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