Books I read in 2021

 Here's to a better year reading!

1. The Stormlight Archive Book 4: Rhythm of War - By Brandon Sanderson (1,232 pages) (12/15-1/25) (Audible)
2. Legends of the First Empire Book 5: Age of Death - by Michael Sullivan (420 pages) (1/25-2/5) (Audible)
3. Legends of  the First Empire Book 6: Age of Empyre - by Michael Sullivan (395 pages) (2/6-2/20) (Audible)
4. Dawnshard - by Brandon Sanderson (208 pages) (2/21-3/24) (Nook)
5. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - by Christopher Paolini (841 pages) (3/1-4/2) (Nook)
6. Alien Shore book 2: This Virtual Night - By C.S. Friedman (395 pages) (4/3-4/15) (Nook)
7. The Expanse book 7: Persepolis Rising - By James S. A. Corey (549 pages) (4/16-5/26) (Nook)
8. The Expanse book 8: Tiamat's Wrath - By James S. A. Corey (515 Pages) (5/27-6/24) (Nook)
9. The Interdependency book 1: The Collapsing Empire - by John Scalzi (232 pages) (6/25-8/5) (Nook)
10. The Dichotomy of Leadership - by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin (300 pages) (8/5-12/31/23)
11. The Way of Kings Prime - by Brandon Sanderson (803 pages) (8/13-10/1) (audio book)
12. Nolyn: The Rise and the Fall book 1 - by Michael Sullivan (480 pages) (10/5-10/28) (Audible)
13. Mordant's Need book 1: The Mirror of Her Dreams - By Stephan Donaldson (654 Pages) (11/8-12/11) (Audible) 
14. Mordant's Need Book 2: A Man Rides Through - By Stephen Donaldson  (672 Pages) (12/12-1/1) (Audible)
    

7,696 pages

Books I read in 2020

2020 Was a rough year for me mentally, and I took a break from reading. Definitely my lowest page and book count since I started keeping track, and probably my lowest since I started reading back in 1994.

1. Skyward book 2: Starsight - by Brandon Sanderson (461 pages) (1/1-3/15)
2. The Wheel of Time book 14: A Memory of Light - by Brandon Sanderson and Robert Jordan (909 pages) (1/8-2/4) (Audible)
3. The Original - by Brandon Sanderson & Mary Robinette Kowal (150 pages) (9-14-9/16) (Audio Book)

1,520 Pages

 

Books I Read in 2019

1. The Wheel of Time book 2: The Great Hunt - by Robert Jordan (705 pages) (12/14-1/14) (Audible)
2. The Fountainhead - by Ann Rand (736 pages - quit at 128) (DNF)
3. The Wheel of Time book 3: The Dragon Reborn - by Robert Jordan (596 pages) (1/15-2/25) (Audible)
4. The Coldfire Trilogy book 1: Black sun Rising - by C. S. Friedman (496 pages) (1/24-3/13) (Nook)
5. The Wheel of Time Book 4: The Shadow Rising - by Robert Jordan (1007Pages) (2/25-4/11) (Audible)
6. Midnight in Chernobyl - by Adam Higginbotham (538 pages) (3/14-4/21)
7. The Wheel of Time book 5: The Fires of Heaven - by Robert Jordan (704 pages) (3/11-5/12) (Audible)
8. Legends of the First Empire book 4: Age of Legend - by Michael Sullivan (382 pages) (4/22-5/31) (Nook)
9. The Wheel of Time book 6: The Lord of Chaos - by Robert Jordan (1011 pages) (3/12-6/8) (Audible)
10. Zero Bomb - by M.T. Hill (303 pages) (5/31-7/14) DNF - abandoned at page 59.
11. The Wheel of Time book 7: A Crown of Swords - by Robert Jordan (684 pages) (6/9-) (Audible)
12. The Agony House - by Cherie Priest (256 pages) (6/22-6/28)
13. The Wheel of Time book 8: The Path of Daggers - by Robert Jordan (604 pages) (7/3-8/20) (Audible)
14. Mystic - by Jason Denzel (319 pages) (7/14-7/18)
15. The Expanse book 6: Babylons Ashes - By James S. A. Corey (568 pages) (7/18-8/10)
16. The Toll - by Cherie Priest (336 pages) (8/11-8/15)
17. A Brightness Long Ago - by Guy Gavriel Kay (422 pages) (8/15-12/31)
18. The Wheel of Time book 9: Winters Heart - by Robert Jordan (780 pages) (8/20-9/15) (Audible)
19. The Wheel of Time Book 10: Crossroads of Twilight - by Robert Jordan (704 Pages) (9/16-10/17) (Audible)
20. The Wheel of Time Book 11: Knife of Dreams - by Robert Jordan (860 pages) (10/17-11/22) (Audible)
21. The Wheel of Time book 12: The Gathering Storm - by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (783 pages) (11/22-12/13) (Audible)
22. The Wheel of Time book 13: The Towers of Midnight - by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (863 pages) (12/14-1/7) (Audible)
    

12,309 pages

 

10 Year Reading Update

Over the last 10 years I have read 450 books, totaling 150,086 pages. Around 100 were ebooks, 5 were audio books, and 15 were graphic novels. I also read several Japanese Manga books that I didn't track for some reason.

In no particular order some of my favorites were:

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Boneshaker by Cherie Priest

The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan

The Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson

Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis

The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

The Worlds Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne

Legends of the First Empire series by Michael Sullivan

The Kings Justice by Stephen Donaldson

and Radium Girls by Kate Moore.

9 of these books were partial reads, the worst of which were: For Whom the Bell Tolls by Hemingway - I gave up at 250 pages, and War and Peace by Tolstoy - I gave up at 300 pages.

I know I am supposed to like both of these books, but they are awful. But still not as bad as Silas Marner.

So, Happy New Year to everyone! My resolution is to read 600 more books by 2029!

 

Books I Read in 2018

1. Chernobyl: 01:23:40 - by Andrew Leatherbarrow (247 pages) (01/11-1/13)
2. Conan book 1: Conan the Invincible - by Robert Jordan (288 pages) (01/13-1/16)
3. Artemis - by Andy Weir (305 pages) (1/16-1/18)
4. Never Have Your Dog Stuffed - by Alan Alda (219 pages) (1/18-1/20) (Nook)
5. Conan book 2: Conan the Defender - by Robert Jordan (288 pages) (1/20-1/24)
6. Arson book 1: Arson - by Estevan Vega (279 pages) (1/25-1/30)
7. A Dogs Tale - by Mark Twain (52 pages) (1/29)
8. 2001: A Space Odyssey - by Arthur C. Clarke (221 pages) (1/30-2/2)
9. The Outsiders - by S. E. Hinton (180 pages) (2/3-2/6)
10. The Expanse book 2: Caliban’s War - by James S. A. Corey (595 pages) (2/6-2/22)
11. Rama book 1: A Rendezvous With Rama - by Arthur C. Clark (214 pages) (2/22-2/28)
12. Rama 2 - by Arthur C Clarke and Gentry Lee (420 pages) (DNF page 136) (2/28-3/5)
13. Dolphin Island - by Arthur C Clarke (143 pages) (3/5-3/8)
14. Postcards From the Edge - by Carrie Fisher (183 pages) (3/8-3/15)
15. Podkayne of Mars - by Robert Heinlein (282 pages) (3/15-3/26)
16. Norse Mythology - by Neil Gaiman (299 pages) (3/26-3/30)
17. Unqualified - by Anna Faris (306 pages) (3/30-4/4)
18. The Radium Girls - by Kate Moore (409 pages) (4/5-4/10)
19. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - by Rebecca Skloot (377 pages) (4/10-4/19)
20. Uncommon Type: Some Stories - by Tom Hanks (405 pages) (4/20-4/25)
21. Taming The Beast - by Emily Maguire (317 pages) (DNF page 125) (4/25-5/1)
22. When Worlds Collide - by Philip Wylie & Edwin Balmer (192 pages) (5/1-5/7)
23. Red Sparrow book 1 - by Jason Matthews (551 pages) (5/7-5/24)
24. The Expanse book 3: Abaddon’s Gate - by James S. A. Corey (539 pages) (5/25-6/13)
25. The Expanse book 4: Cibola Burn - by James S. A. Corey (581 pages) (6/15-6/29)
26. The Expanse book 5: Nemesis Games - by James S. A. Corey (532 pages) (6/29-7/12)
27. Conan book 3: Conan the Unconquered - by Robert Jordan (288 pages) (7/13-7/14)
28. Legends of the First Empire book 3: Age of War - by Michael J. Sullivan (420 pages) (7/14-7/19)
29. Red Sparrow book 2: Palace of Treason - by Jason Matthews (580 pages) (7/19-8/7)
30. Riyria Chronicles book 4: The Disappearance of Winters Daughter - by Michael Sullivan (453 pages) (8/8-8/16)
31. The Left Hand of the Electron - by Isaac Asimov (254 pages) (8/16-9/4)
32. Apollo 8 - by Jeffrey Kluger (320 pages) (9/4-9/13)
33. The Expanse Novella 1: The Butcher of Anderson Station - by James S. A. Corey (36 Pages) (9/10) (Nook)
34. The Expanse Novella 2: Drive - by James S. A. Corey (30 pages) (9/11) (Nook)
35. The Expanse Novella 3: The Churn - by James S. A. Corey (75 pages) (9/11) (Nook)
36. Conan book 4: Conan the Triumphant - by Robert Jordan (320 pages) (9/13-9/20)
37. Legion book 3: Lies of the Beholder - by Brandon Sanderson (152 pages) (9/20-9/25)
38. Arson book 2: Ashes - by Estevan Vega (343 pages) (DNF page 237) (9/25-10/7)
39. The Door Into Summer - by Robert Heinlen (291 pages) (10/8-10/19)
40. The Man Who book 3: The Man Who Tried to Get Away - by Stephen Donaldson (292 pages) (10/20-11/7) (Nook)
41. The Wheel of Time book 1: The Eye of the World - by Robert Jordan (814 pages) (11/3-12/14) (Audible)
42. The Sleeper and the Spindle - by Neil Gaiman (72 pages) (11/7-11/8) (Nook)
43. White Sand 2 - by Brandon Sanderson (160 pages) (11/8) (Graphic Novel)
44. Conan book 5: Conan the Magnificent - by Robert Jordan (288 pages) (11/8-11/18) (nook)
45. Conan book 6: Conan the Destroyer - by Robert Jordan (271 pages) (11/18-11/26)
46. Skyward book 1: Claim the Stars - by Brandon Sanderson (513 pages) (11/26-11/29)
47. Defending Elysium - by Brandon Sanderson (83 pages) (11/29-12/1)
48. New Spring:The Graphic Novel - by Robert Jordan (250 pages) (12/1) (Graphic Novel)
49. Elevation - by Stephen King (146 pages) (12/1-12/4)
50. Scott Pilgrim 1: Precious Little Life - by Bryan Lee O’Malley (168 pages) (12/4-12/5) (Graphic Novel)
51. Scott Pilgrim 2: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - by Bryan Lee O’Malley (200 pages)(12/6) (Graphic Novel)
52. Scott Pilgrim 3: Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness - by Bryan Lee O’Malley (192 pages) (12/6-12/7) (Graphic Novel)
53. Scott Pilgrim 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets it Together - by Bryan Lee O’Malley (205 pages) (12/8) (Graphic Novel)
54. Scott Pilgrim 5: Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe - by Bryan Lee O’Malley (178 pages) (12/9) (Graphic Novel)
55. Scott Pilgrim 6: Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour - by Bryan Lee O’Malley (245 pages) (12/10) (Graphic Novel)
56. Conan book 7: Conan the Victorious - by Robert Jordan (288 pages) (12/10-12/20) (Nook)
57. The Wheel of Time book 2: The Great Hunt - by Robert Jordan (705 pages) (12/14-1/14) (Audible)
58. Children of the Nameless - by Brandon Sanderson (124 pages) (12/21-12/31) (Nook)
59. The expanse Novella 4: Gods of Risk - by James S. A. Corey (64 pages) (12/31) (Nook)

16,374 Pages

58 (450)

 

Books I Read in 2017

1. The Clockwork Century book 7: Jacaranda - by Cherie Priest (181 pages) (1/6-1/10) (Nook)
2. Aether of Night - by Brandon Sanderson (762 pages) (1/10-1/17) (Nook)
3. The Only Pirate At the Party - by Lindsey Stirling (258 pages) (1/18-1/19)
4. Lightbringer book 3: The Broken Eye - by Brent Weeks (795 pages) (1/20-2/3)
5. The Double Planet - by Isaac Asimov (159 pages) (2/4-2/7)
6. The Man Who book 2: The Man Who Risked His Partner - by Stephen Donaldson (288 pages) (2/8-2/17)
7. Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi - by John Scalzi (91 pages) (2/17-2/18) (Nook)
8. Final Girls - by Mira Grant (82 pages) (2/18-2/21) (Nook)
9. Deep Navigation - by Alastair Reynolds (258 pages) (2/21-3/4) (Nook)
10. A Night Without Armor - by Jewel Kilcher (142 pages) (3/4-3/5)
11. Broken Music - Sting (339pages) (3/6-3/9)
12. A Long December - by Richard Chizmar (411 pages) (3/10-3/21) (Nook) Quit at page 235.
13. Fender Lizards - by Joe Lansdale (162 pages) (3/21-3/23) (Nook)
14. Glimpses - by Lewis Shiner (284 pages) (3/24-3/31) (Nook)
15. Working for Bigfoot - by Jim Butcher (81 pages) (3/31-4/4) (Nook)
16. A Burlesque Autobiography - by Mark Twain (24 pages) (4/4) (Nook)
17. Down and Out in Purgatory - by Tim Powers (120 pages) (4/4-4/5) (Nook)
18. Opus 300 - by Isaac Asimov (377 pages) (4/6-4/18)
19. Legends of the First Empire: Book 2 - Age of Swords - by Michael Sullivan (512 pages) (4/18-4/29) (Nook ARC)
20. Snapshot - by Brandon Sanderson (77 pages) (4/29-4/30) (Nook)
21. Sixth of the Dusk - by Brandon Sanderson (46 pages) (4/30-5/1) (Nook)
22. Dreamer - by Brandon Sanderson (20 pages) (5/1) (Nook)
23. Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection - by Brandon Sanderson (300 pages) (5/2-5/4)
24. A Song of Ice and Fire book 1: A Game of Thrones - by George R. R. Martin (835 pages) (5/4-6/5)
25. Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge - by Mark Yarm (592 pages) (5/27-6/17) (Nook)
26. Song of the Deep - by Brian Hastings (170 pages) (6/18-6/19)
27. Millennium series book 4: The Girl in the Spiders Web - by David Lagercrantz (529 pages) (6/20-6/27)
28. Brimstone - by Cherie Priest (325 pages) (6/28-7/5)
29. The Dead Zone - by Stephen King (402 pages) (7/6-7/14)
30. Martian Dawn - by Michael Friedman (149 pages) (7/15-7/18)
31. Wild Cards 2 - edited by George R.R. Martin (390 pages) (7/19-7/27)
32. The Expanse book 1: Leviathan Wakes - by James S. A. Corey (522 pages) (7/28-8/9)
33. Windhaven - by George R R Martin & Lisa Tuttle (400 pages) (8/10-8/17)
34. River of Souls book 2: Queens Hunt - by Beth Bernobich (332 pages) (8/17-9/1)
35. Built of Books: How Reading Defined the Life of Oscar Wilde - by Thomas Wright (370 pages) (9/2-9/13)
36. The Silver Dream - by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves (241 pages) (9/14-9/18)
37. How to Breathe Underwater - by Julie Orringer (226 pages) (9/19-9/22)
38. 52 Pick Up - by Elmore Leonard - (192 pages) (9/22-9/26)
39. Starship Titanic - by Douglas Adams and Terry Jones (246 pages) (9/26-9/28)
40. Chili Palmer book 2: Be Cool - by Elmore Leonard (355 pages) (9/28-10/6)
41. Fuzzy Nation - by John Scalzi (355 pages) (10/7-10/13)
42. The Kite That Won the Revolution - by Isaac Asimov (148 pages) (10/14-10/17)
43. Out of the Blue - by Trudy Nan Boyce (339 pages) (10/18-10/25)
44. The Dark Tower: and Other Stories - by C.S. Lewis (144 pages) (10/26-10/31) (Nook)
45. Rogues - edited by George R.R. Martin (810 pages) (10/31-11/27)
46. Millennium Series book 5: The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye - by David Lagercrantz (347 pages) (11/27-12/1)
47. The Great God’s War book 1: Seventh Decimate - by Stephen Donaldson (307 pages) (12/1-12/5)
48. Riyria Chronicles book 3: The Death of Dulgath - by Michael Sullivan (331 pages) (12/5-12/10) (Nook)
49. The Dreamwalker Chronicles book 1: Dreamwalker - by C.S. Friedman (360 pages) (12/10-12/15)
50. The Stormlight Archive book 3: Oathbringer - by Brandon Sanderson (1243 pages) (12/15-1/10)

15,644 Pages

 

Books I Read in 2016

1. The Kings Justice - by Stephen Donaldson (305 pages) (1/15-1/21)
2. The End of all Things book 2: This Hollow Union - By John Scalzi (70 pages) (1/22-1/27) (Nook)
3. The End of all Things book 3: Can Long Endure - by John Scalzi (55 pages) (1/27) (Nook)
4. The End of all Things book 4: To Stand or Fall - by John Scalzi (64 pages) (1/28) (Nook)
5. Legion book 2: Skin Deep - by Brandon Sanderson (206 pages) (2/1-2/2)
6. Mistborn book 6: Bands of Mourning - by Brandon Sanderson (447 pages) (2/3-2/11)
7. Mistborn book 7: Secret History - by Brandon Sanderson (149 pages) (2/12-2/16) (Nook)
8. The World at the End of Time - by Frederik Pohl (407 pages) (2/17-2/24)
9. Island - by Aldous Huxley (295 pages) (Abandoned at page 46) (2/25-3/1)
10. Out Of Sight - by Elmore Leonard (341 pages) (3/2-3/8)
11. The Elysium Commission - by L.E. Modesitt Jr (336 pages) (3/9-3/23)
12. The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy - by Douglas Adams (216 pages) (3/24-3/31)
13. The Epic of Gilgamesh - Unknown (64 pages) (4/1-4/4)
14. Split Images - by Elmore Leonard (282 pages) (4/5-4/19)
15. The Californian's Tale - by Mark Twain (24 pages) (4/20) (Audio book)
16. DAW Fantasy 30th Anniversary Collection - Various Authors (272 pages) (4/20-5/7)
17. The Clockwork Century book 2½: Tanglefoot - by Cherie Priest (69 pages) (4/20-4/21) (Audio book)
18. Night Angel book 1: The Way of Shadows - by Brent Weeks (645 pages) (4/22-4/29) (Audio book)
19. The Reckoners book 3: Calamity - by Brandon Sanderson (421 pages) (5/7-5/14)
20. Night Angel book 2: Shadows Edge - by Brent Weeks (636 pages) (5/15-5/27)
21. Night Angel book 3: Beyond the Shadows - by Brent Weeks (689 pages) (5/31-6/10)
22. Hearts in Atlantis - by Stephen King (673 pages) (6/13-6/21)
23. From A Buick 8 - by Stephen King (487 pages) (6/22-6/30)
24. White Sand (Graphic Novel) book 1 - by Brandon Sanderson (160 pages) (7/2-7/6)
25. Legends of the First Empire book 1: Age of Myth - by Michael J. Sullivan (413 pages) (7/6-7/13)
26. Pure - by Rebbecca Ray (404 pages) (7/14-7/20)
27. Nebula Winners Fifteen - edited by Frank Herbert (225 pages) (7/21-7/27)
28. Tishomingo Blues - by Elmore Leonard (387 pages) (7/27-8/3)
29. The Pearl - by John Steinbeck (91 pages) (8/3-8/4)
30. The Legend of Eli Monpress book 1: The Spirit Thief - by Rachel Aaron (242 pages) (8/5-8/17) (Nook)
31. The Legend of Eli Monpress book 2: The Spirit Rebellion - by Rachel Aaron (319 pages) (8/17-8/25) (Nook)
32. The Legend of Eli Monpress book 3: The Spirit Eater - by Rachel Aaron (320 pages) (8/25-9/2) (Nook)
33. The Stormlight Archive Pocket Companion - by Brandon Sanderson (30 pages) (9/2) (Nook)
34. Dreadful Skin - by Cherie Priest (177 pages) (9/6-9/9) (Nook)
35. Those Who Went Remain There Still - by Cherie Priest (119 pages) (9/9-9/14) (Nook)
36. The Right Stuff - by Tom Wolfe (353 pages) (9/15-9/22)
37. The Winds of Change - by Isaac Asimov (269 pages) (9/23-9/29)
38. Clapton: The Autobiography - by Eric Clapton (342 pages) (9/29-10/6)
39. The Last Starfighter - by Alan Dean Foster (218 pages) (10/6-10/10)
40. A Whiff of Death - by Isaac Asimov (222 pages) (10/11-10/18)
41. Shopgirl - by Steve Martin (130 pages) (10/19-10/20)
42. Lightbringer book 1: The Black Prism - by Brent Weeks (767 pages) (10/21-11/3)
43. Lightbringer book 2: The Blinding Knife - by Brent Weeks (671 pages) (11/4-11/19)
44. Art of War - by Sun Tzu (52 pages) (11/19-11/23) (Nook)
45. 1601: Conversation as it Was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors - by Mark Twain (84 pages) (11/23-11/23) (Nook)
46. I Am Spock - by Leonard Nimoy (342 pages) (11/28-12/1)
47. Sled Driver - by Brian Shul (151 pages) (12/2-12/6) (Nook)
48. Old Man’s War book 3: The Last Colony - by John Scalzi (320 pages) (12/7-12/13)
49. The Man Who Killed His Brother: book 1 - By Stephen Donaldson (254 pages) (12/14-12/16)
50. White Sand (Novel) - by Brandon Sanderson (538 pages) (12/16-1/5) (Nook)

    14,262 Pages