Thursday, January 2, 2025

2024 / 2025 reading lists

 Happy New Year readers!

What did you read in 2024? What's on your list for 2025? Any recommendations? 

Here's a list of 10 books that I read in 2024:

  • The PARA Method: The Simple System for Organizing Your Digital Life in Seconds - Tiago ForteT
  • The Wager - David Grann (audiobook)
  • Joyful Productivity - Ali Abdaal (audiobook)
  • The Enigma of Room 622 - Joël Dicker 
  • The Witch of Portobello - Paulo Coelho
  • The Wolf Wilder - Katherine Rundell
  • The Enigma of Room 622 - Joël Dicker
  • Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
  • The End of Drum - Time by Hanna Pylväinen
  • The Secret History - Donna Tart

Favourite was Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens. A coming-of-age murder mystery story, but really an ode to the beauty of nature and a reflection on solitude. 

Here is a list of some of the books I hope to read in 2025:

  • Quantum - Manjit Kumaro
  • You Think You Know Me - Ayaan Mohamud
  • The 48 Laws Of Power - Robert Green
  • The Psychology Of Money
  • The Between - Tananarive Due (audiobook)
  • How Much of These Hills Is Gold - Zhang, C Pam
  • The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store -James McBride
  • The Bee Sting - Paul Murray
  • The Vaster Wilds - Lauren Groff
  • Birnam Wood - Eleanor Catton
  • Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica’s Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night - Julian Sancton
  • If We Were Villains - M. L. Rio
  • A Furious Devotion: The Life of Shane MacGowan - Richard Balls
  • The Cook - Ajay Chowdhury
  • Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain - Maryanne Wolf
  • Slow Productivity - Cal Newport
Don't forget to add the 3 books from The Witch's List Trilogy to your reading list. 
Happy reading!