Books Read in 2024
Below are the books I've read in 2024. The best books of this year have been:
- Birnam Wood (Eleanor Catton)
- Exiles (Preston M. Sprinkle)
- Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
- Piranesi (Susanna Clarke)
- Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
- The Count of Monte-Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
- The Dutch House (Ann Patchett)
- 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 Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
- The Scarab Path (Adrian Tchaikovsky)
- The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
- Till We Have Faces (C.S. Lewis)
cover - 65 | title | author | series | pages | read | rating |
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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 | 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 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
![]() | 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 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | |
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 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
![]() | 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 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
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 | ⭐⭐⭐ | |
![]() | 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 | ⭐⭐ | |
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 | ⭐⭐⭐ |