Read in 2024

In 2023 I read a total of 76 books against a stretch goal of 75 so I'm going to try and read 75 again this year. I’ll be keeping track of what I read on this page, so feel free to click on any of the hyperlinks below to read the reviews as the year progresses. You can also check out my reviews alphabetically by visiting my Books By Author page. Wish me luck!

January
The Fiction Writer by Jillian Cantor
The Strangers on Montagu Street by Karen White
Magic Words by Jonah Berger
The Pulling by Adele Dumont
Vital Organs by Suzie Edge
The Bee and the Orange Tree by Melissa Ashley
The Madman's Library by Edward Brooke-Hitching

February
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris
Pockets - An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close by Hannah Carlson
The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
The Other Side of Night by Adam Hamdy

March
The Beauties by Lauren Chater
Bibliomaniac - An Obsessive's Tour of the Bookshops of Britain by Robin Ince
Bizarre London - Discover the Capital's Secrets & Surprises by David Long
The Institute by Stephen King
The Summer I Robbed a Bank by David O'Doherty
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store by Keigo Higashino

April
That's Not How You Wash a Squirrel by David Thorne
The Library Thief by Kuchenga Shenjé
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
The Avian Hourglass by Lindsey Drager

May
Hello Sleep by Jade Wu
To the River by Vikki Wakefield
Butts - A Backstory by Heather Radke
Butter - A Rich History by Elaine Khosrova
Black Silk & Sympathy by Deborah Challinor
My Secret Garden by Nancy Friday
The Book Lovers' Miscellany by Claire Cock-Starkey
Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris

June
Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glenda Vanderah
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
Joe Cinque's Consolation by Helen Garner
Weyward by Emilia Hart
History Stinks! Poo Through the Ages by Suzie Edge

July
A Short Walk Through a Wide World by Douglas Westerbeke
The End and Everything Before It by Finegan Kruckemeyer
12 Rules For Life - An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson
Daisy in Chains by Sharon J. Bolton
Sociopath by Patric Gagne
The President's Hat by Antoine Laurain

August
Theft by Finding - Diaries 1977-2002 by David Sedaris
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
Hex by Jenni Fagan
The Attic Child by Lola Jaye
Abominations by Lionel Shriver
This is My World by Lonely Planet
Word Freak by Stefan Fatsis

September
Extraordinary Insects by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
Cuddy by Benjamin Myers
The Golden Mole by Katherine Rundell
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
The Hatmakers by Tamzin Merchant
The Ghost Writer by Alessandra Torre

October
Australian Ghost Stories by James Phelps
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
The Life of Birds by David Attenborough
Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret by Benjamin Stevenson
Leave the Girls Behind by Jacqueline Bublitz
Mortal Monarchs - 1,000 Years of Royal Deaths by Suzie Edge
The Silence Of Bonaventure Arrow by Rita Leganski
Psykhe by Kate Forsyth

November
Rapture by Emily Maguire
Fierce Appetites by Elizabeth Boyle
When Brains Dream by Antonio Zadra & Robert Stickgold
Melbourne Ghost Signs by Sean Reynolds
The Secret History of Food by Matt Siegel
Black Rabbit Hall by Eve Chase

December
The Turning by Tim Winton
Panic by Catherine Jinks

Currently Reading
An Immense World by Ed Yong
The Household by Stacey Halls

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