Part three of my annual year-end round-up of stuff is books, glorious books…
Over the 70 titles I read in 2024, science-fiction stuff just edged out thrillers and non-fiction, and I got through a few audiobooks as well over the last twelve months.
I also had 2 DNFs (did-not-finish) titles this year which aren’t on the list; that’s rare for me – usually I stick it out to the bitter end, but sometimes it’s just not worth the candle, as the old saying goes.
My top picks for 2024 were Rowland White’s gripping true-life WW2 story Mosquito, David Goodman’s debut thriller A Reluctant Spy and Duncan Harris’ exhaustive look at the WipEout videogames.
Here’s the full list – Death’s Kiss (Josh Reynolds); The Untold History of Television: Archer and Bob’s Burgers (Kathleen Olmstead); Waste Tide (Chen Qiufan); Operation Afterlight (Robert Lassen); I Was Killed Yesterday (Andrew Smith); Outlaw (Jack Stewart); The Subplot (Megan Walsh); SubOrbital 7 (John Shirley); Adventures in Amity: Tales from the Jaws Ride (Dustin McNeill); The Treadstone Rendition (Joshua Hood); Daughters of Death (Nicola Baldwin); Dragon’s Domain (Marc Platt, Nicholas Briggs); Mosquito (Rowland White); Medal of Honor (Chris Ryan); Blind Fear (Brandon Webb & John David Mann); Troubled Waters (Una McCormack); The Masquerades of Spring (Ben Aaronovitch); MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios (Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, Gavin Edwards); Stingray (Bill Keith); Invasion (Frank Gardner); Curious Video Game Machines (Lewis Packwood); Unmanned (Dan Fesperman); Satellite Scare (Various); Gunfight on Europa Station (Various); Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life (Arnold Schwarzengger); London Zone (Smith); High Noon on Proxima B (Various); Welcome to the Game (Craig Henderson); To Everything That Might Have Been – The Lost Universe Of Space: 1999 (Robert E Wood, David Hirsch, Christopher Penfold); Devis (Roland Moore); Blood and Gasoline (Various); Nightstalker (Timothy Rizzi); Iron Man: Tony Stark Declassified (Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore); Voyager’s Flight (Karen McCreedy); A Reluctant Spy (David Goodman); The Untold Stories of the Space Shuttle Program (Davide Sivolella); The Moscow Rules: The Secret CIA Tactics That Helped America Win the Cold War (Antonio J. Méndez, Jonna Méndez, Matt Baglio); Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West (Calder Walton); Hercules (Scott Bateman); Liftoff (Eric Berger); Death in the Desert (Jim Eldridge); Four Hours to Eternity (Various); Bold Forager (Tom Willard); Operation Carib (Mack Maloney); Operation Sea Ghost (Mack Maloney); Reentry (Eric Berger); Legacy of the Stars (John Gregory); The 37th Parallel (Ben Mezrich); Area 51: An Uncensored History (Annie Jacobsen); Bogey Spades (Jack Stewart); The Calculating Stars (Mary Robinette Kowal); V UK: Visitation Episode One (Jonathan Morris); Mech: Age of Steel (Various); V UK: Visitation Episode Two (Morris); V UK: Visitation Episode Three (Morris); WipEout Futurism: The Graphic Archives (Duncan Harris); Wolf Six (Alex Shaw); Full-Throttle Franchise: The Culture, Business and Politics of Fast & Furious (Various); Maybe There: The Lost Stories From Space: 1999 (Hirsch & Wood); Terror Fake (Briggs); Stone and Sky (Aaronovitch); Rogue Trooper: Welcome to Nu-Earth (Gerry Finley-Day & Dave Gibbons); The Science Fiction in Traveller (Shannon Appelcline); The Nowhere Man (Gregg Hurwitz); Savage Road (Chris Hauty); Kidnapped (James Patterson with Robert Gold); 80s Action Movies on the Cheap (Daniel R Budnik).
