Re: What are the best books you've read in 2024?

On Sat, 14 Dec 2024 09:51:19 +0200, Steve Hayes 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>


Two Coil related books:

* England's Hidden Reverse
* Everything Keeps Dissolving