Books Read 2019


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