Book List - 2020

And here they are - the 166 books I read in 2020, numbered in the order I completed them:

Adult Fiction (116)
3. The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall -- SF (short stories), by Anne McCaffrey *
4. Turn Coat -- urban fantasy (Dresden #11), by Jim Butcher
6. Going Postal -- fantasy, by Terry Pratchett
8. Making Money -- fantasy, by Terry Pratchett
9. Directive 51 -- SF, by John Barnes
11. Dragonsdawn -- SF, by Anne McCaffrey *
14. Dragonseye -- SF, by Anne McCaffrey *
16. The Dolphins of Pern -- SF, by Anne McCaffrey *
18. The Skies of Pern -- SF, by Anne McCaffrey *
19. Dragon's Code -- SF, by Gigi McCaffrey
21. The Renegades of Pern -- SF, by Anne McCaffrey *
22. A Gift of Dragons -- SF (short stories), by Anne McCaffrey
23. Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern -- SF, by Anne McCaffrey *
24. Dragonheart -- SF, by Todd McCaffrey
25. Dragongirl -- SF, by Todd McCaffrey
26. Dragon's Time -- SF, by Anne and Todd McCaffrey
28. Sky Dragons -- SF, by Anne and Todd McCaffrey
29. Dragonsblood -- SF, by Todd McCaffrey *
30. Strip -- thriller, by Thomas Perry
31. Track of the Cat -- mystery (Pigeon #1), by Nevada Barr *
32. A Superior Death -- mystery (Pigeon #2), by Nevada Barr
33. Ill Wind -- mystery (Pigeon #3), by Nevada Barr
34. The Burglar -- thriller, by Thomas Perry
35. Firestorm -- mystery (Pigeon #4), by Nevada Barr
37. Endangered Species -- mystery (Pigeon #5), by Nevada Barr
38. Blind Descent -- mystery (Pigeon #6), by Nevada Barr
39. Fidelity -- thriller, by Thomas Perry
40. Liberty Falling -- mystery (Pigeon #7), by Nevada Barr *
41. Deep South -- mystery (Pigeon #8), by Nevada Barr *
42. Forty Thieves -- thriller, by Thomas Perry
43. Hit List -- thriller, by Lawrence Block
44. Blood Lure -- mystery (Pigeon #9), by Nevada Barr *
45. Hunting Season -- mystery (Pigeon #10), by Nevada Barr
46. The Old Man -- thriller, by Thomas Perry
47. Flashback -- mystery (Pigeon #11), by Nevada Barr
48. High Country -- mystery (Pigeon #12), by Nevada Barr
49. Hit Parade -- thriller (short stories), by Lawrence Block
50. Hard Truth -- mystery (Pigeon #13), by Nevada Barr
51. Pursuit -- thriller, by Thomas Perry
52. Winter Study -- mystery (Pigeon #14), by Nevada Barr
53. Borderline -- mystery (Pigeon #15), by Nevada Barr
55. Hit and Run -- thriller, by Lawrence Block
56. Silence -- thriller, by Thomas Perry
57. Burn -- mystery (Pigeon #16), by Nevada Barr
59. The Rope -- mystery (Pigeon #0), by Nevada Barr
60. Nightlife -- thriller, by Thomas Perry
61. Destroyer Angel -- mystery (Pigeon #17), by Nevada Barr
62. Boar Island -- mystery (Pigeon #18), by Nevada Barr
63. The Boyfriend -- thriller, by Thomas Perry
64. A Flock of Ships -- WWII fiction, by Brian Callison *
65. Metzger's Dog -- thriller, by Thomas Perry *
67. Grave Importance -- urban fantasy, by Vivian Shaw
71. Jan of the Jungle -- adventure, by Otis Adelbert Kline
73. A Skeleton in the House -- mystery, by Leigh Perry
74. The Skeleton Takes a Bow -- mystery, by Leigh Perry
75. The Skeleton Haunts a House -- mystery, by Leigh Perry
76. Conquistador -- AH, by S M Stirling *
77. The Coming of the Quantum Cats -- AH, by Frederick Pohl
78. The Dancer from Atlantis -- time travel, by Poul Anderson *
79. Swords and Deviltry -- fantasy, by Fritz Leiber
81. Captain Vorpatril's Alliance -- SF, by Lois McMaster Bujold
83. The Big Black Mark -- SF, by A Bertram Chandler *
85. The Long Skeleton -- mystery (North #22), by Frances and Richard Lockridge
88. Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 2 (1940) -- SF (short stories), edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H Greenberg
89. Out of Order -- mystery (Mayo #9), by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
90. Knight Fall (aka Murder at the War) -- mystery, by Mary Monica Pulver *
91. Janissaries -- SF, by Jerry Pournelle *
92. Birds of Prey -- SF, by David Drake *
93. The Time Trap Gambit -- time travel, by Larry Maddock *
94. Voyage Into Violence -- mystery (North #21), by Richard and Frances Lockridge
95. The Fantastic World War II: The War That Wasn't -- WWII fantasy, edited by Frank McSherry Jr
96. Thunderball -- thriller, by Ian Fleming
97. Masters of the Fist -- apocalyptic fiction (short stories), by Edward P Hughes
98. High Justice -- SF (short stories), by Jerry Pournelle
99. Zarsthor's Bane -- fantasy, by Andre Norton
100. Rocheworld -- SF, by Robert L Forward
101. The Colour of Magic -- fantasy, by Terry Pratchett
102. A Malady of Magicks -- fantasy, by Craig Shaw Gardner
103. Prince of Sparta -- SF, by Jerry Pournelle and S M Stirling *
105. No Enemy But Time -- time travel, by Michael Bishop
107. The Maker of Universes -- SF, by Philip Jose Farmer *
108. The Outlaw of Torn -- historical fiction, by Edgar Rice Burroughs *
109. Taylor's Ark -- SF, by Jody Lynn Nye
110. Random Death -- mystery (Varallo #11), by Lesley Egan *
111. Crime for Christmas -- mystery (Varallo #12), by Lesley Egan *
113. The Planet of Peril -- planetary adventure, by Otis Adelbert Kline
118. Mysterium -- SF, by Robert Charles Wilson
120. Marie -- historical fiction, by H Rider Haggard
122. A Study in Sable -- historical urban fantasy, by Mercedes Lackey
127. A Scandal in Battersea -- historical urban fantasy, by Mercedes Lackey
129. The Bartered Brides -- historical urban fantasy, by Mercedes Lackey
131. The Wizard of London -- historical urban fantasy, by Mercedes Lackey
132. The Case of the Spellbound Child -- historical urban fantasy, by Mercedes Lackey
134. Stars Uncharted -- SF, by S K Dunstall
137. Stars Beyond -- SF, by S K Dunstall
138. 1636: The Atlantic Encounter -- AH, by Eric Flint and Walter H Hunt
140. The Legacy of Heorot -- SF, by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes *
141. Beowulf's Children -- SF, by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes
143. Starborn and Godsons -- SF, by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes
144. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August -- SF, by Claire North
145. Peace Talks -- urban fantasy (Dresden #16), by Jim Butcher
146. The Pursuit of the Pankera -- SF, by Robert A Heinlein

149. Except the Dying -- mystery (Murdoch #1), by Maureen Jennings

150. Raven Black -- mystery (Perez #1), by Ann Cleeves
151. Blue Lightning -- mystery (Perez #4), by Ann Cleeves
152. Under the Dragon's Tail -- mystery (Murdoch #2), by Maureen Jennings
153. Poor Tom Is Cold -- mystery (Murdoch #3), by Maureen Jennings
154. Season of Darkness -- mystery (Tyler #1), by Maureen Jennings
155. Night's Child -- mystery (Murdoch #5), by Maureen Jennings
156. Battle Ground -- urban fantasy (Dresden #17), by Jim Butcher

157. A Journeyman to Grief -- mystery (Murdoch #7), by Maureen Jennings

159. No Known Grave -- mystery (Tyler #3), by Maureen Jennings
160. Let Darkness Bury the Dead -- mystery (Murdoch #8), by Maureen Jennings
161. 1637: No Peace Beyond the Line -- AH, by Eric Flint and Charles E Gannon
162. The Falcon Always Wings Twice -- mystery (Langslow #27), by Donna Andrews

165. The Gift of the Magpie -- mystery (Langslow #28), by Donna Andrews

Juvenile/YA Fiction (12)
69. The Penderwicks in Spring -- children's, by Jeanne Birdsall
72. The Boy Scouts on a Submarine -- YA, by Captain John Blaine
114. The Penderwicks at Last -- children's, by Jeanne Birdsall
115. Smugglers' Reef -- YA thriller (Brant #7), by John Blaine
116. The Caves of Fear -- YA thriller (Brant #8), by John Blaine
117. The Mystery of the Iron Box -- YA thriller, by Bruce Campbell
123. The Golden Skull -- YA thriller (Brant #10), by John Blaine
124. The Wailing Octopus -- YA thriller (Brant #11), by John Blaine
125. The Electronic Mind Reader -- YA thriller (Brant #12), by John Blaine
126. The Scarlet Lake Mystery -- YA thriller (Brant #13), by John Blaine

163. Nation -- YA fiction, by Terry Pratchett

164. Dodger -- YA fiction, by Terry Pratchett

Non-Fiction (38)
1. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus -- history, by Charles C Mann
2. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created -- history, by Charles C Mann
5. Death from the Skies!: The Science Behind the End of the World -- astronomy, by Philip Plait PhD
7. Princes at War: The Bitter Battle Inside Britain's Royal Family in the Darkest Days of WWII -- WW II, by Deborah Cadbury
10. Until the Final Hour: Hitler's Last Secretary -- WWII memoir, by Traudl Junge, Melissa Müller (editor)
12. The Queen's Bed: An Intimate History of Elizabeth's Court -- history, by Anna Whitelock 
13. A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History -- anthropology, by Nicholas Wade
15. In the Footsteps of Eve: The Mystery of Human Origins -- palaeoanthropology, by Lee R Berger PhD with Brett Hilton-Barber
17. Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors -- anthropology, by Nicholas Wade
20. When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt -- history, by Kara Cooney
27. Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain -- travel/archaeology, by Charlotte Higgins
36. The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked & Found -- children's history/archaeology, by Martin W Sandler 
54. Five Days That Shocked the World: Eyewitness Accounts from Europe at the End of World War II -- WW II, by Nicholas Best
58. Inside Hitler's Bunker: The Last Days of the Third Reich -- WW II, by Joachim Fest
66. Ravensbrück: Life and Death in Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women -- WW II, by Sarah Helm
68. Empire of Secrets: British Intelligence, the Cold War, and the Twilight of Empire -- history, by Calder Walton
70. A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII -- biography, by Sarah Helm
80. In Search of the Neanderthals: Solving the Puzzle of Human Origins -- palaeoanthropology, by Christopher Stringer and Clive Gamble
82. Hitler's Teutonic Knights: SS Panzers in Action -- WW II, by Bruce Quarrie
84. The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fall -- history, by Christopher Hibbert
86. Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History -- palaeontology, by Xiaoming Wang and Richard H Tedford
87. The Velvet Claw: A Natural History of the Carnivores -- zoology, by David Macdonald
104. The Scottish Highlanders: A Personal View -- history, by Charles MacKinnon of Dunakin
106. The Devil's Birthday: The Bridges to Arnhem, 1944 -- WW II, by Geoffrey Powell
112. Tin Cans and Greyhounds: The Destroyers That Won Two World Wars -- naval history, by Clint Johnson
119. The Secret Rescue: An Untold Story of American Nurses and Medics Behind Nazi Lines -- WW II, by Cate Lineberry
121. The Man Called Brown Condor: The Forgotten History of an African American Fighter Pilot -- biography, by Thomas E Simmons
128. Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times -- memoir, by Jennifer Worth
130. Women of Valor: The Rochambelles on the WWII Front -- WW II, by Ellen Hampton
133. Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence -- US history, by Joseph J Ellis
135. The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789 -- US history, by Joseph J Ellis
136. Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence -- US history, by Carol Berkin
139. Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields --  WW II, by Wendy Lower
142. Victorian London: The Tale of a City 1840-1870 -- history, by Liza Picard

147. Mayday 1971: A White House at War, a Revolt in the Streets, and the Untold History of America's Biggest Mass Arrest -- history, by Lawrence Roberts

148. We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey back to the Battlefields of Vietnam -- memoir, by LTG Harold G Moore and Joseph L Galloway 
158. By Hook or by Crook: A Journey in Search of English -- language, by David Crystal

166. Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield -- military history, by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Retirement has done good things for my reading.  Books?  40 mysteries, 39 SF/AH/time travel, 38 non-fiction, 21 thrillers, 16 fantasy of various kinds. And only 27 rereads (marked by asterisks).  Authors?  19 by Nevada Barr, 10 each by Anne McCaffrey (with or without her son Todd) and Thomas Perry, 8 by Maureen Jennings, 7 by John Blaine, 6 by Terry Pratchett.

Top three books of the year were A Study in Sable, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, and Ashley's War.

So many books, so little time....