2024: A Year's Reading

Since 2020, I've been keeping track of my reading for pleasure (as opposed to the substantial amount of reading I do in my job as a university professor). What follows are the books I read for fun in 2024. They are listed in the order I read them, with new favorites being indicated by asterisks (rereads are favorites by default):

Books

1. Serhii Plokhy, Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe
2. Elizabeth Bear, Range of Ghosts
3. Drew Williams, The Stars Now Unclaimed
4. Greg Egan, Scale
5. Lloyd Alexander, The Black Cauldron (reread)
6. Lloyd Alexander, The Castle of Llyr (reread)
7. Elizabeth Bear, Undertow
8. J. S. Dewes, The Exiled Fleet
9. Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory*
10. M. R. Carey, Infinity Gate*
11. Tana French, The Hunter
12. Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures
13. Frances Hardinge, Unraveller
14. W. P. Wiles, The Last Blade Priest
15. Alastair Reynolds, Machine Vendetta
16. Lois McMaster Bujold, Penric’s Labors
17. Garth Nix, The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
18. Neal Asher, The Technician (reread)
19. Jack McDevitt, Infinity Beach*
20. Barbara Hambly, The Iron Princess
21. Steven Erikson, Gardens of the Moon (reread)
22. Ian C. Esslemont, Night of Knives
23. Steven Erikson, Deadhouse Gates (reread)
24. Steven Erikson, Memories of Ice (reread)
25. Steven Erikson, House of Chains (reread)
26. Steven Erikson, Midnight Tides (reread)
27. Steven Erikson, The Bonehunters (reread)
28. Steven Erikson, Reaper’s Gale (reread)
29. Steven Erikson, Toll the Hounds (reread)
30. Ian C. Esslemont, Return of the Crimson Guard
31. M. R. Carey, Echo of Worlds*
32. Ian C. Esslemont, Stonewielder
33. Bethany Jacobs, These Burning Stars
34. M. R. Carey, The Book of Koli
35. Peter S. Beagle, I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons
36. Ian C. Esslemont, Orb Sceptre Throne
37. Marko Kloos, Descent
38. James S. A. Corey, The Mercy of Gods
39. Ian C. Esslemont, Blood and Bone
40. J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (reread)
41. Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London*
42. Richard Powers, Playground
43. Michael Mammay, Planetside
44. Naomi Mitchison, Travel Light
45. Miles Cameron, Artifact Space
46. Bethany Jacobs, On Vicious Worlds
47. Judith Tarr, Ars Magica
48. Seth Dickinson, The Traitor Baru Cormorant*
49. Adrian Tchaikovsky, Alien Clay
50. Ken MacLeod, The Corporation Wars: Dissidence
51. Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle (reread)
52. Ken MacLeod, The Corporation Wars: Insurgence
53. Iain M. Banks, The Algebraist (reread)
54. Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward (reread)
55. Diana Wynn’s Jones, Archer’s Goon*
56. Iain M. Banks, Matter (reread)
57. Iain M. Banks, Excession (reread)
58. C. J. Cherryh, Cuckoo’s Egg
59. Seanan McGuire, Every Heart a Doorway
60. Adrian Tchaikovsky, Days of Shattered Faith
61. Barbara Hambly, The Ladies of Mandrigyn*
62. Robert Jackson Bennett, The Tainted Cup*
63. K. J. Parker, Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead
64. Garth Nix, Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz*
65. Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January
66. Moniquill Blackgoose, To Shape a Dragon's Breath
67. Patricia A. McKillip, The Bards of Bone Plain

I also read the following comics and manga series:

American Comics

1. Absolute Superman
2. Absolute Wonder Woman
3. Birds of Prey
4. Daredevil
5. Exceptional X-Men
6. Fantastic Four
7. Immortal Thor
8. JSA
9. Love & Rockets
10. Titans

Japanese Manga

1. Akane-Banashi
2. Asadora
3. Blue Period
4. Call of the Night
5. Hiryasumi
6. Kageki Shojo!!
7. Komi Can't Communicate
8. Mob Psycho 100
9. One Punch Man
10. Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun
11. Witch Hat Atelier