Every Book I Read This Year

Rather pleasingly, I averaged one book a week this year, 52 in total.

24 by women - although that doesn't include compilations which had a mixture of genders. So fairly even handed.

As per usual, I alternated between fiction and non-fiction. I find my brain gets confused otherwise. I also set my eReader to have a different font per book so they don't start bleeding in to each other.

This year, I deliberately set out to read some older books - not just those on the modern best-sellers list.

At some stage I'll have to take all the review data and see if I prefer fiction to non-fiction, men to women, or older books to newer ones. But, for now, here are some of the highlights:

• There Is Nothing for You Here - Fiona Hill - this has stayed with me longer than I thought it would.
• Theory of Bastards - Audrey Schulman - an excellent hard sci-fi romp.
• The Premonitions Bureau - Sam Knight - just a bonkers bit of history.
• The Constant Sinner - Mae West - pure exploitation trash, I loved it!
• The Cuckoo's Egg - Clifford Stoll - an entertaining retelling of cybersecurity history.

What's Next?

I wrote a Python script to get alerted when my Amazon wishlist books drops in price. As such, I have 30+ books on my reading list for 2024!

Nevertheless, if you want to recommend something you've read (or you've written) please stick a note in the comments.

Previous years

• 50 books read in 2019
• 42 books, all by women, in 2020
• 85 books in 2021
• 42 books in 2022