Current
The Impossible Contract, by K. A. Doore

Last books finished
The Prince of Secrets, by A.J. Lancaster (did not finish)
Would She Be Gone, by Melanie Harding-Shaw 
Castrovalva, by Andrew Orton
1913: The Year Before the Storm, by Florian Illies
The Ancient Paths, by Graham Robb (did not finish)
“The Faery Handbag”, by Kelly Link
Under the Pendulum Sun, by Jeannette Ng
The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire, by Bart van Loo

Next books
The Making of Martin Luther, by Richard Rex
The Green Man’s Quarry, by Juliet E. McKenna 
Métal Hurlant Vol. 1: Le Futur c’est déjà demain, by Mathieu Bablet et al

Current
The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire, by Bart van Loo
Under the Pendulum Sun, by Jeannette Ng
The Prince of Secrets, by A.J. Lancaster

Last books finished
Ship of Fools, by Dave Stone
Not So Quiet…, by Helen Zenna Smith
Ireland in the Renaissance, 1540-1660, eds. Thomas Herron and Michael Potterton
Fear Death By Water, by Emily Cook
Doctor Who: Castrovalva, by Christopher H. Bidmead

Next books
Castrovalva, by Andrew Orton
Would She Be Gone, by Melanie Harding-Shaw 
Ancient Paths, by Graham Robb

Current
Ship of Fools, by Dave Stone
Not So Quiet…, by Helen Zenna Smith
Ireland in the Renaissance, 1540-1660, ed. Thomas Herron and Michael Potterton

Last books finished
The King in the North: The Pictish Realms of Fortriu and Ce, eds. Gordon Noble and Nicholas Evans
The Water Outlaws, by S.L. Huang
A Labyrinth of Scions and Sorcery, by Curtis Craddock
Irish Unity: Time to Prepare, by Ben Collins
Dislocation Space, by Garth Nix
Improbable History, ed. Michael Dobson (did not finish)
Terrorformer, by Robbie Morrison et al
A Restless Truth, by Freya Marske

Next books
Fear Death by Water, by Emily Cook
The Prince of Secrets, by A.J. Lancaster
The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire, by Bart van Loo

Current
The Water Outlaws, by S.L. Huang
A Labyrinth of Scions and Sorcery, by Curtis Craddock
The King in the North: The Pictish Realms of Fortriu and Ce, eds. Gordon Noble and Nicholas Evans

Last books finished
Sunbringer, by Hannah Kaner (did not finish)
Footnotes in Gaza, by Joe Sacco
The Return of the Soldier, by Rebecca West
Countdown for Cindy, by Eloise Engle
Free: Coming of Age at the End of History, by Lea Ypi

Next books
Would She Be Gone, by Melanie Harding-Shaw 
A Restless Truth, by Freya Marske
The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire, by Bart van Loo

Current
Footnotes in Gaza, by Joe Sacco
Free: Coming of Age at the End of History, by Lea Ypi
Sunbringer, by Hannah Kaner

Last books finished
These Burning Stars, by Bethany Jacobs (excerpt only)
Knowledgeable Creatures, by Christopher Rowe
On Vicious Worlds, by Bethany Jacobs (excerpt only)
Doctor Who: Warrior’s Gate and beyond, by Stephen Gallagher
Doctor Who: Logopolis, by Christopher H. Bidmead
The West Passage, by Jared Pechaček
Logopolis, by Jonathan Hay
The Politics and Culture of Honour in Britain and Ireland, 1541-1641, by Brendan Kane

Next books
A Labyrinth of Scions and Sorcery, by Curtis Craddock
The Water Outlaws, by S.L. Huang
A Restless Truth, by Freya Marske

Current
Doctor Who: Warrior’s Gate and beyond, by Stephen Gallagher
Footnotes in Gaza, by Joe Sacco
These Burning Stars, by Bethany Jacobs

Last books finished
The Eleventh Doctor Archives vol 3, ed. Andrew James
So Let Them Burn, by Kamilah Cole
Beyond the Sun, by Matthew Jones
City of Last Chances, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Coming of Age: The Sexual Awakening of Margaret Mead, by Deborah Blum
Amnesty, by Lara Elena Donnelly (did not finish)

Next books
Doctor Who: Logopolis, by Christopher H. Bidmead
Knowledgeable Creatures, by Christopher Rowe
Free: Coming of Age at the End of History, by Lea Ypi

Current
City of Last Chances, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Eleventh Doctor Archives vol 3, ed. Andrew James

Last books finished
Jean Dubuffet: Jardin d’Email, by Roos van der Lint
Silver Nemesis, by James Cooray Smith
The Ministry of Time, by Kaliane Bradley
thirteen fourteen fifteen o’clock, by David Gerrold
My Favorite Thing is Monsters, by Emil Ferris

Next books
Beyond the Sun, by Matthew Jones
Coming of Age: The Sexual Awakening of Margaret Mead, by Deborah Blum
Footnotes in Gaza, by Joe Sacco

Current
All American Boys, An Insider’s Look at the U.S. Space Program, by Walter Cunningham
Heroes and Monsters Collection, by Justin Richards et al
Nine Lives, by William Dalrymple

Last books finished
Dragon’s Wrath, by Justin Richards 
Someone You Can Build a Nest In, by John Wiswell 
The Brides of High Hill, by Nghi Vo
Paladin of Souls, by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Deep Dark, by Molly Knox Ostertag 
Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese
Moonstorm, by Yoon Ha Lee

Next books
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis, by Kevin Clarke
Zeitgeber, by Greg Egan
City of Last Chances, by Adrian Tchaikovsky 

Current
Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese
Paladin of Souls, by Lois McMaster Bujold
Dragon’s Wrath, by Justin Richards
Someone You Can Build a Nest In, by John Wiswell

Last books finished
Alien Clay, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
It Came from Outer Space, by Tony Lee et al.
The Tusks of Extinction, by Ray Naylor
The Hunger and the Dusk vol. 1, by G. Willow Wilson, Chris Wildgoose and Msassyk
The Feast Makers, by H.A. Clarke (did not finish)
A Short History of Brexit, by Kevin O’Rourke

Next books
Heroes and Monsters Collection, by Justin Richards et al
All American Boys, An Insider’s Look at the U.S. Space Program, by Walter Cunningham
Nine Lives, by William Dalrymple

Current
Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese
Paladin of Souls, by Lois McMaster Bujold
It Came from Outer Space, by Tony Lee et al.
Alien Clay, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
A Short History of Brexit, by Kevin O’Rourke

Last books finished
Ganny Knits a Spaceship, by David Gerrold
How Many Miles to Babylon, by Jennifer Johnston

Next books
Dragon’s Wrath, by Justin Richards
All American Boys, An Insider’s Look at the U.S. Space Program, by Walter Cunningham
Nine Lives, by William Dalrymple

You can read a lot on an 11-hour daytime intercontinental flight (also spent about six hours in slow-moving taxis last Thursday).

Current
Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese
Paladin of Souls, by Lois McMaster Bujold
Ganny Knits a Spaceship, by David Gerrold

Last books finished
A Sorceress Comes to Call, by T. Kingfisher
The Practice, the Horizon and the Chain, by Sofia Samatar
We Called Them Giants, by Kieron Gillen et al
Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right, by Jordan S. Carroll
A History of the Bible: The Book and Its Faiths, by John Barton
The Vegetarian, by Kang Han
Joan and Peter, by H.G. Wells
The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne
Sheine Lende, by Darcie Little Badger
The Vetting, by Michael Cassutt
The Birds, and other stories, by Daphne du Maurier

Next books
Dead Man’s Hand, by Tony Lee et al
A Short History of Brexit, by Kevin O’Rourke
Nine Lives, by William Dalrymple

Current
The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne
The Undying Fire, by H.G. Wells
A History of the Bible: The Book and Its Faiths, by John Barton

Last books finished
The Dramatic Works of Denis Johnston, vol 3: Radio and Television Plays
A Christmas Carol, by Jaime Beckwith and Leslie Grace McMurtry
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
Bealby, by H.G. Wells
Track Changes, by Abigail Nussbaum

Next books
Peter and Joan, by H.G. Wells
The Vegetarian, by Kang Han
Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese

Current
The Dramatic Works of Denis Johnston, vol 3: Radio and Television Plays
A Christmas Carol, by Jaime Beckwith and Leslie Grace McMurtry
Track Changes, by Abigail Nussbaum

Last books finished
Oh No It Isn’t!, by Paul Cornell
The Friend Zone Experiment, by Zen Cho
Heavenly Tyrant, by Xiran Jay Zhao (did not finish)
The Child of Time, by Jonathan Morris et al
Lies Sleeping, by Ben Aaronovitch

Next books
Bealby, by H.G. Wells
A History of the Bible: The Book and Its Faiths, by Dr John Barton
The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne

Current
The Friend Zone Experiment, by Zen Cho
Oh No It Isn’t!, by Paul Cornell
Lies Sleeping, by Ben Aaronovitch
The Dramatic Works of Denis Johnston, vol 3: Radio and Television Plays

Last books finished
From Narnia to a Space Odyssey: Stories, Letters, and Commentary By and About C.S. Lewis and Arthur C. Clarke, ed. Ryder W. Miller
The Tainted Cup, by Robert Jackson Bennett
Men at Arms, by Terry Pratchett
The Research Magnificent, by H.G. Wells
Sky Jacks!, by Andy Diggle, Eddie Robson and Andy Kuhn
The Butcher of the Forest, by Premee Mohamed

Next books
The Child of Time, by Jonathan Morris et al
Bealby, by H.G. Wells
A History of the Bible: The Book and Its Faiths, by Dr John Barton

Current
The Tainted Cup, by Robert Jackson Bennett
Men at Arms, by Terry Pratchett

Last books finished
Eastern Nights and Flights, by Alan Bott
The Secret Places of the Heart, by H.G. Wells
Childhood’s End, by Arthur C. Clarke
DallerGut Dream Department Store: The Dream You Ordered is Sold Out, by Miye Lee
The Queen’s Gambit, by Walter Tevis
Hooleygan: Music, Mayhem, Good Vibrations, by Terri Hooley and Richard Sullivan

Next books
Sky Jacks, by Andy Diggle et al
The Research Magnificent, by H.G. Wells
Lies Sleeping, by Ben Aaronovitch

Current
Eight Cousins, by Louisa May Alcott
Five Ways to Forgiveness, by Ursula K. Le Guin
War Childhood: From Sarajevo to Syria, Memories of Life and Hope, by Jasminko Halilović

Last books finished
A Brilliant Void, ed. Jack Fennell
The Professor in Erin, by L. McManus [Charlotte Elizabeth McManus] (did not finish)
Drowned Country, by Emily Tesh
Inside the Stargazers’ Palace, by Violet Moller
Mission: Impractical, by David A. McIntee
TARDIS Type 40 Instruction Manual, by Richard Atkinson and Mike Tucker
Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump, by H. G. Wells
Under the Lake / Before the Flood, by Kevin Decker and Ryan Parrey

Next books
The Secret Places of the Heart, by H.G. Wells
DallerGut Dream Department Store: The Dream You Ordered is Sold Out, by Miye Lee
“Hell is the Absence of God”, by Ted Chiang

Current
A Brilliant Void, ed. Jack Fennell
Inside the Stargazers’ Palace, by Violet Moller
Mission: Impractical, by David A. McIntee

Last books finished
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman, by H.G. Wells
Ithaca, by Claire North
Caleb Williams, or Things as They Are, by William Godwin 
De bondgenoten 1, by Brecht Evens
Light From Uncommon Stars, by Ryka Aoki
The Eye of Ashaya, by Andy Diggle, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Richard Dinnick et al
Silver in the Wood, by Emily Tesh

Next books
Doctor Who: TARDIS Type Forty Instruction Manual, by Richard Atkinson
Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump, by H. G. Wells
Eight Cousins, by Louisa May Alcott

Current
Caleb Williams, or Things as They Are, by William Godwin (group read, almost finished!)
Ithaca, by Claire North
De bondgenoten, by Brecht Evens
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman, by H.G. Wells
Light From Uncommon Stars, by Ryka Aoki

Last books finished
Once and Future, vol 5: The Wasteland, by Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora and Tamra Bonvillain
Burned: The Inside Story of the ‘Cash-for-Ash’ Scandal and Northern Ireland’s Secretive New Elite, by Sam McBride
The Atlas of Unusual Languages: An exploration of language, people and geography, by Zoran Nikolić
How I Learned to Understand the World: A Memoir, by Hans Rosling
The Lights Go Out in Lychford, by Paul Cornell 

Next books
The Eye of Ashaya, by Andy Diggle et al
A Brilliant Void, ed. Jack Fennell
Of the Imitation of Christ, by Thomas à Kempis

Current
Caleb Williams, or Things as They Are, by William Godwin (group read)
Once and Future, vol 5: The Wasteland, by Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora and Tamra Bonvillain
Burned, by Sam McBride

Last books finished
The Song, by Erinn L. Kemper
The Atlas of Unusual Borders, by Zoran Nikolić
The Soul of a Bishop, by H.G. Wells
Vagabonds!, by Eloghosa Osunde
The Ultimate Earth, by Jack Williamson
Navigational Entanglements, by Aliette de Bodard
Sorrowland, by Rivers Solomon

Next books
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman, by H.G. Wells
How I Learned to Understand the World, by Hans Rosling
The James Tiptree Award Anthology 2, eds. Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin and Jeffrey D. Smith.

Current
Caleb Williams, or Things as They Are, by William Godwin (group read)
The Soul of a Bishop, by H.G. Wells
Sorrowland, by Rivers Solomon
Vagabonds!, by Eloghosa Osunde
The Atlas of Unusual Borders, by Zoran Nikolic

Last books finished
Paddy Machiavelli: How to Get Ahead in Irish Politics, by John Drennan
Killing Ground, by Steve Lyons
On Ghost Beach, by Neil Bushnell (audiobook)
Sting of the Sasquatch, by Darren Jones (audiobook)
Silence in the Library / The Forest of the Dead, by Dale Smith
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, by Ocean Vuong 
Fifty Years On, by Malachi O’Doherty

Next books
A Brilliant Void, by Jack Fennell
“The Ultimate Earth”, by Jack Williamson
Once and Future, vol 5: The Wasteland, by Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora and Tamra Bonvillain

A new year, so a new day for my weekly roundups.

Current
Caleb Williams, or Things as They Are, by William Godwin (group read)
Paddy Machiavelli: How to Get Ahead in Irish Politics, by John Drennan
Killing Ground, by Steve Lyons
Fifty Years On, by Malachi O’Doherty

Last books finished
A Kind of Spark, by Elle McNicoll
Doctor Who annual 2025, by Paul Lang
The Passionate Friends, by H.G. Wells
The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine, by Serhii Plokhy
Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories, ed. Ellen Datlow
The Hypothetical Gentleman, by Andy Diggle, Mark Buckingham, Brandon Seifert and Philip Bond
Orbital, by Samantha Harvey
I Who Have Never Known Men, by Jacqueline Harpman

Next books
Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead, by Dale Smith
The Soul of a Bishop, by H.G. Wells
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, by Ocean Vuong 

Last of these updates for the year (next week will cover the next 7 days, the whole month of December and the whole of 2024).

Current
Caleb Williams, or Things as They Are, by William Godwin (group read)
In Ascension, by Martin MacInnes
Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories, ed. Ellen Datlow
Freshwater, by Akwaeke Emezi
The Sea Lady, by H.G. Wells

Last books finished
The Aztecs, by Doris V. Sutherland
Collected Plays and Teleplays, by Flann O’Brien
The Nightwatch Winter, by Jenny Overton

Next books
The Peacock Cloak, by Chris Beckett
Bellatrix, Tome 1, by Leo
The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine, by Serhii Plokhy

Current
Caleb Williams, or Things as They Are, by William Godwin (group read)
Collected Plays and Teleplays, by Flann O’Brien
In Ascension, by Martin MacInnes
Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories, ed. Ellen Datlow

Last books finished
The Light We Carry: Overcoming In Uncertain Times, by Michelle Obama
Hollow Places, by Christopher Hadley
How To Stay Sane In An Age Of Division, by Elif Shafak
Eden Rebellion, by Abi Falaise
Doctor Who: The Aztecs, by John Lucarotti

Next books
The Aztecs, by Doris V. Sutherland
The Sea Lady, by H.G. Wells
Freshwater, by Akwaeke Emezi

Current
Caleb Williams, or Things as They Are, by William Godwin (group read)
Hollow Places, by Christopher Hadley
The Light We Carry: Overcoming In Uncertain Times, by Michelle Obama
Collected Plays and Teleplays, by Flann O’Brien

Last books finished
The Hollow Places, by T. Kingfisher
When Worlds Collide, by Tony Lee et al
The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, eds Yu Chen & Regina Kanyu Wang
Authors of their Lives, by David Gerber
Palace of the Red Sun, by Christopher Bulis
Sunstone, vol 3, by Stepan Sejić

Next books
Eden Rebellion, by Abi Falaise
The Sea Lady, by H.G. Wells
Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories, ed. Ellen Datlow

Current
Caleb Williams, or Things as They Are, by William Godwin (group read)
The Hollow Places, by T. Kingfisher
The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, eds Yu Chen & Regina Kanyu Wang
Authors of their Lives, by David Gerber

Last books finished
Marriage, by H.G. Wells
Drowned Ammet, by Diana Wynne Jones
Creed Country, by Jenny Overton
The Force of Death (audiobook), by Andrew Lane
The Word for World is Forest, by Ursula K. Le Guin
Aelita, by Alexei Tolstoy

Next books
When Worlds Collide, by Tony Lee et al
Collected Plays and Teleplays, by Flann O’Brien
The Light We Carry: Overcoming In Uncertain Times, by Michelle Obama

Current
Drowned Ammet, by Diana Wynne Jones
Caleb Williams, or Things as They Are, by William Godwin (group read)
Marriage, by H.G. Wells
The Hollow Places, by T. Kingfisher

Last books finished
The Good Earth, by Pearl S. Buck
Yanks Behind the Lines: How the Commission for Relief in Belgium Saved Millions from Starvation During World War I, by Jeffrey B. Miller
Doctor Who: Rogue, by Kate Herron and Briony Redman
What Might Have Been: The Story of a Social War, by Ernest Bramah
Ascension of the Cybermen & The Timeless Children, by Ryan Bradley
The Nikopol Trilogy: A Bedlam of Immortals, by Enki Bilal
The Harvey Girls, by Samuel Hopkins Adams
The Nikopol Trilogy: The Woman Trap, by Enki Bilal
The Deep State of Europe: Welcome to Hell, by Basil Coronakis
The Nikopol Trilogy: Cold Equator, by Enki Bilal

Next books
When Worlds Collide, by Tony Lee et al
Authors of their Lives, by David Gerber
The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, eds Yu Chen & Regina Kanyu Wang

Current
The Good Earth, by Pearl S Buck
What Might Have Been: The Story of a Social War, by Ernest Bramah
Yanks Behind the Lines: How the Commission for Relief in Belgium Saved Millions from Starvation During World War I, by Jeffrey B. Miller

Last books finished
Forever Peace, by Joe Haldeman
Science Fiction and Anticipation: Utopias, Dystopias and Time Travel, ed. Bernard Montoneri
Les débuts de la forgeronne, by Madame Rattazzi (née Marie-Lætitia Bonaparte-Wyse)
Synthespians™, by Craig Hinton

Next books
Doctor Who: Rogue, by Kate Herron and Briony Redman
Marriage, by H.G. Wells
Drowned Ammet, by Diana Wynne Jones

Current
Forever Peace, by Joe Haldeman
Science Fiction and Anticipation: Utopias, Dystopias and Time Travel, ed. Bernard Montoneri

Last books finished
La piège aux maris, by Madame Rattazzi (née Marie-Lætitia Bonaparte-Wyse)
The Tudor Discovery of Ireland, by Christopher Maginn and Steven G. Ellis
The Geraldines: An Experiment In Irish Government 1169-1601, by Brian Fitzgerald
The Peshawar Lancers, by S.M. Stirling
The Roommate of Anne Frank, by Nanda van der Zee
Lost Objects, by Marian Womack
The Ripper, by Tony Lee

Next books
Synthespians™, by Craig Hinton
What Might Have Been: The Story of a Social War, by Ernest Bramah
The Good Earth, by Pearl S Buck