Once again it feels like I read more books than this, but the teetering tower of OSHA violations does not lie. Here are the books that I enjoyed this year, in desk-stack order:
Damned – Genevieve CogmanPiranesi – Susanna ClarkeWhen We Were Real – Daryl GregoryGhost Station, Dead Silence, Cold Eternity – SA BarnesFoundryside, Shorefall, Locklands – Robert Jackson BennettLetters from the Dead – Isabella Valeriw0rldtr33 – James Tynion IVCity of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City – Ian Lambot & Greg GirardKowloon Large Illustrated – Kazumi TerazawaThe Regicide Report – Charles StrossThe Adventures of Mary Darling – Pat MurphyDescender Compendium – Jeff Lemire & Dustin NguyenMr. Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder – Lawrence WeschlerStrandbeest, The Dream Machines of Theo Jansen – Lawrence Weschler & Lena HerzogHoward The Duck, The Complete Collection Vol 1-5 – Steve Gerber, etc.The Essential Ellison – Harlan Ellison (I skimmed; he’s much more uneven than I remembered)The Ghost Hunters Guide to the Alphabet – Violet BlueVisual Experiments Lain – Acura Honda & Takahiro KishidaAn Omnipresence In Wired – Yoshitoshi AbeThe Art of Robert E. McginnisThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, Record of a Spaceborn Few, A Closed and Common Orbit, The Galaxy and the Ground Within, To Be Taught If Fortunate, Monk and Robot – Becky ChambersBlue Champagne – John VarleyCome Closer – Sara GranNegative Space – BR YeagerVurt – Jeff NoonWe Are Legion, We Are Bob – Dennis E. TaylorTime Windows – Kathryn ReissRebel Girl: My Life As a Feminist Punk – Kathleen HannaThe Secret History – Donna TarttThe Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern
But! I now have a strong theory as to why my book reading has been down. This was the year that I finally stopped living in denial and bought reading glasses. After doing that I came to realize that I had been following all kinds of stupid rules that I hadn’t even noticed, like, “I only read books in direct sunlight”.
Dammit.
(Yes, I read books on paper, no, I don’t want to hear about your Kindle.)
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