Books Read in 2024
- So far in 2024, I've read 107 books for 58497 pages, with an average rating of 3.91. The best books of the year have been:
- Bel Canto (Ann Patchett)
- Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
- Centennial (James A. Michener)
- For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
- Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
- Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
- Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
- Seal of the Worm (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
- The Count of Monte-Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
- The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory (Tim Alberta)
- The Little Friend (Donna Tartt)
- The Long Valley (John Steinbeck)
- The Luminaries (Eleanor Catton)
- The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco)
- The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
- The Only Plane in the Sky (Garrett M. Graff)
- The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
- The Quincunx (Charles Palliser)
- The Scarab Path (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
- The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
- Till We Have Faces (C.S. Lewis)
- To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
Book List
January
| Books read - 12 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 6732 | Read | Rating 4.25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Dragonfly Falling | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Shadows of the Apt | 673 | Dec 19, 2023 - Jan 1, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Count of Monte-Cristo | Alexandre Dumas | - | 1276 | Dec 3, 2023 - Jan 1, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Covenant of Water | Abraham Verghese | - | 724 | Dec 15, 2023 - Jan 1, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Sword of the Lictor | Gene Wolfe | The Book of the New Sun | 279 | Dec 29, 2023 - Jan 3, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Shorefall | Robert Jackson Bennett | The Founders Trilogy | 512 | Jan 4, 2024 - Jan 8, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Little Friend | Donna Tartt | - | 624 | Jan 1, 2024 - Jan 11, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Blood of the Mantis | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Shadows of the Apt | 429 | Jan 12, 2024 - Jan 18, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory | Tim Alberta | - | 493 | Dec 28, 2023 - Jan 19, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Defiant | Brandon Sanderson | Skyward Series | 420 | Jan 18, 2024 - Jan 21, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Birnam Wood | Eleanor Catton | - | 432 | Jan 19, 2024 - Jan 25, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Citadel of the Autarch | Gene Wolfe | The Book of the New Sun | 330 | Jan 22, 2024 - Jan 28, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Wintersteel | Will Wight | Cradle | 540 | Jan 28, 2024 - Jan 31, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
February
| Books read - 8 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 4376 | Read | Rating 4.25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sphere | Michael Crichton | - | 371 | Feb 1, 2024 - Feb 3, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Locklands | Robert Jackson Bennett | The Founders Trilogy | 560 | Feb 3, 2024 - Feb 7, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Dutch House | Ann Patchett | - | 337 | Feb 1, 2024 - Feb 7, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Salute the Dark | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Shadows of the Apt | 459 | Feb 8, 2024 - Feb 17, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Les Miserables | Victor Hugo | - | 1416 | Jan 9, 2024 - Feb 19, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Ink and Bone | Rachel Caine | The Great Library | 374 | Feb 18, 2024 - Feb 22, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Poisonwood Bible | Barbara Kingsolver | - | 546 | Feb 10, 2024 - Feb 28, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Till We Have Faces | C.S. Lewis | - | 313 | Sep 24, 2023 - Feb 28, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
March
| Books read - 10 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 5087 | Read | Rating 3.8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Pandora's Star | Peter F. Hamilton | Commonwealth Saga | 768 | Feb 22, 2024 - Mar 6, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Exiles | Preston M. Sprinkle | - | 189 | Mar 11, 2024 - Mar 14, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Scarab Path | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Shadows of the Apt | 692 | Mar 7, 2024 - Mar 15, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | I, Claudius | Robert Graves | - | 468 | Feb 22, 2024 - Mar 16, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Tainted Cup | Robert Jackson Bennett | Shadow of the Leviathan | 413 | Mar 15, 2024 - Mar 19, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Things They Carried | Tim O'Brien | - | 246 | Mar 14, 2024 - Mar 20, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Into Thin Air | Jon Krakauer | - | 368 | Mar 17, 2024 - Mar 23, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Bloodline | Will Wight | Cradle | 418 | Mar 28, 2024 - Mar 28, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Speaks the Nightbird | Robert McCammon | Matthew Corbett | 792 | Mar 24, 2024 - Mar 28, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Witchwood Crown | Tad Williams | The Last King of Osten Ard | 733 | Mar 19, 2024 - Mar 28, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
April
| Books read - 8 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 4741 | Read | Rating 3.88 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Rocannon's World | Ursula K. Le Guin | Hainish Cycle | 258 | Mar 29, 2024 - Apr 5, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Shantaram | Gregory David Roberts | - | 936 | Mar 29, 2024 - Apr 14, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Idiot | Fyodor Dostoevsky | - | 667 | Mar 29, 2024 - Apr 14, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Disquiet Gods | Christopher Ruocchio | The Sun Eater | 704 | Apr 5, 2024 - Apr 15, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Mere Christianity | C. S. Lewis | - | 191 | Apr 14, 2024 - Apr 24, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Sea Watch | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Shadows of the Apt | 697 | Apr 15, 2024 - Apr 25, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Luminaries | Eleanor Catton | - | 848 | Apr 14, 2024 - Apr 26, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Reaper | Will Wight | Cradle | 440 | Apr 25, 2024 - Apr 29, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
May
| Books read - 12 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 5127 | Read | Rating 3.67 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | James | Percival Everett | - | 303 | Apr 26, 2024 - May 2, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Paper and Fire | Rachel Caine | The Great Library | 354 | Apr 29, 2024 - May 2, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Long Valley | John Steinbeck | - | 233 | Apr 26, 2024 - May 2, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Colour Of Magic | Terry Pratchett | Discworld | 287 | May 3, 2024 - May 8, 2024 | ⭐⭐ |
 | The Party Crasher | Joshua Butler | - | 205 | May 2, 2024 - May 8, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | In the Woods | Tana French | Dublin Murder Squad | 431 | May 9, 2024 - May 13, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Heirs of the Blade | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Shadows of the Apt | 622 | May 8, 2024 - May 20, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Moby Dick | Herman Melville | - | 720 | May 3, 2024 - May 21, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Ash and Quill | Rachel Caine | The Great Library | 338 | May 25, 2024 - May 26, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Dreadgod | Will Wight | Cradle | 502 | May 21, 2024 - May 27, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Rebecca | Daphne Du Maurier | - | 428 | May 21, 2024 - May 28, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Given Day | Dennis Lehane | - | 704 | May 14, 2024 - May 30, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
June
| Books read - 11 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 4699 | Read | Rating 3.82 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Trials of Empire | Richard Swan | Empire of the Wolf | 496 | May 27, 2024 - Jun 1, 2024 | ⭐⭐ |
 | Piranesi | Susanna Clarke | - | 272 | Jun 1, 2024 - Jun 6, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Waybound | Will Wight | Cradle | 506 | Jun 9, 2024 - Jun 11, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Kingdom of Rage | Elizabeth Neumann | - | 320 | Jun 2, 2024 - Jun 15, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Master and Margarita | Mikhail Bulgakov | - | 372 | Jun 1, 2024 - Jun 15, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Name of the Rose | Umberto Eco | - | 552 | Jun 1, 2024 - Jun 16, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Old Man and the Sea | Ernest Hemingway | - | 96 | Jun 16, 2024 - Jun 19, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Caine Mutiny | Herman Wouk | - | 537 | Jun 17, 2024 - Jun 21, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Long and Faraway Gone | Lou Berney | - | 454 | Jun 22, 2024 - Jun 24, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Air War | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Shadows of the Apt | 646 | Jun 12, 2024 - Jun 25, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Smoke and Iron | Rachel Caine | The Great Library | 448 | Jun 25, 2024 - Jun 29, 2024 | ⭐⭐ |
July
| Books read - 7 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 4139 | Read | Rating 3.86 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Will of the Many | James Islington | The Hierarchy | 640 | Jul 2, 2024 - Jul 4, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Tai-Pan | James Clavell | Asian Saga | 732 | Jun 25, 2024 - Jul 8, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Captain | Will Wight | The Last Horizon | 401 | Jul 4, 2024 - Jul 8, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Dagger and the Cross | Culbert G. Rutenber | - | 135 | Jun 22, 2024 - Jul 17, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | War Master's Gate | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Shadows of the Apt | 716 | Jul 8, 2024 - Jul 29, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Fathers and Sons | Ivan Turgenev | - | 294 | Jul 20, 2024 - Jul 30, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Quincunx | Charles Palliser | - | 1221 | Jul 8, 2024 - Jul 31, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
August
| Books read - 9 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 5008 | Read | Rating 3.89 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Bel Canto | Ann Patchett | - | 318 | Aug 1, 2024 - Aug 6, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Engineer | Will Wight | The Last Horizon | 417 | Jul 31, 2024 - Aug 6, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Seal of the Worm | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Shadows of the Apt | 614 | Aug 6, 2024 - Aug 16, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Bleak House | Charles Dickens | - | 989 | Aug 1, 2024 - Aug 19, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Jade City | Fonda Lee | The Green Bone Saga | 540 | Aug 18, 2024 - Aug 20, 2024 | ⭐⭐ |
 | Sometimes a Great Notion | Ken Kesey | - | 715 | Aug 6, 2024 - Aug 22, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Dragon's Egg | Robert L. Forward | - | 352 | Aug 21, 2024 - Aug 25, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Likeness | Tana French | Dublin Murder Squad | 466 | Aug 22, 2024 - Aug 25, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Children of Ruin | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Children of Time | 597 | Aug 26, 2024 - Aug 29, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
September
| Books read - 7 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 4154 | Read | Rating 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Knight | Will Wight | The Last Horizon | 407 | Aug 30, 2024 - Sep 3, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Only Plane in the Sky | Garrett M. Graff | - | 528 | Aug 30, 2024 - Sep 4, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Centennial | James A. Michener | - | 1104 | Aug 25, 2024 - Sep 8, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Ordinary Grace | William Kent Krueger | - | 307 | Sep 4, 2024 - Sep 10, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Oresteia | Aeschylus | - | 336 | Sep 4, 2024 - Sep 12, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Navola | Paolo Bacigalupi | - | 576 | Sep 10, 2024 - Sep 15, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Winds of War | Herman Wouk | The Henry Family | 896 | Sep 10, 2024 - Sep 25, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
October
| Books read - 10 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 6657 | Read | Rating 3.9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Three Musketeers | Alexandre Dumas | - | 625 | Sep 16, 2024 - Oct 1, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Blackwater | Michael McDowell | - | 803 | Oct 1, 2024 - Oct 8, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee | - | 275 | Oct 1, 2024 - Oct 10, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Children of Memory | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Children of Time | 480 | Oct 9, 2024 - Oct 15, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Jerusalem | Alan Moore | - | 1312 | Sep 16, 2024 - Oct 15, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Faithful Place | Tana French | Dublin Murder Squad | 400 | Oct 15, 2024 - Oct 20, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Curse of the Mistwraith | Janny Wurts | Wars of Light and Shadow | 830 | Oct 16, 2024 - Oct 23, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Practicing the Way | John Mark Comer | - | 288 | Oct 10, 2024 - Oct 26, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Shadow of What Was Lost | James Islington | The Licanius Trilogy | 602 | Oct 24, 2024 - Oct 29, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | War and Remembrance | Herman Wouk | The Henry Family | 1042 | Oct 20, 2024 - Oct 29, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
November
| Books read - 10 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 5229 | Read | Rating 3.7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Annihilation | Jeff VanderMeer | Southern Reach Trilogy | 209 | Oct 29, 2024 - Nov 1, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Peace Like a River | Leif Enger | - | 312 | Oct 29, 2024 - Nov 4, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Sound and the Fury | William Faulkner | - | 366 | Oct 29, 2024 - Nov 4, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Ships of Merior | Janny Wurts | Wars of Light and Shadow | 702 | Nov 2, 2024 - Nov 12, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Children of Ash and Elm | Neil Price | - | 656 | Nov 4, 2024 - Nov 17, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Foucault's Pendulum | Umberto Eco | - | 623 | Nov 4, 2024 - Nov 19, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | An Echo of Things to Come | James Islington | The Licanius Trilogy | 752 | Nov 13, 2024 - Nov 20, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Broken Harbour | Tana French | Dublin Murder Squad | 450 | Nov 20, 2024 - Nov 24, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Empire of Grass | Tad Williams | The Last King of Osten Ard | 688 | Nov 20, 2024 - Nov 30, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Ernest Hemingway | - | 471 | Nov 20, 2024 - Nov 30, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
December
| Books read - 3 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 2548 | Read | Rating 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | City of Last Chances | Adrian Tchaikovsky | The Tyrant Philosophers | 500 | Dec 1, 2024 - Dec 5, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | An Instance of the Fingerpost | Iain Pears | - | 704 | Nov 27, 2024 - Dec 6, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Wind and Truth | Brandon Sanderson | The Stormlight Archive - Arc 1 | 1344 | Dec 7, 2024 - Dec 16, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |