So yeah .... although little embarrassing, this is my first fiction reading list since, um, 2021. And, granted, this is my 2024 books, and we're already eight months into the new year.
But I'm posting because, basically, this is the first time I've read enough fiction to qualify for a good "fiction reading list" in over three years. Sure, I read tons of non-fiction during that time. But fiction? Alas, not so much. Mainly it was an issue of research and writing. But it was also due to my duties as Director of Undergraduate Studies, which, during my final year of that ordeal, was truly terrible.
Regardless, my fantasy fiction class, ENGL 378, bolstered my 2024 stats significantly. I did oodles of reading in prep for that course, covering holes and gaps in my knowledge and so on. Also, I've included poetry books in my reading list, although, as per usual, non-fiction has been excluded. (I do read constantly, even if these numbers don't quite reflect that!)
FINAL STATS FOR 2024: 9,850 pages (or 40 books) over 365 days, which averages out to about 27 pages per day.
Of course, that's not great from a personal history perspective. While this is more than in 2021 (about 6,000 pages of fiction), in 2020 I read over 16,000 pages. Still, that's what I got. Counts for 2020 can be found here and here; counts for 2019 can be found here and here; counts for 2018 here and here.)
FICTION
Roddy Doyle, The Commitments, 200 pg
Rosemary Kirstein, The Steerswoman, 350 pg.
Rosemary Kirstein, The Outskirter's Secret, 300 pg.
Rosemary Kirstein, The Last Steersman, 400 pg.
Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune, 100 pg.
Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain, 100 pg.
Nghi Vo, Into the Riverlands, 100 pg.
Nghi Vo, Mammoths at the Gate, 100 pg
Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone, 500 pg
Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Virtue and Vengeance, 400 pg.
Susan Dexter, The Ring of Allaire, 250
Susan Dexter, The Sword of Caladran, 350 pg
Susan Dexter, The Mountains of Channadran, 350 pg
Lord Dunsany, The King of Elfland's Daughter, 200 pg.
Tananarive Due, My Soul to Keep, 350 pg.
Charles R. Saunders, Imaro, 200 pg.
Brandon Sanderson, The Emperor's Soul, 200 pg
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, 250 pg.
Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn, 200 pg.
Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan, 150 pg.
David Aberle, Abalone: The Journey of a Young Spirit, 100 pg.
Diriel A. Quiugue, Track of the Whirlwind, 400 pg.
Robert E. Howard, Various Conan Stories, 150 pg.
R. A. Salvatore, Exile, 250 pg
Phillip Chase, The Way of Edan, 400 pg.
Piers Anthony, Nightmare, 300 pg.
Judy-Lynn del Rey, editor, Stellar 1, 250 pg.
Nnedi Okafor, Akata Warrior, 100 pg (DNF)
David Anthony Durham, Acacia, 550 pg.
D. Djeli Clark, A Master of Djinn, 400 pg
John Norman, Priest-Kings of Gor, 300 pg
Wil Huygens, Gnomes, 100 pg
Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, 850 pg
Lawrence Watt-Evans, The Lure of the Basilisk, 200 pg
Poetry
Zach Weinersmith, Bea Wolf, 50 pg.
Mary Thaler, Ulfhidr, 50 pg
Amit Majmudar, Dothead, 100 pg
Adam Bolivar, Ballads for the Witching Hour, 100 pg.
Graywyvern, Woofus Takes, 100 pg.
Launcelot Schaubert, The Greenwood Poet, 150 pg.
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