The best books of 2024

This list is part of the best books of 2024.

Join 325 readers and share your 3 favorite reads of the year.

My favorite read in 2024…

Book cover of If Women Rose Rooted: A Life-Changing Journey to Authenticity and Belonging

Gail Nyoka I ❤️ loved this book because...

It's about women choosing their own ways to live.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Thoughts 🥈 Writing
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Sharon Blackie,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked If Women Rose Rooted as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

If Women Rose Rooted has been described as both transformative and essential. Sharon Blackie leads the reader on a quest to find their place in the world, drawing inspiration from the wise and powerful women in native mythology, and guidance from contemporary role models who have re-rooted themselves in land and community and taken responsibility for shaping the future. Beautifully written, honest and moving, If Women Rose Rooted is a passionate song to a different kind of femininity, a rallying, feminist cry for the rewilding of womanhood; reclaiming our role as guardians of the land.


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024…

Book cover of Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

Gail Nyoka I ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Emotions 🥈 Originality
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Helen Knott,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

When matriarchs begin to disappear, there is a choice to either step into the places they left behind, or to craft a new space.

Helen Knott’s bestselling debut memoir, In My Own Moccasins , wowed reviewers, award juries, and readers alike with its profoundly honest and moving account of addiction, intergenerational trauma, resilience, and survival. Now, with her highly anticipated second book, Knott exceeds the highest of expectations with a chronicle of grief, love, and legacy. Having lost both her mom and grandmother in just over six months, forced to navigate the fine lines between matriarchy, martyrdom, and codependency, Knott…


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My 3rd favorite read in 2024…

Book cover of Horse

Gail Nyoka I ❤️ loved this book because...

I enjoyed what it showed about the history of horse racing in the US, and the people involved. All the characters were believable and relatable.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Character(s)
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Geraldine Brooks,

Why should I read it?

22 authors picked Horse as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

"Brooks' chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling." -The New York Times Book Review

"Horse isn't just an animal story-it's a moving narrative about race and art." -TIME

A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history

Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an…


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

Voices of the Ancestors: Stories & Lore From Ghana’s Volta Region

By Gail Nyoka,

Book cover of Voices of the Ancestors: Stories & Lore From Ghana’s Volta Region

What is my book about?

Tales told by storytellers give voice to the people of Ghana's Volta Region.

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