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 The Shabti

Kris Bock I ❤️ loved this book because...

This was a fun story with likable main characters (one grumpy, depressed coward trying to do better and one cinnamon roll Jewish Egyptologist).I often couldn't predict what would happen. Despite the horror vibes of an ancient Egyptian spirit, not to mention an unsettling bad guy, the overall feel is quite cozy.

  • Loved Most

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

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Megaera C. Lorenz,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

Can you flimflam a ghost?

It's 1934. Former medium Dashiel Quicke travels the country debunking spiritualism and false mediums while struggling to stay ahead of his ex-business partner and lover who wants him back at any cost. During a demonstration at a college campus, Dashiel meets Hermann Goschalk, an Egyptologist who's convinced that he has a genuine haunted artifact on his hands. Certain there is a rational explanation for whatever is going on with Hermann's relics, Dashiel would rather skip town, but soon finds himself falling for Hermann. He agrees to take a look after all and learns that something…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024…

Book cover of Dog Dish of Doom: An Agent to the Paws Mystery

Kris Bock I ❤️ loved this book because...

Readers can always rely on Copperman for an entertaining story. I enjoyed getting a look at the life of an agent for acting animals. The mystery was complicated enough that while I picked up on some things before the MC, I didn't understand it all until the final explanation.

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

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By E. J. Copperman,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

Kay Powell wants to find that break-out client who will become a star. And she thinks she's found him: His name is Bruno, and he has to be walked three times a day. Bruno's humans, Trent and Louise, butt in a lot, and Les McMaster, the famous director now mounting a revival of Annie, might not hire Bruno just because he can't stand Trent in particular. That becomes less of an issue when Trent is discovered face down in Bruno's water dish. With a kitchen knife in his back. Laugh- out-loud funny, this series debut is a delight.


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My 3rd favorite read in 2024…

Book cover of The Blonde Identity

Kris Bock I ❤️ loved this book because...

Action packed fun! There's almost too much action in this romantic suspense, but a few quieter moments allow the characters to get to know each other, and the humorous dialogue keeps things fun even when lives are on the line.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Story/Plot 🥈 Immersion
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Ally Carter,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

'A unique, delightful, hilarious, unputdownable romance' - Ali Hazelwood, bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis

'I can't remember the last time I had so much fun reading a book' - Stephanie Garber, bestselling author of A Curse for True Love

The Blonde Identity is a hilarious, action-packed, road-trip rom-com with witty banter, sexy operatives, and the ultimate high-stakes from New York Times bestselling author, Ally Carter.

It's the middle of the night in the middle of Paris and a woman just woke up with no memory.

She only knows three things for certain:

1. She has a splitting headache.

2.…


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Something Shady at Sunshine Haven

By Kris Bock,

Book cover of Something Shady at Sunshine Haven

What is my book about?

Injured in a bombing, war correspondent Kate Tessler returns to her hometown in Arizona to recover. An old friend asks her to investigate suspicious deaths at a nursing home – where Kate’s mother is in an Alzheimer’s unit.

If Kate can’t uncover the truth, her mother could be next on the killer’s list.