2019 books poll
I don't know if people are still doing this, but I always thought it was fun.
Which of these 49 non-fiction books have you read?
The Botany of Desire, by Michael Pollan
2(2.8%)
Seven Pillars of Wisdom, by T. E. Lawrence
4(5.6%)
Becoming, by Michelle Obama
2(2.8%)
The Writing Life, by Annie Dillard
2(2.8%)
Small Wonder, by Barbara Kingsolver
1(1.4%)
The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, by Maria Augusta Trapp
3(4.2%)
Better Than Sex, by Hunter S. Thompson
3(4.2%)
1913, by Charles Emmerson
1(1.4%)
Tolkien: Maker of Middle Earth, by Catherine McIlwaine
2(2.8%)
Dungeons and Dragons Art and Arcana: A Visual History, by Michael Witwer
1(1.4%)
Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction, by Alec Nevala-Lee
2(2.8%)
In Ethiopia with a Mule, by Dervla Murphy
1(1.4%)
Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney, by Dennis O'Driscoll
2(2.8%)
De Bourgondiërs, by Bart Van Loo
2(2.8%)
Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing, with David Naimon
2(2.8%)
Doctor Who: The TARDIS Handbook by Steve Tribe
2(2.8%)
Anthropological Studies of Religion: An Introductory Text, by Brian Morris
1(1.4%)
An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000, by Jo Walton
2(2.8%)
Kate Bush: Under the Ivy, by Graeme Thompson
1(1.4%)
Luck and the Irish: A Brief History of Change 1970-2000, by Roy Foster
1(1.4%)
Under the Molehill: An Elizabethan Spy Story, by John Bossy
2(2.8%)
Is There Life Outside the Box? An Actor Despairs, by Peter Davison
2(2.8%)
Bland Ambition: From Adams to Quayle--The Cranks, Criminals, Tax Cheats, and Golfers Who Made It to Vice President, by Steve Tally
2(2.8%)
Doctor Who episode guide, by Mark Campbell
1(1.4%)
On the Waterfront, by Malcolm Johnson
2(2.8%)
Script Doctor: the Inside Story of Doctor Who 1986-1989, by Andrew Cartmel
1(1.4%)
The Rule of the Land: Walking Ireland’s Border, by Garrett Carr
1(1.4%)
Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, The Wall, and the Birth of the New Berlin, by Paul Hockenos
1(1.4%)
Blue Box Boy: A Memoir of Doctor Who in Four Episodes, by Matthew Waterhouse
1(1.4%)
I Love the Bones of You: My Father And The Making Of Me by Christopher Eccleston
2(2.8%)
Bloody Sunday: Truth, Lies and the Saville Inquiry, by Douglas Murray
2(2.8%)
Western Sahara: War, Nationalism and Conflict Irresolution, by Stephen Zunes
1(1.4%)
Adventures in Kate Bush and Theory, by Deborah M. Withers
1(1.4%)
Cycling in Victorian Ireland, by Brian Griffin
1(1.4%)
The Making and Remaking of the Good Friday Agreement, by Paul Bew
1(1.4%)
Robert Holmes: a Life in Words, by Richard Molesworth
1(1.4%)
First Generation: The Autobiography of Mary Tamm, by Mary Tamm
1(1.4%)
The Secret Lives of a Secret Agent: The Mysterious Life and Times of Alexander Wilson, by Tim Crook
1(1.4%)
Alarums and Excursions: Improvising Politics on the European Stage, by Luuk van Middelaar
1(1.4%)
The Big Finish Companion: Volume 2, by Kenny Smith
1(1.4%)
Tweaking The Tail: The Autobiography of John Leeson
1(1.4%)
Setting the Truth Free: The Inside Story of the Bloody Sunday Justice Campaign, by Julieann Campbell
1(1.4%)
The Life of Sir Denis Henry: Catholic Unionist, by A.D. McDonnell
1(1.4%)
Publishing the Science Fiction Canon: The Case of Scientific Romance, by Adam Roberts
1(1.4%)
Second Generations: The Autobiography of Mary Tamm
1(1.4%)
Sheelagh Murnaghan: Stormont’s Only Liberal MP, by Ruth Illingworth
1(1.4%)
John De Courcy: Prince of Ulster, by Steve Flanders
1(1.4%)
For the Love of a Mother: The Black Children of Ulster, by Annie Yellowe Palma
1(1.4%)
The Early Life of Samuel M. Wickersham: 1819-1861, by Edward W. Hoffman
1(1.4%)
Which of these 46 non-sf fiction books have you read?
Candide, by Voltaire
12(9.8%)
The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas
13(10.7%)
David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens
7(5.7%)
Around the World in 80 Days, by Jules Verne
10(8.2%)
The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
3(2.5%)
The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga
1(0.8%)
Tom Jones, by Henry Fielding
5(4.1%)
Pigs in Heaven, by Barbara Kingsolver
2(1.6%)
Ben-Hur, by Lew Wallace
3(2.5%)
A Little Life, by Hanya Yanagihara
1(0.8%)
Daniel Deronda, by George Eliot
5(4.1%)
Fanny Hill, by John Cleland
5(4.1%)
The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
4(3.3%)
A Month In The Country by J. L. Carr
3(2.5%)
From Here to Eternity, by James Jones
2(1.6%)
The Ginger Man by J. P. Donleavy
5(4.1%)
The Bastard of Istanbul, by Elif Shafak
1(0.8%)
Normal People, by Sally Rooney
2(1.6%)
The Bridge On The River Kwai by Pierre Boulle
1(0.8%)
Hild, by Nicola Griffith
3(2.5%)
How to be Both, by Ali Smith
1(0.8%)
My Century, by Günter Grass
1(0.8%)
Milkman, by Anna Burns
2(1.6%)
Sybil, or the Two Nations, by Benjamin Disraeli
1(0.8%)
The Widows of Malabar Hill, by Sujata Massey
1(0.8%)
Gigi, by Colette
2(1.6%)
The Cat, by Colette
1(0.8%)
A Sunless Sea by Anne Perry
1(0.8%)
Expo 58 by Jonathan Coe
4(3.3%)
Girl, Woman, Other, by Bernardino Evaristo
1(0.8%)
Five Women Who Loved Love: Amorous Tales from 17th-Century Japan by Ihara Saikaku
1(0.8%)
Dr Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, by Peter George
2(1.6%)
Red Alert, by Peter Bryant
1(0.8%)
Two Brothers, by Ben Elton
2(1.6%)
A Close Run Thing, by Allan Mallinson
2(1.6%)
The Capital by Robert Menasse
1(0.8%)
Make Out With Murder, by Lawrence Block
1(0.8%)
In Another Light, by Andrew Greig
1(0.8%)
The Topless Tulip Caper, by Lawrence Block
1(0.8%)
One of the 28th: A Tale of Waterloo, by G.A. Henty
1(0.8%)
She was Good - She Was Funny, by David Marusek
1(0.8%)
The Heralds, by Brian Killick
1(0.8%)
Alina, by Jason Johnson
1(0.8%)
Beneath the Dome, by Brian Killick
1(0.8%)
The Camelot Club, by Brian Killick
1(0.8%)
The Nannies, by Brian Killick
1(0.8%)
Which of these 76 sf books have you read?
The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
14(5.3%)
The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame
14(5.3%)
The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
13(4.9%)
The Invisible Man, by H.G. Wells
8(3.0%)
The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin
7(2.7%)
Voyage to Venus/Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis
9(3.4%)
The Sparrow, by Mary Doria Russell
6(2.3%)
The Glass Bead Game, by Hermann Hesse
3(1.1%)
Feersum Endjinn by Iain M Banks
6(2.3%)
Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones
7(2.7%)
Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
3(1.1%)
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
1(0.4%)
Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik
7(2.7%)
The Cruel Prince, by Holly Black
2(0.8%)
The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter
3(1.1%)
A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire
3(1.1%)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks, by Mary Norton
4(1.5%)
Tales from Moominvalley, by Tove Jansson
7(2.7%)
The City of Brass, by S. A. Chakraborty
3(1.1%)
Grimm Tales, by Philip Pullman
1(0.4%)
Children of Time, by Adrian Tchaikowsky
4(1.5%)
The Calcutta Chromosome, by Amitav Ghosh
2(0.8%)
The Poppy War, by R.F. Kuang
5(1.9%)
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
8(3.0%)
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
2(0.8%)
Artificial Condition, by Martha Wells
6(2.3%)
Record of a Spaceborn Few, by Becky Chambers
9(3.4%)
Gather, Darkness!, by Fritz Leiber
2(0.8%)
The Computer Connection, by Alfred Bester
2(0.8%)
The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss
3(1.1%)
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
6(2.3%)
Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente
5(1.9%)
Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
4(1.5%)
Dragonworld, by Byron Preiss
2(0.8%)
The Belles, by Dhonielle Clayton
1(0.4%)
The Weapon Makers, by A. E. Van Vogt
2(0.8%)
Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber
4(1.5%)
Exit Strategy, by Martha Wells
4(1.5%)
Binti: The Night Masquerade, by Nnedi Okorafor
5(1.9%)
Infomocracy, by Malka Older
2(0.8%)
Tess of the Road, by Rachel Hartman
2(0.8%)
Rosewater, by Tade Thompson
2(0.8%)
The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick
1(0.4%)
The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander
2(0.8%)
The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard
5(1.9%)
Revenant Gun, by Yoon Ha Lee
3(1.1%)
The Queen of Air and Darkness, by Poul Anderson
3(1.1%)
The Black God's Drums, by P. Djèlí Clark
2(0.8%)
Bitter Angels by C. L. Anderson
2(0.8%)
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson
2(0.8%)
Earth’s Last Citadel by Henry Kuttner
2(0.8%)
Embers of War by Gareth L. Powell
1(0.4%)
Cloud and Ashes, by Greer Gilman
2(0.8%)
Nebula Awards Showcase 2011 by Kevin J. Anderson
1(0.4%)
Sovereign by R M Meluch
1(0.4%)
Before Mars by Emma Newman
3(1.1%)
Be My Enemy, by Ian McDonald
2(0.8%)
Halo: The Thursday War, by Karen Traviss
1(0.4%)
Time Was by Ian McDonald
3(1.1%)
Avalanche Soldier by Susan Matthews
1(0.4%)
Gateways ed. Elizabeth Anne Hull
1(0.4%)
Smallworld by Dominic Green
1(0.4%)
Cat Country by Lao She
1(0.4%)
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2010 Edition, ed. Rich Horton
1(0.4%)
The Invasion by Peadar O’Guilin
1(0.4%)
Europe at Dawn by Dave Hutchinson
3(1.1%)
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft
3(1.1%)
Being Human: Chasers, by Mark Michalowski
1(0.4%)
Being Human: Bad Blood, by James Goss
1(0.4%)
Goat Song by Poul Anderson
3(1.1%)
Heartspell by Blaine Anderson
1(0.4%)
The Land of Somewhere Safe by Hal Duncan
1(0.4%)
Catch That Zeppelin! by Fritz Leiber
3(1.1%)
My Morning Glory and other flashes of absurd science fiction, by David Marusek
1(0.4%)
Phosphorus, by Liz Williams
1(0.4%)
In Black and White, by Jan Mark
1(0.4%)
Which of these 30 Doctor Who books have you read?
The Secret Lives of Monsters, by Justin Richards (general)
1(3.1%)
The Time Lord Letters by Justin Richards (multiple)
1(3.1%)
The Day She Saved the Doctor by Jacqueline Rayner, Jenny T. Colgan, Susan Calman, Dorothy Koomson (multiple)
2(6.2%)
365 Days of Memorable Moments and Impossible Things by Justin Richards (multiple)
1(3.1%)
The Target Storybook ed. Steve Cole (multiple)
1(3.1%)
The Triple Knife by Jenny T Colgan (multiple)
1(3.1%)
Doctor Who Meets Scratchman by Tom Baker (4)
2(6.2%)
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks by Eric Saward (5)
1(3.1%)
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks by Paul Scoones (5)
1(3.1%)
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks by John Preddle (6)
1(3.1%)
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks by Eric Saward (6)
1(3.1%)
Night of the Kraken, by Jonathan Green (12)
1(3.1%)
Terror Moon, by Trevor Baxendale (12)
1(3.1%)
The Good Doctor by Juno Dawson (13)
1(3.1%)
Combat Magicks by Steve Cole (13)
1(3.1%)
The Molten Heart by Una McCormack (13)
1(3.1%)
Doctor Who Official Annual 2019 by Paul Lang (13)
1(3.1%)
The HAVOC Files, ed. Shaun Russell (Lethbridge-Stewart)
1(3.1%)
Moon Blink by Sadie Miller (Lethbridge-Stewart)
1(3.1%)
The Grandfather Infestation by John Peel (Lethbridge-Stewart)
1(3.1%)
The Showstoppers by Jonathan Cooper O. B. E. (Lethbridge-Stewart)
1(3.1%)
Wildthyme Beyond! by Paul Magrs (Iris)
1(3.1%)
Secret Histories, by Mark Clapham (Benny)
1(3.1%)
Present Danger, by Eddie Robson (Benny)
1(3.1%)
The Weather on Versimmon, by Matthew Griffiths (Benny)
1(3.1%)
The Slender-fingered Cats of Bubastis, by Xanna Eve Chown (Benny)
1(3.1%)
Filthy Lucre, by James Parsons and Alexander Stirling-Brown (Benny)
1(3.1%)
Adorable Illusion, by Gary Russell (Benny)
1(3.1%)
True Stories, ed. Xanna Eve Chown (Benny)
1(3.1%)
In Time, ed. Xanna Eve Chown (Benny)
1(3.1%)
Which of these 31 comics have you read?
Paper Girls Volume 1 by Brian K Vaughan
5(10.6%)
Paper Girls Volume 2 by Brian K Vaughan
3(6.4%)
Paper Girls Volume 3 by Brian K Vaughan
3(6.4%)
Paper Girls Volume 4 by Brian K Vaughan
3(6.4%)
Paper Girls Volume 5 by Brian K Vaughan
3(6.4%)
Paper Girls Volume 6 by Brian K Vaughan
2(4.3%)
Berlin, Book One: City of Stones, by Jason Lutes
1(2.1%)
Berlin, Book Two: City of Smoke, by Jason Lutes
1(2.1%)
Berlin, Book Three: City of Light, by Jason Lutes
1(2.1%)
Saga Volume 9 by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples
2(4.3%)
Monstress Volume 3 by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
1(2.1%)
On A Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
1(2.1%)
Amazing Fantastic Incredible by Stan Lee, Peter David and Colleen Doran
1(2.1%)
Troll Bridge by Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran
2(4.3%)
Will Supervillains Be on the Final?: Liberty Vocational Volume 1, by Naomi Novik and Yishan Li
1(2.1%)
Abbott by Saladin Ahmed , Sami Kivelä and Jason Wordie
2(4.3%)
Black Panther: Long Live the King, by Nnedi Okorafor, Aaron Covington, André Lima Araújo, Mario Del Pennino and Tana Ford
2(4.3%)
Survivants, tome 1, by Leo
1(2.1%)
Survivants, tome 2, by Leo
1(2.1%)
Doctor Who: Dragon's Claw, by Dave Gibbons, Steve Parkhouse and Steve Moore
1(2.1%)
Lambik, by Marc Legendre
1(2.1%)
De terugkeer van de wespendief/The Return of the Honey Buzzard, by Aimée De Jongh
1(2.1%)
Doctor Who: The Highgate Horror, by Mark Wright, David Roach, Mike Collins, Jacqueline Rayner, Martin Geraghty
1(2.1%)
Het amusement/The City of Belgium, by Brecht Evens
1(2.1%)
Les reines de sang: Frédégonde, la sanguinaire, tome 1, by Virginie Greiner and Alessia de Vincenzi
1(2.1%)
Les reines de sang: Frédégonde, la sanguinaire, tome 2, by Virginie Greiner and Alessia de Vincenzi
1(2.1%)
Oyasumi by Renée Rienties, Coco Ouwerkerk and Kimberley Legito Geelen
1(2.1%)
Animate Europe Plus, by David Shaw, Marta Okrasko, Juliana Penkova, Bruno Cordoba and Paul Rietzl
1(2.1%)
Plastic Man, Number 1, Game of Death, by Jack Cole
1(2.1%)
Garth - Man of Mystery, by Stephen Dowling
1(2.1%)
And finally, which of these two plays have you read or seen?
Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw
11(91.7%)
Faustus Kelly, by Flann O’Brien
1(8.3%)