Books 2014

It looks like I read 28 books this past year.  Some combination of buying a kindle and having the baby really upped the output.  I think I probably read less than 10 books in 2013.

Here's the top 10:

10	Woken Furies (Takeshi Kovacs Novels Book 3)	Richard K. Morgan
9	Broken Angels (Takeshi Kovacs Novels Book 2)	Richard K. Morgan
8	The Final Reflection (Star Trek: The Original Series)	John M. Ford
7	A Stitch in Time (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)	Andrew J. Robinson
6	Saturn's Children	Charles Stross
5	Year Zero: A Novel	Rob Reid
4	Stand on Zanzibar	John Brunner
3	Love Minus Eighty	Will McIntosh
2	The Peripheral	William Gibson
1	Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most..	Glen Berger

The number one book there is obviously colored by my vocation, and that I even know some of the people involved somewhat tangentially.  Number two, the latest from William Gibson continues the streak he started quite some time ago with each book being better than the last.  The biggest surprise I think is the Brunner title "Stand on Zanzibar" as it was first published in 1968 but still holds up really well.  I'm not sure I liked either of the Takeshi Kovacs books as much as the first one, but I am also fairly sure I read Altered Carbon sometime in 2013.

Here's the rest in no particular order (ok, it's alphabetical order):

	A Fire in the Sun (The Budayeen Cycle Book 2)	George Alec Effinger
	Channel Blue	Jay Martel
	Heaven and Mel (Kindle Single)	Joe Eszterhas
	How Much for Just the Planet? (Star Trek: The Original..	John M. Ford
	Neptune's Brood	Charles Stross
	Pathfinder	Orson Scott Card
	Robert B. Parker's Blind Spot (Jesse Stone Novels Book 13)	Reed Farrel Coleman
	Robert B. Parker's Cheap Shot (Spenser series Book 42)	Ace Atkins
	Robert B. Parker's Damned If You Do (Jesse Stone Novels Book..	Michael Brandman
	Robert B. Parker's Wonderland (Spenser Book 41)	Ace Atkins
	Ruins (Pathfinder Book 2)	Orson Scott Card
	Scoundrels: Star Wars (Star Wars - Legends)	Timothy Zahn
	The Best of All Possible Worlds: A Novel	Karen Lord
	The Exile Kiss (The Budayeen Cycle Book 3)	George Alec Effinger
	Torchwood: Exodus Code (Torchwood Series)	Carole E. Barrowman
	Visitors (Pathfinder Book 3)	Orson Scott Card
	When Gravity Fails (Budayeen Book 1)	George Alec Effinger
	Yesterday's Kin	Nancy Kress

 
Channel Blue had a shot at the top ten but started out much more interesting than it finished.  The internet seems crazy about "How much for just the planet" but I just don't see it.  It's a TOS Star Trek book rendered as a musical.  I think maybe the excitement is over possibly seeing it performed as opposed to the book being particularly good.

Here's hoping this year's list is even longer.