The best books of 2024

This list is part of the best books of 2024.

Join 1,187 readers and share your 3 favorite reads of the year.

My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Project Hail Mary

Christopher Calvin ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

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

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Andy Weir,

Why should I read it?

42 authors picked Project Hail Mary as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.

Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.

All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Origin

Christopher Calvin ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Story/Plot 🥈 Thoughts
  • Writing style

    👍 Liked it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Dan Brown,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

The spellbinding new Robert Langdon novel from the author of The Da Vinci Code.

Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend the unveiling of a discovery that "will change the face of science forever". The evening's host is his friend and former student, Edmond Kirsch, a forty-year-old tech magnate whose dazzling inventions and audacious predictions have made him a controversial figure around the world. This evening is to be no exception: he claims he will reveal an astonishing scientific breakthrough to challenge the fundamentals of human existence.

But Langdon and…


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Panther

Christopher Calvin ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

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

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Nelson DeMille,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

It's one of the most dangerous and volatile countries in the world: Yemen. A Middle Eastern hotbed of corruption and insurgency and the perfect training ground for Islamic terrorists.

When FBI agents John Corey and Kate Mayfield are assigned to overseas posts in Sana'a, Yemen's capital city, they are tasked with hunting down the high-ranking Al Qaeda operative responsible for the USS Cole bombing. This man, known as The Panther, is wanted for terrorist acts and multiple murders and the US government is determined to bring him down, no matter the cost.

As latecomers to a deadly game, John and…


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

Pendant of God

By Christopher Calvin,

Book cover of Pendant of God

What is my book about?

A dying tech entrepreneur. A team of skilled treasure hunters. And a mystical artifact with the power to heal… or to destroy.

Join Gabriel Dunne, clandestine treasure hunter, in a race against time to save his dying friend. With his loyal team by his side, Gabriel must navigate treacherous landscapes, solve perplexing puzzles, and outwit ruthless adversaries on a global quest to find the legendary Pendant of God, a mystical artifact rumored to possess an extraordinary healing ability. But the pendant is also rumored to harbor the potential for devastating destruction. And when it falls into the wrong hands, the fate of the entire world hangs in the balance.

Will Gabriel retrieve the pendant in time to save his friend from certain death? Can he and his team thwart the catastrophe that looms? Brace yourself for a thrilling adventure about friendship, betrayal, and the timeless struggle between good and evil that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final page!

Book cover of Project Hail Mary
Book cover of Origin
Book cover of The Panther

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