Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Dave's 2011 Reading List

"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one."

George R. R. Martin
Once again, it's time for my annual list of all the books I read the previous year. I dont have much to say about them, really, 'cause I suck at book reviews. The linked ones are the best of the bunch, and you should read them, especially the non-fiction ones.

Austin, Jane - Sense And Sensibility
Bauer, Cat - Harley's Ninth
Bayse, Dale E. - Heck, Where The Bad Kids Go
Bear, Greg - Blood Music
Bernstein, William J. - A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped The World  - NF
Cherryh, C. J. - Regenesis
Cook, Claire - Must Love Dogs
DeAngelis, Camille - Petty Magic
Egan, Greg - The Clockwork Rocket
Elliot, Kate - (the 4 Jaran novels)
Flaming, Matthew - The Kingdom of Ohio
Friedman, Machael Jan - Stargazer: Oblivion
Gayle, Mike - Turning Thirty
Gibbons, Stella - Cold Comfort Farm
Gibson, William - Zero History
Gifford, Thomas - The Assassini
Gonzales, Tony - EVE: The Empyrean Age
Gore, Ariel - The Traveling Death And Resurrection Show
Grange, Amanda - Colonel Brandon's Diary
Grange, Amanda - Mr. Darcy's Diary
Gravel, Geary - The Pathfinders
Green, Simon R. - A Hard Day's Night
Green, Simon R. - The Good, The Bad, And The Uncanny
Harris, Charlene - Dead Reckoning
Harris, Charlene - A Touch of Dead
Hodgell, P. C. - (all of the Kencyr books)
Holden, Wendy - The Wives Of Bath
Holt, Tom - Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Sausages
Home, A. M. - Jack
Howard, Jonathan L. - Johannes Caball: Necromancer
Isenberg, Lynn - My Life Uncovered
Jenkins, Emily - Mr. Posterior And The Genius Child
Jenkins, Emyl - Stealing With Style
Keats, Jonathan - The Book Of The Unknown: Tales of the 36
Kibuishi, Kazu - Amulet
Kindrey, Richard - Kill The Dead
Kou Yaginuma - Twin Spica
Kurlansky, Mark - Salt: A World History - NF
Lipman, Elenor - Then She Found Me
Lockhart, E. - The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
Mack, David - Daredevil: Parts of a Hole, vol. 2
Martin, Ann M. - Here Today
Martin, George R. R. - A Dance With Dragons
Marx, Patricia - Starting From Happy
McCaffery, Anne - Dragonriders of Pern (omnibus)
McCaffery, Anne - Dragonsong and Dragonsinger
McDevitt, Jack - Ancient Shores
McDevitt, Jack - Cauldron
McDevitt, Jack - Odyssey
McClarty, Ron - Art In America
Modesitt, L. E. - Timegod's World
Moon, Elizabeth - Trading In Danger
Moore, Christopher - A Dirty Job
Moore, Christopher - The Stupidest Angel
Newark, Elizabeth - The Darcys Give A Ball
O'Malley, Bryan - Lost At Sea
Pedersen, Laura - Last Call
Pierson, C. Allyn - Mr. Darcy's Little Sister
Pratchett, Terry - Snuff
Rardin, Jennifer - Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Reeve, Philip - Fever Crumb
Russo, Richard - Nobody's Fool
Russo, Richard - Straight Man
Shevdon, Mike - The Road To Bedlam
Simonsen, Mary Lydon - The Perfect Bride For Mr. Darcy
Standage, Tom - An Edible History Of Humanity - NF
Stasheff, Christopher - Saint Vidicon To The Rescue
Stross, Charles - Singularity Sky
Townshend, Kathleen Kennedy - Failing America's Faithful - NF
Valente, Catherynne M. - The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Boat Of Her Own Making
Vinge, Vernor - Marooned In Realtime
Wallace, William - Michelangelo: The Artist, The Man, and His Time - NF
Walsh, Marissa - A Field Guide To High School
Watt-Evans, Lawrence - Dragon Weather
Westerfield, Scott - Evolution's Darling
Young-Stone, Michele - The Handbook For Lightning Strike Survivors
Zielen, Lara - Donut Days


Incidentally, apparently 42% of people who graduate from college never read another book. How sad is that?

Previous Lists: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004.

4 comments:

Omnipotent Poobah said...

Dave,
I'm an avid reader, but DAMN, I'm impressed.

daveawayfromhome said...

I dont have cable. That helps.

Pryme said...

I've been going for my MBA for about 3 years now, so my non-textbook reading has sadly declined. I'll pick it back up after I get the degree...

daveawayfromhome said...

I love non-fiction, but I've never been able to burn through it the way I can a good piece of fiction. Assuming I can stay awake, even.

The linked non-fiction books kept me awake, though.