2024: Highlights from a year of reading

My favorite book of the year: Homer's The Iliad

The best reading reading project I did this year: The 'Epic, Epic Poetry Project'.

The book I read this year that literally changed my life:
Ultraprocessed People by Chris van Tulleken

The book I bought the day it came out: Darkly by Marsha Pessl

The most fun and humorous book I read this year: Tales From the Gas Station, Vol. 1 by Jack Townsend (note: available on kindle only)

The book I finally read after waiting 20 years: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

My least favorite book I read this year: Summer of the Dragon by Elizabeth Peters

A children's books that I read: Percy Jackson, The Lightning Thief - read at same time I was reading Iliad and Odyssey so that was fun.

The book I DNF-ed (on purpose) and will never pick up again: S. by J.J. Abrams

The book I DNF (inadvertently) but plan on finishing in 2025: Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

The book I read that made me feel most accomplished this year: The Divine Comedy by Dante

The book that I read with the best inscription: The Divine Comedy, Everyman's Library edition's - translators inscription: "This translation of the Inferno is inscribed to... " You can see the full inscription in the photo below.

The book I really wanted to read but never got around to: Shibumi by Trevanian

The most exciting book purchases this year: Everyman's Library editions of Rebecca and The Divine Comedy, Dune (two editions - I couldn't decide!)

The best horror novel I read: World War Z by Max Brooks - I read several horror novels this year and they were all meh. But this one was good.

Favorite book gift: Everyman's Library edition of Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials

Favorite ereader this year: my Nook Glowlight 4. Page turning buttons (on both sides) for the win! Also, my kindle died which was annoying.

Best translator: Emily Wilson - I loved her translations of The Iliad and The Odyssey.