Here’s a quick recap of the 72 books I’ve read in 2024. Some stats were picked on Goodreads, and from a quick peek they seem a bit incomplete, but it’s still a good summary of the year. As far as rankings go, I’ve decided to exclude re-reads.

Non-Fiction books : 45

Fiction books : 27

Number of pages : 26 107

Average number of pages per book : 362

Non-Fiction book of the year : Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End, by Atul Gawande

Fiction book of the year : Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir

Top 5 Non-Fiction books :

1. Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
2. Capitaine Rosalie, par Timothée de Fombelle
3. A Tale of Magic Trilogy, by Chris Colfer
4. Jackdaws, by Ken Follett
5. L’Affaire Alaska Sanders, par Joël Dicker

Top 10 Fiction books :

1. Being Mortal : Medicine and What Matters in the End, by Atul Gawande
2. All Hell Let Loose : The World at War, 1939-1945
3. L’Univers Entre Tes Mains, par Christophe Galfard
4. Positive Discipline in the Montessori Classroom, by Jane Nelsen and Chip DeLorenzo
5. Midnight in Chernobyl, by Adam Higginbotham
6. The Righteous Mind, by Jonathan Haidt
7. Cosmos, by Carl Sagan
8. Faut que ça bouge, par Jean-François Harvey et Pierre Lavoie
9. What’s Math Got To Do With It? by Jo Boaler
10. When the Body Says No : The Cost of Hidden Stress, by Gabor Maté

Longest Non-Fiction book : Team of Rivals, by Doris Kearns Goodwin – 916 pages

Shortest Non-Fiction book : The Science of Storytelling, by Will Storr – 144 pages

Longest Fiction book : L’Ombre du Vent, par Carlos Ruis Zafon – 637 pages

Shortest Fiction book : Capitain Rosalie, par Timothée de Fombelle – 64 pages