November 21, 2024

My 2014 Year in Books

As you can see below, it was a big list of books for me in 2014. My goal was to read one book a week. I smashed through that goal and ended up with 75 books read for the year. There were a few great ones, most were good, but there were a few duds.

Best Book I read this year

Station Eleven

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

It’s hard to describe what you should expect about this novel. The writing is great and the story links between people around the time a global pandemic disrupts society. The main protagonists are a Hollywood actor performing in a Toronto play and a traveling band of Shakespearean actors and musicians performing at human settlement along he shores of Lake Michigan.

GoodReads versus LibraryThing

I’m still tracking my books in two parallel systems. Library Thing has a superior platform for cataloging books. GoodReads has a better platform for interacting with other readers, sharing reviews, and sharing booklists. That’s the way I use them.

Now I’m looking for reading suggestions for 2015. Do you have recommendations?

Have you joined GoodReads?

The full list:

The Children of Men Year Zero: A History of 1945Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend Soon I Will Be InvincibleValley of Bones (Jimmy Paz, #2)A Giant Cow-Tipping by Savages: The Boom, Bust, and Boom Culture of M&AIngenious: A True Story of Invention, Automotive Daring, and the Race to Revive AmericaThe Undercover Economist Strikes Back: How to Run-or Ruin-an EconomyDefending JacobTour de France 100Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy EverInflux
Sycamore Row (Jake Brigance, #2)The Escape (Snowpiercer, #1)My Dog: The Paradox: A Lovable Discourse about Man's Best FriendThe Book ThiefDetroit: An American AutopsyDoctor Sleep (The Shining #2)Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)Long KnivesMagic for BeginnersThe Maze Runner (Maze Runner, #1)Snowpiercer, Vol. 2: The Explorers (Snowpiercer, #2)Best Practices under the FCPA and Bribery ActBomb: The Race to Build--And Steal--The World's Most Dangerous WeaponHolesI, ZombieThe MartianThe Walking Dead, Vol. 20: All Out War Part 1Private Equity at Work: When Wall Street Manages Main StreetThe Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the WorldThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoBorder Insecurity: Why Big Money, Fences, and Drones Aren't Making Us SaferDragon's Triangle (The Shipwreck Adventures #2)Fierce Patriot: The Tangled Lives of William Tecumseh ShermanEnder's GameA Time to Attack: The Looming Iranian Nuclear ThreatWe Were LiarsCity of StairsI Am LegendBusted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly LoveThe Walking Dead, Vol. 21: All Out War Part 2Flash Boys: A Wall Street RevoltCaliforniaCapital in the Twenty-First CenturyThe Massive, Vol. 1: Black PacificAccidents in North American Mountaineering 2014: Know the Ropes: Snow ClimbingThe Handmaid's TaleGaza: A HistoryAnthem's FallHouse of Debt: How They (and You) Caused the Great Recession, and How We Can Prevent It from Happening AgainPredator: The Secret Origins of the Drone RevolutionAttachmentsTimebound (The Chronos Files, #1)Little BrotherThe Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of HijackingI Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies, #1)Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital WeaponThe Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless MapsKilling Floor (Jack Reacher, #1)Trapped Under the Sea: One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster Ten Miles Into the DarknessWar of the Whales: A True StoryDoing ComplianceDie Trying (Jack Reacher, #2)Stories of Your Life and OthersAll You Need Is KillThe SonKidding Ourselves: The Hidden Power of Self-DeceptionDead World ResurrectionMy Sister's GraveStation ElevenThe Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin OlympicsOn Such a Full SeaTripwire (Jack Reacher, #3)Book de Tour: Art of the 101st Tour de France