Here’s my 2024 reading list! I cannot believe that I read over 40 books! I felt like I read much more last year, and yet somehow I came out ahead. This year there were also several months in a row when I did not read anything (except for work). Despite this year’s quantity, I still count the previous year, 2023, as one of the best reading years of my life. That’s the year I discovered Elena Ferrante! Still, I read some delightful books this year. Siddhartha was excellent. The Lost Journals of Sacajawea was mind-altering. Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead was a quirky delight.

1. A Dangerous Business by Jane Smiley
2. Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry
3. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
4. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
5. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
6. Remembering Laughter by Wallace Stegner
7. Modern Lovers by Emma Straub
8. Tracing the Desire Line by Melissa Matthewson
9. Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie by Kristiana Gregory
10. Lila by Marilynne Robinson
11. The Path Made Clear by Oprah Winfrey
12. Rough House by Tina Ontiveros
13. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
14. Florida by Lauren Groff
15. The Lost Journals of Sacajewea by Debra Magpie Earling
16. The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
17. Secret Harvests: A Hidden Story of Separation and the Resilience of a family Farm by David Mas Masumoto
18. The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
19. Challenging Pregnancy: A Journey Through the Politics of Science of Healthcare in America by Genevieve Grabman
20. The Wisdom of Sundays by Oprah Winfrey
21. Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss
22. When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel H. Pink
23. The Way of Integrity by Martha Beck
24. Separation Anxiety by Laura Zigman
25. Self Care by Leigh Stein
26. Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Anker
27. Witches, Midwives, and Nurses by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English
28. Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
29. Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck
30. Women Talking by Miriam Toews
31. Blue Nights by Joan Didion
32. The Uptown Local by Cory Leadbeater
33. The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded by Molly McCully Brown
34. Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead by Barbara Comyns
35. Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other by Danielle Dutton
36. The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
37. The Seas by Samantha Hunt
38. Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten
39. From Here to the Great Unknown by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough
40. All Fours by Miranda July
41. The Wild Wool Shepherdess by Elizabeth Kneafsey