2024 was a big reading year for me. I typically set a goal for 15 books in a year. In 2024, I read 27. According to Goodreads, I read over 7,000 pages.
I read 18 non-fiction books and 10 fiction novels. I read a smorgasbord of topics, from war to business, sci-fi to horror. I read a few biographies and a few books about music. I read best sellers and debuts by independent authors. I read a book written in the 16th century and another published in fall 2024.
Overall, a great year for reading.
By the way, I think pages is a better stat to measure reading. Some books are longer than others. 7,000 pages is now my standard. That's 19 pages a day, every day, for 365 days.
Books I Read in 2024:
Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy – Bill Gates
There's Just One Problem...: True Tales from the Former, One-Time, 7th Most Powerful Person in WWE – Brian Gewirtz
The Stelari – Andrew Denn
Devil's Contract: The History of the Faustian Bargain – Ed Simon
Dr. Faustus – Christopher Marlowe
My Real Dad Was A Stripper – Angela Scott
The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century – Paul Krugman
Knuckler: My Life with Baseball's Most Confounding Pitch – Tim Wakefield
Return with Honor – Scott O'Grady
Practical Demonkeeping (Pine Cove, #1) – Christopher Moore
Mail Order Murder (A Lucy Stone Mystery #1) – Leslie Meier
Jarhead : A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles – Anthony Swofford
The Howling of the Dead – Stephanie E. Jensen
Other People's Property: A Shadow History of Hip-Hop in White America – Jason Tanz
Whose Blues?: Facing Up to Race and the Future of the Music – Adam Gussow
The Blue Nowhere – Jeffery Deaver
The Wall that Heals – Jan C. Scruggs
The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage – Clifford Stoll
Secret Tampa Bay: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure – Josh Ginsburg
The Republican Playbook – Andy Borowitz
Five-Minute Mysteries: 37 Challenging Cases of Murder and Mayhem for You to Solve – Ken Weber
Outlaw Summer, Cyber Dreams: A Hacker’s Journey Through Crime And Redemption – Eddie Miro
From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (From a Certain Point of View, #3) – Elizabeth Schaefer
Forging the Modern Age, 1900-14 – Reader’s Digest Association
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die – Chip Heath
Why Climb the Corporate Ladder When You Can Take The Elevator?: 500 Secrets for Success in Business – John M. Capozzi
Thinking, Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman
