2024 Pop Culture Lists

My reading goal this year was 60 books. With the move and renovation this year, I crushed that goal (thanks to audiobooks) and finished with 80. For books, I don’t pay attention to publication year/date the way I do with movies, TV shows, and albums. Here’s everything I read in 2024, ranked:

Unranked because the author is a friend: “Movies With Balls” by Kyle Bandujo, Non-Fiction: Sports (Book)
Re-Read: “The Book of Lost Things” by John Connolly, Fantasy (Audiobook)

1. “The Will of the Many” by James Islington, Fantasy (Audiobook)

2. “You Like It Darker” by Stephen King, Horror (Audiobook)

3. “The Devil’s Candy” by Julie Salamon, Non-Fiction: Movies (Audiobook)

4. “The Path to Paradise” by Sam Wesson, Non-Fiction: Movies (Audiobook)

5. “Opposable Thumbs” by Matt Singer, Non-Fiction: Movies (Audiobook)

6. “The Last Folk Hero” by Jeff Pearlman, Non-Fiction: Sports (Audiobook)

7. “The Secret Servant” by Daniel Silva, Thriller (Audiobook)

8. “Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space” by Adam Higginbotham, Non-Fiction: History (Audiobook)

9. “Jim Henson” by Brian Jay Jones, Non-Fiction: Biography (Audiobook)

10. “The Licanius Trilogy” by James Islington, Fantasy (Audiobook)

11. “The Wild Robot” and “The Wild Robot Escapes” by Peter E. Brown, Kid Lit (Book)

12. “Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World” by Henry Grabar, Non-Fiction: Sociology (Audiobook)

13. “The Big Goodbye” by Sam Wesson, Non-Fiction: Movies (Audiobook)

14. “Carrie Soto is Back” by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Literature (Audiobook)

15. “Built From the Fire” by Victor Luckerson, Non-Fiction: History (Audiobook)

16. “Making it So” by Patrick Stewart, Non-Fiction: Autobiography (Audiobook)

17. “The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in the Age of Extremism” by Tim Alberta, Non-Fiction: Religion (Audiobook)

18. “Portrait of a Spy” by Daniel Silva, Thriller (Audiobook)

19. “Network Effect” by Martha Wells, Science Fiction (Audiobook)

20. “There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension” by Hanif Abdurraqib, Non-Fiction Memoir (Audiobook)

21. “Revelator” by Daryl Gregory, Horror (Audiobook)

22. “The Rembrandt Affair” by Daniel Silva, Thriller (Audiobook)

23. “Carson the Magnificent” by Bill Zehme and Mike Thomas, Non-Fiction: Biography (Audiobook)

24. “A Night in the Lonesome October” by Roger Zelazny, Fantasy (Audiobook)

25. “The Ogress and the Orphans” by Kelly Barnhill, Fairy Tale (Audiobook)

26. “Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt, Literature (Audiobook)

27. “MCU” by Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, and Gavin Edwards, Non-Fiction: Movies (Audiobook)

28. “House of Spies” by Daniel Silva, Thriller (Audiobook)

29. “The English Girl” by Daniel Silva, Thriller (Audiobook)

30. “Welcome to the O.C.” by Alan Sepinwall, Non-Fiction: TV (Audiobook)

31. “The Last Murder at the End of the World” by Stuart Turton, Fantasy (Audiobook)

32. “The Ministry of Time” by Kaliane Bradley, Science Fiction (Audiobook)

33. “The Messenger” by Daniel Silva, Thriller (Audiobook)

34. “Lies Sleeping” by Ben Aaronovitch, Fantasy (Audiobook)

35. “System Collapse” by Martha Wells, Science Fiction (Audiobook)

36. “A City on Mars” by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith, Non-Fiction: Science (Audiobook)

37. “Prince of Fire” by Daniel Silva, Thriller (Audiobook)

38. “Neuromancer” by William Gibson, Science Fiction (Audiobook)

39. “Fugitive Telemetry” by Martha Wells, Science Fiction (Audiobook)

40. “Where’d You Park Your Spaceship” by Rob Bell, Science Fiction (Audiobook)

41. “The Heist” by Daniel Silva, Thriller (Audiobook)

42. “Lexicon” by Max Barry, Science Fiction (Audiobook)

43. “Kings of the Wyld” by Nicholas Eames, Fantasy (Audiobook)

44. “Alien Clay” by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Science Fiction (Audiobook)

45. “Yellow Bird” by Sierra Crane Murdoch, Non-Fiction: Crime (Audiobook)

46. “The Black Widow” by Daniel Silva, Thriller (Audiobook)

47. “The Fallen Angel” by Daniel Silva, Thriller (Audiobook)

48. “The Defector” by Daniel Silva, Thriller (Audiobook)

49. “A Memory Called Empire” by Arkady Martine, Science Fiction (Audiobook)

50. “Jade City” by Fonda Lee, Fantasy (Audiobook)

51. “The Lost Man” by Jane Harper, Thriller (Audiobook)

52. “The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store” by James McBride, Literature (Audiobook)

53. “Survivors” by Jane Harper, Thriller (Audiobook)

54. “Cage of Souls” by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Science Fiction (Audiobook)

55. “The Moscow Rules” by Daniel Silva, Thriller (Audiobook)

56. “The Land of Lost Things” by John Connolly, Fantasy (Audiobook)

57. “Not For You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense” by Ronen Givony, Non-Fiction: Music (Audiobook)

58. “Infinity Gate” by MR Carey, Science Fiction (Audiobook)

59. “The Regional Office is Under Attack” by Manuel Gonzales, Science Fiction (Audiobook)

60. “Somewhere Beyond the Sea” by TJ Klune, Fantasy (Audiobook)

61. “Ancillary Justice” by Ann Leckie, Science Fiction (Audiobook)

62. “Half Way Home” by Hugh Howey, Science Fiction (eBook)

63. “Light Years From Home” by Mike Chen, Science Fiction (Audiobook)

64. “Drowning” by TJ Newman, Thriller (Audiobook)

65. “Dead Space” by Kali Wallace, Science Fiction (Audiobook)

66. “Gray” by Lou Cadle, Post-Apocalyptic (Audiobook)

67. “Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma” by Claire Dederer, Non-Fiction Memoir (Audiobook)

68. “The Paradox Hotel” by Rob Hart, Science Fiction (Audiobook)

69. “Downtown Owl” by Chuck Klosterman, Literary Fiction (eBook)

70. “The Terraformers” by Annalee Newitz, Science Fiction (Audiobook)

71. “Mammoth” by John Varley, Science Fiction (Audiobook)

72. “Your Band Sucks” by Jon Fine, Non-Fiction: Music (Audiobook)

73. “Billionaire Wilderness” by Justin Farrell, Non-Fiction: Sociology (Audiobook)

74. “The End of the World Running Club” by Adrian J. Walker, Dystopia (Audiobook)

75. “Oceanspace” by Allen Steele and “Artifact” by Joshua James, Science Fiction (eBook) DNF