Books of 2024

I am again making a list of all the books I have listened to and read, as well as key podcasts listening that I have listened to in 2024, as I did with Books of 2021, 2022 and 2023. Below is a list of all the books I have read or listened to, including the source: Libby (a library download service), Amazon Kindle, and Chirp. As in 2023, most of the books I read this year were audiobooks from Chirp or Libby, or podcasts. From this list, I provide the following as the best three books and one podcast I read or listened to in 2024, listed in order of their importance to me:

1. Empire Podcast by Anita Anand and William Dalrymple took me through a variety of history with guest speakers and humour that made this podcast a joy to listen to day after day, as I binged through past episodes in 2024.
2. Heritage by Judy Nunn was a revealing tale about the transformation that Australia experienced in the aftermath of WWII, as well as some side stories about the fleeing Nazis and the situation in Israel at that time. I learned about Australia and the challenges that so many faced in that time.
3. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz is a small book with more insight than many self-help books all put together. I expect to be rereading this one annually.

Philosophy

• Knowing What We Know by Simon Winchester (Libby)
• A Hero with a Thousand Faces – James Campbell (Audible)
• A Short History of Philosophy by Peter Gibson (Chirp)
• The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

Australian and Other Historical Fiction

• The Orphans by Fiona McIntosh (Libby)
• Heritage by Judy Nunn
• The Death of John Lacey by Bob Hobson (Libby)
• Black Sheep – Judy Nunn
• Stone Country – Nicole Alexander (library eBook)
• Khaki Town by Judy Nunn

Other Historical Fiction

• The Empty Throne by Bernard Cornwell (Libby)
• Hawaii by James A. Michener (Chirp)

History

• The Fall of Roman Empire: Part A by Gibbon (Libby)
• So you say you want a revolution – Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History: Addendum Podcast
• Mania for Subjugation – Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History
• Empire Podcast to Episode 117 by Anita Anand and William Dalrymple

Classics

• Crime and Punishment – Fyodor Dostoevsky (Libby)
• The Count of Monte Christo (library eBook)
• The Moon and Sixpence – Somerset Maugham (Chirp)
• Macbeth – Shakespeare (Chirp)
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin (library eBook)
• Hamlet – Shakespeare
• Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton (Chirp)

Other

• Northland: A 4,000 Mile Journey America’s Forgotten Border – Porter Fox (Audible)
• Embracing Our Selves: The Voice Dialogue Manual – Hal Stone Ph.D., Ph.D. Stone Sidra L.
• The Alice Network – Kate Quinn (library eBook)
• Unf*ck Your Anxiety: Using Science to Unwire Your Anxious Brain by Faith G Harper (Chirp)
• American on Purpose by Craig Ferguson (Chirp)