83. Paris, My Sweet – Amy Thomas
82. The Midwife’s Apprentice – Karen Cushman
81. Pretties – Scott Westerfeld
80. Black Powder War – Naomi Novik
79. Memory & Dream – Charles de Lint
78. Lady of Quality – Georgette Heyer
77. The Book Lover’s Cookbook – Shaunda Kennedy Wenger and Janet Kay Jensen
76. The Two Princesses of Bamarre – Gail Carson Levine
75. I, Coriander – Sally Gardner
74. Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant – ed. Jenni Ferrari-Adler
73. The Princetta – Anne-Laure Bondoux
72. Tender at the Bone – Ruth Reichl
71. The Seven Towers – Patricia C. Wrede
70. A Dark Horn Blowing – Dahlov Ipcar
69. Dark Lord of Derkholm – Diana Wynne Jones
68. The Light of Day – Graham Swift
67. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer – Adapted by Seymour Chwast
66. The Matters at Mansfield – Carrie Bebris
65. Jane and the Damned – Janet Mullany
64. Fables 14: Witches – Bill Willingham, et al
63. The Gates – John Connolly
62. Fables 13: The Great Fables Crossover – Bill Willingham, et al.
61. Fables 12: The Dark Ages – Bill Willingham et al
60. The Somnambulist – Jonathan Barnes
59. From Dead to Worse – Charlaine Harris
58. The Ruby in the Smoke – Philip Pullman
57. The Privilege of the Sword – Ellen Kushner
56. In the Kitchen with a Good Appetite – Melissa Clark
55. Serenity – The Shepherd’s Tale – Zack Whedon
54. These Old Shades – Georgette Heyer
53. Percival’s Angel – Anne Eliot Crompton
52. Me and My Sewing Machine – Kate Haxell
51. The Cold Minds – Kristin Landon
50. The Hidden Worlds – Kristin Landon
49. Queen of the Darkness – Anne Bishop
48. The Thief – Megan Whalen Turner
47. Household Gods – Judtth Tarr and Harry Turtledove
46. Heir to the Shadows – Anne Bishop
45. Daughter of the Blood – Anne Bishop
44. More Letters from Pemberley – Jane Dawkins
43. Letters from Pemberley – Jane Dawkins
42. A String in the Harp – Nancy Bond
41. Melting Stones – Tamora Pierce
40. All Together Dead – Charlaine Harris
39. A Dyer’s Garden – Rita Buchanan
38. Wizards – edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
37. The Sleeping Beauty – Mercedes Lackey
36. Wolf Queen – Tanith Lee
35. Soulless – Gail Carriger
34. Swordspoint – Ellen Kushner
33. The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
32. Elvenborn – Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey
31. Elf Magic – ed. Martin Greenberg
30. Now Eat This! Diet – Rocco Dispirito
29. Moonlight & Vines – Charles de Lint
28. Orphans of Chaos – John C. Wright
27. The Third Magic – Molly Cochran
26. Carrots ‘n’ Cupcakes – Tina Haupert
25. Firebird – Mercedes Lackey
24. Tempest Rising – Nicole Peeler
23. Witch Week – Diana Wynne Jones
22. The Magicians of Caprona – Diana Wynne Jones
21. The Bell at Sealey Head – Patricia A. McKillip
20. Fables Vol. 11: War and Pieces – Bill Willingham, et al.
19. Soul Hunt – Margaret Ronald
18. The Tourmaline – Paul Park
17. The Talisman Ring – Georgette Heyer
16. The House at Riverton – Kate Morton
15. Wolf Star – Tanith Lee
14. Elantris – Brandon Sanderson
13. The Silver Chair – C.S. Lewis
12. The Eyes of the Overworld – Jack Vance
11. The Shadow Queen – Anne Bishop
10. Throne of Jade – Naomi Novik
9. Fables Vol. 10 – The Good Prince – Mike Willingham et al.
8. The Mammoth Book of Merlin – ed. Mike Ashley
7. The Enchanted April – Elizabeth Von Arnim
6. The Shadow of the Sun – A. S. Byatt
5. The Grand Tour – Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
4. Pride, Prejudice and Jasmin Field – Melissa Nathan
3. Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue – John McWhorter
2. Toast – Nigel Slater
1. Street Magic – Caitlin Kittredge
The best thing about last year’s reading? I cracked 80 books! Multiple plane trips and several week long vacations away from the distractions of the house are very good for my reading…
I’ll be honest, diversity of subject matter still isn’t my strong point, but I managed to mix in a fair amount of non-fantasy/scifi reading. I’m not going to promise anything for next year, but I’ll keep more diversity as a long term goal. Other than that, I’m cutting way down on challenges next year, so we’ll see where that leads me.
There were only a couple of books I started this year and couldn’t finish. Here’s hoping I have no entries in that category next year.