Another year of all of the books, movies, and live shows that I read/saw in 2024. (Numbering is the order I saw them, not a ranking.) A few things I meant to get to by the end of the year that didn’t, but the journey itself is half of the fun.
Movies:
- Saltburn
- All of Us Strangers
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- The Zone of Interest
- Thelma
- Layla
- In the Summers
- Porcelain War
- Love Lies Bleeding
- Challengers
- Anyone But You
- The Idea of You
- The Boys in the Band (1970 version)
- Grey Gardens (1975 version)
- Kinds of Kindness
- National Anthem
- Purple Noon
- Deadpool & Wolverine
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun
- Skincare
- Le Samourai
- Drive-Away Dolls
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
- The Substance
- The Freshly Cut Grass
- Reinas
- Hardly a Criminal
- Conclave
- Anora
- The Order
- My Old Ass
- The Summer Book
- Three Kilometres to the End of the World
- Misericordia
- Ghost Trail
Plays/Performances:
- Monster Jam
- Dixie’s Tupperware Party
- MountainTop Masterworks IV: A Striking Season Finale with Stravinsky & Rachmaninoff
- Oh, Mary!
- Lykos Anthropos
Books and Graphic Novels:
- Himawari House by Harmony Becker
- Heartstopper Vol. 5 by Alice Oseman
- What Did You Eat Yesterday? Vol. 20 by Fumi Yoshinaga
- System Collapse by Martha Wells
- The Dog Sitter Detective Takes the Lead by Antony Johnston
- Gay Giant by Gabriel Ebensperger
- The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
- The Last Gay Man on Earth by Ype Driessen
- Jack of Shadows by Roger Zelazny
- Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
- Washington’s Gay General: The Legends and Loves of Baron von Steuben by Josh Trujillo and Levi Hastings
- Fence Vol. 1 by C.S. Pacat and Johanna the Mad
- Fence Vol. 2 by C.S. Pacat and Johanna the Mad
- Fence Vol. 3 by C.S. Pacat and Johanna the Mad
- Fence Vol. 4: Rivals by C.S. Pacat and Johanna the Mad
- Fence Vol. 5: Rise by C.S. Pacat and Johanna the Mad
- The Daddy Diaries: The Year I Grew Up by Andy Cohen
- Emma by Jane Austen
- Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
- Kowloon Generic Romance Vol. 5 by Jun Mayuzuki
- The Dangerous Convenience Store Vol. 1 by 945
- The Dangerous Convenience Store Vol. 2 by 945
- The Dangerous Convenience Store Vol. 3 by 945
- Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Vol. 1 by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe
- Fence Vol. 6: Redemption by C.S. Pacat and Johanna the Mad
- The Book of Love by Kelly Link
- Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
- Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Vol. 2 by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe
- Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Vol. 3 by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe
- Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Vol. 4 by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe
- Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Vol. 5 by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe
- Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Vol. 6 by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe
- Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Vol. 7 by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe
- Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Vol. 4 by Hitoshi Ashinano
- Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Vol. 8 by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe
- Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Vol. 5 by Hitoshi Ashinano
- Death at the Dress Rehearsal by Stuart Douglas
- The Mountain View Murder by Patrick Kelly
- New York, New York Omnibus Vol. 1 by Marimo Ragawa
- When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb
- W0rldtr33 Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV and Fernando Blanco
- Neighborhood Story Vol. 1 by Ai Yazawa
- Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
- New York, New York Omnibus Vol. 2 by Marimo Ragawa
- Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Vol. 9 by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe
- Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Vol. 10 by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe
- Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Vol. 11 by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe
- The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
- In Tongues by Thomas Grattan
- House of the Unholy by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
- Where the Body Was by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
- The Guncle by Steven Rowley
Previous Years’ Tallies: