Book Lists 2022

List and discuss the books you read this year.

The Book Thread

Threads from 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.

 

No specific goals for this year, but I'm starting off with Demons by Dostoyevsky and going from there.

1. Demons - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
2. Cosmopolis - Don DeLillo
3. Devil House - John Darnielle
4. Sellout - Dan Ozzi
5. Foundation and Empire - Isaac Asimov
6. The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell
7. Hollywood Park - Mikel Jollett
8. The Memory Police - Yoko Ogawa
9. The Immortalists - Chloe Benjamin
10. Harlem Shuffle - Colson Whitehead
11. Red Dragon - Thomas Harris
12. Vineland - Thomas Pynchon
13. The Sandman, Volume 1: Preludes and Nocturnes - Neil Gaiman
14. The Sandman, Volume 2: The Doll's House - Neil Gaiman
15. The Sandman, Volume 3: Dream Country - Neil Gaiman
16. The Sandman, Volume 4: Season of Mists - Neil Gaiman
17. The Sandman, Volume 5: A Game of You - Neil Gaiman
18. The Sandman, Volume 6: Fables and Reflections - Neil Gaiman
19. The Sandman, Volume 7: Brief Lives - Neil Gaiman
20. The Sandman, Volume 8: World's End - Neil Gaiman
21. The Sandman, Volume 9: The Kindly Ones - Neil Gaiman
22. The Sandman, Volume 10: The Wake - Neil Gaiman
23. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
24. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
25. Three Pianos - Andrew McMahon
26. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
27. The Dark Half - Stephen King
28. Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane
29. Life of Pi - Yann Martel
30. What If? 2 - Randall Munroe
31. Second Foundation - Isaac Asimov
32. The Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer
33. Dark Places - Gillian Flynn
34. All Quiet On the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque
35. Moby Dick - Herman Melville

 

I'll probably set a goal of 50 books on Goodreads, but I'm not holding myself to it.

January
The Ballad of Black Tom - Victor LaValle
The Between - Tananarive Due
Chasing the Boogeyman - Richard Chizmar
Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence - Diana Butler Bass
Kill Creek - Scott Thomas
Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship - Gregory Boyle
Three Pianos - Andrew McMahon
Normal People - Sally Rooney
A History of Wild Places - Shea Ernshaw

February
Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith - Sarah Bessey
Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth - Richard J. Foster
Tinfoil Butterfly - Rachel Eve Moulton
The Devil in Silver - Victor LaValle
Road of Bones - Christopher Golden

March
The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness - Gregory Boyle
In the Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado
Echo - Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Dead Silence - S.A. Barnes
Sundial - Catriona Ward

April
Struggling with Evangelicalism: Why I Want to Leave and What It Takes to Stay - Dan Stringer
Heavy Burdens: Seven Ways LGBTQ Christians Experience Harm in the Church - Bridget Eileen Rivera
A Black and Endless Sky - Matthew Lyons

May
The End of Policing - Alex S. Vitale
Near the Bone - Christina Henry
Attached to God: A Practical Guide to Deeper Spiritual Experience - Krispin Mayfield
Faithful Antiracism: Moving Past Talk to Systemic Change - Christina Barland Edmondson & Chad Brennan
Such a Pretty Smile - Kristi DeMeester

June
Come Closer - Sara Gran
Don't Move - James S. Murray & Darren Wearmouth
Just Like Mother - Anne Heitzel
Hidden Pictures - Jason Rekulak

July
The Case of the Missing Men - Kris Bertin
Black Mouth - Ronald Malfi

August
Evangelical Anxiety - Charles Marsh
Come With Me - Ronald Malfi
Long Way Down - Jason Reynolds

September
Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives - Adam Cesare
Old Country - Matt Query & Harrison Query
Bone White - Ronald Malfi
The Children on the Hill - Jennifer McMahon

October
Fairy Tale - Stephen King
The Getaway - Lamar Giles
Just Like Home - Sarah Gailey

November
The Hollow Kind - Andy Davidson
Jackal - Erin E. Adams
The Devil Takes You Home - Gabino Iglesias
White Horse - Erika T. Wruth
I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy
The Devil Crept In - Ania Ahlborn
Transforming: The Bible & the Lives of Transgender Christians - Austen Hartke
Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church - Katelyn Beaty
Ghost Eaters - Clay McLeod Chapman
Now Is Not the Time to Panic - Kevin Wilson
Lurking Under the Surface: Horror, Religion, and the Questions That Haunt Us - Brandon R. Grafius

 

* end of series

Novels

1.) Paradise Lost - John Milton, David Scott Kastan
2.) The Sum of All Men (The Runelords #1) - David Farland
3.) The Scarab Path (Shadows of the Apt #5) - Adrian Tchiakovsky
4.) Wit'ch Storm (The Banned and the Banished #2) - James Clemens
5.) Build Your House Around My Body - Violet Kupersmith
6.) Revelation (Mass Effect #1) - Drew Karpyshyn
7.) The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue #1) - Christopher Beuhlman
8.) The Last Watch (The Divide #1) - J S Dewes
9.) The Mime Order (The Bone Season #2) - Samantha Shannon
10.) The Sea Watch (Shadows of the Apt #6) - Adrian Tchaikovsky
11.) Cibola Burn (The Expanse #4) - James S A Corey
12.) Wit'ch War (The Banned and the Banished #3) - James Clemens
13.) Darkness, Take My Hand (Kenzie & Gennaro #2) - Dennis Lehane
14.) The Song Rising (The Bone Season #3) - Samantha Shannon
15.) The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires - Grady Hendrix
16.) Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass #1) - Sarah J Maas
17.) Heirs of the Blade (Shadows of the Apt #7) - Adrian Tchiakovsky
*18.) Gwendy's Final Task (The Button Box #3) - Stephen King & Richard Chizmar
19.) Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2) - Sarah J Maas
20.) Lullaby - Chuck Palahniuk
21.) The Mask Falling (The Bone Season #4) - Samantha Shannon
22.) Gai-Jin (Asian Saga #3) - James Clavell
23.) Magician: Master (The Riftwar Cycle #2) - Raymond E Feist
24.) The Air War (Shadows of the Apt #8) - Adrian Tchiakovsky
25.) Nemesis Games (The Expanse #5) - James S A Corey
26.) The War Within (The Great God's War #2) - Stephen R Donaldson
27.) City of Stairs (The Divine Cities #1) - Robert Jackson Bennett
28.) Silverthorn (The Riftwar Cycle #3) - Raymond E Feist
29.) The Tomb (The Adversary Cycle #2) - F Paul Wilson
30.) A Darkness At Sethanon (The Riftwar Cycle #4) - Raymond E Feist
31.) War Master's Gate (Shadows of the Apt #9) - Adrian Tchiakovsky
32.) Second Child - John Saul
33.) Wit'ch Gate (The Banned and the Banished #4) - James Clemens
34.) Beneath the Rising (#1) - Premee Mohamed
35.) Self Portrait: 100 Poems from the Pandemic and Life Lived Anyway - Garrett Lemons
36.) God's Demon (#1) - Wayne Barlowe
37.) The King's Justice - Stephen R Donaldson
38.) Howling Dark (Sun Eater #2) - Christopher Ruocchio
39.) Daughter of the Empire (The Riftwar Cycle: Empire Trilogy #5) - Raymond E Feist & Janny Wurts
40.) City of Golden Shadow (Otherland #1) - Tad Williams
41.) When True Night Falls (Coldfire #2) - C S Friedman
42.) Old Man's War (#1) - John Scalzi
*43.) Crown of Shadows (Coldfire #3) - C S Friedman
44.) The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War #2) - John Scalzi
45.) Servant of the Empire (The Riftwar Cycle: Empire Trilogy #6) - Raymond E Feist & Janny Wurts
*46.) The Discord of Gods (A Chorus of Dragons #5) - Jenn Lyons
47.) The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth #2) - N K Jemisin
48.) Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan - Drew Karpyshyn
49.) Mistress of the Empire (The Riftwar Cycle: Empire Trilogy #7) Raymond E Feist & Janny Wurts
50.) River of Blue Fire (Otherland #2) - Tad Williams
51.) The King's Blood (The Dagger and the Coin #2) - Daniel Abraham
52.) The Sleepwalker (The Nosferatu Conspiracy #1) - Brian James Gage
53.) Prince of the Blood (The Riftwar Cycle: Krondor's Sons, A Prelude to the Serpentwar #8) Rayond E Feist
54.) Father of Lies - Brian Evenson
55.) The Tyrant's Law (The Dagger and the Coin #3) - Daniel Abraham
56.) Nothing But Blackened Teeth - Cassandra Khaw
57.) The Widow's House (The Dagger and the Coin #4) - Daniel Abraham
58.) The Loop - Jeremy Robert Johnson
*59.) The Spider's War (The Dagger and the Coin #5) - Daniel Abraham
60.) Liberty's Crusade (Starcraft #1) - Jeff Grubb
61.) Sons of Darkness (The Raag of Rta #1) - Gourav Mohanty
62.) The Croning - Laird Barron
63.) The King's Buccaneer (The Riftwar Cycle: Krondor's Sons, A Prelude to the Serpentwar #9) - Raymond E Feist
64.) Geek Love - Katherine Dunn
*65.) Speaking Bones (The Dandelion Dynasty #4) - Ken Liu
66.) The Summer Is Ended and We Are Not Yet Saved - Joey Comeau
67.) The Tiger and the Wolf (Echoes of the Fallen #1) - Adrian Tchaikovsky
68.) One Bloody Thing After Another - Joey Comeau
*69.) Wit'ch Star (The Banned and the Banished #5) - James Clemens
70.) No Sanctuary - Richard Laymon
71.) The Tower of Fools (Hussite Trilogy #1) - Andrzej Sapkowski
72.) Among the Missing - Richard Laymon
73.) Ship of Fools - Richard Paul Russo
74.) Shadow of the Xel'Naga (Starcraft #2) - Gabriel Mesta
75.) A Crown for Cold Silver (The Crimson Empire #1) - Alex Marshall
76.) Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies - John Langan
77.) [poem] Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came - Robert Browning
*78.) The Last Emperox (The Interdependency #3) - John Scalzi
79.) Out Are the Lights - Richard Laymon
80.) Speed of Darkness (Starcraft #3) - Tracy Hickman
81.) Shadow of a Dark Queen (The Riftwar Cycle: The Serpentwar Saga #10) - Raymond E Feist
*82.) Seal of the Worm (Shadows of the Apt #10) - Adrian Tchaikovsky
83.) Uprising (Starcraft #0.5) - Micky Neilson
84.) Fairy Tale - Stephen King
85.) Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death - Kurt Vonnegut
86.) Rise of a Merchant Prince (The Riftwar Cycle: The Serpentwar Saga #11) - Raymond E Feist
87.) The Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut
88.) Ghoul - Brian Keene
89.) Player Piano - Kurt Vonnegut
90.) Cage of Souls - Adrian Tchaikovsky
91.) Rage of a Demon King (The Riftwar Cycle: The Serpentwar Saga #12) - Raymond E Feist
92.) The Wehr Wolf - Alma Katsu
93.) The Midnight Club - Christopher Pike
94.) Horus Rising (Warhammer 40k: The Horus Heresy #1) - Dan Abnett
95.) Shards of a Broken Crown (The Riftwar Cycle: The Serpentwar Saga #13) - Raymond E Feist
96.) Echo - Thomas Olde Heuvelt
97.) False Gods (Warhammer 40k: The Horus Heresy #2) - Graham Mcneill
98.) Krondor: The Betrayal (The Riftwar Cycle: The Riftwar Legacy #14) - Raymond E Feist
99.) Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut
100.) Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture #1) - Adrian Tchaikovsky
101.) Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
102.) Fire & Blood (A Targaryen History #1) - George R R Martin
103.) Galaxy in Flames (Warhammer 40k: The Horus Heresy #3) - Ben Counter
104.) Krondor: The Assassins (The Riftwar Cycle: The Riftwar Legacy #15) - Raymond E Feist
105.) Ball Lightning - Cixin Liu (translated by Joel Martinsen)
106.) Krondor: Tear of the Gods (The Riftwar Cycle: The Riftwar Legacy #16) - Raymond E Feist
107.) The Flight of the Eisenstein (Warhammer 40k: The Horus Heresy #4) - James Swallow
108.) Honored Enemy (The Riftwar Cycle: Legends of the Riftwar #18) - Raymond E Feist & William R Forstchen
109.) Children of Ruin (Children of Time #2) - Adrian Tchaikovsky
110.) The Lost Metal (Misborn Era 2: Wax and Wayne #7) - Brandon Sanderson
111.) Guns of the Dawn - Adrian Tchaikovsky
112.) Murder in LaMut (The Riftwar Cycle: Legends of the Riftwar #19) Raymond E Feist & Joel Rosenberg
113.) Fulgrim: Visions of Treachery (Warhammer 40k: The Horus Heresy #5) - Graham McNeill


Comics

1.) Fine Print (or how a divine contract may not be the best cure for a broken heart #1) - Stjepan Šejić
2.) Batman: One Bad Day: The Riddler - Tom King & Mitch Gerads
3.) Hellraiser: Hell Hath No Fury (#3) - Clive Barker, Mark Miller, & Janusz Ordon

 

My goal for this year is 104 books: 52 novels, 52 comics/manga/other. Should be doable, I hit 113 last year. I'm going to be tackling some bigger series this year, hopefully working my way through my TBR a bit, and leaning heavier on audiobooks during runs/walks. I'm also going to try to purchase and read at least one new 2022 release each month, which will hopefully help me get more connected with the genres I like, as I'm typically like three years behind at this point haha.

January
Novels
1. The Grey King - Susan Cooper, 1975
2. Evershore - Brandon Sanderson, Janci Patterson, 2021
3. Beyond Redemption - Michael R. Fletcher, 2015
4. Unsouled - Will Wight, 2016
5. Swords of Mars - Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1935
6. The Saga of the Volsungs with the Saga of Ragnar Loðbrók - translated by Jackson Crawford, 2017, initial publication probably 1200

Comics/Manga
1. Magnificent Ms. Marvel, Vol. 3: Outlawed - Saladin Ahmed, 2021
2. The Old Guard, Vol. 1: Opening Fire - Greg Rucka, 2017

February
Novels
7. Stormbreaker* - Anthony Horowitz, 2000
8. Sakura: Intellectual Property - Zachary Hill, 2019
9. Point Blank* - Anthony Horowitz, 2001
10. Skeleton Key* - Anthony Horowitz, 2002

Comics/Manga
3. The Heroic Legend of Arslan, Vol. 10 - Yoshiki Tanaka, 2018
4. Spider-Gwen, Vol. 3: Long Distance - Jason Latour, 207
5. The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act - Kieron Gillen, 2014
6. Kimi ni Todoke, Vol. 7 - Karuho Shiina, 2008

March
Novels
11. Eagle Strike* - Anthony Horowitz, 2003
12. Eating Salad Drunk: Haikus for the Burnout Age by Comedy Greats - Gabe Henry, 2022
13. The Starless Crown - James Rollins, 2022
14. Edgedancer - Brandon Sanderson, 2017
15. Scorpia* - Anthony Horowitz, 2004

Comics/Manga
7. A Certain Magical Index, Vol. 1 - Kazuma Kamachi, 2007

April
Novels
16. Purgatory Mount - Adam Roberts, 2021
17. Stoic Paradoxes - Cicero, translated by Quintus Curtius, 2015, initial publication 46 BC
18. Beowulf - Unknown, translated by Kevin Crossley-Holland, 2008, initial publication around 900
19. The Hound of Rowan - Henry H. Neff, 2007

Comics/Manga
8. Postal, Vol. 1 - Matt Hawkins, 2015
9. Monstress, Vol. 5: Warchild - Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda, 2020
10. Deadpool, Vol. 1: Dead Presidents - Brian Posehn, 2013
11. Scene of the Crime: A Little Piece of Goodnight - Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, 2000
12. Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 13: King's Ransom - Nick Spencer, 2021
13. Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 14: Chameleon Conspiracy - Nick Spencer, 2021
14. Deltora Quest, Vol. 1 - Emily Rodda, Makoto Niwano - 2000
15. Amazing Spider-Man: Sinister War - Nick Spencer, 2021
16. Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 15: What Cost Victory? - Nick Spencer, 2021
17. Spider-Gwen, Vol. 4: Predators - Jason Latour, 2017

May
Novels
20. 17776 - Jon Bois, Graham MacAree, 2017
21. Self-Portrait: 100 Poems from the Pandemic and the Life Lived Anyway - Garrett Lemons, 2022
22. Oathbringer - Brandon Sanderson, 2017

Comics/Manga
18. Harrow County, Vol. 1: Countless Haints - Cullen Bunn, 2015
19. Aero Vol. 2: The Mystery Of Madame Huang - Zhou Liefen, 2021
20. Spider-Gwen, Vol. 5: Gwenom - Jason Latour, 2018
21. Spider-Gwen, Vol. 6: The Life of Gwen Stacy - Jason Latour, 2018

June
Novels
23. Extreme Makeover: Apocalypse Edition - Dan Wells, 2016
24. On Lavender Tides - Travis M. Riddle, 2022

Comics/Manga

July
Novels
25. Unknown Number - Azure, 2021
26. Shadow of the Gods - John Gwynne, 2021
27. The Yellow Wall-Paper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1892

Comics/Manga
22. Captain Marvel, Vol. 3: The Last Avenger - Kelly Thompson, 2020
23. Batman, Volume 8: Cold Days - Tom King, 2018
24. Batman, Volume 9: The Tyrant Wing - Tom King, 2019
25. Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider, Vol. 1: Spider-Geddon - Seanan McGuire, 2019

 

January
1. Deadhouse Gates, Steven Erikson
2. The Dragon's Blade: The Reborn King, Michael R. Miller
3. Sunreach, Brandon Sanderson & Janci Patterson
4. The Dragon's Blade: Veiled Intentions, Michael R. Miller
5. Redawn, Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson
6. The Ruin of Kings, Jenn Lyons

 

January:
1. A Court of Wings and Ruin, Sarah J. Maas
2. A Court of Frost and Starlight, Sarah J. Maas

 

GoodReads
2016 Goal: 50 | Actual: 50
2017 Goal: 75 | Actual: 80
2018 Goal: 50 | Actual: 100
2019 Goal: 50 | Actual: 150
2020 Goal: 75 | Actual: 141
2021 Goal: 75 | Actual: 140
2022 Goal: 75 | Actual: tbd

January:

1. Paul David Tripp - Suffering: Gospel Hope for When Life Doesn't Make Sense
2. Neal Stephenson - Termination Shock
3. Dan Allender - To Be Told: Know Your Story, Shape Your Future
4. Michael J. Sullivan - Pile of Bones (The Legends of the First Empire 0.5)
5. Michael J. Sullivan - Age of Myth (The Legends of the First Empire 1)
6. Michael J. Sullivan - Age of Swords (The Legends of the First Empire 2)
7. Michael J. Sullivan - Age of War (The Legends of the First Empire 3)
8. Becca Syme - Dear Writer, Are You In Burn Out?
9. Michael J. Sullivan - Age of Legend (The Legends of the First Empire 4)
10. Halley Larkin - Midnight Masquerade

February:

11. Michael J. Sullivan - Age of Death (The Legends of the First Empire 5)
12. Michael J. Sullivan - Age of Empyre (The Legends of the First Empire 6)
13. Emily Henry - When The Sky Fell on Splendor
14. Mike Chen - We Could Be Heroes
15. Rachel Beanland - Florence Adler Swims Forever
16. Cloud & Townsend - Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life
17. Katherine Arden - The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy 1)
18. Katherine Arden - The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy 2)
19. Katherine Arden - The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy 3)
20. Rich Karlgaard - Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement
21. Stephen King - The Institute
22. A.G. Riddle - Winter World (The Long Winter 1)
23. A.G. Riddle -The Solar War (The Long Winter 2)
24. A.G. Riddle - The Lost Colony (The Long Winter 3)

March:

25. Tim Ferriss - Tools of Titans
26. James Islington - The Shadow of What Was Lost (The Licanious Trilogy #1)
27. James Islington - An Echo of Things to Come (The Licanious Trilogy #2)
28. James Islington - The Light of All That Falls )The Licanious Trilogy #3)
29. Johann Hari - Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression and the Unexpected Solutions

April:

30. Mark Sullivan - The Last Green Valley
31. Michael Matthews - Muscle for Life: Get Lean, Strong, and Healthy at Any Age
32. Brian McClellan - Promise of Blood (Powder Mage #1)
33. Brian McClellan - The Crimson Campaign (Powder Mage #2)
34. Brian McClellan - The Autumn Republic (Powder Mage #3)
35. Brian McClellan - Sins of Empire (Gods of Blood and Powder #1)

May:

36. Melissa Erin Jackson - Veiled Threats (The Charm Collector 0.5)
37. Brian McClellan - Wrath of Empire (Gods of Blood and Powder #2)
38. Brian McClellan - Blood of Empire (Gods of Blood and Powder #3)
39. Emily Henry - Book Lovers
40. Chris Fox - Write to Market: Deliver a Book That Sells
41. Chris Fox - 5,000 Words Per Hour: Write Faster, Write Smarter
42. Jenn Lyons - The Discord of Gods (A Chorus of Dragons #5)
43. Beth Moore - Entrusted: A Study of 2 Timothy

June:

44. Alfred Lansend - Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
45. Sarh Tolmie - All The Horses of Iceland
46. Dan Simmons - Hyperion (The Hyperion Cantos #1)
47. Dan Simmons - The Fall of Hyperion (The Hyperion Cantos #2)
48. Dan Simmons - Endymion (The Hyperion Cantos #3)
49. Dan Simmons - The Rise of Endymion (The Hyperion Cantos #4)
50. Jonathan Maberry - Assassin's Code (Joe Ledger #4)
51. Rob Hart - The Warehouse

July:

52. Peter Clines - Ex-Heroes (Ex-Heroes #1)
53. Peter Clines - Ex-Patriots (Ex-Heroes #2)
54. Peter Clines - Ex-Communication (Ex-Heroes #3)
55. Melissa Erin Jackson - Wicked Treasure (The Charm Collector #2)
56. Peter Clines - Ex-Purgatory (Ex-Heroes #4)

August:

57. Peter Clines - Ex-Isle (Ex-Heroes #5)
58. Evan Winter - The Fires of Vengeance (The Burning #2)
59. David Wong - John Dies At the End
60. Adam Rubin - Gladys the Magic Chicken
61. David Wong - This Book Is Full of Spiders (John Dies... #2)
62. David Wong - What The Hell Did I Just Read (John Dies... #3)
63. Bob Goff - Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.
64. Krispin Mayfield - Attached to God: A Practical Guide to Deeper Spiritual Experience
65. Zack Jordan - The Last Human

September:

66. Samantha Shannon - The Priory of the Orange Tree
67. Brandon Sanderson - DarkOne
68. R.F. Kuang - Babel
69. Tarana Burke - You Are Your Best Thing
70. Deanna Raybourn - An Unexpected Peril (Veronica Speedwell #6)
71. Deanna Raybourn - An Impossible Imposter (Veronica Speedwell #7)

October:

72. J.R.R. Tolkien - Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle Earth
73. Brandon Sanderson - Sunreach (Skyward 2.1)
74. Brandon Sanderson - ReDawn (Skyward 2.2)
75. Brandon Sanderson - Cytonic (Skyward 3)
76. Brandon Sanderson - Evershore (Skyward 3.1)
77. Daniel B. Greene - Breach of Peace
78. David Goggins - Can't Hurt Me
79. Sequoia Nagamatsu - How High We Go in the Dark

November:

80. Brandon Sanderson - Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians (Alcatraz #6)
81. Lyssa Kay Adams - A Very Merry Bromance (Bromance Book Club #5)
82. N.K. Jemisin - The World We Make (Great Cities #2)
83. Brandon Sanderson - The Lost Metal (Mistborn #7)

December:

84. Charles Wheelan - We Came, We Saw, We Left
85. Neal Stephenson - Fall; or Dodge in Hell (Reamde #2)
86. Mark Greaney - Red Metal

And #87 was my own Self-Portrait, which I never marked as read, haha.

 

How? I consider myself a fast reader but holy shit.

 

Audiobooks. I spent most of 2020 and 2021 training for a marathon, and it's much easier to run to books than music for me. I also have about 90 minutes of commute every day.

 

Howdy! Let's go!


1. Gayl Jones — Palmares
2. William Shakespeare — The Tempest
3. James Fenimore Cooper — The Last of the Mohicans
4. Aimé Césaire — A Tempest
5. Margaret Price — Mad at School: Rhetorics of Mental Disability and Academic Life
6. E.D.E.N. Southworth — The Hidden Hand or, Capitola the Madcap
7. Ersula Ore — Lynching: Violence, Rhetoric, and American Identity
8. Aja Y. Martinez — Counterstory: The Rhetoric and Writing of Critical Race Theory
9. Dionne Brand — In Another Place, Not Here
10. John Darnielle — Devil House
11. Jessica Restaino — Surrender: Feminist Rhetoric and Ethics in Love and Illness
12. Jenny Rice — Awful Archives: Conspiracy Theory, Rhetoric, and Acts of Evidence
13. Charlotte Perkins Gilman — Herland
14. Tayari Jones — An American Marriage
15. Hanya Yanagihara — To Paradise
16. Joy Williams — Harrow
17. Lillian Ross — Picture
18. Elif Batuman — The Idiot
19. Gustave Flaubert — Madame Bovary
20. Elif Batuman — Either/Or
21. Marcel Proust — Swann's Way
22. Jennifer Egan — A Visit From the Goon Squad
23. Jonathan Franzen — The Corrections
24. Ida Vitale — Byobu
25. Edith Wharton — The Age of Innocence
26. Haruki Murakami — Kafka on the Shore
27. Virginia Woolf — Mrs. Dalloway
28. John W. Mohr et al. — Measuring Culture
29. Virginia Woolf — To the Lighthouse
30. Liz Moore — Long Bright River
31. Virginia Woolf — Freshwater
32. Toni Morrison — Recitatif
33. Toni Morrison — Beloved
34. William Gardner Smith — The Stone Face
35. Zadie Smith — NW
36. Toni Morrison — Sula
37. Fran Ross — Oreo
38. Winston Graham — Marnie
39. Zadie Smith — Grand Union
40. Don DeLillo — White Noise
41. Shehan Karunatilaka — The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
42. Adam Levin — Mount Chicago

 

Starting this year off with a YA theme apparently


Books:

1) The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
2) Memento (The Illuminae Files #0.5) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff


Plan to start Illuminae tomorrow @Garrett @Vivatoto I know y'all talked highly of them.

 

Hell yeah. What was Memento? I didn't read that.

 

It's a short prequel novella. I still need to read that one.

 

January

1. Ohio, Stephen Markley
2. All the Missing Girls, Megan Miranda
3. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Michael Chabon

 

1. Sara Gay Forden- House of Gucci
2. Anne Helen Peterson and Charlie Warzel- Out Of Office
3. Elena Ferrante- The Lost Daughter
4. Bob Odenkirk- Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
5. Molly Shannon - Hello Molly
6. Taylor Jenkins-Reid- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
7. Janelle Monae- The Memory Librarian
8. Nathan Rabin- The Joy of Trash
9. Gabe Montesanti -Brace For Impact
10. Matt Cain- The Secret Life Of Albert Entwistle
11. Rachel Bloom- I Want To Be Where The Normal People Are
12. Sarah Polley - Run Towards The Danger
13. Jeanette McCurdy- I'm Glad My Mom Died
14. Taylor Jenkins Reid- Carrie Soto Is Back

 

I started Sellout by Dan Ozzi tonight and I am loving it so far

 

Have that on hold at the library currently. Excited for it to come in.

 

Only copy I could get was ebook.

 

Good call. Saw audio book in Libby too!

 

The Priory of the Orange Tree was my favorite book from a few years ago. Should I read Bone Season?

 

I was coming from the same place, Priory is a favorite of mine. I kept keeping an eye on her for new books and finally said screw it and decided to give Bone Season a try, my reluctance was because it takes place in an alternate London and I don't 'love' modern Earth era fantasy. It's no Priory, so don't expect that, but I'm having a really good time with it. I think she's setting the state for a good endgame, but the setting of the pieces hasn't been as exciting.

 

January update.

Demons had a lot of interesting elements, two really compelling characters in Pyotr and Nikolay, and its critique of political movements felt surprisingly relevant to today, but there were huge chunks that I found to be a total slog (basically anything with Stepan).

I didn't exactly like the experience of reading Cosmopolis, but I like what it's trying to do and I've been thinking about it a lot since I finished it. This was my first DeLillo and from what I can tell it's not one of his more beloved ones, so I'm still excited to check out White Noise and Underworld at some point.

 

Updated. I was hoping to finish the Sullivan series (I'm partially through book 5 of 6), but having to take a week off work to quarantine (ended up being negative, just took forever to get a test) really lessened my audiobook time. However, I was able to complete a beta read of my friend's new historical romance novel (definitely not my cup of tea, but if a friend writes a book, you read it). I also watched all of Money Heist/La Casa de Papel in five days which took away a lot of reading time.

The Stephenson novel was a fascinating almost non-plot like only he can do, that suddenly coalesces into a crazy plot that just ends. Very... interesting angle on climate change.

The Sullivan series starts off slower than his previous works, but books 3 and 4 were marked improvements of the first two. Will hopefully finish books 5 and 6 this week. Not sure where I'm going from here next.

 

Update after January. I ended up reading nine books last month, which is the most for the start of the year in a while.

Kill Creek has been on my TBR list for a while; I finally read it and was pleasantly surprised. Very haunting and full of good twists. Same with The Between.

I made a deal with my fiancee that we'd each choose a book for the other to read that they normally wouldn't choose. I chose Misery for her, and she chose Normal People for me. I thought it was a good read; it felt like a very normal (heh heh) story about the complexity of relationships.

A History of Wild Places is my first five-star book of the year. It checked off a lot of boxes for me: story about a cult, well-written perspectives, a flair of religious trauma, clever twists, and an ending that actually makes sense for the story.

On the non-fiction side, Three Pianos was interesting to read as a longtime Andrew McMahon fan. I also loved Gregory Boyle's second book; I would truly read anything that he writes.