https://paapereira.xyz/tags/year-in-books/Recent content in Year in Books on paapereira.xyzHugoen-US<a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>©</a> 2008-2026 / <a href='https://gitlab.com/paapereira/paapereira.gitlab.io' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>source code</a>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0000https://paapereira.xyz/posts/2025/12/2025-in-books/Wed, 31 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0000https://paapereira.xyz/posts/2025/12/2025-in-books/<h2 id="books-read-in-2025">Books read in 2025</h2> <p>This year I read 58 books:</p> <ul> <li>22 were <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/tags/science-fiction">Science Fiction</a></li> <li>12 were <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/tags/horror">Horror</a></li> <li>8 were <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/tags/fantasy">Fantasy</a></li> <li>2 were <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/tags/thriller">Thriller</a></li> <li>2 were <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/tags/mystery">Mystery</a></li> <li>11 were <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/tags/nonfiction">Nonfiction</a></li> <li>12 were <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/tags/audiobook">audiobooks</a></li> <li>2 were <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/tags/book">physical books</a></li> <li>6 books were 5 stars, 3 of them <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-scores/10/10-books">10/10</a></li> </ul> <p>You can check the list in <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/16853893-paulo-pereira?shelf=2025">Goodreads</a> and see my <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2025/16853893">2025 Year in Books</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://paapereira.xyz/blog/2025/2025-12-31-2025-in-books/2025-in-books.png" alt="2025 in Books"></p> <h2 id="top-10-books-and-series-this-year">Top 10 books and series this year</h2> <ol> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-series/the-stormlight-archive-series">&ldquo;The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive #1)&rdquo; and &ldquo;Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive #2)&rdquo; by Brandon Sanderson</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/dracula-2025-read">&ldquo;Dracula&rdquo; by Bram Stoker</a> ( my 3rd time reading it )</li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-series/prefect-dreyfus-emergency-series">&ldquo;Prefect Dreyfus Emergency Series&rdquo; by Alastair Reynolds</a> ( the 3 books )</li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/merlins-gun">&ldquo;Merlin&rsquo;s Gun&rdquo; by Alastair Reynolds</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/the-left-hand-of-darkness-hainish-cycle-book-4">&ldquo;The Left Hand of Darkness (Hainish Cycle #4)&rdquo; by Ursula K. le Guin</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/nexus">&ldquo;Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks From the Stone Age to AI&rdquo; by Yuval Noah Harari</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/revan-star-wars-the-old-republic-book-1">&ldquo;Revan (Star Wars: The Old Republic #1)&rdquo; by Drew Karpyshyn</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/ushers-passing">&ldquo;Usher&rsquo;s Passing&rdquo; by Robert R. McCammon</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/bag-of-bones">&ldquo;Bag of Bones&rdquo; by Stephen King</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/the-sicilian-the-godfather-book-2">&ldquo;The Sicilian (The Godfather #2)&rdquo; by Mario Puzo</a></li> </ol> <h2 id="top-authors-read-this-year">Top authors read this year</h2> <p><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-authors/alastair-reynolds">Alastair Reynolds</a> and <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-authors/b.v.-larson">B.V. Larson</a> with 4 books read each.</p>https://paapereira.xyz/posts/2025/01/2024-in-books/Wed, 01 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000https://paapereira.xyz/posts/2025/01/2024-in-books/<h2 id="books-read-in-2024">Books read in 2024</h2> <p>This year I read 64 books:</p> <ul> <li>26 were <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/tags/science-fiction">Science Fiction</a></li> <li>14 were <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/tags/fantasy">Fantasy</a></li> <li>13 were <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/tags/horror">Horror</a></li> <li>3 were <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/tags/thriller">Thriller</a></li> <li>6 were <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/tags/nonfiction">Nonfiction</a></li> <li>16 were <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/tags/audiobook">audiobooks</a></li> <li>7 books were 5 stars, 3 of them <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-scores/10/10-books">10/10</a></li> <li>I read <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-series/harry-potter-series">Harry Potter</a> for the first time (the first 2 books)</li> </ul> <p>You can check the list in <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/16853893-paulo-pereira?shelf=2024">Goodreads</a> and see my <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2024/16853893">2024 Year in Books</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://paapereira.xyz/blog/2025/2025-01-01-2024-in-books/2024-in-books.png" alt="2024 in Books"></p> <h2 id="top-10-books-and-series-this-year">Top 10 books and series this year</h2> <ol> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/inhibitor-phase-revelation-space-book-4">&ldquo;Inhibitor Phase (Revelation Space #4)&rdquo; by Alastair Reynolds</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/the-green-mile">&ldquo;The Green Mile&rdquo; by Stephen King</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/the-godfather-the-godfather-book-1">&ldquo;The Godfather&rdquo; by Mario Puzo</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-series/silo-series">&ldquo;Shift (Silo #2)&rdquo; and &ldquo;Dust (Silo #3)&rdquo; by Hugh Howey</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/the-hero-of-ages-the-mistborn-saga-book-3">&ldquo;The Hero of Ages (The Mistborn Saga #3)&rdquo; by Brandon Sanderson</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/lord-of-the-flies">&ldquo;Lord of the Flies&rdquo; by William Golding</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/warbreaker">&ldquo;Warbreaker&rdquo; by Brandon Sanderson</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/galactic-north-revelation-space-book-3-5">&ldquo;Galactic North (Revelation Space #3.5)&rdquo; by Alastair Reynolds</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/way-station">&ldquo;Way Station&rdquo; by Clifford D. Simak</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/stranger-in-a-strange-land">&ldquo;Stranger in a Strange Land&rdquo; by Robert A. Heinlein</a></li> </ol> <h2 id="top-authors-read-this-year">Top authors read this year</h2> <p><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-authors/stephen-king">Stephen King</a> with 4 book read.</p>https://paapereira.xyz/posts/2024/01/2023-in-books/Mon, 01 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000https://paapereira.xyz/posts/2024/01/2023-in-books/<h2 id="books-read-in-2023">Books read in 2023</h2> <p>This year I read 64 books:</p> <ul> <li>27 were <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/tags/science-fiction">Science Fiction</a></li> <li>13 were <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/tags/fantasy">Fantasy</a></li> <li>13 were <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/tags/horror">Horror</a></li> <li>10 were <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/tags/nonfiction">Nonfiction</a></li> <li>26 were <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/tags/audiobook">audiobooks</a></li> <li>read my first <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-authors/brandon-sanderson">Brandon Sanderson</a> books (first 2 in the The Mistborn Saga)</li> <li>12 books were 5 stars, 2 of them <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-scores/10/10-books">10/10</a></li> </ul> <p>You can check the list in <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/16853893-paulo-pereira?shelf=2023">Goodreads</a> and see my <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2023/16853893">2023 Year in Books</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://paapereira.xyz/blog/2024/2024-01-01-2023-in-books/2023-in-books.png" alt="2023 in Books"></p> <h2 id="top-10-books-and-series-this-year">Top 10 books and series this year</h2> <ol> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/boys-life">&ldquo;Boy&rsquo;s Life&rdquo; by Robert R. McCammon</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-series/red-rising-saga-series">&ldquo;Light Bringer (Red Rising Saga #6)&rdquo; by Pierce Brown</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-series/revelation-space-series">&ldquo;Revelation Space&rdquo; by Alastair Reynolds</a> (books 2 and 3, plus &ldquo;Chasm City&rdquo;)</li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-series/the-mistborn-saga-series">&ldquo;The Mistborn Saga&rdquo; by Brandon Sanderson</a> (read the first 2 books)</li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/lost-stars">&ldquo;Lost Stars&rdquo; by Claudia Gray</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-series/silo-series">&ldquo;Wool (Silo #1)&rdquo; by Hugh Howey</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-series/dogs-of-war-series">&ldquo;Bear Head (Dogs of War #2)&rdquo; by Adrian Tchaikovsky</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/life-of-pi">&ldquo;Life of Pi&rdquo; by Yann Martel</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-authors/tiago-forte">&ldquo;Building a Second Brain&rdquo; and &ldquo;The PARA Method&rdquo; by Tiago Forte</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/the-tooth-fairy">&ldquo;The Tooth Fairy&rdquo; by Graham Joyce</a></li> </ol> <h2 id="top-authors-read-this-year">Top authors read this year</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-authors/b.v.-larson">B.V. Larson</a> (7 books read)</li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-authors/stephen-king">Stephen King</a> (6 books read)</li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-authors/michael-crichton">Michael Crichton</a> and <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-authors/alastair-reynolds">Alastair Reynolds</a> (4 books read each)</li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-authors/adrian-tchaikovsky">Adrian Tchaikovsky</a>, <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-authors/jim-butcher">Jim Butcher</a>, <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-authors/robert-r.-mccammon">Robert R. McCammon</a> and <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-authors/r.l.-stine">R.L. Stine</a> (3 books read each)</li> </ul> <h2 id="2024-tbr">2024 TBR</h2> <p>Keep up with my <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/tags/books-schedule/">TBR</a> updates through the year.</p>https://paapereira.xyz/posts/2023/01/2022-in-books/Sun, 01 Jan 2023 12:00:00 +0000https://paapereira.xyz/posts/2023/01/2022-in-books/<p>This year I read 55 books.</p> <p>I didn&rsquo;t finish the <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/malazan-read-along/">Malazan Book of the Fallen</a> series. Postponed for now.</p> <p>Also I didn&rsquo;t went back to the &ldquo;<a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-series/the-wheel-of-time-series">The Wheel of Time</a>&rdquo; series and didn&rsquo;t start reading Brandon Sanderson.</p> <p>I started updating my <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/tags/books-schedule/">TBR</a> regularly.</p> <h2 id="books-read-in-2022">Books read in 2022</h2> <p>You can check the list in <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/16853893-paulo-pereira?shelf=2022">Goodreads</a> and see my <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2022/16853893">2022 Year in Books</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://paapereira.xyz/blog/2023/2023-01-01-2022-in-books/2022-in-books.png" alt="2022 in Books"></p> <h2 id="top-10-books-and-series-this-year">Top 10 books and series this year</h2> <ol> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-series/memory-sorrow-and-thorn-series">&ldquo;Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn&rdquo; series by Tad Williams</a> (3 books)</li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-series/red-rising-saga-series">&ldquo;Red Rising Saga&rdquo; by Pierce Brown</a> (books 4 and 5)</li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/revelation-space-revelation-space-book-1">&ldquo;Revelation Space (Revelation Space #1)&rdquo; by Alastair Reynolds</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/dogs-of-war-dogs-of-war-book-1">&ldquo;Dogs of War (Dogs of War #1)&rdquo; by Adrian Tchaikovsky</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/let-the-right-one-in">&ldquo;Let the Right One In&rdquo; by John Ajvide Lindqvist</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/cage-of-souls">&ldquo;Cage of Souls&rdquo; by Adrian Tchaikovsky</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/the-handmaids-tale-the-handmaids-tale-book-1">&ldquo;The Handmaid&rsquo;s Tale (The Handmaid&rsquo;s Tale #1)&rdquo; by Margaret Atwood</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/upgrade">&ldquo;Upgrade&rdquo; by Blake Crouch</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/nos4a2">&ldquo;NOS4A2&rdquo; by Joe Hill</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/the-first-fifteen-lives-of-harry-august">&ldquo;The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August&rdquo; by Claire North</a></li> </ol> <h2 id="2023-tbr">2023 TBR</h2> <p>Check my <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/tags/books-schedule/">TBR</a> updates through the year.</p>https://paapereira.xyz/posts/2022/01/2021-in-books/Sat, 01 Jan 2022 16:40:50 +0000https://paapereira.xyz/posts/2022/01/2021-in-books/<p>This year I read 65 books. I also continued the “Complete Collection Of H. P. Lovecraft” (still many stories to go).</p> <p>It was my <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-series/malazan-book-of-the-fallen-series">Malazan Book of the Fallen</a> series <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/malazan-read-along/">read along</a> by <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-authors/steven-erikson">Steven Erikson</a> year. 3 books to go :-)</p> <h2 id="books-read-in-2021">Books read in 2021</h2> <p>You can check the list in <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/16853893-paulo-pereira?shelf=2021">Goodreads</a> and see my <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2021/16853893">2021 Year in Books</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://paapereira.xyz/blog/2022/2022-01-01-2021-in-books/2021-in-books.png" alt="2021 in Books"></p> <h2 id="top-10-books-this-year">Top 10 books this year</h2> <ol> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-series/malazan-book-of-the-fallen-series">&ldquo;Malazan Book of the Fallen&rdquo; series by Steven Erikson</a> (read 7 books)</li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-series/dune-series">&ldquo;Dune&rdquo; series by Frank Herbert</a> (read 3 books)</li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-series/red-rising-saga-series">&ldquo;Red Rising Saga&rdquo; by Pierce Brown</a> (read 3 books)</li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/book-series/the-forever-war-series">&ldquo;The Forever War&rdquo; series by Joe Haldeman</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/childhoods-end">“Childhood&rsquo;s End” by Arthur C. Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/jurassic-park-jurassic-park-book-1">&ldquo;Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park #1)&rdquo; by Michael Crichton</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/project-hail-mary">&ldquo;Project Hail Mary&rdquo; by Andy Weir</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/sphere">&ldquo;Sphere&rdquo; by Michael Crichton</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/different-seasons">&ldquo;Different Seasons&rdquo; by Stephen King</a></li> <li><a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/books/kings-of-the-wyld-the-band-book-1">&ldquo;Kings of the Wyld (The Band #1)&rdquo; by Nicholas Eames</a></li> </ol> <h2 id="top-100-updates">Top 100 updates</h2> <p>This year 15 books entered my top 100. I&rsquo;m always updating the list, so these may in time be removed from the list. You can see the current top 100 list in <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/16853893-paulo-pereira?shelf=top-100">Goodreads</a>. If the book belongs to a series, I typically only add the first book in the top 100.</p>https://paapereira.xyz/posts/2021/01/2020-in-books/Fri, 01 Jan 2021 11:01:00 +0000https://paapereira.xyz/posts/2021/01/2020-in-books/<p>This year I read 51 books. I also started to read the “Complete Collection Of H. P. Lovecraft” with more than 100 Lovecraft books. I didn’t finished it yet but I read a lot of them.</p> <p>It was also the year I bought a <a href="https://paapereira.xyz/posts/kindle-paperwhite/">Kindle</a>.</p> <h2 id="books-read-in-2020">Books read in 2020</h2> <p>You can check the list in <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/16853893-paulo-pereira?shelf=2020">Goodreads</a> and see my <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2020/?ref=2020yyib">2020 Year in Books</a>.</p> <p>This year I re-read a book, namely “Remote: Office Not Required” by David Hansson and Jason Fried.</p>