Read in the last week
Heroes and Monsters Collection, by Justin Richards et al
Service Model, by Adrian Tchaikovsky (did not finish)
What Feasts at Night, by T. Kingfisher
Monstress, Vol. 9: The Possessed, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (did not finish)
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis, by Kevin Clarke
All American Boys, An Insider’s Look at the U.S. Space Program, by Walter Cunningham
Blue Remembered Hills, by Rosemary Sutcliff
Zeitgeber, by Greg Egan
The Maid and the Crocodile, by Jordan Ifueko
Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India, by William Dalrymple
(ten in total for the week, thanks to some short and unfinished books, and a relaxed birthday weekend)
April 2025 totals
Non-fiction 4 (YTD 22)
A Short History of Brexit, by Kevin O’Rourke
All American Boys, An Insider’s Look at the U.S. Space Program, by Walter Cunningham
Blue Remembered Hills, by Rosemary Sutcliff
Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India, by William Dalrymple
Non-genre 4 (YTD 17)
The Vegetarian, by Kang Han
Joan and Peter, by H.G. Wells
How Many Miles to Babylon, by Jennifer Johnston
Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese
SF 16 (YTD 44)
The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne
Sheine Lende, by Darcie Little Badger
The Vetting, by Michael Cassutt
The Birds, and other stories, by Daphne du Maurier
Ganny Knits a Spaceship, by David Gerrold
Alien Clay, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Tusks of Extinction, by Ray Naylor
The Feast Makers, by H.A. Clarke (did not finish)
Someone You Can Build a Nest In, by John Wiswell
The Brides of High Hill, by Nghi Vo
Paladin of Souls, by Lois McMaster Bujold
Moonstorm, by Yoon Ha Lee
Service Model, by Adrian Tchaikovsky (did not finish)
What Feasts at Night, by T. Kingfisher
Zeitgeber, by Greg Egan
The Maid and the Crocodile, by Jordan Ifueko
Doctor Who 3 (YTD 10)
Dragon’s Wrath, by Justin Richards
Heroes and Monsters Collection, by Justin Richards et al
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis, by Kevin Clarke
Comics 4 (YTD 12 )
It Came from Outer Space, by Tony Lee et al
The Hunger and the Dusk vol. 1, by G. Willow Wilson, Chris Wildgoose and Msassyk
The Deep Dark, by Molly Knox Ostertag
Monstress, Vol. 9: The Possessed, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (did not finish)
8,700 pages (YTD 28,100)
13/31 (YTD 39/107) by non-male writers (Sutcliff, Kang, Johnston, Little Badger, du Maurier, Clarke, Vo, Bujold, “Kingfisher”, Ifueko, Wilson, Ostertag, Liu/Takeda)
7/31 (YTD 18/107) by non-white writers (Kang, Verghese, Little Badger, Vo, Lee, Ifueko, Liu/Takeda)
3/31 rereads (Paladin of Souls, Dragon’s Wrath, Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis)
251 books currently tagged unread, up 19 from last month (thanks to the Hugo packet), down 63 from April 2024
Reading now
Silver Nemesis, by James Cooray Smith
The Ministry of Time, by Kaliane Bradley
thirteen fourteen fifteen o’clock, by David Gerrold
Coming soon (perhaps)
Dead Man’s Hand, by Tony Lee et al
Beyond the Sun, by Matthew Jones
Doctor Who: Warrior’s Gate and beyond, by Stephen Gallagher
Doctor Who: Logopolis, by Christopher H. Bidmead
Logopolis, by Jonathan Hay
Coming of Age: The Sexual Awakening of Margaret Mead, by Deborah Blum
Amnesty, by Lara Elena Donnelly
Knowledgeable Creatures, by Christopher Rowe
City of Last Chances, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Footnotes in Gaza, by Joe Sacco
Free: Coming of Age at the End of History, by Lea Ypi
The Water Outlaws, by S.L. Huang
A Restless Truth, by Freya Marske
The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire, by Bart van Loo
Ancient Paths, by Graham Robb
“The Faery Handbag”, by Kelly Link
Métal Hurlant Vol. 1: Le Futur c’est déjà demain, by Mathieu Bablet et al
Voyage to Venus, by C.S. Lewis
Feet of Clay, by Terry Pratchett
False Value, by Ben Aaronovitch
Prophet Song, by Paul Lynch
‘Salem’s Lot, by Stephen King