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3mentions
2people
2016years
33% recommend67% neutral
What Hacker News says
- I keep an active list of books I've read, along with my reviews at my book review website, https://books.brianseitel.com. One of the benefits of this is that my favorite books automatically populate on the left. In 2016, I read over 60 books. My top 10 for 2016 (so far) are, in rough order of favorite-ness:
- "All the Birds in the Sky" by Charlie Jane Anders
- "The Shards of Heaven" and its sequel "The Gates of Hell" by Michael Livingston (fictional story set in Roman times)
- "The Last Breath" by Charlie Magee
- "The Guns of Empire" by Django Wexler (Book 4 of The Shadow Campaigns series, which I highly recommend)
- "The King's Traitor" by Jeff Wheeler (original take on Arthurian legend)
- "Uprooted" by Naomi Novik
- "End Game" by Lindsay Buroker (Book 8 of her sci-fi series, The Fallen Empire, which is a pretty fun series overall. Short and sweet adventures.)
- "Soulblade" by Lindsay Buroker (Book 8 of her fantasy series, Dragon Blood, which is another great series. All of Buroker's books are good, imo.)
- "Ghost Talkers" by Mary Robinette Kowal (It's WWII, ghosts are real... and they're spies.)
This year I also read books 1-3 of The Expanse, and I think they would also be in this list, except I haven't reviewed them yet. I'm currently reading Book 4, with the recently published book, Babylon's Ashes, in the queue. I fully expect these to make it into the top 10.
Obviously, I enjoy sci-fi / fantasy the most, but across a wide range of sub-genres. For non-sci-fi, my top read was "I Will Teach You To Be Rich" by Ramit Sethi, which really changed the way I organize my finances.
- Can you help a brother out? Let's see if we can set an Amazon record for sci-fi downloads in a 24 hour period. A big burst of downloads of my book from Amazon opens the door for other marketing opportunities. I'd really like to make a living at writing so I can keep doing it. Your help can make the difference. Here's the direct link to the book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Breath-Charlie-Magee-ebook/dp/B0...
- Man, you are too fast! https://www.amazon.com/Last-Breath-Charlie-Magee-ebook/dp/B0...
