2019 Reading List

I really enjoyed nearly all the books I read this past year. There are a fair number of re-reads (if I have missed any,it’s because I’ve forgotten that I read them) which I’ve italicized and bolded the books I thought were the most interesting to me. Nearly all the books I read were audiobooks, with the rest being proper dead-tree books, rather than ebooks, which despite a few attempts, haven’t really engaged me the same.

  1. Getting to Yes, Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher and William Ury : January 1
  2. Gilgamesh translated by Stephen Mitchell : January 3
  3. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell : January 4
  4. The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen : January 16
  5. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson : January 16
  6. 2001 by Arthur C. Clarke : January 23
  7. WWW: Wake by Robert J. Sawyer : January 26
  8. WWW: Watch by Robert J. Sawyer : January 28
  9. WWW: Wonder by Robert J. Sawyer : January 30
  10. Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson : February 4
  11. SevenEves by Neal Stephenson : February 13
  12. Cujo by Stephen King : March 2
  13. Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy : March 6
  14. Hominids (Book 1 of Neanderthal Parallax) by Robert J. Sawyer : March 13
  15. Humans (Book 2 of Neanderthal Parallax) by Robert J. Sawyer : March 15
  16. Hybrids (Book 3 of Neanderthal Parallax) by Robert J. Sawyer : March 16
  17. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving in by Roger Fisher and William Ury : March 19
  18. Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer : March 23
  19. Without Remorse by Tom Clancy : March 25
  20. Becoming by Michelle Obama : April 2
  21. Verbal Judo, The Gentle Art of Persuasion by George J Thompson and Jerry B Jenkins : April 9
  22. The Android’s Dream by John Scalzi : April 16
  23. The Indignities of Being a Woman by Merrill Markoe and Megan Koester : April 18
  24. Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga : April 23
  25. The Odyssey by Homer, translated by W. H. D. Rouse : April 28
  26. The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuck : April 30
  27. Ghost in the Wires by Kevin Mitnick and William L Simon : May 03
  28. Escaping the Rabbit Hole, How to Debunk Conspiracy Theories Using Facts, Logic, and Respect by Mich West : May 7
  29. How to Survive the End fo the World as We Know It : Tactics, Techniques, and Technologies for Uncertain Times by James Wesley Rawles : May 18
  30. How to Build a Thriving Workplace; A Leader’s Guide by Beth Cabrera : May 20
  31. She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore : May 21
  32. The Art of Invisibility by Kevin Mitnick with Robert Vamosi : May 25
  33. Skepticism 101: How to Think like a Scientist by Professor Michael Shermer : May 26
  34. Lucifer’s Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle : May 27
  35. Still Procrastinating? The no-regrets guide to getting its done, by Joseph R Ferrari : June 2
  36. Redshirts by John Scalzi : June 3
  37. Act of Valor by Dick Couch and George Galdorisi : June 5
  38. How to Die; An ancient guide to the end of life by Seneca, edited and translated by James S. Romm
  39. 18 Miles – The Epic drama of our atmosphere and its weather, by Christopher Dewdney : June 7
  40. Anthropology and the Study of Humanity, by Professor Scott M. Lacy (Great Courses) : June 8
  41. The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security by Kevin Mitnick & William L. Simon : June 11
  42. Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel : June 16
  43. Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne : June 19
  44. Dracula by Bram Stoker : June 21
  45. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Wolf : July 22
  46. Inferno by Dante Alighieri, translated by Clive James : July 24
  47. Driven to Succeed: From Poverty to Podium by Kendal Netmaker : July 25
  48. Search Image by Julie E. Czerneda : July 26
  49. From Here To Eternity by Caitlin Doughty : July 29
  50. Bitten by Kelly Armstrong : July 31
  51. Why Sh*t Happens: The science of a really bad day by Peter J. Bentley : August 05
  52. They Called me Number One by Bev Sellars : August 11
  53. The Last Neanderthal by Claire Cameron : August 13
  54. The Little Price by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry : August 13
  55. Masters of Greek Thought: Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle by Robert C. Bartlett : August 14
  56. 5 Steps to Assertiveness: How to Communicate with Confidence and Get What You Want by S. Renee Smith : August 15
  57. A Book of Five Rings: The Strategy of Musashi by Miyamoto Musashi : August 16
  58. Canadianity: Tales from the True North Strong and Freezing by Jeremy Taggart and Jonathan Torrens : August 16
  59. The Color Purple by Alice Walker : August 17
  60. Flight of the Old Dog by Dale Brown : August 18
  61. Heroes in My Head: A Memoir by Judy Rebick : August 18
  62. The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout : August 19
  63. Moon of the Crusted Snow: A Novel by Waubgeshig Rice : August 20
  64. Medical School for Everyone: Emergency Medicine by Roy Benaroch : August 20
  65. The Theory of Everything: The Quest to Explain All Reality by Don Lincoln : August 22
  66. How to Deal with Difficult People: Smart Tactics for Overcoming the Problem People in Your Life by Gill Hasson : September 14
  67. Juno Beach: Canada’s D-Day Victory: June 6, 1944 by Mark Zuehlke : September 17
  68. Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t by Simon Sinek : September 26
  69. Indian Horse: A Novel by Richard Wagamese : September 29
  70. TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public Speaking by Chris Anderson : October 1
  71. The Radical King by Martin Luther King, Cornel West – editor : October 3
  72. All Marketers Are Liars: The Power of Telling Authentic Stories in a Low-Trust World by Seth Godin : October 6
  73. Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese : October 7
  74. Permanent Record by Edward Snowden : October 10
  75. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah : October 14
  76. Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein : October 15
  77. The Tell-Tale Heart & Other Stories by Edgar Allan Poe : October 18
  78. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson : October 18
  79. The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker : October 20
  80. Minimum Wage Magic by Rachel Aaron : October 23
  81. Language Families of the World by John McWhorter : October 26
  82. Embers: One Ojibway’s Meditations by Richard Wagamese : November 6
  83. I Am Legend by Richard Matheson : November 7
  84. Starship Pandora: A Star Force Drama by B. V. Larson : November 08
  85. The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister’s Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris : November 10
  86. The Fall by Albert Camus : November 11
  87. The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson : November 12
  88. The Test by Sylvain Neuvel : November 16
  89. Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine by Edzard Ernst & Simon Singh : November 17
  90. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman : November 19
  91. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey : November 21
  92. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo : November 22
  93. Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart by James R. Doty MD : November 24
  94. Pray Lied Eve: Short Tales of the Untoward by Lydia Peever : November 28
  95. The Grays by Whitley Strieber : Dec 02
  96. Earthcore by Scott Sigler : December 06
  97. What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman : December 08
  98. American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition by Neil Gaiman : December 09
  99. Jurassic Park: A Novel by Michael Crichton : December 16
  100. Understanding Japan: A Cultural History by Mark J. Ravina : December 19
  101. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks : December 25
  102. We Are Legion (We Are Bob): Bobiverse, Book 1 by Dennis E. Taylor : December 26
  103. Fear the Sky: The Fear Saga, Book 1 by Stephen Moss : December 27