Book list - 2013

Here's the complete list of books I read in 2013. I didn't set a goal for this year, so I can't report success in reaching it (nor must I admit to failure, either).

An asterisk indicates a reread. Numbers refer to the order in which the books were read.


"Adult" Fiction (43 books)
1. Cold Days - urban fantasy, by Jim Butcher
2. The Ram Rebellion - AH (short stories), edited by Eric Flint and Virginia DeMarce
3. Dream Park - SF, by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes
4. Ice Crown - SF, by Andre Norton *
5. Forerunner - SF, by Andre Norton
6. Galactic Derelict - SF, by Andre Norton *
7. The Wrong Hill to Die On - mystery, by Donis Casey
8. The Defiant Agents - SF, by Andre Norton *
9. Worlds of the Imperium - SF/AH, by Keith Laumer *
10. The Other Side of Time - SF/AH, by Keith Laumer *
11. Key out of Time - SF, by Andre Norton *
12. Myth-Quoted - fantasy, by Jody Lynn Nye
13. Assignment in Nowhere - SF/AH, by Keith Laumer
14. The ABC Murders - mystery, by Agatha Christie
15. Myth-ion Improbable - fantasy, by Robert Lynn Asprin
16. Thirteen at Dinner (aka Lord Edgware Dies) - mystery, by Agatha Christie
17. Murder on the Orient Express (aka Murder in the Calais Coach) - mystery, by Agatha Christie
18. Cards on the Table - mystery, by Agatha Christie
19. Myth-Fortunes - fantasy, by Robert Lynn Asprin and Jody Lynn Nye
20. The Secret Adversary - mystery, by Agatha Christie
21. Myth-ing Persons - fantasy, by Robert Lynn Asprin *
22. Little Myth Marker - fantasy, by Robert Lynn Asprin
23. The Windsor Knot - mystery, by Sharyn McCrumb
24. The Weans - humour, by Robert Nathan *
25. Partners in Crime - mystery (short stories), by Agatha Christie
26. A Slice of Murder - mystery, by Chris Cavender
27. Class Dis-Mythed - fantasy, by Robert Lynn Asprin and Jody Lynn Nye
28. Death in the Air (aka Death in the Clouds) - mystery, by Agatha Christie
29. The Hen of the Baskervilles - mystery, by Donna Andrews
30. Myth-Chief - fantasy, by Robert Lynn Asprin and Jody Lynn Nye
33. Eggs Benedict Arnold - mystery, by Laura Childs
38. The Barsoom Project - SF, by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes
39. The Long Earth - SF, by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
42. The California Voodoo Game - SF, by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes
43. Duck the Halls - mystery, by Donna Andrews
44. The Moon Maze Game - SF, by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes
47. Evolution - SF, by Stephen Baxter
49. Fellowship of Fear - thriller, by Aaron Elkins
50. Arctic Rising - SF thriller, by Tobias S Buckell
51. The Dark Place - mystery, by Aaron Elkins *
52. The Moonshine War - thriller, by Elmore Leonard *
53. Burning Paradise - AH/SF, by Robert Charles Wilson
54. Murder in the Queen's Armes - mystery, by Aaron Elkins *

Children's/YA Fiction (6)
31. 11 Birthdays - children's, by Wendy Mass
34. Finally - children's, by Wendy Mass
37. 13 Gifts - children's, by Wendy Mass
40. Momo - children's fantasy, by Michael Ende
45. The Last Present - children's, by Wendy Mass
46. He Went with Marco Polo - children's historical fiction, by Louise Andrews Kent

Non-Fiction (6)
32. Presumed Lost: The Incredible Ordeal of America's Submarine POWs During the Pacific War - WW II, by Stephen L Moore
35. Blondie & Dagwood's America - comics, by Dean Young and Rick Marschall
36. The Taste of War: World War II and the Battle for Food - WW II, by Lizzie Collingham
41. Call of Duty: A Montana Girl in World War II - WWII memoirs, by Grace Porter Miller
48. Sea of Gray: The Around-the-World Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah - USCW, by Tom Chaffin
55. The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England - British history, by Ian Mortimer


The biggest categories were SF (16), mysteries (15), and fantasy (9). Dame Agatha Christie was the most-read author of the year (7 books); Robert Lynn Asprin was second (6). And 11 of the 55 books were rereads.

My favourites? I'd say Cold Days, by Jim Butcher, was the best book I read all year (especially with the unexpected twist at the end!). These twelve (listed in the order in which I read them) were also very good:

Dream Park, by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes
The Hen of the Baskervilles, by Donna Andrews
11 Birthdays, by Wendy Mass
Presumed Lost: The Incredible Ordeal of America's Submarine POWs During the Pacific War, by Stephen L Moore
Finally, by Wendy Mass
13 Gifts, by Wendy Mass
The Barsoom Project, by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes
The California Voodoo Game, by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes
Duck the Halls, by Donna Andrews
The Moon Maze Game, by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes
The Last Present, by Wendy Mass
Burning Paradise, by Robert Charles Wilson

The four Niven/Barnes books make up a series; it's hard to say which of the four I liked best. The four Mass books are also a series, and the last one does a good job of explaining some of the questions raised by the other three.

Having not set a goal for last year, I'm not setting one for this year either. But I do hope to do a lot more reading this year....