Book watchin', watchin' books... what's your power move?

In 2015 I decided to start trying to maintain a running list of all the books I go through in a year. The 2014 listings were constructed from memory, but thereafter I'm trying to update as I go.

In 2023 I started including chapter books I read aloud to my kids, for posterity.

*cough* We'll see how long this lasts. *cough*

Bookwatch 2025

In Progress

Completed

  1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (reread, aloud)
  2. Aniara by Harry Martinson (book club)
  3. The Scarab Path by Adrian Tchaikovsky
  4. Salute the Dark by Adrian Tchaikovsky
  5. Blood of the Mantis by Adrian Tchaikovsky
  6. Dragonfly Falling by Adrian Tchaikovsky
  7. Interstellar Pig by William Sleator (aloud)
  8. Empire in Black and Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky
  9. An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
  10. The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (book club, reread)
  11. The Wild Robot by Peter Brown (aloud)
  12. Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson
  13. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (reread, aloud)
  14. All Systems Red by Martha Wells (reread, aloud)
  15. Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson
  16. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (reread, aloud)
  17. Outland by Dennis E. Taylor (book club)
  18. The Princess Bride by William Goldman (aloud)
  19. The Swarm by Frank Schätzing (book club)
  20. Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
  21. The Ascent to Godhood by Neon Yang
  22. The Descent of Monsters by Neon Yang
  23. Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
  24. Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
  25. Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
  26. The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson
  27. Wind and Truthby Brandon Sanderson
  28. The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch (book club)
  29. Perhaps the Stars by Ada Palmer
  30. The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop (reread, aloud)
  31. Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones (reread, aloud)
  32. The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal
  33. The Dragon Never Sleeps by Glen Cook (book club)
  34. The Fated Sky by Mary Robinette Kowal
  35. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
  36. The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway (book club)
  37. Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers by Rob Grant & Doug Naylor (reread, aloud)
  38. The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper (reread, aloud)
  39. Footfall by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle (book club)

Bookwatch 2024

Completed

Book of the year Ra

  1. Ra by qntm
  2. The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
  3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (reread, aloud)
  4. The Blood Mirror by Brent Weeks
  5. Valuable Humans in Transit and Other Stories by qntm (book club)
  6. Ronia, the Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren (reread, aloud)
  7. Ex-Isle by Peter Clines
  8. Ex-Purgatory by Peter Clines
  9. Against a Dark Background by Iain M. Banks (book club)
  10. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (reread, aloud)
  11. Ex-Communication by Peter Clines
  12. Ex-Patriots by Peter Clines
  13. The Wandering Earth by Liu Cixin (book club)
  14. Scale Bright by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
  15. Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse
  16. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (reread, aloud)
  17. Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse
  18. Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (book club)
  19. Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines
  20. Explorer by C. J. Cherryh (reread)
  21. Defender by C. J. Cherryh (reread)
  22. The Ice Cream Machine by Adam Rubin (aloud)
  23. Precursor by C. J. Cherryh (reread)
  24. Behind the Throne by K. B. Wagers
  25. The Girl from Wudang by PJ Caldas(book club)
  26. A Darkness Forged in Fire by Chris Evans
  27. Into the Storm by Taylor Anderson
  28. Dust by Hugh Howey
  29. The Cruel Stars by John Birmingham (book club)
  30. Shift by Hugh Howey
  31. Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey (reread, aloud)
  32. Wool (Omnibus) by Hugh Howey (reread)
  33. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien (reread, aloud)
  34. Dead Silence by S. A. Barnes (book club)
  35. Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McG
  36. Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
  37. Echopraxia by Peter Watts (book club)
  38. The Innkeeper's Song by Peter S. Beagle
  39. Redwall by Brian Jacques (reread, aloud)
  40. The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (book club)
  41. The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson
  42. Dragondrums by Anne McCaffrey (reread)
  43. Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey (reread)
  44. Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey (reread)
  45. Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee
  46. Raven Strategem by Yoon Ha Lee
  47. The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams
  48. A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
  49. Permafrost by Alastair Reynolds
  50. Accelerando by Charles Stross (book club)
  51. Nyxia by Scott Reintgen
  52. Noise by Hal Clement
  53. Jade City by Fonda Lee
  54. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg (reread, aloud)
  55. Ogres by Adrian Tchaikovsky (book club)
  56. Recursion by Blake Crouch (book club)
  57. Blackflame by Will Wight
  58. The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson (reread, aloud)

Abandoned

Bookwatch 2023

Completed

Book of the year Circe

  1. The Jesus Incident by Frank Herbert (book club)
  2. Mammoth by John Varley (book club)
  3. Soulsmith by Will Wight
  4. Unsouled by Will Wight
  5. Blood of Empire by Brian McClellan
  6. Blood Music by Greg Egan (book club, reread)
  7. Wrath of Empire by Brian McClellan
  8. Sins of Empire by Brian McClellan
  9. The Insiders by Mark Oshiro (aloud)
  10. Destroy it with Fire by Marianne Bellotti (nonfiction)
  11. A Wind in Cairo by Judith Tarr
  12. Leviathan's Deep by Jayge Carr
  13. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis (reread, aloud)
  14. Contact by Carl Sagan (book club, reread)
  15. The Bullet Catcher's Daughter by Rod Duncan
  16. The Dark Beyond the Stars by Frank M. Robinson
  17. Friendship is Optimal by iceman (book club)
  18. Immortal Fire by Annette Marie
  19. Dark Tempest by Annette Marie
  20. Red Winter by Annette Marie
  21. Circe by Madeline Miller
  22. The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson (book club)
  23. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein (book club, reread)
  24. Star Gate by Andre Norton
  25. Winterlong by Elizabeth Hand
  26. Inheritor by C. J. Cherryh (reread)
  27. The Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull
  28. Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton (book club)
  29. Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton (book club)
  30. The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin (book club)
  31. Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (book club)
  32. Invader by C. J. Cherryh (reread)

Bookwatch 2022

Completed

Book of the year A Memory Called Empire

  1. The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov (book club)
  2. Foreigner by C. J. Cherryh (reread)
  3. Eversion by Alastair Reynolds (book club)
  4. Elfquest by Wendy & Richard Pini (comic)
  5. Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M. Banks
  6. The Book of Sand by Theo Clare (book club)
  7. The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (book club)
  8. Hard to be a God by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky (book club)
  9. Salvation by Peter F. Hamilton
  10. Braking Day by Adam Oyebanji (book club)
  11. A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
  12. A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (book club)
  13. The Prophet of Yonwood by Jeanne DuPrau
  14. The People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau
  15. The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
  16. Replay by Ken Grimwood (book club)
  17. The Shadowed Sun by N. K. Jemisin
  18. The Killing Moon by N. K. Jemisin
  19. Heartstopper Vol. 1-4 by Alice Oseman (comic)
  20. Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear
  21. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (book club)
  22. Ed by qtnm
  23. Angelfall by Susan Ee
  24. Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City by K. J. Parker (book club)
  25. Leviathan Falls by James S. A. Corey
  26. Tiamat's Wrath by James S. A. Corey
  27. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini (book club)
  28. Papergirls by Brian K. Vaughan & Cliff Chiang (comic)
  29. Persopolis Rising by James S. A. Corey
  30. All Systems Red by Martha Wells (book club, reread)

Abandoned

Bookwatch 2021

Completed

Book of the year There is no Antimemetics Division

  1. Strange Dogs by James S. A. Corey
  2. Cage of Souls by Adrian Tchaikovsky (book club)
  3. Swan Song by Robert McCammon
  4. 14 by Peter Clines
  5. Life after Life by Kate Atkinson (book club)
  6. House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds (reread)
  7. Solaris by Stanisław Lem (book club)
  8. Edge of Infinity edited by Jonathan Strahan (anthology)
  9. The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark
  10. A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark
  11. Dreadnought by April Daniels
  12. Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks (book club)
  13. Medusa Uploaded by Emily Devenport
  14. The Autumn Republic by Brian McClellan
  15. The Crimson Campaign by Brian McClellan
  16. Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan
  17. The Red Threads of Fortune by Neon Yang
  18. The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang
  19. There is no Antimemetics Division by qtnm (book club)
  20. Embers of War by Gareth L. Powell
  21. Patternmaster by Octavia E. Butler
  22. Clay's Ark by Octavia E. Butler
  23. Mind of my Mind by Octavia E. Butler
  24. Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler
  25. The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
  26. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
  27. The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin
  28. The Last Good Man by Linda Nagata (book club)
  29. The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins (reread)
  30. Diaspora by Greg Egan
  31. The Green Futures of Tycho by William Sleator
  32. Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon (book club)
  33. The Vital Abyss by James S. A. Corey
  34. Babylon's Ashes by James S. A. Corey
  35. Nemesis Games by James S. A. Corey (reread)
  36. Cibola Burn by James S. A. Corey (reread)
  37. The Expert System's Champion by Adrian Tchaikovsky (book club)
  38. The Expert System's Brother by Adrian Tchaikovsky (book club)
  39. City of Bones by Martha Wells (reread)
  40. Persephone Station by Stina Leicht (book club)
  41. Abaddon's Gate by James S. A. Corey (reread)
  42. Gods of Risk by James S. A. Corey
  43. Caliban's War by James S. A. Corey (reread)
  44. The Butcher of Anderson Station by James S. A. Corey
  45. When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger (book club)
  46. Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey (reread)
  47. The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle (book club)
  48. An Enemy of the State by F. Paul Wilson
  49. The Hole by Brandon Q. Morris (book club)

Abandoned

Bookwatch 2020

Completed

Book of the year Gideon the Ninth

  1. The Churn by James S. A. Corey
  2. Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson
  3. Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson
  4. Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff (book club)
  5. Virus: Day of Resurrection by Sakyo Komatsu (book club)
  6. Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente
  7. Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
  8. Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
  9. American Gods by Neil Gaiman (book club)
  10. Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding
  11. Starless by Jacqueline Carey
  12. The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien (reread)
  13. China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh (book club)
  14. The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien (reread)
  15. The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien (reread)
  16. Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton (book club, reread)
  17. Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky (book club)
  18. Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat by Andrez Bergen (book club)
  19. The Regional Office is Under Attack! by Manuel Gonzales
  20. All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka (book club)
  21. Two Serpents Rise by Max Gladstone
  22. Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone
  23. Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay (book club)
  24. Iron Gold by Pierce Brown

Abandoned

Bookwatch 2019

Completed

Book of the year The Library at Mount Char

  1. Fall; or, Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson (book club)
  2. Skullsworn by Brian Staveley
  3. Dichronauts by Greg Egan
  4. Emissaries from the Dead by Adam-Troy Castro
  5. Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson (book club)
  6. Ship of Fools by Richard Paul Russo
  7. The City of Light by Will Wight
  8. The Crimson Vault by Will Wight
  9. House of Blades by Will Wight
  10. Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky (book club)
  11. Sassinak by Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Moon (reread)
  12. A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
  13. A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
  14. River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
  15. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
  16. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
  17. Dune by Frank Herbert (book club, reread)
  18. The Will To Battle by Ada Palmer
  19. Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer
  20. Too Like The Lightning by Ada Palmer
  21. The Chronicles of Amber (Merlin omnibus) by Roger Zelazny (Merlin omnibus, but quit after book 3)
  22. Ultima by Stephen Baxter
  23. Proxima by Stephen Baxter (book club)
  24. The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny (Corwin omnibus)
  25. Archivist Wasp by Nicole Kornher-Stace
  26. Sea of Rust by C. Robert Cargill (book club)
  27. Provenance by Ann Leckie
  28. The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins (book club)
  29. The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross
  30. Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
  31. Fire by Kristin Cashore
  32. Clariel by Garth Nix
  33. The Power by Naomi Alderman (book club)
  34. Lirael by Garth Nix
  35. Sabriel by Garth Nix
  36. The Word Exchange by Alena Graedon
  37. Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow
  38. The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin (book club, reread)
  39. Siblings without Rivalry by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish (nonfiction)
  40. On Such a Full Sea by Chang-rae Lee
  41. Wastelands edited by John Joseph Adams (anthology, book club)
  42. Within the Sanctuary of Wings by Marie Brennan
  43. Thin Air by Richard Morgan (book club)
  44. Uplift War by David Brin
  45. Binti by Nnedi Okorafor (book club)

Abandoned

  • Utopia by Ahmed Khaled Towfik

Bookwatch 2018

Completed

Book of the year Lilith's Brood

  1. Startide Rising by David Brin
  2. Sundiver by David Brin
  3. Semiosis by Sue Burke (book club)
  4. Salt by Adam Roberts
  5. The Price of Spring by Daniel Abraham
  6. A Betrayal in Winter by Daniel Abraham
  7. An Autumn War by Daniel Abraham
  8. A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham
  9. Shelter by Susan Palwick (book club)
  10. The Dragon's Path by Daniel Abraham
  11. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
  12. The End of All Things by John Scalzi
  13. The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
  14. The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester (book club)
  15. Dauntless by Jack Campbell
  16. Hell's Foundations Quiver by David Weber
  17. The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (book club)
  18. Cloudbound by Fran Wilde
  19. The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi (book club)
  20. Updraft by Fran Wilde
  21. Litany of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe
  22. Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler (book club, reread)
  23. The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
  24. Necessity by Jo Walton
  25. At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft (book club)
  26. The Philosopher Kings by Jo Walton
  27. Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
  28. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (reread)
  29. Nod by Adrian Barnes
  30. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (book club, reread)
  31. The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
  32. Lilith's Brood by Octavia E. Butler (omnibus trilogy)
  33. Hellconia Summer by Brian W. Aldiss
  34. Hellconia Spring by Brian W. Aldiss
  35. I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison (book club)
  36. Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold (book club)
  37. All Systems Red by Martha Wells
  38. The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
  39. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
  40. A Congregation of Jackals by S. Craig Zahler (book club)
  41. The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin
  42. The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin
  43. Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson

Abandoned

Bookwatch 2017

Completed

Book of the year Children of Time

  1. Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson
  2. Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson
  3. Arcanum Unbounded by Brandon Sanderson
  4. The Peripheral by William Gibson (book club)
  5. The Broken Eye by Brent Weeks
  6. The Blinding Knife by Brent Weeks
  7. Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty (book club)
  8. The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
  9. The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect by Roger Williams (book club)
  10. To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
  11. Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee (book club)
  12. Bird Box by osh Malerman (book club)
  13. Spellwright by Blake Charlton
  14. Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (book club)
  15. The Human Division by John Scalzi
  16. Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi
  17. The Last Colony by John Scalzi/li>
  18. The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
  19. Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald (book club)
  20. The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin
  21. The Twelve by Justin Cronin
  22. House of Stairs by William Sleator
  23. The Just City by Jo Walton
  24. Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge (book club, reread)
  25. In the Labryinth of Drakes by Marie Brennan
  26. The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
  27. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (book club, reread)
  28. Vortex by Robert Charles Wilson
  29. Axis by Robert Charles Wilson
  30. Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
  31. The Medusa Chronicles by Stephen Baxter & Alastair Reynolds
  32. Marooned in Realtime by Vernor Vinge (book club)
  33. The Last Adventure of Constance Verity by A. Lee Martinez
  34. Merchants of Venus by Frederik Pohl
  35. Gateway by Frederik Pohl
  36. Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
  37. The Inverted World by Christopher Priest (book club)
  38. Morning Star by Pierce Brown
  39. Golden Son by Pierce Brown
  40. Graceling by Kristin Cashore
  41. The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
  42. Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho

Abandoned

Bookwatch 2016

In my defense, Worm should count for 10-15 books.

Completed

Book of the year Worm

  1. Revenger by Alastair Reynolds (book club)
  2. Storm Glass by Maria V. Snyder
  3. Survivor by Octavia E. Butler
  4. Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
  5. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (book club)
  6. Fortress Frontier by Myke Cole
  7. Planetfall by Emma Newman
  8. The Awakened Kingdom by N. K. Jemisin
  9. The Kingdom of the Gods by N. K. Jemisin
  10. The Broken Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin
  11. The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
  12. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin
  13. Confessions of a D-List Supervillain by Jim Bernheimer
  14. The Girl With All The Gifts by M. R. Carey
  15. The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon (book club)
  16. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
  17. Like A Mighty Army by David Weber
  18. Lightless by C. A. Higgins (book club)
  19. Midst Toil and Tribulation by David Weber
  20. I am Legend by Richard Matheson (book club)
  21. How Firm a Foundation by David Weber
  22. Redshirts by John Scalzi
  23. Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch
  24. Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
  25. On The Beach by Nevil Shute (book club)
  26. The Santaroga Barrier by Frank Herbert
  27. Crux by Ramez Naam
  28. Nexus by Ramez Naam (book club)
  29. Worm by Wildbow
  30. The Fold by Peter Clines(book club)
  31. The Rook by Daniel O’Malley
  32. The Etched City by K. J. Bishop
  33. Mindstar Rising by Peter F. Hamilton
  34. The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (book club)
  35. Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
  36. The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor
  37. Seveneves by Neal Stephenson (book club)
  38. Hyperion by Dan Simmons
  39. Authority by Jeff VanderMeer
  40. Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
  41. Uprooted by Naomi Novik
  42. Woken Furies by Richard Morgan
  43. The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker (book club)
  44. Control Point by Myke Cole
  45. Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny (reread)
  46. The Causal Angel by Hannu Rajaniemi
  47. The Fractal Prince by Hannu Rajaniemi
  48. Time Salvager by Wesley Chu
  49. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
  50. Superposition by David Walton (book club)
  51. Non-Stop by Brian Aldiss
  52. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
  53. The Voyage of the Basilisk by Marie Brennan
  54. A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
  55. Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan

Abandoned

Bookwatch 2015

Completed

Book of the year The Martian

  1. Old Man's War by John Scalzi (book club)
  2. To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
  3. Blindsight by Peter Watts (bookclub)
  4. Air by Geoff Ryman
  5. Dragon's Egg by Robert L. Forward (book club)
  6. Athyra by Steven Brust (reread)
  7. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (reread, bookclub)
  8. Phoenix by Steven Brust (reread)
  9. Taltos by Steven Brust (reread)
  10. Those Who Hunt The Night by Barbara Hambly
  11. Broken Angels by Richard Morgan
  12. The Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie
  13. Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
  14. World of Trouble by Ben H. Winters
  15. Countdown City by Ben H. Winters
  16. The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters
  17. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
  18. Ringworld by Larry Niven
  19. Embassytown by China Miéville
  20. Tecklaby Steven Brust (reread)
  21. Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
  22. The Carpet Makers by Andreas Eschbach (book club)
  23. Watership Down by Richard Adams (reread)
  24. Off to Be the Wizard by Scott Meyer
  25. Codex by Lev Grossman
  26. Yendi by Steven Brust (reread)
  27. Jhereg by Steven Brust (reread)
  28. Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan
  29. The Giver by Lois Lowry
  30. Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
  31. Nemesis Games by James S. A. Corey
  32. Cibola Burn by James S. A. Corey
  33. The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin (book club)
  34. The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson
  35. Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
  36. Summer Queen by Joan D. Vinge (reread)
  37. Abaddon's Gate by James S. A. Corey
  38. Caliban's War by James S. A. Corey
  39. Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey
  40. Sun of Suns by Karl Schroeder (book club)
  41. The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge (reread)
  42. Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie
  43. A Mighty Fortress by David Weber
  44. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz (book club, reread I think)
  45. Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie
  46. By Heresies Distressed by David Weber
  47. Red Rising by Pierce Brown
  48. The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
  49. The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
  50. The Martian by Andy Weir (book club)
  51. By Schism Rent Asunder by David Weber
  52. The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown (nonfiction)
  53. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
  54. Roadside Picnic by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky (book club)
  55. The Miocene Arrow by Sean McMullen
  56. Souls in the Great Machine by Sean McMullen
  57. The Living by Matt de la Peña
  58. The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi (book club)
  59. The Death Cure by James Dashner
  60. The Scorch Trials by James Dashner
  61. The Maze Runner by James Dashner
  62. Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber

Abandoned

Bookwatch 2014

Note that since I didn't actually track books through 2014, I'm pretty sure I'm missing some, and my ordering is a bit off. I also definitely included some that I actually read near the end of 2013, as my reading habit got a massive reboot kickstart with my maternity leave that began Sept 2013, but remembering which books I inhaled Sept-Dec vs Dec-Feb is too much to ask given my state at the time.

Completed

Book of the year House of Suns

  1. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (book club)
  2. Fledgling by Octavia Butler
  3. Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
  4. Eifelheim by Michael Flynn (book club)
  5. Blindness by José Saramago
  6. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
  7. The Miniature Wife and Other Stories by Manuel Gonzales
  8. The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (book club)
  9. Man Plus by Frederick Pohl (book club)
  10. Mistress of the Empire by Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts (re-read)
  11. Servant of the Empire by Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts (re-read)
  12. Daughter of the Empire by Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts (re-read)
  13. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
  14. A Second Chance at Eden by Peter F. Hamilton (book club, re-read)
  15. The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
  16. Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
  17. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
  18. Succession by Scott Westerfeld (book club)
  19. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
  20. Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle (book club)
  21. The Returned by Jason Mott
  22. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
  23. Shaman by Kim Stanley Robinson
  24. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
  25. Redwall by Brian Jacques (re-read)
  26. Galactic Football: The MVP by Scott Sigler
  27. Galatic Football: The All-Pro by Scott Sigler
  28. Galactic Football: The Starter by Scott Sigler
  29. Galatic Football: The Rookie by Scott Sigler
  30. American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett
  31. The Passage by Justin Cronin
  32. The Age of Ice by J. M. Sidorova
  33. Hild by Nicola Griffith
  34. Mistborn: The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
  35. Mistborn: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
  36. Mistborn: The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
  37. Mistborn: Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
  38. Kraken by China Miéville (book club, re-read)
  39. Moby Dick by Herman Melville
  40. The Children of Men by P. D. James
  41. Pushing Ice by Alistair Reynolds
  42. The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman
  43. A Canticle for Lebowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. (book club)
  44. Every Day by David Levithan
  45. The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
  46. Year Zero by Rob Reid
  47. Congo by Michael Crichton (book club)
  48. Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor
  49. 11/22/63 by Stephen King
  50. Blue Remembered Earth by Alistair Reynolds
  51. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
  52. House of Suns by Alistair Reynolds
  53. Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (book club)
  54. The Talented Mister Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
  55. Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke(book club)
  56. Century Rain by Alistair Reynolds
  57. Intervention by Julian May (book club, re-read)
  58. Misspent Youth by Peter F. Hamilton
  59. Schild's Ladder by Greg Egan
  60. Quarantine by Greg Egan
  61. Incandescence by Greg Egan
  62. Terminal World by Alistair Reynolds

Abandoned

  • The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien
  • The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus