2024 in Books

I can say that for the 4th year in a row I finished 89 books in a year. I answered some questions found on Kezzie’s blog in previous years, so I am doing that again for 2024. Here is the 2023 roundup.

Crime fiction – Lord Edgware dies by Agatha Christie
Classics – Night by Elie Wiesel
Non-fiction – The Harvest of Sorrow by Robert Conquest
Fiction – The Hunger Angel by Herta Müller
Most surprising (in a good way) book of 2024 – The Forsaken by Tim Tzouliadis
Book you read in 2024 that you recommended most to others – Ukraine by Yaroslav Hrytsak and Russia’s War by Jade McGlynn
Favourite new author you discovered in 2024 – Oleksandr Mykhed (The Language of War)
Book you read in 2024 that you’re most likely to read again – Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Best book you read in 2024 that you read based SOLELY on a recommendation from somebody else – Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Book that had the greatest impact on you in 2024 – Migrant Academics’ by Olga Burlyuk
Book(s) you can’t BELIEVE you waited until 2024 to read – Fighting Evil by Macer Gifford and Night by Elie Wiesel
Book that was the most fun to read – The College Graces of Oxford and Cambridge by Reginald H. Adams
Book that made you cry or nearly cry in 2024 – The Language of War by Oleksandr Mykhed and Still City by Oksana Maksymchuk (poetry)
Book you read in 2024 that you think got overlooked this year or when it came out? – Still City by Oksana Maksymchuk (because it’s poetry)

Naturally, most of the books highlighted are related to Ukraine in one way or another. There are exceptions, such as Migrant Academics’ by Olga Burlyuk. Burlyuk is Ukrainian, but the book is edited by her and written by various academics, of different nationalities. It had an impact because it showed me that I did not imagine and misinterpret westsplaining and xenophobia within British academia I encountered.

At the end of the year I did read some fiction which was nice, but I still think the funniest book of the year was the College Graces. I did enjoy very much Mary Balogh’s new series of which I will highlight my favourite – Always remember.

A few goodreads data, an estimation (some of their page numbers are wrong, either + or – the real figure) which I assume is rather correct, considering the amount of books read this year.

My goal for 2025 is 89 books.