BOOKS READ IN 2024

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FICTION

1. The Secret by Lee Child & Andrew Child (crime). Jack Reacher volume 28.
2. In Too Deep by Lee Child & Andrew Child (crime). Jack Reacher volume 29.
3. The Killing Floor by Lee Child (crime). Jack Reacher volume 1. Decided to re-read this after watching the TV series again.
4. Persuader by Lee Child (crime). Jack Reacher volume 7. Found it in a second-hand bookshop and it isn’t one I own.
5. Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford (science fiction/alternative history).
6. The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas (science fiction).
7. Mohave Guns by Roe Richmond (western).
8. High Bounty at Wayward by Terrel L. Bowers (western).
9. Garrett’s Trail to Justice by Terrel L. Bowers (western).
10. Invite to a Showdown by Terrel L. Bowers (western).
11. Riders on the Wind by Vance Tillman (western).
12. The Giant Book of the Western ed. by Jon E. Lewis (anthology/western).
13. Medicine Feather by Will DuRey (western).
14. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (mainstream).
15. The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini (mainstream).
16. And the Mountains Echoed Khaled Hosseini (mainstream).
17. The Ten Percent Thief by Lavanya Lakshminarayan (science fiction).
18. Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron (YA fantasy).
19. Silver Brumby’s Daughter by Elyne Mitchell (kids’ book/animals).
20. Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (science fantasy/magical realism).
21. The Little Wartime Library by Kate Thompson (historical).
22. Dawn and Dave of the Dead by David Wake (horror/comedy).
23. Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear (science fiction).
24. The Migration by Helen Marshall (science fiction).
25. The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler (science fiction). SF with intelligent cephalopods – yay!
26. Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo (fantasy).
27. Seven Deaths of an Empire by G. R. Matthews (fantasy).
28. Beyond the Hallowed Sky by Ken McLeod (science fiction). Lightspeed Trilogy vol 1.
29. Beyond the Reach of Earth by Ken McLeod (science fiction). Lightspeed Trilogy vol 2. I would have read the 3rd one if the library hadn’t ‘improved’ their reservation software so the book arrives but they don’t tell you!
30. Dissidence by Ken McLeod (science fiction). Corporation Wars #1.
31. Insurgence by Ken McLeod (science fiction). Corporation Wars #2.
32. Emergence by Ken McLeod (science fiction). Corporation Wars #3.
33. Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh (science fiction).
34. Translation State by Ann Leckie (science fiction).
35. Nophek Gloss by Essa Hansen (YA science fiction). Meh. Almost didn’t bother to finish it.
36. Wanderers by Chuck Wendig (science fiction). Really liked this.
37. The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty (fantasy).
38. Daughters of Night by Laura Shepherd-Robinson (crime/historical).
39. Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky (science fiction).
40. Strange Attractors by Jaine Fenn (science fiction/fantasy).
41. Bringer of Light by Jaine Fenn (science fiction/fantasy). Hidden Empire 4
42. Queen of Nowhere by Jaine Fenn (science fiction/fantasy). Hidden Empire 5
43. Wodwo Vergil by Adam Roberts (humour/lit crit). This is delightful. A not at all serious ‘translation’ of Vergil’s Ecologues.
44. Dead of Winter by Stuart MacBride (crime).
45. No Less the Devil by Stuart MacBride (crime) Oldcastle #5.
46. In a Place of Darkness by Stuart MacBride (crime). Oldcastle #6.
47. The Woman With the Map by Jan Casey (historical). Good plot, but not done her research! E.g. the heroine says “ta” instead of “thank you” in every social situation. Still it is miles better than movie and telly stuff where the writers have forgotten there was a blackout and strict light discipline during the Blitz.
48. Where God Does Not Walk by Luke McCallin (crime/historical).
49. The Ferryman by Justin Cronin (science fiction).
50. The Hunter by Tom Wood (thriller).
51. The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (science fiction).
52. Generation Nemesis by Sean MacMullen (science fiction). I love this book but it does perpetuate the myth that global warming = Earth turns into a desert. For fek sake look at some paleoclimate maps! Ice Age = deserts expand, forests shrink; greenhouse climate = deserts shrink, forests expand (assuming farmers let them).
53. Things They’ll Never See by Martin Tracey (horror).
54. Leaving Meridiana by J. A. Mortimore (science fiction).
55. Minimum Safe Distance by X. Ho Yen (science fiction).
56. The Murders of Conky Whallop by David Wake (crime/humour).
57. Before Mars by Emma Newman (science fiction).
58. Somewhere A Voice by Eric Frank Russell (science fiction/anthology). I’d forgotten how fun some of these are.
59. The Anything Box by Zenna Henderson (science fiction/anthology). There are some stonkingly good stories in this collection.
60. Holding Wonder by Zenna Henderson (science fiction/anthology).
61. Him by Geoff Ryman (science fiction/alternative hiistory).
62. Red Rising by Pierce Brown (science fiction).
63. Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (science fiction). Murderbot Diaries #2
64. The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff (crime). A chance pick up at the library, which turned out to be awesome
65. Cat Lover by Dan Spencer (sort of magical realism). Annoying writing style. I guessed the plot twist very early on, and there are other plot elements which are never resolved. Almost gave up reading it, but I wanted to see if I was right. Fluke by James Herbert did it better.
66. War Cry by Wilbur Smith (thriller/historical).

NON-FICTION

1. The Sky is Falling: How Vampires, Zombies, Androids & Superheroes Made America Great for Extremism by Peter Biskind.
2. Human Evolutionary Psychology by Louise Barret, Robin Dunbar & John Lycett.
3. The Diabetes Code by Jason Fung.
4. The Obesity Code by Jason Fung.
5. Field of Fire: Diary of a Gunnery Officer by Jack Swaab.
6. 2000AD Encyclopedia by Scott Montgomery.
7. I Am the Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future by Michael Molcher.
8. Auntie’s War: The BBC During the Second World War by Edward Stourton.
9. Utopia For Realists: And How We Get There by Rutger Bregman.
10. Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez.
11. The History of the 51st Highland Division 1939-1945 by J.B. Salmond.

GRAPHIC NOVELS

1. Strontium Dog: Traitor to His Kind by Wagner & Ezquerra.
2. Nimona by N. D. Stevenson. I loved the film all to pieces to wanted to read the original.
3. 2000AD Regened: Volume 1 by various.
4. 2000AD Regened: Volume 2 by various.
5. Western Noir: Volume 2 by West, Crutchley & Soffe.
6. The Great British Bump Off by Allison, Sarin, Borras & Campbell.
7. Phoolan Devi: Rebel Queen by Claire Fauvel.
8. Essential Judge Dredd: Tour of Duty Volume 1 by Wagner, MacNeil, Dayglo, Goddard, Dyer & Walker.
9. Essential Judge Dredd: Tour of Duty Volume 2 by Wagner, MacNeil, Dayglo, Goddard, Dyer & Walker.
10. Mega City Undercover Vol 3 by Williams, Diggle, D’Israeli & Willsher.
11. Insiders: Chechen Guerilla by Bartell & Garetta.
12. Rok of the Reds by Wagner, Grant, Cornwell, Bulmer & Campbell.
13. Traces of the Great War by various.
14. Witches of World War 2 by Cornell, Burzo & Bellaire.
15. Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed.
16. Rising Stars 3: Fire & Ash by Straczynski & Anderson.
17. Wonder Woman: Historia by DeConnick, Jimenez, Ha, Scott & Wong. Bloody brilliant.
18. The Three Body Problem by Cai Jin & Caojijiuridong.
19. 2000AD vs Battle Action by various.
20. Lawless 1: Welcome to Badrock by Abnett & Winslade. I love this series!
21. Lawless 2: Long Range War by Abnett & Winslade.
22. Lawless 3: Ashes to Ashes by Abnett & Winslade.
23. Lawless 4: Boom Town by Abnett & Winslade.
24. Lawless 5: Ballots Over Badrock by Abnett & Winslade.
25. Gone by Birks, Fleites & White.
26. We’ll Soon Be Home Again by Bonde & Bergting.
27. The Witcher by Sztyber & many others.
28. Junkyard Joe by Johns, Frank & Anderson.
29. Blacksad by Canales & Guarnido.
30. Join the Future by Kaplan & Kowalski. I kept waiting for the reveal about WHY the bad guys were being eeeeevil. They are prepared to hire mercenaries to KILL people to get them to move from the country to the city, but it is never explained how they profit from this. Nor what the downside to them is, if the country folk just stay put.
31. Giant Days by Allison, Treiman, Sarin & Cogar.
32. Welcome to Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure by Lewis Hancox.
33. DC Pride: The New Generation by various.
34. Sheets by Brenna Thummler. Sheets #1. Lovely.
35. Delicates by Brenna Thummler. Sheets #2.
36. Rogue Trooper: Blighty Valley by Ennis & Goddard.
37. Middenface McNulty by Grant, McCrea, Goddard, Teague, Ridgway & Thomas. 2000AD Ultimate Collection vol 117.
38. Masters of Thunder by Hans Kresse.
39. Ampney Crucis Investigates: Vile Bodies by Edginton & Davis.
40. Full Tilt Boogie by De Campi & Ocana.
41. 2000AD Annual 2025 by various .
42. Crowded Vol 1 by Sebella, Stein, Brandt, Farrell & Rae.

BOOKS I DIDN’T FINISH

1. Dragonfly by Jari Moate (thriller/new weird).
2. Axiom’s End by Lindsay Ellis (science fiction).

RPG BOOKS READ IN 2024

1. Blue Planet: Moderators Guide (2nd edition)
2. Blue Planet: Players Guide (3rd edition – only in pdf) – still waiting for the physical copies of the 3rd Edition RPG I Kickstartered to turn up.
3. Gods of Metal: Ragnarok RPG. Delightful. A game all about making the PCs awesome.
4. Hunter: The Reckoning RPG (the 2023 edition)