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2015
NumberDate StartedDate FinishedTitleAuthor
1 January 5 January 24 Man Rides Through (Book 2), A Stephen R. Donaldson
2 January 24 Peripheral, The William Gibson


2014
NumberDate StartedDate FinishedTitleAuthor
1 January 8 January 19 How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big Scott Adams
2 March 10 Irrepressible Reformer: A Biography of Melvil Dewey A. Wiegand, Wayne
3 August 2 August 5 First Family** David Baldacci
4 August 5 August 10 Riven** Jerry B. Jenkins
5 December 16 January 5, 2015 Mirror of Her Dreams (Book 1), The Stephen R. Donaldson


2013
NumberDate StartedDate FinishedTitleAuthor
1 January 19 March 4, 2014 Redshirts John Scalzi
2 April 22 May 26 Red Planet Blues Robert J. Sawyer
3 May 26 June 12 Homeland Cory Doctorow
4 June 12 August 31 The Mongoliad: Book One Collector's Edition [includes the SideQuest Sinner] Mike Grell, et al
5 August 31 October 30 The Woman Who Died A Lot: A Thursday Next Novel Jasper Fforde
6 November 2 December 3 Pirate Cinema Cory Doctorow
7 December 4 January 8, 2014 Generation A: A Novel Douglas Coupland


2012
NumberDate StartedDate FinishedTitleAuthor
1 May 29 June 9 Triggers Robert J. Sawyer
2 June 10 September 13 Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live Jeff Jarvis
3 September 13 April 21, 2013 A Clash of Kings George R.R. Martin
4 December 2 December 18 Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel Robin Sloan


2011
NumberDate StartedDate FinishedTitleAuthor
1 January 22 February 11 Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Stieg Larsson
2 February 11 March 5 Girl Who Played With Fire, The Stieg Larsson
3 March 5 April 9 Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, The Stieg Larsson
4 April 9 April 22 WWW: Wonder Robert J. Sawyer
5 April 22 July 2 The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood James Gleick
6 July 2 July 4 The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
7 July 4 July 9 Catching Fire Suzanne Collins
8 July 9 July 18 Mockingjay Suzanne Collins
9 July 18 August 6 Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager Michael Lopp
10 August 6 August 30 One of Our Thursdays Is Missing: A Novel Jasper Fforde
11 August 30 September 19 The Quantum Thief Hannu Rajaniemi
12 September 19 October 29 Rule 34 Charles Stross
13 October 29 November 9 Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson
14 November 9 November 30 A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin
15 December 1 December 30 In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives Steven Levy
16 December 30 May 29, 2012 Anathem Neal Stephenson


2010
NumberDate StartedDate FinishedTitleAuthor
1 March 23 June 13 Unseen Academicals Terry Pratchett
2 May 13 May 27 Abiding Darkness* John Aubrey Anderson
3 June 13 July 2 WWW: Watch Robert J. Sawyer
4 July 3 July 29 Total Recall: How the E-Memory Revolution Will Change Everything Gordon Bell and Jim Gemmell
5 July 29 August 27 For the Win Cory Doctorow
6 August 27 September 21 Shades of Grey: A Novel Jasper Fforde
7 September 22 October 24 The Windup Girl Paolo Bacigalupi
8 October 26 December 7 And Another Thing... Eoin Colfer
9 December 7 January 22, 2011 Zero History William Gibson


2009
NumberDate StartedDate FinishedTitleAuthor
1 February 15 October 21 Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel Michio Kaku
2 April 21 April 22 WWW: Wake Robert J. Sawyer
3 July 18 August 8 The Cobweb Neal Stephenson and J. Frederick George
4 October 21 December 20 The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman
5 December 20 March 23, 2010 Makers Cory Doctorow


2008
NumberDate StartedDate FinishedTitleAuthor
1 January 9 January 18 There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale Sean Astin, et al
2 January 18 January 20 Sailing Time's Ocean Terence M. Green
3 January 20 February 3 Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder David Weinberger
4 February 3 March 3 That Hideous Strength (Book 3) C.S. Lewis
5 March 3 March 17 Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders Neil Gaiman
6 March 17 March 26 The Messenger Daniel Silva
7 March 26 April 7 Halting State Charles Stross
8 April 7 April 13 Equal Rites Terry Pratchett and Victor Gollancz
9 April 13 June 1 Quicksilver (Book 1) Neal Stephenson
10 May 12 May 16 Little Brother Cory Doctorow
11 June 1 August 10 The Confusion (Book 2) Neal Stephenson
12 June 23 August 26 Decision Making and the Will of God: A Biblical Alternative to the Traditional View Garry Friesen
13 July 20 August 3 Interesting Times Terry Pratchett
14 August 10 October 18 The System of the World (Book 3) Neal Stephenson
15 August 27 August 29 Dancing Barefoot Wil Wheaton
16 October 18 November 1 The Indie Band Survival Guide: The Complete Manual for the Do-It-Yourself Musician Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan
17 November 1 November 8 Frameshift Robert J. Sawyer
18 November 8 November 19 Nation Terry Pratchett
19 November 19 December 16 Database Nation : The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century Simson Garfinkel
20 December 17 February 14, 2009 Moscow Rules Daniel Silva


2007
NumberDate StartedDate FinishedTitleAuthor
1 January 11 February 8 The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein
2 February 8 February 17 Improbable: A Novel Adam Fawer
3 February 18 March 8 Infoquake (The Jump 225 Trilogy) David Louis Edelman
4 March 9 March 23 Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present Cory Doctorow
5 March 23 April 11 The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More Chris Anderson
6 April 11 April 15 Rollback Robert J. Sawyer
7 April 15 April 17 Factoring Humanity Robert J. Sawyer
8 April 17 April 21 The Indwelling: The Beast Takes Possession (Book 7) Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
9 April 21 June 20 The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century Thomas L. Friedman
10 June 20 July 7 Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
11 July 7 July 14 Out of the Silent Planet (Book 1) C.S. Lewis
12 July 15 August 4 Perelandra (Book 2) C.S. Lewis
13 July 22 July 28 The Fifth Elephant Terry Pratchett
14 August 4 August 17 First Among Sequels: A Thursday Next Novel Jasper Fforde
15 August 17 August 20 Flashforward Robert J. Sawyer
16 August 22 August 29 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) J. K. Rowling
17 August 30 September 23 Spook Country William Gibson
18 September 24 October 2 Guards! Guards! Terry Pratchett
19 October 2 October 6 Storm Front Jim Butcher
20 October 6 October 18 The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure William Goldman
21 October 18 November 3 Quantico Greg Bear
22 November 3 November 25 Variable Star Robert A. Heinlein and Spider Robinson
23 November 25 December 2 The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference Malcolm Gladwell
24 December 3 December 9 Hey Nostradamus! : A Novel Douglas Coupland
25 December 9 December 20 Knight Life Peter David
26 December 21 December 28 How We Got Here : A Slightly Irreverent History of Technology and Markets Andy Kessler
27 December 28 January 8, 2008 Making Money Terry Pratchett


2006
NumberDate StartedDate FinishedTitleAuthor
1 January 7 January 8 Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The C.S. Lewis
2 January 8 January 25 The Tristan Betrayal Robert Ludlum
3 January 25 February 16 Interface Neal Stephenson and J. Frederick George
4 February 16 March 23 Secrets and Lies : Digital Security in a Networked World Bruce Schneier
5 March 24 April 1 Soul Harvest: The World Takes Sides (Book 4) Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
6 April 1 April 30 Counting Heads David Marusek
7 April 12 April 22 Creation Evangelism for the New Millennium Ken Ham and Dan Lietha
8 April 30 May 10 Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
9 May 10 May 19 Apollyon: The Destroyer Is Unleashed (Book 5) Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
10 May 19 June 23 The Magic Goes Away Collection : The Magic Goes Away, The Magic May Return, and More Magic Larry Niven
11 June 24 June 29 The Stars My Destination Alfred Bester
12 June 29 August 11 Fifty Degrees Below Kim Stanley Robinson
13 July 12 July 21 The Computer Connection Alfred Bester
14 July 23 July 30 The Color of Magic Terry Pratchett and Victor Gollancz
15 August 11 August 28 Rainbows End Vernor Vinge
16 August 28 September 2 Terminal Experiment, The Robert J. Sawyer
17 September 2 September 11 The Fourth Bear Jasper Fforde
18 September 12 September 19 JPod : A Novel Douglas Coupland
19 September 19 October 20 Changed into His Image: God's Plan for Transforming Your Life Jim Berg
20 October 21 October 30 Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door Lynne Truss
21 October 30 November 9 Watchmen Alan Moore, et al
22 November 10 November 23 Assassins: Assignment: Jerusalem, Target: Antichrist (Book 6) Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
23 November 23 December 31 Macrolife: A Mobile Utopia, Limited Edition George Zebrowski
24 December 31 January 10, 2007 Next Michael Crichton


2005
NumberDate StartedDate FinishedTitleAuthor
1 January 8 January 12 The Religion War Scott Adams
2 January 13 February 25 Leonardo's Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies Ben Shneiderman
3 February 25 March 5 The Da Vinci Deception Erwin W. Lutzer
4 March 5 March 25 A Scanner Darkly Philip K. Dick and Marty Asher
5 March 25 March 31 The Rising: Before They Were Left Behind Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
6 March 31 April 12 Beyond This Horizon Robert A. Heinlein
7 April 12 April 22 Lost in a Good Book: A Thursday Next Novel Jasper Fforde
8 April 22 May 8 The Well of Lost Plots: A Thursday Next Novel Jasper Fforde
9 May 8 June 17 Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel Susanna Clarke
10 June 17 July 4 Wish You Were Here: The Official Biography of Douglas Adams Nick Webb
11 July 4 July 9 Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days (Book 1) Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
12 July 9 July 18 Something Rotten: A Thursday Next Mystery Jasper Fforde
13 July 18 August 6 Beyond Fear Bruce Schneier
14 August 7 August 9 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) J. K. Rowling
15 August 9 August 18 Going Postal: A Novel of Discworld Terry Pratchett
16 August 18 August 21 Mindscan Robert J. Sawyer
17 August 21 September 4 Accelerando Charles Stross
18 September 4 September 5 Tribulation Force (Book 2) Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
19 September 5 September 10 Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary Linus Torvalds, et al
20 September 10 September 16 Deception Point Dan Brown
21 September 17 September 24 Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Cory Doctorow
22 September 24 September 30 The Ezekiel Option: A Novel Joel C. Rosenberg
23 September 30 October 14 The Big Over Easy : A Nursery Crime Jasper Fforde
24 October 14 October 16 Serenity Keith R.A. DeCandido and Joss Whedon
25 October 16 October 26 Magic Street Orson Scott Card
26 October 26 November 1 Nicolae: The Rise of Antichrist (Book 3) Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
27 November 1 November 18 Neuromancer William Gibson
28 November 18 December 10 Snow Crash Neal Stephenson
29 December 10 December 22 Prince of Fire Daniel Silva
30 December 22 January 7, 2006 Thud! (Discworld, Book 30) Terry Pratchett


2004
NumberDate StartedDate FinishedTitleAuthor
1 January 1 January 2 The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown
2 January 2 January 14 The Teeth of the Tiger Tom Clancy
3 January 14 February 1 Slant Greg Bear
4 February 1 February 6 Turbulence John J. Nance
5 February 6 February 25 Zeitgeist Bruce Sterling
6 February 25 March 12 Illustrated Man, The Ray Bradbury
7 March 13 April 2 Black Sunday Thomas Harris
8 April 3 June 5 The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory Brian Greene
9 May 26 May 31 Proof Dick Francis
10 June 5 June 17 Bots: The Origin of New Species Andrew Leonard
11 June 12 July 22 Eastern Standard Tribe** Cory Doctorow
12 June 17 June 19 Angels & Demons Dan Brown
13 June 19 October 18 The Confusion (Book 2) Neal Stephenson
14 July 2 July 10 Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation Lynne Truss
15 July 22 August 21 A Place So Foreign and Eight More** Cory Doctorow
16 August 14 August 16 The Caves of Steel Isaac Asimov
17 August 16 August 20 The Naked Sun Isaac Asimov
18 August 20 August 22 Golden Fleece Robert J. Sawyer
19 October 18 October 21 Digital Fortress Dan Brown
20 October 22 October 27 The Rule of Four Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason
21 October 28 November 30 The Robots of Dawn Isaac Asimov
22 December 1 December 8 The Zenith Angle Bruce Sterling
23 December 8 December 25 The Eyre Affair: A Novel Jasper Fforde
24 December 25 December 31 The Lie: Evolution Ken Ham and Luther Sunderland
25 December 31 January 8, 2005 What Just Happened: A Chronicle from the Information Frontier James Gleick


2003
NumberDate StartedDate FinishedTitleAuthor
1 January 1 April 5 Red Rabbit Tom Clancy
2 January 19 January 31 Murder Book, The Jonathan Kellerman
3 February 1 February 15 Burn Factor Kyle Mills
4 April 5 April 19 Pattern Recognition William Gibson
5 April 19 May 11 Prometheus Deception, The Robert Ludlum
6 May 9 May 23 Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom** Corey Doctorow
7 May 11 May 25 Teranesia: A Novel Greg Egan
8 May 23 June 13 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland** Lewis Carroll
9 May 26 July 10 Minority Report, The (Volume 4) Philip K. Dick
10 May 29 July 12 Twelve Red Herrings Jeffrey Archer
11 May 31 June 7 Asimov Laughs Again: More Than 700 Jokes, Limericks, and Anecdotes Isaac Asimov
12 July 10 July 19 Thief of Time Terry Pratchett
13 July 19 July 22 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) J. K. Rowling
14 July 22 July 28 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) J. K. Rowling
15 July 22 August 4 Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel Scott Adams
16 August 4 August 9 Headwind John J. Nance
17 August 5 June 12, 2004 Uncle Tom's Cabin** Harriet Beecher Stowe
18 August 9 August 31 Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual, The Christopher Locke, et al
19 August 31 September 6 Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee, et al
20 September 6 September 21 Disturbing the Universe Freeman J. Dyson
21 September 21 September 28 Out of Ashes Keith Phillips
22 September 28 October 4 Humans (Book 2) Robert J. Sawyer
23 October 4 October 9 Hybrids (Book 3) Robert J. Sawyer
24 October 9 October 17 Don't Panic: Douglas Adams and the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Neil Gaiman
25 October 21 October 22 Separation of Power Vince Flynn
26 October 23 November 2 Shadow of the Hegemon Orson Scott Card
27 November 2 November 19 Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory of the Web David Weinberger
28 November 19 January 1, 2004 Quicksilver (Book 1) Neal Stephenson


2002
NumberDate StartedDate FinishedTitleAuthor
1 May 20 June 9 Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories, Vol 1 Isaac Asimov
2 May 28 June 10 Iterations Robert J. Sawyer
3 June 10 June 15 Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time, The Douglas Adams
4 June 15 June 23 Last Chance to See Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine
5 June 21 July 12 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde** Robert Louis Stevenson
6 June 23 June 29 Flesh and Blood Jonathan Kellerman
7 June 29 July 11 Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller
8 July 11 July 19 Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash, A Sylvia Nasar
9 July 19 July 21 Light of Other Days, The Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter
10 July 22 July 27 Blackout John J. Nance
11 July 27 August 3 Flash Point James W. Huston
12 August 3 August 5 Ten Secrets for the Man in the Mirror Patrick Morley
13 August 5 August 25 Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford: And Other Classic Stories, The (Volume 1) Philip K. Dick
14 August 25 August 25 A Walk to Remember* Nicholas Sparks
15 August 25 September 4 Ender's Shadow Orson Scott Card
16 September 5 September 8 Ender's Game Orson Scott Card
17 September 8 September 13 Hominids (Book 1) Robert J. Sawyer
18 September 15 September 21 Code to Zero Ken Follett
19 September 21 October 4 Fellowship of the Ring (Book 1), The J.R.R. Tolkien
20 October 4 October 15 Two Towers (Book 2), The J.R.R. Tolkien
21 October 15 October 25 Return of the King (Book 3), The J.R.R. Tolkien
22 October 25 November 1 Business, The: A Novel Iain M. Banks
23 November 1 November 23 We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (Volume 2) Philip K. Dick
24 November 18 May 9, 2003 Oliver Twist** Charles Dickens
25 November 23 November 30 End of an Era Robert J. Sawyer
26 November 30 December 14 High Tech Heretic Clifford Stoll
27 December 23 December 23 Terminal Experiment, The Robert J. Sawyer
28 December 23 December 25 Eleventh Commandment : A Novel, The Jeffrey Archer
29 December 25 December 29 Big U, The Neal Stephenson
30 December 29 January 1, 2003 Prey: A Novel Michael Crichton


2001
NumberDate StartedDate FinishedTitleAuthor
1 January 8 January 9 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1) J. K. Rowling
2 January 13 January 14 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2) J. K. Rowling
3 January 17 January 20 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3) J. K. Rowling
4 February 10 February 16 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) J. K. Rowling
5 February 10 March 2 Eater Gregory Benford
6 March 2 March 14 God's Smuggler* Brother Andrew
7 March 30 May 11 Underground** Suelette Dreyfus
8 May 11 July 19 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy** Douglas Adams
9 June 3 July 5 Monster: A Novel Jonathan Kellerman
10 June 5 June 5 Couplehood Paul Reiser
11 July 20 August 7 The Time Machine** H.G. Wells
12 July 21 July 28 Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary, The Eric S. Raymond and Tim O'Reilly
13 August 24 October 5 The Invisible Man** H.G. Wells
14 September 3 September 12 Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life, The Bruce Wilkinson and Howard Hendricks
15 September 28 November 10 Billy Straight: A Novel Jonathan Kellerman
16 October 8 May 31, 2002 Robinson Crusoe** Daniel Defoe


2000
NumberDate StartedDate FinishedTitleAuthor
1 January 14 January 21 Saving Faith David Baldacci
2 January 21 January 23 Angel Fire East Terry Brooks
3 January 23 January 25 Timeline Michael Crichton
4 January 25 February 13 All Tomorrow's Parties William Gibson
5 February 13 March 22 Stranger in a Strange Land Robert A. Heinlein
6 March 22 March 25 Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho Jon Katz
7 March 25 April 12 Undue Influence Steve Martini
8 April 12 April 25 Inversions Iain M. Banks
9 April 25 April 30 The Bretheren* John Grisham
10 April 30 May 10 Batman: No Man's Land Greg Rucka
11 June 25 August 16 Man in the Mirror, The Patrick Morley
12 July 2 July 25 So What's the Difference?* Fritz Ridenour
13 July 20 September 25 Flatland** Edwin Abbot
14 August 9 August 9 Animal Farm George Orwell
15 September 14 October 31 Brave New World Aldous Huxley
16 November 3 March 11, 2001 The Island of Dr. Moreau** H.G. Wells
17 November 25 November 27 Calculating God Robert J. Sawyer
18 November 27 February 10, 2001 Bear and the Dragon, The Tom Clancy
19 December 2 December 9 Bridge, The Iain M. Banks
20 December 9 December 10 Case of Need, A Michael Crichton


1999
NumberDate StartedDate FinishedTitleAuthor
1 June 1 September 26 Cryptonomicon Neal Stephenson and Kellan Peck
2 September 26 October 17 Player of Games, The Iain M. Banks
3 October 17 October 23 Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything James Gleick
4 October 23 October 27 Hammer of Eden: A Novel, The Ken Follett
5 October 27 October 31 Flashforward Robert J. Sawyer
6 October 31 November 13 Green Rider Kristen Britain
7 November 13 December 10 Zodiac: The Eco-Thriller Neal Stephenson
8 December 10 December 26 Mirror Maze, The* James P. Hogan
9 December 26 January 14, 2000 Catch 22 Joseph Heller
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