Here is a little list of the books I’ve read, ordered by period and roughly
by genre and with a very rough rating on a scale from 1 to 5. This list is not
complete; I certainly forget some that I’ve read and do not track rereads, nor comic books.
January - March 2023
| Title |
Author |
Genre |
Rating (/5) |
| Furie en Fortuin |
Lauren Groff |
Drama |
2 |
| Kassa 19 |
Claire-Louise Bennett |
Drama, poetry(?) |
3 |
| London Fields |
Martin Amis |
Drama |
4 |
| Scale |
Greg Egan |
Science-fiction |
4 |
| The world |
Simon Sebag Montefiore |
History |
5 |
| Five Little Piggies |
Agatha Christie |
Thriller |
4 |
| After the funeral |
Agatha Christie |
Thriller |
4 |
| Everywhere is the devil |
Agatha Christie |
Thriller |
4 |
| Lord Edgware Dies |
Agatha Christie |
Thriller |
5 |
| Poirot plays Bridge |
Agatha Christie |
Thriller |
4 |
October - December 2022
| Title |
Author |
Genre |
Rating (/5) |
| Write No Matter What |
Joli Jensen |
Non-fiction |
4 |
| Aspects |
John M. Ford |
Fantasy |
4 |
| The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle |
Stuart Turton |
Thriller + s.f.(?) |
5 |
| The Steep Approach to Garbadale |
Iain Banks |
Drama |
4 |
| The Wasp Factory |
Iain Banks |
Drama |
4 |
| Why we fight |
Mike Martin |
Non-fiction |
4 |
| Freedom’s forge |
Arthur Herman |
Non-fiction |
3 |
| The Year of the Flood |
Margaret Atwood |
Dystopian S.F. |
4 |
July - September 2022
| Title |
Author |
Genre |
Rating (/5) |
| Nona the Ninth |
Tamsyn Muir |
Fantasy + s.f. (?) |
5 |
| Oryx & Crake |
Margaret Atwood |
Dystopian S.F. |
4 |
| Perhaps the stars |
Ada Palmer |
Science Fiction |
5 |
| A Fire Upon The Deep |
Vernor Vinge |
Science Fiction |
4 |
| The Children of the Sky |
Vernor Vinge |
Science Fiction |
2 |
| A Deepness in the Sky |
Vernor Vinge |
Science Fiction |
4 |
| The Fractal Prince |
Hannu Rajaniemi |
Science Fiction |
4 |
| The Causal Angel |
Hannu Rajaniemi |
Science Fiction |
3 |
| The Quantum Thief |
Hannu Rajaniemi |
Science Fiction |
4 |
| Machine |
Elizabeth Bear |
Science Fiction |
5 |
| Project Hail Mary |
Andy Weir |
Hard Science Fiction |
5 |
| Napoleon: de schaduw van de revolutie |
Bart Van Loo |
Biography |
4 |
April - June 2022
| Title |
Author |
Genre |
Rating (/5) |
| Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell |
Susanna Clarke |
Historical Fantasy |
5 |
| Moon Witch, Spider King |
Marlon James |
Fantasy |
2 |
| The Will to Battle |
Ada Palmer |
Science fiction |
5 |
| Seven Surrenders |
Ada Palmer |
Science fiction |
5 |
| Too Like The Lightning |
Ada Palmer |
Science fiction |
5 |
| Crossroads |
Jonathan Franzen |
Drama |
4 |
| Tolkien and the Great War |
John Garth |
Non-fiction |
3 |
January - March 2022
| Title |
Author |
Genre |
Rating (/5) |
| The Silmarillion |
J.R.R and Christopher Tolkien |
Fantasy |
6 |
| Crooked Kingdom |
Leigh Bardugo |
Y.A. fantasy |
3 |
| Gideon the Ninth |
Tamsyn Muir |
Fantasy+s.f. (?) |
5 |
| Harrow the Ninth |
Tamsyn Muir |
Fantasy+s.f. (?) |
5 |
| The vanished birds |
Simon Jimenez |
Science fiction |
4 |
| A Memory Called Empire |
Arkady Martine |
Science fiction |
4 |
| A Desolation Called Peace |
Arkady Martine |
Science fiction |
4 |
| All Systems Red |
Martha Wells |
Science fiction |
1 |
| The Hydrogen Sonata |
Iain M. Banks |
Science fiction |
4 |
| Piranesi |
Susannah Clarke |
Magical realism |
5 |
| The City and the City |
China Miéville |
Weird fiction |
3 |
| Matrix: A Novel |
Lauren Groff |
Historical fiction |
3 |
| Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future |
Elizabeth Kolbert |
Non-fiction |
3 |
| The Physics of Climate Change |
Lawrence M. Krauss |
Non-fiction |
5 |
| Four Thousand Weeks |
Oliver Burkemann |
Non-fiction |
5 |
| On Writing Well |
William Zinsser |
Non-fiction |
5 |
