Thursday 2 January 2014

Books I read in 2013

It's been a great year of reading for me this year. I've loved the fantasy worlds of Earthsea and The Dark Tower. The SF concepts in Charles Stross' Accelerando and Robert Charles Wilson's Spin fired my imagination. Cory Doctorow's Little Brother was thrilling and difficult to put down, and there was plenty more in between.

Here's the full list:

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore Robin Sloan (05/01/2013)
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1) Stephen King (15/01/2013)
Redshirts John Scalzi (25/01/2013)
Blue Remembered Earth Alastair Reynolds (20/02/2013)
Crooked Little Vein Warren Ellis (23/02/2013)
The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, #2) Stephen King (26/02/2013)
Empire State Adam Christopher (26/03/2013)
A Single Shot Matthew F. Jones (07/04/2013)
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) Ursula K. Le Guin (21/04/2013)
Railsea China MiƩville (27/04/2013)
You Austin Grossman (13/05/2013)
The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower, #3) Stephen King (29/05/2013)
Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1) Lois McMaster Bujold (05/06/2013)
The Shambling Guide to New York Mur Lafferty (13/06/2013)
Accelerando Charles Stross (13/07/2013)
Boneshaker Cherie Priest (26/07/2013)
Little Brother Cory Doctorow (05/08/2013)
Dune Frank Herbert (30/08/2013)
The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2) Ursula K. Le Guin (02/09/2013)
On the Road Jack Kerouac (08/09/2013)
Machine of Death: A Collection of Stories About People Who Know How They Will Die Ryan North (09/09/2013)
The Farthest Shore (Earthsea Cycle, #3) Ursula K. Le Guin (16/09/2013)
Spin Robert Charles Wilson (02/10/2013)
Tehanu (Earthsea Cycle, #4) Ursula K. Le Guin (11/10/2013)
Barrayar (Vorkosigan Saga, #7) Lois McMaster Bujold (29/10/2013)
Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100 Michio Kaku (03/11/2013)
The Last Unicorn Peter S. Beagle (09/11/2013)
The Preacher's Marsh David Niall Wilson (25/11/2013)

In December, I've been reading Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. One of the longest books ever written in the English language. It's a sprawling study on addiction and critique of modern culture. It'll probably keep me occupied for a good couple of months.

Later in 2014, I'm looking forward to reading On the Steel Breeze, the sequel to Blue Remembered Earth and Axis, the sequel to Spin.

As well as those, I can't wait to read Morrissey's Autobiography and S., a unique format novel from Doug Dorst, in conjunction with JJ Abrams.

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