Non-fiction

1. The Spirit Level by Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett
2. Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences by Cordelia Fine
3. The Book Of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges
4. Pro-Social and Anti-Social Behaviour by David Clarke
5. Shooting History by Peter Snow
6. Everyone Dead by Teatime by Neil Rafferty, Paul Stokes
7. The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
8. Plato's Podcasts by Mark Vernon
9. Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson
10. Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway
11. We Are a Muslim, Please by Zaiba Malik
12. Marcus Aurelius by Anthony R. Birley
13. The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
14. Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars by William Patry
15. Bandits by Eric Hobsbawm
16. Michael Faraday and the Electrical Century by Iwan Rhys Morus
17. The Philosophy of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy by Donald Robertson
18. Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday
19. Gridlock Economy by Michael Heller
20. Myth in Human History by Grant L. Voth
21. The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius by Pierre Hadot
22. Obliquity by John Kay
23. The Wisdom of Whores by Elizabeth Pisani
24. The Parthenon by Mary Beard
25. Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets by David Simon
26. Emotional Intelligence by Christine Wilding
27. The One Minute Manager by Kenneth Blanchard, Spencer Johnson
28. The Introverted Leader by Jennifer B. Kahnweiler
29. Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
30. Fall and Rise of China by Richard Baum
31. How to Work a Room by Susan RoAne
32. Dating for Dummies by Joy Browne
33. The Book of Kells by Bernard Meehan
34. Games People Play by Eric Berne
35. The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
36. Why Socrates Died by Robin Waterfield
37. America and the New Global Economy by Timothy Taylor
38. What Do Astrologers Believe by Nicholas Campion
39. Smile or Die by Barbara Ehrenreich
40. 59 Seconds by Richard Wiseman
41. Rise of Humans: Great Scientific Debates by John Hawks
42. The New East End: Kinship, Race and Conflict by Geoff Dench, Kate Gavron, Michael Young
43. The Zong by James Walvin
44. English Legal System by Penny Darbyshire
45. The Cosmopolitan Guide to Online Dating by Georgia Barlow
46. Skeptics and Believers by Tyler Roberts
47. The Solitary Self by Mary Midgely
48. Making History: How Great Historians Interpret the Past by Allen C. Guelzo
49. Jerome K. Jerome: A Critical Biography by Joseph Connolly
50. Defying Hitler by Sebastian Haffner
51. Art of Conflict Management by Michael Dues
52. My Life and Times by Jerome K. Jerome

1. Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks
2. Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
3. The Evolutionary Void by Peter F. Hamilton
4. Age of Zeus by James Lovegrove
5. Saturn's Children by Charles Stross
6. Triumff: Her Majesty's Hero by Dan Abnett
7. The Hammer by K. J. Parker
8. Generation A by Douglas Coupland
9. The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie
10. Age of Odin by James Lovegrove
11. Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday
12. New Model Army by Adam Roberts
13. Earth Abides by George R. Stewart
14. The Trade of Queens by Charles Stross
15. Lightborn by Tricia Sullivan
16. Yellow Blue Tibia by Adam Roberts
17. Winterstrike by Liz Williams
18. Luka and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie
19. The Fuller Memorandum by Charles Stross
20. A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin
21. The Magicians by Lev Grossman
22. Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
23. I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett
24. Zendegi by Greg Egan
25. The Magician King by Lev Grossman
26. Blood and Iron by Tony Ballantyne
27. Slan by A.E. Van Vogt

1. Walkin' the Dog by Walter Mosley
2. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
3. Maigret at the Gai-Moulin by Georges Simenon
4. Lustrum by Robert Harris
5. Critique of Criminal Reason by Michael Gregorio
6. Bubbles All the Way by Sarah Strohmeyer
7. A Pretty Face by Rafael Reig
8. The Intuitionist by Colsom Whitehead
9. A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines by Janna Levin
10. Of the Farm by John Updike

1. New York: Life in the Big City by Will Eisner
2. Signal to Noise by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean
3. Pride of Baghdad by Brian Vaughan, Niko Henrichon

By type:

Quite similar to last year. I thought I noticed a trend to non-fiction last year: if so it's stayed similar rather than increasing. Very few comics this year, I haven't seen that much of interest lately.

Highlights
Non-fiction
Probably the most important book was Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway which took a hard and well-researched look at the way corporations have hired a few science hacks to cast doubt on any research that threatens their profits.

Delusions of Gender by Cordelia Fine was another debunking of sociobiology like "Love of Shopping is Not a Gene"? Is another one really needed: sadly yes, and it focused on gender not just genetics in general.

The New East End is a fascinating and neutral account of the various groups in the modern East End of London.

Finally, things that may only appeal to me: "The Inner Citadel" by Pierre Hadot deepened my knowledge of Marcus Aurelius. My Life and Times by Jerome K. Jerome was a fascinating account of the Edwardian era from the inside.

SF/Fantasy
Winterstrike by Liz Williams was a little flawed, but still a detailed and atmospheric novel set on a future Mars. Lightborn by Tricia Sullivan was pretty good too. I'm a little late to this party, but The Magicians and The Magician King by Lev Grossman are great fantasies, smartening up and darkening down the themes of Harry Potter and Narnia.

Non-SF fiction
I'd put it off for ages, but The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov turned out to be a much funnier, faster-paced book than I expected: a satire written and set in the early stages of the Soviet era.

Comics
Very few comics this year, but Will Eisner's Life in the Big City stood out for his great artwork and passion for his subject. It's a large compilation of short pieces, so something to dip into not read in a giant session.