{"id":5503,"date":"2025-01-23T15:20:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T22:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rob.rs\/?p=5503"},"modified":"2025-01-23T15:20:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T22:20:52","slug":"5503","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rob.rs\/?p=5503","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udcda I read 94 books in 2024. The total count has been trending downward for the past couple years. Like the previous year though, I did read a number of longer than usual books.<\/p>\n<p>I started the year with a fun challenge of reading 26 books whose titles start with A-Z. This had the effect of slowing things down a bit. Since I wanted to finish them in alphabetical order, I only read one book at a time from start to finish. Normally I have a few going at once that I read or listen to in different contexts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rob.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/foo-1.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"foo.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"311\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the complete 2024 list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Andromeda Klein<\/b> by Frank Portman<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>But What I Really Want to Do Is Direct<\/b> by Ken Kwapis<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Contact<\/b> by Carl Sagan<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Determined<\/b> by Robert M. Sapolsky<\/li>\n<li>&#128218; &#127911; <b>Ender&apos;s Game<\/b> by Orson Scott Card<\/li>\n<li>&#128218; &#127911; <b>Finding Ultra, Revised and Updated Edition<\/b> by Rich Roll<\/li>\n<li>&#128218; &#127911; <b>Galileo&apos;s Middle Finger<\/b> by Alice Dreger<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Hillbilly Elegy<\/b> by J. D. Vance<\/li>\n<li>&#128218; &#127911; <b>I Am Legend<\/b> by Richard Matheson<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>John Adams<\/b> by David McCullough<\/li>\n<li>&#128218; <b>Kingdom of Characters<\/b> by Jing Tsu<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Let My People Go Surfing<\/b> by Yvon Chouinard<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>My Life in the Sunshine<\/b> by Nabil Ayers<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Nomadland<\/b> by Jessica Bruder<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Open<\/b> by Andre Agassi<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Proust and the Squid<\/b> by Maryanne Wolf<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Quiet<\/b> by Susan Cain<\/li>\n<li>&#128218; &#127911; <b>Reclaiming Conversation<\/b> by Sherry Turkle<\/li>\n<li>&#128218; &#127911; <b>Speaker for the Dead<\/b> by Orson Scott Card<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Travel Light<\/b> by Light Watkins<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Upstream<\/b> by Dan Heath<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Vanderbilt<\/b> by Anderson Cooper &amp; Katherine Howe<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>What We Owe the Future<\/b> by William MacAskill<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Xenocide<\/b> by Orson Scott Card<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>You Are Why You Eat<\/b> by Dr. Ramani Durvasula<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Zorba the Greek<\/b> by Nikos Kazantzakis<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Children of the Mind<\/b> by Orson Scott Card<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>The Last Shadow<\/b> by Orson Scott Card<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Breathless<\/b> by David Quammen<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Snow Crash<\/b> by Neal Stephenson<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Ready Player One<\/b> by Ernest Cline<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Born Standing Up<\/b> by Steve Martin<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Marry Him<\/b> by Lori Gottlieb<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Chip War<\/b> by Chris Miller<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Decluttering at the Speed of Life<\/b> by Dana K. 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Tolkien &amp; Christopher Tolkien<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Dune<\/b> by Frank Herbert<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Dune Messiah<\/b> by Frank Herbert<\/li>\n<li>&#128218; <b>Magic Pill<\/b> by Johann Hari<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Children of Dune<\/b> by Frank Herbert<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Above the Clouds<\/b> by Kilian Jornet<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Everything That Remains<\/b> by Joshua Fields Millburn &amp; Ryan Nicodemus<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Stolen Focus<\/b> by Johann Hari<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>God Emperor of Dune<\/b> by Frank Herbert<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Love People, Use Things<\/b> by Joshua Fields Millburn &amp; Ryan Nicodemus<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Things That Matter<\/b> by Joshua Becker<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>The Age of Surveillance Capitalism<\/b> by Shoshana Zuboff<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Frozen in Time<\/b> by Mitchell Zuckoff<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Slow Horses<\/b> by Mick Herron<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Lost in Shangri-La<\/b> by Mitchell Zuckoff<\/li>\n<li>&#128218; <b>In Defense of Food<\/b> by Michael Pollan<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>13 Hours<\/b> by Mitchell Zuckoff<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Heretics of Dune<\/b> by Frank Herbert<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Right Thing, Right Now<\/b> by Ryan Holiday<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Scarcity Brain<\/b> by Michael Easter<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Into the Wild<\/b> by Jon Krakauer<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>The Apple II Age<\/b> by Laine Nooney<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Build the Life You Want<\/b> by Arthur C. Brooks &amp; Oprah Winfrey<\/li>\n<li>&#128218; <b>How to Live in a Car, Van or RV<\/b> by Bob Wells<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Infinite Jest<\/b> by David Foster Wallace<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>This Is Water<\/b> by David Foster Wallace<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Doctor Zhivago<\/b> by Bor&#236;s Pastern&#224;k, Richard Pevear &amp; Larissa Volokhonsky<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>The Pale King<\/b> by David Foster Wallace<\/li>\n<li>&#128218; <b>The Hunt for Red October<\/b> by Tom Clancy<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Tribe<\/b> by Sebastian Junger<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>The Broom of the System<\/b> by David Foster Wallace<\/li>\n<li>&#128218; <b>Wisdom from the Road<\/b> by Bob Wells<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Brief Interviews with Hideous Men<\/b> by David Foster Wallace<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Meditations for Mortals<\/b> by Oliver Burkeman<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>A Supposedly Fun Thing I&apos;ll Never Do Again<\/b> by David Foster Wallace<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Wool (The Silo Saga)<\/b> by Hugh Howey<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Infinite Jest<\/b> by David Foster Wallace<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself<\/b> by David Lipsky<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Girl With Curious Hair<\/b> by David Foster Wallace<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>The Armageddon Protocol (Galactic Cold War)<\/b> by Dan Moren<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Trainspotting<\/b> by Irvine Welsh<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Shift (The Silo Saga)<\/b> by Hugh Howey<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>Dust (The Silo Saga)<\/b> by Hugh Howey<\/li>\n<li>&#127911; <b>The Age of Magical Overthinking<\/b> by Amanda Montell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udcda I read 94 books in 2024. 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