The best books of 2024

This list is part of the best books of 2024.

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Drawing of the Dark: A Novel

Misha Burnett ❤️ loved this book because...

I ordinarily find history boring, but the way that Tim Powers makes the historical into the fantastic never fails to draw me into his secret worlds.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Originality
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace
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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Starship Grifters (A Rex Nihilo Adventure)

Misha Burnett ❤️ loved this book because...

It's a very funny book, a satire of Space Opera written by someone who loves the genre.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Writing
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good

Misha Burnett ❤️ loved this book because...

This is one of those rare books that makes an utterly horrible character compelling. Like John Fowles' The Collector or Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley, this novel shows you the world through the eyes of a sociopath, and somehow draws you into that cold, dark, fascinating world.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Emotions
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Helene Tursten, Marlaine Delargy (translator),

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Maud is an irascible 88-year-old Swedish woman with no family, no friends, and... no qualms about a little murder. This funny, irreverent story collection by Helene Tursten, author of the Irene Huss investigations, features two-never-before translated stories that will keep you laughing all the way to the retirement home.

Ever since her darling father's untimely death when she was only eighteen, Maud has lived in the family's spacious apartment in downtown Gothenburg rent-free, thanks to a minor clause in a hastily negotiated contract. That was how Maud learned that good things can come from tragedy. Now in her late eighties,…


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

Small Worlds

By Misha Burnett,

Book cover of Small Worlds

What is my book about?

Cirsova Publishing is proud to present Small Worlds, a brand new anthology from short fiction master Misha Burnett.

Small Worlds has all of the hallmarks of Misha Burnett’s fusion of SFF with classic weird, inviting the reader into the uncanny realms where the mundane has been pervaded by the strange, but also brings to the table his unique brand of white-knuckle thrilling adventure.

Book cover of The Drawing of the Dark: A Novel
Book cover of Starship Grifters (A Rex Nihilo Adventure)
Book cover of An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good

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