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

Current
The Peshawar Lancers, by S.M. Stirling
The Geraldines: An Experiment In Irish Government 1169-1601, by Brian Fitzgerald
Forever Peace, by Joe Haldeman
The Tudor Discover of Ireland, by Christopher Maginn and Steven G. Ellis

Last books finished
The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins
Tudor Court Culture, eds. Thomas Betteridge & Anna Riehl

Next books
The Ripper, by Tony Lee
The Roommate of Anne Frank, by Nanda van der Zee
The Good Earth, by Pearl S Buck

Current
The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins
The Peshawar Lancers, by S.M. Stirling
Tudor Court Culture, eds. Thomas Betteridge & Anna Riehl
The Geraldines. An Experiment In Irish Government 1169-1601, by Brian Fitzgerald

Last books finished
A Friend of the Earth, by T.C. Boyle
Barcelona, âme noire, by Ruben Pellejero, Eduard Torrents, Martín Pardo, Denis Lapière, Gani Jakupi
Superman & Batman Generations 3: The 21st Century!, by John Byrne
Irish Demons, by Joan Fitzpatrick
Irish Historical Documents, 1172-1922, ed. Edmund Curtis & R.B. McDowell
Austria in the Year 2020, by Josef von Neupauer

Next books
The Ripper, by Tony Lee
The Roommate of Anne Frank, by Nanda van der Zee
Forever Peace, by Joe Haldeman

Current
A Friend of the Earth, by T.C. Boyle
Barcelona, âme noire, by Ruben Pellejero, Eduard Torrents, Martín Pardo, Denis Lapière, Gani Jakupi
Irish Historical Documents, 1172-1922, ed. Edmund Curtis & R.B. McDowell
The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins

Last books finished
Sunstone, vol 2, by Stjepan Sejić
1066 and All That, by W.C. Sellar and R.J. Yeatman
Midnight, by Philip Purser-Hallard
Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently, by Steve Silberman
Richard II: A Brittle Glory, by Laura Ashe
Ireland under Elizabeth and James I, ed. Henry Morley
Night Watch, by Terry Pratchett
Return to Kosovo, by Gani Jakupi and Jorge González

Next books
The Peshawar Lancers, by S.M. Stirling
The Geraldines. An Experiment In Irish Government 1169-1601, by Brian Fitzgerald
Forever Peace, by Joe Haldeman

Current
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently, by Steve Silberman
Ireland under Elizabeth and James I, ed. Henry Morley
Night Watch, by Terry Pratchett
Midnight, by Philip Purser-Hallard

Last books finished
Burning Heart, by Dave Stone
New State, Modern Statesman: Hashim Thaçi – A Biography, by Roger Boyer and Suzy Jagger  
The Hanging Tree, by Ben Aaronovitch
Monica, by Daniel Clowes
Doctor Who: 73 Yards, by Scott Handcock

Next books
A Friend of the Earth, by T.C. Boyle
Irish Historical Documents, 1172-1922, ed. Edmund Curtis & R.B. McDowell
The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins

Current
The Hanging Tree, by Ben Aaronovitch
Burning Heart, by Dave Stone
New State, Modern Statesman: Hashim Thaçi – A Biography, by Suzy Jagger
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently, by Steve Silberman

Last books finished
The Lunar Men: The Friends Who Made the Future, by Jenny Uglow
The Sapling: Branches, by Alex Paknadel et al
Yes Taoiseach: Irish Politics From Behind Closed Doors, by Frank Dunlop

Next books
Doctor Who: 73 Yards, by Scott Handcock
Ireland under Elizabeth and James I, ed. Henry Morley
Monica, by Daniel Clowes

Current
The Lunar Men: The Friends Who Made the Future, by Jenny Uglow
Yes Taoiseach: Irish Politics From Behind Closed Doors, by Frank Dunlop
The Sapling: Branches, by Alex Paknadel et al
The Hanging Tree, by Ben Aaronovitch

Last books finished
The Lake at the End of the World, by Caroline MacDonald
Desdemona and the Deep, by C. S. E. Cooney
“They Will Dream in the Garden” by Gabriela Damián Miravete
Tom Clancy’s Net Force Explorers: Virtual Vandals, by Diane Duane

Next books
Burning Heart, by Dave Stone
New State, Modern Statesman: Hashim Thaçi – A Biography, by Suzy Jagger  
Monica, by Daniel Clowes

Current
The Lunar Men: The Friends Who Made the Future, by Jenny Uglow
The Lake at the End of the World, by Caroline MacDonald
Desdemona and the Deep, by C. S. E. Cooney

Last books finished
Glory, by NoViolet Bulawayo
Church and State in Tudor Ireland: A History of Penal Laws Against Irish Catholics, 1543-1603, by Robert Dudley Edwards
A War Imagined: The First World War and English Culture, by Samuel Hynes
The Running Man, by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman
Hard to Be a God, by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Pook at College, by Peter Pook (did not finish)
Helen Waddell Reassessed: New Readings, ed. Jennifer FitzGerald

Next books
The Sapling: Branches, by Alex Paknadel et al
Yes Taoiseach: Irish Politics From Behind Closed Doors, by Frank Dunlop
“They Will Dream in the Garden” by Gabriela Damián Miravete

Current
Glory, by NoViolet Bulawayo
A War Imagined: The First World War and English Culture, by Samuel Hynes
Church and State in Tudor Ireland: A History of Penal Laws Against Irish Catholics, 1543-1603, by Robert Dudley Edwards
The Running Man, by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman

Last books finished
Shame, by Annie Ernaux
Doctor Who: Space Babies, by Alison Rumfitt
The Spellcoats, by Diana Wynne Jones
Edison’s Conquest of Mars, by Garrett P. Serviss
Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It, by Janina Ramirez
Political, Electoral and Spatial Systems, by R. J. Johnston
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol, by Graeme Curry
The Happiness Patrol, by Mike Stack

Next books
The Lake at the End of the World, by Caroline MacDonald
Helen Waddell Reassessed: New Readings, ed. Jennifer FitzGerald
Hard to Be a God, by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

Current
Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It, by Janina Ramirez
The Spellcoats, by Diana Wynne Jones
Doctor Who: Space Babies, by Alison Rumfitt
Political, Electoral and Spatial Systems, by R. J. Johnston

Last books finished
Truss at 10: How Not To Be Prime Minister, by Anthony Seldon with Jonathan Meakin
Steppenwolf, by Hermann Hesse
Grave Matter, by Justin Richards
A Crack in Everything, by Ruth Frances Long

Next books
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol, by Graeme Curry
Church and State in Tudor Ireland: A History of Penal Laws Against Irish Catholics, 1543-1603, by Robert Dudley Edwards
Glory, by NoViolet Bulawayo