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# Reading list



Just a list of books I'm reading, have recently read or am planning on reading



I try to link to goodreads.com for each book, and if it is a part of a series I mention that in brackets behind the book name _(Name of Series #BookNumber)_. I'll try to take the time soon to mark the ones I found noteworthy with some kind of emoji.



## Currently reading



#### [Will Save the Galaxy for Food] by Yahtzee Croshaw



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### Upcoming queue



### Queued for consideration (unordered)



Feel free to add suggestions via PR in here.



#### ⏸️ [Sherlock Holmes](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/188572.The_Complete_Sherlock_Holmes) by Arthur Conan Doyle



> Audible released a new version of the [complete collection](https://www.audible.com/pd/Mysteries-Thrillers/Sherlock-Holmes-Audiobook/B06WLMWF2S) narrated by Stephen Fry, with introductions for each story by Stephen Fry. A solid deal for audible members (only 1 credit!).



#### ⏸️ [Lolita](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7604.Lolita) by Vladimir Nabokov



#### [It Can't Happen Here](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11371.It_Can_t_Happen_Here) by Sinclair Lewis



#### [Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29363501-fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them) by J.K. Rowling



#### [Gathering Blue](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12936.Gathering_Blue) _(Giver Quartet #2)_ by Lois Lowry



#### [Metro 2033](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17274667-metro-2033) _(Metro #1)_ by Dmitry Glukhovsky



#### [Ponzi Supernova](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34851487-ponzi-supernova) by Steve Fishman



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I've backdated all my audible listens (since I can easily do so by reviewing my purchases and listens in the Audible app), so these are obviously not ALL books I've ever read, but at least most of the books I've read in the last 3 years. Books are listed in the month they were finished.



Running total: _157_ books



## 2018 - _3_



### February



### January



#### [Never Let Me Go] by Kazuo Ishiguro



#### [Turtles All the Way Down] by John Green



#### [Wonder] by R. J. Palacio



## 2017 – _71_



### December



#### [The Fangs of Freelance] _(Fred, the Vampire Accountant #4)_ by Drew Hayes



#### [The Hate U Give] by Angie Thomas



#### [Don't Touch the Blue Stuff!] _(Where the hell is Tesla? #2)_ by Rob Dircks



### November



#### [The Collapsing Empire](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30078567-the-collapsing-empire) _(The Interdependency #1)_ by John Scalzi



#### [Artemis] by Andy Weir



#### [Aristotle and Dante discover the Secrets of the Universe](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12000020-aristotle-and-dante-discover-the-secrets-of-the-universe) by Benjamin Alire Sáenz



#### [Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs] by Molly Harper



#### [Earth's Gambit](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36010402-earth-s-gambit) _(The Gam3 #2)_ by Cosimo Yap



#### [Machine Learning: New and Collected Stories](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33503613-machine-learning) by Hugh Howey



### October



#### [Paradox Bound](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33825757-paradox-bound) by Peter Clines



#### [Executed](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33871930-executed-2) _(Extracted #2)_ by R. R. Haywood



#### [Extracted](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31578285-extracted) _(Extracted #1)_ by R. R. Haywood



#### [Plague of the Dead](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46723.Plague_of_the_Dead) _(Morningstar Strain #1)_ by Z. A. Recht



#### [The Ocean at the End of the Lane](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15783514-the-ocean-at-the-end-of-the-lane) by Neil Gaiman



#### [Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22522808-trigger-warning) by Neil Gaiman



### September



#### [Fragile Things](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16788.Fragile_Things) by Neil Gaiman



#### [Smoke and Mirrors](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16790.Smoke_and_Mirrors) by Neil Gaiman



#### [Anansi Boys](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2744.Anansi_Boys) _(American Gods #2)_ by Neil Gaiman



#### [The Graveyard Book](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2213661.The_Graveyard_Book) by Neil Gaiman



#### [Stardust](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16793.Stardust) by Neil Gaiman



#### [Coraline](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17061.Coraline) by Neil Gaiman



#### [How the marquis got his coat back](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26699591-how-the-marquis-got-his-coat-back) by Neil Gaiman



#### [Neverwhere](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14497.Neverwhere) by Neil Gaiman



### August



#### [Good Omens](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23347067-good-omens) by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett



#### [American Gods](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30165203-american-gods) _(American Gods #1)_ by Neil Gaiman



#### [Earthborn](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210482.Earthborn) _(Homecoming #5)_ by Orson Scott Card



#### [Earthfall](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31354.Earthfall) _(Homecoming #4)_ by Orson Scott Card



#### [The Ships of Earth](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24441.The_Ships_of_Earth) _(Homecoming #3)_ by Orson Scott Card



#### [Animal Farm](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7613.Animal_Farm) by George Orwell



### July



#### [Showing Off](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30254933-showing-off) _(Upside-Down Magic #3)_ by Sarah Mlynowski



#### [Sticks & Stones](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26892060-sticks-stones) _(Upside-Down Magic #2)_ by Sarah Mlynowski



#### [Upside-Down Magic](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24998996-upside-down-magic) _(Upside-Down Magic #1)_ by Sarah Mlynowski



#### [Dead Men Can't Complan and Other Stories](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35222799-dead-men-can-t-complain) by Peter Clines



#### [Run Program](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33291575-run-program) by Scott Meyer



#### [Goliath](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9918083-goliath) _(Leviathan #3)_ by Scott Westerfeld



#### [Behemoth](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7826116-behemoth) _(Leviathan #2)_ by Scott Westerfeld



### June



#### [Leviathan](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6050678-leviathan) _(Leviathan #1)_ by Scott Westerfeld



#### [The Secrets of Happy Families](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15818077-the-secrets-of-happy-families) by Bruce Feiler



> Surprisingly insightful, definitely recommend. Definitely not a "do this 5 things to have a happy family", instead there are loads of ideas and different ways to tackle the various issues of family life.



#### [The Nowhere Man](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29939343-the-nowhere-man) _(Orphan X/Evan Smoak #3)_ by Gregg Hurwitz



#### [Buy a Bullet](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32076616-buy-a-bullet) _(Orphan X/Evan Smoak #2)_ by Gregg Hurwitz



#### [Orphan X](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25663888-orphan-x) _(Orphan X/Evan Smoak #1)_ by Gregg Hurwitz



#### [Fahrenheit 451](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4381.Fahrenheit_451) by Ray Bradbury



### May



#### [Career of Evil](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25735012-career-of-evil) _(Cormoran Strike #3)_ by Robert Galbraith (pseudonym for J.K. Rowling)



#### [The Silkworm](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18214414-the-silkworm) _(Cormoran Strike #2)_ by Robert Galbraith (pseudonym for J.K. Rowling)



#### [Fight and Flight](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33395946-fight-and-flight) _(Magic 2.0 #4)_ by Scott Meyer



#### [The Cuckoo's Calling](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16160797-the-cuckoo-s-calling) _(Cormoran Strike #1)_ by Robert Galbraith (pseudonym for J.K. Rowling)



### April



#### [Thirteen Reasons Why](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29844228-thirteen-reasons-why) by Jay Asher



> Was inspired to read it after watching the Netflix series. Very different from the series, which is reasonable for a book vs 13 episodes. Hearing Hanna's side read was a very different experience from watching it though.



#### [The Handmaid's Tale](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale) by Margaret Atwood



> Cannot recommend this book enough, especially in the current political climate.



#### [For We Are Many](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33395557-for-we-are-many) _(Bobiverse #2)_ by Dennis E. Taylor



#### [Every Day](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13262783-every-day) by David Levithan



#### [The Giver](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3636.The_Giver) _(Giver Quartet #1)_ by Lois Lowry



### March



#### [Morning Star](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18966806-morning-star) _(Red Rising #3)_ by Pierce Brown



#### [Golden Son](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18966819-golden-son) _(Red Rising #2)_ by Pierce Brown



#### [Red Rising](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15839976-red-rising) _(Red Rising #1)_ by Pierce Brown



#### [Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41899.Fantastic_Beasts_and_Where_to_Find_Them) by Newt Scamander (well, J.K. Rowling)



> Must read for all Potterheads.



#### [The 5th Wave](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16101128-the-5th-wave) _(The 5th Wave #1)_ by Rick Yancey



#### [The Call of Earth](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7971.The_Call_of_Earth) _(Homecoming #2)_ by Orson Scott Card



#### [The Memory of Earth](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/92956.The_Memory_of_Earth) _(Homecoming #1)_ by Orson Scott Card



### February



#### An Unattractive Vampire by Jim McDoniel



#### Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari



#### [Opening Moves](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29618814-opening-moves) _(The Gam3 #1)_ by Cosimo Yap



#### [Where the Hell is Tesla?] _(Where the Hell is Tesla? #1)_ by Rob Dircks



#### The Wrong Unit: A Novel by Rob Dircks



#### Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi by John Scalzi



### January



#### Corpies _(Super Powereds Spinoff #1)_ by Drew Hayes



#### Year 3 _(Super Powereds #3)_ by Drew Hayes



#### Year 2 _(Super Powereds #2)_ by Drew Hayes



#### Year 1 _(Super Powereds #1)_ by Drew Hayes



#### Bloody Acquisitions _(Fred, the Vampire Accountant #3)_ by Drew Hayes



#### Undeath and Taxes _(Fred, the Vampire Accountant #2)_ by Drew Hayes



#### The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant _(Fred, the Vampire Accountant #1)_ by Drew Hayes



## 2016 – _42_



### December



#### Victory _(Legacy Fleet #3)_ by Nick Webb



> Yeah well… Guess I just had to finish it, didn't I 🙄



#### Warrior _(Legacy Fleet #2)_ by Nick Webb



> I honestly don't know why I kept going, most of this is literally explaining maneuvers and other not so exciting things.



#### Constitution _(Legacy Fleet #1)_ by Nick Webb



> Meh… If you like war, and space, and the idea of mixing the two, it's probably an interesting series.



#### Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi



#### [Rip-Off!](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17156415-rip-off)\* by Several authors



> 13 writers of speculative fiction pick a favorite opening line from a classic piece of literature, then use it as the first sentence of an entirely original short story. Some definitely better than others, but worth a listen.



#### The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul _(Dirk Gently)_ by Douglas Adams



#### Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams



#### We Are Legion _(Bobiverse #1)_ by Dennis E. Taylor



#### The God Engines by John Scalzi



#### Night Terrors: New Stories of the Vampire Wars _(V Wars #3)_ by John Maberry and several authors



#### Blood and Fire: New Stories of the Vampire Wars _(V Wars #2)_ by John Maberry and several authors



#### A Chronicle of the Vampire Wars _(V Wars #1)_ by John Maberry and several authors



### November



#### The End of All Things _(Old Man's War #6)_ by John Scalzi



#### The Human Division _(Old Man's War #5)_ by John Scalzi



#### Zoe's Tale _(Old Man's War #4)_ by John Scalzi



#### The Last Colony _(Old Man's War #3)_ by John Scalzi



#### The Ghost Brigades _(Old Man's War #2)_ by John Scalzi



### October



#### Old Man's War _(Old Man's War #1)_ by John Scalzi



#### The Dispatcher by John Scalzi



### September



#### Freakonomics: Revised Edition by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt



#### The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe _(Chronicles of Narnia #1)_ by C.S. Lewis



> I used to read all the Chronicles of Narnia as a kid, and loved them. Just had to try them out again, with a new adult perspective.



#### Dust _(Silo Saga #3)_ by Hugh Howey



### August



#### The Fire Sermon _(The Fire Sermon #1)_ by Francesca Haig



> This one was a bit … weird. Will probably not read the rest of the series.



#### You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost): A Memoir by Felicia Day



#### Shift _(Silo Saga #2)_ by Hugh Howey



#### Wool _(Silo Saga #1)_ by Hugh Howey



> [@berglind](https://github.com/berglind) got me hooked on this series. Can definitely recommend for dystopian future fans.



### July



#### Armada: A Novel by Ernest Cline



#### Speaker for the Dead _(Ender's Game #2)_ by Orson Scott Card



#### Ender's Game _(Ender's Game #1)_ by Orson Scott Card



#### Disgraced: A Play by Ayad Akhtar



> Decided to check this one out since my brother in law's acting group will be performing it soon and I'm handling some graphic design and website development for them. Can definitely recommend, touches on topics like islamophobia, traditions etc.



### June



#### Counterstrike _(Black Fleet Trilogy #3)_ by Joshua Dalzelle



#### Call to Arms _(Black Fleet Trilogy #2)_ by Joshua Dalzelle



#### Warship _(Black Fleet Trilogy #1)_ by Joshua Dalzelle



### May



#### Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts by Susan Cain, Gregory Mone and Erica Moroz



### April



#### Design is a Job by Mike Monteiro



### February



#### 1984 by George Orwell



#### Fear the Future _(The Fear Saga #3)_ by Stephen Moss



### January



#### Fear the Survivors _(The Fear Saga #2)_ by Stephen Moss



#### The Fold by Peter Clines



#### The Authorities by Scott Meyer



#### Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi



#### The Android's Dream by John Scalzi



## 2015 – _31_



### December



> Decided to do yet another re-read of Harry Potter, been a while since the last one and felt like reminiscing. Also, first time via Audible.



#### Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows _(Harry Potter #7)_ by J.K. Rowling



#### Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince _(Harry Potter #6)_ by J.K. Rowling



#### Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix _(Harry Potter #5)_ by J.K. Rowling



#### Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire _(Harry Potter #4)_ by J.K. Rowling



#### Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban _(Harry Potter #3)_ by J.K. Rowling



#### Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets _(Harry Potter #2)_ by J.K. Rowling



#### Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone _(Harry Potter #1)_ by J.K. Rowling



#### Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi



### October



#### Ready Player One by Ernest Cline



#### Lock In by John Scalzi



#### Master of Formalities by Scott Meyer



### September



#### The Magician's Land _(The Magicians #3)_ by Lev Grossman



#### The Magician King _(The Magicians #2)_ by Lev Grossman



#### The Magicians _(The Magicians #1)_ by Lev Grossman



### August



#### An Unwelcome Quest _(Magic 2.0 #3)_ by Scott Meyer



#### Spell or High Water _(Magic 2.0 #2)_ by Scott Meyer



#### Off to Be the Wizard _(Magic 2.0 #1)_ by Scott Meyer



### July



#### Dexter by Design _(Dexter #4)_ by Jeff Lindsay



#### Dexter in the Dark _(Dexter #3)_ by Jeff Lindsay



#### Dearly Devoted Dexter _(Dexter #2)_ by Jeff Lindsay



### June



#### Darkly Dreaming Dexter _(Dexter #1)_ by Jeff Lindsay



#### 14 by Peter Clines



#### Fear the Sky _(The Fear Saga #1)_ by Stephen Moss



#### Brave New World by Aldous Huxley



### ~~May~~



### April



#### What if?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randal Munroe



### February



#### And Another Thing… _(The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #6)_ by Eoin Colfer



#### Mostly Harmless _(The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #5)_ by Douglas Adams



#### So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish _(The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #4)_ by Douglas Adams



### January



#### Life, the Universe, and Everything _(The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #3)_ by Douglas Adams



#### The Restaurant at the End of the Universe _(The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #2)_ by Douglas Adams



#### The Martian by Andy Weirr



## 2014 – _10_



### December



#### The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy _(The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1)_ by Douglas Adams



### November



#### The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective Dawdling, Lollygagging, and Postponing, or, Getting Things Done by Putting Them Off by John Perry



### ~~October~~



### September



#### Quiet by Susan Cain



> A must read for, well, everyone. Sometimes wish I could just shove this in people's faces when they start going about introverts.



#### Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein



#### The Fault in Our Stars by John Green



### August



#### Allegiant _(Divergent #3)_ by Veronica Roth



#### Insurgent _(Divergent #2)_ by Veronica Roth



#### Divergent _(Divergent #1)_ by Veronica Roth



### July



#### Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen



### June



#### How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life by Scott Adams