, C. S. Harris, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Joe Hill, Jonathan L. Howard, Katherine Howe, Ronald Hutton, Aldous Huxley, Rhys Isaac, Junji Ito, Thomas Jefferson, Diana Wynne Jones, William B. Crawley Jr., Brian Keene, Sarah Langan, Erik Larson, Dumas Malone, George R. R. Martin, Trixie Mattel, Candice Millard, Roseanne Montillo, Kate Moore, Wendy Moore, S. D. Perry, Nathaniel Philbrick, Roy Porter, Daniel Preston, Mary Roach, Hallie Rubenhold, Ray Russell, Oliver Sacks, Stacy Schiff, James Sharpe, Mary Shelley, Rebecca Simon, Stendahl, Bram Stoker, Montague Summers, Koji Suzuki, Alan Taylor, Jules Verne, Voltaire, Caroline Weber, Oscar Wilde, Andrea Wulf, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Katya Zamolodchikova
- Local Favorites
Bookstores: Amazing Books & Records - Squirrel Hill, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - South Hills Village, Beyond Bedtime Books, Bookman's Corner, Caliban Bookshop, City of Asylum Books at Alphabet City, Cozy Corner Bookstore, Daedalus Bookshop, E. Shaver, Bookseller, Elliott Bay Book Company (Seattle), Half Price Books - South Hills, Labyrinth Books, Mr. K's Used Books - Greenville, Mt. Lebanon Book Cellar, Penguin Bookshop, Queen Books, Riverby Books, Southworth Antiques and Rare Books, White Whale Bookstore, Wounded Bookshop
Libraries: C. C. Mellor Memorial Library, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh -- Main (Oakland), Greenville County Library System (Kerry Ann Younts Culp Branch), Mt. Lebanon Public Library
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