I read a lot of really good fiction this year, mostly sci-fi, speculative fiction, and fantasy (which is not unusual for me). I finally got to read a couple classics I’ve been meaning to dig into for a while, such as The Left Hand of Darkness and Earthseed, and my sabbatical provided a good opportunity to re-read the entire Harry Potter series from start to finish, which I like to do every two or three years.

Here’s my list, in vague chronological order of read (though I’m sure I’m missing one or two):

• Taming Your Gremlin by Rick Carson
• Daring Greatly by Brené Brown
• And I Darken series (And I Darken, Now I Rise) by Kiersten White
• Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce
• An Ember in the Ashes series (An Ember in the Ashes and A Torch Against the Night (re-read), A Reaper at the Gates) by Sabaa Tahir
• The Weaver by Emmi Itäranta
• An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Soloman
• Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young
• The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Earthseed series (Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents) by Octavia Butler
• The Harry Potter series (all of ’em) by JK Rowling (re-read)
• The Harper Hall series (Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, Dragondrums) by Anne McCaffrey (re-read)
• Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie
• The Tensorate series (The Black Tides of Heaven, The Red Threads of Fortune, The Descent of Monsters) by JY Yang
• Mask of Shadows series (Shadow of the Mask (re-read), Ruin of Stars) by Lindsey Miller
• The Brilliant Death by Amy Rose Capetta
• Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
• Rebel Seoul by Axie Oh
• The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang
• Survival Instincts by May Dawney
• The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson (in progress)

I already have a bunch of books queued up for 2019 that I didn’t get to this year — especially some non-fiction books I’ve been meaning to get around to. Here’s to hoping I can make a good dent in my Kindle backlog!