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TURNERS.

• 92 books finished since 2015
• ≈1,584 hours listened about 66 days, end to end
• 20 authors
• 10 heard again 128 h of going back for more
• 147 in the library 39 still waiting

on the go.

1. second listen

   Dungeon Crawler Carl Matt Dinniman 89% in · 14 h long

2. second listen

   Excession Iain M. Banks 70% in · 16 h long

the shelf.

Every book I have finished, newest first, a bookend where each year starts. A fatter spine is a longer book. Point at one for the cover.

audiobook on paper2× heard again

heard again.

Books I went back to. Audible keeps no count of listens, so this is worked out: a book heard after a later one in its series was finished, or started again after it was done.

1. 2×

   Dungeon Crawler Carl on it again now, 89% in

2. 2×

   Excession on it again now, 70% in

3. 2×

   The Player of Games heard twice, again in Sep 2025

4. 2×

   Differently Morphous heard twice, again in Aug 2025

5. 2×

   Surface Detail second listen paused 6% in, Jul 2025

6. 2×

   We Are Legion (We Are Bob) second listen paused 31% in, Jun 2025

7. 2×

   Artificial Condition second listen paused 18% in, Jan 2025

8. 2×

   Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash second listen paused 24% in, Jan 2025

9. 2×

   The Prefect second listen paused 5% in, Aug 2024

10. 2×

    Use of Weapons second listen paused 46% in, Jul 2024

who I read.

1. 
   #1 Alastair Reynolds 15 books · 321 h
2. 
   #2 Joel Shepherd 10 books · 182 h
3. 
   #3 Iain M. Banks 10 books · 152 h
4. 
   #4 Peter F. Hamilton 8 books · 234 h
5. 
   #5 Dennis E. Taylor 6 books · 64 h
6. 
   #6 Yahtzee Croshaw 6 books · 62 h
7. 
   #7 Rebecca Yarros 6 books · 60 h
8. 
   #8 Matt Dinniman 5 books · 84 h

series I stuck with.

1. 
   Spiral Wars 10 books · Joel Shepherd
2. 
   Culture 8 books · Iain M. Banks
3. 
   The Empyrean 6 books · Rebecca Yarros
4. 
   Dungeon Crawler Carl 5 books · Matt Dinniman
5. 
   Murderbot Diaries 5 books · Martha Wells
6. 
   Outworld Ranger 5 books · David Alastair Hayden

year by year.

odd facts.

• the doorstop85 hGalaxy Outlaws: The Complete Black Ocean Mobius Missions, 1-16.5, J. S. Morin. That is 3.5 days of somebody reading to me.
• the quick one3.3 hAll Systems Red, Martha Wells. Gone in an afternoon.
• the slow burn10 yrsLook to Windward sat in my library that long before I finished it.
• the voice in my head29books read to me by John Lee, more than anyone else.
• the habit74%of everything I have finished is science fiction.
• the pile39bought and not started: 685 h of listening, or 29 days without sleeping.
• the comfort listen10books I have gone back to for another listen. Most recently: Dungeon Crawler Carl.
• the big month95 hin Aug 2025, my most listened month on record.

a bookmark still in.

Started, not finished, not heard lately. They are not going anywhere.

1. 

   6% · Sep 2025

2. 

   9% · Jul 2025

3. 

   5% · Jun 2025

4. 

   8% · Jun 2025

5. 

   3% · Apr 2025

6. 

   2% · Mar 2025

7. 

   13% · Mar 2024

8. 

   27% · Mar 2024

9. 

   4% · Mar 2024

10. 

    30% · Oct 2023

11. 

    8% · Jan 2023

12. 

    5% · Dec 2019

what kind.

• Science Fiction68
• Fantasy18
• Literature & Fiction2