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2024
My Year in Books
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Civilisation ⇔ Freedom of Speech
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जिस लाहौर नई देख्या, ओ जम्याई नई by Asghar Wajahat
Shortest Book
82
pages
The Ivory Throne by Manu S. Pillai
Longest Book
1,137
pages
Average book length in 2024
321
pages
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
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अतृप्ति क्यों? by Osho
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Civilisation ⇔ Freedom of Speech’s average rating for 2024
3.3
3.3
Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly
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Redemption by David Baldacci

Civilisation ⇔ Freedom of Speech’s first review of the year

really liked it
3.5/5 My 4th (fat!) book by Baldacci in the past month. 3 of them from the Amos Decker series and loved all 3. Compared to the slow-burn brooding Swedish ones, these Baldacci police-procedurals were real page-turners. Without dumbing down like Lee Child.
But taking a break !
CIVILISATION ⇔ FREEDOM OF SPEECH’S 2024 BOOKS
The Power of Geography by Tim Marshall
it was amazing
Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki What We Cannot Know by Marcus du Sautoy
Redemption by David Baldacci Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly
Myth-Busting by Gulu Ezekiel What Would Google Do? by Jeff Jarvis The Dry by Jane Harper The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
The House That BJ Built by Anuja Chauhan Heartstone by C.J. Sansom Poor Charlie's Almanack by Charles T. Munger Eldvittnet by Lars Kepler
The Zoya Factor by Anuja Chauhan The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi Lamentation by C.J. Sansom
it was amazing
The Sandman by Lars Kepler Treasure Hunt by Andrea Camilleri
The Third Pillar by Raghuram G. Rajan Taking Issue & Allah's Answer by Muhammad Iqbal Game of Mirrors by Andrea Camilleri The Mahabharata by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
it was amazing
A Beam of Light by Andrea Camilleri by Andrea Camilleri Maun Muskaan Ki Maar by Ashutosh Rana
India From Curzon to Nehru and After by Durga Das The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware
Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides India Moving by Chinmay Tumbe Tamil Characters by A.R. Venkatachalapathy
How Prime Ministers Decide by Neerja Chowdhury The Identity Trap by Yascha Mounk
it was amazing
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang Something Fresh by P.G. Wodehouse
The Great Mental Models by Shane Parrish
it was amazing
A Crack in Creation by Jennifer A. Doudna N or M? by Agatha Christie
Leave It to Psmith by P.G. Wodehouse The Curious Economics of Luxury Fashion by Don Thompson
The Crime Wave at Blandings by P.G. Wodehouse Windfall by McKenzie Funk The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason A Universe from Nothing by Lawrence M. Krauss
How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life by Russell "Russ" Roberts Romancing with Life by Dev Anand Such a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry
really liked it
Hyderabad by Manreet Sodhi Someshwar In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
Yaar Papa by Divya Prakash Dubey The Laws of Medicine by Siddhartha Mukherjee The Potter's Field by Andrea Camilleri Upcountry Tales by Mark Tully
The Pillars of Hercules by Paul Theroux अतृप्ति क्यों? by Osho
really liked it
The Abominable Man by Maj Sjöwall
Chess Story by Stefan Zweig जिस लाहौर नई देख्या, ओ जम्याई नई by Asghar Wajahat
अपने मालिक आप by Osho The Concise 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene अतीत का दरवाज़ा by Asghar Wajahat No Full Stops in India by Mark Tully
Neither Here nor There by Bill Bryson
really liked it
The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware Travels by Michael Crichton
Amsterdam by Russell Shorto Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
The Costliest Pearl by Bertil Lintner The Ivory Throne by Manu S. Pillai Four Seasons in Rome by Anthony Doerr Think of a Number by John Verdon
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes Blandings Castle by P.G. Wodehouse Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt A Year in the World by Frances Mayes
In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
it was amazing
Without Reservations by Alice Steinbach All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Pompeii by Robert Harris The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
A Shot At History by Abhinav Bindra शांतता! कोर्ट चालू आहे [Shantata! Court Chalu Ahe] by Vijay Tendulkar The Worldly Philosophers by Robert L. Heilbroner
really liked it
The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman
Summer Lightning by P.G. Wodehouse Call for the Dead by John Le Carré The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón Alone Time by Stephanie Rosenbloom
Nastik by Kushal Mehra Hit Refresh by Satya Nadella Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris In Xanadu by William Dalrymple
The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson Fear is the Key by Alistair MacLean This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay
really liked it
तृष्णा से तृप्ति तक by Osho Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak
The Almost Nearly Perfect People by Michael Booth

Civilisation ⇔ Freedom of Speech’s last review of the year

really liked it
3.5/5 I have been intrigued by the high-rankings that Nordic countries get when various parameters affecting quality of life are measured. Intrigued because surely it cant be pleasant to live in darkness for a few months every year. It cant be pleasant to pay all those taxes (72% in Denmark according to the author) while the govt hands out substantial unemployment benefits to those who might not even be making an effort. Ok, maybe the education, ...more
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