2024 Completed Books Thread

[Falselogic]

15th year now!

January (14)
The Color of Christ by Edward J. Blum
Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
The Faithful Executioner by Joel F. Harrington
Sherlock Holmes & the Sussex Sea Devils by James Lovegrove
A City on Mars by Kelly & Zach Weinersmith
The Elric Saga Vol. 1, Elric of Melnibone by Michael Moorcock
The Shadow over Innsmouth by H. P. Lovecraft, Gou Tanabe
Davis Man by Peter Goodman
The Elric Saga, Vol. 2, Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock
Guitar Zero by Gary Marcus
Dynasty by Tom Holland
The Elric Saga, Vol. 3, The White Wolf by Michael Moorcock
Create Your Own Religion by Daniele Bolelli
All We Can Save by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

February (14)
The Citadel of Forgotten Myths by Michael Moorcock
How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino
The Boatman's Daughter by Andy Davidson
Erasure by Percival Everett
All the Shah's Men by Stephen Kinzer
The World According to China by Elizabeth C. Economy
The Secret History of Bigfoot by John O'Connor
In the Dragon's Shadow by Sebastian Strangio
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Super Better by Jane McGonigal
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter Matthiessen
God's Monsters by Esther Hamori
Fancy Bear Goes Phishing by Scott J. Shapiro
Democracy Awakening by Heather Cox Richardson

March (18)
The Apple II Age by Laine Nooney
Gemina by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby
The Prefect by Alistair Reynolds
The Shortest History of China by Linda Jaivin
Xenos by Dan Abnett
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
Elysium Fire by Alistair Reynolds
On Stranger Tide by Tim Powers
Battle of Ink and Ice by Darrell Hartman
Defying Hitler by Gordon Thomas & Greg Lewis
Malleus by Dan Abnett
Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
Hereticus by Dan Abnett
Machine Vendetta by Alistair Reynolds
Devil House by John Darnielle
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

April (15)
Magos by Dan Abnett
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Material World by Ed Conway
The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine by Michael Scott-Baumann
The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
Obsidio by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
God's Ghostwriters by Candida Moss
A Short History of England by G. K. Chesterton
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1 by Edward Gibbon
A Libertarian walks into a Bear by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes du Mez
Build by Tony Fadell
Everyone Who is Gone is Here by Jonathan Blitzer

May (3)
Mutual Aid by Dean Spade
Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov
American Zion by Benjamin Park

June ()

July ()

August ()

September ()

October ()

November ()

December ()

2024 Total: 65


2023 Total: 173
2022 Total: 165
2021 Total: 153
2020 Total: 164
2019 Total: 90
2018 Total: 99
2017 Total: 56
2016 Total: 37
2015 Total: 47
2014 Total: 71
2013 Total: 55
2012 Total: 44
2011 Total: 54
2010 Total: 62

 

[Lokii]

* - Short stories

January (8)
Two Gentlemen of Verona - William Shakespeare
Ecce and Old Earth - Jack Vance
Macbeth - William Shakespeare
Hogfather - Terry Pratchett
Doctor Faustus (A-text) - Christopher Marlowe
Words of Radiance - Brandon Sanderson
The Book of Dreams - Jack Vance
Cymbeline - William Shakespeare

February (6)
Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare
The Devil's Novice - Ellis Peters
'Tis Pity She's a Whore - John Ford
Thank You, Jeeves - P. G. Wodehouse
Troilus and Cressida - William Shakespeare
King Lear - William Shakespeare

March (6)
Magnificent Showboats of Big Planet etc. - Jack Vance
Volpone - Ben Johnson
Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare
The Miracle Workers - Jack Vance*
The City of Singing Flame - Clark Ashton Smith*
When Five Moons Rise - Jack Vance*
To Live Forever - Jack Vance
Poems in Prose - Clark Ashton Smith
Timon of Athens - William Shakespeare

April (8)
Edward II - Christopher Marlowe
Edward III - William Shakespeare and Unknown
Monsters - Claire Dederer
King John - William Shakespeare
Wyrd Sisters - Terry Pratchett
Richard II - William Shakespeare
Sail 25 - Jack Vance*
The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories - Lord Dunsany
Henry IV Part 1 - William Shakespeare

May (2)
Henry IV Part 2 - William Shakespeare

June (0)

July (0)

August (0)

September (0)

October (0)

November (0)

December (0)


Total: 30

2009: 17
2011: 30
2012: 28
2013: 27
2014: 40
2015: 27
2016: 32
2017: 33
2018: 31
2019: 34
2020: 26
2021: 38
2022: 38
2023: 54

 

[Issun]

*=reread

January
The Naming of the Shrew ~ John Wright
The Great Hunt ~ Robert Jordan
Diary of a Drag Queen ~ Crystal Rasmussen
Elric of Melnibone ~ Michel Moorcock

February
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter ~ Carson McCullers*

March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

 

[DANoWAR]

2024...I'm cautiously optimistic.

Post title explained
"Book" is overused with my entries in this thread. A book often contains one story, sometimes multiple ones. Anthologies, for example. A comic isn't a book, yet I would count it here. Pulp fiction, which I read as well, are not really books, not even novellas.

Goals
- Read 6 books
...
Yeah, that's it.

Explanation
Normal Book
Short Story
Pulp Fiction (64 pages, cheap)
Comic, Graphic Novel
Tried it, but didn't read it to the end

Goodreads profile: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4470679-daniel

Now Reading
Paul B. Thompson & Tonya C. Cook - Dragonlance - The Elven Nations Trilogy Vol. 3 - The Qualinesti

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WASD Nr. 6 - Rewind Retro - 03.04.2024

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Douglas Niles - Dragonlance - The Elven Nations Trilogy Vol. 2 - The Kinslayer Wars - 04.05.2024

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2024 end total: TBD...

? "Normal" Books
? Short Stories
? Pulp Books
? Comic Books
? Didn't Like it / Didn't Finish

2023 Total: 9 stories
2022 Total: 2 stories
2021 Total: 4 stories
2020 Total: 5 stories
2019 Total: 1 stories
2018 Total: 19 stories
2017 Total: 29 stories
2016 Total: 2 regular + 7 pulp
2015 Total: 5 regular + 20 short stories
2014 Total: 4 regular
2013 Total: 4 regular + 39 pulp
2012 Total: 7 regular + 41 pulp
2011 Total: 8
2010 Total: 26
2009 Total: 9

 

[Paul le Fou]

January
Children of Memory - Adrian Tchaikovsky

April
The Gray House - Mariam Petrosyan

 

[masterthes]

January (11)
Carrie by Stephen King 1/1 - 1/4 *****
The Lost World by Michael Crichton 1/4 - 1/7 ***
Still the Greatest by Andrew Grant Jackson 1/7 - 1/8 ****
A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie 1/7 - 1/14 *****
The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins 1/14 - 1/15 *****
The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie 1/16 - 1/20 *****
My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand 1/1 - 1/22 ****
Devil’s Gun by Cat Rambo 1/22 - 1/23 *****
The Wisdom of Crowds by Joe Abercrombie 1/24 - 1/28 *****
Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments by Joe Posnanski 1/28 - 1/30 *****
Slewfoot by Brom 1/30 - 1/31 ****

February (8)
‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King 2/1 - 2/3 *****
The Tyranny of Faith by Richard Swan 2/4 - 2/11 ****
The Trials of Empire by Richard Swan 2/13 - 2/18 ****
A Horrible Experience of Unbearable Length by Roger Ebert 2/6 - 2/20 ***
Set My Heart to Five by Simon Stephenson 2/20 - 2/23 *****
Fae and Fare by Pirateaba 8/7/23 - 2/28 *****
Wrestlecrap by R.D. Reynolds 2/28 - 2/29 *****
Don’t Dream It’s Over: The 80s Music Party Game by Martin Joseph Quinn 2/29 *****

March (2)
The Shining by Stephen King 3/1 - 3/5 *****
Blackwater by Michael McDowell 3/5 - 3/13 ****


Total: 21

 

[shivam]

14th year running!

January (3)
Night Angel Nemesis - Brent Weeks
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 7 - Jeff Kinney
Heat - Bill Buford
February (1)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 8 - Kinney

March (1)
In search of the Indo Europeans - JP Mallory

April (4)
Anything's Pastable - Dan Pashman
Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms - Gerard Russell
Stormlight Archive 5 - Brandon Sanderson
The Sunlit Man - Sanderson

May ()
Mistborn: Secret History- Sanderson
Shadow for Silence in the Forests of Hell - Sanderson
June ()

July ()

August ()

September ()

October ()

November ()

December ()

2023 Total: 27
2022 Total: 24
2021 Total: 34
2020 Total: 29
2019 Total: 17
2018 Total: 12
2017 Total: 7
2016 Total: 5 (1 ebook)
2015 Total: 4 (3 ebooks)
2014 Total: 20 (7 ebooks)
2013 Total: 16 (5 ebooks)
2012 Total: 43 (17 ebooks)
2011 Total: 42
2010 Total : 37
2009 Total: 38

 

[Behemoth]

In 2023 I read 38 books, down from 41 in 2022. There are a few explanations for the decline (probably chief among them that I spent more time on other hobbies in 2023 than I had in years past, and there are only so many hours in the day). I also haven't previously counted audiobooks: I think I may start doing so, but noting them as such. In any event, here's to 2024!

Total: 16

January (4)

The Will of the Many - Islington
A Fever in the Heartland - Egan
The Tombs of Atuan - Le Guin (reread)
How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them - Walter (audiobook)

February (6)

Shadow and Bone - Bardugo (audiobook)
The Book that Wouldn't Burn - Lawrence
Vanity Fair - Thackery
The Missing of Clairdelune - Dabos
The Farthest Shore - Le Guin (reread)
Tehanu - Le Guin

March (2)

Tales of Earth Sea - Le Guin
The Other Wind - Le Guin

April (2)

Shogun - Clavell
The Three-Body Problem - Cixin

May (2)

Siege and Storm - Bardugo (audiobook)
The Dark Forest - Cixin

 

[blitzchamp]

It would be good to read more books this year, especially since I have an e-reader sitting around my bedroom unused, an active library card, and numerous signed books I have yet to open.

January (1)

Swamp Monsters: Trump vs. DeSantis - Matt Dixon

February (0)

March (0)

April (0)

May (0)

June (0)

July (0)

August (0)

September (0)

October (0)

November (0)

December (0)

Total: 1

 

[Baudshaw]

Let's pray that I find more books to read than last year.


Non Fiction
Fantasy/Sci-fi
Drama
Romance
Comedy
Graphic Novel/Manga
Silly Fanfiction Shlock
Tried, but didn't read till the end
* Re-read

January (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (7) (3) (0)
Dave the Villager (Minecraft) books 47, 48, 49
Scott Pilgrim Volumes 1-7

February (0) (0) (1) (0) (0) (5) (0) (0)
Darth Vader: Vader
Darth Vader: Strife and Shadow
Darth Vader: Shu-Torun War
The American Dream?
Red Harvest
Letters from a Slave Girl

March (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

April (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

May (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

June (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

July (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

August (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

September (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

October (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

November (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

December (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

Total: 13 (0) (0) (1) (0) (0) (12) (3) (0)

 

[Johnny Unusual]

January
Comics
Nodame Cantabile Vol. 1-11

 

[Teaspoon]

Laugharne and Dylan Thomas
Leftover Life to Kill

 

[Baudshaw]

Let's pray that I find more books to read than last year.


Non Fiction
Fantasy/Sci-fi
Drama
Romance
Comedy
Graphic Novel/Manga
Silly Fanfiction Shlock
Tried, but didn't read till the end
* Re-read

January (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

February (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

March (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

April (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

May (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

June (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

July (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

August (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

September (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

October (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

November (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

December (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

Total: 0 (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

I really didn't need this many categories

 

[DANoWAR]

I really didn't need this many categories

But it looks so colorful!

 

[Baudshaw]

But it looks so colorful!

Let's pray that I find more books to read than last year.


Non Fiction
Fantasy/Sci-fi
Drama
Romance
Comedy
Graphic Novel/Manga
Silly Fanfiction Shlock
Tried, but didn't read till the end
* Re-read

January (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (7) (3) (0)
Dave the Villager (Minecraft) books 47, 48, 49
Scott Pilgrim Volumes 1-7

February (0) (0) (1) (0) (0) (5) (0) (0)
Darth Vader: Vader
Darth Vader: Strife and Shadow
Darth Vader: Shu-Torun War
The American Dream?
Red Harvest
Letters from a Slave Girl

March (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

April (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

May (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

June (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

July (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

August (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

September (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

October (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

November (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

December (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0) (0)

Total: 13 (0) (0) (1) (0) (0) (12) (3) (0)

Updated for January and February. My goal is to read different types of books besides just graphic novels and fanfiction.