{"id":262,"date":"2014-12-31T20:41:28","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T04:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/?p=262"},"modified":"2019-11-24T13:59:33","modified_gmt":"2019-11-24T21:59:33","slug":"2014-the-year-in-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/?p=262","title":{"rendered":"2014: The Year in Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long story short: I read 90 books this year! I&#8217;m quite pleased because that is nearly double <a title=\"2013: The Year in Books\" href=\"https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/?p=121\">last year&#8217;s 46<\/a> books.<\/p>\n<p>I made a more detailed list this year, noting whether books were from the library or not, digital or analog, or written by a man or a woman. Here are some statistics about my 2014 reading habits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Page count<\/strong>: approximately 35,177 pages. I used the page count from each book&#8217;s LibraryThing page.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Library use<\/strong>: 55 of this year&#8217;s books I borrowed from the library. The other 35 are books I bought.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Female and male authors<\/strong>: I read 30 books by female authors and 59 by male authors. I read more than one book from some authors. In total, I read work by 26 female authors and 34 male authors.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Digital and analog<\/strong>: I read 39 books analog (also known as &#8220;dead tree&#8221;) books and 51 digital books.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fiction and Non-Fiction<\/strong>: I read 23 non-fiction and 67 fiction books<\/li>\n<li><strong>Series<\/strong>: I tend to read a lot of series (the lot of a genre reader). I finished Atwood&#8217;s MaddAddam Trilogy and Vinge&#8217;s Zones of Thought. I read through all extant Dresden Files (that&#8217;s 14 books plus a volume of short stories), Leckie&#8217;s Imperial Radch as it stands so far, Butler&#8217;s Xenogenesis, the Jemisin&#8217;s Inheritance Triology, Scalzi&#8217;s Old Man&#8217;s War, and Grossmans&#8217; The Magicians.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorites<\/strong>: I think my favorite books this year were <em>Ancillary Justice<\/em>, <em>Station Eleven<\/em>, <em>The Bread We Eat in Dreams<\/em>, and <em>The Girl in the Road<\/em>. That said, I read a lot of really great novels this year. I think there are a lot of interesting, fresh stories coming from women in science fiction and fantasy right now, in particular.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Books read by month:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20150101053743.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-271\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20150101053743.png\" alt=\"A bar graph displaying how many books I read per month in 2014\" width=\"1095\" height=\"805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20150101053743.png 1095w, https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20150101053743-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/20150101053743-1024x753.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1095px) 100vw, 1095px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the full list of what I read in 2014:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>\u00a0Schooled: How the System Breaks Teachers<\/em> by Dalton Jackson<\/li>\n<li><em>\u00a0The Hobbit<\/em> by J.R. R. Tolkien<\/li>\n<li><em>\u00a0Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now<\/em> by Douglas Rushkoff<\/li>\n<li><em>\u00a0MaddAddam <\/em>by Margaret Atwood<\/li>\n<li><em>\u00a0Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal<\/em> by Eric Schlosser<\/li>\n<li><em>\u00a0A Deepness in the Sky<\/em> by Vernor Vinge<\/li>\n<li><em>\u00a0From Asgard to Valhalla <\/em>by Heather O&#8217;Donoghue<\/li>\n<li><em>\u00a0Storm Front <\/em>by Jim Butcher<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/?p=135\"><em>Makers<\/em> <\/a>by Cory Doctorow<\/li>\n<li><em>\u00a0Fool Moon<\/em> by Jim Butcher<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>The Children of the Sky<\/em> by Vernor Vinge<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>A People&#8217;s History of the United States: From 1492 to the Present<\/em> by Howard Zinn<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>The Golem and the Jinni<\/em> by Helene Wecker<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Grave Peril<\/em> by Jim Butcher<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Homeward Bound: Why Women are Embracing the New Domesticity<\/em> by Emily Matchar<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/?p=162\"><em>The Map of Time<\/em><\/a> by Felix J. Palma<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Sea Change<\/em> by S. M. Wheeler<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Loki<\/em> by Mik Vasich<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/?p=181\"><em>Notes from the Internet Apocalypse: A Novel<\/em><\/a> by Wayne Gladstone<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>In Sheep&#8217;s Clothing: Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People<\/em> by George K. Simon<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us<\/em> by Michael Moss<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>The Undertaking of Lily Chen<\/em> by Danica Novgorodoff<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>The Bread We Eat in Dreams <\/em>by Catherynne Valente<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Queen of Kings: A Novel of Cleopatra, the Vampire<\/em> by Maria Dahvana Headley<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Summer Knight<\/em> by Jim Butcher<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>The Power of Myth<\/em> by Joseph Campbell<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Lexicon<\/em> by Max Berry<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>City of Dragons <\/em>by Robin Hobb<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>The Pilgrims<\/em> by Will Elliott<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Death Masks<\/em> by Jim Butcher<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Parasite<\/em> by Mira Grant<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Blood of Dragons<\/em> by Robin Hobb<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Writing Effective Policies and Procedures: A Step-by-Step Resource for Clear Communication <\/em>by Nancy J. Campbell<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/?p=202\"><em>Ancillary Justice<\/em><\/a> by Ann Leckie<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>A Queer History of the United States<\/em> by Michael Bronski<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Lockstep<\/em> by Karl Schroeder<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Blood Rites<\/em> by Jim Butcher<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Dead Beat<\/em> by Jim Butcher<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Jennifer Government<\/em> by Max Berry<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/?p=222\"><em>No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA and the U.S. Surveillance State<\/em><\/a> by Glenn Greenwald<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Proven Guilty<\/em> by Jim Butcher<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/?p=228\"><em>Three Princes <\/em><\/a>by Ramona Wheeler<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>White Night<\/em> by Jim Butcher<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Artemis Awakening<\/em> by Jane Lindskold<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>When We Wake<\/em> by Karen Healey<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>The Waking Engine<\/em> by David Edison<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Small Favor<\/em> by Jim Butcher<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Turn Coat<\/em> by Jim Butcher<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Changes<\/em> by Jim Butcher<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Side Jobs<\/em> by Jim Butcher<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Ghost Story<\/em> by Jim Butcher<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Cold Days<\/em> by Jim Butcher<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>The Communist Manifesto<\/em> by Karl Marx &amp; Friedrich ENgels<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>The Googlization of Everything<\/em> by Siva Vaidhyanathan<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>The Girl in the Road<\/em> by Monica Bryne<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Skin Game<\/em> by Jim Butcher<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Supercapitalism<\/em> by Robery Reich<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Lock In<\/em> by John Scalzi<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>The Bone Flower Throne<\/em> by T. L. Morganfield<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Dawn <\/em>by Octavia Butler<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Adulthood Rites<\/em> by Octavia Butler<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Imago<\/em> by Octavia Butler<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms <\/em>by N. K. Jemisin<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>The Broken Kingdoms <\/em>by N. K. Jemisin<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>The Kingdom of Gods <\/em>by N. K. Jemisin<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/?p=244\"><em>The Great Glass Sea<\/em><\/a> by Josh Weil<\/li>\n<li><em>\u00a0Ancillary Sword<\/em> by Ann Leckie<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America&#8217;s Police Force<\/em> by Radley Balko<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>The Goblin Emperor <\/em>by Katherine Addison<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Old Man&#8217;s War<\/em> by John Scalzi<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>The Ghost Brigades<\/em> by John Scalzi<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>The Queen of the Dark Things<\/em>\u00a0 by C. Robert Cargill<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>The Last Colony <\/em>by John Scalzi<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Zoe&#8217;s Tale<\/em> by John Scalzi<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Vicious<\/em> by V. E. Schwab<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy<\/em> by Noam Chomsky<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Station Eleven <\/em>by Emily St. John Mandel<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>When Google Met Wikileaks<\/em> by Julian Assange<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>The Human Division<\/em> by John Scalzi<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>The Magicians<\/em> by Lev Grossman<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>God&#8217;s War<\/em> by Kameron Hurley<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>The Magician King <\/em>by Lev Grossman<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>The Magician&#8217;s Land <\/em>by Lev Grossman<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/digitalmanticore.com\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=254\"><em>Without You, There Is No Us<\/em><\/a> by Suki Kim<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Krampus: The Yule Lord<\/em> by Brom<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Revolution <\/em>by Russel Brand<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>I, Q<\/em> by John De Lancie and Peter David<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>The World Split Open<\/em> (multiple authors)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange&#8217;s War on Secrecy<\/em> by David Leigh and Luke Harding<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<em>This Changes Everything<\/em> by Naomi Klein<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long story short: I read 90 books this year! I&#8217;m quite pleased because that is nearly double last year&#8217;s 46 books. I made a more detailed list this year, noting whether books were from the library or not, digital or analog, or written by a man or a woman. 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