Time to update my list. Since the last time I posted, I've finished three books: a non-fiction book about the diversity, function and future of the Belgian forests, with a lot great photo's; Stranger in a strange land by Robert A. Heinlein, which was an interesting read, and The lady of the lake, which, though I knew how it ended, or maybe because, was fantastic.

The full list:

Books finished in 2016:
#1: Winter's Heart, Robert Jordan
#2: Dune, Frank Herbert
#3: Crossroads of Twilight, Robert Jordan
#4: Tower of the Swallow, Andrzej Sapkowski
#5: Knife of Dreams, Robert Jordan
#6: The Long Earth, Terry Pratcher en Stephen Baxter
#7: The Gathering Storm, Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson
#8: De wetenschap van de zee
#9: The Towers of Midnight, Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson
#10: A Memory of Light, Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson
#11: Bossen in België, Olivier Baudry & Frederic Demeuse
#12: Stranger in a strange land, Robert A. Heinlein
#13: Lady of the lake, Andrzej Sapkowski

Also:

The Martian - Andy Weir
SevenEves - Neal Stephenson
Nexus - Ramez Naam
I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie
Old Man's War - John Scalzi
Marsbound - Joe Haldeman
The Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut
Holidays on Ice - David Sedaris
A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
The World Doesn't End - Charles Simic

Since this is the last day of the year, here's my list of books finished in 2016:

- Stanley Payne: Civil war in Europe, 1905-1949: interesting overview of the various civil wars during that period, with an especially extended discussion of the Spanish civil war.
- Stanley Payne: Spain. A unique history: very interesting interpretation of Spanish history through a somewhat conservative perspective, very un-pc in some of its conclusions (e.g. Panye has an extremely negative view of Islam and thinks the Left bears a lot of responsibility for the outbreak of the civil war) - obviously not everyone will agree.
- Stanley Payne: Franco. A personal and political biography: I thought it was quite a nuanced biography of Franco, but I suppose many will find it too positive an assessment (though Payne doesn't whitewash the atrocities of the civil war era and Franco's support for the Axis during WW2). Recommended.
- Richard Toye: Churchill's empire. The world that made him and the world he made: has some interesting sections, but on the whole pretty weak imo.
- Thomas Urban: Katyn. Geschichte eines Verbrechens: German language book about the Katyn massacre...good read if you want to learn about Commie depravity.
- Daniel Walker Howe, What hath God wrought. The transformation of America 1815-1848. Very good, will tell you pretty much all you need to know about that formative period of US history in which modern democracy was created. I couldn't really stand anybody of the protagonists however, apart maybe from Henry Clay.
- Stefan Rinke, Revolutionen in Lateinamerika. Wege in die Unabhängigkeit 1760-1830: German book about Latin America's independence struggles...interesting, but hard to read. Surprisingly it includes a discussion of the Haitian revolution.
- Toby Wilkinson, The rise and fall of ancient Egypt: Interesting overview of ancient Egypt.
- Richard Overy, The bombing war. Europe 1939-1945: Excellent discussion of the WW2 bombing campaigns, includes discussion of usually neglected areas like Italy. Highly recommended to anyone interested in the subject.
- David Rollason, Northumbria 500-1100. Creation and destruction of a kingdom: Very good discussion of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria.
- Rana Mitter, China's war with Japan 1937-1945. The struggle for survival: Too politically correct in places for my taste, but on the whole good introduction to a subject largely unknown in the West.
- Michael Maas (ed.), The Cambridge companion to the age of Attila: collection of essays about the 5th century, some quite interesting.
- Bryan Ward-Perkins, The fall of Rome and the end of civilization: Excellent discussion of the collapse of the Western Roman empire, with strong focus on economic conditions. Highly recommended.

Might as well post the full list now that the year ended, with start and finish dates and links to the reviews, the full size ones marked as such.

1. The Cavalier Club: Jan 6 to 11 [full review]
2. A Dance with Dragons: Feb 3 to 14
3. The Slow Regard of Silent Things: Mar 16 to 18
4. A Circle of Iron: May 30 to Jun 4
5. Weniaria: Aug 22 to 23
6. Sword of Destiny: Sep 5 to 9
7. Free-Wrench: Sep 23 to 28
8. Quantum Tangle: Oct 18 to 22
9. Dragon of Ash & Stars: Nov 6 to 11
10. The Joined Realm: Nov 21 to 26
11. Blessings of a Curse: Nov 27 to Dec 9 [full review]
12. Bai Ganyo (Romanian translation): Dec 20 to 25

2010-2015 list

To go further back, check my read shelf on Goodreads (doesn't seem to allow resorting if not logged on though? and defaults to sorting by date added instead of date read, which is a mess). List is also less complete the farther back you go.

2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur Clarke.

In my opinion, it is still relevant today. Which for an almost 50 years old science fiction movie/book, is pretty amazing. It was produced/written in 1968.
I enjoyed the classical music and outer space screenplay in the movie, directed by Stanley Kubrick.


2016 List of Read Books

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur Clarke

Anyone here read the "Adrian's Undead Diary" series?

2017 thread is now available:
Books finished in 2017

Literally in the last minutes of 2016 I've finished "Wizard and glass" from Stephen King's The Dark Tower series. Best book in the series so far.

Wyrd Sisters, during the week before Christmas.
Working my way through the Discworld novels. Don't find many stores selling them though, and when I do find them in any semblance of order (rather than a handful random books out of the whole lot being available), they're rather expensive.