The best books of 2024

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of When We Become Ours

❤️ loved this book because...

A YA book written for adoptees by adult adoptees writing what the short stories they wish they had access to when they were younger.

Absolutely essential reading for anyone interested/involved in adoption.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Emotions 🥈 Originality
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Shannon Gibney , Nicole Chung , Mariama J. Lockington , Meredith Ireland , Mark Oshiro , Stefany Valentine Ramirez , Eric Smith , Kelley Baker , MeMe Collier , Susan Devan Harness , Lisa Nopachai , Matthew Salesses , Sun Yung Shin , Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom , Jenny Heijun Wills

Why should I read it?

1 author picked When We Become Ours as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 12, 13, 14, and 15.

What is this book about?

"An emotion-filled collection." -Kirkus Reviews

A CCBC 2024 Choices for the Fiction for Young Adult category!

Two teens take the stage and find their voice . . .

A girl learns about her heritage and begins to find her community . . .

A sister is haunted by the ghosts of loved ones lost . . .

There is no universal adoption experience, and no two adoptees have the same story. This anthology for teens edited by Shannon Gibney and Nicole Chung contains a wide range of powerful, poignant, and evocative stories in a variety of genres.

These tales from…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Indian Horse

❤️ loved this book because...

Hockey!! The best writing I’ve found about falling in love with The Beautiful Game (despite hard/traumatic plot points)…

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Outlook
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Richard Wagamese ,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked Indian Horse as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Named a "Best Novel of the Decade" by Literary Hub

Saul Indian Horse is a child when his family retreats into the woods. Among the lakes and the cedars, they attempt to reconnect with half-forgotten traditions and hide from the authorities who have been kidnapping Ojibway youth. But when winter approaches, Saul loses everything: his brother, his parents, his beloved grandmother—and then his home itself.

Alone in the world and placed in a horrific boarding school, Saul is surrounded by violence and cruelty. At the urging of a priest, he finds a tentative salvation in hockey. Rising at dawn to…


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Unfuck Your Anger

❤️ loved this book because...

Really helpful brain science. With swearing!

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Teach 🥈 Writing
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Faith G. Harper ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Unfuck Your Anger as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

If you've ever been so pissed off that you did things that you regretted, or ruined your own day and some other people's too, this book is for you. Or if you feel angry every single day and it's affecting your health and sleep and love of life. Or if you've got very good reasons to be mad as hell, and you aren't going to take it anymore. Or if you've repressed your anger all your life and now it's all coming out at once. Microcosm Publishing bestseller Dr Faith explains here what the hell is going on in your…


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