The best books of 2024

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

Lisa Rojany ❤️ loved this book because...

The intermix of the Jewish community and the Black communities was unusual and captivating. I loved Chona and the way she ran the roost. I also like the characters from the small township. The writing was superb and the characterizations equally as excellent. Highly recommended!

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Writing
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By James McBride,

Why should I read it?

23 authors picked The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“A murder mystery locked inside a Great American Novel . . . Charming, smart, heart-blistering, and heart-healing.” —Danez Smith, The New York Times Book Review

“We all need—we all deserve—this vibrant, love-affirming novel that bounds over any difference that claims to separate us.” —Ron Charles, The Washington Post

From James McBride, author of the bestselling Oprah’s Book Club pick Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award–winning The Good Lord Bird, a novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them

In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Real Americans

Lisa Rojany ❤️ loved this book because...

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Writing
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Rachel Khong,

Why should I read it?

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


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of James

Lisa Rojany ❤️ loved this book because...

This spinoff of Huckleberry Finn was as original as it comes. The dialect, the characters, the writing—all superb. Highly recommended.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Originality
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Percival Everett,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024


'Truly extraordinary books are rare, and this is one of them' - Roddy Doyle, Booker Prize-winning author of Paddy Clarke, Ha Ha Ha

James by Percival Everett is a profound and ferociously funny meditation on identity, belonging and the sacrifices we make to protect the ones we love, which reimagines The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. From the author of The Trees, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Erasure, adapted into the Oscar-winning film American Fiction.

The Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a new…


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

Book cover of The Twins of Auschwitz: The inspiring true story of a young girl surviving Mengele's hell

What is my book about?

Eva and Miriam Kor were 10 years old when their parents were ripped away from them at the gates of Auschwitz. As twins, they were of particular interest to Dr. Josef Mengele who experimented on twins. This is the story of their experience of hunger, depravity, fear, and desolation of the concentration camp. But it is ultimately a story of survival.

My book recommendation list

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