My Year in Books: What I Read in 2015

Now that the New Year has come, it's time for me to begin a new list of works completed in my ever-growing stack of interests. It's worth noting my 2015 reading list really didn't kick into gear until April when I completed my grad school course work. That said, this list does not contain any of the countless titles I read for my own research, but instead the pleasure reading I did on my own time. I'd like to share with you the books I read or re-read in order during 2015 and maybe a few books I know I'll be reading in 2016.

Books Read in 2015:

• "Seinlanguage" by Jerry Seinfeld
• "Star Wars: Kenobi" by John Jackson Miller
• "Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire" by Steve Perry
• "The Lost World" by Michael Crichton
• "Old Man's War" by John Scalzi
• "Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Greatest Troublemakers"            by Nick Offerman
• "The Ghost Brigades" by John Scalzi
• "Star Wars: Tarkin" by James Luceno
• "The Last Colony" by John Scalzi
• "The Martian" by Andy Weir
• "Total Recall" by Arnold Schwarzenegger
• "Zoe's Tale" by John Scalzi
• "Star Wars: Lords of the Sith" by Paul S. Kemp
• "The Human Division" by John Scalzi
• "Star Wars: Aftermath" by Chuck Wendig
• "Lock In" by John Scalzi
• "Starship Troopers" by Robert A. Heinlein
• "Number Two: More Short Tales from a Very Tall Man" by Jay Onrait
• "The Making of Star Wars" by J.W. Rinzler
• "The End of All Things" by John Scalzi

I read twenty books in 2015. Mostly fiction, some tie-in fiction and a few non-fiction on varying topics. If I had a full year of reading, I'm sure I would have gotten to more, but I'm not disappointed in what I reached. The fall months saw a slower turn around between books as I took more time with work, traveling and the heavy season of video games. I'll kick off the 2016 year early.

So what am I going to read this year? I'm sure the list will change, but I do know I want to read these few books:

• "Star Wars Battlefront: Twilight Company" by Alexander Freed
• "The Children of Hurin" by J.R.R. Tolkien
• "Unfinished Tales" by J.R.R. Tolkien
• "Ringworld" by Larry Niven
• "The Making of The Empire Strikes Back" by J.W. Rinzler
• "Star Wars Costumes: The Origin Trilogy" by Brandon Alinger
• "Inferno" by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
• "The Unincorporated Man" by Dani Kollin and Eytan Kollin
• "The Bassoon King" by Rainn Wilson

I know I'll get to these, but I am also anticipating what I will come across in the months ahead. Check back!