2013 Reading List

Fiction
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi.
I is for Innocent by Sue Grafton. (accidental reread; I forgot I had read it in 2006)
Face of Evil by Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin.
Sphinx by Robin Cook. (reread, though the last time I read this was over 25 years ago)
Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse by Victor Gischler.
The Black Box by Michael Connelly.
Fragments by Mark Fassett.
Redshirts by John Scalzi.
Dead Reckoning by Clive Egleton.
Zombies Bought the Farm by Mark Fassett.
Origin by J. A. Konrath.
The Witches by Roald Dahl.
“How to Talk to Girls at Parties” by Neil Gaiman.
Day Seven by Jack M. Bickham.
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore.
Rain Storm by Barry Eisler.
Die Trying by Lee Child.
Elric: The Sleeping Sorceress by Michael Moorcock and illustrated by Steve Ellis.
Minders by Mark Fassett.
Killing Rain by Barry Eisler.
The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney, Patrick Arrasmith.
The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson.
Deadpool Vol I: Secret Invasion by Daniel Way.
Death Without Company by Craig Johnson.
The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith.
The Dead of Jericho by Colin Dexter.
The Goliath Stone by Larry Niven and Matthew Joseph Harrington.
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman.
A Great Deliverance by Elizabeth George.
Carniepunk by Rob Thurman.
Mr. Stitch by Chris Braak.
 
Nonfiction
The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly? by Seth Godin.
Guns by Stephen King.
John Carter and the Gods of Hollywood by Michael D. Sellers.
Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else by Geoff Colvin.
Steal This Plot: A Writer’s Guide to Story Structure and Plagiarism by June and William Noble.
Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment by George Leonard.
Antifragile: How to Live in a World We Don’t Understand by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber.
Million Dollar Outlines by David Farland.
The Democracy Project: A History, a Crisis, a Movement by David Graeber.
Ebert’s Bigger Little Movie Glossary: A Greatly Expanded and Much Improved Compendium of Movie Clichés, Stereotypes, Obligatory Scenes, Hackneyed … Shopworn Conventions, and Outdated Archetypes by Roger Ebert.
The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes by Jack M. Bickham. (reread)
Struggle for the Gulf Borderlands: The Creek War and the Battle of New Orleans, 1812-1815 by Frank Lawrence Owsley, Jr.
The Battle of New Orleans: New Orleans as it was in 1814-1815 by Leonard V. Huber.
The Battle of New Orleans: Including the Previous Engagements Between the Americans & the British, the Indians, & the Spanish Which Led to the Final Conflict by Zachary F. Smith.
So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love by Cal Newport.
Writing Novels That Sell by Jack M. Bickham.
You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You’re Deluding Yourself by David McRaney.
Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey.
Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending by Elizabeth Dunn, Michael Norton.
Your Movie Sucks by Roger Ebert.
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon.
Core Java 2, Volume I: Fundamentals.
Choose Yourself by James Altucher.
Effective Java by Joshua Bloch.
The 7 Secrets of the Prolific: The Definitive Guide to Overcoming Procrastination, Perfectionism, and Writer’s Block by Hillary Rettig.
David and Goliath by Malcom Gladwell.
Write Every Day by Cathy Yardley.
The Art of Being Unmistakable: A Collection of Essays About Making a Dent in The Universe by Srinivas Rao.
The Small Army Strategy by Srinivas Rao.
Screenwriting 101 by Film Crit Hulk!
Everything I Know by Paul Jarvis.
 
Biography/Autobiography
Simenon: A Biography by Pierre Assouline.
The Fiction Factory by William Wallace Cook.
Erle Stanley Gardner: The Case of the Real Perry Mason by Dorothy B. Hughes.
Boy by Roald Dahl.
Going Solo by Roald Dahl.
Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her by Melanie Rehak. (re-read)
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin.
Bigger Than Life: The Creator of Doc Savage by Marilyn Cannaday. (reread)
 
71 books total, with slightly more nonfiction than fiction this year. I didn’t bother listing the books I didn’t finish this year.
 
-David
 
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