I managed a book a week in 2017. This year there was a lot of fiction; most of the technical reading I did was blog articles, working through tutorials, or just plain coding. Still, there were a lot of good books this year. I highly recommend the Timbuktu Librarians book, Machina, the Nexus series, Thrawn, and Protestants, all of which are linked below! Feel free to add any good books you read in the comments!
January
1.) Pythagoras’ Revenge: A Mathematical Mystery – Arturo Sangalli
2.) Sass for Web Designers – Dan Cederholm
3.) ArcGIS Web Development – Rene Rubalcava
February
4.) The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts – Joshua Hammer
5.) The Story of the Nations: The Byzantine Empire – C.W.C. Oman
6.) Gallipoli – John Masefield
7.) Tarzan of the Apes – Edgar Rice Burroughs
8.) The Return of Tarzan – Edgar Rice Burroughs
March
9.) War Stories from the Future – August Cole et al.
10.) Aftermath (Star Wars: Aftermath #1) – Chuck Wendig
11.) The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals – Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, Jim Huling
12.) The Rift: A New Africa Emerges – Alex Perry
13.) Machina – Sebastian Marshall
14.) The Horse and His Boy (Book 3 Chronicles of Narnia) – C. S. Lewis
15.) Bloodline (Star Wars) – Claudia Gray
April
16.) The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Doto Get More of It – Kelly McGonigal
17.) The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results – Gary Keller, Jay Papasan
18.) The Bobby Gold Stories – Anthony Bourdain
19.) Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World’s Superpowers – Simon Winchester
May
20.) Nexus (Nexus #1) – Ramez Naam
21.) The Judas Gate (Sean Dillon Book 18) – Jack Higgins
22.) Linguistics for Everyone: An Introduction 1st Edition – Kristin Denham, Anne Lobeck
23.) The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (Harperbusiness Essentials) – Peter Drucker
24.) Crux: Nexus Arc Book 2 – Ramez Naam
25.) Kierkegaard for Beginners (Writers & Readers Documentary Comic Book) – Donald D. Palmer
June
26.) Agile for Dummies: IBM Limited Edition – Scott W. Ambler
27.) A Devil is Waiting (Sean Dillon #19) – Jack Higgins
July
28.) The Once and Future King – T. H. Whyte
29.) Thrawn (Star Wars) – Timothy Zahn
30.) When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order – Martin Jacques
31.) Chung Kuo: The Middle Kingdom: Book 1 – David Wingrove
32.) The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere (TED Books #5) – Pico Iyer
August
33.) Protestants: The Faith That Made the Modern World – Alec Ryrie
34.) Celtic Design: The Dragon and the Griffin: The Viking Impact – Aidan Meehan
35.) Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School #1) – Gail Carriger
36.) The Sunrise Lands (Emberverse #4) – S. M. Stirling
September
37.) The Scourge of God (Emberverse #5) – S. M. Stirling
38.) The Sword of the Lady (Emberverse #6) – S. M. Stirling
39.) Aftermath: Life Debt (Star Wars: Aftermath #2) – Chuck Wendig
40.) The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months – Brian P. Moran, Michael Lennington
October
41.) The Gnostic Gospels – Elaine Pagels
42.) The High King of Montival (Emberverse #7) – S. M. Stirling
43.) Feminist Theology – Natalie K. Watson
44.) Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction – Edward Craig
November
45.) Answering the Contemplative Call: First Steps on the Mystical Path – Carl McColman
46.) A Beginner’s Guide to Philosophy – Dominique Janicaud, Simon Critchley (Foreword)
47.) Armageddon’s Children (The Genesis of Shannara, Book 1) – Terry Brooks
48.) Socrates: The Great Philosophers (The Great Philosophers Series) – Anthony Gottlieb
49.) Sisterhood of Dune: Book One of the Schools of Dune Trilogy – Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
December
50.) The Elves of Cintra (The Genesis of Shannara, Book 2) – Terry Brooks
51.) Speculator (High Ground Series Book 1) – Doug Casey
52.) Pomodoro Technique Illustrated: The Easy Way to Do More in Less Time (Pragmatic Life) – Staffan Noteberg
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