Quite a few this year, compared to last year. "Hearts and Minds" (TNG) "Available Light" (TNG) "Collateral Damage" (TNG) "Master and Apprentice" (Star Wars) "The Missing" (DS9) "Brinkmanship" (Typhon Pact) "The Crimson Shadow" (The Fall)
New year end, new thread created Have at it, all those of you who keep track of this sort of thing! And Merry Christmas, happy end of 2020 to you all - may your 2021 be filled with vaccines and joy
And XenForo is so helpful and yet if falls at the last hurdle of not letting me specify I wanted Stephen's thread beneath mine... oh well...
The major ones I can remember off the top of my head: The Fifth Season Doctor No Goldfinger The Drawing of the Three Firestarter Star Trek: Deep Domain, Strangers From the Sky, The Romulan Way Tales of the City of the Saved Doctor Who: Evil of the Daleks, Fury From the Deep, The Wheel in Space, The Space Pirates. Also the first four stories of the first Hartnell Annual, pretty lengthy stories. Also a couple stories from a massive concept anthology called We All Hear Stories in the Dark.
I read Rogue Saucer, those 2 Kelvin Universe novels and I'm halfway through Troublesome Minds right now. It's been a very busy year.
I finally finished The Long Mirage, which I think I started back in 2019 when the German version came out. That very much slowed down my post-Nemesis reading. In current Trek, I read The Last, Best Hope and The Way to the Stars (which I am currently re-reading), both amazing novels by Una McCormack, and Desperate Measures by Dayton Ward, which did a very good job with the premise. I also read two Doctor Who novels, The Eight Doctors, which felt somewhat strange and ever so slightly out of character, and Prisoner of the Daleks, which worked much better.
My 2020 reading list Latest listed first A Contest of Principles by Greg Cox To Lose the Earth by Kirsten Beyer Architects of Infinity by Kirsten Beyer A Pocket Full of Lies by Kirsten Beyer Acts of Contrition by Kirsten Beyer Protectors by Kirsten Beyer The Eternal Tide by Kirsten Beyer Children of the Storm by Kirsten Beyer Unworthy by Kirsten Beyer Full Circle by Kirsten Beyer More Beautiful Than Death by David Mack Die Standing by John Jackson Miller Agents of Influence by Dayton Ward Do Comets Dream? by S.P. Somtow Star Trek by John J. Ordover Equinox by Diane Carey Cast No Shadow by James Swallow Unspoken Truth by Margaret Wander Bonanno Foul Deeds Will Rise by Greg Cox Lust's Latinum Lost (And Found) by Paula M. Block Seasons of Light and Darkness by Michael A. Martin Miasma by Greg Cox The More Things Change by Scott Pearson Shadow of the Machine by Scott Harrison Serpents in the Garden by Jeffrey J. Mariotte The Latter Fire by James Swallow Allegiance in Exile by David R. George III Prophecy and Change by Marco Palmieri The Unsettling Stars by Alan Dean Foster The Rings of Time by Greg Cox The Weight of Worlds by Greg Cox Devil's Bargain by Tony Daniel That Which Divides by Dayton Ward Crisis of Consciousness by Dave Galanter Savage Trade by Tony Daniel The Shocks of Adversity by William Leisner A Choice of Catastrophes by Michael Schuster The Aliens Are Coming! by Dayton Ward Constellations by Marco Palmieri The Case of the Colonist's Corpse by Bob Ingersoll The Folded World by Jeff Mariotte Child of Two Worlds by Greg Cox The Higher Frontier by Christopher L. Bennett The Last Best Hope by Una McCormack
I had a very slow reading year with only 20 books read. Here’s the Star Trek books I read this year. Star Trek Picard The Last Best Hope by Una McCormack Star Trek The Higher Frontier by Christopher L Bennett Star Trek TNG Balance Of Power by Dafydd ab Hugh Star Trek Voyager Chrysalis by David Niall Wilson Star Trek More Beautiful Than Death by David Mack
I started the year doing a lot of reading, but it tailed off a bit in the last few months, so overall i read less than any recent year. I've always enjoyed Bernard Cornwells books, so i started reading some other historical fiction authors ( Ben Kane and Conn Iggulden). I made a start on The Expanse (late to the party on that one). A good end, but sad to read the final book of The Last Kingdom series, one of my favourites. I only read one Trek book this year, the Picard novel Last Best Hope, which I enjoyed more than the actual series. Battle Flag (The Starbuck Chronicles) - Bernard Cornwell Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot) - Agatha Christie The Bloody Ground (The Starbuck Chronicles) - Bernard Cornwell The Kimball Group Reader: Relentlessly Practical Tools for Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence (Remastered Collection) - Ralph Kimball; Margy Ross; Et Al. Stormbird (Wars of the Roses) - Conn Iggulden The ABC Murders (Hercule Poirot) - Agatha Christie Trinity (Wars of the Roses) - Conn Iggulden The Data Warehouse Toolkit: The Definitive Guide to Dimensional Modelling (Third Edition) - Ralph Kimball; Margy Ross The Data Warehouse ETL Toolkit: Practical Techniques for Extracting, Cleaning, Conforming and Delivering Data - Ralph Kimball; Joe Caserta Bloodline (Wars of the Roses) - Conn Iggulden Sidney Chambers and the Problem of Evil (The Grantchester Mysteries) - James Runcie Dumb Witness (Hercule Poirot) - Agatha Christie Ravenspur (Wars of the Roses) - Conn Iggulden The Last Best Hope (Star Trek: Picard) - Una McCormack Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot) - Agatha Christie The Forgotten Legion (The Forgotten Legion) - Ben Kane Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot) - Agatha Christie Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot) - Agatha Christie The Silver Eagle (The Forgotten Legion) - Ben Kane Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot) - Agatha Christie The Road to Rome (The Forgotten Legion) - Ben Kane SQL Server Execution Plans, Third Edition - Grant Fritchey Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse) - James S A Corey One, Two, Buckle my Shoe (Hercule Poirot) - Agatha Christie Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles - Bernard Cornwell Sad Cypress (Hercule Poirot) - Agatha Christie Hickory Dickory Dock (Hercule Poirot) - Agatha Christie Spartacus: The Gladiator (Spartacus) - Ben Kane Caliban's War (The Expanse) - James S A Corey Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot) - Agatha Christie Spartacus: Rebellion (Spartacus) - Ben Kane Poirot and Me - David Suchet Artemis - Andy Weir The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas Clash of Empires (Clash of Empires) - Ben Kane The Hollow (Hercule Poirot) - Agatha Christie The Constant Rabbit - Jasper Fforde Among the Mad (Maisie Dobbs) - Jacqueline Winspear Azincourt - Bernard Cornwell Gods of Risk (The Expanse) - James S A Corey The Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman The Killings at Kingfisher Hill - Sophie Hannah Abaddon's Gate (The Expanse) - James S A Corey War Lord (The Last Kingdom) - Bernard Cornwell Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike) - Robert Galbraith Highland Fling (Mirabelle Bevan Mysteries) - Sara Sheridan Lionheart - Ben Kane The Sandman (Audible) - Neil Gaiman & Dirk Maggs The Mapping of Love and Death (Maisie Dobbs) - Jacqueline Winspear
I have read 96 books so far this year; I may squeeze in a 97th if I can get through the rest of Nicholas Nickleby in the next week. Low year for me (my annual average is in the 150s). Of those, 12 were Star Trek books: Discovery: Dead Endless by Dave Galanter Picard: The Last Best Hope by Una McCormack The Next Generation: Cold Equations, Book III: The Body Electric by David Mack Department of Temporal Investigations: Time Lock by Christopher L. Bennett The Next Generation: The Stuff of Dreams by James Swallow Department of Temporal Investigations: Shield of the Gods by Christopher L. Bennett The Next Generation: Q Are Cordially Uninvited... by Rudy Josephs The Fall: Revelation and Dust by David R. George III The Fall: The Crimson Shadow by Una McCormack The Fall: A Ceremony of Losses by David Mack The Fall: The Poisoned Chalice by James Swallow The Fall: Peaceable Kingdoms by Dayton Ward As you can see, other than keeping up with CBSAA tie-ins (though I skipped Die Standing), I have been working on catching up with Destiny-era fiction. If you want to know what other books I've read, I blog about it every month!
For Star Trek this year, I read the entire Vanguard and Seekers franchise (a reread), No Time Like the Past (reread), The Higher Frontier, Agents of Influence, Die Standing, To Lose the Earth, and A Contest of Principles...oh, and the Kirk Fu Manual. There was likely a few more I skimmed but didn't actually read or reread all the way through like Desperate Measures but for the most part that was it.
Well, obviously all the ST novels published this year. And I re-read Assignment: Eternity (and a few others). And I read Don Quixote, in the relatively new Edith Grossman translation.
Here are the books I read this year based off of my list on Goodreads. Prose Solo: A Star Wars Story novelization by Mur Lafferty Star Trek: Section 31: Control by David Mack Star Trek: The Badlands Book Two of Two The Art of Ratchet & Clank Star Trek: Voyager: Gateways #5: No Man's Land and In the Queue (novella in Gateways #7: What Lay Beyond) by Christie Golden Star Trek: Titan: Fortune of War by David Mack Star Trek: TNG: Available Light by Dayton Ward The Dresden Files: Changes by Jim Butcher Multiple stories from The Dresden Files Side Jobs by Jim Butcher Star Wars: Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel by James Luceno Star Trek: TNG: Collateral Damage by David Mack Star Wars: Rebel Rising by Beth Revis Comics The Flash Vol. 4: Reverse written by Francis Manapul & Brian Buccellato with art by Francis Manapul Star Trek Mirror Images #1-4 written by David and Scott Tipton with art by David Messina Superman: Secret Origin written by Geoff Johns with art by Gary Frank Doctor Who The Eighth Doctor Vol. 1: A Matter of Life and Death written by George Mann with art by Emma Vieceli Astonishing X-Men Vol. 1: Gifted written by Joss Whedon with art by John Cassaday Star Trek: Year Four: The Enterprise Experiment written by DC Fontana and Derek Chester with art by Gordon Purcell Justice written by Jim Krueger with art by Alex Ross Star Trek: The Next Generation: Terra Incognita written by David and Scott Tipton with art by Angel Hernandez, Carlos Nieto, and Tony Shasteen Spider-Man: Died In Your Arms Tonight written by Dan Slott, Marc Guggenheim, Roger Stern, and Mark Waid, with art by Mario Alberti, Pat Ollife, John Romita Jr. and Val Semeiks Star Trek Waypoint Special #1 written by Dave Baker, Brandon M. Easton, Nicole Goux, Jackson Lanzing, Matthew Dow Smith, with art by Nicole Goux, Josh Hood, Sonny Liew, Matthew Dow Smith Aquaman #1-#6 written by Geoff Johns with art by Ivan Reis Star Wars: Doctor Aphra Vol. 1: Aphra written by Kireon Gillen with art by Kev Walker Star Trek: Debt of Honor written by Chris Claremont with art by Adam Hughes Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 1: Faces of Death writing and art by by Tony S. Daniel Fantatsic Four: The Master of Doom written by Mark Millar with art by Bryan Hitch Chew Vol. 1: Taster's Choice written by John Layman with art by Rob Guillory The Flash Vol. 5: History Lesson written by Brian Buccellato with art by Patrick Zircher The Simpsons Comics Showstopper written by Ian Boothby, Mary Trainor, Len Wein and Chuck Dixon, with art by Juan Ortiz, and John Costanza Lumberjanes Vol. 3: A Terrible Plan written by Faith Erin Hicks, Noelle Stevenson, and Shannon Waters, with art by Carolyn Nowak Batman: Death of The Family written by Scott Snyder with art by Greg Capullo Monstress Vol. 1: Awakening written by Marjorie M. Liu and art by Sana Takeda Spider-Man: New Ways to Live written by a whole bunch of people, and with art by even more people Eureka Vol. 1 story by Andrew Crosby and Jaime Paglia, script by Brandon Hay, with art by Diego Barreto Aquaman Vol. 2: The Others written by Geoff Johns with art by Joe Prado and Ivan Reis
No Star Trek this year. Interference by Sue Burke To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline Dune: The Duke of Caladan by BH & KJA The Sisterhood of Dune by BH & KJA If It Bleeds by Stephen King Heaven's River by Dennis E. Taylor Kindred by Octavia Butler The Last Astronaut by David Wellington Devolution by Max Brooks Providence by Max Barry The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins Old Man's War by John Scalzi (reread) The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi The Lost Colony by John Scalzi The Sagan Diary by John Scalzi (novelette) Transcription by Kate Atkinson The Long Earth by Stephen Baxter & Terry Pratchett (reread) The Long War The Long Mars The Long Utopia The Long Cosmos To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers (novella) The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton Terminus by Peter Clines Run by Blake Crouch Blackout by Connie Willis
I read the Picard readup books. I read Diane Duane's Spock's World and started reading the Rihannsu series again. Thanks to Picard, I got on a Vulcan/ Romulan kick.
My 2020 list is here. Star Trek books are in bold. Are Snakes Necessary - Brian De Palma and Susan Lehman The Battle for Betazed - Charlotte Douglas and Susan Kearney Apropos of Nothing - Woody Allen The Life And Death of Classical Music - Norman Lebrecht Colonel Sun - Kingsley Amis Star Trek: The Cry of the Onlies - Judy Klass Double De Palma - Susan Dworkin Indiana Jones and the Seven Veils - Rob MacGregor Inside The Star Wars Empire - Bill Kimberlin James Bond - The Authorized Biography of 007 - John Pearson Vengeance is Mine - Mickey Spillane Wild Seed - Octavia E. Butler The Civil War: A Concise History - Louis P. Masur Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man - Mary L. Trump The Girl Who Lived Twice - David Lagercrantz A Rock And A Hard Place - Peter David Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Inside The Art & Visual Effects - Jeff Bond & Gene Kozicki I'll Bury My Dead - James Hadley Chase Quicksilver - Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens And the Last Trump Shall Sound - Harry Turtledove, James Morrow, Cat Rambo Raiders of the Lost Ark - Campbell Black Star Trek: DS9 - The Heart of the Warrior - John Gregory Betancourt Diamonds Are Forever - Ian Fleming Nobody Lives Forever - John Gardner Target Practice - Nicholas Meyer Star Trek: Double, Double - Michael Jan Friedman My Life As A Mankiewicz - Tom Mankiewicz and Robert Crane
I forgot to include the Star Trek: SCE novella Cold Fushion by KRAD, which I read in the second paperback omnibus, Miracle Workers, under prose.