The best books of 2024

This list is part of the best books of 2024.

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice

❤️ loved this book because...

Simply put- outstanding👏. What a book btw, from how it was written, to the story itself, the author didn’t put a foot wrong. One of the best memoirs/biographies you’ll ever read, book legit brought tears to my eyes. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Emotions 🥈 Thoughts
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Bill Browder ,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked Red Notice as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Freezing Order, the follow-up to Red Notice, is available now! “[Red Notice] does for investing in Russia and the former Soviet Union what Liar’s Poker did for our understanding of Salomon Brothers, Wall Street, and the mortgage-backed securities business in the 1980s. Browder’s business saga meshes well with the story of corruption and murder in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, making Red Notice an early candidate for any list of the year’s best books” (Fortune).

“Part John Grisham-like thriller, part business and political memoir.” —The New York Times

This is a story about an accidental activist. Bill Browder started out his adult…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Rainmaker

❤️ loved this book because...

Textbook John Grisham, cut the book back a 100!pages and it’d have been beautiful. Amazing book still but the last few pages were just so fucking unnecessary, add that and the other unnecessary scenes he added that just watered down how incredible the book was.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Story/Plot 🥈 Originality
  • Writing style

    👍 Liked it
  • Pace

    🐌 It was slow at times

By John Grisham ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked The Rainmaker as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Rudy Baylor is a rookie lawyer who is about to take on a career-defining case, fighting for justice for a young man whose death could have easily been prevented.

This case has the power to change everything for Rudy - eliminate his debts and save his legal practice.

But he's never argued a case in court before. And he is up against the most expensive lawyers that money can buy.

Can Rudy win against the odds? Or will the truth be buried forever?

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'A master at the art of deft characterisation and the skilful delivery of hair-raising crescendos' -…


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor

❤️ loved this book because...

This book moved me so fucking much fr and not surprisingly, it was literally a holocaust memoir, but let’s even forget about that, this book is the real definition of IMMERSING! Had everything I love in a book, drama, objectivity, history and the Loml “the get in and get out” writing policy; 100+ pages of bliss🥹🫶

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Originality
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Eddie Jaku ,

Why should I read it?

6 authors picked The Happiest Man on Earth as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

'Eddie looked evil in the eye and met it with joy and kindness . . . [his] philosophy is life-affirming' - Daily Express

Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku made a vow to smile every day and now believes he is the 'happiest man on earth'. In his inspirational memoir, he pays tribute to those who were lost by telling his story and sharing his wisdom.

Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you.

Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed…


Book cover of Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice
Book cover of The Rainmaker
Book cover of The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor

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