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My Favorite Reads: Best of 2024

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2024 FAVE READS, BOOKCHATTER.NET

This is a list of my faves read in 2024 in no particular order.

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Tom Lake

Clear by Carys Davies

Clear

The Mothers by Brit Bennett

The Mothers

Sandwich by Catherine Newman

Sandwich

All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

All the Colors of the Dark

James by Percival Everett

James

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout

Tell Me Everything

Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

Of Human Bondage

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Remarkably Bright Creatures

I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger

I Cheerfully Refuse

The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore

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Pete and Alice in Maine by Caitlin Shetterly

Pete and Alice in Maine

Like Mother, Like Mother by Susan Rieger

Like Mother, Like Mother

All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall

All the Water in the World

1984 by George Orwell (a re-read and boy, what a read)

1984

All links point to my review of each book so check them out if you are looking for something to read.

My reading was down due to the four months post surgery where I absolutely could not read anything! Two steroids ramped me up so much I could not concentrate. BUT, I still did pretty well. Lots of good reads and ended with a total of 42.

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Books Reviewed in 2024

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This is a list of the books I read and reviewed in 2024. I started off at a terrible pace because of my brain surgery in January but by April I was making up for it and did okay. Read lots of good stuff.

Each link takes you directly to my review of that book. Happy New Year!

2024 Reviews

  1. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
  2. The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
  3. Telephone by Percival Everett
  4. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
  5. Honor by Thrity Umrigar
  6. Census by Jesse Ball
  7. One Big Happy Family by Jamie Day
  8. Extinction by Douglas Preston
  9. House of Cotton by Monica Brashears
  10. The Summer Club by Hannah McKinnon
  11. The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean
  12. You Like It Darker by Stephen King
  13. The Search Party by Hannah Richell
  14. Clear by Carys Davies
  15. The Mothers by Brit Bennett
  16. Devils Island by Midge Raymond & John Yunker
  17. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
  18. The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami
  19. Same as it Ever Was by Claire Lombardo
  20. How the Light Gets In by Joyce Maynard
  21. Sandwich by Catherine Newman
  22. All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
  23. James by Percival Everett
  24. Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
  25. Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig
  26. Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty
  27. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
  28. Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
  29. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
  30. The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley
  31. So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan
  32. The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
  33. I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger
  34. Orbital by Samantha Harvey
  35. Pete and Alice in Maine by Caitlin Shetterly
  36. Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
  37. The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore
  38. Like Mother, Like Mother by Susan Rieger
  39. The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
  40. Burn by Peter Heller
  41. All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall
  42. 1984 by George Orwell