2012 reads
2012 was a slightly disappointing year of reads for me. Plenty were good, but very few books really blew my socks off. For 2013 I'm going to make an effort to read more non-SFF. We'll see if that helps.
Beyond the Wall, James Lowder et al
Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs, Adrienne Mayor
Twelve Moons, Tom Willcockson
The Merchant and the Alchemist, Ted Chiang
Silently and Very Fast, Catherynne Valente
The Empire of Ice Cream, Jeffrey Ford
At the Mouth of the River of Bees, Kij Johnson
The Wind’s Twelve Quarters, Ursula Le Guin
Nightflyers, George R.R. Martin
Wild Cards V, GRRM et al
Wild Cards VI, GRRM et al
Galactic North, Alastair Reynolds
Custer’s Last Jump, Howard Waldrop et al
Howard Who?, Howard Waldrop
The Heart of Whitenesse, Howard Waldrop
Night of the Cooters, Howard Waldrop
Whispers Underground, Ben Aaronovitch
Red Country, Joe Abercrombie
The King’s Blood, Daniel Abraham
Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed
Death of a Squire, Maureen Ash
The Drowned Cities, Paolo Bacigalupi
Shadow and Bone, Leigh Bardugo
Tamsin, Peter S. Beagle
Range of Ghosts, Elizabeth Bear
The Apocalypse Ocean, Tobias Buckell
The Folly of the World, Jesse Bullington
Cold Days, Jim Butcher
Caliban’s War, James SA Corey
The Sisters Brothers, Patrick deWitt
When Gravity Fails, George Alec Effinger
A Fire in the Sun, George Alec Effinger
The Exile Kiss, George Alec Effinger
Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman
Kalpa Imperial, Angelica Gorodischer
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, Seth Grahame-Smith
Kop Killer, Warren Hammond
Libriomancer, Jim C. Hines
Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon, Mark Hodder
Rapture, Kameron Hurley
The Orphan Master’s Son, Adam Johnson
Kings of Morning, Paul Kearney
Alexander Outland: Space Pirate, GJ Koch
King of Thorns, Mark Lawrence
Of Blood and Honey, Stina Leicht
And Blue Skies from Pain, Stina Leicht
Faith, John Love
Railsea, China Mieville
The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern
The Company, KJ Parker
Sharps, KJ Parker
Lords and Ladies, Terry Pratchett
Men at Arms, Terry Pratchett
Soul Music, Terry Pratchett
Absolution Gap, Alastair Reynolds
Blue Remembered Earth, Alastair Reynolds
Pavane, Keith Roberts
2312, Kim Stanley Robinson
Scourge of the Betrayer, Jeff Salyards
Redshirts, John Scalzi
City, Clifford D. Simak
Way Station, Clifford D. Simak
The Highest Frontier, Joan Slonczewski
Percepliquis, Michael J. Sullivan
Osama, Lavie Tidhar
The Coldest War, Ian Tregillis
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, Catherynne Valente
Kitty Steals the Show, Carrie Vaughn
Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut
Them Bones, Howard Waldrop
Among Others, Jo Walton
Alif the Unseen, G. Willow Wilson
The Urth of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
The Weavers of Saramyr, Chris Wooding
The Skein of Lament, Chris Wooding
The Ascendancy Veil, Chris Wooding
The Prisoner of Heaven, Carlos Ruiz Zafon
77
Science Fiction - 36 46.7%
Fantasy - 38 49%
Fiction - 6 7.8%
Nonfiction - 3 4%
Anthologies - 11 14.3%
2012 Releases - 33 43%
Debut Novels - 5 6.5%
New Authors - 25 32.5%
Female Authors - 20 26%
Beyond the Wall, James Lowder et al
Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs, Adrienne Mayor
Twelve Moons, Tom Willcockson
The Merchant and the Alchemist, Ted Chiang
Silently and Very Fast, Catherynne Valente
The Empire of Ice Cream, Jeffrey Ford
At the Mouth of the River of Bees, Kij Johnson
The Wind’s Twelve Quarters, Ursula Le Guin
Nightflyers, George R.R. Martin
Wild Cards V, GRRM et al
Wild Cards VI, GRRM et al
Galactic North, Alastair Reynolds
Custer’s Last Jump, Howard Waldrop et al
Howard Who?, Howard Waldrop
The Heart of Whitenesse, Howard Waldrop
Night of the Cooters, Howard Waldrop
Whispers Underground, Ben Aaronovitch
Red Country, Joe Abercrombie
The King’s Blood, Daniel Abraham
Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed
Death of a Squire, Maureen Ash
The Drowned Cities, Paolo Bacigalupi
Shadow and Bone, Leigh Bardugo
Tamsin, Peter S. Beagle
Range of Ghosts, Elizabeth Bear
The Apocalypse Ocean, Tobias Buckell
The Folly of the World, Jesse Bullington
Cold Days, Jim Butcher
Caliban’s War, James SA Corey
The Sisters Brothers, Patrick deWitt
When Gravity Fails, George Alec Effinger
A Fire in the Sun, George Alec Effinger
The Exile Kiss, George Alec Effinger
Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman
Kalpa Imperial, Angelica Gorodischer
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, Seth Grahame-Smith
Kop Killer, Warren Hammond
Libriomancer, Jim C. Hines
Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon, Mark Hodder
Rapture, Kameron Hurley
The Orphan Master’s Son, Adam Johnson
Kings of Morning, Paul Kearney
Alexander Outland: Space Pirate, GJ Koch
King of Thorns, Mark Lawrence
Of Blood and Honey, Stina Leicht
And Blue Skies from Pain, Stina Leicht
Faith, John Love
Railsea, China Mieville
The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern
The Company, KJ Parker
Sharps, KJ Parker
Lords and Ladies, Terry Pratchett
Men at Arms, Terry Pratchett
Soul Music, Terry Pratchett
Absolution Gap, Alastair Reynolds
Blue Remembered Earth, Alastair Reynolds
Pavane, Keith Roberts
2312, Kim Stanley Robinson
Scourge of the Betrayer, Jeff Salyards
Redshirts, John Scalzi
City, Clifford D. Simak
Way Station, Clifford D. Simak
The Highest Frontier, Joan Slonczewski
Percepliquis, Michael J. Sullivan
Osama, Lavie Tidhar
The Coldest War, Ian Tregillis
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, Catherynne Valente
Kitty Steals the Show, Carrie Vaughn
Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut
Them Bones, Howard Waldrop
Among Others, Jo Walton
Alif the Unseen, G. Willow Wilson
The Urth of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe
The Weavers of Saramyr, Chris Wooding
The Skein of Lament, Chris Wooding
The Ascendancy Veil, Chris Wooding
The Prisoner of Heaven, Carlos Ruiz Zafon
77
Science Fiction - 36 46.7%
Fantasy - 38 49%
Fiction - 6 7.8%
Nonfiction - 3 4%
Anthologies - 11 14.3%
2012 Releases - 33 43%
Debut Novels - 5 6.5%
New Authors - 25 32.5%
Female Authors - 20 26%