The best books of 2024

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Lying Life of Adults

Charlene Challenger ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Emotions 🥈 Character(s)
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Elena Ferrante , Ann Goldstein (translator) ,

Why should I read it?

4 authors picked The Lying Life of Adults as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

"AN INCENDIARY PORTRAIT OF THE VOLCANIC CURRENTS OF SEX AND BETRAYAL."-Mail on Sunday

THE INTERNATIONAL No. 1 BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF MY BRILLIANT FRIEND

A BBC2 Between The Covers Book Club Pick

BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 2021 - SHORTLISTED FOR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR

Soon to be a NETFLIX original series

18M OF ELENA FERRANTE'S BOOKS SLOD WORLDWIDE


Giovanna's pretty face has changed: it's turning into the face of an ugly, spiteful adolescent. But is she seeing things as they really are? Where must she look to find her true reflection and a life she can claim as her…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Zone of Interest

Charlene Challenger ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Thoughts 🥈 Emotions
  • Writing style

    👍 Liked it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Martin Amis ,

Why should I read it?

5 authors picked The Zone of Interest as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Amidst the horrors of Auschwitz, German officer, Angelus Thomsen, has found love.

But unfortunately for Thomsen, the object of his affection is already married to his camp commandant, Paul Doll.

As Thomsen and Doll's wife pursue their passion - the gears of Nazi Germany's Final Solution grinding around them - Doll is riven by suspicion. With his dignity in disrepute and his reputation on the line, Doll must take matters into his own hands and bring order back to the chaos that reigns around him.

'It is exceptionally brave.... Shakespearean.... It's exciting; it's alive; it's more than slightly mad. As…


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Fraud

Charlene Challenger ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Outlook 🥈 Writing
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Zadie Smith ,

Why should I read it?

5 authors picked The Fraud as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

The instant New York Times bestseller.

From acclaimed and bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England, about who gets to tell their story—and who gets to be believed

It is 1873. Mrs. Eliza Touchet is the Scottish housekeeper—and cousin by marriage—of a once-famous novelist, now in decline, William Ainsworth, with whom she has lived for thirty years.

Mrs. Touchet is a woman of many interests: literature, justice, abolitionism, class, her cousin, his wives, this life and the next. But she is also sceptical. She suspects her cousin of…


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

Sister Dragon

By Charlene Challenger ,

Book cover of Sister Dragon

What is my book about?

Haunted by a traumatic past, Brenna's world shatters when her son is stolen from her. To save him, she embarks on a journey which soon becomes a powerful exploration of healing and redemption. Brave, bold, and fearlessly honest, Challenger's heart-wrenching drama portrays a woman's unwavering strength and the possibility of a brighter future.

Book cover of The Lying Life of Adults
Book cover of The Zone of Interest
Book cover of The Fraud

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