Books of the Year 2019

As part of the end-of-year round-up, I can once again present a list of books read in the past year.

Here is the list:

1. "Dark Sun Campaign Setting", by Richard Baker, Robert J. Schwalb, and Rodney Thompson
   
2. "802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide", by Matthew S. Gast
   
3. "Version Control with Git", by Jon Loeliger & Matthew McCullogh
   
4. "The Business", by Iain Banks
   
5. "Book of Swords, Part I", edited by Gardner Dozois
   
6. "Game Angry: How to RPG the Angry Way", by Scott Rehm
   
7. "Creature Codex", by Kobold Press
   
8. "Pathfinder: Rise of New Thassilon", by Greg A. Vaughan
   
9. "Dead Air", by Iain Banks
   
10. "100 Classic Stories", by Miles Kelly **
    
11. "Pathfinder: The Dead Roads", by Ron Lundeen
    
12. "Book of Swords, Part II", edited by Gardner Dozois
    
13. "The Skaar Invasion", by Terry Brooks
    
14. "The Steep Approach to Garbadale", by Iain Banks
    
15. "The Magician's Nephew", by C.S. Lewis * **
    
16. "Pathfinder: Eulogy for Roslar's Coffer", by Jason Keeley
    
17. "Darien: Empire of Salt", by C.F. Iggulden
    
18. "Forever and a Day", by Anthony Horowitz
    
19. "Anna Karenina", by Leo Tolstoy *
    
20. "Transition", by Iain Banks
    
21. "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe", by C.S. Lewis * **
    
22. "Doctor Who: Wit, Wisdom and Timey-Wimey Stuff", by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright
    
23. "Pathfinder: Last Watch", by Larry Wilhelm
    
24. "Book of Spells, Part I", edited by Gardner Dozois
    
25. "Dark Sun Creature Catalogue", by Richard Baker and Bruce R. Cordell
    
26. "Marauders of the Dune Sea", by Bruce R. Cordell
    
27. "Pathfinder: Gardens of Gallowspire", by Crystal Frasier
    
28. "The Horse and His Boy", by C.S. Lewis * **
    
29. "The Crow Road", by Iain Banks
    
30. "Morgrave Miscellany", by Keith Baker and Ruty Rutenberg
    
31. "In the Skin of a Lion", by Michael Ondaatje *
    
32. "Moon Over Soho", by Ben Aaronovitch
    
33. "Pathfinder: Borne by the Sun's Grace", by Luis Loza
    
34. "Book of Spells, Part II", edited by Gardner Dozois
    
35. "William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Jedi the Last", by Ian Doescher
    
36. "Clan of the Cave Bear", by Jean M. Auel *
    
37. "Colonel Sun", by Kingsley Amis
    
38. "Prince Caspian" by C.S. Lewis * **
    
39. "The Falcon of Sparta", by Conn Iggulden
    
40. "Pathfinder: Midwives to Death", by John Compton
    
41. "The Secret Life of Bees", by Sue Monk Kidd *
    
42. "Pathfinder: The Emerald Spire Superdungeon", from Paizo Publishing
    
43. "The Verdant Passage", by Troy Denning
    
44. "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader", by C.S. Lewis * **
    
45. "A Legacy of Spies", by John Le Carré
    
46. "The Crimson Legion", by Troy Denning
    
47. "War of the Wolf", by Bernard Cornwell
    
48. "The Silver Chair", by C.S. Lewis * **
    
49. "The Amber Enchantress", by Troy Denning
    
50. "The Last Battle", by C.S. Lewis * **
    
51. "Nightflyers", by George R.R. Martin
    
52. "Babe, the Sheep-Pig", by Dick King-Smith **
    
53. "Not Wanted on the Voyage", by Timothy Findley *
    
54. "The Mystery of the Three Quarters", by Sophie Hannah
    
55. "The Obsidian Oracle", by Troy Denning
    
56. "Children of God Storybook Bible", by Archbishop Desmond Tutu **
    
57. "The Cerulean Storm", by Tory Denning
    
58. "Fantasy Mapmaker", by Jared Blando
    
59. "Shiang", by C.F. Iggulden
    
60. "The Bourne Identity", by Robert Ludlum *
    

So that's a total of 60 books. That includes 13 books from The List, seven of which are re-reads. There are 15 RPG books, including my final Pathfinder volumes. There are 12 re-reads, being the seven volumes of the "Chronicles of Narnia" and the five volumes in the "Prism Pentad". There are 10 books for Funsize.

The book of the year goes to "The Falcon of Sparta", by Conn Iggulden, which I enjoyed from start to finish. The most disappointing book of the year, by a long way, was "Not Wanted on the Voyage".

And that's that. As discussed previously, the goal for 2020 is once again to read 60 books. I'm not setting any sublists, as pretty much all the series I've been following have now come to a stop - there may be the occasional new volume in some, but not enough for a full sublist.