Here's a list of the books I read in 2014. I recommend the ones in bold.
Ghost Story by Jim Butcher (urban fantasy, 2011)
Cold Days by Jim Butcher (urban fantasy, 2013)
I Wear the Black Hat by Chuck Klosterman (cultural essays, 2013)
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan (fiction, 2012)
It's Too Late to Say I'm Sorry by Joey Comeau (short stories, 2007)
Fray by Joss Whedon (comic book series, 2001)
John Dies at the End by David Wong (fiction, 2013)
Divergent by Veronica Roth (fiction, 2012)
Insurgent by Veronica Roth (fiction, 2012)
Allegiant by Veronica Roth (fiction, 2013)
Show Your Work by Austin Kleon (non-fiction, 2014)
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini (fiction, 2006)
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (science fiction, 2011)