Books Read in 2024
- So far in 2024, I've read 112 books for 61414 pages, with an average rating of 3.87. 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 - 9 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 4059 | Read | Rating 4.22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Sword of the Lictor | Gene Wolfe | The Book of the New Sun | 279 | Dec 28, 2023 - Jan 2, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Shorefall | Robert Jackson Bennett | The Founders Trilogy | 512 | Jan 3, 2024 - Jan 7, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | The Little Friend | Donna Tartt | - | 624 | Dec 31, 2023 - Jan 10, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Blood of the Mantis | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Shadows of the Apt | 429 | Jan 11, 2024 - Jan 17, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory | Tim Alberta | - | 493 | Dec 27, 2023 - Jan 18, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Defiant | Brandon Sanderson | Skyward Series | 420 | Jan 17, 2024 - Jan 20, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Birnam Wood | Eleanor Catton | - | 432 | Jan 18, 2024 - Jan 24, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Citadel of the Autarch | Gene Wolfe | The Book of the New Sun | 330 | Jan 21, 2024 - Jan 27, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Wintersteel | Will Wight | Cradle | 540 | Jan 27, 2024 - Jan 30, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
February
| Books read - 8 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 4376 | Read | Rating 4.25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sphere | Michael Crichton | - | 371 | Jan 31, 2024 - Feb 2, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Locklands | Robert Jackson Bennett | The Founders Trilogy | 560 | Feb 2, 2024 - Feb 6, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Dutch House | Ann Patchett | - | 337 | Jan 31, 2024 - Feb 6, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Salute the Dark | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Shadows of the Apt | 459 | Feb 7, 2024 - Feb 16, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Les Miserables | Victor Hugo | - | 1416 | Jan 8, 2024 - Feb 18, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Ink and Bone | Rachel Caine | The Great Library | 374 | Feb 17, 2024 - Feb 21, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Poisonwood Bible | Barbara Kingsolver | - | 546 | Feb 9, 2024 - Feb 27, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Till We Have Faces | C.S. Lewis | - | 313 | Sep 23, 2023 - Feb 27, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
March
| Books read - 10 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 5087 | Read | Rating 3.8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pandora's Star | Peter F. Hamilton | Commonwealth Saga | 768 | Feb 21, 2024 - Mar 5, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Exiles | Preston M. Sprinkle | - | 189 | Mar 10, 2024 - Mar 13, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Scarab Path | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Shadows of the Apt | 692 | Mar 6, 2024 - Mar 14, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| I, Claudius | Robert Graves | - | 468 | Feb 21, 2024 - Mar 15, 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 13, 2024 - Mar 19, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Into Thin Air | Jon Krakauer | - | 368 | Mar 16, 2024 - Mar 22, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Bloodline | Will Wight | Cradle | 418 | Mar 27, 2024 - Mar 27, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Speaks the Nightbird | Robert McCammon | Matthew Corbett | 792 | Mar 23, 2024 - Mar 27, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Witchwood Crown | Tad Williams | The Last King of Osten Ard | 733 | Mar 18, 2024 - Mar 27, 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 28, 2024 - Apr 4, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Shantaram | Gregory David Roberts | - | 936 | Mar 28, 2024 - Apr 13, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | The Idiot | Fyodor Dostoevsky | - | 667 | Mar 28, 2024 - Apr 13, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Disquiet Gods | Christopher Ruocchio | The Sun Eater | 704 | Apr 4, 2024 - Apr 14, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Mere Christianity | C. S. Lewis | - | 191 | Apr 13, 2024 - Apr 23, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| The Sea Watch | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Shadows of the Apt | 697 | Apr 14, 2024 - Apr 24, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | The Luminaries | Eleanor Catton | - | 848 | Apr 13, 2024 - Apr 25, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Reaper | Will Wight | Cradle | 440 | Apr 24, 2024 - Apr 28, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
May
| Books read - 13 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 5623 | Read | Rating 3.46 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | Percival Everett | - | 303 | Apr 25, 2024 - May 1, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Paper and Fire | Rachel Caine | The Great Library | 354 | Apr 28, 2024 - May 1, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Long Valley | John Steinbeck | - | 233 | Apr 25, 2024 - May 1, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Colour Of Magic | Terry Pratchett | Discworld | 287 | May 2, 2024 - May 7, 2024 | ⭐⭐ |
 | The Party Crasher | Joshua Butler | - | 205 | May 1, 2024 - May 7, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | In the Woods | Tana French | Dublin Murder Squad | 431 | May 8, 2024 - May 12, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Heirs of the Blade | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Shadows of the Apt | 622 | May 7, 2024 - May 19, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Moby Dick | Herman Melville | - | 720 | May 2, 2024 - May 20, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Ash and Quill | Rachel Caine | The Great Library | 338 | May 24, 2024 - May 25, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Dreadgod | Will Wight | Cradle | 502 | May 20, 2024 - May 26, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Rebecca | Daphne Du Maurier | - | 428 | May 20, 2024 - May 27, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Given Day | Dennis Lehane | - | 704 | May 13, 2024 - May 29, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | The Trials of Empire | Richard Swan | Empire of the Wolf | 496 | May 26, 2024 - May 31, 2024 | ⭐⭐ |
June
| Books read - 10 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 4203 | Read | Rating 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piranesi | Susanna Clarke | - | 272 | May 31, 2024 - Jun 5, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Waybound | Will Wight | Cradle | 506 | Jun 8, 2024 - Jun 10, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Kingdom of Rage | Elizabeth Neumann | - | 320 | Jun 1, 2024 - Jun 14, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Master and Margarita | Mikhail Bulgakov | - | 372 | May 31, 2024 - Jun 14, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Name of the Rose | Umberto Eco | - | 552 | May 31, 2024 - Jun 15, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | The Old Man and the Sea | Ernest Hemingway | - | 96 | Jun 15, 2024 - Jun 18, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Caine Mutiny | Herman Wouk | - | 537 | Jun 16, 2024 - Jun 20, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| The Long and Faraway Gone | Lou Berney | - | 454 | Jun 21, 2024 - Jun 23, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Air War | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Shadows of the Apt | 646 | Jun 11, 2024 - Jun 24, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Smoke and Iron | Rachel Caine | The Great Library | 448 | Jun 24, 2024 - Jun 28, 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 1, 2024 - Jul 3, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Tai-Pan | James Clavell | Asian Saga | 732 | Jun 24, 2024 - Jul 7, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | The Captain | Will Wight | The Last Horizon | 401 | Jul 3, 2024 - Jul 7, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Dagger and the Cross | Culbert G. Rutenber | - | 135 | Jun 21, 2024 - Jul 16, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| War Master's Gate | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Shadows of the Apt | 716 | Jul 7, 2024 - Jul 28, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Fathers and Sons | Ivan Turgenev | - | 294 | Jul 19, 2024 - Jul 29, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Quincunx | Charles Palliser | - | 1221 | Jul 7, 2024 - Jul 30, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
August
| Books read - 9 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 5008 | Read | Rating 3.89 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Bel Canto | Ann Patchett | - | 318 | Jul 31, 2024 - Aug 5, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Engineer | Will Wight | The Last Horizon | 417 | Jul 30, 2024 - Aug 5, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Seal of the Worm | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Shadows of the Apt | 614 | Aug 5, 2024 - Aug 15, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Bleak House | Charles Dickens | - | 989 | Jul 31, 2024 - Aug 18, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Jade City | Fonda Lee | The Green Bone Saga | 540 | Aug 17, 2024 - Aug 19, 2024 | ⭐⭐ |
| Sometimes a Great Notion | Ken Kesey | - | 715 | Aug 5, 2024 - Aug 21, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Dragon's Egg | Robert L. Forward | - | 352 | Aug 20, 2024 - Aug 24, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Likeness | Tana French | Dublin Murder Squad | 466 | Aug 21, 2024 - Aug 24, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Children of Ruin | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Children of Time | 597 | Aug 25, 2024 - Aug 28, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
September
| Books read - 8 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 4779 | Read | Rating 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Knight | Will Wight | The Last Horizon | 407 | Aug 29, 2024 - Sep 2, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| The Only Plane in the Sky | Garrett M. Graff | - | 528 | Aug 29, 2024 - Sep 3, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Centennial | James A. Michener | - | 1104 | Aug 24, 2024 - Sep 7, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Ordinary Grace | William Kent Krueger | - | 307 | Sep 3, 2024 - Sep 9, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| The Oresteia | Aeschylus | - | 336 | Sep 3, 2024 - Sep 11, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Navola | Paolo Bacigalupi | - | 576 | Sep 9, 2024 - Sep 14, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | The Winds of War | Herman Wouk | The Henry Family | 896 | Sep 9, 2024 - Sep 24, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Three Musketeers | Alexandre Dumas | - | 625 | Sep 15, 2024 - Sep 30, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
October
| Books read - 10 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 6241 | Read | Rating 3.8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Blackwater | Michael McDowell | - | 803 | Sep 30, 2024 - Oct 7, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee | - | 275 | Sep 30, 2024 - Oct 9, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Children of Memory | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Children of Time | 480 | Oct 8, 2024 - Oct 14, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Jerusalem | Alan Moore | - | 1312 | Sep 15, 2024 - Oct 14, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Faithful Place | Tana French | Dublin Murder Squad | 400 | Oct 14, 2024 - Oct 19, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| The Curse of the Mistwraith | Janny Wurts | Wars of Light and Shadow | 830 | Oct 15, 2024 - Oct 22, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Practicing the Way | John Mark Comer | - | 288 | Oct 9, 2024 - Oct 25, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | The Shadow of What Was Lost | James Islington | The Licanius Trilogy | 602 | Oct 23, 2024 - Oct 28, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | War and Remembrance | Herman Wouk | The Henry Family | 1042 | Oct 19, 2024 - Oct 28, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Annihilation | Jeff VanderMeer | Southern Reach Trilogy | 209 | Oct 28, 2024 - Oct 31, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
November
| Books read - 9 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 5020 | Read | Rating 3.78 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Peace Like a River | Leif Enger | - | 312 | Oct 28, 2024 - Nov 3, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Sound and the Fury | William Faulkner | - | 366 | Oct 28, 2024 - Nov 3, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| The Ships of Merior | Janny Wurts | Wars of Light and Shadow | 702 | Nov 1, 2024 - Nov 11, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Children of Ash and Elm | Neil Price | - | 656 | Nov 3, 2024 - Nov 16, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| Foucault's Pendulum | Umberto Eco | - | 623 | Nov 3, 2024 - Nov 18, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | An Echo of Things to Come | James Islington | The Licanius Trilogy | 752 | Nov 12, 2024 - Nov 19, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Broken Harbour | Tana French | Dublin Murder Squad | 450 | Nov 19, 2024 - Nov 23, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Empire of Grass | Tad Williams | The Last King of Osten Ard | 688 | Nov 19, 2024 - Nov 29, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Ernest Hemingway | - | 471 | Nov 19, 2024 - Nov 29, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
December
| Books read - 8 | Title | Author | Series | Pages 5465 | Read | Rating 3.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Last Chances | Adrian Tchaikovsky | The Tyrant Philosophers | 500 | Nov 30, 2024 - Dec 4, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
| An Instance of the Fingerpost | Iain Pears | - | 704 | Nov 26, 2024 - Dec 5, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | Wind and Truth | Brandon Sanderson | The Stormlight Archive - Arc 1 | 1344 | Dec 6, 2024 - Dec 15, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
 | Sacred Games | Vikram Chandra | - | 947 | Dec 5, 2024 - Dec 21, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Light of All That Falls | James Islington | The Licanius Trilogy | 864 | Dec 5, 2024 - Dec 22, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
 | The Secret Place | Tana French | Dublin Murder Squad | 541 | Dec 22, 2024 - Dec 24, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ |
| Authority | Jeff VanderMeer | Southern Reach Trilogy | 341 | Dec 22, 2024 - Dec 26, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
 | The Myth of a Christian Nation | Gregory A. Boyd | - | 224 | Nov 30, 2024 - Dec 26, 2024 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
