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2017 reading
93 books (an increase of 10 on 2016), 74 of them by women (and three writers account for more than half of the books by male authors - Ben Aaronovitch with 6, and Terry Pratchett and Patrick O'Brian with with 3 each).
The Hanging Tree - Ben Aaronovitch
Swordspoint - Ellen Kushner
The Incomer - Margaret Elphinstone
Hag-Seed - Margaret Atwood
Casting Off - Elizabeth Jane Howard
Rivers of London: Body Work - Ben Aaronovitch
Rivers of London: Night Witch - Ben Aaronovitch
HMS Surprise - Patrick O’Brian
The Ready-Made Family - Antonia Forest
Scales of Gold - Dorothy Dunnett
House of Many Ways - Diana Wynne Jones
A Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula Le Guin
The Tombs of Atuan - Ursula Le Guin
The Farthest Shore - Ursula Le Guin
Tehanu - Ursula Le Guin
Europe in Autumn - Dave Hutchinson
The Year of Our War - Steph Swainston
When Will There Be Good News? - Kate Atkinson
The Element of Fire - Martha Wells
The Truth - Terry Pratchett
A Sudden Wild Magic - Diana Wynne Jones
Walk to the End of the World and Motherlines - Suzy McKee Charnas
The Merchant’s Mark - Pat McIntosh
The Warrior’s Apprentice - Lois McMaster Bujold
First Class Murder - Robin Stevens
All Change - Elizabeth Jane Howard
The Unicorn Hunt - Dorothy Dunnett
The Idea of North - Peter Davidson
Tales from Earthsea - Ursula K Le Guin
Too Like The Lightning - Ada Palmer
The Fires of Bride - Ellen Galford
Flying Too High - Kerry Greenwood
The River - Rumer Godden
Natural History - Justina Robson
Fly By Night - Frances Hardinge
The Mauritius Command - Patrick O'Brian
Tam Lin - Pamela Dean
The Mountains of Mourning - Lois McMaster Bujold
The Travails of Jane Saint and Other Stories - Josephine Saxton
Started Early, Took My Dog - Kate Atkinson
The Other Wind - Ursula Le Guin
To Lie With Lions - Dorothy Dunnett
The Saltmarsh Murders - Gladys Mitchell
Every Heart A Doorway - Seanan McGuire
Europe at Midnight - Dave Hutchinson
Rivers of London: Black Mould - Ben Aaronovitch
The Star of the Sea - Una McCormack
These Old Shades - Georgette Heyer
Kindred - Octavia E Butler
Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
Murder on the Ballarat Train - Kerry Greenwood
The Vor Game - Lois McMaster Bujold
Caprice and Rondo - Dorothy Dunnett
Monstrous Regiment - Terry Pratchett
Unquenchable Fire - Rachel Pollack
Mixed Magics - Diana Wynne Jones
Ninefox Gambit - Yoon Ha Lee
Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi
Desolation Island - Patrick O’Brian
Rainbow Bridge - Gwyneth Jones
The Mark of the Horse Lord - Rosemary Sutcliff
The Shortest Way to Hades - Sarah Caudwell
Gemini - Dorothy Dunnett
St Mungo’s Robin - Pat McIntosh
Autumn - Ali Smith
China Mountain Zhang - Maureen F McHugh
The Furthest Station - Ben Aaronovitch
A Sparrow’s Flight - Margaret Elphinstone
Cetaganda - Lois McMaster Bujold
Small Gods - Terry Pratchett
The Comfortable Courtesan, Volume 1 - L.A. Hall
La Belle Sauvage - Philip Pullman
All Systems Red - Martha Wells
All the Birds in the Sky - Charlie Jane Anders
Death at Victoria Dock - Kerry Greenwood
Love/War - Ebba Witt-Brattström
Living Alone - Stella Benson
Seven Surrenders - Ada Palmer
Emperor of the Eight Islands - Lian Hearn
Jolly Foul Play - Robin Stevens
Provenance - Ann Leckie
Rivers of London: Detective Stories - Ben Aaronovitch
The Fortune of War - Patrick O’Brian
The Green Mill Murder - Kerry Greenwood
Passing Strange - Ellen Klages
The Dark Lord of Derkholm - Diana Wynne Jones
Knit One, Girl Two - Shira Glassman
Moominland Midwinter - Tove Jansson
The Rough Collier - Pat McIntosh
The Dark is Rising - Susan Cooper
The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden
Mistletoe and Murder - Robin Stevens
Howards End - E.M. Forster
I think my favourites were Hag-Seed, Dave Hutchinson's Fractured Europe series, Robin Stevens' Wells and Wong mysteries, Ninefox Gambit, Provenance and La Belle Sauvage. And Dunnett, of course. And I really enjoyed re-reading Earthsea. I've also been very much liking the Phryne Fisher and Aubrey/Maturin series, and am continuing to enjoy Bujold after taking rather a long time to get into her.
There were two books I didn't finish: A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab (a combination of egregious proofreading fail and gratuitous sadistic violence) and The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope (Britpicking and 16th-century-picking fails). I've also been reading more short fiction; having realised that all the nominees for the Best Short Story Hugo were available online, I went and read them all, and have read more short fiction online since then. Uncanny Magazine has become a particular favourite of mine.
The Hanging Tree - Ben Aaronovitch
Swordspoint - Ellen Kushner
The Incomer - Margaret Elphinstone
Hag-Seed - Margaret Atwood
Casting Off - Elizabeth Jane Howard
Rivers of London: Body Work - Ben Aaronovitch
Rivers of London: Night Witch - Ben Aaronovitch
HMS Surprise - Patrick O’Brian
The Ready-Made Family - Antonia Forest
Scales of Gold - Dorothy Dunnett
House of Many Ways - Diana Wynne Jones
A Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula Le Guin
The Tombs of Atuan - Ursula Le Guin
The Farthest Shore - Ursula Le Guin
Tehanu - Ursula Le Guin
Europe in Autumn - Dave Hutchinson
The Year of Our War - Steph Swainston
When Will There Be Good News? - Kate Atkinson
The Element of Fire - Martha Wells
The Truth - Terry Pratchett
A Sudden Wild Magic - Diana Wynne Jones
Walk to the End of the World and Motherlines - Suzy McKee Charnas
The Merchant’s Mark - Pat McIntosh
The Warrior’s Apprentice - Lois McMaster Bujold
First Class Murder - Robin Stevens
All Change - Elizabeth Jane Howard
The Unicorn Hunt - Dorothy Dunnett
The Idea of North - Peter Davidson
Tales from Earthsea - Ursula K Le Guin
Too Like The Lightning - Ada Palmer
The Fires of Bride - Ellen Galford
Flying Too High - Kerry Greenwood
The River - Rumer Godden
Natural History - Justina Robson
Fly By Night - Frances Hardinge
The Mauritius Command - Patrick O'Brian
Tam Lin - Pamela Dean
The Mountains of Mourning - Lois McMaster Bujold
The Travails of Jane Saint and Other Stories - Josephine Saxton
Started Early, Took My Dog - Kate Atkinson
The Other Wind - Ursula Le Guin
To Lie With Lions - Dorothy Dunnett
The Saltmarsh Murders - Gladys Mitchell
Every Heart A Doorway - Seanan McGuire
Europe at Midnight - Dave Hutchinson
Rivers of London: Black Mould - Ben Aaronovitch
The Star of the Sea - Una McCormack
These Old Shades - Georgette Heyer
Kindred - Octavia E Butler
Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
Murder on the Ballarat Train - Kerry Greenwood
The Vor Game - Lois McMaster Bujold
Caprice and Rondo - Dorothy Dunnett
Monstrous Regiment - Terry Pratchett
Unquenchable Fire - Rachel Pollack
Mixed Magics - Diana Wynne Jones
Ninefox Gambit - Yoon Ha Lee
Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi
Desolation Island - Patrick O’Brian
Rainbow Bridge - Gwyneth Jones
The Mark of the Horse Lord - Rosemary Sutcliff
The Shortest Way to Hades - Sarah Caudwell
Gemini - Dorothy Dunnett
St Mungo’s Robin - Pat McIntosh
Autumn - Ali Smith
China Mountain Zhang - Maureen F McHugh
The Furthest Station - Ben Aaronovitch
A Sparrow’s Flight - Margaret Elphinstone
Cetaganda - Lois McMaster Bujold
Small Gods - Terry Pratchett
The Comfortable Courtesan, Volume 1 - L.A. Hall
La Belle Sauvage - Philip Pullman
All Systems Red - Martha Wells
All the Birds in the Sky - Charlie Jane Anders
Death at Victoria Dock - Kerry Greenwood
Love/War - Ebba Witt-Brattström
Living Alone - Stella Benson
Seven Surrenders - Ada Palmer
Emperor of the Eight Islands - Lian Hearn
Jolly Foul Play - Robin Stevens
Provenance - Ann Leckie
Rivers of London: Detective Stories - Ben Aaronovitch
The Fortune of War - Patrick O’Brian
The Green Mill Murder - Kerry Greenwood
Passing Strange - Ellen Klages
The Dark Lord of Derkholm - Diana Wynne Jones
Knit One, Girl Two - Shira Glassman
Moominland Midwinter - Tove Jansson
The Rough Collier - Pat McIntosh
The Dark is Rising - Susan Cooper
The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden
Mistletoe and Murder - Robin Stevens
Howards End - E.M. Forster
I think my favourites were Hag-Seed, Dave Hutchinson's Fractured Europe series, Robin Stevens' Wells and Wong mysteries, Ninefox Gambit, Provenance and La Belle Sauvage. And Dunnett, of course. And I really enjoyed re-reading Earthsea. I've also been very much liking the Phryne Fisher and Aubrey/Maturin series, and am continuing to enjoy Bujold after taking rather a long time to get into her.
There were two books I didn't finish: A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab (a combination of egregious proofreading fail and gratuitous sadistic violence) and The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope (Britpicking and 16th-century-picking fails). I've also been reading more short fiction; having realised that all the nominees for the Best Short Story Hugo were available online, I went and read them all, and have read more short fiction online since then. Uncanny Magazine has become a particular favourite of mine.