This is a list of books I read during 1999; rereadings are marked with a (*). For those curious about other years, lists for 1996, 1997, 1998, and 2000 are available, as is the current list .
Weetzie Bat (*) Francesca Lia Block 99-01-02 My Phantom Love Janet Quin-Harkin 99-01-03 Party Girl 99-01-03 Witch Baby (*) Francesca Lia Block 99-01-03 One for the Morning Glory John Barnes 99-01-04 I Was a Teenage Fairy Francesca Lia Block 99-01-05 Akbar and Jeff Matt Groening 99-01-05 School is Hell Matt Groening 99-01-05 Records of the Grand Historian Sima Qin/ 99-01-09 Mix and Match Winifred Madison 99-01-10 Guilt-Edged Ivory (*) Doris Egan 99-01-15 What Zoey Saw Katherine Applegate 99-01-16 Lucas Gets Hurt Katherine Applegate 99-01-17 Aisha Goes Wild (*) Katherine Applegate 99-01-17 Zoey Plays Games Katherine Applegate 99-01-17 Theogeny Hesiod 99-01-18 Works and Days Hesiod 99-01-19 Becoming One Sarah E. Olson 99-01-21 The Gate of Ivory (*) Doris Egan 99-01-24 Eight Skilled Gentlemen (*) Barry Hughart 99-01-28 Elegies (*) Theognis 99-01-30 The Story of the Stone (*) Barry Hughart 99-01-30 The Body Project Joan 99-01-31 Humility Garden (*) Felicity Savage 99-02-01 Delta City (*) Felicity Savage 99-02-06 Aspects of Love (*) David Garnett 99-02-07 Cut to the Quick Kate Ross 99-02-08 A Broken Vessel Kate Ross 99-02-09 Whom the Gods Love Kate Ross 99-02-11 The Devil in the Music Kate Ross 99-02-14 Sorcery and Cecelia (*) Wrede/Stevemeyer 99-02-15 A Lady of Quality Georgette Heyer 99-02-18 The Masqueraders Georgette Heyer 99-02-20 The Law of Becoming Kate Elliott 99-02-25 Nina Shapes Up Katherine Applegate 99-02-27 The Flock (*) Joan Casey/Lynn Wilson 99-02-28 Masterharper of Pern Anne McCaffery 99-03-02 The Bloody Sun Marion Zimmer Bradley 99-03-04 Darkover Landfall (*) Marion Zimmer Bradley 99-03-05 Stormqueen (*) Marion Zimmer Bradley 99-03-06 Two to Conquer (*) Marion Zimmer Bradley 99-03-07 The Shattered Chain (*) Marion Zimmer Bradley 99-03-08 Thendara House (*) Marion Zimmer Bradley 99-03-10 Rediscovery MZB/Mercedes Lackey 99-03-10 The Spell Sword (*) Marion Zimmer Bradley 99-03-11 The Forbidden Tower (*) Marion Zimmer Bradley 99-03-12 City of Sorcery (*) Marion Zimmer Bradley 99-03-14 Jeffrey (*) Paul Rudnick 99-03-14 Star of Danger (*) Marion Zimmer Bradley 99-03-14 The Winds of Darkover (*) Marion Zimmer Bradley 99-03-14 The Bloody Sun (*) Marion Zimmer Bradley 99-03-15 The Heritage of Hastur (*) Marion Zimmer Bradley 99-03-16 Sharra's Exile (*) Marion Zimmer Bradley 99-03-17 Exile's Song Marion Zimmer Bradley 99-03-19 The Alien Game (*) Catherine Dexter 99-03-19 Why I Hate Saturn (*) Kyle Baker 99-03-20 Preludes and Nocturnes (*) Neil Gaiman 99-03-21 The Doll's House (*) Neil Gaiman 99-03-21 A Deepness in the Sky Vernor Vinge 99-03-25 Season of Mists (*) Neil Gaiman 99-03-27 I Never Came to you in White Judith Farr 99-03-29 Dream Country (*) Neil Gaiman 99-03-30 The Firstborn (*) Christopher Fry 99-03-31 A Game of You (*) Neil Gaiman 99-04-01 One More River (*) Lynn Reid Banks 99-04-02 Brief Lives (*) Neil Gaiman 99-04-03 Broken Bridge (*) Lynn Reid Banks 99-04-03 World's End (*) Neil Gaiman 99-04-04 Fables and Reflections (*) Neil Gaiman 99-04-04 Winter's Edge various Vertigo writers 99-04-04 Daughter of the Bear King Eleanor Arnason 99-04-05 No Earthly Sunne Margaret Ball 99-04-08 Cetaganda (*) Lois McMaster Bujold 99-04-08 Ben Takes a Chance Katherine Applegate 99-04-09 Claire Can't Lose Katherine Applegate 99-04-09 The Princes in the Tower Alison Weir 99-04-11 The Road to Corlay (*) Richard Cowper 99-04-11 The Daughter of Time (*) Josephine Tey 99-04-11 A Dream of Kinship (*) Richard Cowper 99-04-12 The Tapestry of Time Richard Cowper 99-04-13 Foxtrot 99-04-15 Clone Richard Cowper 99-04-15 Phoenix Richard Cowper 99-04-16 The Song of Mavin Manyshaped (*) Sheri Tepper 99-04-17 Against the Tide of Years S.M. Stirling 99-04-21 Ammonite Nicola Griffith 99-04-22 Ranma 1/2 Vol 2: (*) Rumiko Takahashi 99-04-27 Ranma 1/2 Vol 3: (*) Rumiko Takahashi 99-04-27 The Flight of Mavin Manyshaped (*) Sheri Tepper 99-04-29 Friday Robert Heinlein 99-04-30 A Confederate General from Big Sur Richard Brautigan 99-05-01 Many Waters (*) Madeleine L'Engle 99-05-03 Dreamland Japan Frederik Schodt 99-05-07 Love Song Keiko Nishi 99-05-07 Banana Fish Aikimi Yoshida 99-05-07 Heavy Metal Warrior Xenon Masaomi Kanzaki 99-05-08 Way of the Dragon 99-05-08 The Search of Mavin Manyshaped (*) Sheri Tepper 99-05-08 Ranma 1/2 Vol 1: (*) Rumiko Takahashi 99-05-09 Ranma 1/2 Vol 4: Rumiko Takahashi 99-05-09 Ranma 1/2 Vol 5: Rumiko Takahashi 99-05-09 Ranma 1/2 Vol 6: Rumiko Takahashi 99-05-09 Ranma 1/2 Vol 7: Rumiko Takahashi 99-05-09 The Real Me Terri Fields 99-05-10 King's Blood Four (*) Sheri Tepper 99-05-10 Tales from a Ming Collection Cyril Birch 99-05-13 Japan Inc 99-05-13 Magic Knight Rayearth Vol 1: CLAMP 99-05-14 The Real Inspector Hound Tom Stoppard 99-05-14 After Magritte Tom Stoppard 99-05-14 Juniper, Gentian, and Rosemary (*) Pamela Dean 99-05-18 Outlanders 99-05-18 The Road to Hell Matt Groening 99-05-18 Magic Knight Rayearth Vol 2: CLAMP 99-05-19 June 30, June 30 Richard Brautigan 99-05-19 The Anguish of Loss Julie Fritsch 99-05-19 Once Upon a Time Pamela Prince&c. 99-05-19 The Secret World of Teddy Bears Pamela Prince&c. 99-05-19 Little Sister Kara Dalkey 99-05-24 The World of the Shining Prince Ivan Morris 99-05-26 Banana Fish 2 Akimi Yoshida 99-05-27 Samurai Crusader Hiroi Oji 99-05-27 Ranma 1/2 Vol 8: Rumiko Takahashi 99-06-01 Ranma 1/2 Vol 9: Rumiko Takahashi 99-06-01 Ranma 1/2 Vol 10: Rumiko Takahashi 99-06-01 Ranma 1/2 Vol 11: Rumiko Takahashi 99-06-03 Ranma 1/2 Vol 12: Rumiko Takahashi 99-06-03 Ranma 1/2 Vol 13: Rumiko Takahashi 99-06-03 The Nine Tailors Dorothy Sayers 99-06-03 Murder Must Advertise Dorothy Sayers 99-06-05 Rumic Theatre Rumiko Takahashi 99-06-05 X/1999 Prelude CLAMP 99-06-05 Busman's Honeymoon Dorothy Sayers 99-06-06 Persuasion Jane Austen 99-06-08 The Confessions of Lady Nijo Nijo/tr. Karen Brazell 99-06-12 The Wimsey Family C.W. Giles 99-06-13 The Rebel Angels Robertson Davies 99-06-15 What's Bred in the Bone Robertson Davies 99-06-17 Magic Elizabeth (*) Norma Kassirer 99-06-19 Welcome to the Ark Stephanie Tolan 99-06-19 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 99-06-19 Roman Blood Stephen Saylor 99-06-20 Lord Peter Dorothy Sayers 99-06-22 Women of the Silk Gail Tsukiyama 99-06-23 Hakon of Rogan's Saga (*) Erik 99-06-25 Alien Secrets A.C. Klause 99-06-25 The Samurai Garden Gail Tsukiyama 99-06-26 The Cathedral Child Lea Hernandez 99-06-26 Clockwork Angels Lea Hernandez 99-06-26 Creed or Chaos? Dorothy Sayers 99-06-26 The Building of Jalna Mazo de la Roche 99-06-30 The Whimsical Christian Dorothy Sayers 99-07-02 The House with a Clock in its Walls John Bellairs 99-07-03 Thrones, Dominations Sayers/Jill Paton Walsh 99-07-03 The Lyre of Orpheus Robertson Davies 99-07-05 Orca Steven Brust 99-07-05 Revenge of the Dolls (*) Carol Beach York 99-07-06 I Will Make You Disappear (*) Carol Beach York 99-07-06 Mary Wakefield Mazo de la Roche 99-07-06 Taltos (*) Steven Brust 99-07-07 Dragon Steven Brust 99-07-09 Beware of This Shop Carol Beach York 99-07-10 The Phoenix Guards Steven Brust 99-07-10 Time of the Ghost (*) Diana Wynne Jones 99-07-11 A Slave's Tale Erik 99-07-11 Young Renny (Jalna - 1906) Mazo de la Roche 99-07-12 Yendi (*) Steven Brust 99-07-13 The Whiteoak Heritage Mazo de la Roche 99-07-15 An Anthology of Chinese Liteature ed. Cyril Birch 99-07-17 Five Hundred Years After Steven Brust 99-07-19 The Night of Many Dreams Gail Tsukiyama 99-07-19 The Arm of the Starfish Madeleine L'Engle 99-07-20 Dragons in the Waters Madeleine L'Engle 99-07-21 The Silver Kiss A.C. Klause 99-07-22 Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone Ian McDonald 99-07-22 The Arbitrary Placement of Walls Martha Soukup 99-07-24 Fair Peril Nancy Springer 99-07-24 A Room Made of Windows (*) Eleanor Cameron 99-07-27 The Beekeeper's Apprentice Laurie King 99-07-27 EarthChild Sharon Webb 99-07-28 Earth Song Sharon Webb 99-07-28 Fame Leonore Fleischer 99-07-28 Ram Song Sharon Webb 99-07-29 A Grave Talent Laurie King 99-07-29 To Play the Fool Laurie King 99-07-30 A Monstrous Regiment of Women Laurie King 99-07-30 A Letter of Mary Laurie King 99-07-31 Hot Sleep (*) Orson Scott Card 99-08-01 The Adventures of Alyx Joanna Russ 99-08-01 Tea with the Black Dragon R.A. MacAvoy 99-08-02 Twisting the Rope R.A. MacAvoy 99-08-03 Why Do The Right Words...? Cathy Guss 99-08-03 The Forever War Joe Haldeman 99-08-07 Don't Tell Zoey Katherine Applegate 99-08-08 Aaron Lets Go Katherine Applegate 99-08-08 The Whiteoak Brothers: Jalna, 1923 Mazo de la Roche 99-08-09 Jalna Mazo de la Roche 99-08-11 The Whiteoaks of Jalna Mazo de la Roche 99-08-12 The Phantom Tollbooth (*) Norton Juster 99-08-14 With Child Laurie King 99-08-15 Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet Eleanor Cameron 99-08-16 The Moor Laurie King 99-08-16 Artificial Things Karen Joy Fowler 99-08-21 Jinian Footseer (*) Sheri Tepper 99-08-23 Oriental Literature: Literature of Arabia ed. Epiphanius Wilson 99-08-23 Foundation Isaac Asimov 99-08-24 Chinese Literature ed. Epiphanius Wilson 99-08-24 A Civil Campaign Lois McMaster Bujold 99-08-29 Finch's Fortune Mazo de la Roche 99-08-31 Camilla Madeleine L'Engle 99-08-31 Flip City Spring Hermann 99-09-01 The Master of Jalna Mazo de la Roche 99-09-02 Whiteoak Harvest Mazo de la Roche 99-09-03 Invitation to the Talmud Jacob Neusner 99-09-05 Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard Eleanor Farjeon 99-09-06 Search for Senna K.A. Applegate 99-09-06 Land of Loss K.A. Applegate 99-09-06 Enter the Enchanted K.A. Applegate 99-09-06 Martin Pippin in the Daisy Field Eleanor Farjeon 99-09-07 Slow River Nicola Griffith 99-09-08 Wakefield's Course Mazo de la Roche 99-09-09 The Grave Christopher Pike 99-09-11 Web of Angels John M. Ford 99-10-02 The Magic of Recluce L.E. Modesitt 99-10-06 The Scholars 99-10-07 The Towers of Sunset L.E. Modesitt 99-10-08 The Hours Michael Cunningham 99-10-12 Magic Knight Rayearth Vol 3: CLAMP 99-10-16 Summer People Marge Piercey 99-10-16 The Magic Engineer L.E. Modesitt 99-10-18 The Order War L.E. Modesitt 99-10-24 Cold Iron Melisa Michaels 99-10-29 Sister to the Rain Melisa Michaels 99-10-30 The Warrior's Apprentice (*) Lois McMaster Bujold 99-11-02 The Death of Chaos L.E. Modesitt 99-11-08 In The Garden of Iden Kage Baker 99-11-13 Kitchen Banana Yoshimoto 99-11-15 The Tale of Lady Ochikubo Unknown 99-11-16 Japanese Inn Oliver Statler 99-11-22 The Saga of Tomoe Gozen Jessica Amanda Salmonson 99-11-22 The Paladin C.J. Cherryh 99-11-24 The Spirit Ring Lois McMaster Bujold 99-11-25 Emperor of China: Self Portrait of K'ang Hsi Jonathan Spence 99-11-25 Into the Wild Jon Krakauer 99-11-27 Fall of Angels L.E. Modesitt 99-11-28 The Dragon Waiting John M. Ford 99-11-28 Fushigi Yugi: Priestess Yu Watase 99-12-02 Video Girl Ai: Katsura 99-12-03 Neon Genesis Evangelion 2 Yoshiyuki Sadamamoto 99-12-09 Siege of Shadows Lynn Abbey 99-12-10 Primavera Francesca Lia Block 99-12-11 The Green Knight Vera Chapman 99-12-11 Night's Master (*) Tanith Lee 99-12-12 Death's Master (*) Tanith Lee 99-12-14 Fushigi Yuugi: Oracle Yu Watase 99-12-16 Neon Genesis Evangelion 3 Yoshiyuki Sadamamoto 99-12-16 Neon Genesis Evangelion 4 Yoshiyuki Sadamamoto 99-12-16 Delusion's Master (*) Tanith Lee 99-12-15 Delusion's Mistress (*) Tanith Lee 99-12-18 Night's Sorceries (*) Tanith Lee 99-12-18 The Knowledge Web James Burke 99-12-21 Anthology of Chinese Literature 99-12-22 Tales of Old Japan Lord Resedale (ed) 99-12-23 In Conquest Born C.S. Friedman 99-12-24 Sometime My Love (*) Oneta Ryan 99-12-24 Orbital Resonance John Barnes 99-12-25 Too Many Witches Kate Gilmore 99-12-26 A Samurai's Tale Erik Christian Haugaard 99-12-27 Fearless Francine Pascal 99-12-27 Sam Francine Pascal 99-12-27 Banana Fish (*) Akimi Yoshida 99-12-29 Banana Fish 2 (*) Akimi Yoshida 99-12-29 Banana Fish 3 Akimi Yoshida 99-12-29 The Amateur Wendy Lesser 99-12-30 Arrows of the Queen (*) Mercedes Lackey 99-12-31