{"id":202,"date":"2024-12-27T16:16:33","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T21:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wxdam.com\/blog\/?page_id=202"},"modified":"2025-07-18T14:44:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T19:44:44","slug":"list-of-books-ive-read","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wxdam.com\/blog\/list-of-books-ive-read\/","title":{"rendered":"List of Books I’ve Read"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Stats<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Year<\/th>Total Books<\/th>Average Rating<\/th>Genre: Fiction\/Nonfiction<\/th>Authors: Male\/Female<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
2025<\/strong><\/td>13<\/td>3.50\/5.00<\/td>62%\/38%<\/td>6\/7<\/td><\/tr>
2024<\/strong><\/td>21<\/td>3.71\/5.00<\/td>85%\/15%<\/td>9\/12<\/td><\/tr>
2023<\/strong><\/td>14<\/td>3.93\/5.00<\/td>92%\/8%<\/td>9\/5<\/td><\/tr>
2022<\/strong><\/td>2<\/td>3.00\/5.00<\/td>100%\/0%<\/td>0\/2<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
#<\/th>Title<\/th>Author<\/th>Date Started<\/th>Date Finished<\/th>Stars<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
13<\/strong><\/td>When the Clock Broke<\/td>John Ganz<\/td>7\/18\/2025<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
12<\/strong><\/td>Nuclear War: A Scenario<\/td>Annie Jacobsen<\/td>6\/24\/2025<\/td>6\/30\/2025<\/td>5<\/td><\/tr>
11<\/strong><\/td>The Morning After<\/td>Chantal H\u00e9bert<\/td>5\/19\/2025<\/td>6\/2\/2025<\/td>4<\/td><\/tr>
10<\/strong><\/td>Southern Storm: The Tragedy of Flight 242<\/td>Samme Chittum<\/td>5\/3\/2025<\/td>5\/10\/2025<\/td>4<\/td><\/tr>
9<\/strong><\/td>Six Crises<\/td>Richard Nixon<\/td>4\/10\/2025<\/td>5\/3\/2025<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
8<\/strong><\/td>Orbital<\/td>Samantha Harvey<\/td>3\/22\/2025<\/td>4\/5\/2025<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/strong><\/td>Cults<\/td>Max Cutler<\/td>3\/8\/2025<\/td>3\/16\/2025<\/td>2<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/strong><\/td>The Next Civil War<\/td>Stephen Marche<\/td>2\/28\/2025<\/td>3\/8\/2025<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/strong><\/td>The Situation Room<\/td>George Stephanopoulos<\/td>1\/27\/2025<\/td>2\/3\/2025<\/td>5<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/strong><\/td>Ladies’ Lunch and Other Stories<\/td>Lore Segal<\/td>1\/26\/2025<\/td>1\/26\/2025<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/strong><\/td>Two Old Men And a Baby<\/td>Hendrik Groen<\/td>1\/13\/2025<\/td>1\/25\/2025<\/td>2<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/strong><\/td>The Lies I Tell<\/td>Julie Clark<\/td>1\/8\/2025<\/td>1\/12\/2025<\/td>5<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/strong><\/td>Then She Was Gone<\/td>Lisa Jewell<\/td>12\/28\/2024<\/td>1\/5\/2025<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
#<\/th>Title<\/th>Author<\/th>Date Started<\/th>Date Finished<\/th>Stars<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
21<\/strong><\/td>Follow Me<\/td>Kathleen Barber<\/td>12\/15\/2024<\/td>12\/25\/2024<\/td>5<\/td><\/tr>
20<\/strong><\/td>Maybe in Another Life<\/td>Taylor Jenkins Reid<\/td>11\/16\/2024<\/td>12\/13\/2024<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
19<\/strong><\/td>Surviving Autocracy<\/td>Masha Gessen<\/td>11\/14\/2024<\/td>11\/16\/2024<\/td>2<\/td><\/tr>
18<\/strong><\/td>Everyone in This Room Will Someday be Dead<\/td>Emily Austin<\/td>11\/7\/2024<\/td>11\/13\/2024<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
17<\/strong><\/td>How to Stop Time<\/td>Matt Haig<\/td>10\/1\/2024<\/td>10\/21\/2024<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
16<\/strong><\/td>The Glass Hotel<\/td>Emily St. John Mandel<\/td>9\/17\/2024<\/td>9\/30\/2024<\/td>5<\/td><\/tr>
15<\/strong><\/td>Tornado Watch #211<\/td>John G. Fuller<\/td>9\/14\/2024<\/td>9\/16\/2024<\/td>5<\/td><\/tr>
14<\/strong><\/td>American Heiress<\/td>Jeffrey Toobin<\/td>8\/27\/2024<\/td>9\/14\/2024<\/td>4<\/td><\/tr>
13<\/strong><\/td>Hostage<\/td>Claire Mackintosh<\/td>7\/31\/2024<\/td>8\/10\/2024<\/td>1<\/td><\/tr>
12<\/strong><\/td>The Librarianist<\/td>Patrick deWitt<\/td>7\/25\/2024<\/td>7\/30\/2024<\/td>5<\/td><\/tr>
11<\/strong><\/td>Our Lady of the Prairie<\/td>Thisbe Nissen<\/td>7\/12\/2024<\/td>7\/18\/2024<\/td>4<\/td><\/tr>
10<\/strong><\/td>The New Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen<\/td>Hendrik Groen<\/td>6\/22\/2024<\/td>7\/12\/2024<\/td>4<\/td><\/tr>
9<\/strong><\/td>Ghost Radio<\/td>Leopoldo Gout<\/td>6\/1\/2024<\/td>6\/22\/2024<\/td>2<\/td><\/tr>
8<\/strong><\/td>The Dictionary of Lost Words<\/td>Pip Williams<\/td>5\/6\/2024<\/td>5\/18\/2024<\/td>1<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/strong><\/td>The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo<\/td>Taylor Jenkins Reid<\/td>4\/19\/2024<\/td>5\/4\/2024<\/td>5<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/strong><\/td>Several People Are Typing<\/td>Calvin Kasulke<\/td>4\/12\/2024<\/td>4\/14\/2024<\/td>5<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/strong><\/td>A Fever in the Heartland<\/td>Timothy Egan<\/td>3\/10\/2024<\/td>4\/7\/2024<\/td>4<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/strong><\/td>Evergreen<\/td>Naomi Hirahara<\/td>2\/18\/2024<\/td>3\/8\/2024<\/td>4<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/strong><\/td>The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen<\/td>Hendrik Groen<\/td>1\/29\/2024<\/td>2\/17\/2024<\/td>4<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/strong><\/td>Clark and Division<\/td>Naomi Hirahara<\/td>1\/19\/2024<\/td>1\/28\/2024<\/td>4<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/strong><\/td>Aurora<\/td>David Koepp<\/td>12\/31\/2023<\/td>1\/7\/2024<\/td>5<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
#<\/th>Title<\/th>Author<\/th>Date Started<\/th>Date Finished<\/th>Stars<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
14<\/strong><\/td>French Exit<\/td>Patrick deWitt<\/td>12\/12\/2023<\/td>12\/28\/2023<\/td>5<\/td><\/tr>
13<\/strong><\/td>The Time Has Come<\/td>Will Leitch<\/td>12\/10\/2023<\/td>12\/12\/2023<\/td>2<\/td><\/tr>
12<\/strong><\/td>Hell’s Corner<\/td>David Baldacci<\/td>11\/6\/2023<\/td>12\/10\/2023<\/td>2<\/td><\/tr>
11<\/strong><\/td>The Last House on the Street<\/td>Diane Chamberlain<\/td>9\/15\/2023<\/td>9\/16\/2023<\/td>5<\/td><\/tr>
10<\/strong><\/td>Attrib. and Other Stories<\/td>Eley Williams<\/td>7\/9\/2023<\/td>7\/11\/2023<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
9<\/strong><\/td>Divine Justice<\/td>David Baldacci<\/td>6\/24\/2023<\/td>7\/8\/2023<\/td>5<\/td><\/tr>
8<\/strong><\/td>Falling<\/td>T.J. Newman<\/td>6\/16\/2023<\/td>6\/24\/2023<\/td>2<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/strong><\/td>The Last Flight<\/td>Julie Clark<\/td>6\/11\/2023<\/td>6\/15\/2023<\/td>5<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/strong><\/td>Stone Cold<\/td>David Baldacci<\/td>6\/3\/2023<\/td>6\/11\/2023<\/td>5<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/strong><\/td>The Earthquake Bird<\/td>Susanna Jones<\/td>5\/27\/2023<\/td>6\/2\/2023<\/td>5<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/strong><\/td>The Collectors<\/td>David Baldacci<\/td>5\/24\/2023<\/td>5\/26\/2023<\/td>4<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/strong><\/td>The Sorcerer of Pyongyang<\/td>Marcel Theroux<\/td>5\/20\/2023<\/td>5\/24\/2023<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/strong><\/td>The Camel Club<\/td>David Baldacci<\/td>5\/3\/2023<\/td>5\/20\/2023<\/td>5<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/strong><\/td>Maphead<\/td>Ken Jennings<\/td>1\/23\/2023<\/td>5\/2\/2023<\/td>4<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
#<\/th>Title<\/th>Author<\/th>Date Started<\/th>Date Finished<\/th>Stars<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
2<\/strong><\/td>Where the Crawdads Sing<\/td>Delia Owens<\/td>7\/18\/2022<\/td>7\/28\/2022<\/td>1<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/strong><\/td>Sea of Tranquility<\/td>Emily St. John Mandel<\/td>7\/5\/2022<\/td>7\/26\/2022<\/td>5<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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