The Shelf 48
Books
A running reading log — what I read, roughly what it was worth, and how long it ran.
| Title | Author | Rating | Pages | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Brave Cowboy | Edward Abbey | ★ 5 | 277 p | 1956 |
| The Overstory | Richard Powers | ★ 8 | 612 p | 2018 |
| Convenience Store Women | Sayaka Murata | ★ 5 | 160 p | 2016 |
| Jurassic ParkJurassic Park | Michael Crichton | ★ 7 | 399 p | 1990 |
| Cannery Row | John Steinbeck | ★ 5 | 208 p | 1945 |
| Montana 1948 | Larry Watson | ★ 7 | 169 p | 1993 |
| Tinkers | Paul Harding | ★ 6 | 191 p | 2009 |
| A Fire Upon the Deep | Vernor Vinge | ★ 4 | 391 p | 1992 |
| Pushing Ice | Alastair Reynolds | ★ 6 | 460 p | 2005 |
| Permutation City | Greg Egan | ★ 5 | 310 p | 1994 |
| House of Suns | Alastair Reynolds | ★ 6 | 473 p | 2008 |
| Blindsight | Peter Watts | ★ 4 | 384 p | 2006 |
| Zendegi | Greg Egan | ★ 4 | 332 p | 2010 |
| Accelerando | Charles Stross | ★ 5 | 400 p | 2005 |
| Venomous Lumpsucker | Ned Beauman | ★ 4 | 327 p | 2022 |
| The Galaxy and the Ground WithinWayfarers | Becky Chambers | ★ 4 | 336 p | 2021 |
| Record of a Spaceborn FewWayfarers | Becky Chambers | ★ 5 | 368 p | 2018 |
| A Closed and Common OrbitWayfarers | Becky Chambers | ★ 5 | 384 p | 2016 |
| The Long Way to a Small, Angry PlanetWayfarers | Becky Chambers | ★ 6 | 432 p | 2014 |
| Anathem | Neal Stephenson | ★ 6 | 937 p | 2008 |
| Atlas AlonePlanetfall | Emma Newman | ★ 5 | 320 p | 2019 |
| Before MarsPlanetfall | Emma Newman | ★ 5 | 340 p | 2018 |
| After AtlasPlanetfall | Emma Newman | ★ 4 | 365 p | 2016 |
| PlanetfallPlanetfall | Emma Newman | ★ 5 | 320 p | 2015 |
| The Thick and the Lean | Chana Porter | ★ 6 | 385 p | 2023 |
| UsurpationSemiosis | Sue Burke | ★ 5 | 240 p | 2024 |
| InterferenceSemiosis | Sue Burke | ★ 6 | 318 p | 2019 |
| Lessons in Bird Watching | Honey Watson | ★ 4 | 295 p | 2023 |
| SemiosisSemiosis | Sue Burke | ★ 6 | 333 p | 2018 |
| Blood Music | Greg Bear | ★ 6 | 262 p | 1985 |
| ImagoXenogenesis | Octavia Butler | ★ 6 | 220 p | 1989 |
| Adulthood RitesXenogenesis | Octavia Butler | ★ 6 | 277 p | 1988 |
| A Scanner Darkly | Philip K Dick | ★ 5 | 220 p | 1977 |
| DawnXenogenesis | Ocatvia Butler | ★ 6 | 248 p | 1987 |
| The State of the ArtThe Culture | Iain M. Banks | ★ 4 | 188 p | 1991 |
| Ancillary MercyImperial Radch | Ann Leckie | ★ 5 | 328 p | 2015 |
| Parable of the TalentsEarthseed | Octavia Butler | ★ 6 | 365 p | 1998 |
| Parable of the SowerEarthseed | Octavia Butler | ★ 6 | 299 p | 1993 |
| Ancillary SwordImperial Radch | Ann Leckie | ★ 5 | 400 p | 2014 |
| Close Range | Annie Proulx | ★ 4 | 289 p | 1999 |
| Ancillary JusticeImperial Radch | Ann Leckie | ★ 4 | 409 p | 2013 |
| PlainsongHolt, CO | Kent Haruf | ★ 6 | 301 p | 1999 |
| Train Dreams | Denis Johsnon | ★ 6 | 116 p | 2011 |
| Freedom (tm)Daemon | Daniel Suarez | ★ 4 | 416 p | 2010 |
| DaemonDaemon | Daniel Suarez | ★ 5 | 444 p | 2006 |
| Blue MarsMars Trilogy | Kim Stanley Robinson | ★ 7 | 609 p | 1996 |
| Green MarsMars Trilogy | Kim Stanley Robinson | ★ 7 | 535 p | 1993 |
| Red MarsMars Trilogy | Kim Stanley Robinson | ★ 6 | 519 p | 1992 |