Books I have read
Orson Scott Card
Earth Unaware [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)Orson Scott Card
Earth Afire [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)Orson Scott Card
Earth Awakens [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)Orson Scott Card
The Swarm [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)Orson Scott Card
The Hive [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)Orson Scott Card
Ender's Game [Enderverse] (★★★★★)Orson Scott Card
Ender's Shadow [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)Orson Scott Card
A War of Gifts [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)Orson Scott Card
Pretty Boy [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)- These are fun. Nice to get to know characters before they got wrapped up in Ender.
Orson Scott Card
Cheater [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)Orson Scott Card
Mazer in Prison [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)Orson Scott Card
Children of the Fleet [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)Orson Scott Card
Shadow of the Hegemon [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)Orson Scott Card
Shadow Puppets [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)Orson Scott Card
Shadow of the Giant [Enderverse] (★★★★☆)Orson Scott Card
Ender In Exile [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)Orson Scott Card
Shadows in Flight [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)Orson Scott Card
First Meetings [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)Orson Scott Card
Speaker for the Dead [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)- I definitely appreciate this sequel branch more as an adult than a young teen.
Orson Scott Card
Xenocide [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)Orson Scott Card
Children of the Mind [Enderverse] (★★★☆☆)
Steven Erikson
Deadhouse Gates [Malazan Book of the Fallen 2.0] (★★★★☆)- I like this more than the first book. The magic is still really cool. Another long book.
Steven Erikson
Gardens of the Mooon [Malazan Book of the Fallen 1.0] (★★★☆☆)- First of 10 in
The Complete Malazan Book of the Fallen
. Long book, cool setting, interesting magic.
- First of 10 in
Rick Riordan
The Lightning Thief (★★☆☆☆)- A fun little children's story. Son of Poseidon has to help save some face.
Stephen King
Under the Dome (★★★★★)- Mysterious field surrounds a small town. Events occur. I really enjoy this story.
Orson Scott Card
Ender's Game (★★★★★)- Have read this every couple years since middle school. Still one of my favorites.
Rick Cook
The Wizardry Consulted [Wizardry 4.0] (★★★☆☆)- Wiz consults for humans with a dragon problem
Rick Cook
The Wizardry Cursed [Wizardry 3.0] (★★★☆☆)- Failed robots and dogfights
Rick Cook
The Wizardry Compiled [Wizardry 2.0] (★★★☆☆)- Wiz brings in some help
Rick Cook
Wizard's Bane [Wizardry 1.0] (★★★☆☆)- Fun wizardry and programming languages
Chuck Palahniuk
Choke (★★★★☆)- Really good. Really expressed the mood.
K. J. Parker
Memory (Scavenger #3) (★★★☆☆)- An adequate end to the slogging
K. J. Parker
Pattern (Scavenger #2) (★★★☆☆)- Less of a slog
K. J. Parker
Shadow (Scavenger #1) (★★☆☆☆)- A slog
Frank Miller
The Dark Knight III: The Master Race (★★★★★)- This was really good. So much going on. Batman is dead.
Clare B. Dunkle
The Walls have Eyes (The Sky Inside, #2) (★★☆☆☆)- Conclusion to The Sky Inside
Clare B. Dunkle
The Sky Inside (The Sky Inside, #1) (★★☆☆☆)- Enjoyable young adult book about genetically-engineered children.
Beth Revis
Rebel Rising (★★★☆☆)- Covers Jyn Erso's life before Rogue One.
- Enjoyable.
K. J. Parker
The Proof House [Fencer 3.0] (★★★☆☆)- A decent end to the trilogy. Really enjoyed all of the proofing.
Jason Aaron
The Goddamned Volume 1: Before the Flood (★★★★☆)- Gruesome. Great.
- Cain walks the Earth 1600 years after Eden. Cain is cursed with life.
K. J. Parker
The Belly of the Bow [Fencer 2.0] (★★★☆☆)- Gorgas fights wars, Bardas kind of gets revenge.
K. J. Parker
Colours in the Steel [Fencer 1.0] (★★★☆☆)- Fun read. Reminiscent of Engineer trilogy.
- Lawyers decide their client's cases by fencing. Dead lawyer lost.
Peter Watts
Echopraxia (★★★★☆)- Sequel to Blindsight
- Deals with religion, transcendentalist monastic orders, hive minds, vampires, zombies (!), parasites
Peter Watts
Blindsight (★★★★☆)- Great book, hard read
- Covers consciousness, sentience, intelligence, alien life, vampires(!)
I completely failed to log my reading in 2017
Jonathan Harr
A Civil Action (★★★★☆)- Covers the trial of Anderson vs Cryovac.
Arthur C. Clarke
Hammer of God (★★★★☆)- Good look into how we might deal with asteroid on collision course with Earth.
Isaac Asimov
The Martian Way (★★★★☆)- Mars pulls a fast one.
James Blish
Earthman, Come Home (★★☆☆☆)- Space-borne city upsets local government.
Algis Budrys
Rogue Moon (★★★☆☆)- How to explore a deadly structure on the dark side of the moon.
Theodore Cogswell
The Spectre General (★★★★☆)- I really liked how this came around in the end.
E. M. Forster
The Machine Stops (★★☆☆☆)- What if the infrastructure that keeps us from having to live breaks down.
Frederik Pohl
The Midas Plague (★★☆☆☆)- Can't break some eggs without making an omelette. Consumption is king.
James H. Schmitz
The Witches of Karres (★★★☆☆)- Man "rescues" three sisters, tries to deliver them to their home planet.
T. L. Sherred
E for Effort (★★☆☆☆)- Man invents recording device that records silent video of any time and place.
Wilmar H. Shiras
In Hiding (★★☆☆☆)- How a child super-genius might hide in plain sight.
Clifford D. Simak
The Big Front Yard (★★☆☆☆)- What happens if your door suddenly opens to another world.
Jack Vance
The Moon Moth (★★★☆☆)- A culture that uses music to augment speech and convey meaning. Really enjoyed this.
George Orwell
Animal Farm (★★★★★)- Wow.
Orson Scott Card
Wyrms (★★★☆☆)Alan Dean Foster
Sentenced to Prism (★★★☆☆)- Enjoyed the silicon-based lifeforms
T. L. Sherred
Alien Island (★★★☆☆)- Decent bit of scifi
Colin Harvey
Winter Song (★★☆☆☆)Robert Heinlein
Friday (★★★☆☆)- Somehow missed the main character was female until quite far in
C. J. Cherryh
Faded Sun Trilogy (★★★☆☆)- Enjoyable
C. J. Cherryh
Chanur Saga (★★★☆☆)C. J. Cherryh
Chanur's Endgame (★★★☆☆)- Enjoyed descriptions of relativistic speed and inherent communication challenges
Jerry Spinelli
Maniac Magee (★★★★★)- First read in middle school(?). Loved it and read it many times after.
- Keep coming back to this one.
John Kennedy Toole
A Confederacy of Dunces (★★★★★)- Hilarious
Louis Lamour
The Walking Drum (★★★★☆)- Another I keep coming back to
Orson Scott Card
Ender's Game (★★★★★)- Have read this every couple years since middle school