The best books of 2024

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My favorite read in 2024…

Book cover of Only The Beautiful

Cindy Thomson I ❤️ loved this book because...

History has so much to teach us if we will only pay attention.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Emotions 🥈 Teach
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Susan Meissner,

Why should I read it?

5 authors picked Only The Beautiful as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A Best Historical Fiction of Spring Pick by Amazon, PopSugar, AARP, and BookBub!

A heartrending story about a young mother’s fight to keep her daughter, and the terrible injustice that tears them apart, by the USA Today bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things and The Last Year of the War.
 
California, 1938—When she loses her parents in an accident, sixteen-year-old Rosanne is taken in by the owners of the vineyard where she has lived her whole life as the vinedresser’s daughter. She moves into Celine and Truman Calvert’s spacious house with a secret, however—Rosie sees colors when she…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024…

Book cover of The Last Lifeboat

Cindy Thomson I ❤️ loved this book because...

I really cared about the characters and how they endured the things they were forced to face. War affects ordinary people and we don't always hear about it.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Teach
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Hazel Gaynor,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked The Last Lifeboat as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.


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My 3rd favorite read in 2024…

Book cover of Shelterwood

Cindy Thomson I ❤️ loved this book because...

I love learning about little known history. I loved the strength a young girl had to make her life better and others as well.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Emotions
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Lisa Wingate,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

USA TODAY AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER • “Wingate’s stellar latest explores a centuries-long legacy of missing child cases. . . . Her portrayal of the region’s history, culture, and landscape enthralls. Wingate is at the top of her game.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes “a sweeping tale about little known history” (People): the women pioneers who fought to protect children caught in the storm of land barons hungry for power and oil wealth.

1909. Eleven-year-old Olive Augusta Radley knows that her stepfather doesn’t have good intentions toward the…


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Enya's Son

By Cindy Thomson,

Book cover of Enya's Son

What is my book about?

In a prophetic dream, Enya learns her son will grow in power and influence, and her heart is at peace.

But while Enya understands her son’s influence will be for the good of the church, others believe the prophecy predicts political influence and try to prevent Columcille from seeking temporal power—though he does not desire it.

As he rises to prominence in the church, Columcille’s temper erupts when a king’s decision goes against him, and he calls his clan to arms. The consequences are more devastating than anyone could have imagined—and changes his life forever.