At last we come to 2010, the last year I never kept a list for.   At 184 items, it’s my second-highest year. This was the year historical fiction really arrived, driven by Bernard Cornwell and C.S. Forester. but with a little help from Alison Weir.   The largest change, however,  is the massive spike in Star Trek reading as I decided to catch up on the new Treklit.   History finally overtook science,  pursuing its destiny as queen of the shelves..

Biography

• Storm of Steel, Ernst Junger
• I Am Spock, Leonard Nimoy
• Yours, Isaac Asimov; Isaac Asimov
• American Infidel, Orvin Larson
• Joan of Arc: The Legend and the Reality, Frances Gies
• Nehru: The Invention of India,  Shashi Tharoor
• The Life of Elizabeth I, Alison Weird
• The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower, C. Northcote Parkinson
• Frank: The Voice, James Kaplan

Classics and  Literature

• The Bhagavad Gita, trans/interpreted Stephen Mitchell
• The Iron Heel, Jack London
• A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
• The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written, Martin Seymour-Smith
• The Roman Way, Edith Hamliton
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Mark Twain

Fantasy, Horror,  and Speculative

• Hitler’s War,   Harry Turtledove
• The Magicians, Lev Grossman
• The Man with the Iron Heart, Harry Turtledove
• The End of the Beginning, Harry Turtledove
• West and East,  Harry Turtledove
• Christine,  Stephen King
• The Good Guy, Dean Koontz
• HP and the Chamber of Secrets Audiobook
• HP and The Prisoner of Azkaban, audiobok

General Fiction

• The Best American Short Stories (2008)
• Murder at the ABA, Isaac Asimov
• The Last Juror, John Grisham
• Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography, Lemony Snicket

History

Historical Fiction

• The Lady Elizabeth, Alison Weir
• Captain Horatio Hornblower,  C.S. Forester
• Young Hornblower, C.S. Forester
• Commodore Hornblower, C.S. Forester
• Lord Hornblower, C.S. Forester
• Hornblower and the Hotspur, C.S. Forester
• Hornblower and the Crisis, CS Forester
• Captive Queen, Alison Weir
• Give Me Back my Legions, Harry Turtledove
• Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies, C.S. Forester
• Sharpe’s Eagle, Bernard Cornwell
• Empire, Steven Saylor
• Innocent Traitor, Alison Weir
• True Grit, Charles Portis
• Heretic, Bernard Cornwell
• The Last Kingdom, Bernard Cornwell
• The Pale Horseman, Bernard Cornwell
• Lords of the North, Bernard Cornwell
• Sword Song, Bernard Cornwell

• The Mao Case,  Qiu Xiaolong
• The King of  Torts, John Grisham
• The Devil’s Punchbowl, Greg Iles
• A Whiff of Death, Isaac Asimov
• The Confession, John Grisham
• The Chamber, John Grisham
• Conspirata, Robert Harris
• The Brethren, John Grisham
• The Summons, John Grisham

Plays, Poetry, and Language

• Sand and Foam, Khalil Gibran
• The Infernova, S.A. Alenthony
• Stories Behind Words, Peter Limburg

Politics and Civic Interest

• Red Emma Speaks, Alix Kate Shulman
• A Power Goverments Cannot Suppress,  Howard Zinn
• The Geography of Nowhere, Jim Kunstler
• The Road to Wigan Pier, George Orwell
• Weapons of Satire, Mark Twain

Religion and Philosophy

• Letters from a Stoic, Seneca
• A Guide to the Good Life,  William Irvine
• The Emperor’s Handbook, David and Scot Hicks
• Dinner with a Perfect Stranger, David Gregory
• The Year of Living Biblically, AJ Jacobs
• The Ethics of Star Trek, Judith Barad, Ed Robertson
• Letter from the Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King Jr
• Strength to Love, Martin Luther King Jr
• Plato’s Podcasts, Mark Vernon
• Reading Judas, Elaine Pagels and Karen King
• The Art of Happiness ns a Troubled World,  TenzinGyatso 
• The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ralph Waldo Emerson

Science and Nature

• The Tyrannosaurus Prescription, Isaac Asimov
• It’s Raining Frogs and Fishes!, Jerry Dennis
• The Private Life of Plants, David Attenborough
• The Trials of Life, David Attenborough
• The Life of Birds, David Attenborough
• Dinosaur Laves, Jack Horner
• The Roving Mind, Isaac Asimov
• Stiff, Mary Roach
• African Exodus, Christopher Stringer and Robin McKie
• Spook, Mary Roach
• Packing for Mars, Mary Roach
• Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life, Winifred Gallaghter
• The Naked Lady Who Stood On Her Head, Oliver Sachs
• The Grand Design, Stephen Hawking
• The Mind’s Eye, Oliver Sachs

Science Fiction

• Around the World in 80 Days, Jules Verne
• Contact, Carl Sagan
• Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton
• The Complete Robot, Isaac Asimov
• The Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton
• The Lost World, Michael Crichton
• Timeline, Michael Crichton
• The War of the Worlds, HG Wells
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne

• American Nerd, Ben Nugent

Star Trek and Star Wars

• The Lives of Dax, various
• Millennium Falcon, James Luceno
• Tatooine Ghost, Troy Denning
• Hard Contact, Karen Traviss
• Revenge of the Sith, Matt Stover
• The Reunion, MIchael Jan Friedman
• Death in Winter, Michael Jan Friedman
• Tales of the Dominion War, various authors
• Quotable Star Trek, ed. Jill Sherwin
• Greater than the Sum, Christopher Bennett
• Stargazer: Three, Michael Jan Friedman
• STDS9: Betrayal, Lois Tilton
• Dynasty of Evil, Drew Karpyshyn
• The Buried Age, Christopher Bennett
• A Time to be Born, John Vornholt
• Provenance of Shadows, David R. George
• Gods of Night, David Mack
• Mere Mortals, David Mack 
• Lost Souls, David Mack
• Full Circle, Kirsten Beyer
• Unworthy, Kirsten Beyer
• Distant Shores, various
• Worlds of DS9 Vol I, various
• The Good that Men Do, Martin and Mangels
• STDS9: Fallen Heroes, Dafydd ab Hugh
• Warpath, David Mack
• A Singular Destiny, Keith RA Decandido
• Taking Wing, Martin and Mangels
• Orion’s Hounds, Christopher L Bennett
• Zero Sum Game, David Mack
• Kobayashi Maru, Martin and Mangels
• The Kobayashi Maru, Julia Ecklar
• Losing the Peace, William Leisner
• Beneath the Raptor’s Wings, Martin and Mangels
• Seize the Fire, Michael Martin