Top
10 Fiction (In no particular order except the first two are purposefully at the top of the list):
Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey
The Martian by Andy Weir
The Martian by Andy Weir
The Kept by James Scott
This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash
The Possibilities by Kaui Hart Hemmings
Closed Doors by Lisa O'Donnell
A Song for Issy
Bradley by Carys Bray
The Demon who Peddled Longing by Khanh Ha
Station
Eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Top 4 Short Stories:
Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood
Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood
Tell Me One Thing by Deena Goldstone
Thunderstruck & Other Stories by Elizabeth McCracken
Family Furnishings by Alice Munro
Top 10 Nonfiction:
Too Many Lovers: a Guide to Freedom from Idolatry by Paul
Taylor
No Mercy by Eleanor Learmonth, Jenny Tabakoff
Earthquake Storms by John
Dvorak
The Lost Tribe of Coney Island by Claire Prentice
The Power of God's Names by Tony Evans
The Good Spy by Kai Bird
The Map Thief by Michael Blanding
The Skeleton Crew by Deborah Halber
Stolen from the Garden by William Swanson
Out of the Woods: A Memoir
of Wayfinding by Lynn Darling
2014
Books: 204 books (Books noted with an asterisk are top rated. This was an excellent year of reading. My decision to drop cable TV seems to be showing in the numbers, especially considering I also took on a second part time job in the evenings and am still work full time during the day.)
January – 19 books
**1. In the Blood by Lisa Unger, 352 pages, 1/2/14 very highly recommended
2. Phoenix Island by John Dixon, 320 pages, 1/4/14, highly recommended
*3. Out of the Woods: A Memoir of Wayfinding by Lynn Darling, 288 pages, 1/6/14, very highly recommended, nonfict.
4. The End by G. Michael Hopf,384 pages, 1/8/14, so-so
5. The Long Road by G. Michael Hopf, 320 pages, 1/8/14, recommended
*6. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd, 384 pages, 1/9/14, very highly recommended
7. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley, 336, 1/12/14, highly recommended
8. A Highly Unlikely Scenario, or a Neetsa Pizza Employee's Guide to Saving the World by Rachel Cantor, 256 pages, 1/14/14, recommended
*9. Little Failure by Gary Shteyngart, 368 pages, 1/15/14, very highly recommended
**1. In the Blood by Lisa Unger, 352 pages, 1/2/14 very highly recommended
2. Phoenix Island by John Dixon, 320 pages, 1/4/14, highly recommended
*3. Out of the Woods: A Memoir of Wayfinding by Lynn Darling, 288 pages, 1/6/14, very highly recommended, nonfict.
4. The End by G. Michael Hopf,384 pages, 1/8/14, so-so
5. The Long Road by G. Michael Hopf, 320 pages, 1/8/14, recommended
*6. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd, 384 pages, 1/9/14, very highly recommended
7. The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley, 336, 1/12/14, highly recommended
8. A Highly Unlikely Scenario, or a Neetsa Pizza Employee's Guide to Saving the World by Rachel Cantor, 256 pages, 1/14/14, recommended
*9. Little Failure by Gary Shteyngart, 368 pages, 1/15/14, very highly recommended
*10. Small Space Garden Ideas by
Philippa Pearson, 256 pages, 1/16/14, very highly recommended
nonfic
11. Pandemic by Scott Sigler, 592
pages, 1/18/14, highly recommended
12. Eyes Wide Open by Ted Dekker,
304 pages, 1/20/14, so-so
*13. What We've Lost Is Nothing by
Rachel Louise Snyder, 320 pages, 1/21/14, very highly recommended
14. The Gods of Heavenly Punishment
by Jennifer Cody Epstein, 400 pages, 1/23/14, recommended
15. Why Are You So Sad? by Jason
Porter, 224 pages, 1/24/14, recommended
16. The Culling
by Robert Johnson, 256 pages, 1/25/14, so-so
17. To Sir, With Love by E. R.
Braithwaite, 184 pages, 1/26/14, highly recommended
**18. The Kept by James Scott, 368
pages, 1/28/14, very highly recommended
*19.The Power of God's Names by Tony
Evans, 224 pages, 1/31/14, very highly recommended
February
– 23 books
20. The Truest Thing about You by
David Lomas D. R. Jacobsen, 224 pages, 2/1/14, recommended
21. Poison Town by Creston Mapes, 368
pages, 2/2/14, highly recommended
*22. The Deepest Secret by Carla
Buckley, 448 pages, 2/3/14, very highly recommended
**23. This Dark Road to Mercy by
Wiley Cash, 240 pages, 2/5/14, very highly recommended
*24. The Fixer by T. E. Woods, 280
pages, 2/6/14, very highly recommended
25. The Korean Word For Butterfly by
Jamie Zerndt, 328 pages, 2/7/14, highly recommended
**26. The Winter People by Jennifer
McMahon, 336 pages, 2/8/14, very highly recommended
**27. The Martian by Andy Weir, 384
pages, 2/10/14, very highly recommended
28. Mercy Snow by Tiffany Baker, 336
pages, 2/11/14, highly recommended
29. Thirty Girls by Susan Minot, 320 pages, 2/12/14, recommended
29. Thirty Girls by Susan Minot, 320 pages, 2/12/14, recommended
30. The Music Room by Dennis
McFarland, 275 pages, 2/12/14, recommended
31. The Waking Engine by David
Edison, 400 pages, 2/13/14, recommended
32. Deadly Memories by S. D.
O'Donnell, 326 pages, 2/13/14, recommended
33. Where Monsters Dwell by Jorgen
Brekke 368 pages, 2/14/14, highly recommended
34. The Museum of Extraordinary Things
by Alice Hoffman, 384 pages, 2/15/14, highly recommended
*35. Earthquake Storms by John
Dvorak, 352 pages, 2/15/14, very highly recommended, nonfiction
36. Ripper by Isabel Allende, 496 pages, 2/17/14, recommended
36. Ripper by Isabel Allende, 496 pages, 2/17/14, recommended
37. Runner by Patrick Lee, 336
pages, 2/18/14, highly recommended
38. Deep Winter by Samuel W. Gailey,
304 pages, 2/19/14, highly recommended
39. The Troop by Nick Cutter, 368
pages, 2/21/14, highly recommended
40. The Wives of Los Alamos by
TaraShea Nesbit, 240 pages, 2/24/14,
highly recommended
41. A Man Came Out of a Door in the
Mountain by Adrianne Harun, 272 pages, 2/25/14, highly
recommended
42. The Sound of Broken Glass by
Deborah Crombie, 384 pages, 2/26/14, highly recommended
March – 13 books
March – 13 books
*43. The Weight of Blood by Laura
McHugh, 320 pages, 3/1/14, very highly recommended
44. The Chase by Janet Evanovich and
Lee Goldberg, 320 pages, 3/2/14, highly recommended
45. Precious Thing by Colette McBeth, 304 pages, 3/4/14, highly recommended
45. Precious Thing by Colette McBeth, 304 pages, 3/4/14, highly recommended
46. Above by Isla Morley, 384 pages,
3/5/14, so-so
47. The Accident by Chris Pavone, 400
pages, 3/7/14, highly recommended
48. The Detainee by Peter Liney, 352
pages, 3/11/14, highly recommended
*49. The Boy Who Stole from the Dead
by Orest Stelmach, 368 pages, 3/12/14, very highly recommended
50. Apocalypse by Dean Crawford, 416
pages, 3/19/14, recommended
51. Welcome to Mars by Ken Hollings,
304 pages, 3/19/14, highly recommended
52. Distortion by Terri Blackstock,
352 pages, 3/22/14, highly recommended
53. For Rent: Dangerous Paradise by
Eric James Miller, 420 pages, 3/26/14, highly recommended
*54. Byrd by Kim Church, 228 pages,
3/30/14, very highly recommended
55. Not for Nothing by Stephen
Graham Jones, 298 pages, 3/31/14, recommended
April – 22 books
56. Dark Eden by Chris Beckett, 448
pages, 4/1/14, so-so
57. Love and Treasure by Ayelet
Waldman, 352 pages, 4/2/14, highly recommended
58. And the Dark Sacred Night by
Julia Glass,400 pages, 4/4/14,
recommended
59. Worst. Person. Ever. by Douglas
Coupland, 304 pages, 4/6/14, recommended
60. The Here and Now by Ann
Brashares, 256 pages, 4/7/14, recommended
61. Waiting for Wednesday by Nicci
French, 384 pages, 4/7/14, highly recommended
*62. A Letter for My Mother by Nina
Foxx, 240 pages, 4/9/14, very highly recommended
63. Saucer: Savage Planet by Stephen
Coonts, 352 pages, 4/9/14, recommended
64. All the Birds, Singing by Evie
Wyld, 240 pages, 4/13,14, highly recommended
65. Until You're Mine by Samantha
Hayes, 368 pages, 4/14/14, highly recommended
66. Under a Silent Moon by Elizabeth
Haynes, 368 pages, 4/17/14, highly recommended
67. Chop Chop by Simon Wroe, 288,
4/17/14, highly recommended
68. Casebook by Mona Simpson, 336
pages, 4/18/14, highly recommended
69. When We
Fall by Peter Giglio, 220 pages, 4/19/14, highly
recommended
*70. Tell Me One Thing by Deena
Goldstone, 272 pages, 4/21/14, very highly recommended short stories
*71. Thunderstruck & Other Stories by Elizabeth McCracken, 240 pages, 4/22/14, very highly recommended short stories
*71. Thunderstruck & Other Stories by Elizabeth McCracken, 240 pages, 4/22/14, very highly recommended short stories
72. Ruin Falls by Jenny Milchman,
352 pages, 4/23/14, recommended
73. Intervention: The Pandora Virus
by WRR Munro, 340 pages, 4/24/14, highly recommended
74. Death Below Zero by Richard
Anderson, 334 pages, 4/25/14, recommended
75. What Remains by Kay Holland, 141
pages, 4/26/14, not recommended
76. The Unraveling of Reverend G by
RJ Thesman, 206 pages, 4/27/14, highly recommended
77. How Not to Calm a Child on a Plane
by Johanna Stein, 256 pages, 4/28/14, highly recommended
May -20 books
78. Frankenstorm by Ray Garton, 352
pages, 5/8/14, recommended
*79. The Painter by Peter Heller,
384 pages, 5/8/14, very highly recommended
80. Delicious! by Ruth Reichl, 400
pages, 5/9/14, highly recommended
81. The Day She Died by Catriona
McPherson, 5/10/14, recommended
82. Good Call by Jase Robertson,
256 pages, 5/11/14, highly recommended
83. Dante's Poison by Lynne
Raimondo, 271 pages, 5/11/14, highly recommended
*84. The Possibilities by Kaui Hart
Hemmings, 288 pages, 5/12/14, very highly recommended
85. Remember Me Like This by Bret
Anthony Johnston, 384 pages, 5/13/14, highly recommended
*86. The Noble Hustle by Colson
Whitehead, 256 pages, 5/14/14, very highly recommended, nonfiction
87. The New Reality by Stephen
Martino, 336 pages, 5/15/14, highly recommended
*88. The Good Spy by Kai Bird, 448
pages, 5/17/14, very highly recommended nonfiction
89. The Son by Jo Nesbo, 416 pages,
5/17/14, highly recommended
90. Decompression by Juli Zeh, 272
pages, 5/19/20, so-so
*91. Closed Doors by Lisa O'Donnell,
256 pages, 5/20/14, very highly recommended
92. The Man with the Compound Eyes
by Wu Ming-Yi, 304 pages, 5/22/14, recommended
*93. The Map Thief by Michael
Blanding, 5/22/14, 320 pages, very highly recommended, nonfiction
*94. Blast, Corrupt, Dismantle, Erase
edited by Grubisic, Baxter, and Lee, 450 pages, 5/22/14, very
highly recommended nonfiction
95. Green Girl
by Kate Zambreno, 100 pages read, 5/25/14, not recommended
96. Reach for
Infinity
edited by Jonathan Strahan, 352 pages, 5/27/14, highly
recommended
97. Problems with People: Stories by
David Guterson, 176 pages, 5/29/14, highly recommended
June - 20
98. The Travel Writer by Jeff
Soloway, 240 pages, 6/1/14, recommended
*99. The Red
Hot Fix by
T. E. Woods, 288 pages, 6/3/14 very highly recommended
100. SynBio by Leslie Horvitz, 415
pages, 6/4/14, so-so
101. Shirley by Susan Scarf Merrell,
288 pages, 6/5/14, recommended
102. Love Will make You Drink &
Gamble, Stay Out Late at Night by Shelly Lowenopf, 186
pages, 6/6/14 highly recommended
**103.
Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey, 320 pages, 6/7/14,
very highly recommended
104. The Rise & Fall of Great Powers
by Tom Rachman, 6/9/14, 400 pages, highly recommended
105. Memory of Water by Emmi
Itäranta, 272 pages, 6/10/14, highly recommended
106. The Fever by Megan Abbott, 320
pages, 6/11/14, highly recommended
107. Robopocalypse by Daniel H.
Wilson, 350 pages, 6/12/14, recommended
108. Robogenesis by Daniel H. Wilson,
384 pages, 6/13/14, highly recommended
109. That Night by Chevy Stevens,
384 pages, 6/14/14, highly
recommended
110. Total Loss Farm by Raymond Mungo, 176 pages,
6/15/14, recommended
*111. A Better World by Marcus Sakey,
390 pages, 6/16/14, very highly recommended
112.
North of Normal by Cea Sunrise Person, 352 pages,
6/17/14, highly recommended
*113. Everything I Never Told You by
Celeste Ng, 304 pages, 6/23/14, very highly recommended
114. Sanctuary by G. Michael Hopf,
368 pages, 6/25/14, recommended
*115. Cop Town by Karin Slaughter,
416 pages, 6/28/14, very highly recommended
116. Don't Talk to Strangers by
Amanda Kyle Williams, 336 pages, 6/29/14, highly recommended
117. ExtraLife,
Inc. by
Kfir Luzzatto, 308 pages, 6/30/14, recommended
July – 20 books
*118. How to Tell Toledo from the Night
Sky by Lydia Netzer, 352 pages, 7/1/14, very highly
recommended
119. Dollbaby by Laura Lane McNeal,
352 pages, 7/3/14, recommended
120. Critical Damage by Robert K.
Lewis, 312 pages, 7/4/14, highly recommended
*121. The Skeleton Crew by Deborah
Halber, 304 pages, 7/6/14, very highly recommended, nonfiction
122. Forsaking Home by A. American,
416 pages,7/7/14, recommended
123. The Infinity Program by Richard
H. Hardy, 250 pages, 7/10/14, recommended
124. Hurricane Fever by Tobias S.
Buckell, 272 pages, 7/11/14, very highly recommended
125. The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan, 320 pages, 7/13/14,
highly recommended
126. The Forever Man by Pierre
Ouellette, 340 pages, 7/14/14, very highly recommended
127. The Mockingbird Next Door: Life
with Harper Lee by Marja Mills, 288 pages, 7/15/14, highly
recommended
128. But I Love You by Peter Rosch,
282 pages, 7/16/14, highly recommended
129. Isolation by Denise R.
Stephenson, 396 pages, 7/17/14, highly recommended
*130. Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night
by Barbara J. Taylor, 256 pages, 7/18/14, very highly recommended
131. The City by Dean Koontz, 416
pages, 7/20/14, very highly recommended
*132. Road Ends by Mary Lawson, 352
pages, 7/22/14, very highly recommended
133. Don't Worry about the Kids by
Jay Neugeboren, 178 pages, 7/23/14, highly recommended
134. Lucky Us by Amy Bloom, 256
pages, highly recommended, 7/24/14
135. The Good Girl by Mary Kubica,
352 pages, 7/25/14, highly recommended
**136. Big Little Lies by Liane
Moriarty, 480 pages, 7/28/14, very highly recommended
137. When Grief Calls Forth the Healing
by Mary Rockefeller Morgan, 236 pages, 7/31/14, highly recommended
August – 11 books
138. A History of the Future by
James Howard Kunstler, 336 pages, 8/1/14, highly recommended
139. All We Had by Annie Weatherwax, 272 pages, 8/2/14, highly recommended
139. All We Had by Annie Weatherwax, 272 pages, 8/2/14, highly recommended
140. California by Edan Lepucki, 400
pages, 8/4/14, so-so
*141. The 6th Extinction by James
Rollins, 448 pages, 8/7/14, very highly recommended
142. The House We Grew Up In by Lisa
Jewell, 400 pages, 8/12/14, very highly recommended
**143. A Song for Issy Bradley by
Carys Bray, 352 pages, 8/17/14, very highly recommended
144. One of Us by Tawni O'Dell, 304
pages, 8/20/14, highly recommended
145. The Story Hour by Thrity
Umrigar, 336 pages, 8/24/14, recommended
146. Don't Look Back by Gregg Hurwitz, 400 pages, 8/24/14, highly recommended
146. Don't Look Back by Gregg Hurwitz, 400 pages, 8/24/14, highly recommended
147. American Cornball by
Christopher Miller, 544 pages, 8/27/14, very highly recommended
148. Sweetness #9 by Stephan Eirik
Clark, 352 pages, 8/27/14, highly recommended
September -14 books
September -14 books
149. Lighthouse Island by Paulette
Jiles, 416 pages, 9/1/14, highly recommended
150.
The Secret Place by Tana French, 464 pages, 9/6/14,
highly recommended
151. Such Good Girls by R. D. Rosen,
288 pages, 9/7/14, very highly recommended, nonfiction
152. Yesterday's
Kin by Nancy Kress, 192 pages, 9/7/14, highly
recommended
*153. Station
Eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel, 352 pages, 9/9/14, very highly
recommended
154.
Ballroom by Alice Simpson, 304 pages, 9/11/14, recommended
155. In Certain Circles by Elizabeth Harrower, 256 pages, 9/13/14, recommended
**156. Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood, 288 pages, 9/14/14, very highly recommended
155. In Certain Circles by Elizabeth Harrower, 256 pages, 9/13/14, recommended
**156. Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood, 288 pages, 9/14/14, very highly recommended
*157.
Living Courageously by Joyce Meyer, 272 pages, 9/16/14, very
highly recommended
*158. The Early Science Fiction of
Philip K. Dick by Philip K. Dick, 256 pages, 9/20/14, very
highly recommended
*159. A Slip of the Keyboard by
Terry Pratchett, 336 pages, 9/21/14, very highly recommended,
nonfiction
160. To Dwell in Darkness by Deborah
Crombie, 336 pages, 9/24/14, very highly recommended
161. How Can I Possibly Forgive? by
Sara Horn, 208 pages, 9/27/14, highly recommended
*162. Painting Juliana by Martha
Louise Hunter, 362 pages, 9/30/14, very highly recommended
October – 17 books
*163. Some Luck by Jane Smiley, 416
pages, 10/4/14, very highly recommended
164. The Forgotten Girl by David
Bell, 448 pages, 10/5/14, highly recommended
165. Nora Webster by Colm TóibÃn,
384 pages, 10/6/14, highly recommended
166. Reunion
by Hannah
Pittard, 288 pages, 10/7/14, highly recommended
167. Sharkman by Steve Alten, 272
pages, 10/9/14, recommended
**168. Crooked River by Valerie
Geary, 336 pages, 10/11/14, very highly recommended
*169. Tinseltown by William J. Mann,
480 pages, 10/12/14, very highly recommended, nonfiction
170. Slow Road to Brownsville, David
Reynolds, 400 pages, 10/12/14, recommended
*171. Stolen from the Garden by
William Swanson, 288 pages, 10/12/14, very highly recommended,
nonfiction
172. The River Is Dark by Joe Hart,
234 pages, 10/13/14, highly recommended
173. A Death in Vegas by Christopher
Meeks, 180 pages, 10/15/14, highly recommended
*174. The Unforgivable Fix by T. E.
Woods, 300 pages, 10/20/14, very highly recommended
*175. The Lost Tribe of Coney Island by Claire Prentice, 416 pages, 10/22/14, very highly recommended, nonfiction
*175. The Lost Tribe of Coney Island by Claire Prentice, 416 pages, 10/22/14, very highly recommended, nonfiction
176. Fish Tails by Sheri S. Tepper,
720 pages, 10/15/14, highly recommended
177.
The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood, 400 pages, 10/26/14,
highly recommended
178. Born into the Children of God
by Natacha Tormey, 320 pages, 10/27/14, highly recommended
179. Twinkle by S. J. Parkinson, 572
pages, 10/30/14, very highly recommended
November – 13 books
180. Metrophage by Richard Kadrey,
320 pages, 11/1/14, recommended
181. Crazy is Normal: a classroom exposé
by Lloyd Lofthouse, 386 pages, 11/3/14, highly recommended
182. The Winter Boy by Sally Wiener
Grotta, 496 pages, 11/5/14, highly recommended
183. Mr. Bones: Twenty Stories by
Paul Theroux, 368 pages, 11/8/14, very highly recommended
184. Hello From the Gillespies by
Monica McInerney, 624 pages, 11/9/14, highly recommended
*185. Family Furnishings by Alice
Munro, 640 pages, 11/11/14, very highly recommended, short stories
*186. The Demon who Peddled Longing
by Khanh Ha, 298 pages, 11/17/14, very highly recommended
*187. Blue Labyrinth by Douglas
Preston and Lincoln Child, 416 pages, 11/18/14, very highly
recommended
188. Prism by Roland Allnach, 284
pages, 11/20/14, highly recommended, short stories
189. The Vineyard by Michael Hurley,
384 pages, 11/22/14, highly recommended
190. My Sister's Grave by Robert
Dugoni, 410 pages, 11/23/14, highly recommended
191. The Sweetness of Life by Paulus
Hochgatterer, 320 pages, 12/1/14
192. Her Brilliant Career by Rachel Cooke, 368 pages,
11/30/14, highly recommended
December
- 12 books
193. You Could
Be Home By Now by Tracy Manaster, 288 pages, 12/6/14, highly
recommended
*194. No
Mercy by Eleanor Learmonth, Jenny Tabakoff, 324 pages,
12/13/14, very highly recommended nonfiction
195. Found,
Near Water by Katherine Hayton, 214 pages, 12/20/14, highly
recommended
196. The
Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman by Denis Theriault, 128
pages, 12/22/14, highly recommended
197. Glow
by Ned Beauman, 256 pages, 12/23/14, recommended
*198. Too Many
Lovers by Paul Taylor, 248 pages, 12/23/14, very highly
recommended
**199. Too
Many Lovers: a Guide to Freedom from Idolatry by Paul
Taylor, 129 pages, 12/23/14, very highly recommended
200. The Walk
Home by Rachel Seiffert, 304 pages, 12/25/14, highly
recommended
201. Descent
by Tim Johnston, 384 pages, 12/26/14, highly recommended
202. Almost
Famous Women by Megan Mayhew Bergman, 256 pages, 12/27/14,
highly recommended
203. The Poison Secret by Gregg Loomis, 352 pages, 12/28/14, highly recommend
204. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley, 416 pages, 12/29/14, highly recommended
203. The Poison Secret by Gregg Loomis, 352 pages, 12/28/14, highly recommend
204. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley, 416 pages, 12/29/14, highly recommended
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