Kerry Lonsdale's 3 favorite reads in 2024

** A FINAL ROUND NOMINEE FOR READERS' FAVOURITE FANTASY NOVEL AND READERS' FAVOURITE DEBUT NOVEL IN THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS 2024 **

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING DEBUT AND ONE OF THE BBC'S BEST DEBUTS OF 2024 **

'Joyful, exuberant, and crackling with adventure.' STUART TURTON

'A truly magical book: exciting, intricately plotted and emotionally compelling.' THE GUARDIAN

'A clever and beautiful novel about the power of books.' SUNYI DEAN

'Full of magic, wonder and heart.' ANITA FRANK

'A magical, mesmerising adventure from the very first page.' A. J. WEST

'A stunning fever dream of a story.' LEE CHILD

'A beautiful,… show more.

'Ashley Poston has done it again ... enchanting' B.K. BORISON

'If I ever need to get lost in a cosy romance, A Novel Love Story will be the go-to'

'This one just hit different ... beautiful'

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Eileen Merriweather loves a good love story. The fictional kind, anyway. After all, imaginary men don't break your heart.

That's why she's so excited for her annual book club retreat - instead, when her car breaks down en route, Eileen finds herself in Eloraton. A… show more.

Winner of the Choix Goncourt Prize, Anne Berest’s The Postcard is a vivid portrait of twentieth-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life, an enthralling investigation into family secrets, and poignant tale of a Jewish family devastated by the Holocaust and partly restored through the power of storytelling.

January, 2003. Together with the usual holiday cards, an anonymous postcard is delivered to the Berest family home. On the front, a photo of the Opéra Garnier in Paris. On the back, the names of Anne Berest’s maternal great-grandparents, Ephraïm and Emma, and their children, Noémie and Jacques—all killed at Auschwitz.

Fifteen years after… show more.