I read a lot of books.  A lot of fiction.  I read books on my kindle (either on my iPad or on my actual Kindle Voyage e-reader), and I listen to a LOT of audiobooks on Audible.  I walk and/or run (usually walk) about 5 miles a day, and most of those days I am listening to audiobooks. I read audiobooks in the car. I will occasionally re-read books I really like. This year, I re-read almost all of the Michael Connnelly, Harry Bosch books; and in anticipation for this summer’s conclusion to Stephen King’s Mercedes Killer trilogy, I re-read the first two.   I also read a lot of books though Netgalley, which provides me with pre-publication copies in return for fair reviews. I am currently reading many of Robert A. Heinlein’s “juvenile” or YA “speculative fiction” novels (a.k.a. science fiction).  Heinlein is truly one of a kind.

As I sat tonight in a long meeting, I made a list of everything I read this year. I was impressed with it. And the year still has 24 days left.

Here is the list.  It is not in order, and includes print and audio.
Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
Robert A. Heinlein, Farmer in the Sky
Frederick Backman, A Man Called Ove
Thomas Frank, Listen, Liberal: Or What Ever Happened the Party of the People
Ted Chiang, Arrival (Stories of your Life MTI)
Megan Miranda, All the Missing Girls
Blake Crouch, Dark Matter
Harlan Coben, Found
Harlan Coben, Seconds Away
Harlan Coben, Shelter
Harlan Coben, Live Wire
Michael D White, Stop and Frisk: The Use and Abuse of a Controversial Police Tactic
Joan Jacoby, The Power of the Prosecutor: Gatekeepers of the Criminal Justice System
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Dima Zales, Haven
Dima Zales, Limbo
Dima Zales, Oasis
Shadi Hamid, Islamic Exceptionalism
Alexandra Oliva, The Last One
Heather Gudenhauf, Missing Pieces
Lisa Lutz, The Passenger
Sylvain Neuvel, Sleeping Giants
Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath
Jonathan Kellerman, The Murderer’s Daughter
Peter Cline, The Fold
Neal Stephenson, Seveneves
Greg Iles, The Bone Tree
Chuck Grossart, The Gemini Effect
Emily Bleeker
Philip Roth, American Pastoral
Nicole Van Cleve, Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America’s Largest Criminal Court
Avi Melamed, Inside the Middle East: Making Sense of the Most Dangerous Region of the World
Michael Connelly, Angle of Investigation: Three Harry Bosch Stories
James Hankins, The Prettiest One
Jonathan Rhynhold, The Arab-Israeli Conflict in American Political Culture
Martin Gaylord, The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gaugin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks
Greg Myre, This Burning Land: Lessons from the Front Lines of the Transformed Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Joe Hart, The Last Girl
David Baldacci, Absolute Power
Michael Connelly, The Wrong Side of Goodbye
Robert A. Heinlein, Citizen of the Galaxy
David Baldacci, No Man’s Land
Frederick Pohl, Gateway
Harlan Coben, Home
John Scalzi, The Dispatcher
Robert Dugoni, The 7th Canon
Robert A Heinlein, Time for the Stars
Liz Moore, Heft
David Baldacci, Hour Game
David Baldacci, The Escape
D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book
Harlan Coben, Hold Tight
Gregg Hurwitz, Orphan X
Brad Emanuel, The Last Tribe
Kendra Elliott, Targeted
John Scalzi, Agent to the Stars
David Baldacci, Split Second
Stephen King, End of Watch
Stephen King, Finders Keepers
Stephen King, Mercedes Killer
Tim Tigner, Flash
Harlan Coben, Fool Me Once
Michael Connelly, The Overlook
Michael Connelly, The Narrows
Michael Connelly, Echo Park
Michael Connelly, Lost Light
Michael Connelly, The Poet
Michael Connelly, City of Bones
Michael Connelly Angels Flight
Michael Connelly, Trunk Music
Michael Connelly, The Concrete Blonde
Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote
Michael Connelly, The Black Ice
Michael Connelly, The Black Echo
David Baldacci, The Last Mile
Harlan Coben, Fool Me Once
Robert Dugoni, The Conviction