The best books of 2024

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Thieves' Gambit

❤️ loved this book because...

I love a heist novel and oh boy is this a heck of a heist novel. Great characters, great plot 10/10

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Story/Plot 🥈 Character(s)
  • Writing style

    👍 Liked it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Kayvion Lewis ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Thieves' Gambit 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?

The Inheritance Games meets Ocean's Eleven in this cinematic heist thriller where a cutthroat competition brings together the world's best thieves and one thief is playing for the highest stakes of all: her mother's life.

At only seventeen years old, Ross Quest is already a master thief, especially adept at escape plans. Until her plan to run away from her legendary family of thieves takes an unexpected turn, leaving her mother's life hanging in the balance.

In a desperate bid, she enters the Thieves' Gambit, a series of dangerous, international heists where killing the competition isn't exactly off limits, but…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Pride and Prejudice

❤️ loved this book because...

I read all of Jane Austen's books last year, and Pride and Prejudice was the most fun and easily readable. I loved the whole Bennet family and of course the adorable anxious wreck that Darcy is.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Emotions
  • Writing style

    👍 Liked it
  • Pace

    🐌 It was slow at times

By Jane Austen ,

Why should I read it?

43 authors picked Pride and Prejudice as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

One of BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World.

Jane Austen's best-loved novel is an unforgettable story about the inaccuracy of first impressions, the power of reason, and above all the strange dynamics of human relationships and emotions.

Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is illustrated by Hugh Thomson and features an afterword by author and critic, Henry Hitchings.

A tour de force of wit and sparkling dialogue, Pride and…


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of An Ember in the Ashes

❤️ loved this book because...

This was a super unique and immersive fantasy world and I ATE. IT. UP.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Originality
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Sabaa Tahir ,

Why should I read it?

8 authors picked An Ember in the Ashes as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 14, 15, 16, and 17.

What is this book about?

'Keeps one reading long after the lights should have been out' - Robin Hobb

Read the explosive New York Times bestselling debut that's captivated readers worldwide. Set to be a major motion picture, An Ember in the Ashes is the book everyone is talking about.

Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death.

When Laia's grandparents are brutally murdered and her brother arrested for treason by the empire, the only people she has left to turn to are the rebels.

But in exchange for their help in saving her brother, they demand that Laia spy on the ruthless Commandant…


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