Book List 2019

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Books I've Read (with date finished)
1. The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle, 188pp (started in 2018)(Jan 3).
2. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah, 285pp (Jan 4).
3.Enemy Mine by Barry B. Longyear, 77pp (Jan 6).
4.Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris, 291pp (Jan 10).
5. Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, 466pp, (Jan 30).
6. How To Talk So Little Kids will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7 by Joanna Faber and Julie King, 385pp, (Jan 30).
7.Forever Man by A.J.DeWall, 312pp, (Jan 31).
8. The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov, 294pp, (Feb 9). [Hugo book]
9. Artificial Condition by Martha Wells [Murderbot Diaries 2], 160pp, (Feb 12).
10.С Неба Упали Три Яблока [Three Apples Fell from the Sky] by Narine Abgaryan, [in Russian], c.200pp, (Feb 20).
11. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin, 105pp, (Feb 22).
12.Ethan of Athos by Lois McMaster Bujold [Vorkosigan Saga], 196pp, (Feb 27).
13.Becoming by Michelle Obama, 421pp, (Mar 12).
14. Seeing Voices by Oliver Sacks, 131pp+notes, (Mar 14).
15. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, [In Russian], 77pp, (Mar 15).
16.Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells [Murderbot Diaries 3], 160pp, (Mar 19).
17. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling, 272pp, (Mar 21).
18. The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene, c.240pp, (Mar 29).
19.The Forever War by Joe Haldeman, 278pp, (Apr 5).[Hugo book]
20. Exit Strategy by Martha Wells [Murderbot Diaries 4], 176pp, (Apr 10).
21. The Last Wish by Andrej Sapkowski [Witcher], 280pp, (Apr 19).
22. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, 332pp, (Apr 29).
23. 12 Rules for Life: an antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson, 368pp, (Apr 30).
24.Сто Лет Тому Вперёд [One Hundred Years Ahead] by Kyr Bulychev [in Russian], 409pp, (Apr 30). (Reread)
25. Information Doesn't Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age by Cory Doctorow, 192pp, (May 8).
26. Ржавый Фельдмаршал [The Rusty Field Marshal] by Kyr Bulychev [in Russian], 111pp, (May 11).(Reread).
27. No Time to Spare: thinking about what matters by Ursula K. Le Guin, 215pp, (May 16).
28. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, 198pp, (May 21).
29. Зулейха открывает глаза [Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes] by Guzel Yakhina [in Russian], 611pp, (May 25).
30. Time Machine by H.G. Wells, 99pp, (May 30).
31. Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli, 340pp, (June 3).
32.The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal, 421pp, (June 14). [Hugo book]
33.Too Much is Not Enough: a memoir of fumbling toward adulthood by Andrew Rannells, 246pp, (June 18).
34.Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, 367pp, (June 25) (reread)
35. Landline by Rainbow Rowell, 320pp, (June 28).
36.Brothers in Arms by Lois McMaster Bujold [Vorkosigan Saga], 288pp (July 12).
37.Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovich [Rivers of London 2], 288pp (July 23).
38.Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre, 316pp (Aug 6). [Hugo book]
39.Kindred by Octavia E. Butler, 295pp (Aug 14).
40.Случайные Жизни [Accidental Lives] by Oleg Radzinsky [in Russian], 514pp (Aug 27).
41.Circe by Madeline Miller, 333pp (Sept 2).
42. Provenance by Ann Leckie, 437pp (Sept 12).
43. The Iliad by Homer, translated by W.H.D. Rouse, 297pp (Sept 30) (Reread)
44.The Length of a String by Elissa Brent Weissman, 375pp (Oct 2).
45.Talking to Strangers: What we should know about the people we don't know by Malcolm Gladwell, 346pp (Oct 7).
46. The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, 415pp (Oct 13).
47.Invisible Women: Data bias in a world designed for men by Caroline Criado Perez, 318pp (Oct 18).
48.The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates, 403pp (Oct 31).
49.Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold [Vorkosigan Saga], 325pp (Nov 16).[Hugo book]
50.Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction by Alec Nevala-Lee, 408pp (Nov 24).
51.Feminists Don't Wear Pink and other lies: amazing women on what the f-word means to them ed. by Scarlett Curtis, 363pp (Nov 25).
52.The Other Side of the Coin: the Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe by Angela Kelly, 304pp (Nov 28).
53.Киборг и его лесник [Cyborg and His Forester] by Olga Gromyko [in Russian], 681pp (Dec 15).
54.Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce, 249pp (Dec 19).
55.The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon, 344pp (Dec 23).
56. Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo, 464pp (Dec 30).


Books I Aim to Read

1. 3 books by Bujold - Ethan of Athos, Brothers in Arms, and Mirror Dance
2. 5 books that won a Hugo for Best Novel
a. The Gods Themselves. b. The Forever War. c. Dreamsnake d. Calculating Stars e. Mirror Dance
3. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
4. Abgaryan book
5. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
6. a book by Rainbow Rowell
7. a novel by Graham Greene
8. a book by Oliver Sacks
9. Roman historical novel that Tjamke gave me
10. The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
11. Don Quixote
12. Kindred by Octavia Butler
13. Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
14. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
15. Time Machine by H.G. Wells
15. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (800 out of 1200 pages complete in 2013; 100 more in 2016)
17. Edward III by W. Mark Ormrod (100 out of 600 pages complete in 2016)
18. The Dark Design (3rd Riverboat book) by Philip Jose Farmer
19. Metamorphoses by Ovid
20. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol 1: 1929-1964 ed. by Robert Silverberg (started in 2014)
21. Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
22. The Last Wish by Andrej Sapkowski