Chris Loy.

2024: My year in books

Part of My Years in Books
Previously:  2023: My year in books

I read a record 52 books this year, including a return to reading fiction as well as a streak of business books.

Fiction (20)

  • Pnin - Vladimir Nabokov
  • Piranesi - Susanna Clarke
  • Fingersmith - Sarah Waters
  • Ice - Anna Kavan
  • Beast in the Shadows - Edogawa Rampo
  • The Sense of an Ending - Julian Barnes
  • The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories - Tim Burton
  • Burning Chrome - William Gibson
  • Grief Is the Thing with Feathers - Max Porter
  • Passing - Nella Larsen
  • Mr. Palomar - Italo Calvino
  • Sleepless Nights - Elizabeth Hardwick
  • Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
  • The Crying of Lot 49 - Thomas Pynchon
  • Elizabeth & Her German Garden - Elizabeth von Arnim
  • The Blue Fox - Sjón
  • Weasels in the Attic - Hiroko Oyamada
  • Lessons - Ian McEwan
  • The Honourable Schoolboy - John Le Carré
  • Bring Up the Bodies - Hilary Mantel

Business (11)

  • The Goal - Eliyahu M. Goldratt
  • Leaders Eat Last - Simon Sinek
  • Start with Why - Simon Sinek
  • Find Your Why - Simon Sinek
  • Pattern Breakers - Mike Maples Jr
  • 7 Powers - Hamilton Wright Helmer
  • The Mom Test - Rob Fitzpatrick
  • Self-Awareness - Harvard Business Review
  • Focus - Harvard Business Review
  • Virtual EI - Harvard Business Review
  • Resilience - Harvard Business Review

Other non-fiction (18)

  • Spider Woman - Lady Hale
  • The Elephant in the Room - Jon Ronson
  • The Tyranny of Merit - Michael J. Sandel
  • Jerusalem: The Biography - Simon Sebag Montefiore
  • Them: Adventures with Extremists - Jon Ronson
  • Frank: The True Story that Inspired the Movie - Jon Ronson
  • The Art of War - Sun Tzu
  • Every Man for Himself and God Against All - Werner Herzog
  • Strong Female Character - Fern Brady
  • The Descent of Man - Grayson Perry
  • Seven Ways to Change the World - Gordon Brown
  • Why Wall Street Matters - William D. Cohan
  • Who Moved My Cheese? - Spencer Johnson
  • The Body: A Guide for Occupants - Bill Bryson
  • No Logo - Naomi Klein
  • The Lamp of Memory - John Ruskin
  • Unruly - David Mitchell
  • Outlive - Peter Attia

Poetry (3)

  • Ritual Lighting: Laureate Poems - Carol Ann Duffy
  • Chapters - Tim Key
  • Death of a Naturalist - Seamus Heaney