[ I read a total of 76 books this year. As you can tell, I was on a bit of a cat kick thanks to becoming a follower of Bast – but I managed to fit in quite a few queer books too, as well as some Classics and even some poetry. All in all it was a good year for reading, though I don’t think my heart will ever recover from Bel Canto or The Bastards’ Paradise. ]
- Clariel – Garth Nix
- The Gospel According to Yeshua’s Cat (Yeshua’s Cats Book 1) – C.L. Francisco
- A Cat Out of Egypt: The Prequel to Yeshua’s Cat (Yeshua’s Cats Book 2) – C.L Francisco
- Per-Bast: A Tale of Cats in Ancient Egypt – Lara-Dawn Stiegler
- Make Much of Me – Kayla Bashe
- The Incredible Journey – Sheila Burnford
- Varjak Paw – Sf Said
- Ratha’s Creature (The Named) – Clare Bell
- Clan Ground (The Named) – Clare Bell
- Ratha and Thistle-Chaser (The Named) – Clare Bell
- Tomorrow’s Sphinx – Clare Bell
- Ratha’s Challenge (The Named) – Clare Bell
- Ratha’s Courage (The Named) – Clare Bell
- Warriors #1: Into the Wild – Erin Hunter
- Warriors #2: Fire and Ice – Erin Hunter
- Warriors #3: Forest of Secrets – Erin Hunter
- Warriors #4: Rising Storm – Erin Hunter
- Warriors #5: A Dangerous Path – Erin Hunter
- Warriors #6: The Darkest Hour – Erin Hunter
- Warriors: The New Prophecy #1: Midnight – Erin Hunter
- Warriors: The New Prophecy #2: Moonrise – Erin Hunter
- Warriors: The New Prophecy #3: Dawn – Erin Hunter
- Warriors: The New Prophecy #4: Starlight – Erin Hunter
- Warriors: The New Prophecy #5: Twilight – Erin Hunter
- Warriors: The New Prophecy #6: Sunset – Erin Hunter
- Warriors: Power of Three #1: The Sight – Erin Hunter
- Irregulars: Stories by Nicole Kimberling, Josh Lanyon, Ginn Hale, and Astrid Amara
- Downtime – Tamara Allen
- A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii – Stephanie Dray, et. al
- The Seventh Bride – T. Kingfisher
- Strange Angels – Kathe Koja
- Hogfather – Terry Pratchett
- Invoking the Egyptian Gods – Judith Page and Ken Biles
- Shadowscapes Companion – Stephanie Pui-Mun Law and Barbara Moore
- Deerskin – Robin McKinley
- A Night to Remember – Walter Lord
- Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
- Hell’s Pawn – Jay Bell
- Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes: A No-Bullshit Guide to World Mythology – Cory O’Brien
- Bad Brains – Kathe Koja
- The Mythic Tarot – Juliet Sharman-Burke, Liz Greene
- Song of Bast – Judith Page
- Swordspoint – Ellen Kushner
- Blue on Black – Carole Cummings
- Don’t Date a Writer – Maj Alyasa
- Bel Canto – Ann Patchett
- Lost – Gregory Maguire
- Wilde Stories 2015: The Year’s Best Gay Speculative Fiction – Steve Berman, et. al.
- Bryony and Roses – T. Kingfisher
- The Fox’s Tower and Other Tales – Yoon Ha Lee
- Listening to Cougar – Marc Bekoff and Cara Blessley Lowe
- Wolfs-own: Ghost – Carole Cummings
- Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet – John Bradshaw
- Bast and Sekhmet: Eyes of Ra – Storm Constantine and Louise Coquio
- Heiresses of Russ 2011: The Year’s Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction – JoSelle Vanderhooft, et. al.
- Heiresses of Russ 2012: The Year’s Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction – Katherine Fabian, et. al.
- Heiresses of Russ 2014: The Year’s Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction – Steve Berman, et. al.
- Winterwode (The Wode Book 3) – J Tullos Hennig
- The Queen of the Sky Who Rules Over All of the Gods: A Devotional Anthology in Honor of Bast – ed. By Rebecca Buchanan
- Where Thy Dark Eye Glances: Queering Edgar Allen Poe – ed. Steve Berman
- World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War – Max Brooks
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe – Benjamin Alire Saenz
- The Halloween Tree – Ray Bradbury
- Lord of the White Hell: Book One – Ginn Hale
- Lord of the White Hell: Book Two – Ginn Hale
- Strange Things in the Woods – Steve Stockton
- Ghost Stories of Washington – Barbara Smith
- The Bastards’ Paradise – Kathe Koja
- The Cats of Rekem: The Sequel to Yeshua’s Cat (Yeshua’s Cats Book 3) – C. L. Francisco
- The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats: A Journey into the Feline Heart – Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
- Champion of the Scarlet Wolf Book 1 (The Cadeleonian Series Book 3) – Ginn Hale
- Champion of the Scarlet Wolf Book 2 (The Cadeleonian Series Book 4) – Ginn Hale
- Innocence – Jane Mendelsohn
- Sharp Teeth – Toby Barlow
- The Lovely Bones – Alice Sebold
- The Conqueror’s Wife: A Novel of Alexander the Great – Stephanie Thornton
Great reading year indeed! And props for #39 — BetterMyths.com makes the internet a better place ;)
I know, right? That was actually a reread – just as funny the second time around!
Elyssa, I hope you don’t mind, but I’m nominating you for a Sunshine Blogger Award! I’ll be writing a post about it on my site soon. It’d be great if you could participate, but don’t feel obligated. Thanks for your fantastic posts and have a nice day :)
Aww, that’s so nice of you! I will definitely take part – i love the questions you provided.