This year, I read 39 books start to finish, down from 46 in 2013. But that's because I read more pages this year—14,294 pages, to be exact! Massive books like Shantaram, Red or Dead, and Wind-Up Bird were all read in print and contributed to that high page count.

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I rarely rate books with 5 stars, but I would still recommend books that got 3 stars from me. I enjoyed all the books on this list and suspect you might as well. How do I do it? I commute two hours a day on subways, take time to read at lunch, and usually end my nights in bed with a book. I always have a book ready to go on my phone and never waste time in a line.

I track my all-time favorite reads from each year in my complete reading recommendations list.

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Here's a quick look at the numbers:

  • Total Books: 39
  • Total Pages: 14,316
  • Format: 20 Print / 19 Digital
  • Genre: 18 Fiction / 21 Non-Fiction
  • Author Gender: 14 Female / 25 Male
  • Library Use: 12 Library Digital
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My Top Reads from 2014

Favorite Fiction:

  1. Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
  2. 10:04 by Ben Lerner
  3. The Circle by Dave Eggers

Favorite Non-Fiction:

  1. Going Clear by Lawrence Wright
  2. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
  3. The Skies Belong to Us by Brendan I. Koerner

Favorite Collections:

  1. The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison
  2. Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
  3. The New Kings of Nonfiction by Ira Glass

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