Books read in 2019
I had a productive đź“š reading year. And I reached the goals I’ve planned for this year. I’ve only read new books, and I’ve also managed to include some none fiction work as well.
The best book I’ve read this year was The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. As I’ve written in its review, I initially feared that this book is just a money grab, due to the TV-Show. But I’m glad I’ve read it the book was so good that I’m still thinking about it now.
The best nonfiction book for this year is Becoming by Michelle Obama. I’ve enjoyed the writing style quite a lot. I mostly enjoyed her description of her childhood and later in the book when she was describing the campaign phase. Read the full review of the book here.
The following books were also a highlight for me this year: La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One Seveneves by Neal Stephenson Practical Microservices: Build Event-Driven Architectures with Event Sourcing and CQRS by Ethan Garofolo Especially the last one which took me back to the computer and managed to re-spark my interest in software architecture.
I’ve read 60 with a total of 19929 pages in 2019. Compared to last year, I nearly doubled my book count. I think I read around 36 books in 2018, but the number is not entirely accurate. I’ve certainly felt the reading speed and the stress of continually having a next book ready. So toward the end of the year, I felt a bit of reading execution, so I solved down my reading speed quite a lot because I should not read for the numbers, just for the joy of discovering new worlds and ideas!
Some more statistics about my reading year are the following. The longest book by page count I’ve read is The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, Book 1) with a page count of 1009 and a read duration of 16 days. And the book for which I needed the most time is unsurprisingly On the Oceans of Eternity: A Novel of the Change with 19 days and only a page count of 644. But the author of this series uses a dense writing style.
Following is a link to all the books I’ve read in the year:
- Mortal Engines (Predator Cities Book 1) by Philip Reeve Review
- The Invisible Gorilla by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons Review
- Out of Spite, Out of Mind (Magic 2.0 Book 5) by Scott Meyer Review
- Becoming by Michelle Obama Review
- We Are Legion (Bobiverse Book 1) by Dennis Taylor Review
- For We Are Many (Bobiverse Book 2) by Dennis Taylor Review
- All These Worlds (Bobiverse Book 3) by Dennis Taylor Review
- Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible by Jia Jiang Review
- With the Night Mail by Rudyard Kipling
- Seveneves by Neal Stephenson Review
- Not On the Label - What Really Goes into the Food on Your Plate by Felicity Lawrence Review
- Morningwood: Everybody Loves Large Chests (Vol.1) by Neven Iliev Review
- Fizzlesprocket: Everybody Loves Large Chests (Vol.2) by Neven Iliev Review
- Vortena: Everybody Loves Large Chests (Vol.3) by Neven Iliev Review
- Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe by Roger McNamee Review
- The Singularity Trap by Dennis E. Taylor Review
- The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future by David Wallace-Wells Review
- Against the Tide of Years: A Novel of the Change (Island Book 2) by S. M. Stirling Review
- Artificial Condition: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells Review
- Rogue Protocol: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells Review
- Exit Strategy: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells Review
- The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts Review
- Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the Deal by Oren Klaff Review
- Walkaway: A Novel by Cory Doctorow Review
- Homeland by Cory Doctorow Review
- La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One by Philip Pullman Review
- A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet Book 1) by Madeleine L’Engle Review
- Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss Review
- On the Oceans of Eternity: A Novel of the Change by S. M. Stirling Review
- Born of Air (The Valdir Chronicles Book 1) by RA Lewis Review
- The Expert System’s Brother by Adrian Tchaikovsky Review
- The Tethering by Megan O’Russell Review
- The Siren’s Realm (The Tethering Book 2) by Megan O’Russell Review
- The Dragon Unbound (The Tethering Book 3) by Megan O’Russell Review
- Practical Microservices: Build Event-Driven Architectures with Event Sourcing and CQRS by Ethan Garofolo Review
- How I Magically Messed Up My Life in Four Freakin’ Days (The Tale of Bryant Adams Book 1) by Megan O’Russell Review
- Girl of Glass by Megan O’Russell Review
- Rise of Gaia by Kristin Ward Review
- Soul Jacker: A Science Fiction Thriller (Soul Jacker Book 1) by Michael John Grist Review
- The Blood Heir (The Tethering Book 4) by Megan O’Russell
- A Wind in the Door (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet Book 2) by Madeleine L’Engle Review
- Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones by James Clear Review
- The Circle by Dave Eggers Review
- Under a Tell-Tale Sky: After the EMP (Disruption Trilogy Book 1) by R.E. McDermott Review
- Supernatural Reform School (Blakemore Paranormal Academy Book 1) by Sullivan Gray Review
- The Academy of Stolen Magic: YA Paranormal Academy Book Two (Blakemore Paranormal Academy 2) by Sullivan Gray Review
- The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, Book 1) by Brandon Sanderson Review
- Skyward: The Brand New Series by Brandon Sanderson Review
- The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Review
- Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life by Peter Godfrey-Smith Review
- Composing Software by Eric Elliott Review
- Born of Embers (The Valdir Chronicles Book 2) by RA Lewis Review
- The Fifth Season: The Broken Earth, Book 1 by N. K. Jemisin Review
- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb Review
- The Obelisk Gate: The Broken Earth, Book 2 by N. K. Jemisin Review
- DOORS - Der Beginn: Roman (Die Doors-Serie Staffel 1) by Markus Heitz Review
- DOORS ? - Kolonie: Roman (Die Doors-Serie Staffel 1) by Markus Heitz Review
- DOORS ! - Blutfeld: Roman (Die Doors-Serie Staffel 1) by Markus Heitz Review
- Radikalisierungsmaschinen: Wie Extremisten die neuen Technologien nutzen und uns manipulieren by Julia Ebner Review
- DOORS X - Dämmerung: Roman (Die Doors-Serie Staffel 1) by Markus Heitz Review
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