The 100 Books of 2024

Every year I set out to read 100 books. I barely squeaked over the finish line this year because I was trying to focus on quality *and* quantity, and put some longer books into the mix (Pillars of the Earth, Emperor of All Maladies, Outlander, 11/22/63, etc.)

Top Twelve of 2024

• All Systems Red (Murderbot #1) - Martha Wells 

• Poverty, by America - Matthew Desmond

• The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett

• An Immense World - Ed Yong

• Someone You Can Build a Nest In - John Wiswell

• Outlander - Diana Gabaldon

• Poor Things - Alasdair Gray

• The Only Plane in the Sky - Garrett Graff

• The Emperor of All Maladies - Siddhartha Mukherjee

• A Country of Ghosts - Margaret Killjoy

• Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman

• The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.: A Novel - Neal Stephenson, Nicole Galland

January 2024

1. Rogue Protocol (Murderbot #3) - Martha Wells

2. Artificial Condition (Murderbot #2) - Martha Wells

3. Moonwalking with Einstein - Joshua Foer

4. 11/22/63 - Stephen King

5. All Systems Red (Murderbot #1) - Martha Wells 

6. Free - Lea Ypi

7. The Woman in Me - Britney Spears

8. The Library of Shadows - Rachel Moore

9. Poverty, by America - Matthew Desmond

February 2024

10. How Civil Wars Start - Barbara F. Walter 

11. The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett

12. Exit Strategy (Murderbot #4) - Martha Wells

13. Moon Called - Patricia Briggs

14. Weyward - Emilia Hart

March 2024

15. Fugitive Telemetry (Murderbot #6) - Martha Wells

16. A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World - C.A. Fletcher

17. Network Effect (Murderbot #5) - Martha Wells

18. Starter Villain - John Scalzi.

19. An Immense World - Ed Yong

20. The Bullet Swallower - Elizabeth Gonzalez James

21. A Drink Before the War - Dennis Lehane 

April 2024

22. Chambers of the Heart - B. Morris Allen

23. Someone You Can Build a Nest In - John Wiswell

24. System Collapse (Murderbot #7) - Martha Wells

25. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase - Joan Aiken

26. Cosmic Queries - Neil deGrasse Tyson

27. Breath - James Nestor

May 2024

28. Mrs. Caliban - Rachel Ingalls

29. Mindreader - David J. Lieberman

30. Episode Thirteen - Craig diLouie

31. What You Are Looking For Is in the Library - Michiko Aoyama

32. The Talented Mr. Ripley - Patricia Highsmith

33. A Fever in the Heartland - Timothy Egan

34. Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi

June 2024

35. The Idea of You - Robinne Lee

36. Roadside Picnic - Arkady & Boris Strugatsky

37. Sycamore Row - John Grisham

38. Outlander - Diana Gabaldon

39. Poor Things - Alasdair Gray

40. Into the Raging Sea - Rachel Slade

July 2024

41. The Apple Tree Throne - Premee Mohamed

42. Split Infinity - Piers Anthony

43. The Impossible Fortress - Jason Rekulak

44. Leave the World Behind - Rumaan Alam

45. A Vicious Circle (#1-2) - Mattson Tomlin, Lee Bermejo

46. Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman

47. A City on Mars - Kelly Weinersmith

48. The Only Plane in the Sky - Garrett Graff

August 2024

49. Who Goes There? - John W. Campbell

50. After Everyone Died - Sean Patrick Little

51. The Love of My Afterlife - Kirsty Greenwood

52. Between Wind and Water - Gerald Warner Brace

53. Carl's Doomsday Scenario - Matt Dinniman

54. Recollections of My Nonexistence - Rebecca Solnit

55. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - Anita Loos

September 2024

56. Folk Songs for Trauma Surgeons - Keith Rosson

57. Long Empty Roads - Sean Patrick Little

58. Little House in the Big Woods - Laura Ingalls Wilder

59. The One - John Marrs

60. I Never Liked You Anyway - Jordan Kurella

61. The 20Time Project - Kevin Brookhouser, Ria Megnin

62. Big - Vashti Harrison

63. Assassins Anonymous - Rob Hart

64. Miss Rumphius - Barbara Cooney

65. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook - Matt Dinniman

October 2024

66. Sweep - Jonathan Auxier

67. The One and Only Bob - Katherine Applegate

68. My Ántonia - Willa Cather

69. Hidden Pictures - Jason Rekulak

70. 14 - Peter Clines

71. The Cat Who Saved Books - Sōsuke Natsukawa

72. Little House on the Prairie - Laura Ingalls Wilder

73. The Gate of the Feral Gods - Matt Dinniman

74. The One and Only Ivan - Katherine Applegate

75. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce

November 2024

76. The First Lie Wins - Ashley Elston

77. The Night Guest - Hildur Knútsdóttir

78. Annie Bot - Sierra Greer 

79. A Life on Our Planet - David Attenborough

80. Revenge of the Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell

December 2024

81. Carmilla - J. Sheridan Le Fanu

82. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman

83. The Boys of Riverside - Thomas Fuller

84. The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham

85. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Tennessee Williams (play)

86. Mucho Mojo - Joe R. Lansdale

87. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir - R.A. Dick

88. John the Balladeer - Manly Wade Wellman

89. The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway

90. Assassination Classroom, #1 - Yusei Matsui,  (manga)

91. Savage Season - Joe R. Lansdale

92. The Emperor of All Maladies - Siddhartha Mukherjee

93. A Country of Ghosts - Margaret Killjoy

94. Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman

95. The Goon - Volumes #0-3 - Eric Powell (graphic novel)

96. Providence #1-12 - Alan Moore, Jacen Burrows (graphic novel)

97. The Day the World Came to Town - Jim DeFede

98. The Risk - S.T. Abby

99. Backwoods Witchcraft - Jake Richards

100. The Troop - Nick Cutter

101. The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.: A Novel - Neal Stephenson, Nicole Galland