My Favorite Books Read In 2024

Sooo, I didn't read as many books this year as I did last year (103 compared to 130), but I still read a significant number of books. Once again, we're here to talk about my 9 or 10 out of 10 books, and each book is broken down into a personal category that I use on my spreadsheet, which does not reflect every genre a book could fall under. I chose what I believed to be the stronger presence of any particular category to determine where the book goes. I actually had to add a few more categories than I had last year!

NONFICTION

• Ancient Egyptian Literature, volume I: The Old And Middle Kingdoms & Ancient Egyptian Literature, volume II: The New Kingdom | Miriam Lichtheim (two parts of a trilogy)
• Braiding Sweetgrass For Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, And The Teachings Of Plants | Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith, Nicole Neidhardt
  
• Doing Justice: A Prosecutor's Thoughts On Crime, Punishment, And The Rule Of Law | Preet Bharara
• Feng Shui Modern | Cliff Tan
  
• Same-Sex Unions In Premodern Europe | John Boswell
• The Life-Changing Magic Of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art Of Decluttering And Organizing | Marie Kondo
  
• Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft, tenth edition | Janet Burroway
  

SECOND-WORLD FANTASY

• Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea | Rebecca Thorne
• Outlaw: Champions Of Kamigawa & Heretic: Betrayers Of Kamigawa & Guardian: Saviors Of Kamigawa | Scott McGough (trilogy)
  

WESTERN

• Give-A-Damn Jones | Bill Pronzini
  

SECOND-WORLD SCI-FI

none applicable this year

OCCULT/WITCHCRAFT

• Sacred Gender: Create Trans And Nonbinary Spiritual Connections | Ariana Serpentine
  
• Warrior Magic: Justice Spirituality And Culture From Around The World | Tomas Prower
  
• Welsh Witchcraft: A Guide To The Spirits, Lore, And Magic Of Wales | Mhara Starling
  

MYSTERY/HORROR/THRILLER

• Hide | Kiersten White
  

EARTH-BASED FANTASY

• Gods Of Jade And Shadow | Silvia Moreno-Garcia
  
• The Puppets Of Spelhorst | Kate DiCamillo
  

ROMANCE

• Not Pounded By Anything: Six Platonic Tales Of Non-Sexual Encounters | Chuck Tingle
• Pounded By The Classics: Seven Literary Tales Of The Tingleverse | Chuck Tingle
• Providence Girls: A Sapphic Horror Romance | Morgan Dante
  
• Snow White With The Red Hair | Sorata Akiduki (volumes 13-23)
• The Lesbian Classics Get Me Off: Seven Ladybuck Tales Of The Tingleverse | Chuck Tingle
  

BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR

• Gender Queer: A Memoir | Maia Kobabe
• Michelangelo: Paintings, Sculptures, Architecture | Ludwig Goldscheider
  

SCIENCE FANTASY

• The Salt Grows Heavy | Cassandra Khaw
  

HEALTH

none applicable this year

EARTH-BASED SCI-FI

• Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under The Sea | Dav Pilkey
  

CONTEMPORARY/HISTORICAL

none applicable this year

ANIMAL-FOCUSED

• Scaredy Squirrel: In A Nutshell | Melanie Watt
  
• The Tale Of Despereaux | Kate DiCamillo
  

POETRY

• February Poems | John Mooney
  
• Practical Gods | Carl Dennis
  
• Sappho: A New Translation | Mary Barnard
  

RELIGIOUS TEXT

• Los Agvinaldos del Infante: Gloda de Epifania // The Child’s Gifts: A Twelfth Night Tale | Tomas Blanco