My favorite book this year is either Voyager in Night by C.J. Cherryh, or Teckla by Steven Brust. The former is about an interaction with a computer consciousness as it’s falling apart, the latter is about a socialist uprising in a fantasy world, in the context of negotiating differences in romantic relationships. Both are wonderful.
The Rewind Files – Claire Willet
The Business of Broadway: An Insider’s Guide to Working, Producing, and Investing in the World’s Greatest Theatre Community – Mitch Weiss & Perri Gaffney
Beneath the Keep: Fifth Edition Fantasy #14 – Chris Doyle
XCrawl: New Year’s Evil: Dungeon Crawl Classics – Brendan Lasalle
Rosewater – Tade Thompson
The Fermi Paradox is Our Business Model – Charlie Jane Anders
Invisible Cities – Italo Calvino
The Healthy Brain – Aileen Burford-Mason
Port Eternity – C.J. Cherryh
Voyager in Night – C.J. Cherryh
Use of Weapons – Iain M. Banks
Gate of Ivrel – C. J. Cherryh
Mongols, Huns and Vikings: Nomads at War – Hugh Kennedy
Why Do Birds – Damon Knight
Stanislavski: An Introduction – Jean Benedetti
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success – Carol S. Dweck
Lord of Thunder – Andre Norton
Cracking the Coding Interview; 6th Edition – Gayle Laakmann McDowell
The Silmarillion – J.R.R. Tolkien
Wave Without A Shore – C. J. Cherryh
The Midas Flesh Volume 1 – Ryan North
The Einstein Intersection – Samuel R. Delany
The Hug – Lesley Simpson
The 48 Laws of Power – Robert Greene
Fall; or, Dodge in Hell – Neal Stephenson
The Name of the Wind – Patrick Rothfuss
The State of the Art – Iain M. Banks
Jhereg – Steven Brust
Yendi – Steven Brust
Teckla – Steven Brust
The Westing Game – Ellen Raskin
Blindsight – Peter Watts (re-read)
Long Distance Relationships: The Complete Guide – Dr. Gregory T. Guldner
Eastern Standard Tribe – Cory Doctorow
Alien 3: The Unproduced Screenplay – William Gibson, Johnnie Christmas, Tamra Bonvillain
Trail of Cthulhu – Kenneth Hite
The Snow Queen – Joan D. Vinge
The Laundry Files Volume 1: The Atrocity Archives – Charlie Stross
Die Volume 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker – Gillen, Hans, Cowles
Odyssey – Keith Laumer
The Artist’s Way – Julia Cameron
Binti – Nnedi Okorafor