The best books of 2024

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Daughters' War

❤️ loved this book because...

I fell in love with Christopher bhuelman's writing when I chanced the Blacktongue Thief which forced me to go and read his entire catalogue.

I had to read The Daughter's War as soon as I could and was not disappointed. The prequel story follows a character from Thief and even though it's set in the same world the voice is so different and original.

You learn a lot about the back story of this character and the world the story is set in and I just couldn't put it down.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Writing 🥈 Immersion
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Christopher Buehlman ,

Why should I read it?

4 authors picked The Daughters' War as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

The goblins have killed all of our horses and most of our men.
They have enslaved our cities, burned our fields, and still they wage war.
Now, our daughters take up arms.

Galva - Galvicha to her three brothers, two of whom the goblins will kill - has defied her family's wishes and joined the army's untested new unit, the Raven Knights. They march toward a once-beautiful city overrun by the goblin horde, accompanied by scores of giant war corvids. Made with the darkest magics, these fearsome black birds may hold the key to stopping the goblins in their war…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Fury of the Gods

❤️ loved this book because...

Maybe the weakest in the trilogy but was still very solid. A fun conclusion to a three part series that is my second favorite Gwynne series.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Emotions 🥈 Character(s)
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By John Gwynne ,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

***Instant New York Times bestseller***

The Fury of the Gods is the earth-shattering final book in John Gwynne's bestselling Norse-inspired epic fantasy series, packed with myth, magic and bloody vengeance

THE FINAL BATTLE FOR THE FATE OF VIGRID APPROACHES

Varg has overcome the trials of his past and become an accepted member of the Bloodsworn, but now he and his newfound comrades face their biggest challenge yet: slaying a dragon.

Elvar is struggling to consolidate her power in Snakavik, where she faces threats from within and without. As she fights to assert her authority in readiness for the coming conflict,…


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Sword in the Storm

❤️ loved this book because...

Gemmel has such a distinct writing style where he has this fast pace and surprisingly detailed story. So much happens with few words and you don't feel like it could be so few words. Like a magic trick. He makes you like characters and root for them but isn't too worried about making them do awful things or even die.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Writing
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By David Gemmell ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Sword in the Storm as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Fierce and proud, the Rigante dwell deep in the green mountain lands, worshiping the gods of air and water, and the spirits of the earth.  Among them lives a warrior who bears the mark of fate. Born of the storm that slew his father, he is Connavar, and tales of his courage spread like wildfire.

The Seidh--a magical race as old as time--take note of the young warrior and cast a malignant shadow across his life. For soon a merciless army will cross the water, destroying forever the timeless rhythms of life among the Rigante.

Swearing to protect his people,…


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Book cover of Red Sister

What is this book about?

The international bestselling author of the Broken Empire and the Red Queen's War trilogies begins a stunning epic fantasy series about a secretive order of holy warriors...

At the Convent of Sweet Mercy, young girls are raised to be killers. In some few children the old bloods show, gifting rare talents that can be honed to deadly or mystic effect. But even the mistresses of sword and shadow don't truly understand what they have purchased when Nona Grey is brought to their halls.

A bloodstained child of nine falsely accused of murder, guilty of worse, Nona is stolen from the shadow of the noose. It takes ten years to educate a Red Sister in the ways of blade and fist, but under Abbess Glass's care there is much more to learn than the arts of death. Among her class Nona finds a new family—and new enemies.

Despite the security and isolation of the convent, Nona's secret and violent past finds her out, drawing with it the tangled politics of a crumbling empire. Her arrival sparks old feuds to life, igniting vicious struggles within the church and even drawing the eye of the emperor himself.

Beneath a dying sun, Nona Grey must master her inner demons, then loose them on those who stand in her way.

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