All The Books In My House

I’ve just finished the inventory of all the books I have in my house… for those who are interested, the list is here.

A Sampling:

        
1. The Spiritual Baptist Faith, Rev. Patricia Stephen

        

2. Mind of My Own, Octavia E Butler

        

3. The Complete Book of Spells, Ceremonies & Magic, Migene Gonzalez-Wippler

        

4. Golden Secrets of Mystic Oils, Anna Riva

        

5. Sacred Woman: A Guide To healing The Feminine, Body, Mind and Spirit, Queen Afua

        

6. Brown Girl In The Ring, Nalo Hopkinson

        

7. The Core of Fire: A Path to Yoruba Spiritual Activism, Aina Olomo

        

8. Spiritual Cleansing: A Handbook of Psychic Protection, Draja Mikaharic

        

9. Oshun: Santeria and Orisha of Love, Rivers & Sensuality, Baba Raul Canizares

        

10. Secrets of Magical Seals, Anna Riva

        

11. Money Spells, by Donna Rose

        

12. Brown Sugar: A Collection of Erotic Black Fiction, edited by Carol Taylor

        

13. Voodoo Handbook of Cult Secrets, Anna Riva

        

14. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley

        

15. The Illustrated Book of Tarot, Jane Lyle

        

16. Jambalaya: The Natural Woman’s Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals, Luisah Teish

        

17. Random House Webster’s Dictionary

        

18. Romeo And Juliet, William Shakespeare

        

19. The Friends, Rosa Guy

        

20. Sun Signs, Linda Goodman

        

21. Alice In Wonderland & Through The Looking Glass, Lewis Carol

        

22. Life Strategies, Dr Phillip C McGraw

        

23. Angela: Portrait of A Revolutionary, The Professor

        

24. Blood In My Eye, George Jackson

        

25. 1984, George Orwell

        

26. Roots, Alex Haley

        

27. Dune, Frank Herbert

        

28. Abduction: Human Encounters With Aliens, John E. Mack, M.D.

        

29. Garvey & Garveyism, Amy Jacques Garvey

        

30. Star Wars The New Jedi Order: Traitor, Matthew Stover

        

31. The Butlerian Jihad, Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson

        

32. Unfinished Tales, JRR Tolkien

        

33. Nigger, Randall Kennedy

        

34. Parable of The Sower, Octavia E. Butler

        

35. Force of Nature, Susan Johnson

        

36. The Illuminati 666 (Book 2), William Sutton

        

37. The Jewish Onslaught, Tony Martin

        

38. Getting In Touch With Your Inner Bitch, Elizabeth Hills

        

39. The Cultural Unity of Black Africa, Cheikh Anta Diop

        

40. On Afro-American History, Malcolm X

        

41. The Destruction of Black Civilization, Chancellor Williams

        

42. The Wonderful Ethiopians of The Ancient Cushite Empire, Drusilla Dungee Huston

        

43. The Pan African Connection, Tony Martin

        

44. Emmanuelle’s Book III: What Is An Angel Doing Here, Pat Rodegast & Judith Stanton

        

45. Black Looks: Race & Representation, bell hooks

        

46. The Herb Book, John Lust

        

47. Feng Shui For Lovers, Sarah Bartlett

        

48. The Holographic Universe, Michael Talbot

        

49. The Junes, Julia Glass

        

50. Meeting Of The Waters, Kim McLarin

        

51. Anime Explosion, Patrick Drazen

        

52. Stolen Legacy, Asa Hillard

        

53. Apetebii, Chief Priest Ifayemi Elebuibon

        

54. Black Gods: Orisa Studies In The New World, Gary Edwards and John Mason

        

55. The Writer’s Handbook 2001, edited by Sylvia K. Burack

        

56. The Wars of Gods and Men, Zecheria Sitchin

        

57. God Emperor of Dune, Frank Herbert

        

58. Blood Music, Greg Bear

        

59. The Autobiography of Malcom X, as told to Alex Haley

        

60. Unsolved UFO Mysteries, William J. Birnes and Harold Burt

        

61. Vegetarian Cookery, Janet Walker

        

62. Emma, Jane Austen

        

63. Gods From Outer Space, Erich Von Daniken

        

64. Pre-Destined Love, Dick Sutphen

        

65. Nigger Bible, Robert H deCoy

        

66. Emmanuelle’s Book II: The Choice For Love, Pat Rodegast & Judith Stanton

        

67. Mirrored Life, Anita Bunkley

        

68. A Return To The Middle Passage: The Clipper Ship “Sheila”, Captain W.H. Angel

        

69. The Womanly Art of Breast Feeding, La Leche League

        

70. The Struggle Is My Life, Nelson Mandela

        

71. On Top, Marilyn MacGregor

        

72. Malcolm X Speaks, edited by George Breitman

        

73. Buddhism: A Way Of Life and Thought, Nancy Wilson Rose

        

74. Annie John, Jamaica Kincaid

        

75. Mama, Terry McMillan

        

76. The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison

        

77. The Intelligence of Clouds, Stanley Moss

        

78. Women Who Run With The Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes

        

79. Tolkien: Author Of The Century, Tom Shippey

        

80. Jazz, Toni Morrison

        

81. Voices: An Anthology Of Barbadian Writing, edited by Nailah Folami Imoja and Jerolynn Thomas

        

82. The Little Book Of Spiritual Wisdom, Dr. Morris Gall

        

83. Discover Reincarnation, J.H. Brennan

The whole list is here.

This list only includes what I have in the house, not what is in a box under my desk at work, or on loan, or pilfered by my brother who has sparked a book jihad…or for that matter, include the hundred or so books I still have left in Barbados, or the hundreds upon hundreds I have bought and sold over the course of the last thirty years.