A lot happened to me in 2024: my wife and I drove across the country, I sold and published a book (Trapdoor Heart - buy it here!), I saw some concerts, hung with friends, etcetera etcetera. Thankfully, I managed to sneak in a little reading whenever I could. Below are the 24 books I read in 2024, with a letter grade next to each illustrating how much I did (or sometimes didn't) enjoy it. As always, I've highlighted my personal favorites in blue. Happy New Year!
1.) Divided We Fall by David French ... A
2.) Free Speech by Andrew Doyle ... B
3.) Unite and Conquer by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema ... C+
4.) Social Justice Fallacies by Thomas Sowell ... B+
5.) Another Marvelous Thing by Laurie Colwin ... A+
6.) Miami and the Siege of Chicago by Norman Mailer ... C
7.) Holly by Stephen King ... C-
8.) The End of Race Politics by Coleman Hughes ... A
9.) The Canceling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Rikki Schlott ... A
10.) For Love of Country by Tulsi Gabbard ... B
11.) Morning After the Revolution by Nellie Bowles ... A
12.) Envelope Poems by Emily Dickinson ... B
13.) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon and Simon Stephens ... A
14.) Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio ... B+
15.) Maus I: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman ... A
16.) Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman ... A
17.) Trapdoor Heart by Brad Perry ... (n/a)
18.) The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams ... B+
19.) Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale .. B+
20.) Don't Burn This Country by Dave Rubin ... C-
21.) Winter in the Blood by James Welch ... A
22.) Blasted by Sarah Kane ... C
23.) The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake ... B
24.) Poems for the Moon: Vol. 1 by J.R. Rogue ... C
