My Reading List For 2014
Last year around this time I posted my reading list, I enjoy reflecting on the books I read, so I figured I’d do it again. I’m not the quickest reader, so I set myself a goal of thirty books. Not only did I hit my goal I surpassed it ending up with thirty-seven. I also took a challenge. In January my editor, Lola Landekic, tweeted:
If you look at my list from last year you’ll see it was pretty bro-heavy and to be honest, an author’s gender isn’t something I’ve paid attention too when selecting a book. But 2014 was the year of reading women, so I took Lola’s challenge and I made an effort. Here at the end it looks like 60% of my reading came from women authors! Not bad.
Since my list is so much longer than last year I’ll avoid reviews, however I will select some of my favorites at the end. Follow me over on Goodreads to see what I thought of others. Links will go to Amazon.
Pallitine Rising (Pallitine’s Path Book #1)
by Roderick Davidson
Something More Than Night
by Ian Tregillis
The Strain (The Strain Trilogy Book #1)
by Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan
Three Parts Dead (Craft Sequence Book #1)
by Max Gladstone
The Man in the High Castle
by Philip K. Dick
The Rithmatist
by Brandon Sanderson
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch #1)
by Ann Leckie
Dust (Silo Saga #3)
by Hugh Howey
Vicious
by V.E. Schwab
The Waking Engine
by David Edison
Sand: Omnibus Edition
by Hugh Howey
Bitter Seeds (Milkweed Book #1)
by Ian Tregillis
Fourth Uncle in the Mountain: A Memoir of a Barefoot Doctor in Vietnam
by Marjorie Pivar & Quang Van Nguyen
Half Bad (The Half Bad Trilogy Book #1)
by Sally Green
Forsworn: A Powder Mage Novella (Powder Mage Trilogy Book #1)
by Brian McClellan
Range of Ghosts (The Eternal Sky Book #1)
by Elizabeth Bear
The Mystery Knight (Current Available in Warriors #1
)by George R.R. Martin
Hounded (Iron Druid Chronicles Book #1)
by Kevin Hearne
A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle Book #1)
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Promise of Blood (Powder Mage Trilogy Book #1)
by Brian McClellan
Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel #1)
by Connie Willis
Under the Never Sky (Under the Never Sky Trilogy Book #1)
by Veronica Rossi
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet Book #1)
by Madeleine L’Engle
Windhaven
by George R.R. Martin & Lisa Tuttle
Jagannath: Stories
by Karin Tidbeck
The Giver (Giver Quartet Book #1)
by Lois Lowry
One Night in Sixes (The Children of the Drought Book #1)
by Arianne “Tex” Thompson
Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century Book #1)
by Cherie Priest
Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate Book #1)
by Gail Carriger
Maplecroft (The Borden Dispatches Book #1)
by Cherie Priest
Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn
The Planet Savers
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Assassin’s Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy, Book #1)
by Robin Hobb
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth’s Children, Book #1)
by Jean M. Auel
The Killing Moon (Dreamblood Book #1)
by N.K. Jemisin
Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone Book #1)
by Laini Taylor
The Witching Elm (Memento Mori Series Book #1)
by C.N. Crawford
Favorite novel of 2014:
A Wizard of Earthsea
by Ursula K. Le Guin
This was a tough one, but in the end Le Guin won out. She’s a marvelous writer and A Wizard of Earthsea really shines throughout. I’d easily compare it with The Lord of the Rings or C. S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia.
Favorite novel runners-up of 2014:
There’s two other books that really stood out to me and since I didn’t read many short stories or graphic novels this year I figured I’d take some space to hit the two runners up to my favorite novel of 2014.
Doomsday Book
by Connie Willis
Time travel + the plague = good reading. Connie Willis’ exploration of a future where historians travel back in time enthralled me from beginning to end. I look forward to reading more in the series.
Maplecroft
by Cherie Priest
If there is anyone who could be considered writing proper new mythos it’s Cherie Priest. I had expect Maplecroft to be another alternate history thing similar to Seth Grahame-Smith’s books. Instead I got an enthralling tale of a Lizzie Borden who is fighting an unseen evil, not unlike the protagonists in a Lovecraft’s work. It was hard for me to put this down.
So there’s my list for 2014! If you’re interested you can check out my list from 2013 as well. How was your year of reading? Did anything stand out? Did you discover a new favorite? What’s on queue for next year? Is there a book you’re really excited to read? Leave a comment and let me know!
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