So – 2009 was a great year for my continued sci-fi “reading”. I actually read perpetually – and the actual reading that I do is usually of the technical sort (quant finance, trading, software, teams, leadership, etc.). In the walking commute and during my daily running – I listen to audio books – quite a lot of them actually. I have been listening to audio books for maybe 5 or 6 years now and it is something that I really enjoy.

So – here are the audio books that I “read” this year in my order of preference:

Scott Lynch – The Lies of Locke Lamora (amazing – I love this book – can’t wait for the next ones – best book of the year!)

Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson - The Gathering Storm (Love it – can’t wait for the rest)

Patrick Rothfuss – The Name of the Wind (great 1st effort – I hope the rest is as good when it comes)

Brent Weeks – Night Angel Trilogy (fantastic series – fantastic magic thieves/ heros run amuck )

• The Way of Shadows
• Shadow’s Edge
• Beyond the Shadows

Brandon Sanderson – Mistborn (amazing series, sci-fi at its best)

• The Hero of Ages
• The Well of Ascension
• The Final Empire

Jim Butcher - Codex Alera (great series)

• Furies of Calderon
• Academ’s Fury
• Captain’s Fury
• Cursor’s Fury
• Princeps’ Fury
• First Lord’s Fury

David Anthony Durham -The Other Land (great continuation)

David Weber – By Heresies Distressed (a great continuation)

Brandon Sanderson - Elantris (good – less than Mistborn by far)

Malcolm Gladwell - Outliers (good – non-fiction!)

Brandon Sanderson -Warbreaker

Richard K. Morgan - The Steel Remains (mediocre – I prefer Kovacs)

Neal Stephenson – Anathem (too long and self indulgent – but OK)

John Steakley - Armor – (just mediocre semi-interesting)

Suzanne Collins – The Hunger Games (finished it – but it was an error – too teen aged girlie!)

David Weber – On Basilisk Station (could not finish it – too mediocre)

David Eddings – Guardians of the West (worst book – I could not stomach it and quit it)

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