Thursday, December 31, 2020

Reading List 2020

The annual reading list of novels, shorts, non-fiction, graphic novels, the odd poem here and there, and a few other things like some kids books of note. I generally don't list re-reads, or even often re-read that much, but a couple of books I haven't read in decades made the list with a new heading.



Gaming 
Unearthed Arcana by Gary Gygax
The Art of Magic: The Gathering - Ravnica by James Wyatt
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
Dark Matter: 5th Edition Supplement by Mage Hand Press
Dungeon Crawl Classics Role Playing Game
Fiend Folio: Tome of Creatures Malevolent and Benign
Explorer's Guide to Wildemount by Matthew Mercer & Wizards RPG Team
The Monsters Know What They're Doing: Combat Tactics For Dungeon Masters by Keith Ammann
Mastering Magic Cards by George H. Baxter & Larry W. Smith, Ph.D.
Gurps Lite
Wedny's Presents: Feast of Legends: Rise From The Deep Freeze
Tasha's Cauldron of Everything 
The Lazy DM's Workbook by Michael E. Shea

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Poetry
A Dispatch From Seattle: or, Nervous in the Hot Zone by Sherman Alexie
Sublingual by Kiri Callaghan
Boogie Took The Cash by Jeff Eisenbrey

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Collections
A Very Scalzi Christmas by John Scalzi
Blackened White by Brian W. Foster

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Fiction
War of the Spark: Forsaken by Greg Weisman
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
The Age of Anxiety by Pete Townsend
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Highfire by Eoin Colfer
Warp by Lev Grossman
Otaku by Chris Kluwe
Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski
A Man by Keiichiro Hirano (translated by Eli K.P. William)
The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home: Welcome to Night Vale, Book 3 
by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor 
Season of Storms by Andrzej Sapkowski
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing: A Novel (The Carls) by Hank Green
The Last Emperox: The Interdependency Book 3 by John Scalzi
Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
Tube by Ksenia Anske
Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehesi Coates
Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski
Baptism of Fire by Andrzej Sapkowski
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The Birdwoman's Palate by Laksmi Pamuntjak
The Tower of Swallows by Andrzej Sapkowski
The Lady of the Lake by Andrzej Sapkowski
Hell's Spells by Devon Monk 
Ready Player Two by 
Star Wars: Thrawn by Timothy Zahn
Wayward Souls: Souls of the Road by Devon Monk

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Short Fiction
Dues and Don'ts: An Ordinary Magic Story by Devon Monk
The Long Siege: Part Three of Avery Cates: The Burning City by Jeff Somers
Little Flame by Devon Monk
Ikoria: Lair of the Behemoths - Sundered Bond by Django Wexler
Naked,Stoned,and Stabbed: A Wild Cards Story by Bradley Denton
Grace by Lisa Taddeo
Terranaut: Explorer by Blaze Ward
Called to the Warrior Path by Philip G. Lewis
The Dark Hunt: Part Four of Avery Cates: The Burning City by Jeff Somers
Evacuation by Alan Dean Foster
Der Katzenprinz by Liam O'Brien
A Poor Choice by Phil Lewis

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Non-Fiction
Beautifully Unique Sparkleponies: On Myths, Morons, Free Speech, Football, and Assorted Absurdities by Chris Kluwe
Aeternum Cascadia!: The NASL and MLS Soccer Rivalry Among the Pacific Northwest Franchises: Seasons 1968 to Present by Greg Harlan
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
One Life by Megan Rapinoe
The World of Critical Role: The History Behind the Epic Fantasy by Liz Marsham

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Graphic Novels/TPB
The Magicians: Alice's Story by Lev Grossman, Lilah Sturges, & Pius Bak
Starslayer: The Director's Cut by Mike Grell
Vagrant Queen (Vol 1) by Magdalene Visaggio  & Jason Smith
American Jesus (Volume 1): Chosen by Mark Millar & Peter Gross
American Jesus (Volume 2): The New Messiah by Mark Millar & Peter Grose
Donut The Destroyer by Sarah Graley & Stef Purenins 
The Flintstones Vol. 1 by Mark Russell & Steve Pugh
The Flintstones Vol. 2: Bedrock Bedlam by Mark Russell & Steve Pugh
Code Monkey Save World by Greg Pak et al 
Punch! by Allan Amato et al

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Papers/Essays/Children's Books/Misc
Orbit and Attitude Performance of the Lightsail 2 Solar Sail Spacecraft by Mansell, Spencer, et al
Piggy and Pug by Anne Wheaton
Kat and Juju by Kataneh Vahdani
Rosie the Dragon and Charlie Say Good Night by Lauren H. Kerstein & Nate Wragg (Ill.)

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Re-reads
Splinter of the Mind's Eye by Alan Dean Foster 
Midworld by Alan Dean Foster