The best books of 2024

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Bullet That Missed

Mats Vederhus ❤️ loved this book because...

Richard Osman has created a fascinating gallery of characters. I honestly never thought I'd be interested in reading about a gang of pensioners solving murders, but thanks to his plotting and ability to give his characters interesting personalities, it works well.

  • Loved Most

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

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Richard Osman,

Why should I read it?

10 authors picked The Bullet That Missed as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Brought to you by Penguin.

A new mystery is afoot in the third book in the Thursday Murder Club series from record-breaking, bestselling author Richard Osman.

It is an ordinary Thursday and things should finally be returning to normal.

Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A decade-old cold case leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers.

Then a new foe pays Elizabeth a visit. Her mission? Kill. . . or be killed.

As the cold case turns white hot, Elizabeth wrestles with her conscience…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Lifting

Mats Vederhus ❤️ loved this book because...

The (un)real story about two brothers from the ass end of nowhere in the Scottish Highlands becoming the World's Strongest Brothers. This book has it all: drama, love, a storyline so crazy it could never have been made it. Simply put, this book is unputdownable!

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    🥇 Thoughts 🥈 Emotions
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Luke Stoltman, Tom Stoltman,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

When Loch Morlich freezes over, we cut a hole in the ice and jump in.

Tom 'The Albatross' and Luke 'The Highland Oak' Stoltman are the world's strongest brothers. Between them, they've won everything there is to win in the mighty world of Strongman.

Tom can deadlift a 430kg bar to hip height, equivalent to about seven washing machines. Luke isn't far behind. Yet for the Stoltmans, being strong is about more than pure muscle. It's about overcoming adversity. And it's about honouring their biggest fan: their mother, who died in 2016 leaving the family devastated.

They've also transcended the…


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Murder in the Gulag

Mats Vederhus ❤️ loved this book because...

This book is probably one of the most important books of the last three decades. It unravels how one man was brave enough to take on the insanity of the Kremlin and showcase for the world the depravity of russian corruption.
A must read!

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Thoughts 🥈 Teach
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By John Sweeney,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Murder in the Gulag as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

'Murder in the Gulag is brilliant journalistic writing: punchy, eloquent, page-turning and factual. It's a powerful reminder of what an extraordinary man Navalny was' - Roland Oliphant, Telegraph

The gripping sequel to the bestselling Killer in the Kremlin

2:19pm, Moscow time, 16 February 2024. The Federal Penitentiary Service of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District announces that Alexei Navalny is dead. The news sends shockwaves around the world.

In Murder in the Gulag, award-winning journalist John Sweeney goes behind the headlines to reveal what really happened to the Russian opposition leader in the freezing Polar Wolf penal colony in a remote part…


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Murder In Lima

By Mats Vederhus,

Book cover of Murder In Lima

What is my book about?

Kurt Hammer ends up in Lima, Peru to escape his demons and put an end to his alcoholism.

The holiday soon takes a sinister turn though, when Kurt witnesses the brutal murder of an old friend.

Facing the most difficult case of his life, can Kurt find the killer - and avoid succumbing to his demons?

Book cover of The Bullet That Missed
Book cover of Lifting
Book cover of Murder in the Gulag

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