2024 Reading List

Compared to previous years, this one was a little slim. I just didn't feel like reading for much of the year. I'm not sure why; some years are like that. So the stats first and then I'll list the books. As usual, here are my designations listed after each book:

F = Fiction
NF = Non-fiction
M = Mystery
RA = Read out loud
L = Listened to
* = I particularly recommend 

There will be far fewer recommended books this year. Maybe there is a correlation between really good books and my desire to read. Who knows.

61 books read
    13 non-fiction
    28 fiction
    20 mystery
16 books not finished
2 books read out loud
9 books listened to

1. That Bullet that Missed - Richard Osman (M)(342 p.)
2. The Last Devil to Die - Richard Osman (M)(353 p.)
3. The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi - Shannon Chakraborty (F)(477 p.)*
4. The Collector - Daniel Silva (F)(399 p.)
5. Dark Matter - Blake Crouch (F)(340 p.)
6. Babel - R. F. Kuang ((F)(544 p.)*
7. The Domestic Revolution: How the Introduction of Coal into Victorian Homes Changed Everything - Ruth Gooodman (NF)(302 p.)*
8. The Reading List - Sara Nisha Adams (F)(364 p.)
9. Last Bus to Wisdom - Ivan Doig (F)(450 p.)*
10. The Horse's Mind - Lucy Rees (NF)(203 p.)
11. Thale's Folly - Dorothy Gilman (F)(199 p.)
12. Sheepish: Two Women, Fifty Sheep & Enough Wool to Save the Planet - Catherine Friend (NF)(255 p.)
13. Horse - Geraldine Brooks (F)(440 p.)
14. What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma - Stephanie Foo (NF)(317 p.)*
15. Horses in Company - Lucy Rees (NF)(153 p.)
16. The Lost Flock: Rare Wool, Wild Isles & One Woman's Journey to Save Scotland's Original Sheep - Jane Cooper (NF)(193 p.)
17. Shades of Grey - Jasper Fforde (F)(388 p.)
18. Red Side Story - Jasper Fforde (F)(453 p.)
19. Evolution of Cooperation - Robert Axelrod (NF)(205 p.)
20. The Lake House - Kate Morton (F)(492 p.)
21. Getting to Peace: Transforming Conflict at Home, at Work, and in the World - William L. Ury (NF)(207 p.)
22. A House Like an Accordion - Audrey Burges (F)(343 p.)
23. The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative - Florence Williams (NF)(258 p.)*
24. Siblings Without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together so You Can Live too - Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish (NF)(208 p.)
25. The Automobile Club of Egypt - Alaa Al Aswany (F)(475 p.)
26. Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurty (F-RA)(858 p.)*
27. I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons - Peter S. Beagle (F-L)(275 p.)*
28. Raw Material: Working Wool in the West - Stephany Wilkes (NF)(255 p.)
29. The Fox Wife - Yangsze Chou (F)(384 p.)
30. The Hollow Chest - Phoebe Atwood Taylor (M-RA)(284 p.)
31. The Summer Tree - Guy Gavriel (F)(383 p.)
32. The Murder of Mr. Ma - John Shen Yen Nee & S. J. Rozan (M)(291 p.)
33. The Weight of Ink - Rachel Kadish (F)(560 p.)
34. The Salt Path - Raynor Winn (NF)(270 p.)
35. The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp - Leonie Swann (M)(350 p.)
36. The Devil Wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger (F)(360 p.)*
37. Case Histories - Kate Atkinson (M)(310 p.)
38. Dying in the Wool - Frances Brody (M)(356 p.)
39. Nicked - M. T. Anderson (F)(218 p.)
40. The House of Vesper Sands - Paraic O'Donnell (M-L)(408 p.)
41. Wife of the Gods - Kwei Quarty (M)(312 p,)
42. The Expat - Hansen Shi (F)(236 p.)
43. The Unexpected Mrs. Polifax - Dorothy Gilman (M-L)(208 p.)
44. The Amazing Mrs. Polifax - Dorothy Gilman (M-L)(176 p.)
45. Elusive Mrs. Polifax - Dorothy Gilman (M-L)(170 p.)
46. Midnight at Malabar House - Vaseem Khan (M)(321 p.)
47. A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy - Tia Levings (NF)(281 p.)*
48. We Solve Murders - Richard Osman (M)(387 p.)
49. A Palm for Mrs. Polifax - Dorothy Gilman (M-L)(193 p.)
50. Night for Day - Roselle Lim (F)(333p.)
51. Mrs. Polifax on Safari - Dorothy Gilman (M-L)(224 p.)
52. The Fortunes of Jaded Women - Carolyn Huynh (F)(252 p.)
53. Mrs. Polifax on the China Station - Dorothy Gilman (M-L)(225 p.)
54. The Enchanted Hacienda - J. C. Cervantes (F)(363 p.)
55. The Fifth Season - N. K. Jemisin (F)(449 p.)*
56. Mrs. Polifax and the Hong Kong Buddha - Dorothy Gilman (M-L)(226 p.)
57. The Paris Novel - Ruth Reichl (F)(270 p.)
58. What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust - Alan Bradley (M)(294 p.)
59. The Grey Wolf - Louise Penny (M)(414 p.)
60. The Obelisk Gate - N. K. Jemisin (F)(391 p.)*
61. Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake - Alexis Hall (F)(417 p.)
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