Here are some of the books I’ve read in 2024. There are probably more books in my Goodreads reading challenge for 2024.
The links are to posts. If it’s not linked, I haven’t written about it.
Fiction
- “Dracula”, Bram Stoker
- The Sherlock Holmes Illustrated Omnibus (2 volumes), Arthur Conan Doyle
- “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”, John le Carré
Children’s books
- “Murray the Viking” and “Murray the Knight”, Adam Stower
- “Wickedoz, Tales of a Witch’s Cat”, Andrew Matthews
Fantasy
- “Dragonflight”, Anne McCaffrey
- The Elenium (3 books) and the Tamuli (3 books) series, David Eddings
- “The Redemption of Althalus”, David Eddings
Humor
- “Three Men in a Boat”, Jerome K. Jerome
Science fiction
- “The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF”, Mike Ashley (editor)
- “Consider Phlebas”, Iain M. Banks
Non-fiction
History
- “Jane Austen’s England”, Roy A. Adkins
- “Lost Britain”, David Long
Languages
- “The Art of Language Invention”, David J. Peterson
- “Eats, Shoots & Leaves”, Lynne Truss
- “The Elements of Style”, William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White
Process
- “Million Dollar Weekend”, Noah Kagan
- “The Practice”, Seth Godin
- “Slow Productivity”, Cal Newport
- “Taking the Leap” and “When Things Fall Apart”, Pema Chödrön
- “Writing to Learn”, William Zinsser
Tech
- “Balancing Coupling in Software Design”, Vlad Khononov
- “Effective C”, Robert C. Seacord
- “Foundations of Game Engine Development, Volume 2: Rendering”, Eric Lengyel
- “Practical Vim”, Drew Neil
- “The Practice of Programming”, Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike