Re: What are the best books you've read in 2024?
Bozo User <[email protected]> Thu, 16 Jan 2025 18:58:05 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-12-14, Steve Hayes <[email protected]> wrote: > What are the best books you've read in 2024? > > Mine: > > 87 Lewis, C.S. 1973. Prince Caspian. > 87 Towles, Amor. 2017. A Gentleman in Moscow. > 86 Poland, Marguerite. 2019. A Sin of Omission. > 85 Williams, Pip. 2022. The Dictionary of Lost Words. > 84 Holland, Tom. 2019. Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind. > 83 Jewell, Lisa. 2019. The Family Upstairs. > 82 de la Motte, Anders. 2020. Rites of Spring. > 82 Glyn, Patricia. 2006. Footing with Sir Richard's Ghost. > 81 King, Stephen. 2011. 11.22.63. > 81 Wain, John. 1974. A Winter in the Hills. > > Scores out of 100, so those over 80 got 5 stars on GoodReads > > Reviews of the (tied) top two here: > > Telmarines: the ultimate whenwes ><https://methodius.blogspot.com/2024/09/telmarines-ultimate-whenwes.html> > > A Gentleman in Moscow -- the mind and face of Bolshevism ><https://methodius.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-gentleman-in-moscow-mind-and-face-of.html> > > > Colourless Tsukuru, Haruku Murakami, 2013. Well, it actually was my second read, as it's a book with several metaphors. -- Excuse my English, I am not a native speaker. Thanks.