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2021

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Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Really enjoyable scifi from the author of The Martian.

Exhalation by Ted Chiang. A collection of short stories, the tale of the Baghdad Shop Owner was a particular favourite.

Second Sleep by Richard Harris. An English priest in a simpler time unravels a local mystery.

The Reading List #

  • The master key / Masako Togawa ; translated by Simon Grove.
  • Project Hail Mary / Andy Weir.
  • Milkman / Anna Burns.
  • The Doors of Eden / Adrian Tchaikovsky.
  • Exhalation / Ted Chiang.
  • History of wolves / Emily Fridlund.
  • The Bullet Journal method / Ryder Carroll.
  • Children of Time / Adrian Tchaikovsky.
  • Salvation / Peter F. Hamilton.
  • Children of ruin / Adrian Tchaikovsky.
  • The water dancer : a novel / Ta-Nehisi Coates.
  • Washington Black : a novel / Esi Edugyan.
  • RHS design outdoors : projects & plans for a stylish garden / Matthew Keightley
  • The second sleep / Robert Harris.
  • Shadows / Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell ; illustrated by Scott Hampton.

Re-reads #

Libraries weren’t open for quite a while during the pandemic so I turned to some books already on my shelves.

  • The Player of Games / Iain M. Banks.
  • Excession / Iain M. Banks.
  • Inversions / Iain M. Banks.
  • The Hydrogen Sonata / Iain M. Banks.
  • Surface Detail / Iain M. Banks.
  • Foundation / Isaac Asimov.
  • Wool / Hugh Howey.
  • Transition / Iain M. Banks.
  • Snow Crash / Neal Stephenson.
  • World War Z / Max Brooks.
  • Anathem / Neal Stephenson