My personal reading for 2014 has been mostly for entertainment. The list is shown in chronological order. My favorite five from the list below are noted with bold text.
- Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race, by Richard Rhodes
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel, by Neil Gaiman
- The Martian, by Andy Weir
- Like a Mighty Army (Safehold), by David Weber
- Redshirts, by John Scalzi
- Bad Monkey, by Carl Hiassen
- Old Man’s War, by John Scalzi
- 2312, by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Trojan Horse: A Novel, by Mark Russinovich
- Quarter Share, by Nathan Lowell
- Ready Player One: A Novel, by Earnest Cline
- A Delicate Truth: A Novel, by John LeCarré
- Reamde: A Novel, by Neal Stephenson
- Good Faith, by Jane Smiley
- Existence, by David Brin
- Luna Park, by Kevin Baker
- Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel, by Robin Sloan
- Divergent (Divergent Trilogy, Book 1), by Veronica Roth
- Half Share, by Nathan Lowell
- LEGO: A Love Story, by Jonathan Bender
- World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, by Max Brooks