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Most Popular Reviews - 2024


     Here are the reviews that attracted the most interest at the complete review in 2024, first the top 50 for the year and then the top 15 each month of the year.

2024

     [Reviews with an asterisk (*) were first posted in 2024.]

  1. Poor Things, Alasdair Gray
  2. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo
  3. Voice of a Dream, Glaydah Namukasa
  4. Bird in a Cage, Frédéric Dard
  5. The Face of Another, Abe Kobo
  6. Trilogy, Jon Fosse
  7. The Golden Fortress, Satyajit Ray
  8. The Empusium*, Olga Tokarczuk
  9. Noli Me Tangere, José Rizal
  10. The Legends of Khasak, O.V.Vijayan
  11. A Play of Giants, Wole Soyinka
  12. El Filibusterismo, José Rizal
  13. The Secret Hours, Mick Herron
  14. The Cairo Trilogy, Naguib Mahfouz
  15. The Lost Steps*, Alejo Carpentier
  16. The Director, Daniel Kehlmann
  17. Blue Lard*, Vladimir Sorokin
  18. 2666, Roberto Bolaño
  19. The City and its Uncertain Walls*, Murakami Haruki
  20. The Sleepwalkers*, Scarlett Thomas
  21. The Most Secret Memory of Men, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
  22. Anowa, Ama Ata Aidoo
  23. The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton
  24. Nails and Eyes, Fujino Kaori
  25. Kusumabale, Devanoora Mahadeva
  26. The Third Realm*, Karl Ove Knausgaard
  27. The Crisis of Narration, Byung-Chul Han
  28. The Crooked Line, Ismat Chughtai
  29. The Story of the Stone, Cao Xueqin
  30. The Aesthetics of Resistance, Peter Weiss
  31. Burma Sahib*, Paul Theroux
  32. Killing Time in a Warm Place, Jose Dalisay
  33. The Singularity*, Dino Buzzati
  34. People of the City, Cyprian Ekwensi
  35. The Sleepwalkers, Hermann Broch
  36. The Ice Palace, Tarjei Vesaas
  37. Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
  38. Ædnan*, Linnea Axelsson
  39. Serve the People !, Yan Lianke
  40. The Bright Sword*, Lev Grossman
  41. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I)*, Solvej Balle
  42. Annihilation*, Michel Houellebecq
  43. The 120 Days of Sodom, the Marquis de Sade
  44. Never, Ken Follett
  45. Women without Men, Shahrnush Parsipur
  46. Until August*, Gabriel García Márquez
  47. Precipice*, Robert Harris
  48. An Accidental Man, Iris Murdoch
  49. Miri Jiyori, Bordoloi Rajanikanta
  50. Memoirs, Pablo Neruda

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      Previous month's position given in brackets.
      Not applicable ("n.a.") indicates book is new.
      "-" indicates book was not among top 50 reviews.

December, 2024

  1. End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland, Murakami Haruki (n.a.)
  2. Context Collapse, Ryan Ruby (n.a.)
  3. The Suicides, Antonio Di Benedetto (n.a.)
  4. A Perfect Day to Be Alone, Aoyama Nanae (n.a.)
  5. The Princess Casamassima, Henry James (26)
  6. The Golden Fortress, Satyajit Ray (37)
  7. Glorious Exploits, Ferdia Lennon (n.a.)
  8. The City and its Uncertain Walls, Murakami Haruki (1)
  9. Runaway Horses, Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini (n.a.)
  10. The Empusium, Olga Tokarczuk (6)
  11. The Propagandist, Cécile Desprairies (n.a.)
  12. The Rest is Silence, Augusto Monterroso (2)
  13. The Steel Crocodile, D.G.Compton (n.a.)
  14. Constant Reader, Dorothy Parker (n.a.)
  15. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I), Solvej Balle (11)

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November, 2024

  1. The City and its Uncertain Walls, Murakami Haruki (n.a.)
  2. The Rest is Silence, Augusto Monterroso (n.a.)
  3. Cold Enough For Snow, Jessica Au (n.a.)
  4. Dinner Pieces, Leon Battista Alberti (n.a.)
  5. A City on Mars, Kelly and Zach Weinersmith (n.a.)
  6. The Empusium, Olga Tokarczuk (4)
  7. Dozakhnama, Rabisankar Bal (77)
  8. Naples 1925, Martin Mittelmeier (n.a.)
  9. Memoirs, Pablo Neruda (16)
  10. Annihilation, Michel Houellebecq (2)
  11. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I), Solvej Balle (5)
  12. The Third Realm, Karl Ove Knausgaard (1)
  13. A Fringe of Leaves, Patrick White (95)
  14. The Cairo Trilogy, Naguib Mahfouz (18)
  15. Eclipse, Hirano Keiichiro (3)

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October, 2024

  1. The Third Realm, Karl Ove Knausgaard (n.a.)
  2. Annihilation, Michel Houellebecq (n.a.)
  3. Eclipse, Hirano Keiichiro (n.a.)
  4. The Empusium, Olga Tokarczuk (1)
  5. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I), Solvej Balle (n.a.)
  6. Childish Literature, Alejandro Zambra (n.a.)
  7. Comrade Papa, GauZ' (n.a.)
  8. The Failure, Giovanni Papini (n.a.)
  9. The Vegetarian, Han Kang (-)
  10. The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die, Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay (n.a.)
  11. The White Book, Han Kang (-)
  12. Documentary Poetry, Heimrad Bäcker (n.a.)
  13. On the Calculation of Volume (Book II), Solvej Balle (n.a.)
  14. The Face of Another, Abe Kobo (13)
  15. The Assault, Harry Mulisch (128)

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September, 2024

  1. The Empusium, Olga Tokarczuk (n.a.)
  2. Mysterious Setting, Abe Kazushige (n.a.)
  3. Overstaying, Ariane Koch (n.a.)
  4. Voice of a Dream, Glaydah Namukasa (1)
  5. Under the Eye of the Big Bird, Kawakami Hiromi (n.a.)
  6. Dagger of the Mind, Kenneth Fearing (n.a.)
  7. A Muzzle for Witches, Dubravka Ugrešić (n.a.)
  8. Reconstruction of the Poet, Zbigniew Herbert (n.a.)
  9. The Talnikov Family, Avdotya Panaeva (n.a.)
  10. Chris Marker: Early Film Writings, Chris Marker (n.a.)
  11. A Borrowed Man, Gene Wolfe (n.a.)
  12. Precipice, Robert Harris (7)
  13. The Face of Another, Abe Kobo (11)
  14. Office Politics, Wilfrid Sheed (6)
  15. Harlequin Butterfly, EnJoe Toh (10)

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August, 2024

  1. Voice of a Dream, Glaydah Namukasa (1)
  2. The Red House Mystery, A.A.Milne (n.a.)
  3. A Prague Flâneur, Vítězslav Nezval (n.a.)
  4. The Goldenacre, Philip Miller (n.a.)
  5. The Night of Baba Yaga, Otani Akira (n.a.)
  6. Office Politics, Wilfrid Sheed (n.a.)
  7. Precipice, Robert Harris (n.a.)
  8. The Seventh Veil of Salome, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (n.a.)
  9. Late Fragments, Charles Baudelaire (n.a.)
  10. Harlequin Butterfly, EnJoe Toh (n.a.)
  11. The Face of Another, Abe Kobo (8)
  12. The Utopian Generation, Pepetela (12)
  13. The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata, Gina Apostol (68)
  14. Snow White must Die, Nele Neuhaus (-)
  15. Human Sadness, Goderdzi Chokheli (20)

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July, 2024

  1. Voice of a Dream, Glaydah Namukasa (-)
  2. The Book and the Brotherhood, Iris Murdoch (n.a.)
  3. A Maggot, John Fowles (n.a.)
  4. People of the City, Cyprian Ekwensi (46)
  5. The Understory, Saneh Sangsuk (n.a.)
  6. Rose Royal, Nicolas Mathieu (n.a.)
  7. Last Nights of Paris, Philippe (n.a.)Soupault
  8. The Face of Another, Abe Kobo (11)
  9. The Bright Sword, Lev Grossman (7)
  10. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo (15)
  11. Conclave, Robert Harris (n.a.)
  12. The Utopian Generation, Pepetela (n.a.)
  13. Play of Giants, Wole Soyinka (20)
  14. Cuckold, Kiran Nagarkar (50)
  15. Trilogy, Jon Fosse (6)

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June, 2024

  1. Gretel and the Great War, Adam Ehrlich Sachs (n.a.)
  2. The Crooked Line, Ismat Chughtai (21)
  3. Mortal Leap, MacDonald Harris (n.a.)
  4. Hard Copy, Fien Veldman (n.a.)
  5. Human Sadness, Goderdzi Chokheli (n.a.)
  6. Trilogy, Jon Fosse (5)
  7. The Bright Sword, Lev Grossman (n.a.)
  8. Festival, César Aira (n.a.)
  9. The Singularity, Dino Buzzati (n.a.)
  10. Game of the Worlds, César Aira (n.a.)
  11. The Face of Another, Abe Kobo (17)
  12. Chaos in Kinshasa, Barly Baruti and Thierry Bellefroid (n.a.)
  13. Cassandra, Lesia Ukrainka (n.a.)
  14. The Misadventures of Master Mugwort, Su Shi, Lu Cai, and Tu Benjun (n.a.)
  15. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo (13)

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May, 2024

  1. The Golden Fortress, Satyajit Ray (24)
  2. Goodnight Tokyo, Yoshida Atsuhiro (n.a.)
  3. Mina's Matchbox, Ogawa Yoko (n.a.)
  4. They, Kay Dick (n.a.)
  5. Trilogy, Jon Fosse (22)
  6. Takaoka's Travels, Shibusawa Tatsuhiko (n.a.)
  7. The Singularity, Dino Buzzati (n.a.)
  8. The Noh Mask Murder, Takagi Akimitsu (n.a.)
  9. Fantômas, Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain (n.a.)
  10. El Filibusterismo, José Rizal (5)
  11. Reminiscences of a Student's Life, Jane Ellen Harrison (n.a.)
  12. On the Abolition of all Political Parties, Simone Weil (n.a.)
  13. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo (3)
  14. Noli Me Tangere, José Rizal (6)
  15. Basti, Intizar Husain (231)

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April, 2024

  1. The Counterlife, Philip Roth (n.a.)
  2. The Red Handler, Johan Harstad (n.a.)
  3. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo (6)
  4. The Sleepwalkers, Scarlett Thomas (n.a.)
  5. El Filibusterismo, José Rizal (18)
  6. Noli Me Tangere, José Rizal (24)
  7. The Villain's Dance, Fiston Mwanza Mujila (n.a.)
  8. Arabian Nights and Days, Naguib Mahfouz (33)
  9. How Nietzsche Came in From the Cold, Philipp Felsch (n.a.)
  10. The Homeless, Stefan Żeromski (n.a.)
  11. Voice of a Dream, Glaydah Namukasa (-)
  12. Traces of Enayat, Iman Mersal (n.a.)
  13. The Answer to Lord Chandos, Pascal Quignard (n.a.)
  14. The Novices of Lerna, Ángel Bonomini (n.a.)
  15. Les aérostats, Amélie Nothomb (n.a.)

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March, 2024

  1. The Lost Steps, Alejo Carpentier (n.a.)
  2. Poor Things, Alasdair Gray (1)
  3. Until August, Gabriel García Márquez (n.a.)
  4. The Long Form, Kate Briggs (n.a.)
  5. The Bell, Iris Murdoch (n.a.)
  6. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo (3)
  7. The Club of True Creators, Milan Tripković (n.a.)
  8. What You are Looking For is in the Library, Aoyama Michiko (n.a.)
  9. Bird in a Cage, Frédéric Dard (-)
  10. Point Zero, Matsumoto Seicho (n.a.)
  11. Hallucinated City, Mário de Andrade (n.a.)
  12. Vladivostok Circus, Elisa Shua Dusapin (n.a.)
  13. The Book Censor's Library, Bothayna Al-Essa (n.a.)
  14. Play of Giants, Wole Soyinka (25)
  15. Crisis, Karin Boye (48)

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February, 2024

  1. Poor Things, Alasdair Gray (1)
  2. Blue Lard, Vladimir Sorokin (n.a.)
  3. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo (4)
  4. The Celestial City, Diego Marani (n.a.)
  5. Why Surrealism Matters, Mark Polizzotti (n.a.)
  6. The Rainbow, Kawabata Yasunari (n.a.)
  7. A Persian Requiem, Simin Daneshvar (n.a.)
  8. Belle de Jour, Joseph Kessel (n.a.)
  9. The Hopkins Manuscript, R.C. Sherriff (n.a.)
  10. The Illuminated, Gérard de Nerval (n.a.)
  11. The Crisis of Narration, Byung-Chul Han (29)
  12. Museum Visits, Éric Chevillard (n.a.)
  13. Placita, Aetius (n.a.)
  14. Maqroll's Prayer, Álvaro Mutis (n.a.)
  15. Bad Luck and Trouble, Lee Child (n.a.)

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January, 2024

  1. Poor Things, Alasdair Gray (1)
  2. Bird in a Cage, Frédéric Dard (39)
  3. The Legends of Khasak, O.V.Vijayan (6)
  4. The Dilemma of a Ghost, Ama Ata Aidoo (2)
  5. Ædnan, Linnea Axelsson (n.a.)
  6. Afternoon Men, Anthony Powell (n.a.)
  7. The 120 Days of Sodom, the Marquis de Sade (90)
  8. Burma Sahib, Paul Theroux (n.a.)
  9. Empire V, Victor Pelevin (n.a.)
  10. Noli Me Tangere, José Rizal (8)
  11. Forgottenness, Tanja Maljartschuk (n.a.)
  12. Termush, Sven Holm (n.a.)
  13. The Informer, Takagi Akimitsu (n.a.)
  14. Persuader, Lee Child (-)
  15. Aurora, Kim Stanley Robinson (n.a.)

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