It’s that time again. Here are the books I’ve read during the previous year:
- The Becoming, Jeanne C. Stein
- I, Lucifer, by Glen Duncan
- The Secret History of Moscow, by Ekaterina Sedia
- The Sword of the Lady, by S.M. Stirling
- Walking Dead (Book 1), by Robert Kirkman, et al.
- We Bought a Zoo, by Benjamin Mee
- Manual of Detection, by Jedediah Berry
- An Echo in the Bone, by Diana Gabaldon
- Walking Dead (Book 2), by Robert Kirkman, et al.
- Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson
- Walking Dead (Book 3), by Robert Kirkman, et al.
- The Devil’s Food Dictionary, by Barry Foy
- Sandman Slim, by Richard Kadrey
- Soulless, by Gail Carriger
- Bite Marks, by Terrence Taylor
- The Wordy Shipmates, by Sarah Vowell
- Unseen Academicals, by Terry Pratchett
- Making Money, by Terry Pratchett
- Night Watch, by Terry Pratchett
- The Fifth Elephant, by Terry Pratchett
- Men at Arms, by Terry Pratchett
- Tempest Rising, by Nicole Peeler
- Heat Wave, by “Richard Castle”
- Darker Angels, by M.L.N. Hanover
- Ghost Ocean, by S.M. Peters
- The Girl Who Played With Fire, by Stieg Larsson
- Terra Incognita, by Ruth Downie
- Moon Called, by Patricia Briggs
- Every Man Dies Alone, by Hans Fallada
- The Art of Detection, by Laurie R. King
- Forever Flowing, by Vasily Grossman
- Blood Price, by Tanya Huff
- Blood Bound, by Patricia Briggs
- Kitty and the Midnight Hour, by Carrie Vaughn
- Kitty Goes to Washington, by Carrie Vaughn
- Kitty Takes a Holiday, by Carrie Vaughn
- Kitty and the Silver Bullet, by Carrie Vaughn
- Kitty and the Dead Man’s Hand, by Carrie Vaughn
- Kitty Raises Hell, by Carrie Vaughn
- Kitty’s House of Horrors, by Carrie Vaughn
- Divine Misdemeanors, by Laurell K. Hamilton
- Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English, by John McWhorter
- Storm Front, by Jim Butcher
- Then We Came to the End, by Joshua Ferris
- Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron, by Jasper Fforde
- The Fortune Cooke Chronicles, by Jennifer 8 Lee
- American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
- Waiter Rant—Thanks for the Tip, Confessions of a Cynical Waiter, by Steve Dublanica
- Far North, by Marcel Theroux
- Day After Night, by Anita Diamant
- The Law of Nines, by Terry Goodkind
- Blackout, by Connie Willis
- Cooking Dirty, by Jason Sheehan
- Black Magic Sanction, by Kim Harrison
- The Hundred Thousands Kingdoms, by N. K. Jemisin
- Unlikely Disciple, by Kevin Roose
- Blue Nowhere, by Jeffrey Deaver
- Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver
- A Spectacle of Corruption, by David Liss
- Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation, by Elissa Stein and Susan Kim
- A Conspiracy of Paper, by David Liss
- A Touch of Dead, by Charlaine Harris
- Changeless, by Gail Carriger
- Bite Me, by Christopher Moore
- Midnight Guardians, by Sarah Jane Stratford
- Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman
- Bean Trees, by Barabara Kingsolver
- Pigs in Heaven, by Barbara Kingsolver
- Club Dead, by Charlaine Harris
- Dead to the World, by Charlaine Harris
- Dead as a Doornail, by Charlaine Harris
- Definitely Dead, by Charlaine Harris
- All Together Dead, by Charlaine Harris
- From Dead to Worse, by Charlaine Harris
- Dead and Gone, by Charlaine Harris
- Dead in the Family, by Charlaine Harris
- Serpent’s Shadow, by Mercedes Lackey
- Fingersmith, by Sarah Waters
- Florence of Arabia, by Christopher Buckley
- 61 Hours, by Lee Child
- Bitter Seeds, by Ian Tregillis
- Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larrson
- Deadly Dinner Party and Other Medical Detective Stories, by Jonathan A. Edlow, M.D.
- Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton
- Lost World, by Michael Crichton
- Breathers: A Zombie Lament, by S.G. Browne
- Owl Killers, by Karen Maitland
- Boneshaker, by Cherie Priest
- Daemon, by Daniel Suarez
- Burning Wire, by Jeffrey Deaver
- Sizzling Sixteen, by Janet Evanovich
- Passage, by Justin Cronin
- City of Bones, by Cassandra Clare
- Naamah’s Curse, by Jacqueline Carey
- City of Ashes, by Cassandra Clare
- City of Glass, by Cassandra Clare
- Y: The Last Man, by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, and Jose Marzan, Jr.
- Story of Sushi, by Trevor Corson
- Blood Oath, by Christopher Farnsworth
- Last Chinese Chef, by Nicole Mones
- Johannes Cabal the Detective, by Jonathan L. Howard
- Kitty Goes to War, by Carrie Vaughan
- Moonshine, by Alaya Johnson
- Persuasion, by Jane Austen
- Rembrandt Affair, by Daniel Silva
- Day by Day Armageddon: Beyond Exile, by J.L. Bourne
- Leviathan, by Scott Westerfeld
- Persona Non Grata, by Ruth Downie
- Timeline, by Michael Crichton
- Julian Comstock, by Robert Charles Wilson
- World War Z, by Max Brooks
- Mila 18, by Leon Uris
If you’re curious, this is a new personal record.