Books read this year
Dec. 27th, 2005 09:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Total of 82, including five or six rereads. That's a bit down on previous years, but some of them were very long! I also attempted but didn't finish Peter Ackroyd's Albion, and abandoned Elizabeth Haydon's Elegy for a Lost Star in disgust.
1. Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
2. Gene Wolfe, The Knight
3. Tim Powers, Expiration Date
4. Gene Wolfe, The Wizard
5. Steven Brust, Issola
6. Rosemary Kirstein, The Language of Power
7. James Hetley, The Winter Oak
8. C. J. Cherryh, Destroyer
9. Chris Moriarty, Spin State
10. Martha Wells, The Wizard Hunters
11. Ted Morgan, Wilderness at Dawn
12. Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, I Dare
13. Charles Stross, The Atrocity Archives
14. Elizabeth Bear, Hammered
15. Karen Traviss, Crossing the Line
16. Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer, The Grand Tour
17. Ken MacLeod, Newton's Wake
18. Robin Paige, Death in Hyde Park
19. Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
20. Greg Keyes, The Charnel Prince
21. Jane Lindskold, The Buried Pyramid
22. Barbara Hambly, The Emancipator's Wife
23. K. J. Bishop, The Etched City
24. Barbara Goldsmith, Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie
25. Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, Crystal Soldier
26. Charles Stross, The Family Trade
27. Judith Tarr, Avaryan Resplendent
28. L. E. Modessit, Wellspring of Chaos
29. Steven Erikson, Memories of Ice
30. Ian R. Macleod, The House of Storms
31. Caroline Stevermer, A Scholar of Magics
32. Brian Greene, The Fabric of the Cosmos
33. Barbara Hambly, Dead Water
34. Steven Erikson, House of Chains
35. Lois McMaster Bujold, The Hallowed Hunt
36. Stephen R. Donaldson, The Runes of the Earth
37. Charles Stross, The Hidden Family
38. Robert Jordan, New Spring
39. Mary Stewart, The Moonspinners
40. Patricia McKillip, Od Magic
41. Charlotte Bronte, Shirley (r)
42. Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad (r)
43. Sean Stewart, Perfect Circle
44. Amy Thomson, Storyteller
45. Traitor's Knot, Janny Wurts
46. Dan Simmons, Olympos
47. Elizabeth Bear, Scardown
48. Tom Tucker, Bolt of Fate: Benjamin Franklin and his Electric Kite Hoax
49. Elizabeth George, A Suitable Vengeance
50. Tim Powers, Earthquake Weather,
51. Madeleine E. Robins, A Point of Honour
52. Jasper Fforde, The Big Over Easy,
53. Steven Brust, The Paths of the Dead
54. Steven Erikson, Midnight Tides
55. Juliet Marillier, The Dark Mirror
56. Alma Alexander, The Secrets of Jin-Shei
57. Keith Roberts, Pavane
58. Richard Hough, Captain James Cook, A Biography
59. Ranulph Fiennes, Captain Scott
60. Rosemary Edghill, The Eagle of the Ninth (r)
61. Rosemary Edghill, The Silver Branch (r)
62. Eve Curie, Madame Curie (r)
63. M. John Harrison, Viriconium
64. Charles Stross, Accelerando
65. Barbara Hambly, Circle of the Moon
66. Michelle Sagara, Cast in Shadow
67. Steven Brust, The Lord of Castle Black
68. China Mieville, Iron Council
69. Robert Jordan, Knife of Dreams
70. Rachel Manija Brown, All the fishes come home to roost
71. Jane Lindskold, Wolf Captured
72. Elizabeth Kostova, The Historian
73. Steven Brust, Sethra Lavode
74. Karen Traviss, The World Before
75. James Hetley, Dragon's Eye
76. Dudley Pope, Governer Ramage RN
77. Elizabeth Bear, Worldwired
78. Audrey Niffeneger, The Time Traveler's Wife
79. Anne Perry, Half Moon Street
80. Martha Wells, The Ships of Air
81. Alma Alexander, The Hidden Queen
82. Neal Stephenson, The System of the World
1. Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
2. Gene Wolfe, The Knight
3. Tim Powers, Expiration Date
4. Gene Wolfe, The Wizard
5. Steven Brust, Issola
6. Rosemary Kirstein, The Language of Power
7. James Hetley, The Winter Oak
8. C. J. Cherryh, Destroyer
9. Chris Moriarty, Spin State
10. Martha Wells, The Wizard Hunters
11. Ted Morgan, Wilderness at Dawn
12. Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, I Dare
13. Charles Stross, The Atrocity Archives
14. Elizabeth Bear, Hammered
15. Karen Traviss, Crossing the Line
16. Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer, The Grand Tour
17. Ken MacLeod, Newton's Wake
18. Robin Paige, Death in Hyde Park
19. Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
20. Greg Keyes, The Charnel Prince
21. Jane Lindskold, The Buried Pyramid
22. Barbara Hambly, The Emancipator's Wife
23. K. J. Bishop, The Etched City
24. Barbara Goldsmith, Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie
25. Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, Crystal Soldier
26. Charles Stross, The Family Trade
27. Judith Tarr, Avaryan Resplendent
28. L. E. Modessit, Wellspring of Chaos
29. Steven Erikson, Memories of Ice
30. Ian R. Macleod, The House of Storms
31. Caroline Stevermer, A Scholar of Magics
32. Brian Greene, The Fabric of the Cosmos
33. Barbara Hambly, Dead Water
34. Steven Erikson, House of Chains
35. Lois McMaster Bujold, The Hallowed Hunt
36. Stephen R. Donaldson, The Runes of the Earth
37. Charles Stross, The Hidden Family
38. Robert Jordan, New Spring
39. Mary Stewart, The Moonspinners
40. Patricia McKillip, Od Magic
41. Charlotte Bronte, Shirley (r)
42. Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad (r)
43. Sean Stewart, Perfect Circle
44. Amy Thomson, Storyteller
45. Traitor's Knot, Janny Wurts
46. Dan Simmons, Olympos
47. Elizabeth Bear, Scardown
48. Tom Tucker, Bolt of Fate: Benjamin Franklin and his Electric Kite Hoax
49. Elizabeth George, A Suitable Vengeance
50. Tim Powers, Earthquake Weather,
51. Madeleine E. Robins, A Point of Honour
52. Jasper Fforde, The Big Over Easy,
53. Steven Brust, The Paths of the Dead
54. Steven Erikson, Midnight Tides
55. Juliet Marillier, The Dark Mirror
56. Alma Alexander, The Secrets of Jin-Shei
57. Keith Roberts, Pavane
58. Richard Hough, Captain James Cook, A Biography
59. Ranulph Fiennes, Captain Scott
60. Rosemary Edghill, The Eagle of the Ninth (r)
61. Rosemary Edghill, The Silver Branch (r)
62. Eve Curie, Madame Curie (r)
63. M. John Harrison, Viriconium
64. Charles Stross, Accelerando
65. Barbara Hambly, Circle of the Moon
66. Michelle Sagara, Cast in Shadow
67. Steven Brust, The Lord of Castle Black
68. China Mieville, Iron Council
69. Robert Jordan, Knife of Dreams
70. Rachel Manija Brown, All the fishes come home to roost
71. Jane Lindskold, Wolf Captured
72. Elizabeth Kostova, The Historian
73. Steven Brust, Sethra Lavode
74. Karen Traviss, The World Before
75. James Hetley, Dragon's Eye
76. Dudley Pope, Governer Ramage RN
77. Elizabeth Bear, Worldwired
78. Audrey Niffeneger, The Time Traveler's Wife
79. Anne Perry, Half Moon Street
80. Martha Wells, The Ships of Air
81. Alma Alexander, The Hidden Queen
82. Neal Stephenson, The System of the World