That picture’s a bit of a nerdy reference, but hey, what’d you expect?

As promised yesterday, here’s the list of books Maass used in Writing the Breakout Novel. Feel free to cntrl-F and search for your genre:

1. Silence in Hanover Close by Anne Perry — (mystery)
2. Sacrebleu! by Anne Perry — (fantasy)
3. Neverness by David Zindell — (SciFi)
4. The Lightstone by David Zindell — (fantasy)
5. The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller — (romance)
6. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier — (historical romance)
7. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden — (romance)
8. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken — (children fantasy)
9. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver — (adventure)
10. Cryptonomicon by Neil Stephenson — (puzzle-thriller)
11. The Ghost Road by Pat Barker — (war)
12. Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice — (fantasy)
13. The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer — (fantasy)
14. The Seven-Per-Cent Solution by Nicholas Meyer — (mystery)
15. The Whitechapel Horrors by Edward B. Hanna — (mystery)
16. The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie R. King — (mystery)
17. The Woman in Black by Susan Hill — (gothic)
18. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys — (historical)
19. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire — (fantasy)
20. Fleur de Leigh’s Life of Crime by Diane Leslie — (crime)
21. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon — (historical fantasy)
22. Mariette in Ecstasy by Ron Hansen — (mystery)
23. Hitler’s Niece by Ron Hansen — (historical romance)
24. A Clue for the Puzzle Lady by Parnell Hall — (mystery)
25. Love Story by Erich Segal — (romance)
26. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks — (romance)
27. The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead — (drama)
28. Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi — (historical)
29. Layover by Lisa Zeidner — (erotica)
30. The Perry Mason Series by Erle Stanley Gardner — (court drama)
31. The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris — (thriller)
32. Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson — (romance)
33. Rabbit, Run by John Updike — (romance)
34. The World According to Garp by John Irving — (biographical)
35. Being There by Jerzy Kosinski — (biographical)
36. Forrest Gump by Winston Groom — (biographical)
37. Neuromancer by William Gibson — (SciFi)
38. Fairyland by Paul J. McAuley — (SciFi)
39. A Map of the World by Jane Hamilton — (literary)
40. Up Island by Anne Rivers Siddons — (literary)
41. A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe — (literary)
42. The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye — (romance)
43. Slaves of Obsession by Anne Perry — (mystery)
44. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells — (group novel)
45. Perfume by Patrick Suskind — (thriller)
46. Fevre Dream by George R. R. Martin — (historical)
47. Ordinary People by Judith Guest — (literary)
48. The Beans of Egypt, Maine by Carolyn Chute — (literary)
49. Along Came a Spider by James Patterson — (mystery)
50. The Face of a Stranger by Anne Perry — (mystery)
51. The Pilot’s Wife by Anita Shreve — (literary)
52. Where There’s Smoke by Sandra Brown — (romance)
53. The Ape Who Gaurds the Balance by Elizabeth Peters — (mystery)
54. Lolita by Vladmir Nabokov — (erotica)
55. Amsterdam by Ian McEwan — (literary)
56. The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas — (historical)
57. The Group by Mary McGarthy — (group novel)
58. The Last Convertible by Anton Myer — (historical)
59. Charms for the Easy Life by Kaye Gibbons — (literary)
60. The Best of Friends by Joanna Trollope — (literary)
61. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry — (thriller)
62. Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow — (historical)
63. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee — (coming of age)
64. The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler — (literary)
65. The Ax by Donald E. Westlake — (crime)
66. Martin Dressler by Steven Millhauser — (biographical)
67. Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns — (literary)
68. The Inn at Lake Devine by Elinor Lipman — (literary)
69. Briget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding — (romance/erotica)
70. Geek Love by Katherine Dunn — (?)
71. The Last Coyote by Michael Connely — (?)
72. The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers — (?)
73. A Certain Justice by P.D. James — (mystery)
74. Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton — (thriller)
75. Joy School by Elizabeth Berg — (romance)
76. Portrait of Jenni by Robert Nathan — (fable)
77. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes — (fable)
78. Lost Horizon by James Hilton — (fable)
79. Animal Farm by George Orwell — (fable)
80. Lord of the Flies by William Golding — (fable)
81. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury — (fable)
82. Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg — (mystery/fantasy)
83. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad — (?)
84. The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder – (?)
85. The Quilter’s Apprentice by Jennifer Chiaverini — (literary)
86. The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard — (literary)
87. All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy — (romance)
88. Bootlegger’s Daughter by Margaret Maron — (mystery)
89. Possession by A.S. Byatt — (romance)
90. Midshipman’s Hope by David Feintuch — (SciFi)
91. Valis by Philip K. Dick — (literary)
92. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut — (SciFi)
93. The Runaway Jury by John Grisham — (mystery)
94. The Partner by John Grisham — (crime)
95. The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles — (?)
96. Shogun by James Clavell — (historical)
97. From Here to Eternity by James Jones — (historical)
98. The Passing Bells by Philip Rock — (?)
99. The Last Convertible by Anton Myer – (?)
100. Brown Girl in the Ring by John W. Campbell

Oh sure, the list went on, but 100’s a nice round number for now. Enjoy the reads.