The best books of 2024

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Hell House

Micky Neilson ❤️ loved this book because...

Really enjoyed the mix of science and the supernatural and the book offered some genuine chills.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Immersion
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Richard Matheson,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked Hell House as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

"Hell House is the scariest haunted house novel ever written. It looms over the rest the way the mountains loom over the foothills." -- Stephen King

From the author of I Am Legend comes Richard Matheson's Hell House, the basis for the supernatural horror film starring Pamela Franklin, Roddy McDowall, Clive Revill.

Rolf Rudolph Deutsch is going die. But when Deutsch, a wealthy magazine and newspaper publisher, starts thinking seriously about his impending death, he offers to pay a physicist and two mediums, one physical and one mental, $100,000 each to establish the facts of life after death.

Dr. Lionel…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Heat 2

Micky Neilson ❤️ loved this book because...

The story did an amazing job of exploring the characters' lives from the movie, going into their histories but also jumping forward to pick up after the events of the film.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Emotions 🥈 Character(s)
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Michael Mann, Meg Gardiner,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

NOW A NO.1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Michael Mann, Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer-director of Heat and Miami Vice, teams up with Meg Gardiner to deliver Mann's first crime novel, an explosive return to the world and characters of his classic film Heat - an all-new story that illuminates what happened before and after the film.

A Times Book of the Year 2022

'Michael Mann's HEAT is one of my all-time favourite movies. HEAT 2 is now one of my favourite suspense novels' JAMES PATTERSON

Described by Michael Mann as both a prequel and sequel to the renowned, critically acclaimed film…


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Little Horrors

Micky Neilson ❤️ loved this book because...

I loved the imagination on display in this book of original short stories.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Originality 🥈 Story/Plot
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By David Gerrold,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

David Gerrold sits alone in a room and types.
This is the only warning you're going to get.

Here are seven little horrors, specifically designed to creep you out in all the strangest ways. From the mundane to the bizarre, this master storyteller will take you to the zone beyond twilight.

● SKINFLOWERS - This one is so creepy, we can't even begin to describe it. You'll have to read it yourself.

● REX - Have you ever wanted a pet dinosaur? A cute little mini-dino? The T-Rex can be very convenient.

● THE SEMINAR FROM HELL - It's all…


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

Book cover of Skinner

What is my book about?

This is the terrifying tale of six internet celebrities who accompany a superstar survivalist on a one-week trip deep into the remote Canadian wilderness.

After their plane crashes, the influencers and their guide are stalked by a mountain man of local legend—Skinner. When the celebrities mount a desperate counterattack, they discover that there is much more to the skinner myth than any of them could have imagined. Will the celebrities survive, or be permanently canceled?

Book cover of Hell House
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