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Shaun Major
@sharpesrifle.bsky.social
A wader in the shallows of life, iPod addict, gold gloveman & lazy writer imprisoned in his booked study or dog kennel office.
9. Peter Fitzsimons “Fromelles & Pozieres: In The Trenches Of Hell” (@peterfitz1.bsky.social
10. Brene Brown “Dare To Lead”
January 1, 2026 at 9:46 AM
6. Fintan O’Toole “We Don’t Know Ourselves: A Personal History Of Ireland Since 1958” (@fotoole.bsky.social)
7. John Kampfner “In Search Of Berlin: The Story Of A Reinvented City” (@johnkampfner.bsky.social
8. John McKechnie “My Life In Crime”
January 1, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Non-Fiction
1. Bri Lee “Eggshell Skull”
2. Rory Carroll “Killing Thatcher: The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown
3. Owen Eastwood “Belonging”
4. Julia Baird “Bright Shining: How Grace Changes Everything”
5. Frederick Forsyth “The Outsider”
January 1, 2026 at 9:46 AM
6. Karin Altenberg “Breaking Light”
7. CJ Sansom “Dissolution”
8. Martin Cruz Smith “Independence Square”
9. Edward Rutherfurd “Dublin Foundation”
10. Carlos Ruiz Zafon “The Angel’s Game”
January 1, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Fiction
1. Katherine Johnson “Paris Savages”
2. Colm Toibin “Long Island”
3. Donal Ryan “The Spinning Heart”
4. Annie Garthwaite “Cecily (@anniegarthwaite.bsky.social)
5. Robert Harris “V2 (@robertharrishome.Bsky.social)
January 1, 2026 at 9:45 AM
6. Annie Garthwaite “Cecily”(@anniegarthwaite.bsky.social)
7. Owen Eastwood “Belonging” @oweneastwood
8. Robert Harris “V2” (@robertharrishome.Bsky.social)
9. Karin Altenberg “Breaking Light”
10. Julia Baird “Bright Shining: How Grace Changes Everything”
January 1, 2026 at 9:45 AM
5.Tracy Groot “The Maggie Bright”

4.Zygmunt Miloszewski “Entanglement”

3.Rupert Thompson “Secrecy”

2.Amitav Ghosh “The Glass Palace”

1.Stefan Herrmans “War And Turpentine”
December 31, 2024 at 4:14 AM
& my top 10 fiction books read for 2024 were:

10.Simon Mawer “Prague Spring”

9.Aidan Chambers “Postcards From No Man’s Land”

8.Suzanne Anderson “Mrs Tuesday’s Departure”

7.Megan K Williams “Saving Rome”

6.Thomas Brussig “The Short End Of The Sonnenallee”
December 31, 2024 at 4:14 AM
3.Bret Christian “Stalking Claremont”

2.Peter Schneider “Berlin Now: The City After The Wall”

1.Katja Hoyer “Beyond The Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990”
December 31, 2024 at 4:14 AM
8.Serhii Plokhy “Nuclear Folly: A New History Of The Cuban Missile Crisis”

7.Laurence Rees “The Holocaust: A New History

6.Anna Funder “Stasiland”

5.Max Egremont “The Glass Wall: Lives On The Baltic Frontier”

4.Edith Eger “The Choice”
December 31, 2024 at 4:14 AM