Books I am reading in 2024

I didn't hit my 50 book goal last year, but I did read almost 13,000 pages! I have set a 50 book goal again for this year.

 

1. Skyward book 3: Cytonic - by Brandon Sanderson (415 pages)(1/1-)(nook)
2. Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II - by Liza Mundy (640 pages)(1/2-1/23)(Nook Audio book)
3. Strike Witches: One Winged Witches - by Humikane Shimada and Atsuto Shinozuka (192 pages) (1/21-1/22) (Manga)
4. Sailing With Her Wolf - by Ariel Marie (206 pages) (1/24-1/31) (Nook Audiobook) 
5. Spare - by Prince Harry, J.R. Moehringer (410 pages) (1/31-2/15)(Nook Audiobook)
6. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music - by Dave Grohl (384 pages) (2/16-2/28) (Nook Audiobook)   
7. Abroad in Japan: Ten Years in the Land of the rising Sun - by Chris Broad (320 pages) (2/28-3/8) (Nook Audiobook) 
8. The Book of Five Rings - by Miyamoto Musashi (192 pages) 3/10) (Nook Audiobook) 
9. The View From The Cheap Seats - by Neil Gaiman (522 pages) (3/10-4/2) (Nook Audiobook) 
10. The Traveling Cat Chronicles - by Hiro Arikawa, Philip Gabriel (277 pages) (3/15-) (Nook)
11. Dragonsteel Prime - by Brandon Sanderson (737 pages) (4/4-) (Audiobook)
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 4,295 pages

 

 

Books I read in 2023

I started to hit my stride again in the last couple of months in 2022. I am going to set a 50 book goal for 2023.

 

1. Tress of the Emerald Sea: Secret Novel 1 - by Brandon Sanderson (483 pages) (1/5-1/12) (Audio book - Spotify)
2. Dark One: Forgotten - by Brandon Sanderson and Dan Wells (250 pages) (1/13-1/19) (Audible)
3. Altered Carbon: Takeshi Kovacs book 1 - by Richard K Morgan (544 pages) (1/20-2/10) (Audible)
4. Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith From Fear - by Jinger Duggar Vuolo (2/10-2/22) (240 pages) (Audible)
5. Deliverance: Forgotten Colony book 1 - by M.R. Forbes (2/14-2/22) (DNF at 150 pages) (Audible)
6. Lock In - by John Scalzi (2/22-3/1) (334 pages) (Audible)
7. The Screwtape Letters - by C.S. Lewis (3/2-3/4) (209 pages) (Audible)
8. Hyperion Cantos book 1: Hyperion - by Dan Simmons (3/5-3/21) (500 pages) (Audible)
9. James Moriarty, Consulting Criminal - by Andy Weir (3/21-3/22) (79 pages) (Audible)
10. Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle That Defined a Generation - by Blake J. Harris (3/23-4/5) (576 pages) (Audible)
11. The Frugal Wizards Handbook for Surviving Medieval England: Secret Novel 2 - by Brandon Sanderson (4/5-4/20) (372 pages) (Spotify)
12. Red Sparrow book 3: The Kremlin's Candidate - by Jason Matthews (4/20-5/16) (435 pages) (Audible)
13. Fractal Noise - by Christopher Paolini (304 Pages) (5/16-5/30) (Audible)
14. The Bobiverse book 4: Heaven's River - by Dennis E. Taylor (632 Pages) (5/30-6/12) (Audible)
    
15. Girling Up - by Mayim Bialik (177pages) (6/3)
16. Roadkill - By Dennis E. Taylor (346 pages) (6/12-6/15) (audible) 
    
17. Cradle book 1: Unsouled - by Will Wight (294 pages) (6/15-6/22) (Audible)
18. Cradle book 2: Soulsmith - by Will Wight (284 pages) (6/22-6/27) (Audible)
19. Cradle book 3: Blackflame - by Will Wight (370 pages) (6/27-7/3) (Audible)
20. Yumi and the Nightmare Painter: Secret Novel 3 - by Brandon Sanderson (474 pages) (7/3-7/18) (Spotify) 
21. Star Wars: Darth Plagueis - by James Luceno (379 pages) (7/19-7/28) (Audible)
22. Beginners Mind - by Yo-Yo Ma (120 pages) (7/29-7/31) (Audible)
23. Breakfast at Tiffany's - by Truman Capote (142 pages) (8/1-8/9) (Audible)
24. Quantum Radio - by A.G. Riddle (562 pages) (8/9-9/7) (Audible) 
25. The Rise and the Fall book 3: Esrahaddon - by Michael Sullivan (713 pages) (9/7-10/7) (Audible)
26. The Sunlit Man: Secret Novel 4 - by Brandon Sanderson (447 pages) (10/8-10/16) (Spotify)
27. Starter Villain - By John Scalzi (264 pages) (10/19-10/23) (Nook)
28. The Expanse book 5.5: Vital Abyss - by James S.A. Corey (75 pages) (10/24-10/25)
29. Warrior of the Altaii - by Robert Jordan (330 pages) (10/26-11/23) (Nook)
30. Be Useful - By Arnold Schwarzenegger (288 pages) (10/30-11/7) (Audible)
31. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer - by Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin (721 pages) (11/6-12/7) (Audible)
32. Sekai de ichiban oppai ga suki! volume 1 - Wakame Konbu (144 pages) (11/17-11/23) (Nook) (Manga)
33. The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer—The Unlikely Partnership that Built the Atom Bomb - by James W. Kunetka (480 pages) (12/8-12/22) (Audible)
34. A Gift of Time - by Jerry Merritt (353 pages) (12/22-12/27) (Audible)
35. Legends and Lattes - by Travis Baldree (296 pages) (12/27-12/28) (Audible) 
36. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - by Robert Louis Stevenson (150 pages) (12/30) (Audible)
37. Naruto: Volume 1 - by Masashi Kishimoto (187 pages) (12/30) (Manga)
38. Boruto: Volume 1 - by Masashi Kishimoto (208 pages) (12/30) (Manga)
39. Sold Everywhere but Borders - by Rebecca Van Der Jagt (151 pages) (12/31)
    

  

 

 

12,876 pages

Books I read in 2022

 I've set a goal of 40 books this year. Hopefully I will read more than that!

 

 

1. The Expanse book 9: Leviathan Falls - By James S.A. Corey (1/4-10/19/23) (499 pages) (Nook)
2. Grave Reservations - By Cherie Priest (1/5-1/13) (304 pages) (Audible)
3. New Spring: The Wheel of Time book 0 - by Robert Jordan (1/14-2/11) (304 pages) (Audible)
4. Project Hail Mary - by Andy Weir (2/11-3/11) (476 pages) (Audible)
5. Lightbringer book 4: The Blood Mirror - by Brent Weeks (3/11-3/29) (704 pages) (Audible)
6. Lightbringer book 5: The Burning White - by Brent Weeks (3/29-5/13) (992 pages) (Audible)
7. Katie the Catsitter - By Colleen A F Venable (4/22) (218 pages) (graphic novel)  
8. Breaking the Chains of Gravity - by Amy Shira Teitel (5/13-5/23) (304 pages) (Audible)
9. All the Seas of the World - by Guy Gavriel Kay (5/23-6/6) (528 pages) (Audible)
10. Always, Only Good: A Journey of Faith Through Mental Illness - By Shelly Garlock Hamilton (6/6-6/11) (252 pages) (Audio Book)
11. The Rise and Fall book 2: Farilane - by Michael Sullivan (6/12-6/23) (386 pages) (Audible)
12. The Divide book 1: The Last Watch - by J.S. Dewes (6/24-7/17) (480 pages) (Audible)
13. The Divide book 2: The Exiled Fleet - by J.S. Dewes (7/18-8/7) (432 pages) (Audible)
14. Bobiverse book 1: We are Legion (We are Bob) - by Dennis E. Taylor (8/7-8/18) (308 pages) (Audible)
15. Dracula - by Bram Stoker (8/18-9/10) (382 pages) (Audible)
16. Bobiverse book 2: For we are Many - by Dennis E. Taylor (9/10-9/23) (384 pages) (9/10-9-23) (Audible)
17. Travelers Gate book 1: House of Blades - by Will Wight (294 pages) (9/24-10/2) (Audible)
18. Travelers Gate book 2: The Crimson Vault - by Will Wight (386 pages) (10/2-10/13) (Audible)
19. Travelers Gate book 3: City of Light - by Will Wight (394 pages) (10/14-11/1) (Audible) 
20. White Sand Volume 1 - by Brandon Sanderson (160 pages) (11/2-11/8) (Audible)
21. Origins of the Wheel of Time - by Michael Livingston (256 pages) (11/9-11/15) (Audible) 
22. Mistborn book 7: The Lost Metal - by Brandon Sanderson (528 pages) (11/15-12/3) (Audible) 
23. Bobiverse book 3: All these Worlds - by Dennis E Taylor (12/3-12/6) (336 pages) (Audible) 
24. The Booking Agents book 2: Flight Risk - by Cherie Priest (12/6-12/16) (313 pages) (Audible) 
25. White Sand Volume 2 - by Brandon Sanderson (12/18-12/23) (160 pages) (Audible) 
26. White Sand Volume 3 - by Brandon Sanderson (12/23-12/27) (160 pages) (Audible)
27. The Dispatcher: book 1 - by John Scalzi (12/29) (120 pages) (Audible) 
28. The Dispatcher book 2: Murder by Other Means - by John Scalzi (12/29) (160 pages) (Audible) 
29. The Dispatcher book 3: Travel By Bullet - by John Scalzi (12/30) (180 pages) (Audible) 
30. Space: 1969 - by Bill Oakley (12/31-1/5) (300 pages) (Audible)

 

 

 

10,660 pages

Books I read in 2021

 Here's to a better year reading!

1. The Stormlight Archive Book 4: Rhythm of War - By Brandon Sanderson (1,232 pages) (12/15-1/25) (Audible)
2. Legends of the First Empire Book 5: Age of Death - by Michael Sullivan (420 pages) (1/25-2/5) (Audible)
3. Legends of  the First Empire Book 6: Age of Empyre - by Michael Sullivan (395 pages) (2/6-2/20) (Audible)
4. Dawnshard - by Brandon Sanderson (208 pages) (2/21-3/24) (Nook)
5. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars - by Christopher Paolini (841 pages) (3/1-4/2) (Nook)
6. Alien Shore book 2: This Virtual Night - By C.S. Friedman (395 pages) (4/3-4/15) (Nook)
7. The Expanse book 7: Persepolis Rising - By James S. A. Corey (549 pages) (4/16-5/26) (Nook)
8. The Expanse book 8: Tiamat's Wrath - By James S. A. Corey (515 Pages) (5/27-6/24) (Nook)
9. The Interdependency book 1: The Collapsing Empire - by John Scalzi (232 pages) (6/25-8/5) (Nook)
10. The Dichotomy of Leadership - by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin (300 pages) (8/5-12/31/23)
11. The Way of Kings Prime - by Brandon Sanderson (803 pages) (8/13-10/1) (audio book)
12. Nolyn: The Rise and the Fall book 1 - by Michael Sullivan (480 pages) (10/5-10/28) (Audible)
13. Mordant's Need book 1: The Mirror of Her Dreams - By Stephan Donaldson (654 Pages) (11/8-12/11) (Audible) 
14. Mordant's Need Book 2: A Man Rides Through - By Stephen Donaldson  (672 Pages) (12/12-1/1) (Audible)
    

7,696 pages

Books I read in 2020

2020 Was a rough year for me mentally, and I took a break from reading. Definitely my lowest page and book count since I started keeping track, and probably my lowest since I started reading back in 1994.

1. Skyward book 2: Starsight - by Brandon Sanderson (461 pages) (1/1-3/15)
2. The Wheel of Time book 14: A Memory of Light - by Brandon Sanderson and Robert Jordan (909 pages) (1/8-2/4) (Audible)
3. The Original - by Brandon Sanderson & Mary Robinette Kowal (150 pages) (9-14-9/16) (Audio Book)

1,520 Pages

 

Books I Read in 2019

1. The Wheel of Time book 2: The Great Hunt - by Robert Jordan (705 pages) (12/14-1/14) (Audible)
2. The Fountainhead - by Ann Rand (736 pages - quit at 128) (DNF)
3. The Wheel of Time book 3: The Dragon Reborn - by Robert Jordan (596 pages) (1/15-2/25) (Audible)
4. The Coldfire Trilogy book 1: Black sun Rising - by C. S. Friedman (496 pages) (1/24-3/13) (Nook)
5. The Wheel of Time Book 4: The Shadow Rising - by Robert Jordan (1007Pages) (2/25-4/11) (Audible)
6. Midnight in Chernobyl - by Adam Higginbotham (538 pages) (3/14-4/21)
7. The Wheel of Time book 5: The Fires of Heaven - by Robert Jordan (704 pages) (3/11-5/12) (Audible)
8. Legends of the First Empire book 4: Age of Legend - by Michael Sullivan (382 pages) (4/22-5/31) (Nook)
9. The Wheel of Time book 6: The Lord of Chaos - by Robert Jordan (1011 pages) (3/12-6/8) (Audible)
10. Zero Bomb - by M.T. Hill (303 pages) (5/31-7/14) DNF - abandoned at page 59.
11. The Wheel of Time book 7: A Crown of Swords - by Robert Jordan (684 pages) (6/9-) (Audible)
12. The Agony House - by Cherie Priest (256 pages) (6/22-6/28)
13. The Wheel of Time book 8: The Path of Daggers - by Robert Jordan (604 pages) (7/3-8/20) (Audible)
14. Mystic - by Jason Denzel (319 pages) (7/14-7/18)
15. The Expanse book 6: Babylons Ashes - By James S. A. Corey (568 pages) (7/18-8/10)
16. The Toll - by Cherie Priest (336 pages) (8/11-8/15)
17. A Brightness Long Ago - by Guy Gavriel Kay (422 pages) (8/15-12/31)
18. The Wheel of Time book 9: Winters Heart - by Robert Jordan (780 pages) (8/20-9/15) (Audible)
19. The Wheel of Time Book 10: Crossroads of Twilight - by Robert Jordan (704 Pages) (9/16-10/17) (Audible)
20. The Wheel of Time Book 11: Knife of Dreams - by Robert Jordan (860 pages) (10/17-11/22) (Audible)
21. The Wheel of Time book 12: The Gathering Storm - by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (783 pages) (11/22-12/13) (Audible)
22. The Wheel of Time book 13: The Towers of Midnight - by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (863 pages) (12/14-1/7) (Audible)
    

12,309 pages

 

10 Year Reading Update

Over the last 10 years I have read 450 books, totaling 150,086 pages. Around 100 were ebooks, 5 were audio books, and 15 were graphic novels. I also read several Japanese Manga books that I didn't track for some reason.

In no particular order some of my favorites were:

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Boneshaker by Cherie Priest

The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan

The Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson

Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis

The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

The Worlds Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne

Legends of the First Empire series by Michael Sullivan

The Kings Justice by Stephen Donaldson

and Radium Girls by Kate Moore.

9 of these books were partial reads, the worst of which were: For Whom the Bell Tolls by Hemingway - I gave up at 250 pages, and War and Peace by Tolstoy - I gave up at 300 pages.

I know I am supposed to like both of these books, but they are awful. But still not as bad as Silas Marner.

So, Happy New Year to everyone! My resolution is to read 600 more books by 2029!