Work In Progress

This will be the second year I’ve put together the list of books I’ve completed during the previous year. This doesn’t include books I’ve started and didn’t finish for whatever reason. Also, no graphic novels, though I might write a separate post to list those. Graphic novels are growing into one of my favorite art forms. I’ve always enjoyed comics books, at least to some degree. I’ve many years’ worth of The Walking Dead and some of the other work coming out of Image (and other creators) is a lot of fun.

1. 12 Rules for Life – Jordan B. Peterson (Non-Fiction)
2. Shatterpoint – Matthew Stover (Star Wars Fiction)
3. Ford County – John Grisham (Fiction)
4. Dune – Frank Herbert (Fiction)
5. Look Closer – David Ellis (Fiction – He wrote Gone Girl)
6. Stardust – Neil Gaiman (Fiction – Based on a comic book)
7. Dune Messiah – Frank Herbert (Fiction)
8. Red Rising – Pierce Brown (Fiction)
9. Rogues – George R.R. Martin (Fiction – Collection)
10. Greenlights – Matthew McConaughey (Non-Fiction)
11. CEO Excellence – Carolyn Dewer (Non-Fiction)
12. It’s Your Ship – Captain D. Michael Abrashoff (Non-Fiction)
13. The Nickel Boys – Colson Whitehead (Fiction)
14. The Tools – Phil Stutz (Non-Fiction)
15. Redshirts – John Scalzi (Star Trek based Fiction)
16. The Godfather – Mario Puzo (Fiction)
17. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team – Patrick Lencioni (Non-Fiction)
18. Scrum – Jeff Sutherland (Non-Fiction)
19. Death by Meeting – Patrick Lencioni (Non-Fiction)
20. Battlefield Earth – L. Ron Hubbard (Fiction)
21. Outlive – Peter Attia, MD (Non-Fiction)
22. Looking for Alaska – John Green (YA Fiction)
23. Leaving Time – Jodi Piocoult
24. Wishtree – Katherine Applegate (Kids Fiction)
25. The Fault in Our Stars – John Green (YA Fiction)
26. Annihilation – Jeff VanderMeer (Fiction)
27. Shiloh – Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Kids Fiction)
28. The Road – Cormac McCarthy (Fiction)

A lot more fiction than non-fiction this year. Enjoyed them all. Choosing my favorite fiction book is tough. Redshirts is the most unique, but The Godfather was a lot of fun. It’s a rare book whose movie does it justice. The Road is a McCarthy masterpiece. It’s dark but also hopeful. Battlefield Earth took me about 6 months to finish. I read about two hours a week. Then there is Rogues, a collection. I’ll leave it as a top four. I also read a few Young Adult and Children’s books. My son is in a book club, so I’ve started reading those books. Non-Fiction isn’t as tough but still. Greenlights was the most fun! Outlive and The Tools were both super heavy, not fun.

Happy new year!

Owen