michaelmarshall's
2024
Reading Wrap-Up

Books by new authors

The Burning Earth: A History by Sunil Amrith

The Burning Earth: A History

Sunil Amrith

416 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history medium-paced
The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why by Jeff Sebo

The Moral Circle: Who Matters, What Matters, and Why

Jeff Sebo

192 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy science
The BBC: A Century on Air by David Hendy, David Hendy

The BBC: A Century on Air

David Hendy, David Hendy

656 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0michaelmarshall's review
nonfiction history informative medium-paced
Coke: The Biography by Jeremy Scott, Natalia Naish

Coke: The Biography

Jeremy Scott, Natalia Naish

288 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

4.0michaelmarshall's review
challenging dark informative medium-paced
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari

Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

A Brief History Series

Yuval Noah Harari

512 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

2.0michaelmarshall's review
nonfiction history sociology technology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Iain M. Banks by Paul Kincaid

Iain M. Banks

Modern Masters of Science Fiction

Paul Kincaid

208 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

4.0michaelmarshall's review
nonfiction adventurous challenging slow-paced
Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World by Anthony Sattin

Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World

Anthony Sattin

368 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0michaelmarshall's review
nonfiction history adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story by Qais Akbar Omar

A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story

Qais Akbar Omar

396 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0michaelmarshall's review
nonfiction biography memoir emotional sad slow-paced
Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon

Star Maker

Olaf Stapledon

272 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

3.0michaelmarshall's review
fiction classics science fiction adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert by Brian Herbert

Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert

Dune Universe

Brian Herbert

576 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

4.0michaelmarshall's review
nonfiction biography adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced