Books Read in 2024

Karla’s Choice
Nick Harkaway
★★★★☆
The Monocle Book of Gentle Living: A guide to slowing down, enjoying more and being happy
Monocle
★★☆☆☆
Train Dreams
Denis Johnson
★★★★☆
The White Book
Han Kang
★★★☆☆
Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs in his own words
Steve Jobs
★★★★☆
American Recordings
Tony Tost
★★☆☆☆
Livesuit
James S. A. Corey
★★★☆☆
Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner
★★★★☆
The Mercy of Gods
James S. A. Corey
★★★★☆
Titanium Noir
Nick Harkaway
★★★☆☆
Tokyo y Yo: A Compilation of Small Stories
Luis Mendo
★★★☆☆
The Secret Hours
Mick Herron
★★★☆☆
Moonbound
Robin Sloan
★★★★★
Standing by the Wall: The Collected Slough House Novellas
Mick Herron
★★★☆☆
Bad Actors
Mick Herron
★★★☆☆
Slough House
Mick Herron
★★★☆☆
Joe Country
Mick Herron
★★★☆☆
London Rules
Mick Herron
★★★☆☆
Spook Street
Mick Herron
★★★☆☆
Real Tigers
Mick Herron
★★★★☆
Dead Lions
Mick Herron
★★★★☆
Slow Horses
Mick Herron
★★★★☆
A Hitch in Time: Reflections Ready for Reconsideration
Christopher Hitchens
★★★☆☆
Roseanna: A Martin Beck Police Mystery
Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
★★☆☆☆
Back in the World
Tobias Wolff
★★☆☆☆
Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
Katherine Rundell
★★★☆☆
Old School
Tobias Wolff
★★★★☆
The Variations
Patrick Langley
★★★☆☆
In Pharoah’s Army: Memories of the Lost War
Tobias Wolff
★★★☆☆
This Boy’s Life: A Memoir
Tobias Wolff
★★★★☆
The English Understand Wool
Helen DeWitt
★★★★☆
The MANIAC
Benjamín Labatut
★★★☆☆
The Secret Life of John Le Carré
Adam Sisman
★★★☆☆
Inherent Vice
Thomas Pynchon
★★★☆☆
Another Country
James Baldwin
★★★☆☆
A Room of One’s Own
Virginia Woolf
★★★★☆
Jobst Brandt Ride Bike!
Max Leonard et al.
★★★☆☆
The Unconsoled
Kazuo Ishiguro
★★★☆☆
The Call of the Wild
Jack London
★★★☆☆
Liberation Day
George Saunders
★★★☆☆
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
★★★★★
The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children
Alison Gopnik
★★★☆☆