Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Best of 2024

Once again I offer up one of my sporadic "Best of" lists, joining the countless end-of-year others inundating you. Take it for what it's worth. Perhaps you will discover an unfamiliar author or title that piques your interest. Then this is worthwhile.

Happy New Year all.


Top 10. Alphabetical by author

From Dawn to Decadence - Jacques Barzun
        An undertaking, but fascinating - a 900 p. cultural history 1500 to present

Sweet Thunder - Ivan Doig
        Butte, MT newspaper vs. Anaconda 1920's

The Hunter - Tana French
        An Irish mystery

No Ordinary Time - Doris Kearns Goodwin
        Eleanor Roosevelt's impact 1940-1945
        A rogue's gallery

The Vaster Wilds - Lauren Groff
        A young woman surviving alone in the wilds of Colonial America

Lab Girl - Hope Jahren
        A (Minnesota) woman's memoir, fighting for respect and recognition in the world of science

Moon Tiger - Penelope Lively
        An elderly female writer of history, nearing death, remembers her eventful life 

The Light of Battle - Michel Paradis
        Upon the 80th anniversary of D-Day

Playground - Richard Powers
        Does for oceans what Overstory did for trees


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