Sunday, December 29, 2024

83 of 100: This year's books

As I mentioned the other day, this year I set a record for the smallest number of books read in a year, so this list will be short. Many of the titles are thriller/mysteries (*), because that's as much mental capacity as I've had lately, it seems. I've highlighted my favorites in red, but by far my most favorite book this year was Lonesome Dove.

1/6      Jo Nesbø, The Snowman*
1/11    Stanley Tucci, Taste (aborted)
1/20    Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again
2/4      Susan Orlean, The Library Book
2/17    Robert Galbraith, The Cuckoo's Calling*
3/3      Daniel Silve, The Kill Artist*
4/17    Percival Everett, Erasure
5/29    Mick Herron, The Secret Hours*
6/30    Robert Galbraith, The Silkworm*
7/7      S. A. Cosby, All the Sinners Bleed*
7/16    Oliver Hilmes, Berlin 1936: Fascism, Fear, and Triumph Set against Hilter's Olympic Games
7/24    Liz Moore, The God of the Woods*
8/3      Kaveh Akbar, Martyr!
8/19    Loren Long, The Yellow Bus (children)
9/8      David Heilbronner, Death Benefit: A Lawyer Uncovers a Twenty-Year Pattern of Seduction, Arson, and Murder*
10/6    Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove
10/27  Arnaldur Indriðason, Jar City*
12/27  Daniel Mason, North Woods
12/29  Claire Keegan, Foster
12/31  Jhumpa Lahiri, Roman Stories

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