2026

  • All the Feels: How to Stay Human in the Digital World. Pamela Pavliscak.
  • The Fated Sky. Mary Robinette Kowal.
  • The Calculating Stars. Mary Robinette Kowal.
  • A Trade of Blood. Robert Jackson Bennett.
  • Echopraxia. Peter Watts.
  • Blindsight. Peter Watts.
  • The Book of Joy. Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu, with Douglas Abrams.
  • There Is No Antimemetics Division. qntm.
  • The Road. Cormac McCarthy.
  • Antimatter Blues. Edward Ashton.
  • Mickey7. Edward Ashton.
  • Neuromancer. William Gibson.
  • Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Philip K. Dick.
  • The Faith of Beasts. James S. A. Corey.
  • Titanium Noir. Nick Harkaway.
  • The Ministry of Time. Kaliane Bradley.
  • The Vanished Birds. Simon Jimenez.
  • The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Richard Rhodes.

2025

  • This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed. Charles E. Cobb Jr.
  • The Lies of Locke Lamora. Scott Lynch.
  • Legends & Lattes. Travis Baldree.
  • A History of Warfare. John Keegan.
  • World War Z. Max Brooks.
  • Timequake. Kurt Vonnegut.
  • The Poppy War. R.F. Kuang.
  • A Drop of Corruption. Robert Jackson Bennett.
  • The Tainted Cup. Robert Jackson Bennett.
  • When the Moon Hits Your Eye. John Scalzi.
  • The Lost Fleet: Victorious. Jack Campbell.
  • The Lost Fleet: Relentless. Jack Campbell.
  • The Lost Fleet: Valiant. Jack Campbell.
  • The Lost Fleet: Courageous. Jack Campbell.
  • The Lost Fleet: Fearless. Jack Campbell.
  • The Lost Fleet: Dauntless. Jack Campbell.
  • Echo of Worlds. M. R. Carey.
  • Infinity Gate. M. R. Carey.
  • Alien Clay. Adrian Tchaikovsky.
  • Annie Bot. Sierra Greer.

2024

  • Apostles of Mercy. Lindsay Ellis.
  • Annihilation. Jeff VanderMeer.
  • The Relentless Legion. J. S. Dewes.
  • The Bound Worlds. Megan O'Keefe.
  • The Fractured Dark. Megan O'Keefe.
  • The Blighted Stars. Megan O'Keefe.
  • Catalyst Gate. Megan O'Keefe.
  • Chaos Vector. Megan O'Keefe.
  • Velocity Weapon. Megan O'Keefe.
  • Service Model. Adrian Tchaikovsky.
  • The Mercy of Gods. James S. A. Corey.
  • The Last Colony. John Scalzi.
  • The Ghost Brigades. John Scalzi.
  • Old Man's War. John Scalzi.
  • Layers of Force. Lindsay Buroker.
  • Home Front. Lindsay Buroker.
  • Planet Killer. Lindsay Buroker.
  • Gate Quest. Lindsay Buroker.
  • Crossfire. Lindsay Buroker.
  • Hero Code. Lindsay Buroker.
  • Ship of Ruin. Lindsay Buroker.
  • Shockwave. Lindsay Buroker.
  • The Shattered Skies. John Birmingham.
  • The Cruel Stars. John Birmingham.
  • Upgrade. Blake Crouch.
  • Generation Ship. Michael Mammay.

2023

2022

  • A Prayer for the Crown-shy. Becky Chambers.
  • Locklands. Robert Jackson Bennett.
  • Shorefall. Robert Jackson Bennett.
  • Foundryside. Robert Jackson Bennett.
  • Hogfather. Terry Pratchett.
  • Shards of Earth. Adrian Tchaikovsky.
  • Eyes of the Void. Adrian Tchaikovsy.
  • The Grief of Stones. Katherine Addison.
  • Witness for the Dead. Katherine Addison.
  • A Desolation Called Peace. Arkady Martine.
  • A Memory Called Empire. Arkady Martine.
  • Reaper Man. Terry Pratchett.
  • Absolution Gap. Alastair Reynolds.
  • Redemption Ark. Alastair Reynolds.

2021

  • Truth of the Divine. Lindsay Ellis.
  • Revelation Space. Alastair Reynolds.
  • Welcome to the Monkey House. Kurt Vonnegut.
  • Psalm for the Wild-Built. Becky Chambers.
  • Fugitive Telemetry. Martha Wells.
  • Station Eleven. Emily St. John Mandel.
  • Axiom's End. Lindsay Ellis.
  • Babylon's Ashes. James S. A. Corey.
  • Nemesis Games. James S. A. Corey.
  • The Churn. James S. A. Corey.
  • Cibola Burn. James S. A. Corey.
  • Network Effect. Martha Wells.
  • The Dalai Lama's Little Book of Wisdom. Tenzin Gyatso.
  • The Goblin Emperor. Katherine Addison.
  • Ancillary Justice. Anne Lecke.
  • Children of Time. Adrian Tchaikovsky.
  • The Midnight Library. Matt Haig.
  • Abaddon's Gate. James S. A. Corey.
  • Caliba's War. James S. A. Corey.
  • Leviathan War. James S. A. Corey.
  • The Hot Gate. John Ringo.
  • Citadel. John Ringo.

2020

  • Second Foundation. Isaac Asimov. (re-read)
  • Foundation and Empire. Isaac Asimov. (re-read)
  • Foundation. Isaac Asimov. (re-read)
  • Death's End. Cixin Liu.
  • The Dark Forest. Cixin Liu.
  • The Three-Body Problem. Cixin Liu.
  • Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick. David Wong.
  • Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits. David Wong.
  • What the Hell Did I Just Read. David Wong.
  • This Book is Full of Spiders. David Wong.
  • John Dies At The End. David Wong.
  • The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. Robert Heinlein.
  • Revenant Gun. Yoon Ha Lee.
  • Raven Strategem. Yoon Ha Lee.
  • Ninefox Gambit. Yoon Ha Lee.
  • How to Be An Anti-Racist. Ibram X. Kendi.
  • My Best Friend's Exorcism. Grady Hendrix.
  • Between the World and Me. Ta-Nehisi Coates.
  • The Stone Sky. N. K. Jemisin.
  • The Obelisk Gate. N. K. Jemisin.
  • The Fifth Season. N. K. Jemisin.
  • Stranger in a Strange Land.
  • Llith's Brood. Octavia Butler. (NOTE: this is also known as the "Xenogenesis Trilogy," which consists of Dawn, Adulthood Rites, and Imago)
  • The Dragon Pearl. Yoon Ha Lee.
  • Space Opera. Catherynne M. Valente.
  • Good Omens. Neil Gaiman.
  • Record of a Spaceborn Few. Beck Chambers.
  • The Mote in God's Eye. Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.
  • Exhalation. Ted Chiang.
  • The Water Knife. Paulo Bacigalupi.
  • The Left Hand of Darkness. Ursula K. Le Guin.
  • Sucker's Portfolio. Kurt Vonnegut.

NOTE: I don't know if anyone else had this experience, but my reading actually went to near-zero in the early months of the pandemic. The last book I finished before the world shut down was "How to Be An Anti-Racist," and the next book I read was "My Best Friend's Excorcism," which I picked up in a bookstore in downtown Charleston, masked, in late May, feeling that the brief excursion was safe per the latest data.

2019

  • To Be Taught, If Fortunate. Becky Chambers.
  • The Grapes of Wrath. John Steinbeck.
  • A Closed and Common Orbit. Becky Chambers.
  • American Gods. Neil Gaiman.
  • The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. Becky Chambers.
  • The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. Marie Kondo.
  • The Sparrow. Mary Doria Russell.
  • Yes Please. Amy Poehler.
  • Childhood's End. Arthur C. Clarke.
  • Exit Strategy. Martha Wells.
  • Rogue Protocol. Martha Wells.
  • Artificial Condition. Martha Wells.
  • All Systems Red. Martha Wells.
  • Washington: a life. Ron Chernow.
  • Dune Messiah. Frank Herbert.
  • Dune. Frank Herbert.
  • Reincarnation Blues. Michael Poore.