July 2024 Books

Non-fiction 5 (YTD 41)
The Combined 2001 Election, by NISRA
Frontiers of the Roman Empire: The Lower German Limes, by David J. Breeze, Sonja Jill, Erik P. Graafstal, Willem J.H. Willems and Steve Bödecker
Hallelujah: The Story of a Musical Genius & the City That Brought His Masterpiece to Life, by Jonathan Bardon
Comparing Democracies: Elections and Voting in Global Perspective, eds. Lawrence Leduc, Richard G. Niemi, Pippa Norris
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, by Dale Smith

Poetry 2 (YTD 3)
How to be Invisible: Lyrics, by Kate Bush
The Cure at Troy, by Seamus Heaney

SF 7 (YTD 54)
Godkiller, by Hannah Kaner
Fevered Star, by Rebecca Roanhorse (did not finish)
The Book Eaters, by Sunyi Dean
“Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge”, by Mike Resnick
The Sol Majestic, by Ferrett Steinmetz (did not finish)
“The Martian Child”, by David Gerrold
Who Runs the World?, by Virginia Bergin

Doctor Who 4 (YTD 20)
The Ultimate Treasure, by Christopher Bulis
The Waters of Mars, by Phil Ford
Caged, by Una McCormack
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, by Stephen Wyatt

Comics 2 (YTD 20)
The Malignant Truth, by Si Spurrier et al
L’Affaire Tournesol, by Hergé

3,700 pages (YTD 38,100) 
8/20 (YTD 71/157) by non-male writers (Jill, Norris, Bush, Kaner, Roanhorse, Dean, Bergin)
2/20 (YTD 23/157) by a non-white writer (Roanhorse, Dean)
4/20 rereads (“Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge”, “The Martian Child”, Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, L’Affaire Tournesol)
299 books currently tagged unread, down 8 from last month, down 61 from July 2023.

Reading now
Darkening Skies, by Juliet E. McKenna
Memoirs of Mrs Margaret Leeson
Our Share of Night, by Mariana Enriquez
The Sky at Night Book of the Moon, by Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Coming soon (perhaps)
The Sapling: Growth, by Rob Williams et al
Warmonger, by Terrance Dicks
Doctor Who: Kerblam!, by Pete McTighe
Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction, by Nigel Robinson
The Edge of Destruction, by Simon Guerrier
Peg Plunkett: Memoirs of a Whore, by Julie Peakman
Death, Burial and Commemoration in Ireland, 1550-1650, by Clodagh Tait
Take Courage: Anne Bronte and the Art of Life, by Samantha Ellis
Comparing Electoral Systems, by David M. Farrell
Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism, by Mariana Mazzucato
The Lost Puzzler, by Eyal Kless
The Wonderful Visit, by H. G. Wells
Steppenwolf, by Hermann Hesse
All Change, by Elizabeth Jane Howard
The Spellcoats, by Diana Wynne Jones
Glory, by NoViolet Bulawayo
Hard to Be a God, by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Desdemona and the Deep, by C. S. E. Cooney
“They Will Dream in the Garden” by Gabriela Damián Miravete
The Hanging Tree, by Ben Aaronovitch
South: The Illustrated Story of Shackleton’s Last Expedition 1914-1917, by Ernest Shackleton
Monica, by Daniel Clowes
Night Watch, by Terry Pratchett
The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins
Forever Peace, by Joe Haldeman
Bellatrix, Tome 1, by Leo
The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine, by Serhii Plokhy