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Apr
Apr
March Reading
by Tony in Monthly Reading
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Non-Fiction:
- Eco-Library Design by John A. Flannery ★★★★
- The Underwater Museum: The Submerged Sculptures of Jason deCaires Taylor by Jason deCaires Taylor ★★★★
- 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff ★★★★
- Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman ★★★★
- Killing Bono: I Was Bono’s Doppelganger by Neil McCormick ★★★
- Awkward Moments Children’s Bible, Vol. 1 by Horus Gilgamesh ★★
- How Do You Kill 11 Million People? (International Edition): Why the Truth Matters More Than You Think by Andy Andrews ★★
- REST in Practice: Hypermedia and Systems Architecture by Jim Webber ★★
- Do More, Spend Less: The New Secrets of Living the Good Life for Less by Brad Wilson ★★ (my review)
- My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places by Mary Roach ★★ (my review)
- Who I Am and What I Want by David Shrigley ★★
- The Snowden Operation: Inside the West’s Greatest Intelligence Disaster by Edward Lucas ★ (my review)
- Numbers: A Very Short Introduction by Peter M. Higgins ★
- Judging a Book by Its Lover: A Field Guide to the Hearts and Minds of Readers Everywhere by Lauren Leto ★
Fiction (Series):
- Every Seventh Wave by Daniel Glattauer ★★★
- The Con Man by Ed McBain ★★★
- The Thefts of Nick Velvet: Stories by Edward D. Hoch ★★★ (my review)
- The Spy and the Thief: A Jeffery Rand and Nick Velvet Collection by Edward D. Hoch ★★★★
- The Spy Who Read Latin: And Other Stories: A Jeffery Rand Collection by Edward D. Hoch ★★★★
- The Judges of Hades: and Other Simon Ark Stories by Edward D. Hoch ★★★★★
- City of Brass: and Other Simon Ark Stories by Edward D. Hoch ★★★★★
- The Quests of Simon Ark: And Other Stories by Edward D. Hoch ★★★★
- The Old Spies Club and Other Intrigues of Rand by Edward D. Hoch ★★★
- Ehrengraf for the Defense by Lawrence Block ★★★★ (my review)
- The Penguin Pool Murder by Stuart Palmer ★★★
- Murder on Wheels by Stuart Palmer ★★
- Pannkoogitort by Sven Nordqvist ★★★★★ (my review)
Fiction (Non-Series):
Total: ~4429 pages
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Mar
Mar
February Reading
by Tony in Monthly Reading
Non-Fiction:
- The Lost Art of Reading: Why Books Matter in a Distracted Time by David L. Ulin ★★★★
- How We Invented Freedom & Why It Matters by Daniel Hannan ★★★★
- The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty by Nina Munk ★★★★
- What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated?: And More Essays on Standards, Grading, and Other Follies by Alfie Kohn ★★★★
- Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers by Geoffrey A. Moore ★★★★
- Qr Codes Kill Kittens: How to Alienate Customers, Dishearten Employees, and Drive Your Business Into the Ground by Scott Stratten ★★★★
- Whoever Makes the Most Mistakes Wins by Richard Farson ★★
- What’s Your Worldview?: An Interactive Approach to Life’s Big Questions by James N. Anderson ★ (my review)
- Worst Ideas Ever: A Celebration of Embarrassment by Daniel B. Kline ★ (my review)
- Start: Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average and Do Work That Matters by Jon Acuff ★
- Creditocracy and the Case for Debt Refusal by Andrew Ross ★ (my review)
- Lulzsec: How a Handful of Hackers Brought the Us Government to Its Knees by Kyle Schurman ★
- Disgusting Bliss: The Brass Eye of Chris Morris by Lucian Randall ★ (my review)
Fiction (Series):
- What’s So Funny? (Dortmunder, #14) by Donald E. Westlake ★★★★
- Get Real (Dortmunder, #15) by Donald E. Westlake ★★★★
- Even The Wicked by Ed McBain ★★★
- Cop Hater (87th Precinct, #1) by Ed McBain ★★
- The Mugger by Ed McBain ★★★
- Pusher by Ed McBain ★★★★
- Pros and Cons (O’Hare and Fox, #0.5) by Janet Evanovich ★★★
- Last Rituals by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir ★★
Fiction (Non-Series):
Total: ~5091 pages
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Feb
Feb
January Reading
by Tony in Monthly Reading
Non-Fiction:
- Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century by Mark Leonard ★★★★
- Save the Cat!: The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need by Blake Snyder ★★★★
- A Passion for Books: A Book Lover’s Treasury of Stories, Essays, Humor, Love and Lists on Collecting, Reading, Borrowing, Lending, Caring for, and Appreciating Books by Harold Rabinowitz ★★★
- One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way by Robert Maurer ★★★
- Seeing What Others Don’t: The Remarkable Ways We Gain Insights by Gary Klein ★★★
- The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone–Especially Ourselves by Dan Ariely ★★
- Your Achilles Eel: Discover and Overcome the Hidden Cause of Negative Emotions, Bad Decisions and Self-Sabotage by Michael Bundrant ★★
- Body by Science: A Research-Based Program for Strength Training, Body Building, and Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week by John Little ★★
- Read This Next: 500 of the Best Books You’ll Ever Read by Howard Mittelmark ★★
- The Working Memory Advantage: Train Your Brain to Function Stronger, Smarter, Faster by Tracy Alloway ★★
- Top Brain, Bottom Brain: Surprising Insights into How You Think by Stephen M. Kosslyn ★★
- What We French Think of You British – and Where You are Going Wrong by Marcel Lucont ★
- Yellow Elephant: Improve your memory and learn more, faster, better by Tansel Ali ★
Fiction (Series):
- Blowback (Nameless Detective, #4) by Bill Pronzini ★★★
- Watch Your Back! (Dortmunder, #13) by Donald E. Westlake ★★★★
- Tintin and the Picaros (Tintin, #23) by Hergé ★★★
- The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons by Lawrence Block ★★★★
- Hit Man (Keller, #1) by Lawrence Block ★★★★★
- Hit List (Keller, #2) by Lawrence Block ★★★★
- Hit Parade (Keller, #3) by Lawrence Block ★★★
Fiction (Non-Series):
Total: ~5650 pages
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Jan
Jan
December Reading
by Tony in Monthly Reading
Non-Fiction:
- Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day by Todd Henry ★★★★★
- French Children Don’t Throw Food by Pamela Druckerman ★★★★★
- 1300 Real and Fanciful Animals: From Seventeenth-Century Engravings by Matthäus (the Younger) Merian ★★★★
- Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces that Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave by Adam Alter ★★★★
- Quack This Way by Bryan A. Garner ★★★★
- Venice Is a Fish: A Sensual Guide by Tiziano Scarpa ★★★★
- The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History by Katherine Ashenburg ★★★
- Spell It Out: The Curious, Enthralling and Extraordinary Story of English Spelling by David Crystal ★★★
- Mapping Manhattan: A Love (and Sometimes Hate) Story in Maps by 75 New Yorkers by Becky Cooper ★★★
- Sway by Ori Brafman ★★★
- Back Story by David Mitchell ★★
- Life Inc: How the World Became a Corporation and How to Take it Back by Douglas Rushkoff ★★
- The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the Future of Work by Scott Berkun ★★
- A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid ★★
Fiction (Series):
- Thieves’ Dozen (Dortmunder, #12) by Donald E. Westlake ★★★
- The Case of the Howling Dog by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★★
- The Case of the Curious Bride by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★
- The Case of the Velvet Claws (Perry Mason, #1) by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★
- The Judas Goat (Spenser, #5) by Robert B. Parker ★★★
- The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad, #2) by Tana French ★★★★★
Fiction (Non-Series):
Total: ~6306 pages
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Dec
Dec
November Reading
by Tony in Monthly Reading
Non-Fiction:
- Hatching Twitter by Nick Bilton ★★★★
- The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone ★★★★
- From Finland With Love / Suomesta, rakkaudella by Roman Schatz ★★★★
- Making Sense of the Troubles: a History of the Northern Ireland Conflict by David McKittrick ★★★
- The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date by Samuel Arbesman ★★★ (my review)
- I Don’t Know: In Praise of Admitting Ignorance by Leah Hager Cohen ★★★
- The Book of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks: A Celebration of Creative Punctuation by Bethany Keeley ★★
- Crows: Encounters with the Wise Guys of the Avian World by Candace Savage ★★
- Cathedrals of the Flesh: My Search for the Perfect Bath by Alexia Brue ★★ (my review)
Fiction (Series):
- The Good Thief’s Guide to Amsterdam by Chris Ewan ★★★ (my review)
- What’s The Worst That Could Happen? (Dortmunder, #9) by Donald E. Westlake ★★★★
- Bad News (Dortmunder, #10) by Donald E. Westlake ★★★★
- The Road To Ruin (Dortmunder, #11) by Donald E. Westlake ★★ (my review)
- The Case of the Postponed Murder by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★
- The Case Of The Crimson Kiss: A Perry Mason Novelette, And Other Stories by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★
- The Case Of The Irate Witness by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★
- Billy Bunter’s Christmas Party by Frank Richards ★★★
- The Castafiore Emerald by Hergé ★★★
- The Fool’s Run (Kidd & LuEllen, #1) by John Sandford ★★★★
- Iznogoud Vol.6: Iznogoud and the Magic Carpet (Adventures of the Grand Vizier Iznogoud) by René Goscinny ★★★
Fiction (Non-Series):
Total: ~7629 pages
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Nov
Nov
October Reading
by Tony in Monthly Reading
Non-Fiction:
- David and Goliath: The Triumph of the Underdog by Malcolm Gladwell ★★★★ (my review)
- Sightings: Extraordinary Encounters with Ordinary Birds by Sam Keen ★★★
- Meet the Finns by Ian Bowie ★★★
- A Scientific Guide to Successful Relationships by Emily Nagoski ★★★
- Sand and Foam by Kahlil Gibran ★★ (my review)
- Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland? by Pasi Sahlberg ★★
- Without Their Permission: How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed by Alexis Ohanian ★★
Fiction (Series):
- In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1) by Tana French ★★★★★
- Drowned Hopes (Dortmunder, #7) by Donald E. Westlake ★★ (my review)
- Don’t Ask (Dortmunder, #8) by Donald E. Westlake ★★★★
- Asterix and the Soothsayer (Asterix, #19) by René Goscinny ★★★
- The Case of the Beautiful Beggar by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★
- The Case of the Worried Waitress by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★
- The Case of the Queenly Contestant by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★
- The Case of the Careless Cupid by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★
- The Case of the Fabulous Fake (Perry Mason Mysteries (Fawcett Books)) by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★
- The Case of the Fenced-in Woman by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★
- The Devil Colony by James Rollins ★★★
- Rumpole and the Reign of Terror by John Mortimer ★★★
- Out on the Cutting Edge by Lawrence Block ★★★
- Moominsummer Madness (The Moomins, #5) by Tove Jansson ★★★★
Fiction (Non-Series):
Total: ~5725 pages
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Oct
Oct
September Reading
by Tony in Monthly Reading
Non-Fiction:
- An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments by Ali Almossawi ★★★★★
- The Arrival by Shaun Tan ★★★★★
- Why Smart People Hurt: A Guide for the Bright, the Sensitive, and the Creative by Eric Maisel ★★★★ (my review)
- How Reading Changed My Life by Anna Quindlen ★★★★
- The Hell of it All by Charlie Brooker ★★ (my review)
- The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English by Robert Beard ★★
- Outcasts!: The Lands That FIFA Forgot by Steve Menary ★★ (my review)
- The Idler’s Glossary by Joshua Glenn ★★ (my review)
- Digital State: How the Internet is Changing Everything by Simon Pont ★ (my review)
Fiction (Series):
- Portuguese Irregular Verbs by Alexander McCall Smith ★★★★
- The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs (Portuguese Irregular Verbs, #2) by Alexander McCall Smith ★★★★
- At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances (Portuguese Irregular Verbs, #3) by Alexander McCall Smith ★★★
- The Hot Rock (Dortmunder, #1) by Donald E. Westlake ★★★★ (my review)
- Bank Shot (Dortmunder, #2) by Donald E. Westlake ★★★
- Jimmy the Kid by Donald E. Westlake ★★★★
- Nobody’s Perfect by Donald E. Westlake ★★★★
- Why Me? (Dortmunder, #5) by Donald E. Westlake ★★
- Good Behavior (Dortmunder, #6) by Donald E. Westlake ★★★
- The Case of the Troubled Trustee by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★
- Billy Bunter’s Barring Out by Frank Richards ★★★★
- The Anti-Social Behaviour of Horace Rumpole by John Mortimer ★★★★
- Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders by John Mortimer ★★★★
Fiction (Non-Series):
Total: ~7078 pages
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Sep
Sep
August Reading
by Tony in Monthly Reading
Non-Fiction:
- Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking by David Bayles ★★★★★
- Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts by Julian Rubinstein ★★★★★
- The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida ★★★
- The Leaderless Revolution: How Ordinary People Will Take Power and Change Politics in the 21st Century by Carne Ross ★★★
- Choose Yourself! by James Altucher ★★★
- Citizenville: Connecting People and Government in the Digital Age by Gavin Newsom ★★ (my review)
- The Happiness Manifesto by Nic Marks ★
Fiction (Series):
- The Case of the Reluctant Model by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★
- The Case of the Blonde Bonanza by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★
- The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★
- The Case of the Amorous Aunt by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★
- The Case Of The Stepdaughter’s Secret by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★
- The Case of the Mischievous Doll by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★
- Case of the Daring Divorcee by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★
- The Case of the Horrified Heirs by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★
- The Case Of The Phantom Fortune by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★★★
- Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter, #1) by Jeff Lindsay ★★★
Fiction (Non-Series):
Total: ~6067 pages
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Aug
Aug
July Reading
by Tony in Monthly Reading
Non-Fiction:
- The Antidote: Happiness for people who can’t stand positive thinking by Oliver Burkeman ★★★★★
- Fabricated: 3D Print Everything from Body Parts to Bicycles… to Dinner by Hod Lipson ★★★★
- The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything…Fast by Josh Kaufman ★★★★ (my review)
- Frankenstein’s Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech’s Brave New Beasts by Emily Anthes ★★★★
- Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa by Dambisa Moyo ★★★★
- What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami ★★★
- Lying by Sam Harris ★★★ (my review)
- Understanding Asexuality by Anthony F. Bogaert ★★★ (my review)
- The Googlization of Everything: by Siva Vaidhyanathan ★★ (my review)
- Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That’s OK: How to Survive the Economic Collapse and Be Happy by Federico Pistono ★★
- The Chinese Mind: Understanding Traditional Chinese Beliefs and their Influence on Contemporary Culture by Boyé Lafayette de Mente ★★
Fiction (Series):
- The Case of the Calendar Girl by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★★ (my review)
- The Case of the Singing Skirt by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★★
- The Case of the Mythical Monkeys by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★★
- The Case of the Deadly Toy (Perry Mason Mysteries (Fawcett Books)) by Erle Stanley Gardner ★
- The Case of the Waylaid Wolf by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★
- The Case of the Duplicate Daughter by Erle Stanley Gardner ★
- The Case Of The Shapely Shadow by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★★
- The Case of the Spurious Spinster by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★★
- The Case of the Bigamous Spouse by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★
- The Eye of God: A Sigma Force Novel by James Rollins ★★★★
Fiction (Non-Series):
Total: ~6790 pages
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Jul
Jul
June Reading
by Tony in Monthly Reading
Non-Fiction:
- The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It by Paul Collier ★★★★★
- Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach ★★★★
- 100 Social Innovations from Finland by Ilkka Taipale ★★★★
- The Frontman: Bono by Harry Browne ★★★★
- Gold Rush in the Jungle: The Race to Discover and Defend the Rarest Animals of Vietnam’s “Lost World” by Dan Drollette ★★★★
- Prisoner 1082: Escape from Crumlin Road, Europe’s Alcatraz by Donal Donnelly ★★★★ (my review)
- Best Sex Writing 2013: The State of Today’s Sexual Culture by Rachel Kramer Bussel ★★★
- The Lessons of History by Will Durant ★★★ (my review)
- China’s Urban Billion: The Story Behind the Biggest Migration in Human History by Tom Miller ★★★ (my review)
- I Live in the Future & Here’s How It Works: Why Your World, Work, and Brain Are Being Creatively Disrupted by Nick Bilton ★★
- Borgia: Blood for the Pope by Alejandro Jodorowsky ★★
- Straight Flush LP: The True Story of Six College Friends Who Dealt Their Way to a Billion-Dollar Online Poker Empire–and How It All Came Crashing Down… by Ben Mezrich ★★ (my review)
- Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now by Douglas Rushkoff ★★ (my review)
- Hypocrites & Half-Wits: A Daily Dose of Sanity from Cafe Hayek by Donald J. Boudreaux ★
- What’s Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption by Rachel Botsman ★ (my review)
Fiction (Series):
- The Case of the Restless Redhead by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★
- The Case of the Sun Bather’s Diary by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★★
- The Case of the Nervous Accomplice by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★★
- The Case of the Terrified Typist by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★
- The Case of the Gilded Lily by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★
- The Case of the Runaway Corpse (Perry Mason Series) by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★
- The Case of the Demure Defendant by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★
- The Case of the Screaming Woman by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★
- The Case of the Daring Decoy by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★
- The Case of the Lucky Loser by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★★
- The Case of the Glamorous Ghost by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★★
- The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★★★
- The Case of the Long-Legged Models (Perry Mason Mysteries) by Erle Stanley Gardner ★★
Fiction (Non-Series):
Total: ~6903 pages