The best books of 2024

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Join 1,206 readers and share your 3 favorite reads of the year.

My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Caretaker

Kim Janine Ligon ❤️ loved this book because...

It is about people you believe in and cheer for. It is uplifting at the end.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Emotions 🥈 Story/Plot
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Ron Rash,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • Told against the backdrop of the Korean War as a small Appalachian town sends its sons to battle, The Caretaker by award-winning author Ron Rash ("One of the great American authors at work today" —The New York Times) is a breathtaking love story and a searing examination of the acts we seek to justify in the name of duty, family, honor, and love.

It’s 1951 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Blackburn Gant, his life irrevocably altered by a childhood case of polio, seems condemned to spend his life among…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Power and the Glory

Kim Janine Ligon ❤️ loved this book because...

Graham Greene is an artist with words. The story sweeps you right to the priest's side and you are invested in what happens.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Writing
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Graham Greene,

Why should I read it?

4 authors picked The Power and the Glory as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

During an anti-clerical purge in Mexico, a priest is hunted like a hare. Too human for heroism, too humble for martyrdom, the little worldly priest is nevertheless impelled towards his squalid Calvary as much by his own compassion for humanity as by the efforts of his pursuers.


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Magic Hour

Kim Janine Ligon ❤️ loved this book because...

It is about healing through helping others and the power of that kind of love.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Emotions 🥈 Character(s)
  • Writing style

    👍 Liked it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Kristin Hannah,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked Magic Hour as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.


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Landing on Her Feet

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Book cover of Landing on Her Feet

What is my book about?

A cozy mystery with clean Romance and Christian overtones about a young woman fleeing an abusive relationship to protect her young son. She goes to the small Wisconsin town her mother grew up in and finds peace and happiness until her abuser finds her. It is a happy Ever after uplifting book.

Book cover of The Caretaker
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