Following is the list of books, stories, and essays I read in 2018.
BOOKS:
(I) Non-Fiction:
- The Undoing Project, by Michael Lewis
- Engines of Creation, by K. Erik Drexler
- The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life When Robots Rule the Earth, by Robin Hanson
- Data Feminism, by Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein
- How Professors Think, by Michelle Lamont
- The Sense of Style, by Steven Pinker
- In Spite of Gods, by Edward Luce
(II) Fantasy Fiction:
- Alloy of Law – Book 1 of Mistborn Era 2 (Wax and Wayne Series), by Brandon Sanderson
- Shadows of Self – Book 2 of Mistborn Era 2 (Wax and Wayne Series), by Brandon Sanderson
- The Shadow Rising – Book 4 of the Wheel of Time Series, by Robert Jordan
- The Dragonbone Chair – Book 1 of the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn Trilogy, by Tad Williams
- The Wise Man’s Fear – Book 2 of The Kingkiller Chronicle, by Patrick Rothfuss
- The Fires of Heaven – Book 5 of the Wheel of Time Series, by Robert Jordan
- Lord of Chaos – Book 6 of the Wheel of Time Series, by Robert Jordan
- A Crown of Swords – Book 7 of the Wheel of Time Series, by Robert Jordan
- A Darker Shade of Magic – Book 1 of The Shades of Magic Trilogy, by V.E. Schwab
- The Colour of Magic – Book 1 of the Discworld Series, by Terry Pratchett
- Elantris, by Brandon Sanderson
- The Armored Saint, by Myke Cole
(III) Science Fiction:
- The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet – Book 1 of the Wayfarers Series, by Becky Chambers
- The Ninefox Gambit – Book 1 of the Machineries of Empire Trilogy, by Yoon-Ha Lee
- Semiosis, by Sue Burke
- Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Autonomous, Annalee Newitz
(IV) Speculative Fiction:
- Station Eleven, by Emily St. John
- Winter Tide, by Ruthanna Emrys
- The Obelisk Gate – Book 2 of the Broken Earth Trilogy, by N.K. Jemisin
- The Stone Sky – Book 3 of the Broken Earth Trilogy, by N.K. Jemisin
- All The Birds in the Sky, by Charlie Jane Anders
- Too Like The Lightning – Book 1 of the Terra Ignota Series, by Ada Palmer
(V) Rational Fiction:
- Luminosity – Book 1, by Alicorn
(VI) Historical Fiction:
- The 7th Function of Language, by Laurent Binet
NOVELLAS:
(I) Science Fiction:
- And Then There Were (N-One), by Sarah Pinsker
- Binti – Book 1 of the Binti Trilogy, by Nnedi Okorafor
- A Series of Steaks, by Vina Jie-Min Prasad
- All Systems Red – Book 1 of the Murderbot Series, by Martha Wells
(II) Speculative Fiction:
- Envy of Angels, by Matt Wallace
- The Slow Regard of Silent Things, by Patrick Rothfuss
(III) Rational Fiction:
- The Dark Lord’s Answer, by Eliezer Yudkowsky
- The Metropolitan Man, by Alexander Wales
- Branches on the Tree of Time, by Alexander Wales
SHORT STORIES:
(I) Speculative Fiction:
- Mono No Aware, by Ken Liu
- The Book of Sands, by Jorge Luis Borges
- Is God a Taoist?, by Raymond Smullyan
- The Sword of Good, by Eliezer Yudkowsky
- A Space of One’s Own, by Steve Rasnic Tem
- Vault, by D.A. Xiaolin Spires
- There Will Come Soft Rains, by Ray Bradbury
- When We Were Starless, by Simone Heller
- The Falls: A Luna Story, by Ian McDonald
- The Birding: A Fairy Tale, by Natalie Theodoridou
- Octo-Heist in Progress, by Rich Larson
- The Love Letters, by Peng Simeng
ESSAYS:
- Lessons Learned from Feminist Film Studies, by Tara McPherson
- Artificial Intelligence Policy in India: A Framework for Engaging the Limits of Data-Driven Decision-Making, by Vidushi Marda
- You and Your Research, by Richard Hamming
- Tolkien, Lewis and the explosion of genre fantasy, by Edward James
- Magical Realism, by Sharon Sieber
- Science Fiction and the Life Sciences, by Joan Slonczewski and Michael Levy
- In Praise of the Research University, by Harry Mairson