> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.andrewliptak.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # What I read in 2024 - URL: https://www.andrewliptak.com/2024-books-read-science-fiction-fantasy/ - Published: 2025-01-02T15:35:44.000Z - Updated: 2025-01-02T15:35:44.000Z - Description: 42 books in a year - Author: Andrew Liptak - Tags: Book List, Books, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, History Now that the new year is upon us, I'm taking one last look back at the books of 2024: I've been keeping track of what I read on social media (chiefly on [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/andrewliptak.com?ref=andrewliptak.com) and [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/andrewjliptak/)). I had a goal of 52 books to read this year, and came up short: I was only able to finish 42 before the end of the year, but that was better than last year, where I only got to 38\. That's okay though: I've spent less time stressing about hitting that number, and focusing more on the books that I'm enjoying. [My 10 favorite reads of 2024If there’s a thread that connects these reads, it’s the idea of power and how characters contend with it![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2c/d7/2cd7d323-e6ed-4666-8092-07e380dbdf2a/content/images/icon/favicon-70.ico)Transfer OrbitAndrew Liptak![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2c/d7/2cd7d323-e6ed-4666-8092-07e380dbdf2a/content/images/thumbnail/IMG_1554.jpeg)](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-best-books-2025/) Here are my lists from [2018](https://www.andrewliptak.com/blog/2018/12/6/all-the-books-i-read-in-2018-science-fiction-fantasy-horror-history?ref=transfer-orbit.ghost.io), [2019](https://www.andrewliptak.com/blog/what-i-read-in-2019-books-science-fiction-fantasy-history-reading?ref=transfer-orbit.ghost.io), [2020](https://www.andrewliptak.com/what-i-read-in-2020/), [2021](https://www.andrewliptak.com/2021-reading-list-science-fiction-fantasy-horror-books/), [2022](https://www.andrewliptak.com/what-i-read-in-2022/), and [2023](https://www.andrewliptak.com/what-i-read-in-2023/). Here's what I read: 1. *The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America's Bird* by Jack E. Davis 2. *The Mysteries* by Bill Watterson 3. *Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech* by Brian Merchant 4. *Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to 1980s* by B. Dylan Hollis 5. *Locklands* by Robert Jackson Bennett 6. *The Tusks of Extinction* by Ray Nayler ([Review](https://www.andrewliptak.com/ray-nayler-tusks-of-extinction-science-fiction-book-review/)) 7. *The Art and Soul of Dune: Part 2* by Tanya LaPointe and Stefanie Broos 8. *Dune: Messiah* by Frank Herbert 9. *American Flannel: How a Band of Entrepreneurs Are Bringing the Art and Business of Making Clothes Back Home* by Stephen Kurutz ([Review](https://www.andrewliptak.com/american-flannel-steven-kurutz-textile-history-book-review/)) 10. *The Three-Body Problem* by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu 11. *Starling House* by Alix E. Harrow 12. *System Collapse* by Martha Wells 13. *Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism* by Jeffrey Toobin 14. *Eruption* by Michael Crichton and James Patterson 15. *Soon I Will Be Invincible* by Austin Grossman 16. *When Among Crows* by Veronica Roth 17. *The Warm Hands of Ghosts* by Katherine Arden ([Review](https://www.andrewliptak.com/warm-hands-of-ghosts-katherine-arden-fantasy-book-review/)) 18. *Fight Me* by Austin Grossman ([Review](https://www.andrewliptak.com/austin-grossman-fight-me-superheroes-book-review/)) 19. *The Bright Sword* by Lev Grossman ([Review](https://www.andrewliptak.com/the-bright-sword-lev-grossman-king-arthur-fantasy-book-review/)) 20. *Untethered Sky* by Fonda Lee 21. *Moonbound* by Robin Sloan ([Review](https://www.andrewliptak.com/robin-sloan-moonbound-sci-fi-book-review/)) 22. *Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again* by Shigeru Kayama, translated by Jeffrey Angles 23. *Nuclear War: A Scenario* by Annie Jacobsen ([Review](https://www.andrewliptak.com/nuclear-war-a-scenario-annie-jacobsen-apocalyptic-book-review/)) 24. *The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, an the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982* byChris Nashawaty 25. *The Mercy of Gods* by James S.A. Corey ([Review](https://www.andrewliptak.com/james-sa-corey-mercy-of-gods-scifi-book-review/)) 26. *Squire* by Sara Alfageeh and Nadia Shammas 27. *Navola* by Paolo Bacigalupi ([Review](https://www.andrewliptak.com/paolo-bacigalupi-navola-fantasy-book-review/)) 28. *Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster at the Edge of Space* by Adam Higginbotham ([Review](https://www.andrewliptak.com/challenger-adam-higginbotham-nasa-history-book-review/)) 29. *A Natural History of Empty Lots* by Christopher Brown (Review) 30. *Agony Hill* by Sarah Stewart Taylor 31. *American Scary: A History of Horror by Salem to Stephen King* by Jeremy Dauber ([Review](https://www.andrewliptak.com/american-scary-jeremy-dauber-horror-history-book-review/)) 32. *Annihilation* by Jeff VanderMeer 33. *Star Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire* by Christopher Kempshall (Review) 34. *Stories are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind* by Annalee Newitz 35. *S.Q.P.R.: A History of Ancient Rome* by Mary Beard 36. *Constituent Service* by John Scalzi 37. *The Mountain Crown* by Karin Lowachee 38. *Unexploded Remnants* by Elaine Gallaher 39. *Horror Movie* by Paul Tremblay 40. Livesuit by James S.A. Corey 41. *Pilgrim Machines* by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne ([Review](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-book-review-yudhanjaya-wijeratne-pilgrim-machines/)) 42. *Old Man's War* by John Scalzi Now that we're a couple of days into 2025, it's time to reset the clock. Let's see if I can hit 52 reads in the next 12 months. What did you read this year? What books stuck with you, and what are your plans for this year? I've [listed the books I'm looking forward](https://www.andrewliptak.com/sci-fi-fantasy-2025-anticipated-books-scalzi-okorafor-cosby-kuang/) to in 2025, and I'm hoping to actually spend more time thinking and writing about what I read this year. Stay tuned!