The 2016 Book List
- Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe by Lisa Randall
- This Will Make You Smarter by John Brockman
- The Koran
- A Night of Blacker Darkness by Dan Wells
- Sworn in Steel by Douglas Hulick
- Procrastinate on Purpose by Rory Vaden
- Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills (The Great Courses) by Professor Stephen Novella
- Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor
- The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
- The Higgs Boson and Beyond (The Great Courses) by Sean Carroll
- Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology by Kentaro Toyama
- Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future by Martin Ford
- The Industries of the Future by Alec Ross
- Common Sense by Thomas Paine
- The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World (The Great Courses) by Prof. Robert Garland
- Revisionary by Jim C. Hines
- Chupacabra's Song by Jim C. Hines
- Quantum Night by Robert J. Sawyer
- Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft
- The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome by Susan Wise Bauer
- You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day
- Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord
- There Was No Jesus, There Is No God by Raphael Lataster
- The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems ... And Create More by Luke Dormehl
- Jesus Did Not Exist: A Debate Among Atheists by Raphael Lataster w/ Richard Carrier
- Did Jesus Exist: The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth by Bart Ehrman
- Answers to Aristotle: How Science and Philosophy Can Lead Us to a More Meaningful Life by Massimo Pigliucci
- The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself by Sean Carroll
- The Ark: Children of the Dead Earth (Book One) by Patrick S. Tomlinson
- Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo by Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence
- Trident's Forge: Children of the Dead (Book Two) by Patrick S. Tomlinson
- Jesus Before the Gospels: How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior by Bart Ehrman
- Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
- The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
- The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
- Extraordinary Zoology: Tales from the Monsternomicon, vol. 1 by Howard Tayler
- Mr. Monster by Dan Wells
- I Don't Want to Kill You by Dan Wells
- Partials by Dan Wells
- The Devil's Only Friend by Dan Wells
- Necessity by Jo Walton
- Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work That Matters, and Make Smart Choices About Giving Back by William MacAskill
- The Lady Astronaut Club by Mary Robinette Kowal (beta reader of draft edition)
- Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill (with commentary by Steven Barnes) (re-read)
- How Great Science Fiction Works (The Great Courses) by Prof. Gary K. Wolfe
- Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi
Format:
- Audiobooks: 26
- Audio courses: 4
- Kindle: 13
- Kindle shorts: 1
- Google Docs: 1
- Dead tree books: 6
Subjects:
- Total Fiction: 22
- Classics: 2
- Science Fiction: 8
- Young Adult: 2
- Fantasy: 13
- Horror: 3
- Non-Fiction: 25
- Science: 9
- Physics: 3
- Psychology: 1
- Biology: 3
- Technology: 4
- Math/Statistics: 1
- Religion: 8
- History: 8
- Politics: 5
- Education: 1
- Economics: 5
- Business: 6
- Philosophy: 7
- Humor: 2
- Writing/Creativity: 2
These numbers don't quite match up, because some books cover multiple areas, and so I've included them in all relevant categories. So, for example, a book on free will would fall in both Psychology and Philosophy (and possibly even Religion) categories.
Similarly, some books I read using Whispersynch-for-Voice to jump between the Amazon Kindle and Audible audiobook versions of the books, so they got double-counted in the format section. I've also included The Great Courses audios that I listen to through Audible.com. Though not actually books, I figure that a 10+ hour course on a subject contains about the same informational content, if not presented structurally in quite the same way as it would take in a written book.
Similarly, some books I read using Whispersynch-for-Voice to jump between the Amazon Kindle and Audible audiobook versions of the books, so they got double-counted in the format section. I've also included The Great Courses audios that I listen to through Audible.com. Though not actually books, I figure that a 10+ hour course on a subject contains about the same informational content, if not presented structurally in quite the same way as it would take in a written book.
The History
And for anyone who is interested in looking into the past to see some of my previous book lists...
Prior to 2008, I didn't keep a precise running record of the books that I read.
