Books Read for 2017

Since 2003, I've read more than 200 books totaling a little more 50,000 pages. This year I read ten
titles totaling more than 3500 pages. The majority of the titles were non-fiction focusing on world and US history.  One was on the 2016 presidential election, another on arson forensics, a third on how to write a murder mystery, a handful on the civil war, and the last a bubblegum spy thriller.

These books covered diverse subjects, yet there were a couple common themes throughout them: conflict, warfare, science, and politics.  Most notably, whether its ancient Rome or modern south east Asia, human's political ambitions come in contact with others.  But despite the passage of two millennium humans have progressed toward resolving problems without open warfare.  

Here's the 2017 book list.

The Decline and Fall of Rome

Rebel Yell

Arson

How to write a damn good Mystery

Asia's Cauldron

Last Full Measure

Terrible Swift Sword

Shattered

Sherman's March

Point of Contact

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Sean Smith is an award winning conservationist and author. He is a former National Park Ranger at Yellowstone, Glacier, and the North Cascades. He is a TEDx speaker, and private pilot. He graduated from the University of Washington in 1989 with a degree in Political Science. He got his master's in Natural Resources Management from Central Washington University in 1996. He currently runs Washington State's efforts to reduce and eliminate toxic chemicals from consumer products and serves as the Mayor Pro Tem of Covington.

He has been writing stories and books since he was a child and currently writes national park thrillers from the shadow of Mount Rainier.

All his novels can be found here: Mr. Sean D Smith