I have read 110 books this year – that’s down on 2023 whe...

I have read 110 books this year – that’s down on 2023 when I read 123, I read 133 in 2022, in 2014 I read 93 books

I’m going to blame the difficult year I’ve had

24 were by women – as usual this seems poor
I read books from 22 different countries
I rated 5 books as Brilliant:

The Dao of Taijiquan

I started doing Tai Chi in 2023, this is the best explainer I’ve read so far.

Pratchett: A Life

Here’s a tip – don’t read this if someone you know has dementia or is dying. Brilliantly written.

The tainted cup

Big fan of Bennet’s characters and worldbuilding – this is a little bit Sherlock too for those who like that sort of thing.

Prophet by Sin Blache and Helen Macdonald

This won’t be to everyone’s tastes but I loved it.

and The mountain in the sea

I’ve recommended this to a lot of people – very smart book about intelligent Octopuses, AI, linguistics and so much more.

The longest book I read was 739 pages – Vanished Kingdoms

This was a mixed bag – some of it was excellent, some was a bit dull.

56 books I acquired in 2024
31 were off the TBR
the rest were presents or ARCs
76 were physical books
69 were nonfiction
8 were graphic novels