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My 2024 Reading Profile

 So, I do read a lot but dont generally keep track of what I am reading. So a new goal for 2025 is to record what I read during the year. First in this series is what I read in 2024. Favorites are highlighted in bold font. 

January, 2024

  • Fire & Blood, George R. R. Martin
  • Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind Systems We Use Every Day, Dan Nott
February, 2024

  • Total Power, Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills
  • The Three-body Problem, Liu, Cixin
March, 2024

  • The Making of a Manager, Julie Zhuo
  • Enemy at the Gates, Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills
  • Oath of Loyalty, Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills
  • The Lions of Lucerne, Brad Thor
  • Blue Moon, Lee Child
April, 2024

  • Night School, Lee Child
  • The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm Gladwell
  • Code Red, Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills
  • The Cradle of Ice, James Rollins
May, 2024

  • Artemis, Andy Weir
  • Cowboys and Aliaens, Joan D. Vinge
  • Hell's Foundations Quiver, David Weber
  • Winter World, A. G. Riddle
  • Blowback, Brad Thor
  • Grasp: The Science Transforming How We Learn, Sarma, Sanjay E.
June, 2024

  • The House of the Scorpion, Nancy Farmer
July, 2024
  • Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir
  • Nomad Century, Gala Vince
August, 2024
  • No Man's Land, David Baldacci
  • The Outside Man, Don Bentley
  • Light Years, Kass Morgan
  • A Brief History of Intelligence Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains, Bennett, Max S.
  • Simply Said Communicating Better at Work and Beyond, Sullivan, Jay
September, 2024
  • Supernova, Kass Morgan
  • Vanished, Joseph Finder
  • The Judge's List, John Grisham
October, 2024
  • The Assassin, Stephen Coonts
  • Commander-in-Chief, Mark Greaney
November, 2024
  • Oath of Office, Marc Cameron
  • A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Goerge R. R. Martin
  • Power and Empire, Marc Cameron
December, 2024
  • Sickening, John Abramson
  • Code of Honor, Marc Cameron
  • The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell
  • Revenge of the Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell 

The following books were read a little earlier (2023) and made a huge impact on me and so listing them in no particular order:

  • The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder, Peter Zeihan
  • The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness, Morgan Housel
  • Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology, Chris Miller
  • The Price We Pay: What Broke American Health Care--and How to Fix It, Marty Makary

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