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This year I read 44 books. My favorite books from this year were:

• The Mercy of Gods
• Fall; or Dodge in Hell
• Flying Blind
• Not Till We Are Lost

Jules Verne

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

David Linski

An "enlightened" "gentleman" and his servant is kidnapped and taken on an undersea adventure by a recluse submarine captain.

🫳

Jan 5

Mary Robinette Kowal

The Calculating Stars

Lady Astronaut - Book 1

Mary Robinette Kowal

A anxious calculator and pilot works on opening up room for women to join the astronaught core as humanity reaches further into space.

👍

Jan 10

Mary Robinette Kowal

The Fated Sky

Lady Astronaut - Book 2

Mary Robinette Kowal

👍

Jan 22

Mary Robinette Kowal

The Relentless Moon

Lady Astronaut - Book 3

Mary Robinette Kowal

👍

Jan 25

Shane Hawk (Editor)

Never whistle at night; an Indigenous dark fiction anthology

Erin Tripp, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Joelle Peters, Kaniehtiio Horn, Lisa Cromarty, Maika Harper, Shane Ghostkeeper, Sheldon Elter, Tara Sky

Collection of dark and horror stories written by Native American authors

👍

Feb 3

Blake Crouch

Dark Matter

Jon Lindstrom

A professor is kidnapped and taken to a parallel world. The multiverse exists. Can he find his way back?

👍

Feb 6

John Green

Looking for Alaska

Wil Wheaton

A kid on boarding school discovers himself as he expands his horizons by making friends.

👍

Feb 7

Ijeoma Oluo

So You Want To Talk About Race

Bahni Turpin

Ijeoma Oluo offers their perspective and research on how Black Americans experience life in America, and how that depth and complexity is invisible to (most) White folks.

👍

Feb 12

Graham McNeill

Priests of Mars

Forge of Mars, Warhammer 40,000 - Book 1

Joe Jameson

Chasing after a lost expedition, a contingent of the Adeptus Mechanicus attempts to hunt that prize.

🫳

Feb 18

Debby Irving

Waking Up White

Debby Irving

Debby Irving shares her journey learning about racism in America, and her take on how to be a good ally.

🫳

Feb 22

Andrew Rowe

Silence of the Unworthy Gods

Arcane Ascension , Book 4

Nick Podehl

After the events of the previous book, the protagonist levels up and fights his dad with death and destruction littering the path.

🫳

Mar 6

Nicole Perlroth

This is How They Tell Me The World Ends

Allyson Ryan

Uncovering the world of Zero Day (computing exploit) discovery and trading, as researched by a The New York Times cybersecurity journalist, presented as a thriller.

👍

Mar 20

David Walton

Three Laws Lethal

Shawn Compton

👍

Mar 22

Howard Zinn

You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train

David Strathairn

👍

Mar 27

Richard Powers

The Overstory

Suzanne Toren

👍

Apr 17

V. E. Schwab

A Darker Shade of Magic

Darker Shade of Magic, Book 1

Steven Crossley

🫳

May 14

Tamsyn Muir

Gideon the Ninth

The Locked Tomb Trilogy, Book 1

Moira Quirk

🫳

Jun 19

George R.R. Martin

Nightflyers

Adenrele Ojo

👍

Jun 20

Nicholas Eberstadt

Men Without Work

Stephen R. Thorne

👍

Jul 8

Ursula K. Le Guin

A Wizard of Earthsea

The Earthsea Quartet, Book 1

Rob Inglis

🫳

Aug 5

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Day of Ascension

Warhammer 40,000

Harry Myers

👍

Aug 9

Yoon Ha Lee

Ninefox Gambit

Machineries of Empire, Book 1

Emily Woo Zeller

👍

Aug 27

George R.R. Martin

Fevre Dream

Ron Donachie

🫳

Sep 12

Ken Follett

The Pillars of the Earth

The Kingsbridge Novels, Book 1

John Lee

👍

Sep 22

Robert Rath

The Infinite and the Divine

Warhammer 40,000

Richard Reed

👍

Oct 2

Seth Skorkowsky

Damoren

Valducan, Book 1

R.C. Bray

👍

Oct 7

Seth Skorkowsky

Hounacier

Valducan, Book 2

R.C. Bray

👍

Oct 11

Seth Skorkowsky

Ibenus

Valducan, Book 3

R.C. Bray

👍

Oct 15

Seth Skorkowsky

Redemptor

Valducan, Book 4

R.C. Bray

👍

Oct 17

James S.A. Corey

The Mercy of Gods

Captive's War, Book 1

Jefferson Mays

🤌

Oct 21

James S.A. Corey

Livesuit

Captive's War

Jefferson Mays

👍

Oct 23

Neal Stephenson

Fall; or Dodge in Hell

Dodge, Book 2

Malcolm Hillgartner

🤌

Oct 30

Gene Kim

Phoenix Project

Chris Ruen

👍

Nov 5

Peter F. Hamilton

The Abyss Beyond Dreams

Commonwealth; Chronicle of the Fallers, Book 1

John Lee

👍

Nov 16

Peter F. Hamilton

A Night Without Stars

Commonwealth; Chronicle of the Fallers, Book 2

John Lee

👍

Nov 26

Eve Rodsky

Fair Play

Eve Rodsky

👍

Nov 29

Peter Robison

Flying Blind

Feodor Chin

A deep dive into how Boeing corrupted itself and caused the several 737 Max disasters.

🤌

Dec 4

Blake Crouch

Pines

The Wayward Pines Trilogy, Book 1

Max Meyers

🫳

Dec 10

Blake Crouch

Wayward

The Wayward Pines Trilogy, Book 2

Max Meyers

🫳

Dec 12

Blake Crouch

The Last Town

The Wayward Pines Trilogy, Book 3

Max Meyers

👍

Dec 14

Dennis E. Taylor

Not Till We Are Lost

Bobiverse, Book 5

Ray Porter

🤌

Dec 16

Seth Skorkowsky

Mountain of Daggers

Tales of the Black Raven, Book 1

R.C. Bray

👎

Dec 27

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Saturation Point

Emma Newman

A scientist revisits

👍

Dec 30

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Walking to Aldebaran

Adrian Tchaikovsky

An astronaut narrates his descent into madness exploring an artifact in space.

👍

Dec 31