2017 Books Read

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Well, I think I can safely put this year’s books read into the record books – there’s no way I’m finishing another book on New Year’s Eve.

  1. Lonely Planet Iceland
  2. Shades of Grey – Jasper Fforde
  3. Fool – Christopher Moore
  4. The Star of Kazan – Eva Ibottson
  5. A Curious History of Cats – Madeline Swan
  6. The Blue Sword – Robin McKinley
  7. The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt
  8. In the Woods – Tana French
  9. Lirael – Garth Nix (reread)
  10. Abhorsen – Garth Nix (reread)
  11. It Itches – Franklin Habit
  12. A Quiet Life in the Country – T. E. Kinsey
  13. The Reluctant Widow – Georgette Heyer
  14. Waistcoats and Weaponry – Gail Carriger
  15. The Palace Job – Patrick Weekes
  16. The Winter Sea – Susanna Kearsley
  17. Dead Man’s Ransom – Ellis Peters
  18. Warbreaker – Brandon Sanderson
  19. Impossible Things – Connie Willis
  20. Goldenhand – Garth Nix
  21. The Paper Magician – Charlie N. Holmberg
  22. The Perilous Sea – Sherry Thomas
  23. The Immortal Heights – Sherry Thomas
  24. A Darker Shade of Magic – V. E. Schwab
  25. Uprooted – Naomi Novik
  26. An Everlasting Meal – Tamar Adle
  27. Exile’s Song – Marion Zimmmer Bradley
  28. Wishful Drinking – Carrie Fisher
  29. Wilderness and the American Mind – Roderick Nash
  30. The Seventh Bride – T. Kingfisher
  31. Goldmayne – Kate Stradling
  32. Ivan Ramen – Ivan Orkin and Chris Ying
  33. Sylvester: or the Wicked Uncle – Georgette Heyer
  34. The Magician’s Ward – Patricia C. Wrede
  35. The Hanging Tree – Ben Aaronovitch
  36. The Wine of Angels – Phil Rickman
  37. Ink and Bone – Rachel Caine
  38. Risuko – David Kudler
  39. Magic Bites – Ilona Andrews
  40. The Watchmaker of Filigree Street – Natasha Pulley
  41. The Blue Girl – Charles de Lint
  42. Grail – Stephen R. Lawhead
  43. A Sampler of Wayside Herbs – Barbara Pond
  44. Epic Tomatoes – Craig LeHoullier
  45. The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder – Marta McDowell
  46. Bath Tangle – Georgette Heyer
  47. From a High Tower – Mercedes Lackey
  48. Avalon – Stephen R. Lawhead
  49. Heart’s Blood – Juliet Marillier
  50. The Pilgrim of Hate – Ellis Peters
  51. The Secrets of Wildflowers – Jack Sanders
  52. The Medival Underworld – Andrew McCall
  53. The Nonesuch – Georgette Heyer
  54. Clean Sweep – Ilona Andrews
  55. Defying Mars – Cidney Swanson
  56. Miles Errant – Lois McMaster Bujold
  57. Elementary – ed. Mercedes Lackey
  58. Cloaked in Red – Vivian Vande Velde
  59. A Discovery of Witches – Deborah Harkness
  60. Shadow of Night – Deborah Harkness
  61. The Scarlet Thread – D. S. Murphy
  62. Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel
  63. The Book of Life – Deborah Harkness
  64. The Hero and the Crown – Robin McKinley
  65. P.S. from Paris – Marc Levy
  66. Sunshine – Robin McKinley
  67. Chalice – Robin McKinley
  68. Magic Burns – Ilona Andrews
  69. Magic Strikes – Ilona Andrews
  70. Magic Bleeds – Ilona Andrews
  71. Oak and Ash and Thorn – Peter Fiennes
  72. The River’s Gift – Mercedes Lackey
  73. Shadows of Self – Brandon Sanderson
  74. Planting in a Post-Wild World – Thomas Rainer and Claudia West
  75. An Excellent Mystery – Ellis Peters
  76. The Furthest Station – Ben Aaronovitch
  77. A College of Magics – Caroline Stevermer
  78. Sorcerer to the Crown – Zen Cho
  79. Blue Lily, Lily Blue – Maggie Stiefvater
  80. West of the Moon – Margi Preus
  81. Chew Volume 1: Taster’s Choice – John Layman and Rob Guillory
  82. The Fire Sermon – Francesca Haig
  83. Magic Slays – Ilona Andrews
  84. Saga Volume 1 – Brian K Vaughn and Fiona Staples
  85. A Study in Sable – Mercedes Lackey
  86. Chew Volume 2: International Flavor – John Layman and Rob Guillory
  87. Gulp – Mary Roach
  88. The Serpent’s Shadow – Mercedes Lackey
  89. In Calabria – Peter S. Beagle
  90. Jack the Giant Killer – Charles de Lint
  91. Drink Down the Moon – Charles de Lint
  92. Longbourn – Jo Baker
  93. The Dark is Rising – Susan Cooper
  94. A Book of Wayside Fruit – Margaret McKenny and Edith F. Johnston
  95. Wildflowers of Maine – Kate Furbish
  96. The Grey King – Susan Cooper
  97. Faro’s Daughter – Georgette Heyer
  98. Kingfisher – Patricia A. McKillip
  99. Seaward – Susan Cooper
  100. Saga: Volume 2 – Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples

I actually read 100 books this year.  Partially, because this was the year of the comfort reread, and partially because this was the year I got really sick of tv, and a read away a few Saturday or Sunday evenings I might have otherwise knit through with the tv going.

I also got a real Kindle, so was able to read ebooks in bed more easily than on the Ipad, so I read ebooks outside of vacation this year.