What I read in 2014

Although I have a list of everything I’ve read since 1996, here is a version which covers just this year. Orange titles are audio books, blue titles are e-books. Bold titles are books I’d recommend to others. A ^ after a title indicates a re-read.

1. Christine by Stephen King (1/8/2014)
2. Work Done for Hire by Joe Haldeman (1/16/2014)
3. The Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King (1/17/2014)
4. The Body by Stephen King (1/24/2014)
5. The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien (2/2/2014)
6. John Adams^ by David McCullough (2/20/2014)
7. George Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow (3/13/2014)
8. The Joy of Keeping Score by Paul Dickson (4/2/2014)
9. It^ by Stephen King (4/3/2014)
10. A Nice Little Place at the North Side by George F. Will (4/5/2014)
11. The War of Art by Steven Pressfield (4/12/2014)
12. From A Buick 8^ by Stephen King (4/18/2014)
13. Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe (4/19/2014)
14. Love Life by Rob Lowe (4/21/2014)
15. 11/22/63^ by Stephen King (6/1/2014)
16. Mile 81 by Stephen King (6/2/2014)
17. Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King (6/6/2014)
18. Joyland^ by Stephen King (6/9/2014)
19. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (6/9/2014)
20. 2k to 10k: Writing Faster, Writing Better, and Write More of What You Love by Rachel Aaron (6/13/2014)
21. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (6/19/2014)
22. Blue Highways by William Least Heat Moon (6/27/2014)
23. The Shawshank Redemption^ by Stephen King (6/29/2014)
24. The Martian by Andy Weir (7/5/2014)
25. Kiss and Make Up by Gene Simmons (7/11/2014)
26. The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume 1: Visions of Glory 1874-1932 by William Manchester (8/16/2014)
27. The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume 2: Alone 1932-1940 by William Manchester (9/1/2014)
28. The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume 3: Defender of the Realm 1940-1965 by William Manchester and Paul Reid (9/17/2014)
29. Great Baseball Writing: Sports Illustrated 1954-2004 by Rob Fleder, editor (10/5/2014)
30. Ball Four by Jim Bouton (10/17/2014)
31. The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution by Walter Isaacson (10/25/2014)
32. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien (11/1/2014)
33. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin (11/10/2014)
34. Revival by Stephen King (11/20/2014)
35. Hope: Entertainer of the Century by Richard Zoglin (11/30/2014)
36. Fallen Leaves: Last Words on Life, Love, War, and God by Will Durant (12/12/2014) [1)
37. Caesar and Christ^ by Will Durant (12/27/2014)

I’ve started listening to Neil Gaiman’s “author’s preferred text” of American Gods, something I last read when it first came out in 2001, but I’m not sure if I will finish it before the end of the year. I mentioned in an earlier post my 6 favorite reads from 2014. And I’ve already got quite a few books that I’m looking forward to in 2015.