Every year I compile a list of the books I read in the year before. These are the books that shaped my life over the year. Listing them is both my tribute to the books and their authors and a means of helping me remember moments both large and small in my life. The books I read are inextricably linked to my daily existence. The listings with an asterisk (*) after the author's name are among my very favorites. The books are listed in the order in which I read them.

1.        The Troupe [audio book] - Robert Jackson Bennett *

2.        I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith

3.        Mr. Shivers [audio book] - Robert Jackson Bennett

4.        The Emperor’s Soul [novella] - Brandon Jackson

5.        Wool Omnibus - Hugh Howey *

6.        The Snow Child [audio book] - Eowyn Ivey

7.        Tenth of December [audio book] - George Saunders *

8.        Going Clear - Lawrence Wright *

9.        The Genocides - Thomas Disch *

10.        Weaveworld [audio book] - Clive Barker

11.        Tuf Voyaging - George R.R. Martin *

12.        The Devil in the White City [audio book] - Erik Larson

13.        The Emperor - Ryszard Kupuscinski

14.        McSorley’s Wonderful Saloon - Joseph Mitchell

15.        Ender’s Game [audio book] - Orson Scott Card *

16.        The Wind Through the Keyhole (Dark Tower 4.5) [audio book] - Stephen King *

17.        American Elsewhere - Robert Jackson Bennett *

18.        More Than Human [audio book] - Theodore Sturgeon

19.        NOS4A2 [audio book] - Joe Hill *

20.        The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow and Thorn 1) - Tad Williams *

21.        Attempting Normal [audio book] - Marc Maron

22.        Get Shot [photo book] - Martin Sorrondeguy

23.        Stone of Farewell (Memory, Sorrow and Thorn 2) - Tad Williams *

24.        Joyland - Stephen King

25.        Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956 [audio book] - Anne Applebaum *

26.        Borderlands - edited by Thomas F. Monteleone

27.        Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone [audio book] (Harry Potter 1) - J. K. Rowling

28.        To Green Angel Tower part 1 (Memory, Sorrow and Thorn 3) - Tad Williams *

29.        Red Moon [audio book] - Benjamin Perry

30.        To Green Angel Tower part 2 (Memory, Sorrow and Thorn 3) - Tad Williams *

31.        Retromania - Simon Reynolds *

32.        Sex Press: The Sexual Revolution In the Underground, 1963-1979 - compiled by Vincent Berniére & Mariel Primois *

33.        The Shining Girls - Lauren Beukes

34.        Whitey Bulger [audio book] - Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy

35.        The Gunslinger (Dark Tower 1) [audio book] - Stephen King

36.        The Drawing of the Three (Dark Tower 2) [audio book] - Stephen King

37.        From Sea To Shining Sea - James Alexander Thom *

38.        The Waste Lands (Dark Tower 3) [audio book] - Stephen King

39.        The Cipher - Kathe Koja

40.        The Brains of Rats - Michael Blumlein

41.        Harvest - Jim Crace *

42.        Wizad and Glass (Dark Tower 4) [audio book] - Stephen King *

43.        Lost Memory of Skin - Russell Banks

44.        Wolves of the Calla (Dark Tower 5) [audio book] - Stephen King

45.        The Sea Watch (Shadows of the Apt 6) - Adrian Tchaikovsky

46.        Song of Susannah (Dark Tower 6) [audio book] - Stephen King

47.        The Signature of All Things - Elizabeth Gilbert *

48.        Electric Eden - Rob Young *

49.        The Dark Tower (Dark Tower 7) [audio book] - Stephen King

50.         The Chrysalids - John Wyndham

51.        Stoner - John Williams *

52.        Fool’s Errand (Tawny Man 1) [audio book] - Robin Hobb *