Years in Books

A list of books read or listened to by me in 2026. No. Title Author Genre Date Started Date Finished 1* Heaven’s River Dennis E. Taylor Science Fiction 11/25/25 2/3 2* For We Are Many Dennis E. Taylor Science Fiction 12/28/25 1/2 3*† For We Are Many Dennis E. Taylor Science Fiction 1/2 ~1/2 4* All These Worlds Dennis E. Taylor Science Fiction 1/3 1/8 5* The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 Christopher Clark History 1/5 CURRENT 6* War & Peace Leo Tolstoy Fiction 1/12 CURRENT 7* Leviathan Wakes James S. A. Corey Science Fiction 2/1 CURRENT 8* Not Till We Are Lost Dennis E. Taylor Science Fiction 2/3 2/5 9* Ravenor Dan Abnett Science Fiction 2/4 2/10 10* Exhalation Ted Chiang Science Fiction 2/4 3/3 11* Ravenor Returned Dan Abnett Science Fiction 2/11 2/17 12* Ravenor Rogue Dan Abnett Science Fiction 2/17 CURRENT 13* The Scaling Era: An Oral History of AI, 2019-2025 Dwarkesh Patel NF/AI 2/21 2/28 14* Snow Crash Neal Stephenson Science Fiction 2/26 CURRENT 15* The Ministry for the Future Kim Stanley Robinson Science Fiction 3/8 CURRENT 16* Beyond the Aquila Rift Alastair Reynolds Science Fiction 3/11 3/12 17* House of Suns Alastair Reynolds Science Fiction 3/11 CURRENT 18* Blindsight Peter Watts Science Fiction 3/12 CURRENT 19* Rocannon’s World Ursula K. Le Guin Science Fiction 3/12 CURRENT 20* The Order of Time Carlo Rovelli NF/Science 3/25 CURRENT 21* Robot Visions Isaac Asimov Science Fiction 3/25 CURRENT 22* Guards! Guards! Terry Pratchett Fantasy 3/27 ~4/5 23* Children of Strife Adrian Tchaikovsky Science Fiction 3/31 CURRENT 24* Saturation Point Adrian Tchaikovsky Science Fiction 4/18 4/20 25* A Distant Mirror Barbara W. Tuchman History 4/18 CURRENT 26 A Song for Arbonne Guy Gavriel Kay Fantasy 4/26 4/30 27* Men at Arms Terry Pratchett Fantasy 5/1 5/8 28* Feet of Clay Terry Pratchett Fantasy 5/8 5/13 29* We Are Legion (We Are Bob) Dennis E. Taylor Science Fiction 5/12 CURRENT 30* Jingo Terry Pratchett Fantasy 5/13 ~5/18 31* The Fifth Elephant Terry Pratchett Fantasy 5/18 CURRENT 32* Mort Terry Pratchett Fantasy 5/20 5/25 33* Small Gods Terry Pratchett Fantasy 5/20 CURRENT 34* Reaper Man Terry Pratchett Fantasy 5/25 CURRENT 35*† For We Are Many Dennis E. Taylor Science Fiction 6/2 6/6 36*† All These Worlds Dennis E. Taylor Science Fiction 6/6 6/10 37*† For We Are Many Dennis E. Taylor Science Fiction 6/6 ~6/6 38*† Heaven’s River Dennis E. Taylor Science Fiction 6/10 6/12 39* A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge Science Fiction 6/13 6/26 40* The Warrior’s Apprentice Lois McMaster Bujold Science Fiction 6/27 6/30 41* The Vor Game Lois McMaster Bujold Science Fiction 6/30 ~7/3 42* Cetaganda Lois McMaster Bujold Science Fiction 7/3 ~7/4 43* Borders of Infinity Lois McMaster Bujold Science Fiction 7/4 7/5 44* Brothers in Arms Lois McMaster Bujold Science Fiction 7/5 7/8 45* Mirror Dance Lois McMaster Bujold Science Fiction 7/8 7/10 46* Memory Lois McMaster Bujold Science Fiction 7/10 ~7/12 47* Komarr Lois McMaster Bujold Science Fiction 7/12 7/13 48* A Civil Campaign Lois McMaster Bujold Science Fiction 7/13 ~7/15 49* Winterfair Gifts Lois McMaster Bujold Science Fiction 7/15 ~7/15 50* Diplomatic Immunity Lois McMaster Bujold Science Fiction 7/16 7/18 51* Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance Lois McMaster Bujold Science Fiction 7/19 7/21 52* The Flowers of Vashnoi Lois McMaster Bujold Science Fiction 7/22 7/24 53* Cryoburn Lois McMaster Bujold Science Fiction 7/24 7/27 54* Foreigner C. J. Cherryh Science Fiction 7/27 CURRENT 55* Renegade Joel Shepherd Science Fiction 7/27 ~8/15 56* Shards of Honor Lois McMaster Bujold Science Fiction 7/27 8/1 57* Pandora’s Star Peter F. Hamilton Science Fiction 7/27 CURRENT 58* The Praxis Walter Jon Williams Science Fiction 7/29 ~10/11 59* Barrayar Lois McMaster Bujold Science Fiction 8/1 8/3 60* Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen Lois McMaster Bujold Science Fiction 8/3 8/9 61* Drysine Legacy Joel Shepherd Science Fiction 8/16 8/21 62* Kantovan Vault Joel Shepherd Science Fiction 8/21 8/25 63* Defiance Joel Shepherd Science Fiction 8/25 ~9/1 64* Croma Venture Joel Shepherd Science Fiction 8/31 9/7 65* Rando Splicer Joel Shepherd Science Fiction 9/7 ~9/15 66* The Infinite Extent Dennis E. Taylor Science Fiction 9/10 ~9/14 67* Qalea Drop Joel Shepherd Science Fiction 9/15 9/20 68* Ceephay Queen Joel Shepherd Science Fiction 9/20 9/27 69* Homecoming Joel Shepherd Science Fiction 9/27 ~10/5 70* Precursor Joel Shepherd Science Fiction 10/4 10/7 71* The Sundering Walter Jon Williams Science Fiction 10/11 ~10/14 72* Conventions of War Walter Jon Williams Science Fiction 10/14 ~10/18 73* The Praxis Triad Walter Jon Williams Science Fiction 10/18 ~10/20 74* The Accidental War Walter Jon Williams Science Fiction 10/20 CURRENT (*) : Audiobooks (†) : Reread/listen instance (CURRENT) : Still in progress (~) : Playback reached at least 99.5%, but Audiobookshelf did not mark it finished. ...

Books I have read so far in 2025 No. Title Author Genre Date Started Date Finished 1* Red Mars Kim S Robinson Science Fiction 12/29 1/14 2 Linux Essentials Blum, Bresnahan Computer Science 1/13 01/23 3* Green Mars Kim S Robinson Science Fiction 1/15 02/07 4 Your Inner Fish Neil Shubin Science 02/01 CURRENT 4* Blue Mars Kim S Robinson Science Fiction 02/09 03/21 5 A Memory Called Empire Arkady Martine Science Fiction 03/01 03/11 6 How to Prove it Daniel Velleman Mathematics 03/03 CURRENT 7 A Desolation Called Peace Arkady Martine Science Fiction 03/12 CURRENT 8 Written on the Dark Guy Gavriel Kay Fantasy 05/23 06/09 9* Bullshit Jobs David Graeber Culture 06/15 11/10 10* War & Peace Leo Tolstoy Fiction 05/12 CURRENT 11 Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City KJ Parker Fantasy 07/07 07/15 12* Dancer’s Lament Ian Esslemont Fantasy 07/06 07/17 13* Deadhouse Landing Ian Esslemont Fantasy 07/17 07/22 14* Kellenved’s Reach Ian Esslemont Fantasy 07/22 07/29 15* Forge of the High Mage Ian Esslemont Fantasy 07/30 08/26 16* Gateway Frederick Pohl Science Fiction 08/27 08/31 17 Python Crash Course Eric Matthes Nonfic/CS 08/27 CURRENT 18 Linux CLI William Shotts Nonfic/CS 08/27 CURRENT 19 A Common Sense Guide to DSA Jay Wengrow Nonfic/CS 08/27 CURRENT 20* Children of Time Adrian Tchaikovsky Science Fiction 08/31 09/04 21* Children of Ruin Adrian Tchaikovsky Science Fiction 09/04 09/16 22* Children of Memory Adrian Tchaikovsky Science Fiction 09/11 09/24 23 We Are Legion (We Are Bob) Dennis E Taylor Science Fiction 09/18 09/23 24 For We Are Many Dennis E Taylor Science Fiction 09/25 09/30 25 All These Worlds Dennis E Taylor Science Fiction 09/30 10/01 26* Heaven’s River Dennis E Taylor Science Fiction 10/01 10/04 27* Not Till We Are Lost Dennis E Taylor Science Fiction 10/05 10/10 28 Florentine Codex 1: The Gods Bernardino de Sahagún History/Anthropology 10/08 CURRENT 29*† We Are Legion (We Are Bob) Dennis E Taylor Science Fiction 10/12 10/15 30*† For We Are Many Dennis E Taylor Science Fiction 10/15 10/19 31*† All These Worlds Dennis E Taylor Science Fiction 10/20 10/23 32*† Heaven’s River Dennis E Taylor Science Fiction 10/23 10/31 33*† Hyperion Dan Simmons Science Fiction 10/29 11/09 34*† Not Till We Are Lost Dennis E Taylor Science Fiction 11/01 11/08 35*† We Are Legion (We Are Bob) Dennis E Taylor Science Fiction 11/11 11/16 36*† For We Are Many Dennis E Taylor Science Fiction 11/16 11/21 37 Shadows Upon Time Christopher Ruocchio Science Fiction 11/19 CURRENT 38*† All These Worlds Dennis E Taylor Science Fiction 11/21 11/25 39*† Heaven’s River Dennis E Taylor Science Fiction 11/25 12/04 40*† Not Till We Are Lost Dennis E Taylor Science Fiction 12/06 12/11 41*† Excession Iain M Banks Science Fiction 12/11 CURRENT (*) : Audiobooks ...

Books I Like Culture - Iain M Banks Malazan Book of the Fallen has retained the top spot in my book list for close to a decade. Today (12/19/2024) I read the last book of Iain M Banks’ Culture series, and I cannot overstate how much this has influenced my recent decisions, thinking, philosphy, and politics. This has to be one of THE monumental works in science fiction. Malazan Book of the Fallen - Steven Erikson ...

An Incomplete List of Books I have read in 2021, 2022 I haven’t kept track that religiously in 2021 and 2022. I will add to it as I discover more, as I come upon something during my files reorganization. Here’s a selection: 2022: No. Title Author Genre 1 Kingdoms of Death C. Ruocchio Science Fiction 2 A Brightness Long Ago Guy Gavriel Kay Fantasy 3 Dreadgod Will Wight Fantasy 4 Children of Earth and Sky Guy Gavriel Kay Fantasy 5 The Lions of Al-Rassan Guy Gavriel Kay Fantasy 6 Orb Sceptre Throne Ian C. Esslemont Fantasy 7 The Dispossessed Ursula K. le Guin Fantasy 8 The Word for World is Forest Ursula K. le Guin Fantasy 2021: No. Title Author Genre 1 Empire of Silence C. Ruocchio Science Fiction 2 Howling Dark C. Ruocchio Science Fiction 3 Demon in White C. Ruocchio Science Fiction 4 Lord of Emperors Guy Gavriel Kay Fantasy 5 The Queen of Attolia Megan Whalen Turner Fantasy 6 The King of Attolia Megan Whalen Turner Fantasy 7 A Conspiracy of Kings Megan Whalen Turner Fantasy 8 The Destroyer M.S. Earle Fantasy 9 The God is Not Willing Steven Erikson Fantasy 10 Stonewielder Ian C. Esslemont Fantasy 11 The Summer Tree Guy Gavriel Kay Fantasy 12 Reaper Will Wight Fantasy 13 Tiagana Guy Gavriel Kay Fantasy

Books I have read so far in 2024 No. Title Author Genre Date Started Date Finished 1 The Last Light of the Sun Guy Gavriel Kay Fantasy 01/10 01/22 2 The Three Body Problem Liu Cixin Science Fiction 01/23 01/29 3 The Dark Forest Liu Cixin Science Fiction 01/29 02/16 4* 2001: A Space Odyssey Arthur C Clarke Science Fiction 02/05 02/18 5 Death’s End Liu Cixin Science Fiction 02/17 02/27 6*† A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson NF/Science 02/19 03/01 7 Under Heaven Guy Gavriel Kay Fantasy 02/28 03/02 8* I am a Stranger Here Myself Bill Bryson NF/Memoir, Humor 03/02 03/10 9 River of Stars Guy Gavriel Kay Fantasy 03/03 03/13 10 The Killing Star Zebrowski, Pellegrino Science Fiction 03/15 03/24 11* Robot Dreams Isaac Asimov Science Fiction 03/15 04/25 12 Disquiet Gods Chris Ruocchio Science Fiction 04/05 05/11 13* The Making of the Atomic Bomb Richard Rhodes NF/Science 04/15 CURRENT 14 How to Invent Everything Ryan North NF/Science 04/22 CURRENT 15* Robot Visions Isaac Asimov Science Fiction 05/02 05/18 16 The Silverblood Promose James Logan Science Fiction 05/23 05/26 17 Consider Phlebas Iain M Banks Science Fiction 06/01 06/08 18 Player of Games Iain M Banks Science Fiction 06/12 06/24 19 Use of Weapons Iain M Banks Science Fiction 06/24 07/01 20 State of the Art Iain M Banks Science Fiction 07/01 07/03 21* Excession Iain M Banks Science Fiction 07/11 07/23 22* Inversions Iain M Banks Science Fiction 07/24 07/26 23* Look to Windward Iain M Banks Science Fiction 07/27 08/08 24* Matter Iain M Banks Science Fiction 08/11 09/07 25 Foundations of InfoSec Jason Andress Science Fiction 09/05 09/10 26* Surface Detail Iain M Banks Science Fiction 09/09 10/21 27* Hydrogen Sonata Iain M Banks Science Fiction 11/04 12/19 28 There is No Antimemetics Division qntm Horror 12/19 WTF 29* Enchiridion Epictetus Philosophy 12/26 12/27 30 Red Mars Kim Stanley Robinson Science Fiction 12/29 1/14/25 (*) : Audiobooks ...

What I'm reading now: The Accidental War, by Walter Jon Williams What I'm (re)listening to: x What I've just finished reading: The Praxis Triad, by Walter Jon Williams ...

Books I have read in 2023 No. Title Author Genre 1 Ashes of Man C. Ruocchio Science Fiction 2 The Warded Man Peter V. Brett Fantasy 3 The Desert Spear Peter V. Brett Fantasy 4 The Daylight War Peter V. Brett Fantasy 5 Xenos Dan Abnett Science Fiction 6 Malleus Dan Abnett Science Fiction 7 Hereticus Dan Abnett Science Fiction 8 For the Emperor S. Mitchell Science Fiction 9 Caves of Ice S. Mitchell Science Fiction 10 The Traitor’s Hand S. Mitchell Science Fiction 11 Death or Glory S. Mitchell Science Fiction 12 Duty Calls S. Mitchell Science Fiction 13 Old Soldiers Never Die S. Mitchell Science Fiction 14 Cain’s Last Stand S. Mitchell Science Fiction 15 The Last Ditch S. Mitchell Science Fiction 16 The Greater Good S. Mitchell Science Fiction 17 The Emperor’s Finest S. Mitchell Science Fiction 18 The Fountainhead Ayn Rand Fic/Lit/Philosophy 19 A Common-Sense Guide to Algo & DS Jay Wengrow NF/Computing 20 A Deepness In The Sky Vernor Vinge Science Fiction 21 Ancillary Justice Ann Lackie Science Fiction 22 Ancillary Sword Ann Lackie Science Fiction 23 Ancillary Mercy Ann Lackie Science Fiction 24 Neuromancer William Gibson Science Fiction 25 Count Zero William Gibson Science Fiction