2013 TBR Pile Challenge

Well, actually I am a bit late to participate in this challenge (The deadline was yesterday) and I'm not sure if the host, Roof Beam Reader will let me join but still I challenge myself. I have a big TBR pile at home so I will try to read the books that have been sitting on my shelves for over 15 months. Here is my list of 12 books and 2 alternates:

1. The Wind in the Willows / Kenneth Grahame (First published in 1908; on my shelves since 2010)
2. The Painted Bird / Jerzy Kosinski (First published in 1965; on my shelves since 2008)
3. The Sand Fish / Maha Gargash  (First published in 2009; on my shelves since August 2011)
4. Demian / Hermann Hesse  (First published in 1919; on my shelves since 1996)
5. Obabakoak / Bernardo Axtaga (First published in 1989; on my shelves since 2010)
6. The Windup Girl / Paolo Bacigalupi (First published in 2009; on my shelves since April 2011)
7. Paper: The Dreams of a Scribe / Bahiyyih Nakhjavani (First published in 2003; on my shelves since 2010)
8. Manual of Painting and Calligraphy: A Novel / José Saramago (First published in 1977; on my shelves since 1999)
9. The Last Book in the Universe / Rodman Philbrick (First published in 2000; on my shelves since April 2011)
10. Predator's Gold / Philip Reeve (First published in 2006; on my shelves since April 2011)
11. Baba Yaga Laid an Egg /  Dubravka Ugrešić (First published in 2009; on my shelves since June 2011)
12. Tower of Dreams / Jamil Nasir (First published in 1999; on my shelves since 2010)

Alternates:
1. Kidnapped / Robert Louis Stevenson (First published in 1886; on my shelves since 2010)
2. Amagansett / Mark Mills (First published in 2005; on my shelves since July 2011)