Books I Read in 2024

Matt’s Books Completed* in 2024:
1. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson2. Death on the Way by Freeman Wills Crofts3. Sudden Death by Freeman Wills Crofts4. Even the Parrot by Dorothy L. Sayers5. Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian6. The Hog’s Back Mystery by Freeman Wills Crofts7. The Exchange by John Grisham8. The Spirit of Our Politics by Michael Wear [Audiobook]9. Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music? by Gregory Alan Thornbury [Audiobook]10. Finding Your Best Identity by Andrew Bunt11. The Wager by Daivd Grann12. How To Stay Married by Harrison Scott Key [Audiobook]13. Questioning Faith by Randy Newman14. Inspector French and the Mystery on Southampton Water by Freeman Wills Crofts15. Bodies from the Library 2 edited by Tony Medawar16. I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger17. The Dog of the South by Charles Portis18. What Was I Thinking? by David Ashcraft & Rob Skacel19. More to the Story by Jennifer M. Kvamme20. Found Floating by Freeman Wills Crofts21. Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe [Audiobook]22. Post Captain by Patrick O’Brian23. Jesus and the Powers by N.T. Wright and Michael F. Bird24. So Brave, Young, and Handsome by Leif Enger25. HMS Surprise by Patrick O’Brian26. The End of Andrew Harrison by Freeman Wills Crofts27. James Tarrant, Adventurer by Freeman Wills Crofts28. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger29. Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin30. The Mauritius Command by Patrick O’Brian31. The Church of No Money by Timothy L. Adams32. So Shall You Reap by Donna Leon33. Six Against the Yard by the Detection Club34. The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers (1944-1950) edited by Barbara Reynolds35. Virgil Wander by Leif Enger 36. The Holy Spirit: An Introduction by Fred Sanders37. Purposeful Sexuality by Ed Shaw38. A Losing Game by Freeman Wills Crofts39. Desolation Island by Patrick O’Brian40. The Fortune of War by Patrick O’Brian41. No Greater Love by Rebecca McLaughlin42. Fear Comes to Chalfont by Freeman Wills Crofts43. The Surgeon’s Mate by Patrick O’Brian44. We Solve Murders by Richard Osman45. Parenting Without Panic In an LGBT Affirming World by Rachel Gilson46. Magellan: Over the Edge of the World by Laurence Bergreen47. Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards48. The Ionian Mission by Patrick O’Brian49. Does the Bible Affirm Same-Sex Relationships? by Rebecca McLaughlin50. The Mythmakers by John Hendrix51. Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Maureen Johnson & Jay Cooper52. Crimes of Cymru edited by Martin Edwards53. Treason’s Harbour by Patrick O’Brian54. Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson55. John: That You May Believe by R. Kent Hughes56. John: Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament by Edward W. “Mickey” Klink III57. Love All by Dorothy L. Sayers58. Finding Joy in the Empty Nest by Jim Burns59. Everyone On This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson60. Depression: Finding Christ in the Darkness by Ed Welch61. The Far Side of the World by Patrick O’Brian62. The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers (1951-1957) edited by Barbara Reynolds63. Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway64. The Christian Standard Bible, M’Cheyne Reading Plan 

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* This is the 20th year I have published a list of the books I have read!

As I've said for the last two decades, these are books I finished reading this year, not the ones I started or the ones I didn't get done. That list would be a lot longer (and kind of depressing)! I read a bunch of them for escapist fun, a few for/with my family, and a lot of them just to learn and grow. They aren't listed (perfectly) in the order I read them. Some of them I am reading for a second or third time (or more!).

And as I also say each and every year--I'm not endorsing these books just because they are listed here. Some of them are really good and some are really bad. Most are somewhere in between. Read with discernment.

Here's the article where I explain why I post these.

Lists from previous years:
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008 (first half, second half)
2007 (first half, second half)
2006 (first half, second half)
2005 (first half, second half)