Packy McCormick’s Favorite Books of 2024

Packy McCormick’s favorite books of 2024, a ten-book thread on X (@packyM), December 31, 2024.

The books

10 books; ✓ marks the ones Kyle has read.

• Boom — Bubbles & The End of Stagnation — Byrne Hobart, Tobias Huber ✓
• Dealers of Lightning — Michael A. Hiltzik
• Draft No. 4 — John McPhee
• Kochland — Christopher Leonard
• Means of Ascent — Robert Caro
• Real Magic — Dean Radin
• The First Tycoon — T. J. Stiles
• The Fish That Ate the Whale — Rich Cohen
• The MANIAC — Benjamin Labatut
• The Prize — The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power — Daniel Yergin

Connections

• Some of my favorite books… (tweet) — the original post, archived.
• Book Lists — Master