I’ve always been a reader, and 2024 was a big reading year for me. I finished 56 books this year. The total came to 20,242 pages! I’ve tracked it all in StoryGraph ([link](https://jesswritesthings.com/2025/01/02/my-2024-reading-journey-56-books/www.thestorygraph.com)), and here’s my StoryGraph profile ([link](https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/jessbuildstech)). For those interested, I wrote a mid-year check in ([link](https://jesswritesthings.com/2024/07/12/mid-2024-reading-list/)). ==Let’s recap my reading in 2024== January and April were my top months for the number of books I finished (11). I read the most pages in January (2706 pages). However, I was more consistently reading towards the end of the year. During that time, I was devouring all 9 books in The Expanse series. I’d like to get better at consistency in 2025, it’s one of my ‘themes’ for the year.  The mood has changed as the year progressed. I enjoy spooky stories, although I can’t stand spooky horror movies, I’m just too scared. I’ve learned to love Spooky, horror, and thriller books.  I spent most of this year flying through Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. In 2025, I want to read more Science Fiction and Horror. I also want to explore Classics since there are big gaps for me in that genre.  I’ve shared the full list of books read in 2024 below, but first a few highlights worth calling out: - Anything by [Claire Keegan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Keegan) – Me and my wife enjoy reading these short stories and discussing them in depth, as they really stuck with us. We’ve gifted several of her books to friends this year too. - [The Expanse series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Expanse_\(novel_series\)) by [James S. A. Corey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_S._A._Corey) – I enjoyed the Amazon Prime TV show but adored the books. I found myself truly lost in their world. - [The Three-Body Problem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three-Body_Problem_\(novel\)) By [Cixin Liu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Cixin) – A fantastic hard Science Fiction series. It is full of physics, time travel, and human behavior. - [Six Stories series](https://www.goodreads.com/series/223413-six-stories) by [Matt Wesolowski](https://www.instagram.com/mattjwesolowski/?hl=en) – These served as my gateway back into Horror and Spooky stories this year, and I’m ever so thankful. The series is approachable and the stories left me with a chill. Here’s the full list of books read in 2024: - Butter By Asako Yuzuki - Dracula By Bram Stoker - The Hero of Ages By Brandon Sanderson - The Well of Ascension: A Mistborn Novel By Brandon Sanderson - The Final Empire By Brandon Sanderson - The Burnout Society By Byung-Chul Han - The Three-Body Problem By Cixin Liu - The Dark Forest By Cixin Liu - Death’s End By Cixin Liu - Foster By Claire Keegan - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy By Douglas Adams - The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald - 1984 By George Orwell - Manhunt By Gretchen Felker-Martin - The Dunwich Horror / The Thing on the Doorstep By H.P. Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness By H.P. Lovecraft - Godkiller By Hannah Kaner - The Factory By Hiroko Oyamada - The Restaurant of Lost Recipes By Hisashi Kashiwai - I, Robot By Isaac Asimov - Foundation By Isaac Asimov - Leviathan Wakes By James S.A. Corey - Persepolis Rising By James S.A. Corey - Caliban’s War By James S.A. Corey - Abaddon’s Gate By James S.A. Corey - Cibola Burn By James S.A. Corey - Babylon’s Ashes By James S.A. Corey - Tiamat’s Wrath By James S.A. Corey - Leviathan Falls By James S.A. Corey - Leviathan Wakes By James S.A. Corey - Nemesis Games By James S.A. Corey - Authority By Jeff VanderMeer - Acceptance By Jeff VanderMeer - Annihilation By Jeff VanderMeer - Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists By Julia Ebner - Nipponia Nippon By Kazushige Abe - A Season of Monstrous Conceptions By Lina Rather - Changeling, Volume 3 By Matt Wesolowski - Hydra By Matt Wesolowski - Beast By Matt Wesolowski - The Future By Naomi Alderman - Stardust By Neil Gaiman - My Sister, the Serial Killer By Oyinkan Braithwaite - Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves By P.G. Wodehouse, P.G. Wodehouse - The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life By Paul Millerd - Babel: An Arcane History By R.F. Kuang - Yellowface By R.F. Kuang - Vigilance By Robert Jackson Bennett - Days at the Morisaki Bookshop By Satoshi Yagisawa - Rental Person Who Does Nothing By Shoji Morimoto - On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft By Stephen King - Termush By Sven Holm - The Colour of Magic By Terry Pratchett - Guards! Guards! By Terry Pratchett - Legends & Lattes By Travis Baldree - A Darker Shade of Magic By V.E. Schwab - Neuromancer By William Gibson - 21 Lessons for the 21st Century By Yuval Noah Harari - A Slow Death: 83 Days of Radiation Sickness By Nhk TV Crew Wow, what a list! ==What does next year have in store for me?== The march of progress must continue, although I wont be aiming for _more_. Instead, I’m going to push myself to: - Finish series of books: 33/56 books were part of a Series in 2024. I love finding myself lost in an authors world, so I’m going to continue this trend wherever possible. - Share what I’ve read and what I think about it. It’s time to push myself. I need to not just read more, but also share more. #books #blog