2024 in books

Opened with Pachinko in May , closed with Love in the Time of Cholera in October . 11 written up along the way.

18 Books read

3.44 Average rating

1 Five-star reads

11 Busiest month September

4 Most-read author Haruki Murakami

The five-star shelf

May · 1

Pachinko ↗ Min Jin Lee ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

June · 2

Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1) ↗ Dan Brown ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
All the Lovers in the Night ↗ Mieko Kawakami ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

September · 11

Strange Weather in Tokyo ↗ Hiromi Kawakami ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
South of the Border, West of the Sun ↗ Haruki Murakami ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World ↗ Haruki Murakami ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Free Food for Millionaires ↗ Min Jin Lee ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Kafka on the Shore Haruki Murakami ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
An Artist of the Floating World Kazuo Ishiguro ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
All the Colors of the Dark Chris Whitaker ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Sputnik Sweetheart Haruki Murakami ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
My Year of Meats Ruth Ozeki ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
If Cats Disappeared from the World Genki Kawamura ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Out Natsuo Kirino ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

October · 4

Intermezzo Sally Rooney ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
The Memory Police Yōko Ogawa ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
The Secret History Donna Tartt ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Love in the Time of Cholera Gabriel García Márquez ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★