The best books of 2024

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Roots and Branches

❤️ loved this book because...

I loved the plot and subject matter of Roots and Branches: The Battle for Here. The characters were also very endearing. I've never read anything else quite like it and that says a lot.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Originality 🥈 Story/Plot
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By J. Suthern Hicks , Tatiana Minina (illustrator) , Shauna Hill (editor)

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

#1 Amazon Bestselling Author J. SUTHERN HICKS releases his much-anticipated third installment to the internationally chart-topping series Messengers and Thieves! The author of the #1 Amazon Christian Fantasy Bestseller Where the Garden Begins invites his readers back to the woods of Garland County to rejoin our brave heroes as they embark upon their greatest adventure yet . . .

The Word has been vanquished. Truth has become relative. Evil thrives.

The Five Realms of Here have long sought someone to save them from the evil that holds them captive. Prophecy foretells that a brother and sister will come with a…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of A Leaf of Faith

❤️ loved this book because...

Probably the most original Christian Fantasy book I have ever read. It was a fun and exciting adventure with characters that I absolutely loved.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Emotions
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By J. Suthern Hicks , Tatiana Minina (illustrator) , Shauna Hill (editor)

Why should I read it?

1 author picked A Leaf of Faith as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

The continuation of the Number 1 new release on Amazon in Christian fantasy, Where the Garden Begins. A Leaf of Faith, the second book in the Messenger and Thieves series, stands alone—without the necessity of having read the first book.

The Word has been vanquished. Truth has become relative. Evil thrives.

The Five Realms of Here have long sought someone to save them from the evil that holds them captive. Prophecy foretells that a brother and sister will come with a friend, bringing hope and news of a peaceful king. The prophecy is true.

The would-be heroes, Seth and Melissa,…


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Colors of the Mountain

❤️ loved this book because...

Very well written on a subject matter I knew nothing about.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Teach 🥈 Thoughts
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Da Chen ,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked Colors of the Mountain as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Colors of the Mountain is a classic story of triumph over adversity, a memoir of a boyhood full of spunk, mischief, and love, and a welcome introduction to an amazing young writer.

Da Chen was born in 1962, in the Year of Great Starvation. Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution engulfed millions of Chinese citizens, and the Red Guard enforced Mao's brutal communist regime. Chen’s family belonged to the despised landlord class, and his father and grandfather were routinely beaten and sent to labor camps, the family of eight left without a breadwinner. Despite this background of poverty and danger, and Da…


Book cover of Roots and Branches
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Book cover of Colors of the Mountain

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