The best books of 2024

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Our Share of Night

Sommer Schafer ❤️ loved this book because...

I loved this epic novel because the writing is lush and evocative, and the plotline about the occult spanning generations in Argentina, is wild and incredibly intriguing! This book is chock full of fabulism and practically drips with the Argentinian jungle, full of magic and alternate realities.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Writing
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Mariana Enriquez , Megan McDowell (translator) , Pablo Gerardo Camacho (illustrator)

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked Our Share of Night as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

“A masterpiece of supernatural horror.”—The Washington Post
“An enchanting, shattering, once-in-a-lifetime reading experience.”—The New York Times (Editors’ Choice)

ONE OF TIME AND THE ATLANTIC’S TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S TEN BEST HORROR BOOKS OF THE YEAR • LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK

A woman’s mysterious death puts her husband and son on a collision course with her demonic family in the first novel to be translated into English by the International Booker Prize–shortlisted author of The Dangers of Smoking in Bed—“the most exciting discovery I’ve…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Washington Black

Sommer Schafer ❤️ loved this book because...

I loved this book because the writing is stunning and the plotline is fresh and sucked me in. Edugyan takes the typical slave narrative and opens it up, creating something new, enlightening, and, ultimately, beautiful.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Writing 🥈 Originality
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Esi Edugyan ,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018

WINNER OF THE GILLER PRIZE

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2020

FINALIST FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL AND THE ROGERS WRITERS TRUST FICTION PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE 2019
New York Times Top Ten Book of the Year 2018
Sunday Times Paperback of the Year 2019

'A masterpiece' Attica Locke
'Strong, beautiful and beguiling' Observer
'Destined to become a future classic ... that rare book that should appeal to every kind of reader' Guardian

When two English brothers take the helm of a Barbados sugar plantation, Washington Black - an…


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of It Won't Always Be Like This

Sommer Schafer ❤️ loved this book because...

I loved this graphic novel because it shows the complexities and beauties of women's relationships and explores ideas of what it means to be a truly free woman, all through a mixed-race, coming-of-age storyline.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Thoughts 🥈 Character(s)
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Malaka Gharib ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked It Won't Always Be Like This as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

An intimate graphic memoir about an American girl growing up with her Egyptian father’s new family, forging unexpected bonds and navigating adolescence in an unfamiliar country—from the award-winning author of I Was Their American Dream.
 
“What a joy it is to read Malaka Gharib’s It Won’t Always Be Like This, to have your heart expertly broken and put back together within the space of a few panels, to have your wonder in the world restored by her electric mind.”—Mira Jacob, author of Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
 
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Book Riot

It’s hard…


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The Women

By Sommer Schafer ,

Book cover of The Women

What is my book about?

A women-only book club takes a bloody turn. A new mother and her toddler find themselves lost in the Alaskan wilderness until coming upon a mysterious cabin in the woods. Joyce's obsession with pruning a neighborhood tea tree leads to an unexpected end.

Mary falls in love with a machine built exclusively for her newborn. Magical, surreal, macabre, and funny, this collection of 17 short stories brings us into the lives of 17 different women and the challenges they encounter. To what lengths will each woman go to face the hand she’s been dealt?

Book cover of Our Share of Night
Book cover of Washington Black
Book cover of It Won't Always Be Like This

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