My Favorite Books from 2024 and What’s Coming in 2025

Including Details about My Upcoming Book and My Classic Novel Goal

Reading was good to me in 2024, and I thought I’d share my favorite books from the year. But how to narrow down the roster?

My Big List

I finished 88 books in 2024. I read portions of dozens more while researching and writing my book, The Idea Machine—about which more in a moment. But for the list below, these are the books I read cover to cover, excludin…