Friday, January 3, 2025

2024 Book List

2024's list is a little bit shorter than it has been in previous years, something I plan on remedying in 2025. I don't think that I read a single book that I didn't like, although to be sure, there were some that I absolutely loved and others that I just liked.  (I think my absolute favorite was by Barbara Kingsolver - who in my opinion - is an amazing fiction writer.)

What I read in 2024: 

January: 

Roots by Alex Haley

Queen by Alex Haley

February: 
 
New York Burning by Jill Lepore



Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo

March:

Africatown by Nick Tabor



On Chapel Sands by Laura Cumming

April: 

The Edge of the Plain by James Crawford

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

We Refuse to Forget by Caleb Gayle

Mafia Life by Federico Varese

May:

A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard

Unspeakable by Jessica Willis Fischer


Becoming Free Indeed by Jinger Duggar Vuolo

The Woman In Me by Britney Spears

Surviving to Drive by Guenther Steiner

Painfully Rich by John Pearson



June:

Underboss: Sammy Gravano’s Life in the Mafia by Peter Maas



Appalachia Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy by various authors

July:

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

White Trash by Nancy Isenberg

A Father’s Betrayal by Gabriella Gillespie

Sold by Zane Muhsen

A Promise To Nadia by Zana Muhsen



Opium Nation by Fariba Nawa

Prisoner of Tehran by Marina Nemat



August:

Captive in Iran by Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh

Honeymoon in Tehran by Azadeh Moaveni

September:


The Last Stand by Nathaniel Philbrick


Three Cups of Tea by David Oliver Relin

October: 

Wise Women by Joyce Tenneson

Desperados by Elaine Shannon


Three Cups of Deceit by Jon Krakauer

November: 

Strong Passions by Barbara Weisberg

December:

The Witches by Stacy Schiff

The Apache Wars by Paul Hutton

Sonny Boy by Al Pacino