Reading List - 2018

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Starting Year No. 9. Getting a late start here as I am working through a few medical issues. Nevertheless, hre we go again. As always anything listed as [re-read] is either in preparation for the next book in a series or for my own pleasure 'cause it was a good read. So, my reading list for 2017:


Currently Reading

• The Tiger's Daughter by K. Aresnault Rivera
  
• [re-read] The Winter Long by Seanan McGuire (Toby Daye, No. 8)
  
• Area X:The Southern Reach Trilogy (audiobook) by Jeff Vandermeer

Started But On-hold

• The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes (Rogues of the Republic, No. 1)
  
• [re-read] The House in the High Wood by Jeffrey Barlough (Western Lights, No. 2)
  
• [re-read] Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding (Tales of the Ketty Jay, No. 1)
  
• A Crown for Cold Silver by Alex Marshall (The Crimson Empire, No. 1)
  
• Hell's Foundations Quiver by David Weber (Safehold, No. 8)
  
• Elysium Fire by Alastair Reynolds (Prefect Dreyfuss, No. 2)
  
• Persepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, No. 7)
  
• Sword of the Bright Lady by M.C. Planck (World of Prime, No. 1)

Started and Abandoned (either I didn't like it or found something more interesting)

Completed

1. [re-read] Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds (Revelation Space, No. 1)
   
2. Fractured Earth by Jame Wymore (The Actuator, No. 1)
   
3. The Alchemist of Souls by Anne Lyle (Night's Masque, No. 1)
   
4. Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr by John Crowley
   
5. [re-read] An Import of Intrigue by Marshall Ryan Maresca (Maradine Constabulary, No. 2)
   
6. The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
   
7. Revenger by Alastair Reynolds
   
8. Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds (Revelation Space, No. 2)
   
9. The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds (Prefect Dreyfuss, No. 1)
   
10. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, No. 1)
    
11. A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, No. 2)
    
12. Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds (Revelation Space, No. 3)
    
13. An Airship Named Desire by Katherine McIntyre
    
14. Beginning Operations by James White (Sector General Omnibus, No. 1)
    
15. Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear (Karen Memory, No. 1)
    
16. Stone Mad by Elizabeth Bear (Karen Memory, No. 2)
    
17. Absolution Gap by Alastair Reynolds (Revelation Space, No. 4)
    
18. Within the Sanctuary of Wings by Marie Brennan (The Memoirs of Lady Tent, No. 5)
    
19. The Sisters Mederos by Patrice Sarath
    
20. [re-read] Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire (Toby Daye, No. 1)
    
21. [re-read] A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire (Toby Daye, No. 2)
    
22. [re-read] An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire (Toby Daye, No. 3)
    
23. [re-read] Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire (Toby Daye, No. 4)
    
24. [re-read] One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire (Toby Daye, No. 5)
    
25. [re-read] Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire (Toby Daye, No. 6)
    
26. [re-read] Chimes at Midnight by Seanan McGuire (Toby Daye, No. 7)
    

Outstanding (& Very Highly Recommended) Reads from 2017
Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr by John Crowley
If you are a John Crowley fan, you have to go get this book. A fascinating narrative, told from the point of view of a virtually immortal crow named Dar Oakley as he observed and interacted with humans through the ages. There was some confusion about what Ka was and Ymr was, but eventually it all became clear. Seriously, if you like Crowley, you must add this to your library.

Outstanding (& Very Highly Recommended) Reads from 2016
The Builders by Daniel Polansky

Outstanding (& Very Highly Recommended) Reads from 2015
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
2015 Honorable Mention: The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss

Outstanding (& Very Highly Recommended) Reads from 2014
The Black Dawn Series by Joseph D'Lacey

1. Black Feathers
   
2. The Book of the Crowman

2014 Honorable Mention: The Bannon & Clare Series by Lilith Saintcrow

1. The Iron Wyrm Affair
   
2. The Red Plague Affair
   
3. The Ripper Affair

Outstanding (& Very Highly Recommended) Reads from 2013
The Daedalus Series by Michael J. Martinez

1. The Daedalus Incident
   
2. The Enceladus Crisis
   
3. The Venusian Gambit
   

2013 Honorable mentions:

• Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, No. 1)
  
• Thieftaker by D.B. Jackson (Thieftaker Chronicles, No. 1)
  

Outstanding (& Very Highly Recommended) Reads from 2012
The "Mrs. Quent" trilogy by Galen Beckett

1. The Magicians and Mrs. Quent
   
2. The House on Durrow Street
   
3. The Master of Heathcrest Hall
   

Outstanding (& Very Highly Recommended) Reads from 2011 - TIE
The "Tales of the Ketty Jay" series by Chris Wooding

1. Retribution Falls
   
2. The Black Lung Captain
   
3. The Iron Jackal
   
4. The Ace of Skulls
   

The "Vampire Earth" series by Clay and Susan Griffith

1. The Greyfriar
   
2. The Rift Walker
   
3. The Kingmakers
   

Outstanding (& Very Highly Recommended) Reads from 2010
The "Clockwork Century" series by Cherie M. Priest

1. Boneshaker
   
2. Clementine
   
3. Dreadnought
   
4. Ganymede
   
5. Inexplicables
   
6. Fiddlehead
   
7. Jacaranda (forthcoming Spring 2015)
   

Outstanding (& Very Highly Recommended) Reads from 2009
The "Western Lights" series by Jeffrey Barlough

1. Dark Sleeper (2000)
   
2. The House in the High Wood (2001)
   
3. Strange Cargo (2004)
   
4. Bertram of Butter Cross (2007)
   
5. Anchorwick (2008)
   
6. A Tangle in Slops (2011)
   
7. What I Found at Hoole (2012)
   
8. The Cobbler of Riddingham (2014)
   
9. Where the Time Goes (2016)