The best books of 2024

This list is part of the best books of 2024.

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Gator Country

Armand Rosamilia ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Teach
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Rebecca Renner,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Gator Country as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A New York Times Editors' Choice

"Delivers everything its title promises and much more." - NPR

"Remarkable... Every species, and every person who fights for its continued existence, deserves a book like this." ― The New York Times

"This nail-biter account has the intensity of the best true crime... A high-def tale that ensnares you from the start." ―People

David Grann meets Susan Orlean in this page-turning true story of an underground operation into the mysterious world of alligator poaching and its larger than life Floridian characters

To catch a Florida Man, you have to become one, and that’s what…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Bull Mountain

Armand Rosamilia ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Writing
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Brian Panowich,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Bull Mountain as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Winner of the ITW Thriller Award for Best First Novel

From a remarkable voice in Southern fiction comes a multigenerational saga of crime, family, and vengeance.

Clayton Burroughs comes from a long line of outlaws. For generations, the Burroughs clan has made its home on Bull Mountain in North Georgia, running shine, pot, and meth over six state lines, virtually untouched by the rule of law. To distance himself from his family’s criminal empire, Clayton took the job of sheriff in a neighboring community to keep what peace he can. But when a federal agent with the Bureau of Alcohol,…


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Anna O

Armand Rosamilia ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Originality 🥈 Story/Plot
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Matthew Blake,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Anna O as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

#1 International Bestseller

GMA Buzz Pick • A Today Show Pick • A People Magazine Pick

“A riveting, unsettling crime novel that will keep you turning pages well past your bedtime. Is Anna O a sleeping beauty or a sleeping killer? Matthew Blake's tension-filled thriller is as elusive and mysterious as sleep itself.”—Nita Prose, #1 New York Times author of The Maid and The Mystery Guest

Joining the ranks of Gillian Flynn, A. J. Finn, and Alex Michaelides, Matthew Blake delivers the thriller of the year: a dark, twisty, and shocking mystery about a young woman who commits a double…


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

Shake Down

By Armand Rosamilia,

Book cover of Shake Down

What is my book about?

Ex-cop Clayton Conway has made some mistakes.

He's trying to work hard with a repo company, hooking cars and boats. Raise his daughter and stay friendly with his ex-wife. Make enough money to pay the rent on his tiny apartment over a bar in Jacksonville Beach.

But when one of the Orenato Cartel's speedboats gets repossessed, they come looking for it.

Putting Clayton, his family and friends, in danger.

Can he protect them, or will the cartel get what they came for? And will his own weaknesses get the best of him... again?

From the author of the Award Winning crime thriller series, Dirty Deeds, comes a new series set in the same world!