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    Turns out I’m two years behind on these so I’m getting ’em up! No commentary because I gotta run out the door to ink more pages of Seacritters, but hopefully I’ll come back to this down the line. (Previously: 2023 in Reading,Β 2022 in Reading,Β 2021 in Reading,Β 2020 in Reading) LegendRough Guide to Ratings🎭 – PlaysπŸ“ – PoetryπŸ“– – Books (Fiction)πŸ““ – Books (Nonfiction)πŸ’¬ – Graphic NovelsπŸ”„ – RereadπŸŽ™οΈ – Audiobook❀︎ = Yes❀︎❀︎ = Oh Yes❀︎❀︎❀︎ = Oh Hell Yes❀︎❀︎❀︎❀︎❀︎ = Obviously this one hit at the rig
     

2024 in Reading

20 January 2026 at 18:54

Turns out I’m two years behind on these so I’m getting ’em up! No commentary because I gotta run out the door to ink more pages of Seacritters, but hopefully I’ll come back to this down the line.

(Previously: 2023 in Reading,Β 2022 in Reading,Β 2021 in Reading,Β 2020 in Reading)

LegendRough Guide to Ratings
🎭 – Plays
πŸ“ – Poetry
πŸ“– – Books (Fiction)
πŸ““ – Books (Nonfiction)
πŸ’¬ – Graphic Novels
πŸ”„ – Reread
πŸŽ™οΈ – Audiobook
❀︎ = Yes
❀︎❀︎ = Oh Yes
❀︎❀︎❀︎ = Oh Hell Yes
❀︎❀︎❀︎❀︎❀︎ = Obviously this one hit at the right place and the right time
  1. πŸ“– The Raven Tower – Ann Leckie
  2. πŸ“– The Night Manager – John Le CarrΓ©
  3. πŸ’¬ / πŸ““ It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth – Zoe Thorogood
  4. πŸ“– Network Effect – Martha Wells
  5. πŸ““ The Beauty in Breaking – Michele Harper
  6. πŸ’¬ / πŸ““ The Five Lives of Hilma Af Kilnt – Philipp Deines
  7. πŸ“– The Fermata – Nicholson Baker
  8. πŸ“– Birnam Wood – Eleanor Catton ❀︎❀︎
  9. πŸ“– The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton
  10. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– Lightning Rods – Helen DeWitt
  11. πŸ“– Prophet – Sin BlachΓ© & Helen Macdonald ❀︎
  12. πŸ““ Holy the Firm – Annie Dillard ❀︎❀︎
  13. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– Making Money – Terry Pratchett
  14. πŸ“– Excession – Ian M. Banks
  15. πŸ““ Your Money or Your Life – Vicki Robin & Joe Dominguez
  16. πŸ““ Subculture Vulture – Moshe Kasher
  17. πŸ“– The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi – Shannon Chakraborty ❀︎
  18. πŸ“ The Peace of Wild Things – Wendell Berry ❀︎❀︎❀︎
  19. πŸ““ The Liars’ Club – Mary Karr ❀︎❀︎
  20. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– The Lies of Locke Lamora – Scott Lynch
  21. πŸ’¬ / πŸ““ And Now I Spill the Family Secrets – Margaret Kimball
  22. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– Sex Criminals Vols. 1-6 – Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky ❀︎❀︎
  23. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– Red Seas Under Red Skies – Scott Lynch
  24. πŸ““ Travelers to Unimaginable Lands – Dasha Kiper ❀︎
  25. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– Safari Honeymoon – Jesse Jacobs
  26. πŸ““ What If This Were Enough? – Heather Havrilesky
  27. πŸ“– Oliver VII – Antal Szerb
  28. πŸ’¬ / πŸ““ How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less – Sarah Glidden
  29. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– The Republic of Thieves – Scott Lynch
  30. πŸ“ 44 Poems for You – Sarah Ruhl
  31. πŸ““ Wild – Cheryl Strayed
  32. πŸ““ Saving Time – Jenny Odell ❀︎❀︎❀︎❀︎❀︎
  33. πŸŽ™οΈ/πŸ“– The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman
  34. πŸ““ The Wild Edge of Sorrow – Francis Weller ❀︎❀︎
  35. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– Nothing to See Here – Kevin Wilson
  36. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– The City of Brass – S.A. Chakraborty
  37. πŸ’¬ / πŸ““ The Worst Journey in the World: Vol. 1 – Sarah Airriess, adapted from Apsley Cherry-Garrard ❀︎
  38. πŸ““ Smile: The Story of a Face – Sarah Ruhl ❀︎❀︎
  39. πŸ““ Gender/Fucking – Florence Ashley
  40. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– Pixels of You – Ananth Hirsh, Yuko Ota, J.R. Doyle
  41. πŸ““ Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder – Lawrence Weschler / Visitng The Museum of Jurassic Technology IRL ❀︎❀︎❀︎
  42. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– Waverider (Amulet Book 9) – Kazu Kibuishi
  43. πŸ“– Women Talking – Miriam Toews
  44. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– The Kingdom of Copper – S.A. Chakraborty
  45. πŸ““ Care: The Highest Stage of Capitalism – Premilla Nadasen ❀︎❀︎
  46. πŸ”„ πŸ““ Steal Like an Artist – Austin Kleon
  47. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– Danger and Other Unknown Risks – Ryan North & Erica Henderson ❀︎❀︎❀︎
  48. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– Lightfall: The Dark Times – Tim Probert
  49. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– The Empire of Gold – S. A. Chakraborty
  50. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– Night Boat to Tangier – Kevin Barry ❀︎❀︎❀︎
  51. πŸ“– Funny Story – Emily Henry
  52. πŸ’¬ / πŸ“– Stargazing – Jen Wang
  53. πŸ’¬ / πŸ““ In Limbo – Deb JJ Lee
  54. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– The Midnight Library – Matt Haig
  55. πŸ““ Four Thousand Weeks – Oliver Burkeman ❀︎
  56. πŸ’¬ / πŸ““ Coma – Zara Slattery
  57. πŸ““ The Long Run: A Creative Inquiry – Stacey D’Erasmo ❀︎❀︎
  58. πŸ““ Mutual Aid – Dean Spade
  59. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– The Book of Love – Kelly Link
  60. πŸ“– Red, White, and Royal Blue – Casey McQuiston
  61. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– Godkiller – Hannah Kaner
  62. πŸ“– Whoever You Are, Honey – Olivia Gatwood ❀︎
  63. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ“– Sunbringer – Hannah Kaner
  64. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ““ Driven to Distraction – Edward M. Hallowell & John J. Ratey
  65. πŸŽ™οΈ / πŸ““ A Heart That Works – Rob Delaney ❀︎
  66. πŸ“– Nervous Conditions – Tsitsi Dangarembga
  67. πŸ““ Slouching Towards Bethlehem – Joan Didion ❀︎❀︎

Unfinished but Made Progress

  1. The Nature Book – Tom Comitta
  2. Annals of the Former World – John McFee
  3. The Divine Comedy – Dante
  4. Come Together – Emily Nagoski
  5. Wildwood – Roger Deakin
  6. The Idle Beekeeper – Bill Anderson
  7. Bear – Marian Engel
  8. This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed – Charles E. Cobb Jr.
  9. A Month in Siena – Hisham Matar

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