Dec. 31st, 2019

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What I read in 2019, in roughly chronological order.
Some of these are quite short but some are long, In the end I had 112 books and 35922 pages, both an all-time high for me.
These are all on my goodreads "read" list in more detail with ratings and an occasional note.

  • Lies Sleeping (Ben Aaronovich, Peter Grant, #7)
  • How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems (Randall Monroe)
  • The Book of the Year 2017 (QI elves)
  • Randomize (Andy Weir)
  • A Plague of Giants (Kevin Hearne Seven Kennings, #1)
  • All Systems Red (Martha Wells, The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
  • Wyrd Sisters (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #6; Witches #2)
  • Artificial Condition (Martha Wells, The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
  • Rogue Protocol (Martha Wells, The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
  • Guards! Guards! (Terry Pratchett)
  • Early Riser (Jasper Fforde)
  • Exit Strategy (Martha Wells, The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
  • Valence (Jennifer Foehner Wells, Confluence, #4)
  • Eric (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #9)
  • Pyramids (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #7)
  • Witches Abroad (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #12)
  • Equal Rites (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #3)
  • Reaper Man (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #11)
  • Moving Pictures (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #10)
  • Men at Arms (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #15; City Watch #2)
  • Lords And Ladies (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #14)
  • Small Gods (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #13)
  • Soul Music (Terry Pratchett, Discworld #16)
  • Children of Time (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
  • Feet of Clay (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #19)
  • Interesting Times (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #17)
  • Maskerade (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #18)
  • Record of a Spaceborn Few (Becky Chambers, Wayfarers, #3)
  • Hogfather (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #20)
  • The Consuming Fire (John Scalzi, The Interdependency, #2)
  • Jingo (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #21)
  • The Labyrinth Index (Charles Stross, Laundry Files, #9)
  • Carpe Jugulum (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #23)
  • The Last Continent (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #22)
  • Pinpoint: How GPS Is Changing Technology, Culture, and Our Minds (Greg Milner)
  • The Truth (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #25)
  • The Fifth Elephant (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #24)
  • The Last Hero (Terry Pratchett)
  • Thief of Time (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #26)
  • The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #28)
  • Night Watch (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #29)
  • The Wee Free Men (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #30)
  • Monstrous Regiment (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #31)
  • Home (Nnedi Okorafor, Binti, #2)
  • The Night Masquerade (Nnedi Okorafor, Binti #3)
  • Going Postal (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #33)
  • A Hat Full of Sky (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #32)
  • Thud! (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #34)
  • Wintersmith (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #35)
  • Making Money (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #36)
  • Tiamat's Wrath (James Corey, The Expanse, #8)
  • Ancestral Night (Elizabeth Bear, White Space, #1)
  • Right Ho, Jeeves (PG Wodehouse, Jeeves, #6)
  • Unseen Academicals (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #37)
  • A Rare Book of Cunning Device (Ben Aaronovich, Peter Grant, #6.5)
  • Terminal Uprising (Jim C. Hines, Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse #2)
  • Vanguard (Jack Campbell, The Genesis Fleet, #1)
  • I Shall Wear Midnight (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #38)
  • The Last Dragonslayer (Jasper Fforde, The Last Dragonslayer, #1)
  • Snuff (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #39)
  • Backpacker The Complete Guide to Backpacking: Field-Tested Gear, Advice, and Know-How for the Trail
  • Raising Steam (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #40)
  • The Shepherd's Crown (Terry Pratchett, Discworld, #41; Tiffany Aching, #5)
  • The Science of Discworld (Terry Pratchett, The Science of Discworld, #1)
  • Darwin's Watch (Terry Pratchett, The Science of Discworld, #3)
  • The Globe (Terry Pratchett, The Science of Discworld, #2)
  • Ascendant (Jack Campbell, The Genesis Fleet, #2)
  • Atmosphæra Incognita (Neal Stephenson)
  • Triumphant (Jack Campbell, The Genesis Fleet, #3)
  • Judgement Day (Terry Pratchett, The Science of Discworld, #4)
  • Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It (Adam Savage)
  • Where the Hell is Tesla? (Rob Dircks)
  • Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery (Scott Kelly)
  • The Calculating Stars (Mary Robinette Kowal, Lady Astronaut, #1)
  • The Book of the Year 2018: Your Definitive Guide to the World’s Weirdest News (QI elves)
  • The Fated Sky (Mary Robinette Kowal, Lady Astronaut, #2)
  • Spinning Silver (Naomi Novik)
  • The Management Style of the Supreme Beings (Tom Holt)
  • Leave it to Jeeves (PG Wodehouse)
  • Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
  • Trail of Lightning (Rebecca Roanhorse, The Sixth World, #1)
  • Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest (PG Wodehouse)
  • Just One Damned Thing After Another (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary's, #1)
  • A Symphony of Echoes (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #2)
  • Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms (Hannah Fry)
  • The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America (Bill Bryson)
  • Aftershocks (Marko Kloos, The Palladium Wars, #1)
  • A Second Chance (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #3)
  • Notes from a Small Island (Bill Bryson)
  • No Country for Old Gnomes (Delilah S Dawson, The Tales of Pell, #2)
  • To Be Taught, If Fortunate (Becky Chambers)
  • A Trail Through Time (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #4)
  • No Time Like the Past (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #5)
  • What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary's, #6)
  • Lies, Damned Lies, and History (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary's, #7)
  • And the Rest is History (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary’s, #8)
  • Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (David W. Blight)
  • Roman Holiday (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary's #3.5)
  • Ships and Stings and Wedding Rings (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #6.5)
  • The Very First Damned Thing (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary's, #0.5)
  • When a Child is Born (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary's #2.5)
  • My Name is Markham (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary's, #7.6)
  • Christmas Present (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary's #4.5)
  • The Great St Mary's Day Out (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary's, #7.5)
  • A Perfect Storm (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary's, #8.5)
  • Christmas Past (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #8.6)
  • The Callahan Touch (Spider Robinson, Mary's Place #1, Callahan's #6)
  • The Gateway Trip (Frederik Pohl, Heechee Saga, #5)
  • An Argumentation of Historians (Jodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary's, #9)
  • Brief Cases (Jim Butcher, The Dresden Files, #15.1)

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