Bolded titles were my favorite (4.5 or 5 star) reads of the year. Some of the books, such as the two from H.G. Wells, could be considered outside the genres where I’ve placed them. I did my best.
Fantasy (14)
The Darkness That Comes Before, R. Scott Bakker
At the Earth’s Core, Edgar Rice Burroughs
Traitor’s Blade, Sebastien de Castell
Tigerheart, Peter David
Beyond Redemption, Michael R. Fletcher
Smoke and Stone, Michael R. Fletcher
The Grey Bastards, Jonathan French
The King Beyond the Gate, David Gemmell
A Song For Arbonne, Guy Gavriel Kay
Red Seas Under Red Skies, Scott Lynch
Priest of Gallows, Peter McLean
Priest of Lies, Peter McLean
Blood of Elves, Andrzej Sapkowski
The Time of Contempt, Andrzej Sapkowski
Gothic/Southern Gothic (6)
Other Voices, Other Rooms, Truman Capote
The Prince of Tides, Pat Conroy
Speaks the Nightbird, Robert McCammon
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers
Drood, Dan Simmons
The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Historical Fiction (6)
The Last Kingdom, Bernard Cornwell
Gates of Fire, Steven Pressfield
Gods and Generals, Jeff Shaara
The Last Full Measure, Jeff Shaara
The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara
Fields of Fire, James Webb
Horror (9)
IT, Stephen King
Misery, Stephen King
The Shining, Stephen King
The Traveling Vampire Show, Richard Laymon
The Call of the Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories, H.P. Lovecraft
Summer of Night, Dan Simmons
The Terror, Dan Simmons
The Invisible Man, H.G. Wells
The Island of Dr. Moreau, H.G. Wells
Nonfiction History (4)
To Rescue The Republic: Ulysses S. Grant, Bret Baier
No Ordinary Time, Doris Kearns Goodwin
Andrew Jackson, Robert V. Remini
The Republic of Pirates, Colin Woodard
Other (6)
Desert Solitaire, Edward Abbey
Vision Quest, Terry Davis
Ragtime, E.L. Doctorow
The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
A River Runs Through It, Norman Maclean
Boy’s Life, Robert R. McCammon
Science Fiction (7)
The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov
The City and the Stars, Arthur C. Clarke
Leviathan Wakes, James S.A. Corey
Sphere, Michael Crichton
Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein
Dune Messiah, Frank Herbert
The Prestige, Christopher Priest
Warhammer (6)
The Master of Mankind, Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Pharos, Guy Haley
Vengeful Spirit, Graham McNeill
Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium, Sandy Mitchell
Fulgrim: The Palatine Phoenix, Josh Reynolds
The Path of Heaven, Chris Wraight
Western (3)
Hondo, Louis L’Amour
The Lonesome Gods, Louis L’Amour
Dead Man’s Walk, Larry McMurtry
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