Catching up on My Top Books from June thru October

WOW! Looking back at all my reading over the past few months I realize I haven’t updated any of my lists. I’ve added 24 books since I last posted about what I’ve read this year and that’s not including what I’ve read in November.

I’ve read some really good books, finished off one of the longest science fiction series and one of the classics, and started looking at some personal development titles and in all, I added 2 A list books and 8 A- books to top my list. So here we go…

Books I’ve read since my last update (24):

Circe by Madeline Miller, 2018 (B+)
The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu , 2015 (A)
Mistress of the Empire by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts, 1992 (B+)
James Madison: A Life Reconsidered by Lynn Cheney, 2014 (B+)
Second Foundation by Issac Asimov, 1953 (A-)
Death’s End by Cixin Kiu, 2017 (A)
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire, 2016 (B+)
Jade City by Fonda Lee, 2017 (A-)
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World–and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, and Anna Rosling Ronnlund, 2017 (A-)
Prince of the Blood by Raymond E. Feist, 1989 (B-)
Foundation’s Edge by Issac Asimov, 1982 (B+)
Murder by the Book by Rex Stout, 1951 (B-)
The Pledge by Michael Masterson, 2010 (A-)
The King’s Buccaneer by Raymond E. Feist, 1994 (B+)
Slan by A. E. van Vogt, 1946 (B+)
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal, 2018 (A-)
Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith, 2016 (B+)
Foundation and Earth by Issac Asimov, 1986 (A-)
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride, 2010 (A-)
Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff, 2016 (B+)
Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany, 1966 (B+)
The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman, 2016 (B)
The Case Against Impeaching Trump by Alan Dershowitz, 2018 (A-)
The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson, 2015 (B+)

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Running Book List for 2018 (59)

I’ve taken to ordering this list by rating and then publication year since I am not differentiating among books rated the same letter grade.

Death’s End by Cixin Kiu, 2017 (A)
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor, 2016 (A)
The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu , 2015 (A)
The Rook by Daniel O’Malley, 2012 (A)
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, 2011 (A)
Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov, 1988 (A)
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, 1985 (A)
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal, 2018 (A-)
The Case Against Impeaching Trump by Alan Dershowitz, 2018 (A-)
Jade City by Fonda Lee, 2017 (A-)
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World–and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, and Anna Rosling Ronnlund, 2017 (A-)
Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance, 2016 (A-)
The Pledge by Michael Masterson, 2010 (A-)
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride, 2010 (A-)
Daughter of the Empire by Raymond Feist, 1987 (A-)
Foundation and Earth by Issac Asimov, 1986 (A-)
Second Foundation by Issac Asimov, 1953 (A-)
Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov, 1952 (A-)
If I Die Tonight by Alison Gaylin, 2018 (B+)
Circe by Madeline Miller, 2018 (B+)
The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman, 2016 (B+)
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire, 2016 (B+)
Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith, 2016 (B+)
Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff, 2016 (B+)
The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson, 2015 (B+)
Winter is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the West Must be Stopped by Gary Kasparov, 2015 (B+)
James Madison: A Life Reconsidered by Lynn Cheney, 2014 (B+)
The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod, 2012 (B+)
The King’s Buccaneer by Raymond E. Feist, 1994 (B+)
Forward the Foundation by Isaac Asimov, 1992 (B+)
Mistress of the Empire by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts, 1992 (B+)
Servant of the Empire by Raymond Feist and Janny Wurts, 1987 (B+)
Silverthorn by Raymond Feist, 1985 (B+)
Foundation’s Edge by Issac Asimov, 1982 (B+)
Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany, 1966 (B+)
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, 1953 (B+)
Foundation by Isaac Asimov, 1951 (B+)
Slan by A. E. van Vogt, 1946 (B+)
The Radium Girls by Kate Moore, 2016 (B)
The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman, 2016 (B)
Touch by Claire North, 2015 (B)
The 12 Week Year by Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington, 2013 (B)
John Dies at the End by David Wong, 2012 (B)
No Excuses!: The Power of Self Discipline by Brian Tracy, 2010 (B)
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene, 1999 (B)
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking , 1988 (B)
Darkness at Sethanon by Raymond Feist, 1986 (B)
Magician: Master by Raymond Feist, 1982 (B)
Night’s Master by Tanith Lee, 1978 (B)
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle, 1962 (B)
Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov, 1950 (B)
The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, 1788 (B)
Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, 2017 (B-)
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer, 2014 (B-)
Prince of the Blood by Raymond E. Feist, 1989 (B-)
The Periodic Table by Primo Levi, 1975 (B-)
Murder by the Book by Rex Stout, 1951 (B-)
Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley, 1818 (C+)
Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys, 2017 (C-)

My Top Books

These lists include all the A and A- titles that I’ve read since the start of 2017.

Rated A (12)

Death’s End by Cixin Kiu (2017)
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor (2016)
The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (2015)
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (2014)
The Rook by Daniel O’Malley (2012)
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (2011)
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson (2007)
Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov (1988)
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (1985)
Gateway by Frederick Pohl (1977)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick (1968)
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (1950)

Rated A- (21)

The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (2018)
The Case Against Impeaching Trump by Alan Dershowitz (2018)
Jade City by Fonda Lee (2017)
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World–and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, and Anna Rosling Ronnlund (2017)
Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance (2016)
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel (2016)
Arcadia: A Novel by Iain Pears (2015)
Red Rising by Pierce Brown (2014)
Lock In by John Scalzi (2014)
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride (2010)
The Pledge by Michael Masterson (2010)
Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson (2009)
Daughter of the Empire by Raymond Feist (1987)
Foundation and Earth by Issac Asimov (1986)
Heechee Rendezvous by Frederick Pohl (1985)
Magician:Apprentice by Raymond Feist (1982)
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederick Pohl (1980)
Dune by Frank Herbert (1965)
Second Foundation by Issac Asimov (1953)
Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov (1952)
The Currents of Space by Isaac Asimov (1952)

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