The next of my regular year-ending blogs is my list of what I reading throughout 2021; despite actually getting a holiday last on which I could lounge around and read, I didn’t add much to my total from 2020!
I kept a pretty even spread between thrillers and science fiction, and my top picks for the year were Gustaf Skördeman’s Geiger, Layover in Dubai by Dan Fesperman and Weird Field World by Rob Turpin.
Here’s the full list:
Die Hard: The Utlimate Visual History (James Mottram & David S. Cohen), Cutting Edge (Ward Larsen), Vulcan: Hidden Universe Travel Guide (Dayton Ward), Weird Field World (Rob Turpin), Artcade (Tim Nicholls), Capture or Kill (Tom Marcus), Arkhangel (James Brabazon), Geiger (Gustaf Skördeman), Scorpion (Christian Cantrell), Mission: Impossible (Peter Barsocchini), McMafia (Misha Glenny), Moments Asunder (Ward), Hollywood vs. The Author (Stephen Jay Schwartz [ed.]), Blue Gemini (Mike Jenne), Boss Fight Books: Metal Gear Solid (Ashly Burch & Anthony Burch), Qualityland (Marc-Uwe Kling) More Sex, Better Zen, Faster Bullets: The Encyclopaedia of Hong Kong Film (Stefan Hammond & Mike Wilkins) Red Wolves (Adam Hamdy), One False Step (Richard Tongue), Salud Mi Familia: The Ultimate Fan’s Guide to the Fast and Furious Movie Franchise (Jacob Hollabaugh), Oblivion’s Gate (David Mack), Ancillary Sword (Anne Leckie), Falling (T.J. Newman), Toast on Toast (Stephen Toast), The Treadstone Exile (Joshua Hood), The Eagle Has Landed: 50 Years of Lunar Science Fiction (Neil Clarke [ed.]), Hostage (Claire Mackintosh), Hearts on Fire (Kc Weyland), Space: 1999 – Volume 1 (Andrew Smith & Roland Moore), Russians Among Us (Gordon Corera), Layover in Dubai (Dan Fesperman), The Toy Collector (James Gunn), Victory’s Price (Alexander Freed), Dredge Runners (Alec Worley), Augur of Despair (Chris Dows), The Stuff of Life (Mike Tucker), Amongst Our Weapons (Ben Aaronovitch), Foreign Hostage (Aiden L. Bailey), Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga (Ian Christie), The Trouble with Telstar (John Berryman), Cold Justice (Ant Middleton), Spooked: The Secret Rise of Private Spies (Barry Meier), Vendetta (Dreda Say Mitchell), Die-Cast Aircraft (Paul Brent Adams), Bond Vehicle Collectables (Brent Adams), Film and Television Star Cars (Brent Adams), The Lost Adventures of James Bond (Mark Edlitz), Recruited (Thomas Parrott), Game Wizards (Jon Peterson), An Unofficial History of NASA Mission Patches ( Dr. Roger D. Launius), Britain’s Toy Car Wars (Giles Chapman)
