Books finished in 2024

Published by Nick at Jan 1, 2025 01:33 AM

I don’t have any great insights into my reading list in 2024. Most of the books on this list have been in my “want-to-read” list for some time. Others were impulse books I picked up on a whim.

Every year I put this list together, I find myself wishing I read more books. My attention felt so fragmented in 2024, and in 2025 I will be taking some steps to reclaim more of my time and attention.

Here’s a guide to the emoji in this post: ⭐ Endorsement 📖 Read hardcover or paperback 📱 Read as ebook or PDF 🎧 Listed to audiobook

1. Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere ⭐
   by Maria Bamford
   🎧 Finished on January 13
   288 pages  

2. Don’t Call It That: A Naming Workbook
   by Eli Altman
   📖 Finished on January 21
   189 pages  

3. The Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution ⭐
   by James Oakes
   📖 Finished on January 27
   256 pages  

4. Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech
   by Brian Merchant
   🎧 Finished on February 3
   368 pages  

5. Not Alms but Opportunity: The Urban League and the Politics of Racial Uplift, 1910-1950
   by Touré F. Reed
   📱 Finished on February 11
   272 pages  

6. So Many Ways to Lose: The Amazin’ True Story of the New York Mets—The Best Worst Team in Sports
   by Devin Gordon
   🎧 Finished on May 16
   400 pages  

7. Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock
   by Jesse Jarnow
   📖 Finished on May 18
   362 pages  

8. Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
   by Annalee Newitz
   📖 Finished on May 26
   297 pages  

9. Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela ⭐
   by Nelson Mandela
   🎧 Finished on July 10
   656 pages  

10. Norwood
    by Charles Portis
    🎧 Finished on September 13
    190 pages  

11. Great Expectations
    by Vinson Cunningham
    🎧 Finished on October 29
    272 pages  

12. The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart ⭐
    by Astra Taylor
    📖 Finished on October 30
    342 pages  

13. Dirtbag: Essays
    by Amber A’Lee Frost
    🎧 Finished on November 9
    288 pages  

14. Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest
    by Hanif Abdurraqib
    🎧 Finished on November 13
    216 pages  

15. Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism—And What Comes Next
    by Bradley Onishi
    🎧 Finished on December 2
    237 pages  

16. Dust Bunnies (A Memoir)
    by Tommy Womack
    📖 Finished on December 7
    158 pages

 

Oh yes, kid’s picture books: This year my daughter and I both really enjoyed Busy, Busy by Lucy Scott, and Dandelion Magic by Darren Farrell and Maya Tatsukawa.

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