The best books of 2024

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Granny's Got a Gun

Debra Williams ❤️ loved this book because...

I have been writing a cosy mystery featuring four grannies, and I downloaded this book for inspiration. It’s hilarious!

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Originality
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Harper Lin,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Granny's Got a Gun as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Looking for a thrilling and humorous read? Look no further than "Secret Agent Granny," the first book in a cozy mystery series by 3x USA TODAY Bestselling Author Harper Lin.

Join retired CIA agent Barbara Gold as she trades in her spy gadgets for a quieter life in Cheerville, a small town in New England. When a man is poisoned during a book club meeting for seniors, Barbara's boredom is replaced with excitement to solve this dangerous case. Who would want this sweet old man dead?

It’s only a matter of time before his death is declared murder and the…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of My Family and Other Suspects

Debra Williams ❤️ loved this book because...

This is an engaging and entertaining novel for young adults. Ruth is an entirely likeable and resourceful character, and the plot has plenty of twists and turns to keep the reader guessing.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Story/Plot 🥈 Originality
  • Writing style

    👍 Liked it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Kate Emery,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked My Family and Other Suspects as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 12, 13, 14, and 15.

What is this book about?

'Do you want to talk about a fictional murder in a book or do you want to talk about the actual murder that happened under our roof?'

Fourteen-year-old Ruth has spent the weekend at the family farm with her dad, her aunts, their partners and her kind-of-cousin, Dylan, visiting the ancient GG, Ruth's coolly distant step-grandmother. With no internet or phone coverage, Ruth spends her time re-reading old Agatha Christie novels, eavesdropping on the adults and definitely not daydreaming about Dylan.

But when GG dies under suspicious circumstances, Ruth's long weekend turns into an enforced family-holiday-slash-possible-murder-investigation - and Ruth's not…


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of You Are Brave

Debra Williams ❤️ loved this book because...

You Are Brave is inspired by the life of Sofia Sanchez. Sophia has Down's Syndrome and is now 15 years of age, but this book focuses on her younger life.
You Are Brave shows children that it’s okay not to be perfect at whatever you want to do but that everyone is good at something. The main theme inspires youngsters to not give up, to keep practising until they get a new thing right, and to show them they can be brave when they are told they cannot do something. It encourages children to be themselves.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Originality 🥈 Character(s)
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Sofia Sanchez, Margaret O'Hair, Sofia Cardoso (illustrator)

Why should I read it?

1 author picked You Are Brave as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 3, 4, 5, and 6.

What is this book about?

An inspiring and inclusive picture book about overcoming obstacles
- brought to us by Sofia Sanchez, a successful model,
actress, and advocate for Down Syndrome.
Being different doesn't mean you can't succeed and
share your gifts and passions with the world!

That is the timely and important message of You Are Brave,
which helps readers learn their own self-worth. It encourages
children to overcome obstacles by sticking up for themselves
and others, trying new things, and showing the world how brave
they are!

This beautiful picture book accompanies 2021's You
Are Enough and 2023's You Are Loved.


It focuses on…


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

Ah-Fur, Super Sleuth: The Case of The Missing Moggies

By Debra Williams,

Book cover of Ah-Fur, Super Sleuth: The Case of The Missing Moggies

What is my book about?

When expert Persian cat detective, Ah-Fur, answers an urgent call on his special orders phone in his Australian office, he knows trouble is afoot.
The Australian Prime Minister, Martin Bigcheese, is on the line. The English Prime Minister, Ivor Bighouse has lost two cats. His ginger cat Winston, and his tabby Ponzie, have disappeared in London. One from his office at 10 Downing Street and one from his country residence. Put on a special flight to England, Ah-Fur and his cousin, Show-Fur, plan the investigation and
go through their list of subjects. Ah-Fur thinks he knows who did this dastardly deed.
Junior fiction adventure for readers aged 7-11. A book with all the things kids love: Mystery, Humour and action, with shades of Inspector Gadget and James Bond!

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