Books of 2024

Here are the books I read in 2024.

In lieu of more thoughtful reflection, I present a table. I have written paragraph-length comments or summaries for about half of these entries, but I want to proofread, revise, and complete those notes before publishing them. I’ll update this post once I do. (Don’t hold your breath; waiting for myself to get around to completing those notes is the only thing that delayed this post until November 2025, when I finally decided to post it as a list sans commentary.)

Format

• Books are sorted by default in the order I finished reading them. Click column headers to resort according to that data.
• Annotations: Stars indicate books that struck a chord or simply stuck with me. Stars do not necessarily represent recommendations or even superior reviews.
• Attribution: this column names the author or editor (for collections or anthologies). In the case of fully illustrated works the illustrated is also named.
• Category: Books are loosely categorized as novels, nonfiction, collections, or anthologies. I use collection to refer to publications containing multiple works by one author and anthology more specifically to refer to publications containing multiple works by multiple authors. I use those terms here to encompass works like magazines and books of nonfiction essays as well as short stories.
• Links: Title links go to various sources. In some cases, I like to the author or publisher’s promotional page for the book. In other cases, I link to longer reviews, bibliographic entries, or the text itself. Attribution links for most writers of genre fiction go to the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, which blends biography with literary context and opinionated criticism. Otherwise, links to go to the writer’s web site, Wikipedia entry, or whatever reference I can find.

What’s Not Included

• Short stories, essays, or articles. For simplicity, I’m only keeping track of complete books.
• Podcasts. I do listen to a lot of short fiction in podcast form, which merits its own post, but I have not [yet] kept track of episodes.
• Comics. I am including comics in my 2025 list, but I did not track them in 2024.

Books of 2024

Posted on Tuesday, November 4th, 2025. Tags: books, reviews.

Books of 2025

Here are the books I read in 2025. See also my list from 2024 and my visualization of this data.

Table Format

• Books are sorted in the approximate order I started reading them. (Click column headers to sort according to those properties.)
• The “Attribution” column identifies the author, editor, illustrator, and/or translator, depending on the category and nature of the work. There may be one or more name.
• I categorize books containing multiple works by the same author as collections and multiple works by different authors as anthologies. I include complete issues of fiction magazines as anthologies.
• Links are fairly random and subject to change. I link the author name to their website if active, otherwise to their SFE or Wikipedia entry. Some title links go to reviews, which may be more interesting than other references.
• ★ Starred entries indicate highlights I’d like to write more about. In some cases I’ve even scribbled some notes. These aren’t necessarily the “best” books or even my favorites of the year, but it’s a good approximation.
• 👓 Entries marked with a glasses emoji are still in progress. (Anything I started reading before Christmas 2025 appears on this list, even if I didn’t finish it by year’s end; likewise, anything I started on or after Christmas 2025 will appear on my 2026 list.)

Omissions

• Individual short stories, podcast episodes, essays, or articles. I’d like to keep track of the best stories I read online or by podcast, but I haven’t yet. Maybe next year.
• Ongoing or random comics. I check out comics on Hoopla. In some cases I just read one or two sample issues to see if like it. In other cases, I’ll read through back issues and keep up with new issues as they become available – such as with Jim Zub’s various Conan series. I do include a few complete graphic novels in the listing below.

Books of 2025

Posted on Sunday, January 12th, 2025. Tags: books, reviews.