Here you can find my review scores for the books I read.
I largely read e-books on my Kindle, although almost all of the books related to ships and sailing are part of my small but dear to me maritime library.
I’m writing my mini-reviews since 2013, just for fun.
The reviews are not published (yet?), but the scores are.
All scores are given on a scale from 0 to 10, with exceptional titles given 11 (because why not?).
Reviews per year: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015
2025
| Name |
Score |
| Bernard Meehan - The Book of Kells |
11 |
| Peter Goodwin - The Construction and Fitting of the English Man of War |
10 |
| Anthony Lane & Martin Augustus - Lightships: Their Design, Development and Diversity |
10 |
| Matt Ruff - Lovecraft Country |
10 |
| Grady Hillhouse - Engineering in Plain Sight |
9 |
| Hampton Sides - The Wide Wide Sea |
9 |
| Jason Schreier - Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment |
8 |
| David Johnson - Brickmaking: History and Heritage |
8 |
| Ruth Delany - The Grand Canal of Ireland |
8 |
| Pat Sweeney - Liffey Ships & Shipbuilding |
8 |
| Lady Augusta Gregory - Irish Myths and Legends |
8 |
| Anne Chambers - Grace O’Malley |
6 |
2024
| Name |
Score |
| John Harland - Seamanship in the Age of Sail |
10 |
| Neil Price - Children of Ash and Elm |
10 |
| Paul Farrell - Tugboats Illustrated |
10 |
| Stephen Croad - The Thames Through Time |
9 |
| Richard Endsor - The Restoration Warship |
9 |
| Ian McLaughlan - The Sloop of War: 1650-1763 |
9 |
| Eric Clemens - USS Constitution A Midshipman’s Pocket Manual 1814 |
9 |
| N.K. Jemisin - The Shadowed Sun |
9 |
| David Grann - The Wager |
8 |
| Darcy Lever - Young Sea Officer’s Sheet Anchor |
8 |
| Brian Lavery - The Ship of the Line: A history in ship models |
8 |
| Eric Kentley - Cutty Sark: The Last of the Tea Clippers |
8 |
| Nick Ball - Navy Board Ship Models |
8 |
| Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island |
7 |
| N.A.M. Rodger - The Wooden World |
7 |
| Arthur Conan Doyle - The Valley of Fear |
7 |
| David McWilliams - The Pope’s Children |
5 |
2023
| Name |
Score |
| N.K. Jemisin - The Killing Moon |
10 |
| Liam Clarke - Light in the Darkness: A History of Lightships and the People Who Served on Them |
8 |
| Fintan O’Toole - We don’t know ourselves |
7 |
| Madeline Miller - The Song of Achilles |
7 |
| Nick Robins - The Coming of the Comet |
6 |
2022
| Name |
Score |
| Arthur Conan Doyle - The Hound of The Baskervilles |
10 |
| Ernie O’Malley - The Singing Flame |
9 |
| Robert Gardiner - The Sailing Frigate |
9 |
| Дмитрий Глуховский - Пост. Спаси и сохрани |
9 |
| D.K. Brown - Warrior to Dreadnought |
9 |
| Matthew Betts - Terror |
8 |
| Kurt Vonnegut- Galapagos |
8 |
| Michael Palin - Erebus |
8 |
| Ernie O’Malley - Another Man’s Wound |
8 |
| Brian Lavery - Anson’s Navy |
8 |
| N.K. Jemisin - The Kingdom of Gods |
8 |
| C.S. Forester - Mr. Midshipman Hornblower |
7 |
| Aldous Huxley - Brave New World |
7 |
| Алексей Юрчак - Это было навсегда, пока не кончилось |
5 |
2021
| Name |
Score |
| Richard Endsor - The Master Shipwrights Secrets |
11 |
| Arthur Conan Doyle - The Sign of Four |
9 |
| J.D. Davies - Pepys’s Navy |
9 |
| N.K. Jemisin - The Broken Kingdoms |
9 |
| N.K. Jemisin - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms |
9 |
| D.K. Brown - Before the Ironclad |
9 |
| Richard Endsor - The Warship Anne |
9 |
| Ernest Shackleton - South |
9 |
| Martha Wells - Exit Strategy |
9 |
| Martha Wells - Rogue Protocol |
9 |
| Jeroen Van der Vliet -Willem van de Velde & son |
8 |
| Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Grey |
8 |
| Brian Lavery - Wooden Ship Construction: A history in ship models |
8 |
| Oscar Wilde - The Importance of being Earnest |
8 |
| Arthur Conan Doyle - A Study in Scarlet |
7 |
| Jeff VanderMeer - Annihilation |
7 |
| Виктор Пелевин - iPhuck 10 |
6 |
| Terry Pratchett/ Neil Gaiman - Good Omens |
5 |
2020
| Name |
Score |
| Дмитрий Глуховский - Текст |
10 |
| N.K. Jemisin - Broken Earth Trilogy |
10 |
| Marie Kowal - The Calculating Stars |
10 |
| Виктор Пелевин - Generation “П” |
9 |
| Виктор Пелевин - Чапаев и Пустота |
9 |
| Martha Wells - Artificial Condition |
9 |
| Brian Kernighan - UNIX: A history and a Memoir |
8 |
| Mike Dash - Batavia’s Graveyard |
8 |
| Neal Stephenson - Fall or Dodge in Hell |
8 |
| Алексей Иванов - Тобол: Много званных |
7 |
2019
| Name |
Score |
| Братья Стругацкие - Обитаемый Остров |
10 |
| Виктор Пелевин - ОМОН Ра |
9 |
| Виктор Пелевин - Затворник и Шестипалый |
9 |
| Glen Cook - The Black Company |
9 |
| Юваль Ной Харари - Sapiens |
9 |
| Григорий Кубатьян - Жизнь в дороге |
9 |
| Владислав Иноземцев - Несовременная страна |
9 |
| Петровы в гриппе и вокруг него |
8 |
| Чайна Мьельвиль - Октябрь |
7 |
| Венедикт Ерофеев - Москва-Петушки |
7 |
| Джон Бойн - Бунт на Баунти |
7 |
| Виктор Пелевин - Желтая стрела |
6 |
| Jordan B. Peterson - 12 rules for life |
6 |
2018
| Name |
Score |
| John Windham - The Day of the Triffids |
10 |
| Евгений Замятин - Мы |
10 |
| Peter Watts - Starfish |
9 |
| Фёдор Достоевский - Идиот |
9 |
| Josiah Bancroft - Senlin Ascends |
8 |
| Arthur Clarke - Childhoods End |
8 |
| Martha Wells - All Systems Red |
8 |
| Robert Heinlein - A stranger in a strange land |
7 |
| Carl Sagan - Demon Haunted World |
3 |
2017
| Name |
Score |
| Александр Солженицын - Один день Ивана Денисовича |
10 |
| Peter Watts - Blindsight |
10 |
| Charles Dickens - A Tale Of Two Cities |
9 |
| Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland - The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. |
9 |
| Isaac Asimov - Nightfall |
8 |
| Филлип Дик - мечтают ли андроиды об электроовцах |
8 |
| Скот Орсон Кард - Игра Эндера |
8 |
| Robert Louis Stevenson - Strange case of dr. Jekyll and mr. Hyde |
8 |
| Ursula Vernon - Jackalope Wives |
7 |
| Ursula Vernon - The Tomato Thief |
7 |
| Нил Стивенсон - Зодиак |
7 |
| Шамиль Идиатуллин - Город Брежнев |
6 |
| Robert Sheckley - Watchbird |
5 |
| Юрий Олеша - Зависть |
4 |
2016
| Name |
Score |
| Фёдор Достоевский - Преступление и Наказание |
10 |
| Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets |
9 |
| Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s stone |
9 |
| Peter Watts - The Island |
8 |
| Neal Stephenson - Seveneves |
8 |
| Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness |
8 |
| The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson |
7 |
| Вернор Виндж - Пламя над бездной |
7 |
| Бернард Вербер - Муравьи |
6 |
| Захар Прилепин - Грех |
6 |
2015
| Name |
Score |
| Вернор Виндж: Глубина в небе |
10 |
| Сергей Довлатов: Заповедник |
10 |
| Сергей Довлатов: Филиал (Записки ведущего) |
9 |
| Сергей Довлатов: Компромисс |
9 |
| Энди Вейер: Марсианин |
9 |
| Ден Симмонс: Террор |
8 |
| Сергей Довлатов: Наши |
8 |
| Нил Стивенсон: Алмазный век |
8 |
| Нил Стивенсон: Лавина |
8 |
| Роберт Хайнлайн: История будущего (сборник) |
8 |
| Сергей Довлатов: Зона |
6 |