The best books of 2024

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Hot and Bothered: What No One Tells You About Menopause and How to Feel Like Yourself Again

Alana Oxford ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Teach 🥈 Writing
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Jancee Dunn,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked Hot and Bothered as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

“Hot and Bothered removes the shame, disdain, and mystery that’s surrounded menopause….An informative, entertaining and desperately needed book.” —Jen Sincero, author of You Are a Badass

When Jancee Dunn hit her mid-forties, she was bombarded by seemingly random symptoms: rampant insomnia, spring-loaded nerves, weirdly dry mouth, and Rio Grande-level periods. After going to multiple doctors who ran test after fruitless test, she was surprised to finally discover the culprit—perimenopause. For more than two decades, Jancee had been reporting on mental and physical health. So if she was unprepared for this, what about all the women who don’t write about health…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting: A Novel

Alana Oxford ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Immersion
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Clare Pooley,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Authenticity Project: Nobody ever talks to strangers on the train. It’s a rule. But what would happen if they did?

“A hilarious and sweet creation about a group of individuals who form a family with love at its core.” —USA Today

Every day Iona, a larger-than-life magazine advice columnist, travels the ten stops from Hampton Court to Waterloo Station by train, accompanied by her dog, Lulu. Every day she sees the same people, whom she knows only by nickname: Impossibly-Pretty-Bookworm and Terribly-Lonely-Teenager. Of course, they never speak. Seasoned commuters never do.…


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Fabulous Forties Club

Alana Oxford ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Emotions 🥈 Story/Plot
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Freya Kennedy,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked The Fabulous Forties Club as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

The BRAND NEW, funny and uplifting novel from bestseller Freya Kennedy. Find out what happens when Derry Girls become Derry Women...

From drab to fab in just one year?

Becca Burnside isn't sure where it all went wrong...

How did she end up single in her forties, with the highlight of her weekend being a trip to Big Asda with her mum and the only chance of cuddles coming from her dog?

It's fair to say that Becca's life isn't quite where she'd hoped it would be. She already knew that, deep down, but when she finds the time capsule…


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

A Modern Midlife Christmas Carol

By Alana Oxford,

Book cover of A Modern Midlife Christmas Carol

What is my book about?

The world rests on Eliza’s shoulders. The kids, her husband, work, her elderly mother and don’t forget her newest friend, perimenopause. It’s too much to carry, but she’s been doing it for years. It’s just what a good wife and mother does, isn’t it?

When another Christmas rolls around, Eliza is drained by all the expectations and logistics of the holiday season. She’s fast approaching her breaking point, only no one around her notices she’s on the edge.

After an incident at her in-law’s on Christmas Eve brings things to a boiling point, she finds herself with three unexpected visitors. The spirits of the past, present, and future take her on a journey through her life to shake her out of the rut she’s gotten into. Their messages leave her with new possibilities: reconnect with her past, reclaim her present, or forge a new future, and you, the reader, decide which option is best!

Book cover of Hot and Bothered: What No One Tells You About Menopause and How to Feel Like Yourself Again
Book cover of Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting: A Novel
Book cover of The Fabulous Forties Club

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