
Books in 2025
Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi
Consuming Fire by John Scalzi
Last Emperox by John Scalzi
Rivers of London by Aaron Aaronovitch
Babel by R. F. Kuang
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
The Queen of Atticus by Megan Whalen Turner
53 Books in 2024
Favorites
Trust by Hernan Diaz
Wind of Truth by Brandon Sanderson
Ball Lightening by Cixin Liu
A Year of Fiction
The Tyrant’s Law by Daniel Abraham
The Widow’s House by Daniel Abraham
The Spider’s War by Daniel Abraham
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
System Collapse by Martha Wells
Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
Bookshops and Bondedust by Travis Baldree
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Ball Lightening by Cixin Liu
Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
The Burning God by R F Kuang
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
Grave Peril by Jim Butcher
Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
Death Masks by Jim Butcher
Blood Rites by Jim Butcher
Dead Beat by Jim Butcher
Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
White Night by Jim Butcher
Small Favor by Jim Butcher
Turn Coat by Jim Butcher
Changes by Jim Butcher
Side Jobs by Jim Butcher
Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
Cold Days by Jim Butcher
Shadowed Souls by Jim Butcher and Kerrie L Hughes
Skin Game by Jim Butcher
Brief Cases by Jim Butcher
Peace Talks by Jim Butcher
Battle Ground by Jim Butcher
The Law by Jim Butcher
The Sword of Kaigen by M L Wang
All Friends are Necessary by Tomas Moniz
Trust by Hernan Diaz
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
Rise of the Ranger by Philip C Quaintrell
Empire of Dirt by Philip C Quaintrell
Relic of the Gods by Philip C Quaintrell
The Fall of Neverdark by Philip C Quaintrell
Kingdom of Bones by Philip C Quaintrell
Age of the King by Philip C Quaintrell
The Knights of Erador by Philip C Quaintrell
Last of the Dragorn by Philip C Quaintrell
A Clash of Fates by Philip C Quaintrell
Leviathan by Philip C Quaintrell
Light Bringer by Pierce Brown
Wind of Truth by Brandon Sanderson

53 Books in 2023
Favorites
We are Legion (We are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
Salvation by Peter F. Hamilton
City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff Vandermeer
Fiction
Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie
Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin
Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin
Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison
The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison
The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas
Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas
Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas
Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Silver Frames by Sarah J. Maas
We are Legion (We are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
For We are Many by Dennis E. Taylor
All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor
Heaven’s River by Dennis E. Taylor
Outland by Dennis E. Taylor
Earthside by Dennis E. Taylor
Salvation by Peter F. Hamilton
Salvation Lost by Peter F. Hamilton
The Saints of Salvation by Peter F. Hamilton
Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo
City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff Vandermeer
Shriek by Jeff Vandermeer
Finch by Jeff Vandermeer
Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell
Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell
Witch King by Martha Wells
The Dragon’s Path by Daniel Abraham
The King’s Blood by Daniel Abraham
Non-Fiction
Hello Grief: I'll Be Right with You by Alessandra Olanow
How to Not Always Be Working by Marlee Grace
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
Happiness Is Overrated by Cuong Lu
Bi by Julia Shaw
Poetry
Standing in the Forest of Being Alive by Katie Farris
53 Books in 2022
Favorites
A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark
A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo
Fiction
The Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan
A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan
The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan
Winters Heart by Robert Jordan
Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan
Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan
The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson
Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson
A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson
New Spring by Robert Jordan
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson
The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson
Impact Winter by Travis Beacham
A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark
Dawnshard by Brandon Sanderson
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
Dawn by Octavia E. Butler
Adulthood Rites by Octavia E. Butler
Imago by Octavia E. Butler
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
The Galaxy and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers
The Lost Metal by Brandon Sanderson
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo
Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
Beneath the Sugary Sky by Seanan McGuire
In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire
Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire
Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire
Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire
The Expert System’s Brother by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Expert System’s Champion by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Non-Fiction
That All Shall Be Saved by David Bentley Hart
The Way of Chuang Tzu by Thomas Merton
Things My Sun Needs to Know about the World by Fredrik Backman
Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou
Poetry
Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans

53 Books in 2021
Favorites
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
Lost in Thought by Zena Hitz
Fiction
The Girl in Red by Christina Henry
The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
High Country by Nevada Barr
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Patience and Sarah by Isabel Miller
Giovani’s Room by James Baldwin
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Brightsiders by Jen Wilde
Dark Age by Pierce Brown
Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
Network Effect by Martha Wells
Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson
Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan
The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan
The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan
The Scarlett Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
Gilgamesh translated by Stephen Mitchell
Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Non-Fiction
The Most Beautiful Thing I’ve Seen by Lisa Gungor
Lost in Thought by Zena Hitz
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The Gay Agenda by Ashley Molesso and Chessie Needham
Why I Write by George Orwell
Six Impossible Things by John Gribbin
Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Poetry
Lunch Poems by Frank O'Hara
Honeybee by Trista Mateer
Violent Bent Backwards Over Grass by Lana Del Rey
Love Her Wild by Atticus
Gmorning. Gnight! by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Helium by Rudy Francisco
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
Egghead by Bo Burnham
I Would Leave Me If I Could by Halsey
All Along You Were Blooming by Morgan Harper Nichols
The Strength in Our Scars by Bianca Sparacino
Clarity and Connection by Yung Pueblo
The Poems of T. S. Eliot by T. S. Eliot
1x1 by E E Cummings
53 Books in 2020
Favorites
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Mortality by Christopher Hitchens
Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now by Maya Angelou
Fiction
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Perelandra by C. S. Lewis
2001 by Arthur C. Clarke
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Candide by Voltaire
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
The Grownup by Gillian Flynn
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Gilman
Hell Divers 4: Wolves by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
Hell Divers 3: Deliverance by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
Hell Divers 2: Ghosts by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
Hell Divers by Nicholas Sansbury Smith
Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Forward the Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov
Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov
Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov
Petals to the Metal by The McElroys
Micromegas by Voltaire
Entanglements by Rae Armantrout
How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Dragon Republic by R. F. Kuang
The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang
Non-Fiction
Good Strategy/Bad Strategy by Richard P. Rumelt
Executing Grace by Shane Claiborne
The Practice by Seth Godin
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass
Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou
Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now by Maya Angelou
Liminal Thinking by Dave Gray, Richard Saul Wurman
Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris
A Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Mortality by Christopher Hitchens
I'm Still Here by Austin Channing Brown
Always Day One by Alex Kantrowitz
Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
Seriously... I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres
The Sin of Certainty by Peter Enns
Atomic Habits by James Clear
A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis
Poetry
At Blackwater Pond by Mary Oliver
And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
Bhagavad Gita translated by Stephen Mitchell

53 Books in 2019
Favorites
I Contain Multitudes by Ed Young
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Fiction
Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones
Murder on the Rockport Limited! by The McElroys
My Antonia by Willa Cather
The Fated Sky by Mary Robinette Kowal
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
The Girl Who Reads on the Metro by Christine Féret-Fleury
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Here There Be Gerblins by The McErloy’s
Jade War by Fonda Lee
Jade City by Fonda Lee
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Emma by Jane Austin
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
Non-Fiction
South and West by Joan Didion
Beyond Religion by Dalai Lama
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
I Contain Multitudes by Ed Young
The Coming Storm by Michael Lewis
This: Becoming Free by Michael Gungor
Illustration: What's the Point? by Mouni Feddag
Inspired by Rachel Held Evans
He Held Radical Light by Christian Wiman
Searching for Sunday by Rachel Held Evans
Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell
Faith Unraveled by Rachel Held Evans
Jesus Wants to Save Christians by Rob Bell and Don Golden
How to Be Here by Rob Bell
Finding God in the Waves by Mike McHargue
Love Wins by Rob Bell
The Zimzum of Love by Rob and Kristen Bell
Sex God by Rob Bell
What We Talk About When We Talk About God by Rob Bell
The Universal Christ by Richard Rohr
Everybody Always by Bob Goff
What Is the Bible? by Rob Bell
Disunity in Christ by Christina Cleveland
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero
Poetry
Tao Te Ching translated by Stephen Mitchell
A Thousand Morning by Mary Oliver
Hermosa by Yesika Salgado
Elemental Haiku by Mary Soon Lee
Second Childhood by Fanny Howe
Fiends Fell by Tom Picard
Love Poems for Married People by John Kenney
Senryu Poems of the People calligraphy and illustration by J. C. Brown
Corazón by Yesika Salgado
The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry
53 Books in 2018
Favorites
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Fiction
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
A Little Life by Hanya Yanahihara
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss
The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey
Artemis by Andy Weir
Iron Gold by Pierce Brown
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Binti: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor
Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Death's End by Cixin Liu
The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Mistborn: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
Mistborn: The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
Non-Fiction
Evicted by Matthew Desmond
Surprised by Hope by N. T. Wright
Inspired by Marty Cagan
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Paddle Your Own Canoe by Nick Offerman
How was Venice Built? by Giovanni Distefano
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Paul: a Biography by N.T. Wright
Devotion (Why I Write) by Patti Smith
It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried and David Hansson
Planet Funny by Ken Jennings
The Prodigal Prophet by Timothy Keller
Letters to the Church by Francis Chan
Chaos Monkey by Antonio Garcia Martinez
Creative Selection by Ken Kocienda
The Art of Reading by Damon Young
300 Arguments by Sarah Manguso
Gratitude by Oliver Sacks
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg
Competing Against Luck by Clayton M. Christensen
GRIT by Angela Duckworth
Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown
In the Plex by Steven Levy
Every Good Endeavor by Timothy Keller
Poetry
The Trouble with Poetry by Billy Colins
Geography III: Poems by Elizabeth Bishop
Venture of the Infinite Man by Pablo Nerudo

53 Books in 2017
Favorites
Dune by Frank Herbert
Just Kids by Patti Smith
The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
Fiction
The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide
Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card
Xenocide by Orson Scott Card
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Chapterhouse: Dune by Frank Herbert
You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann
The Opposite of Loneliness by Marina Keegan
The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin
Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert
God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert
Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert
Dune by Frank Herbert
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Golden Son by Pierce Brown
Morning Star by Pierce Brown
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
The Circle by Dave Eggers
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J. K. Rowling
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
Authority by Jeff VanderMeer
Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer
The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin
Non-Fiction
Sprint by Jake Knapp
The Snowball by Alice Schroeder
The Moustache Grower's Guide by Lucien Edwards
The Wizard of Menlo Park by Randall E. Stross
The Grid by Gretchen Bakke, Ph.D.
Shanzhai: Deconstruction in Chinese by Byung-Chul Han
The Drunkard's Walk by Leanord Mlodinow
Degas and His Model by Alice Michel
We Gon' Be Alright by Jeff Chang
Creating Magic by Lee Cockerell
The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis
Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
Rolling Rocks Downhill by Clarke Ching
The God Who Is There by Francis Schaeffer
Just Kids by Patti Smith
M Train by Patti Smith
Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
How Google Works by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Eagle
Originals by Adam Grant
Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhigg
Making Sense of God by Timothy Keller
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Cradle to Cradle by Michael Braungart, William McDonough
How We Learn by Benedict Carey
Poetry
Felicity: Poems by Mary Oliver
53 Books from 2016
Favorites
The Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey
The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee
My Bright Abyss by Christian Wiman
Fiction
Oblivion by David Foster Wallace
Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkein
The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkein
The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkein
The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkein
The Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Home: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson
Lila: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson
Housekeeping: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J. K. Rowling
Tinkers by Paul Harding
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Non-Fiction
Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris
Algorithms to Live By by Tom Griffiths and Brian Christia
Every Riven Thing by Christian Wiman
Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Create Now! by Marlo Johnson
Envelope Poems by Emily Dickenson
Big Magic by Elisabeth Gilbert
Between You and Me by Mary Norris
A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis
Your Inner Critic is a Big Jerk by Danielle Krystal
Kissinger by Walter Isaacson
The Everything Store by Brad Stone
Creativity, Inc. by Amy Wallace and Ed Catmull
Alibaba by Duncan Clark
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli
Zero to One by Peter Theil
David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Virgin Way by Richard Branson
The Data Warehouse Toolkit by Ralph Kimball and Margy Ross
Mastering Data Warehouse Design by C. Imhoff, N. Galemmo, J. Geiger
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
The Problem of Pain by C. S. Lewis
My Bright Abyss by Christian Wiman
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Relativity by Albert Einstein
