Books you read in 2017

1. The Atlantis Gene, A.G. Riddle, 6.5/10
2. Grimscribe, Thomas Ligotti, 9.5/10
3. The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch, 10/10
4. Red Seas Under Red Skies, Scott Lynch, 9/10
5. Hounded, Kevin Hearne, 7/10
6. Banquet for the Damned, Adam G. Nevill, 1/10
7. The Body Reader, Anne Frasier, 7.5/10
8. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett, 9/10
9. The Winter Over, Matthew Iden, 5/10
10. Huntress Moon, Alexandra Sokoloff, 8.5/10
11. Blood Moon, Alexandra Sokoloff, 5.5/10; huge drop off from the first book
12. Civilization and its Discontents, Sigmund Freud, 8/10
13. My Sister's Grave, Robert Dugoni, 7.5/10
14. Walk Into Silence, Susan McBride, 1/10
15. The Rise of True Crime, Jean Murley, 9/10
16. Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters, Richard Vronsky, 9/10
17. Broken Grace, E.C. Diskin, 7.5/10
18. With the Dawn (Faith of the Fallen 1), Cassandra Sky West, 8.5/10

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19. To Honor You Call Us (Man of War 1), H. Paul Honsinger 9/10
20. For Honor We Stand (Man of War 2), H. Paul Honsinger, 8.5/10
21. Fields of Fire (Frontlines 5), Marko Kloos, 10/10
22. Babylon's Ashes (Expanse 6), James S.A. Corey 8/10
23. Brothers in Valor (Man of War 3), H. Paul Honsinger, 8.5/10
24. Warrior King (Odyssey One 5), Evan Currie, 9.5/10
25. The Oncoming Storm (Angel in the Whirlwind 1), Christopher G. Nuttall, 5.5/10
26. Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos 1), Dan Simmons, 2-8/10, I have no idea
27. Falcone Strike (Angel in the Whirlwind 2), Christopher G. Nuttall, 6/10
28. Hell's Rejects (Chaos of the Covenant 1), M.R. Forbes, 10/10
29. Flagship (Captain's Crucible 1), Isaac Hooke, 8.5/10
30. We Are Legion: We Are Bob (Bobiverse 1), Dennis E. Taylor, 10/10
31. Fire and Brimstone (Chaos of the Covenant 2), M.R. Forbes, 10/10
32. Cursed Command (Angel in the Whirlwind 3), Christopher G. Nuttall, 3.5/10
33. Ninefox Gambit (Machineries of Empire 1), Yoon Ha Lee, 10.5/10
34. Corvette (novella), Ken McConnell, 6/10
35. Star Nomad (Fallen Empire 1), Lindsay Buroker, 7.5/10
36. The Devils Do (Chaos of the Covenant 3), M.R. Forbes, 9/10
37. For We Are Many (Bobiverse 2), Dennis E. Taylor, 10/10.
38. Warship (Black Feet Trilogy 1), Joshua Dalzelle, 8.5/10.
39. Call to Arms (Black Feet Trilogy 2), Joshua Dalzelle, 8/10.
40. Duel in the Dark (Blood on the Stars I), Jay Allan, 8.5/10.
41. Counterstrike (Black Feet Trilogy 3), Josha Dalzelle, 7.5/10.
42. The Last War (Last War Book 1), Peter Bostrom, 4.5/10. I rounded up to 3 stars on Goodreads to help the author since it's a new book, but this one was weird. It had all the right elements: weird alien threat, gristled old CO, ambitious young XO, intrahuman tension, shitheel politicians, and so on, but they didn't come together well. I'm not sure how else to describe it-- it was just off. Good idea, poorly executed.

 

1. The Metamorphosis -- Franz Kafka (8/10)
2. Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain -- Antonio Damasio (8/10)
3. Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things -- Jenny Lawson (6/10)
4. The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail But Some Don't -- Nate Silver (9/10)
5. Thinking, Fast and Slow -- Daniel Kahneman (10/10)
6. Travels With Charley: In Search of America -- John Steinbeck (8/10)
7. The Great Escape: Health, Wealth and the Origins of Inequality -- Angus Deaton (5/10)
8. The Crying of Lot 49 -- Thomas Pynchon (8.5/10)
9. Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked -- Adam Alter (8.75/10)
10. In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed -- Carl Honoré (7/10)
11. Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other -- Sherry Turkle (8/10)
12. Kim: A Novel of the Great Game -- Rudyard Kipling (5/10)
13. You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice -- Tom Vanderbilt (8.5/10)
14. The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood -- James Gleick (9/10)

 

1. The Atlantis Gene, A.G. Riddle, 6.5/10
2. Grimscribe, Thomas Ligotti, 9.5/10
3. The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch, 10/10
4. Red Seas Under Red Skies, Scott Lynch, 9/10
5. Hounded, Kevin Hearne, 7/10
6. Banquet for the Damned, Adam G. Nevill, 1/10
7. The Body Reader, Anne Frasier, 7.5/10
8. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett, 9/10
9. The Winter Over, Matthew Iden, 5/10
10. Huntress Moon, Alexandra Sokoloff, 8.5/10
11. Blood Moon, Alexandra Sokoloff, 5.5/10; huge drop off from the first book
12. Civilization and its Discontents, Sigmund Freud, 8/10
13. My Sister's Grave, Robert Dugoni, 7.5/10
14. Walk Into Silence, Susan McBride, 1/10
15. The Rise of True Crime, Jean Murley, 9/10
16. Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters, Richard Vronsky, 9/10
17. Broken Grace, E.C. Diskin, 7.5/10
18. With the Dawn (Faith of the Fallen 1), Cassandra Sky West, 8.5/10

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19. To Honor You Call Us (Man of War 1), H. Paul Honsinger 9/10
20. For Honor We Stand (Man of War 2), H. Paul Honsinger, 8.5/10
21. Fields of Fire (Frontlines 5), Marko Kloos, 10/10
22. Babylon's Ashes (Expanse 6), James S.A. Corey 8/10
23. Brothers in Valor (Man of War 3), H. Paul Honsinger, 8.5/10
24. Warrior King (Odyssey One 5), Evan Currie, 9.5/10
25. The Oncoming Storm (Angel in the Whirlwind 1), Christopher G. Nuttall, 5.5/10
26. Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos 1), Dan Simmons, 2-8/10, I have no idea
27. Falcone Strike (Angel in the Whirlwind 2), Christopher G. Nuttall, 6/10
28. Hell's Rejects (Chaos of the Covenant 1), M.R. Forbes, 10/10
29. Flagship (Captain's Crucible 1), Isaac Hooke, 8.5/10
30. We Are Legion: We Are Bob (Bobiverse 1), Dennis E. Taylor, 10/10
31. Fire and Brimstone (Chaos of the Covenant 2), M.R. Forbes, 10/10
32. Cursed Command (Angel in the Whirlwind 3), Christopher G. Nuttall, 3.5/10
33. Ninefox Gambit (Machineries of Empire 1), Yoon Ha Lee, 10.5/10
34. Corvette (novella), Ken McConnell, 6/10
35. Star Nomad (Fallen Empire 1), Lindsay Buroker, 7.5/10
36. The Devils Do (Chaos of the Covenant 3), M.R. Forbes, 9/10
37. For We Are Many (Bobiverse 2), Dennis E. Taylor, 10/10.
38. Warship (Black Feet Trilogy 1), Joshua Dalzelle, 8.5/10.
39. Call to Arms (Black Feet Trilogy 2), Joshua Dalzelle, 8/10.
40. Duel in the Dark (Blood on the Stars I), Jay Allan, 8.5/10.
41. Counterstrike (Black Feet Trilogy 3), Josha Dalzelle, 7.5/10.
42. The Last War (Last War Book 1), Peter Bostrom, 4.5/10.
43. Call to Arms (Blood on the Stars II), Jay Allan, 7/10. Didn't I just read a book by this name? Holy mother of trope. Not bad but very formulaic.

 

1. The Metamorphosis -- Franz Kafka (8/10)
2. Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain -- Antonio Damasio (8/10)
3. Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things -- Jenny Lawson (6/10)
4. The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail But Some Don't -- Nate Silver (9/10)
5. Thinking, Fast and Slow -- Daniel Kahneman (10/10)
6. Travels With Charley: In Search of America -- John Steinbeck (8/10)
7. The Great Escape: Health, Wealth and the Origins of Inequality -- Angus Deaton (5/10)
8. The Crying of Lot 49 -- Thomas Pynchon (8.5/10)
9. Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked -- Adam Alter (8.75/10)
10. In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed -- Carl Honoré (7/10)
11. Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other -- Sherry Turkle (8/10)
12. Kim: A Novel of the Great Game -- Rudyard Kipling (5/10)
13. You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice -- Tom Vanderbilt (8.5/10)
14. The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood -- James Gleick (9/10)

15. A Natural History of the Senses -- Diane Ackerman (7/10)
--This book is by the same chick as "The Zookeeper's Wife" which I didn't realize when picking it up. It's not a fiction book but is about the psychology/science of how each of your different senses work. It also cites lots of random quotes and anecdotes from literature and movies about the senses. Lots of fascinating info; only reason I rated it 7 instead of 8 or 9 was it drug some. Been working on it for a couple months. It's the kind of book you pick up and read a little at the time.

 

1. The Atlantis Gene, A.G. Riddle, 6.5/10
2. Grimscribe, Thomas Ligotti, 9.5/10
3. The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch, 10/10
4. Red Seas Under Red Skies, Scott Lynch, 9/10
5. Hounded, Kevin Hearne, 7/10
6. Banquet for the Damned, Adam G. Nevill, 1/10
7. The Body Reader, Anne Frasier, 7.5/10
8. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett, 9/10
9. The Winter Over, Matthew Iden, 5/10
10. Huntress Moon, Alexandra Sokoloff, 8.5/10
11. Blood Moon, Alexandra Sokoloff, 5.5/10; huge drop off from the first book
12. Civilization and its Discontents, Sigmund Freud, 8/10
13. My Sister's Grave, Robert Dugoni, 7.5/10
14. Walk Into Silence, Susan McBride, 1/10
15. The Rise of True Crime, Jean Murley, 9/10
16. Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters, Richard Vronsky, 9/10
17. Broken Grace, E.C. Diskin, 7.5/10
18. With the Dawn (Faith of the Fallen 1), Cassandra Sky West, 8.5/10

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19. To Honor You Call Us (Man of War 1), H. Paul Honsinger 9/10
20. For Honor We Stand (Man of War 2), H. Paul Honsinger, 8.5/10
21. Fields of Fire (Frontlines 5), Marko Kloos, 10/10
22. Babylon's Ashes (Expanse 6), James S.A. Corey 8/10
23. Brothers in Valor (Man of War 3), H. Paul Honsinger, 8.5/10
24. Warrior King (Odyssey One 5), Evan Currie, 9.5/10
25. The Oncoming Storm (Angel in the Whirlwind 1), Christopher G. Nuttall, 5.5/10
26. Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos 1), Dan Simmons, 2-8/10, I have no idea
27. Falcone Strike (Angel in the Whirlwind 2), Christopher G. Nuttall, 6/10
28. Hell's Rejects (Chaos of the Covenant 1), M.R. Forbes, 10/10
29. Flagship (Captain's Crucible 1), Isaac Hooke, 8.5/10
30. We Are Legion: We Are Bob (Bobiverse 1), Dennis E. Taylor, 10/10
31. Fire and Brimstone (Chaos of the Covenant 2), M.R. Forbes, 10/10
32. Cursed Command (Angel in the Whirlwind 3), Christopher G. Nuttall, 3.5/10
33. Ninefox Gambit (Machineries of Empire 1), Yoon Ha Lee, 10.5/10
34. Corvette (novella), Ken McConnell, 6/10
35. Star Nomad (Fallen Empire 1), Lindsay Buroker, 7.5/10
36. The Devils Do (Chaos of the Covenant 3), M.R. Forbes, 9/10
37. For We Are Many (Bobiverse 2), Dennis E. Taylor, 10/10.
38. Warship (Black Feet Trilogy 1), Joshua Dalzelle, 8.5/10.
39. Call to Arms (Black Feet Trilogy 2), Joshua Dalzelle, 8/10.
40. Duel in the Dark (Blood on the Stars I), Jay Allan, 8.5/10.
41. Counterstrike (Black Feet Trilogy 3), Josha Dalzelle, 7.5/10.
42. The Last War (Last War Book 1), Peter Bostrom, 4.5/10.
43. Call to Arms (Blood on the Stars II), Jay Allan, 7/10.
44. Space Carrier Avalon (Castle Federation 1), Glynn Stewart, 9/10. This was good shit. Nowhere near the cutout characters as some of these others. Fantastic space combat. I dig.

 

Iron Mickey have you ever read Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogy? A professor (historian of science) recommended it to me the other day

 

Yep. Highly recommend it-- once. It's dry as fuck.

 

He said HBO is doing a big budget version of it next year so that'll prob be cool

 

Oh, shit. That sounds awesome.

 

A quick Google shows no news on it after it was suspended in 2016. Ask that man for a citation.

 

Also, have you ever fucked with the cyberpunk genre? I've been wanting to read something from that lately. I know William Gibson and Don DeLillo are two names in it

 

Sry

 

I've read some Gibson. I like Burning Chrome. Neuromancer is a must. I don't love the genre, to be honest. The techy, streety, grungy vibe isn't my thing. I couldn't even finish Snow Crash.

 

1. Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Jungle City - Greg Grandin*
2. On the Medieval Origins of the Modern State - Joseph R. Strayer*
3. The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution - C.L.R. James*
4. 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed - Eric H. Cline*
5. The Bitter Road to Freedom: The Human Cost of Allied Victory in World War II Europe - William I. Hitchcock*
6. Gengis Khan and the Making of the Modern World - Jack Weatherford*
7. SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome - Mary Beard*
8. First as Tragedy, Then as Farce - Slavoj Žižek*
9. Civil Wars: A History in Ideas - David Armitage*
10. Songs of a Dead Dreamer - Thomas Ligotti*
11. The Reivers - William Faulkner*
12. The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry*
13. Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism - Ha-Joon Chang*
14. Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders*
15. Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman*
16. The Birth of Classical Europe: A History From Troy to Augustine (The Penguin History of Europe, Vol. I) - Simon Price and Peter Thonemann
17. American Gods - Neil Gaiman*
18. City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris - Holly Tucker*
19. X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century - Chuck Klosterman*

edit: asterisked titles come with full recommendations

 

i don't believe in numerical rankings/reviews for books

 

Well shit man, at least give us some quick thoughts on the book and if you'd recommend them ro something

 

i shall asterisk those i recommend

 

He starred them all lol

 

1. The Metamorphosis -- Franz Kafka (8/10)
2. Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain -- Antonio Damasio (8/10)
3. Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things -- Jenny Lawson (6/10)
4. The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail But Some Don't -- Nate Silver (9/10)
5. Thinking, Fast and Slow -- Daniel Kahneman (10/10)
6. Travels With Charley: In Search of America -- John Steinbeck (8/10)
7. The Great Escape: Health, Wealth and the Origins of Inequality -- Angus Deaton (5/10)
8. The Crying of Lot 49 -- Thomas Pynchon (8.5/10)
9. Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked -- Adam Alter (8.75/10)
10. In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed -- Carl Honoré (7/10)
11. Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other -- Sherry Turkle (8/10)
12. Kim: A Novel of the Great Game -- Rudyard Kipling (5/10)
13. You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice -- Tom Vanderbilt (8.5/10)
14. The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood -- James Gleick (9/10)
15. A Natural History of the Senses -- Diane Ackerman (7/10)

16. The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is Not a Disease -- Marc Lewis (9/10)
-Rating it so highly because a) it was well-written and fun/easy to read and b) it gave me new perspective and led me to think in some fascinating new ways, both about addiction and just about the brain in general. I wrote some about how it's changing my perspective on addiction here if further interested: https://www.the-mainboard.com/index.php?threads/is-addiction-a-disease.163113/page-4#post-11857612

 

Nice Im excited for someone else to read Wrong Todays. I loved it. Hope Im not over hypign it.

HP was fun too. Well exceeded expectations.

 

1. Dune, by Frank Herbert (6.5/10)
2. The Romanov Prophecy by Steve Berry (7/10)
3. The Kill Artist (Gabriel Allon #1) by Daniel Silva (8.5/10)
4. The Templar Legacy (Cotton Malone #1) by Steve Berry (6.5/10)
5. Carve The Mark by Veronica Roth (6/10)
6. Master of Formalities by Scott Meyer (7/10)
7. Empires of the Sea, by Roger Crowley (9/10)
8. 1984 by George Orwell (8.5/10)
9. The North Water, by Ian McGuire (7/10)
10. The English Assassin (Gabriel Allon #2) by Daniel Siva (8/10)
11. Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance (9/10)
12. The Alexandria Link (Cotton Malone #2) by Steve Berry (7.5/10)
13. Star Wars: Empire's End (Aftermath #3) by Chuck Wendig (7.5/10)
14. Animal Farm by George Orwell (8/10)
15. Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (7/10)
16. Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (8.5/10)
17. Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (8.5/10)
18. Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (10/10)
19. Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling (9/10)
20. Nutshell, by Ian McEwan (7/10)
21. Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (7/10)
22. Thrawn by Timothy Zahn (8/10)
23. Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (10/10)
24. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (10/10)
25. American War by Omar El Akkad (7.5/10)
26. Salem's Lot, by Steven King (6.5/10)
27. Killers of the Flower Moon, by David Grann (9/10)
28. Star Wars: Guardian of the Whills, by Gregg Rucka (6/10)
29. Star Wars: Rebel Rising, by Beth Revis (6.5/10)
30. Fight and Flight (Magic 2.0 #4), by Scott Meyer (4.5/10)
31. The Confessor (Gabriel Allon #3) by Daniel Silva (7.5/10)
32. The Venetian Betrayal (Cotton Malone #3) by Steve Berry (6.5/10)
33. The Collapsing Empire (Interdependency #1) by John Scalzi (9.10)
34. Borne by Jeff Vandermeer (8/10)
35. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (6.5/10)
36. All Your Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai (9/10)
37. Red Sparrow (Red Sparrow #1), by Jason Matthews (10/10)
38. No Middle Name (Jack Reacher novella) by Lee Child (7/10)
39. Palace of Treason (Red Sparrow #2) by Jason Matthews (10/10)
40. Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton (7.5/10)

The Red Sparrow novels were just outstanding. Great writing, plot, characters, banter, ect. One of those series where I wish I read them sooner, but kind of not because waiting for the 3rd book is going to suck

Dragon Teeth was good. Historical fiction about rival paleontologist hunting for fossils in the west. It felt more like an Erik Larson novel than a Crichton imo. Which is fine by me because Im a fan of Larson.

 

1. The Metamorphosis -- Franz Kafka (8/10)
2. Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain -- Antonio Damasio (8/10)
3. Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things -- Jenny Lawson (6/10)
4. The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail But Some Don't -- Nate Silver (9/10)
5. Thinking, Fast and Slow -- Daniel Kahneman (10/10)
6. Travels With Charley: In Search of America -- John Steinbeck (8/10)
7. The Great Escape: Health, Wealth and the Origins of Inequality -- Angus Deaton (5/10)
8. The Crying of Lot 49 -- Thomas Pynchon (8.5/10)
9. Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked -- Adam Alter (8.75/10)
10. In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed -- Carl Honoré (7/10)
11. Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other -- Sherry Turkle (8/10)
12. Kim: A Novel of the Great Game -- Rudyard Kipling (5/10)
13. You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice -- Tom Vanderbilt (8.5/10)
14. The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood -- James Gleick (9/10)
15. A Natural History of the Senses -- Diane Ackerman (7/10)
16. The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is Not a Disease -- Marc Lewis (9/10)

17. Solitude: A Return to the Self -- Anthony Stoerr (7/10)
Most people assume happiness in life comes from relationships with other people. But what is to be gained from solitude? I was interested in this question because it seems like technology is making the world a lonelier place. It's from the 80s and written by a "psychotherapist" from back when people still talked about Freud so it's a bit dated but I picked up some good info. My favorite part was all the profiles of writers/artists/creative types, what their private lives were like and what that meant for their work.

 

introverts vs. extroverts is the difference. susan cain's "quiet" is an incredible book for introverts understanding their place in an extroverted world

 

Thanks, I'm checking into this book now

 

Wasn't even aware of it...just checked it out of the library though

 

Do you work at a library?

 

Overdrive app

 

What's that

 

App that lets you check out ebooks etc from your library

 

It was great...nothing earth shattering, but the coincidences that occur in coaching are so cool. So random that Leach managed to hook up with Mumme. The little bit of history tied into the book was enjoyable too.

 

Lost to Handmaid's Tale. Talk about a self inflicted wound. Bummer!

Even though I didnt love Handmaid's Tale, Im glad I read it. But I agree, this would get more of a convo going.

 

1. The Crippled God (The Malazan Book of the Fallen #10) - Steven Erikson (9/10)
2. Dune - Frank Herbert (7/10)
3. The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books #1) - Carlos Ruiz Zafón (9/10)
4. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury (6/10)
5. The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower #1) - Stephen King (7/10)
6. The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower #2) - Stephen King (8/10)
7. The North Water - Ian McGuire (6.5/10)
8. The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower #3) - Stephen King (7.5/10)
9. A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole (7/10)
10. Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower #4) - Stephen King (9.5/10)
11. Snapshot - Brandon Sanderson (8/10)
12. Blood and Bone (Malazan Empire #5) - Ian C. Esslemont (6/10)
13. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments - David Foster Wallace (8/10)
14. The Heroes (First Law World #5) - Joe Abercrombie (8/10)
15. Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman (8/10)
16. The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton (7/10)
17. It - Stephen King (9.5/10)
18. The Broom of the System - David Foster Wallace (6.5/10)
19. The Wind Through the Keyhole (The Dark Tower #4.5) - Stephen King (6.5/10)
20. Nutshell - Ian McEwan (6/10)
21. Death Masks (The Dresden Files #5) - Jim Butcher (8/10)
22. Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower #5) - Stephen King (7.5/10)
23. Blood Rites (The Dresden Files #6) - Jim Butcher (7.5/10)
24. Song of Susannah (The Dark Tower #6) - Stephen King (6/10)
25. Dead Beat (The Dresden Files #7) - Jim Butcher (7.5/10)
26. The Killer Angels - Michael Shaara (8/10)
27. The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower #7) - Stephen King (7/10)
28. Proven Guilty (The Dresden Files #8) - Jim Butcher (7.5/10)
29. Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse #1) - James S.A. Corey (9/10)
30. The Butcher of Anderson Station (The Expanse #0.5) - James S.A. Corey (7.5/10)
31. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood (5.5/10)
32. Caliban's War (The Expanse #2) - James S.A. Corey (8/10)
33. Gods of Risk (The Expanse #2.5) - James S.A. Corey (6.5/10)
34. The Churn (The Expanse #0.2) - James S.A. Corey (7.5/10)
35. Drive (The Expanse #0.1) - James S.A. Corey (6.5/10)
36. White Night (The Dresden Files #9) - Jim Butcher (7/10)

 

1. The Metamorphosis -- Franz Kafka (8/10)
2. Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain -- Antonio Damasio (8/10)
3. Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things -- Jenny Lawson (6/10)
4. The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail But Some Don't -- Nate Silver (9/10)
5. Thinking, Fast and Slow -- Daniel Kahneman (10/10)
6. Travels With Charley: In Search of America -- John Steinbeck (8/10)
7. The Great Escape: Health, Wealth and the Origins of Inequality -- Angus Deaton (5/10)
8. The Crying of Lot 49 -- Thomas Pynchon (8.5/10)
9. Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked -- Adam Alter (8.75/10)
10. In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed -- Carl Honoré (7/10)
11. Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other -- Sherry Turkle (8/10)
12. Kim: A Novel of the Great Game -- Rudyard Kipling (5/10)
13. You May Also Like: Taste in an Age of Endless Choice -- Tom Vanderbilt (8.5/10)
14. The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood -- James Gleick (9/10)
15. A Natural History of the Senses -- Diane Ackerman (7/10)
16. The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is Not a Disease -- Marc Lewis (9/10)
17. Solitude: A Return to the Self -- Anthony Storr (7/10)
18. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer -- Mark Twain (10/10) *reread*
Read this several times since I was a kid...love it for the nostalgia and how good Mark Twain is with language. I had this going as an easy/fun book to pick up when I wanted some light reading.

 

Glad you liked it. I thought the trilogy was a blast.

 

1. The Atlantis Gene, A.G. Riddle, 6.5/10
2. Grimscribe, Thomas Ligotti, 9.5/10
3. The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch, 10/10
4. Red Seas Under Red Skies, Scott Lynch, 9/10
5. Hounded, Kevin Hearne, 7/10
6. Banquet for the Damned, Adam G. Nevill, 1/10
7. The Body Reader, Anne Frasier, 7.5/10
8. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett, 9/10
9. The Winter Over, Matthew Iden, 5/10
10. Huntress Moon, Alexandra Sokoloff, 8.5/10
11. Blood Moon, Alexandra Sokoloff, 5.5/10; huge drop off from the first book
12. Civilization and its Discontents, Sigmund Freud, 8/10
13. My Sister's Grave, Robert Dugoni, 7.5/10
14. Walk Into Silence, Susan McBride, 1/10
15. The Rise of True Crime, Jean Murley, 9/10
16. Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters, Richard Vronsky, 9/10
17. Broken Grace, E.C. Diskin, 7.5/10
18. With the Dawn (Faith of the Fallen 1), Cassandra Sky West, 8.5/10

SPRING INTO SCI-FI 17, AIYAIYAIYAIYAI​

19. To Honor You Call Us (Man of War 1), H. Paul Honsinger 9/10
20. For Honor We Stand (Man of War 2), H. Paul Honsinger, 8.5/10
21. Fields of Fire (Frontlines 5), Marko Kloos, 10/10
22. Babylon's Ashes (Expanse 6), James S.A. Corey 8/10
23. Brothers in Valor (Man of War 3), H. Paul Honsinger, 8.5/10
24. Warrior King (Odyssey One 5), Evan Currie, 9.5/10
25. The Oncoming Storm (Angel in the Whirlwind 1), Christopher G. Nuttall, 5.5/10
26. Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos 1), Dan Simmons, 2-8/10, I have no idea
27. Falcone Strike (Angel in the Whirlwind 2), Christopher G. Nuttall, 6/10
28. Hell's Rejects (Chaos of the Covenant 1), M.R. Forbes, 10/10
29. Flagship (Captain's Crucible 1), Isaac Hooke, 8.5/10
30. We Are Legion: We Are Bob (Bobiverse 1), Dennis E. Taylor, 10/10
31. Fire and Brimstone (Chaos of the Covenant 2), M.R. Forbes, 10/10
32. Cursed Command (Angel in the Whirlwind 3), Christopher G. Nuttall, 3.5/10
33. Ninefox Gambit (Machineries of Empire 1), Yoon Ha Lee, 10.5/10
34. Corvette (novella), Ken McConnell, 6/10
35. Star Nomad (Fallen Empire 1), Lindsay Buroker, 7.5/10
36. The Devils Do (Chaos of the Covenant 3), M.R. Forbes, 9/10
37. For We Are Many (Bobiverse 2), Dennis E. Taylor, 10/10.
38. Warship (Black Feet Trilogy 1), Joshua Dalzelle, 8.5/10.
39. Call to Arms (Black Feet Trilogy 2), Joshua Dalzelle, 8/10.
40. Duel in the Dark (Blood on the Stars I), Jay Allan, 8.5/10.
41. Counterstrike (Black Feet Trilogy 3), Josha Dalzelle, 7.5/10.
42. The Last War (Last War Book 1), Peter Bostrom, 4.5/10.
43. Call to Arms (Blood on the Stars II), Jay Allan, 7/10.
44. Space Carrier Avalon (Castle Federation 1), Glynn Stewart, 9/10.
45. Stellar Fox (Castle Federation 2), Glynn Stewart, 9/10. Really fun one, but was a little more predictable.
46. Weird Realism: Lovecraft and Philosophy, Graham Harman, 9.5/10. Work, but it's pretty Sci-Fi-ish...
47. The Tyranny of Science, Paul Feyerabend, 9/10. Laugh out loud philosophical work. Rare. Also work, but it has science in the fucking title, right? Sci...fi-ish.

 

1. The Professor in the Cage by Jonathan Gottschall (5/10)
2. The War of Art by Steven Pressfield (7/10)
3. Caffeinated: How Our Daily Habit Helps, Hurts, and Hooks Us by Murray Carpenter (8/10)
4. Killing Rommel by Steven Pressfield (6/10)
5. Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday (4/10)
6. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (10/10)
7. How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid (8/10)
8. 'Salems Lot by Stephen King (7/10)
9. Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh (7/10)
10. 11/22/63 by Stephen King (9/10, new favorite King book)

 

Oshie how many king books have you read?

 

Only The Shining, It, Salems Lot and now 11/22/63.

Between the Lies of Locke Lamora series (just started book 2 last night), wanting to finish the Dune series (only read the first 2), and wanting to get through more of King's stuff the to-read list is looking nice