Monday, December 29, 2014

Book list for 2014

Wellp, it's that time again. Time for my end of the year book list, that is. It's a pretty big one, and I must say, this year I hit a plethora of great books . . . I mean, truly great, I'll mention the top 5 at the end of the list (and it should be mentioned that I re-read several books this year, and so I will not be including those in my consideration for the top 5). So, without any more delay, here it is:

BOOK LIST FOR 2014:

01. A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck
02. Spinoza: A Very Short Introduction by Roger Scruton
03. Beowulf
o4. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
05. Endymion by Dan Simmons
06. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
07. The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons
08. Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
09. The Crucible by Arthur Miller
10. The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
11. A Book of Showings by Julian of Norwich
12. The Book of Margery Kempe
13. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
14. Utopia by Sir Thomas More
15. The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
16. Mosaic of Thought by Keene and Zimmermann
17. Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
18. Twelfth Night by Shakespeare
19. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
20. The Martian by Andy Weir
21. Picasso and the Lapin Agileby Steve Martin
22. Red Shirts by John Scalzi
23. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
24. 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
25. Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
26. Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer
27. Ringworld by Larry Niven
28. Buddhism as Philosophy by Mark Siderits
29. Buddhist Philosophy by William Edelglass, Jay Garfield
30. The Foundations of Buddhism by Rupert Gethin
31. The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope
32. Rainbows End by Verner Vinge
33. Letters to a Young Mormonby Adam Miller
34. The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
35. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
36. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
37. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
38. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
39. To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer
40. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
41. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
42. Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein
43. Feed by M. T. Anderson
44. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
45. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
46. The Magicians by Lev Grossman
47. The Rover by Aphra Behn
48. The Magician King by Lev Grossman
49. The Magicians Land by Lev Grossman
50. Re-Reading Job: Understanding the Ancient World's Greatest Poem by Michael Austin
51. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
52. Sundiver by David Brin
53. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
54. Candide by Voltaire
55. Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
56. Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie

TOP 5 BOOKS

1. The Martian by Andy Weir

2. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

3. Flowers for Algernon by David Keyes

4. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

5. Re-reading Job: Understanding the Ancient World's Greatest Poem by Michael Austin

(These 5 books aren't in any order other than the order in which I read them).

Runners up:

Letters to a Young Mormon by Adam Miller
The Magician (Trilogy) by Lev Grossman

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