The Wisdom of Crowds by Joe Abercrombie
Still working on this, should finish next week, seems like a strong book so far!
This year I kept full track of what I've been reading, so here's my year:
R. F. Kuang -
The Burning God (Jan 9th - Jan 17th)
Christopher Buehlman -
The Blacktongue Thief (Jan 18th - Jan 27th)
(reread) Robert Galbraith - The Silkworm (Jan 28th - Feb 7th)
(reread) N. K. Jemisin - The Fifth Season (Feb 8th - Feb 19th)Arkady Martine -
A Desolation Called Peace (Feb 20th - Mar 15th)
Robin Hobb -
Assassin's Apprentice (Mar 16th - Mar 27th)
Adrian Tchaikovsky -
Children of Time (Mar 28th - Apr 12th)
Robin Hobb -
Royal Assassin (Apr 13th - Apr 25th)
Robin Hobb -
Assassin's Quest (Apr 26th - May 11th)
Adrian Tchaikovsky -
Children of Ruin (May 12th - May 25th)
N. K. Jemisin -
The City We Became (May 26th - June 19th)
(reread) Dennis Lehane - Since We Fell (June 20th - June 27th)Robin Hobb -
Fool's Errand (June 28th - July 5th)
Robin Hobb -
The Golden Fool (July 6th - July 12th)
Robin Hobb -
Fool's Fate (July 13th - July 25th)
(reread) Jenn Lyons - The Ruin of Kings (July 26th - Aug 14th)Jenn Lyons -
The Name of All Things (Aug 15th - Aug 31st)
N. K. Jemisin -
A Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Sep 1st - Sep 11th)
Robin Hobb -
Dragon Keeper (Sep 12th - Oct 9th)
Robin Hobb -
Dragon Haven (Oct 10th - Oct 26th)
Robin Hobb -
City of Dragons (Oct 27th - Nov 6th)
Robin Hobb -
Blood of Dragons (Nov 7th - Nov 14th)
Robert Galbraith -
The Ink Black Heart (Nov 15th - Nov 27th)
Jenn Lyons -
The Memory of Souls (Nov 28th - Dec 12th)
Joe Abercrombie -
The Wisdom of Crowds (Dec 13th - Dec 31st)
As you can see, the list is dominated by Robin Hobb - I discovered her books last year with the Liveships Trilogy, and while the first Fitz trilogy has its ups and downs, the second one is incredible. If I had to pick a top three from all I've read this year, it would be like this:
1. Robin Hobb - Fool's Errand
2. Robin Hobb - Fool's Fate
3. Robert Galbraith - The Ink Black Heart
Already on my shelf for the next year:
Robin Hobb - Fool's Assassin
Robin Hobb - Fool's Quest
Robin Hobb - Assassin's Fate
Jenn Lyons - House of Always
Mark Z. Danielewski - House of Leaves
N. K. Jemisin - The Broken Kingdoms
N. K. Jemisin - The Kingdom of Gods