A listing of the books I read this year. The date shown is the date I finished reading the book. Links contain my affiliate code - support this site by buying a book or three.
These books are hors catégorie, beyond categorization.
date | title | author | format | length | genre | new/reread | rating | |
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10/19/2014 | The Martian | Andy Weir | Hardback | 387 pages | Science Fiction | new | ★★★★★★ | |
5/3/2015 | Born to Win: A Life-long Struggle to Capture the America's Cup | John Bertrand | Hardback | 385 pages | Non-fiction | reread | ★★★★★★ | |
2016 books |
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1. | 1/10/2016 | Make Me: A Jack Reacher Novel | Lee Child | Hardback | 402 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★★☆ |
2. | 1/13/2016 | The Precipice: A Novel (Mike Bowditch Mysteries) | Paul Doiron | Hardback | 320 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★★☆ |
3. | 1/23/2016 | Docker: Up & Running | Karl Matthias and Sean P. Kane | Paperback | 224 pages | Textbook | new | ★★★☆☆ |
4. | 2/05/2016 | The Twelve: A Novel: The Passage Trilogy, Book 2 | Justin Cronin | Audiobook | 26h 26m | Suspense | new | ★★★★★ |
5. | 2/28/2016 | Jurassic Park: A Novel | Michael Crichton | Audiobook | 15h 9m | Thriller | new | ★★★★☆ |
6. | 3/07/2016 | A Walk in the Woods (Movie Tie-in): Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail | Bill Bryson | Paperback | 276 pages | Non-fiction | new | ★★★★★ |
7. | 3/09/2016 | Orphan X (Evan Smoak) | Gregg Hurwitz | Hardback | 368 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★★★ |
8. | 3/12/2016 | Leviathan Wakes | James S. A. Corey | Paperback | 592 pages | Science Fiction | new | ★★★★★ |
9. | 3/18/2016 | Old Man's War | John Scalzi | Paperback | 320 pages | Science Fiction | new | ★★★★★ |
10. | 3/21/2016 | Moby Dick | Herman Melville | Audiobook | 24h 48m | Fiction | new | ★★☆☆☆ |
11. | 3/27/2016 | The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War) | John Scalzi | Paperback | 384 pages | Science Fiction | new | ★★★★☆ |
12. | 4/02/2016 | Redshirts | John Scalzi | Hardback | 320 pages | Science Fiction | new | ★★★★☆ |
13. | 4/03/2016 | The Girl With All the Gifts | M. R. Carey | Paperback | 448 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★★★ |
14. | 4/10/2016 | The Promise | Robert Crais | Hardback | 416 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★★★ |
15. | 4/16/2016 | The Crossing | Michael Connelly | Hardback | 400 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★★★ |
16. | 4/22/2016 | The Survivor | Greg Hurwitz | Audiobook | 13h 4m | Fiction | new | ★★★☆☆ |
17. | 4/24/2016 | Giri | Marc Olden | Paperback | 327 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★★☆ |
18. | 4/30/2016 | Hunting Season | P. T. Deutermann | Paperback | 528 pages | Fiction | reread | ★★★★☆ |
19. | 5/02/2016 | Red Sparrow | Jason Matthews | Hardback | 448 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★★★ |
20. | 5/15/2016 | Palace of Treason | Jason Matthews | Hardback | 480 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★★★ |
21. | 5/16/2016 | Sweepers | P. T. Deutermann | eBook | 464 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★★☆ |
22. | 5/20/2016 | The Peripheral | William Gibson | Audiobook | 14h 5m | Science Fiction | new | ★★★★★ |
23. | 5/20/2016 | Beyond the Ice Limit | Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child | Hardback | 384 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★☆☆ |
24. | 5/22/2016 | Impulse | Michael Weaver | Hardback | 449 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★☆☆ |
25. | 5/29/2016 | The Cannibal Queen | Stephen Coonts | Hardback | 352 pages | Non-fiction | reread | ★★★★☆ |
26. | 6/02/2016 | Zero Option | P. T. Deutermann | Paperback | 421 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★★☆ |
27. | 6/04/2016 | Abomination | Gary Whitta | eBook | 352 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★★★ |
28. | 6/04/2016 | Spandau Phoenix | Greg Iles | Paperback | 695 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★★☆ |
29. | 6/06/2016 | Dragonfish | Vu Tran | Audiobook | 9h 7m | Fiction | new | ★★★☆☆ |
30. | 6/11/2016 | Hit Man | Lawrence Block | eBook | 352 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★★☆ |
31. | 6/20/2016 | City of Mirrors | Justin Cronin | Kindle | 625 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★★★ |
32. | 6/21/2016 | In the Heart of the Sea | Nathaniel Philbrick | Audiobook | 5h 37m | Non-fiction | new | ★★★★★ |
33. | 6/25/2016 | Finder | Greg Rucka | Paperback | 320 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★☆☆ |
34. | 6/25/2016 | Extreme Prey | John Sandford | Hardback | 416 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★★★ |
35. | 6/26/2016 | The Killing Floor | Lee Child | Hardback | 359 pages | Fiction | reread | ★★★★☆ |
36. | 6/27/2016 | Die Trying | Lee Child | Paperback | 567 pages | Fiction | reread | ★★★★☆ |
37. | 6/28/2016 | Tripwire | Lee Child | Paperback | 416 pages | Fiction | reread | ★★★★☆ |
38. | 7/1/2016 | Echo Burning | Lee Child | Paperback | 592 pages | Fiction | reread | ★★★★☆ |
39. | 7/2/2016 | Without Fail | Lee Child | Paperback | 416 pages | Fiction | reread | ★★★★☆ |
40. | 7/8/2016 | Persuader | Lee Child | Paperback | 496 pages | Fiction | reread | ★★★☆☆ |
41. | 7/15/2016 | Consider Phlebas | Iain M. Banks | Audiobook | 16h 26m | Science Fiction | new | ★★★★☆ |
42. | 7/25/2016 | The Enemy | Lee Child | Paperback | 496 pages | Fiction | reread | ★★★★☆ |
43. | 8/3/2016 | Up Country | Nelson DeMille | Paperback | 880 pages | Fiction | reread | ★★★★★ |
44. | 8/4/2016 | Ready Player One | Ernest Cline | Audiobook | 15h 46m | Science Fiction | reread | ★★★★★ |
45. | 8/7/2016 | The Fireman | Joe Hill | Hardback | 768 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★★★ |
46. | 8/10/2016 | The Winter King | Bernard Cornwell | Audiobook | 19h 55m | Fiction | reread | ★★★★★ |
47. | 8/21/2016 | Seveneves | Neal Stephenson | Hardback | 861 pages | Science Fiction | reread | ★★★★★ |
48. | 8/25/2016 | Enemy of God | Bernard Cornwell | Audiobook | 18h 11m | Fiction | new | ★★★★★ |
49. | 8/28/2016 | The Black Widow | Daniel Silva | Hardback | 544 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★★★ |
50. | 8/29/2016 | Camber of Culdi | Katherine Kurtz | Paperback | 314 pages | Fantasy | new | ★★★★☆ |
51. | 9/06/2016 | Excalibur | Bernard Cornwell | Audiobook | 18h 50m | Fiction | new | ★★★★★ |
52. | 9/07/2016 | Caliban's War | James S. A. Corey | Paperback | 624 pages | Science Fiction | new | ★★★★★ |
53. | 9/26/2016 | Abaddon's Gate | James S. A. Corey | Paperback | 576 pages | Science Fiction | new | ★★★★★ |
54. | 9/27/2016 | Eragon | Christopher Paolini | Audiobook | 16h 21m | Fantasy | new | ★★★☆☆ |
55. | 9/28/2016 | Sackett | Louis L'Amour | Paperback | 151 pages | Western | new | ★★★★☆ |
56. | 10/02/2016 | Company Town | Madeline Ashby | Hardback | 288 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★☆☆ |
57. | 10/05/2016 | The Dispatcher | John Scalzi | Audiobook | 2h 19m | Fiction | new | ★★★★★ |
58. | 10/09/2016 | Chancy | Louis L'Amour | Paperback | 165 pages | Western | reread | ★★★★☆ |
59. | 10/12/2016 | 5 Unsung Tools of DevOps | Jonathan Thurman | eBooks | 21 pages | Technical | new | ★★★☆☆ |
60. | 11/02/2016 | Eldest | Christopher Paolini | Audiobook | 23h 35m | Fantasy | new | ★★★☆☆ |
61. | 11/06/2016 | Skinny Dip | Carl Hiaasen | Hardback | 480 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★☆☆ |
62. | 11/18/2016 | Razor girl | Carl Hiaasen | Hardback | 352 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★★☆ |
63. | 11/25/2016 | Escape Clause | John Sandford | Hardback | 400 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★★☆ |
64. | 11/26/2016 | Skin Tight | Carl Hiaasen | Paperback | 416 pages | Fiction | reread | ★★★★☆ |
65. | 11/27/2016 | Night School | Lee Child | Hardback | 384 pages | Fiction | new | ★★★★☆ |
66. | 12/07/2016 | Brisngr | Christopher Paolini | Audiobook | 29h 39m | Fantasy | new | ★★★☆☆ |
67. | 12/14/2016 | Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time | Dava Sobel | Paperback | 208 pages | Non-fiction | new | ★★★★☆ |
68. | 12/25/2016 | Dove | Robin Less Graham | Paperback | 199 pages | Non-fiction | new | ★★★★☆ |
69. | 12/26/2016 | Beacon 23 | Hugh Howey | Paperback | 247 pages | Science Fiction | new | ★★★★★ |
70. | 12/28/2016 | The Name of the Wind | Patrick Rothfuss | Paperback | 672 pages | Fantasy | new | ★★★★★ |