Hi there again, the old year has only hours left so I go on with a tradition of mine and look back to review all the novels I was reading this year. My count this year is 46 completely read books; a little meagre my goal was to read at least 60 but as the cliché goes: there is so much to do and always fewer time to do them. The list thereof follows below. Now I wish you all out there a happy ‘reading’ –year 2013! I would like it if you would share some of your reading-experiences of 2012. Meanwhile have a nice time and a happy new year! Follow this and other stuff at my facebook-page: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002223800977 And at: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/8513929-stefan Consent to Kill von Vince Flynn Catalyst of Sorrows: Lost Era 2360 (Star Trek Lost Era) Red Sector: Double Helix #3: Red Sector No.3 (Star Trek Next Generation: Double Helix) Quarantine: Double Helix #4: Quarantine No.4 (Star Trek Next Generation: Double Helix) Double or Nothing: 5 (Star Trek Next Generation: Double Helix) von Peter David Star Trek. The Next Generation (56). Double Helix 6. The First Virtue: The First Virtue No. 6 (Star Trek Next Generation: Double Helix) von Michael Jan Friedman Blind Man's Bluff Act of Treason von Vince Flynn Star Trek: Vanguard: What Judgments Come (Star Trek: Vanguard (Unnumbered Distant Early Warning von Dayton Ward und Kevin Dilmore (Kindle Edition - 1. Juni 2006) Star Trek: The Original Series: The Rings of Time Star Trek: Enterprise: The Romulan War: To Brave the Storm [Taschenbuch] The Gunslinger. The Dark Tower 01.: Gunslinger Bk. 1 von Stephen King The Dark Tower 2. The Drawing of the Three: Drawing of the Three v. 2 von Stephen King Star Trek: Vanguard: Storming Heaven Star Trek: Cast No Shadow Star Trek: DTI: Forgotten History Protect and Defend (Mitch Rapp) von Vince Flynn Extreme Measures: A Thriller (Mitch Rapp Novels) von Vince Flynn Pursuit of Honor: A Novel (Mitch Rapp) von Vince Flynn Star Trek: That Which Divides American Assassin: A Thriller Kill Shot [Taschenbuch] The Great War: American Front The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power von David E. Sanger Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Plagues of Night Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Raise the Dawn Star Trek: Titan: Fallen Gods Star Trek: Mirror Universe: Rise Like Lions Fahrenheit 451 (Flamingo Modern Classics Star Trek: A Choice of Catastrophes (Star Trek: The Original) [Taschenbuch] Nineteen Eighty-four Star Wars: The Cestus Deception The Hive (Star Wars: Clone Wars novels #3) Star Wars: Republic Commando: Hard Contact Imbalance (Star Trek Next Generation (Numbered)) No Easy Day: The Only First-hand Account of the Navy Seal Mission that Killed Osama bin Laden Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Brinkmanship Star Trek: Vanguard: In Tempest's Wake [Kindle-Edition] Brave New World. Mit Materialien (New Longman Literature) von Robert Southwick Without Warning von John Birmingham After America Angels of Vengeance Star Trek: Voyager: The Eternal Tide Star Trek: TNG: Cold Equations #1: The Persistence of Memory [Taschenbuch] Star Trek: TNG: Cold Equations #2: Silent Weapons Star Trek: The Next Generation: Cold Equations: The Body Electric: Book Three von David Mack Ender's Game (Ender Wiggin Saga)
My reading for 2012 (not counting comics) in the order I read them. I count 9 short stories (not counting the first entry in the list) and 36 fiction books (novels and fictional reference works): R.A. Salvatore, Forgotten Realms: The Collected Stories John Peel, Star Wars Journal: The Fight for Justice James Luceno, "Restraint," in Star Wars: Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter Ryder Windham, Star Wars: The Wrath of Darth Maul Rob Chestney, The Journal of Master Gnost-Dural Greg Cox, Star Trek: The Eugenics Wars: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, vol. One James Luceno, "End Game," in Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace David J. Williams and Mark S. William, "Maze Run," in Star Wars Insider 131 R.A. Salvatore, Forgotten Realms: The Neverwinter Saga: Gauntlgrym Daniel Wallace, Book of Sith Jude Watson, Star Wars Journal: Captive to Evil John Jackson Miller, Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith: Secrets Greg Cox, Star Trek: The Eugenics Wars: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, vol. Two Megan Stine and H. William Stine, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: The Mummy's Curse Richard Brightfield, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: The Valley of the Kings James Rollins, Sandstorm Jason Fry and Paul R. Urquhart, Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare Joe Schreiber, Star Wars: Red Harvest Greg Cox, Star Trek: The Rings of Time Richard Brightfield, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Masters of the Louvre A.L. Singer, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Safari Sleuth Christopher L. Bennett, Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations: Forgotten History Jim Butcher, The Dresden Files: Fool Moon Ryder Windham, Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Secret Missions: Guardians of the Chiss Key Rick Barba, Starfleet Academy: The Gemini Agent Richard Brightfield, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: African Safari Jim Butcher, The Dresden Files: Grave Peril Christine Thompson, "Star Trek Online: Unexpected Honor," in Star Trek Magazine 40 Paul S. Kemp, Star Wars: The Old Republic: Deceived Ryder Windham, Star Wars Missions: Assault on Yavin Four Christine Thompson, "Star Trek Online: Shakedown," in Star Trek Magazine 41 David R. George III, Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Plagues of Night Richard Brightfield, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Behind the Great Wall Amanda Agee, "Indy in China: The Runaway Adventure," in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Magazine 1 Les Martin, Young Indiana Jones and the Titanic Adventure Harry Turtledove, The War That Came Early: The Big Switch Ari Marmell, "Reputation," in Star Wars Insider 136 Don Glut, The Incredible Hulk: Lost in Time John Jackson Miller, "Pandemonium," in Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith: The Collected Stories Ryder Windham, Star Wars Missions: Escape from Thyferra Drew Karpyshyn, Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan David R. George III, Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Raise the Dawn J.N. Fox, Young Indiana Jones and the Pirates' Loot Jim Butcher, The Dresden Files: Summer Knight James Luceno, Star Wars: Darth Plagueis
I've really looked forward to this thread since I received my first ereader a couple of years ago. It's fun to look back at what all I've read over the past year. For me, it's mostly Star Trek as I've been working my way from the DS9 relaunch on up to today for the past couple of years. As I'll soon be caught up, I think I'll start branching out into other sci-fi/fantasy, but don't worry, there's still plenty of Treklit for me to read in the coming year! Before Dishonor (Star Trek The Next Generation) by Peter David Sword of Damocles (Star Trek Titan #4) by Geoffrey Thorne Greater than the Sum (Star Trek: The Next Generation) by Christopher L. Bennett Gods of Night (Star Trek: Destiny #1) by David Mack Mere Mortals (Star Trek: Destiny #2) by David Mack Lost Souls (Star Trek: Destiny, #3) by David Mack Star Trek: The Next Generation-Losing the Peace by William Leisner Star Trek: A Singular Destiny (Star Trek) by Keith R.A. DeCandido Theft of Swords (The Riyria Revelations, #1-2) by Michael J. Sullivan Rise of Empire (The Riyria Revelations, #3-4) by Michael J. Sullivan The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks by Max Brooks The Viscount and the Witch by Michael J. Sullivan Heir of Novron (The Riyria Revelations, #5-6) by Michael J. Sullivan Infinity's Prism (Star Trek: Myriad Universes, #1) by William Leisner Echoes and Refractions (Star Trek: Myriad Universes, #2) by Geoff Trowbridge Shattered Light (Star Trek: Myriad Universes, #3) by David R. George III Star Trek: Mirror Universe: Rise Like Lions by David Mack What Judgments Come (Star Trek: Vanguard, #7) by Dayton Ward Storming Heaven (Star Trek: Vanguard, #8) by David Mack Constellations (Star Trek) by Marco Palmieri Star Trek: TNG: The Sky's the Limit: All New Tales by Marco Palmieri The Lives of Dax by Marco Palmieri Prophecy and Change (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) by Marco Palmieri Distant Shores: A Tenth-Anniversary Celebration (Star Trek: Voyager) by Marco Palmieri Star Trek: Seven Deadly Sins by Margaret Clark SecondWorld by Jeremy Robinson The Third Gate by Lincoln Child Star Trek: Voyager: Full Circle by Kirsten Beyer Star Trek: Voyager: Unworthy by Kirsten Beyer Star Trek: Children of the Storm by Kirsten Beyer Star Trek: Voyager: The Eternal Tide by Kirsten Beyer Cast No Shadow (Star Trek: The Original Series) by James Swallow Over a Torrent Sea (Star Trek: Titan, #5) by Christopher L. Bennett Synthesis (Star Trek: Titan, #6) by James Swallow Watching the Clock (Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations, #1) by Christopher L. Bennett Star Trek: Vanguard: In Tempest's Wake by Dayton Ward Rough Beasts of Empire (Star Trek: Typhon Pack, #3) by David R. George III Zero Sum Game (Star Trek: Typhon Pack, #1) by David Mack Seize the Fire (Star Trek: Typhon Pack, #2) by Michael A. Martin Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray Paths of Disharmony (Star Trek: Typhon Pack, #4) by Dayton Ward Fallen Gods (Star Trek: Titan, #7) by Michael A. Martin The Struggle Within (Star Trek: Typhon Pact, #5) by Christopher L. Bennett Indistinguishable from Magic (Star Trek: The Next Generation) by David A. McIntee Forgotten History (Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations, #2) by Christopher L. Bennett Plagues of Night (Star Trek: Typhon Pact, #6) by David R. George III Raise the Dawn (Star Trek: Typhon Pact, #7) by David R. George III
For the first time this year I've made a point of recording all of my reading on Shelfari, so I have a complete record of what I read, when I finished and my opinion. I usually read between 2-5 books at a time so there's a lot of overlap. All of these are single novels unless indicated otherwise. Of Muppets and Men. My rating: 4/5 ST Vanguard: Declassified (novella collection). 5/5 SW Knights of the Old Republic: Commencement (Comic TPB). 4/5 A Song of Ice and Fire: A Game of Thrones. 5/5 STMYRU: Shattered Light (novella collection). 4/5 STNF: Blind Man's Bluff. 4/5 STDTI: Watching the Clock. 5/5 Discworld: Reaper Man. 5/5 SWKOTR: Flashpoing (Comic TPB). 4/5 The Hollows: Bloodwork (Graphic Novel). 4/5 Batman: The Killing Joke (Graphic Novel). 4/5 The 4400: Welcome to Promise City. 4/5 STTNG Companion (TV BTS book). 4/5 STMU: Rise Like Lions. 5/5 His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass. 5/5 Southern Vampire Mysteries: Dead to the World. 4/5 Ultimate Spider-Man: Power & Responsibility (Comic TPB). 5/5 The 4400: Promises Broken. 4/5 The Dresden Files: Death Masks. 4/5 STVOY: Children of The Storm. 5/5 The Avengers: Avengers Disassembled (Comic TPB). 4/5 The Dark Crystal: Creation Myths Vol. 1 (Graphic Novel). 5/5 Fables: Animal Farm (Comic TPB). 5/5 Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and The Other's Fight To Bring Her Home (Memoir). 4/5 STTOS: Mere Anarchy (Novella Collection). 4/5 The Hollows: The Good, The Bad, and The Undead. 5/5 The Lost Chronicles (TV BTS book). 5/5 The Last Days of Krypton. 5/5 Kate Daniels: Magic Bites. 5/5 The Dresden Files: Magic Bites. 5/5
Here's my year in reading. Books in each category are listed in the order in which they were read. Trek novels: The Return by William Shatner with Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens Deep Space Nine: The Never-Ending Sacrifice by Una McCormack Titan: Synthesis by James Swallow Doctor's Orders by Diane Duane I, Q by John deLancie and Peter David Troublesome Minds by Dave Galanter Gateways #1: One Small Step by Susan Wright Gateways #2: Challenger: Chainmail by Diane Carey The Rings of Time by Greg Cox Gateways #3: The Next Generation: Doors Into Chaos by Robert Greenberger Gateways #4: Deep Space Nine: Demons of Air and Darkness by Keith R.A. DeCandido Gateways #5: Voyager: No Man's Land by Christie Golden That Which Divides by Dayton Ward Gateways #6: New Frontier: Cold Wars by Peter David Gateways #7: What Lay Beyond by various The Rift by Peter David Errand of Vengeance #1: The Edge of the Sword by Kevin Ryan Vanguard: Storming Heaven by David Mack Deep Space Nine: Hollow Men by Una McCormack Department of Temporal Investigations: Forgotten History by Christopher L. Bennett Shadow Lord by Laurence Yep The Rings of Tautee by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch Ex Machina by Christopher L. Bennett The Next Generation: Do Comets Dream? by S.P. Somtow Typhon Pact: Plagues of Night by David R. George III Corona by Greg Bear Typhon Pact: Raise the Dawn by David R. George III Starfleet Academy: The Assassination Game by Alan Gratz Spock's World by Diane Duane Uhura's Song by Janet Kagan Titan: Fallen Gods by Michael A. Martin Pawns and Symbols by Majliss Larson Errand of Vengeance #2: Killing Blow by Kevin Ryan Errand of Vengeance #3: River of Blood by Kevin Ryan Errand of Fury #1: Seeds of Rage by Kevin Ryan Errand of Fury #2: Demands of Honor by Kevin Ryan Errand of Fury #3: Sacrifices of War by Kevin Ryan Voyager: The Eternal Tide by Kirsten Beyer Typhon Pact: Brinkmanship by Una McCormack Vanguard: In Tempest's Wake by Dayton Ward (ebook) Federation by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens The Next Generation: Immortal Coil by Jeffrey Lang The Next Generation: Cold Equations #1: The Persistence of Memory by David Mack Enterprise: Last Full Measure by Michael A. Martin and Andy Mangels The Next Generation: Cold Equations #2: Silent Weapons by David Mack In the Name of Honor by Dayton Ward How Much for Just the Planet? by John M. Ford The Next Generation: Cold Equations #3: The Body Electric by David Mack Non-Trek novels: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Russka: The Novel of Russia by Edward Rutherfurd Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins Your Republic is Calling You by Young-ha Kim Hull Zero Three by Greg Bear Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein Anathem by Neal Stephenson The Calling by David Mack Black Swan Green by David Mitchell Non-Fiction: Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris The World Without Us by Alan Weisman Russell: A Very Short Introduction by A.C. Grayling The Age of Persuasion: How Marketing Ate Our Culture by Terry O'Reilly Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength, and What Makes a Family by Zach Wahls Ghost Train to the Eastern Star by Paul Theroux That's 48 Star Trek novels, with 14 non-Trek novels, and 7 non-fiction books, for a grand total of 69 books read this year. Not too bad, but a little too heavily-weighted to the Trek side of things. For the new year, my goal is to alternate between Trek and non-Trek books, especially with my new blog which focuses on works other than Star Trek novels.
My reading list for 2012... Bolded items are the 'top ten favorites'. -- January -- 1. Bowling Alone: the Collapse and Revival of American Community,Robert D. Putnam 2. The Son of Neptune, Rick Riordan (Fiction) 3. Sharpe's Honour, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction) 4. The Positronic Man, Isaac Asimov (Fiction) 5. How the Mind Works, Steven Pinker 6. The Throne of Fire, Rick Riordan (Fiction) 7. The Misunderstood Jew: the Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus, Amy-Jill Levine 8. Supervolcano: Eruption, Harry Turtledove (Fiction) 9. The Oceans, Ellen J. Prager and Sylvia A. Earle 10. At Home: A Short History of Private Life, Bill Bryson 11. Star Wars: Choices of One, Timothy Zahn (Fiction) 12. If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home, Lucy Worsley 13. Death from the Skies! These Are the Ways the World Will End...,Phil Plait 14. Do One Green Thing, Mandy Pennybacker 15. Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse 16. Reporter, Alvin Benn -- February -- 17. Star Wars: Outbound Flight, Timothy Zahn (Fiction) 18. Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne (Fiction) 19. Desert Solitaire, Edward Abbey 20. The Ingredients, Phillip Ball 21. Asphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It Back, Jane Holtz Kay 22. Lucifer's Hammer, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (Fiction) 23. The Age of Louis XIV, Will and Ariel Durant 24. Sharpe's Regiment, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction) 25. Anatomy of a Murder, Robert Travers (Fiction) 26. The Plot Against America, Philip Roth (Fiction) 27. A Time to Kill, John Grisham (Fiction) -- March -- 28. Superfreakonomics, Steven B. Levitt and Stephen Dubner 29. A Brief History of Thought, Luc Ferry 30. The Firm, John Grisham (Fiction) 31. Runaway Jury, John Grisham (Fiction) 32. The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson 33. Is It Just Me? Whoopie Goldberg 34. Founding Rivals: Madison vs Monroe, Chris DeRose 35. The Obamas, Jodi Kantor 36. Death of Kings, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction) 37. I Didn't Ask to be Born, Bill Cosby 38. Star Trek Voyager: Children of the Storm, Kirsten Beyer (Fiction) 39. Life Ascending: the Ten Great Inventions of Evolution, Nick Lane -- April -- 40. Blood, Iron, and Gold: How Railroads Transformed the World, Christian Wolmar 41. Salt: A World History, Mark Kurlansky 42. Nickle and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, Barbara Ehrenreich 43. A Conspiracy of Paper, David Liss (Fiction) 44. Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Search of the American Dream, Barbara Ehrenreich 45. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, Eric Schlosser 46. It's a Sprawl World After All: the Human Cost of Unplanned Growth, Douglas E. Morris 47. Fablehaven, Brandon Mull (Fiction) 48. The Coffee Trader, David Liss (Fiction) --May-- 49. Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations, Christopher L. Bennett (Fiction) 50. Star Trek DS9: Worlds of Deep Space Nine Volume II, The Dominion and Ferenginar (Fiction) 51. The Early Asimov, Isaac Asimov (Fiction) 51. Suburban Nation: the Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream, Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck 52. Catching Fire: How Cooking Made us Human, Richard Wrangham 53. Star Trek DS9: Hollow Men, Una McCormack (Fiction) 54. Reefer Madness, Eric Schlosser 55. The Wal-Mart Effect, Charles Fishman 56. The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing To Our Brains, Nicholas Carr 57. Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood, Jennifer Linn 58. Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (And What it Says About Us), Tom Vanderbilt 59. A History of the World in Six Glasses, Tom Standage 60. Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture, Ellen Ruppel Shell 61. So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids, Diane E. Levin and Jean Kilbourne 62. Why We Get Sick: the New Science of Darwinian Medicine, Randolph M. Nesse and George C. Williams --June-- 63. Why We Get Fat: and What To Do About It, Gary Taubes 64. The Witch of Hebron, James Howard Kunstler (Fiction) 65. A Blaze of Glory, Jeff Shaara (Fiction) 66. Cinderella Ate My Daughter! Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture, Peggy Orenstein 67. Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why America Needs a Green Revolution, Tom Friedman 68. Rebel, Bernard Cornwell (Fiction) 69. The Great Good Place: Cafés, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community, Ray Oldenburg 70. Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in the 1950s, Laura Shapiro 71. The Green Metropolis: Why Living Smarter, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainability, David Owen 72. The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All the Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better, Tyler Cowen 73. Founding Brothers: the Revolutionary Generation, Joseph Lewis --July-- 74. Our Sacred Honor, William J. Bennett 75. Bringing up Bébé, Pamela Druckerman 76. The Good Citizen, Robert Bellah, Cornel West, et. al 77. A People's History of the Civil War, David Williams 78. French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew, Peter Mayle 79. French Women Don't Get Fat, Mireille Guiliano 80. The Age of Napoleon, Alistair Horne 81. Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong, Jean-Benoit Nadeau and Julie Barlow 82. Star Trek TNG: Q-in-Law, Peter David (Fiction) 83. Star Trek TNG: Ship of the Line, Diane Carey (Fiction) 84. Star Trek DS9: Station Rage, Diane Carey (Fiction) 85. The Ghosts of Evolution: Nonsense Fruit, Missing Partners, and Other Ecological Anachronisms, Connie Barlow 86. First Family: Abigail and John Adams, Joseph Ellis 87. The Artificial River: the Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817-1862, Carol Sherriff --August-- 88. Lost Moon: the Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13, Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger 89. John Adams, David McCullough 90. Coup d'Etat, Harry Turtledove (Fiction) 91. The Wild Life of Our Bodies, Rob Dunn 92. Bad Astronomy, Phil Plait 93. A Man on the Moon, Neil Chaiken 94. Q-Squared, Peter David (Fiction) 95. The Family Corleone, Ed Falco (Fiction) 96. The Tell-Tale Brain, V.S. Ramachandran 97. They Eat Puppies, Don't They? Christopher Buckley (Fiction) 98. Consuming Power: A Social History of American Energies, David Nye 99. Star Trek DTI: Forgotten History, Christopher L. Bennett (Fiction) 100. Dialogues and Essays, Seneca 101. Star Trek Typhon Pact: Plagues of Night, David R. George III (Fiction) --September -- 102. The Most Glorious Fourth: Vicksburg and Gettysburg, July 4th 1863, Duane Schutlz 103. Star Trek Typhon Pact: Raise the Dawn, David R. George III (Fiction) 104. Summer of my German Soldier, Bette Green (Fiction) 105. Empire of Illusion: the End of Literacy and Triumph of Spectacle, Chris Hedges 106. No Logo, Naomi Klein 107. The Sun's Heartbeat, Bob Berman 108. Moon Shot: the Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon, Alan Shephard and Deke Slayton 110. Mudhouse Sabbath, Lauren Winner 111. The Numerati, Stephen Baker 112. The Conundrum: How Scientific Innovation, Increased Efficiency, and Good Intentions Can Make Our Energy and Climate Problems Worse, David Owen 113. Hamlet's Blackberry: Building a Good Life in the Digital Age, William Powers 114. Germany: Unraveling an Enigma, Greg Nees 115. Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash, Susan Strasser 116. Salvation on Sand Mountain, Dennis Covington -- October -- 117. Gone Tomorrow: the Hidden Life of Garbage, Helen Rogers 118. Guyland: the Perilous World Where Boys Become Men, Michael Kimmel 119. The Lolita Effect: the Media Sexualization of Young Girls and What We Can Do About It, M. Gigi Durham 120. Fantastic Voyage, Isaac Asimov 121. The Twelfth Imam, Joel Rosenberg (Fiction) 122. Thoughts on Building Strong Towns, Charles Mahrohn 123. The Tehran Initiative, Joel Rosenberg (Fiction) 124. The Winter King: A Novel of Arthur, Bernard Cornwell 125. Going Up the River: Travels in a Prison Nation, Joseph Hallman 126. Enemy of God: A Novel of Arthur, Bernard Cornwell 127. Flushed! How the Plumber Saved Civilization, W. Hodden Carter 128. Bitterly Divided: the South's Inner Civil War, David Williams 129. Ask Click and Clack: Answers from Car Talk, Tom and Ray Magliozzi 130. Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millenium, Bart Ehrman --November-- 131. The Mark of Athena, Rick Riordan (Fiction) 132. Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur, Bernard Cornwel l133. Watching the English: the Hidden Rules of English Behaviour, Kate Fox 134. Notes from a Small Island, Bill Bryson 135. The Long Earth; Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter (Fiction) 136. Twilight of the Mammoths: Ice Age Extinctions and the Rewilding of America, Paul S. Martin 137. Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier, Neil deGrasse Tyson 138. A South Divided: Portraits of Dissent in the Confederacy, David Downing 139. Hominids (Neanderthal Parallax), Robert J. Sawyer (Fiction) 140. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created, Charles C. Mann -- December -- 141. Star Trek Voyager: the Eternal Tide, Kirsten Beyer (Fiction) 142. Cattle: An Informal Social History, Laurie Winn Carlson 143. Supervolcano: All Fall Down, Harry Turtledove (Fiction) 144. The Great Railroad Revolution, Christian Wolmar 145. The Humans Who Went Extinct, Clive Finlayson 146. Riding Rockets, Mike Mullane 147. The Racketeer, John Grisham (Fiction) 148. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins (Fiction) 149. The Road to Serfdom, F.A. Hayek 150. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer (Painful Fiction)
My goal was to read 52 books last year, but I fell a little short and only read 49. Still, not bad for me. I also wanted to do a pattern of one Trek book, one Star Wars book, and then one of something else, but I threw that out the window around November so I could try to get caught up on all the Star Wars books I haven't read. Star Trek: Star Trek: Typhon Pact- The Struggle Within by Christopher L. Bennett Star Trek: Mirror Universe- Shards & Shadows ed. by Marco Palmieri & Margaret Clark Star Trek: The Rings of Time by Greg Cox Star Trek: Enterprise - The Romulan War 1: Beneath the Raptor's Wing by Michael A. Martin Star Trek: Enterprise - The Romulan War 2: To Brave the Storm by Michael A. Martin Star Trek: Vanguard - Storming Heaven by David Mack Star Trek: Ex Machinaby Christopher L. Bennett Star Trek: DTI - Forgotten History by Christopher L. Bennett Star Trek: Typhon Pact - Plagues of Night by David R. George III Star Trek: Typhon Pact - Raise the Dawn by David R. George III Star Trek: Titan - Fallen Gods by Michael A. Martin Star Trek: Voyager - The Eternal Tide by Kirsten Beyer Star Trek:Typhon Pact - Brinkmanship by Una McCormack Star Trek: TNG - Immortal Coil by Jeffrey Lang Star Trek: TNG - Cold Equations I: Persistance of Memory by David Mack Star Trek: TNG - Cold Equations II: Silent Weapons by David Mack Star Wars: Star Wars: Republic Commando- Hard Contact by Karen Traviss Star Wars: Shatterpoint by Matthew Woodring Stover Star Wars: Darth Plagueis by James Luceno Star Wars: The Cestus Deception/The Hive by Steven Barnes Star Wars: Republic Commando 2 - Triple Zero by Karen Traviss Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi - Apocalypse by Troy Denning Star Wars: Republic Commando 3 - True Colors by Karen Traviss Star Wars: Medstar I: Battle Surgeons by Steve Perry & Michael Reeves Star Wars: Medstar II: Jedi Healer by Steve Perry & Michael Reeves Star Wars: Jedi Trial by David Sherman & Dan Cragg Star Wars: Yoda: Dark Rendezvous by Sean Stewart Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil by James Luceno Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Woodring Stover Star Wars: Republic Commando 4-Order 66 by Karen Traviss Star Wars: Imperial Commando: 501st by Karen Traviss Star Wars: Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight by Michael Reaves Star Wars: Coruscant Nights II: Streets of Shadows by Michael Reaves Star Wars: Coruscant Nights III: Patterns of Force by Michael Reaves Star Wars: Han Solo 1: Paradise Snare by A.C. Crispin Star Wars: Han Solo 2: The Hutt Gambit by A.C. Crispin Star Wars: Han Solo 3: Rebel Dawn by A.C. Crispin Other: Roads Not Taken: Tales of Alternate History ed. by Gardner Dozois and Stanley Schmidt Deepsix by Jack McDevitt The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Willow by Julia Hoban Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs Rand Unwrapped: Confessions of a Robotech Warrior by Frank Catalano Robots: The Recent AI ed. by Rich Horton and Sean Wallace Torchwood: Almost Perfect by James Goss Chindi by Jack McDevitt You Are Not So Smart by David McRaney
Star Trek TOS: The Rings of Time * Greg Cox TOS: That Which Divides * Dayton Ward Vanguard: Storming Heaven * David Mack DTI: Forgotten History * Christopher L. Bennett Typhon Pact - Plagues of Night * David R. George III DS9: Heart of the Warrior * John Gregory Betancourt Typhon Pact - Raise the Dawn * David R. George III Titan: Fallen Gods * Michael A. Martin Voyager: The Eternal Tide * Kirsten Beyer Myriad Universes: Shattered Light * Steve Mollmann & Michael Schuster/ David R. George III/ Scott Pearson Typhon Pact: brinkmanship * Una McCormack Vanguard: In Tempest's Wake * Dayton Ward TNG: Cold Equations - The Persistence of Memory * David Mack TNG: Cold Equations - Silent Weapons * David Mack TNG: Cold Equations - The Body Electric * David Mack TNG: Slings and Arrows - A Sea of Troubles * J. Steven York and Christina F. York CSI Headhunter * Greg Cox DC Universe Infinite Crisis * Greg Cox Doctor Who Dead of Winter * James Goss Hunter's Moon * Paul Finch Marvel Universe Fantastic Four: What lies between * Peter David Wolverine: Road of Bones * David Mack Original Stories Viral, Book One: -30- * Keith R.A. DeCandido & Steven Savile Crossed Worlds - A Crossroad Press Original Series Sampler * David Niall Wilson / Aaron Rosenberg / Keith R.A. DeCandido The Camelot Papers * Peter David Goblin Precinct * Keith R.A. DeCandido Double Header * Lee Goldberg ReDeus: Divine Tales * David Galanter, Allyn Gibson, Phil Giunta, Robert Greenberger, Paul Kupperberg, William Leisner, Scott Pearson, Aaron Rosenberg, Lawrence R. Schoen, Dayton Ward & Steven H. Wilson Too Small for Tall * Aaron Rosenberg Pulling up Stakes * Peter David Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone * J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and Chamber of Secrets * J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban * J.K. Rowling Non Fiction Tied In - The Business, History and Craft of Media Tie-In Writing * edited by Lee Goldberg
In no specific order: Star Trek VAN: What Judgments Come (started in 2011) Myriad Universes: Shattered Light Typhon Pact: The Struggle Within NF: House of Cards NF: Into the Void NF: The Two-Front War NF: End Game Alien Spotlight II (comic) Starfleet Academy: The Edge ENT: The Romulan War: To Brave the Storm Mirror Universe: Rise Like Lions NF: Martyr TOS: Rings of Time TOS: That Which Divides VAN: Storming Heaven NF: Fire on High NF: Captain's Table: Once Burned Starfleet Academy: The Gemini Agent TOS/DTI: Forgotten History NF/TNG: Double Helix: Double or Nothing NF: The Quiet Place Typhon Pact: Plagues of Night Typhon Pact: Raise the Dawn Starfleet Academy: The Assassination Game NF: Dark Allies NF: Excalibur: Requiem Titan: Fallen Gods VOY: The Eternal Tide Typhon Pact: Brinkmanship NF: Excalibur: Renaissance NF: Excalibru: Restoration NF: Double Time (comic) VAN: In Tempest's Wake TNG: Immortal Coil TNG: Cold Equations: The Persistence of Memory TNG: Cold Equations: Silent Weapons (finished in 2013) Other TV Tie-ins Psych: Mind Over Magic Supernatural: Coyote's Kiss Burn Notice: The Bad Beat Stargate SG-1: Sunrise Royal Pains: First, Do No Harm Doctor Who: Apollo 23 Supernatural: Night Terror Supernatural: Origins (comic) Castle: Heat Rises Eureka (comic) Psych: Mind-Altering Murder Stargate SG-1: Four Dragons Doctor Who: Touched by an Angel Warehouse 13 (comic) Burn Notice: The Reformed Supernatural: Rite of Passage Psych: The Call of the Mild Fringe (comic) Burn Notice: The Giveaway Video Game Tie-ins Bioshock: Rapture Mass Effect: Retribution Mass Effect: Redemption (comic) Halo: First Strike Original Fiction On the Oceans of Eternity (Nantucket/The Change series) The Walking Dead, Volume I: Days Gone Bye Dies the Fire (Emberverse/The Change series) Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Titan's Curse Also, over the last few years I've slowly (off and on) been working my way through the Star Trek comics DVD. I finished the Gold Key and Marvel's first run a couple years ago. I recently finished with DC and started on the Malibu comics.
Books Read in 2012 1. The Stars, Like Dust 2. The Currents of Space 3. Grand Central Arena 4. Pebble is the Sky 5. Star Trek: Rise Like Lions 6. Deep Sky 7. The Atrocity Archives 8. SG-1: Transitions 9. Brightness Reef 10. With the Lightnings 11. The Jennifer Morgue 12. Lt. Leary Commanding 13. The Fuller Memorandum 14. The Way to Glory 15. Some Golden Harbor 16. When the Tide Rises 17. In the Stormy Red Sky 18. What Distant Deeps 19. The Rings of Time 20. The Fourth Wall 21. Night Train to Rigel 22. Odyssey 23. Cauldron 24. Boneyards 25. A Fire Upon the Deep 26. Fuzzy Nation 27. Embedded 28. 1636: The Saxon Uprising 29. Man-Kzin Wars IV 30. The Unincorporated Woman 31. Consider Phlebas 32. Cross the Stars 33. Glasshouse 34. A Rising Thunder 35. Star Trek TOS: That Which Divides 36. Hitler's War 37. The Third Lynx 38. Ring of Fire III 39. Odd Girl Out 40. The Prefect 41. The Voyage 42. Day by Day Armageddon 43. The Domino Pattern 44. Storming Heaven 45. Factoring Humanity 46. Marsbound 47. Atlantis 48. Sea of Time 49. Orphanage 50. Orphan's Destiny 51. Orphan's Journey 52. Orphan's Alliance 53. The Sam Gunn Omnibus 54. Orphan's Triumph 55. Shards of Honor 56. Kronos 57. Leviathan Wakes 58. Saturn's Children 59. The Aquiliad 60. Time Gate 61. The Road of Danger 62. The Time Ships 63. The Van Rijn Method 64. Star Trek DTI: Forgotten History 65. The Aquiliad Vol.2: Aquila and the Iron Horse 66. The Restoration Game 67. Without Warning 68. The Prisoner 69. Time and Again 70. Desolation Road 71. The Last Starship From Earth 72. After America 73. The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier - Invincible 74. Spin State 75. The Revisionists 76. Galactic North 77. Spin Control 78. Frameshift 79. The War That Came Early: West and East 80. The Player of Games 81. The Cool War 82. Starplex 83. Star Trek Typhon Pact: Plagues of Night 84. Robots & Empire 85. The War That Came Early: The Big Switch 86. David Falkayn: Star Trader 87. Redshirts 88. Good Omens 89. Retrieval Artist: Consequences 90. Conquerors' Pride 91. Barrayar 92. The Engines of Dawn 93. Conquerors' Heritage 94. Judgment at Proteus 95. Conquerors' Legacy 96. The Aquiliad Volume III: Aquila and the Sphinx 97. Out of the Dark 98. The Execution Channel 99. A Canticle for Leibowitz 100. Star Trek Typhon Pact: Raise the Dawn 101. How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe 102. Yesterday's Children 103. The Middle of Nowhere 104. Blood and Fire 105. House of Suns 106. The Apocalypse Codex 107. Angels of Vengeance 108. In the Ocean of Night 109. SGA: Homecoming 110. Bones of the Earth 111. SGA: The Lost 112. SGA: Allegiance 113. SGA: The Furies 114. The Gateway Trip 115. Plague Year 116. The Warrior's Apprentice 117. The Vor Game 118. Cetaganda 119. KOP Killer 120. The United States of Atlantis 121. Stand on Zanzibar 122. Stranger Suns 123. Earth Strike 124. Falling Free 125. Liberating Atlantis 126. Center of Gravity 127. Darkship Thieves 128. Replay 129. Ethan of Athos 130. SGA: Secrets 131. Return to Atlantis 132. Star Trek VOY: The Eternal Tide 133. The Unincorporated Future 134. Year Zero 135. The Dresden Files: Summer Knight 136. Across the Sea of Suns 137. Infinity's Shore 138. Shadow Ops: Control Point 139. Overkill 140. The World Inside 141. Undercurrents 142. Ripper 143. Heaven's Reach 144. Mission to Minerva 145. Star Trek Typhon Pact: Brinkmanship 146. 1636 : The Kremlin Games 147. Midst Toil and Tribulation 148. Man-Kzin Wars V 149. Barbarossa Red 150. 1635: The Papal Stakes 151. Singularity 152. The war That Came Early: Coup D'etat 153. Use of Weapons 154. Brothers in Arms 155. Earth's Other Shadow 156. Destroyermen: Into the Storm 157. The Lost Stars: Tarnished Knight 158. The Risen Empire 159. Destroyermen: Crusade 160. Rainbow Six 161. Stealing Light 162. Cold Days 163. Lord of Mountains 164. Destroyermen: Maelstrom 165. Kris Longknife: Furious 166. The Boy Who Would Live Forever 167. Empire State 168. Star Trek TNG: The Persistence of Memory 169. Star Trek TNG: Silent Weapons 170. The First Casualty 171. Destroyermen: Distant Thunders 172. The Price of Peace 173. Hunters of the Red Moon
Several books, but relevant to this board, only Q-Squared, which was a HUGE disappointment and read like fanfic.
Loads of stuff, I didn't keep a list, but the stand out event for me was switching to an e-reader. I'm a total convert, and not just because it feels like I have a star trek style pad to read from.