Books Read

2023

• The Lords of Uncreation. Adrian Tchaikovsky.
• How to Win Friends and Influence People. Dale Carnegie.
• Beowulf. Translated by Seamus Haney.
• The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity. Carlo Cipolla.
• Apocalypse Cow. Michael Logan.
• The Idea Factory. Jon Gertner.
• Meditations. Marcus Aurelius.
• To Sleep in a Sea of Stars. Christopher Paolini.
• Project Hail Mary. Martin Weir.

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.