The best books of 2024

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Covenant of Water

Maren Showkeir ❤️ loved this book because...

Beautifully written story with complex characters and a storyline that reflects all the tragedies and joy of life and the faith and fecklessness of human beings. I also loved the medical mystery that courses throughout the book.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Character(s)
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Abraham Verghese,

Why should I read it?

34 authors picked The Covenant of Water as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SUBJECT OF A SIX-PART SUPER SOUL PODCAST SERIES HOSTED BY OPRAH WINFREY

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret

“One of the best books I’ve read in my entire life. It’s epic. It’s transportive . . . It was unputdownable!”—Oprah Winfrey, OprahDaily.com

The Covenant of Water is the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Return of Faraz Ali

Maren Showkeir ❤️ loved this book because...

I literally fell asleep over the pages several times, not because the book was dull, but because I didn't want to put it down.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Teach
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Aamina Ahmad,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked The Return of Faraz Ali as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AND NPR

“Stunning not only on account of the author’s talent, of which there is clearly plenty, but also in its humanity.” —New York Times Book Review (cover)

Sent back to his birthplace—Lahore’s notorious red-light district—to hush up the murder of a girl, a man finds himself in an unexpected reckoning with his past.

Not since childhood has Faraz returned to the Mohalla, in Lahore’s walled inner city, where women continue to pass down the art of courtesan from mother to daughter. But he still remembers the day…


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Table for Two

Maren Showkeir ❤️ loved this book because...

I haven't read an Amor Towles book I didn't love. This one is unusual... a collection of short stories and a novella that builds on the plot of one of Towles previous books, Rules of Civility. Although his characters are complex and flawed, they are also lovable, and in the case of our heroine, quite witty. Towles' includes a bit of "Hollywood history" in his story. Was it based on a true story? It's so interesting, you find yourself not caring whether it happened or not.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Writing 🥈 Character(s)
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Amor Towles,

Why should I read it?

6 authors picked Table for Two 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 knockout collection. ... Sharp-edged satire deceptively wrapped like a box of Neuhaus chocolates, Table for Two is a winner.” —The New York Times

“Superb ... This may be Towles’ best book yet. Each tale is as satisfying as a master chef’s main course, filled with drama, wit, erudition and, most of all, heart.” —Los Angeles Times
 
Millions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood.

The New York stories,…


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

Yoga Wisdom at Work: Finding Sanity Off the Mat and On the Job

By Maren Showkeir, Jamie Showkeir,

Book cover of Yoga Wisdom at Work: Finding Sanity Off the Mat and On the Job

What is my book about?

The physical practice of yoga is familiar to most people — a cat-cow stretch, a downward-facing dog, the majestic Warrior Pose. Yet most people don’t realize that the physical practice is a fraction of the secret code that unleashes the transformational powers of yoga. Dig deeper, you’ll discover that yoga’s simple, yet rich philosophy contains profound insights for confronting the complexities of life.

This ancient wisdom, contained in the “Eight Limbs of Yoga,” offers those in the modern world ways stay centered, compassionate, calm, and content, even in chaotic circumstances. In this book, the authors filter yoga philosophy through the lens of work to illustrate how to stay positive, productive, creative, and energized no matter what you do or where you work