2024's Books Completed

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Link to last year's list: https://eve-prime.livejournal.com/2018329.html

FANTASY
★ Legends & Lattes, by Travis Baldree (twice)
Bookshops & Bonedust, by Travis Baldree
★ To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit #1), by Moniquill Blackgoose
A Natural History of Dragons (Memoirs of Lady Trent #1), by Marie Brennan
The Tropic of Serpents (Memoirs of Lady Trent #2), by Marie Brennan
Voyage of the Basilisk (Memoirs of Lady Trent #3), by Marie Brennan
In the Labyrinth of Drakes (Memoirs of Lady Trent #4), by Marie Brennan
Within the Sanctuary of Wings (Memoirs of Lady Trent #5), by Marie Brennan
Turning Darkness Into Light (sequel to Lady Trent series), by Marie Brennan
Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke
Magician: Apprentice (Riftwars #1a), by Raymond E. Feist
The Pomegranate Gate, by Ariel Kaplan
What Moves the Dead, by T. Kingfisher
Paladin's Grace (Saint of Steel #1), by T. Kingfisher
Paladin's Strength (Saint of Steel #2), by T. Kingfisher
Paladin's Hope (Saint of Steel #3), by T. Kingfisher
Clockwork Boys (Clocktaur #1), by T. Kingfisher
The Wonder Engine (Clocktaur #2), by T. Kingfisher
The Poppy War (Poppy War #1), by R.F. Kuang
Scholar (Imager Portfolio #4), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Princeps (Imager Portfolio #5, internally #2), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Imager's Batallion (Imager Portfolio #6, internally #3), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Antiagon Fire (Imager Portfolio #7, internally #4), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Rex Regis (Imager Portfolio #8, internally #5), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Madness in Solidar (Imager Portfolio #9, internally #6), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Treachery's Tools (Imager Portfolio #10, internally #7), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Assassin's Price (Imager Portfolio #11, internally #8), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Endgames (Imager Portfolio #12, internally #9), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Imager (Imager Portfolio #1, internally #10), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Imager's Challenge (Imager Portfolio #2, internally #11), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Imager's Intrigue (Imager Portfolio #2, internally #12), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
The Magic of Recluce (Recluce #1), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
The Towers of the Sunset (Recluce #2), by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Hogfather (Discworld #20), by Terry Pratchett
Mistress Masham's Repose, by T.H. White
Someone You Can Build a Nest In, by John Wiswell

SCIENCE AND SPECULATIVE FICTION
♥ Long Boat Star Crossing, by Matthew H. Ambrose
♥ Long Boat Diplomacy, by Matthew Ambrose
The City Inside, by Samit Basu
Barrayar (Vorkosigan Saga #2), by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga #3), by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Mountains of Mourning (Vorkosigan Saga), by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga #4), by Lois McMaster Bujold
Cetaganda (Vorkosigan Saga #5), by Lois McMaster Bujold
Ethan of Athos (Vorkosigan Saga #6), by Lois McMaster Bujold
Labyrinth (Vorkosigan Saga), by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Borders of Infinity (Vorkosigan Saga), by Lois McMaster Bujold
Brothers in Arms (Vorkosigan Saga #7), by Lois McMaster Bujold
Mirror Dance (Vorkosigan Saga #8), by Lois McMaster Bujold
Memory (Vorkosigan Saga #9), by Lois McMaster Bujold
Komarr (Vorkosigan Saga #10), by Lois McMaster Bujold
A Civil Campaign (Vorkosigan Saga #11), by Lois McMaster Bujold
Falling Free (Vorkosigan Saga), by Lois McMaster Bujold
Winterfair Gifts (Vorkosigan Saga), by Lois McMaster Bujold
Diplomatic Immunity (Vorkosigan Saga #12), by Lois McMaster Bujold
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (Vorkosigan Saga #13), by Lois McMaster Bujold
Cryoburn (Vorkosigan Saga #14), by Lois McMaster Bujold
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen (Vorkosigan Saga #15), by Lois McMaster Bujold
A Psalm for the Wild-Built, by Becky Chambers
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, by Becky Chambers
Jaran, by Kate Elliott
Wild Life, by Molly Gloss
★ Dinotopia, a Land Apart from Time, by James Gurney
★ Quarter Share (Traders Tales #1), by Nathan Lowell
Half Share (Traders Tales #2), by Nathan Lowell
Full Share (Traders Tales #3), by Nathan Lowell
Double Share (Traders Tales #4), by Nathan Lowell
Captain's Share (Traders Tales #5), by Nathan Lowell
★ Playground, by Richard Powers
Cold People, by Tom Rob Smith
Elder Race, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Farthing, by Jo Walton
The Road to Roswell, by Connie Willis
Blackout, by Connie Willis
All Clear, by Connie Willis

MYSTERY / SUSPENSE
Fatal Legacy (Flavia Albia #11), by Lindsey Davis
Death on the Tiber (Flavia Albia #12), by Lindsey Davis
The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell #18), by Laurie R. King
The Game (Mary Russell #7), by Laurie R. King
Ordinary Grace, by William Kent Krueger
The Violin Conspiracy, by Brendan Slocumb
City of Lies (Counterfeit Lady #1), by Victoria Thompson
The It Girl, by Ruth Ware
The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs #16), by Jacqueline Winspear
A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs #17), by Jacqueline Winspear
The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs #18), by Jacqueline Winspear

HISTORICAL AND MYTHOLOGICAL FICTION
You Dreamed of Empires, by Alvaro Enrigue
James, by Percival Everett
The Paragon Hotel, by Lyndsay Faye
The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller
Lady Tan's Circle of Women, by Lisa See
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain

GENERAL FICTION
Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen
Persuasion, by Jane Austen
All Fours, by Miranda July
★ Flight Behavior, by Barbara Kingsolver
Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver
The Undomestic Goddess, by Sophie Kinsella
High Rising, by Angela Thirkell
Wild Strawberries, by Angela Thirkell
The Demon in the House (Barsetshire #3), by Angela Thirkell
August Folly (Barsetshire #4), by Angela Thirkell

NON-FICTION: MEMOIRS AND PERSONAL ESSAYS AND BIOGRAPHY
Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life, by Clare MacCumhaill and Rachael Wiseman
The Electricity of Every Living Thing: A Woman’s Walk in the Wild to Find Her Way Home, by Katherine May
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times, by Katherine May
Wittgenstein in 90 Minutes, by Paul Strathern
The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom, by Simon Winchester (about Joseph Needham)
Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and the Invention of the Self, by Andrea Wulf

NON-FICTION: NATURE AND HUMANITY AND RELATED SCHOLARSHIP AND PERSONAL REFLECTION
★ The Water Kingdom: A Secret History of China, by Philip Ball
♥ While Glaciers Slept: Being Human in a Time of Climate Change, by M Jackson.
Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World, by Barry Lopez
Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age, by Katherine May
Earth's Wild Music: Celebrating and Defending the Songs of the Natural World, by Kathleen Dean Moore
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year, by Margaret Renkl
Mao's War Against Nature: Politics and the Environment in Revolutionary China, by Judith Shapiro
Ecolinguistics: Language, Ecology and the Stories We Live By, by Arran Stibbe
★ The Passage to Cosmos: Alexander von Humboldt and the Shaping of America, by Laura Dassow Wells

NON-FICTION: HISTORY AND CULTURE AND POLITICS AND OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCE AND RELATED PHILOSOPHY
We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite, by Musa al-Gharbi
Rhetoric, by Aristotle
A Rhetoric of Motives, by Kenneth Burke
How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States, by Daniel Immerwahr
Ecospeak: Rhetoric and Environmental Politics in America, by M. Jimmie Killingsworth and Jacqueline S. Palmer
In Search of Zarathustra: Across Iran and Central Asia to Find the World’s First Prophet, by Paul Kriwaczek
The Economics of Attention: Style and Substance in the Age of Information, by Richard H. Lanham
The Language of Persuasion in Politics: An Introduction, by Alan Partington and Charlotte Taylor
Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley, by David G. Lewis
Orientalism, by Edward W. Said
Inclusive Music Histories: Leading Change through Research and Pedagogy: CMS Emerging Fields in Music, by Ayana O. Smith
★ The Musical Human: A History of Life on Earth, by Michael Spitzer
♥ “What will become of my work?”: Genius, gender, and legacy in the life of Clara Wieck/Schumann, by Beverly Taflinger
Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present, by Fareed Zakaria

NON-FICTION: LIFE SCIENCES (AND RELATED PHILOSOPHY)
The Evolved Mind and Modern Education: Status of Evolutionary Educational Psychology, by David C. Geary
Galileo’s Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness, by Philip Goff
★ The Act of Creation, Book One: The Art of Discovery and the Discoveries of Art, by Arthur Koestler
The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health, by David R. Montgomery and Anne Bikle


In 2024, I read 136 books: 59 by men, 60 rereads, 11 by people who may self-identify as persons of color (Black American, Asian American, Mexican-American, Indigenous American, Palestinian-American), 1 by an Asian (in Asia).

★ = books I especially enjoyed and had not read before
♥ = books by friends and other social connections, which I generally especially enjoyed too