The best books of 2024

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Sentence

Molly Stevens ❤️ loved this book because...

Beautiful. Funny. Important. "The Door is Open. Go."

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Writing 🥈 Story/Plot
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Louise Erdrich,

Why should I read it?

12 authors picked The Sentence as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE NIGHT WATCHMAN

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In this stunning and timely novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich creates a wickedly funny ghost story, a tale of passion, of a complex marriage and of a woman's relentless errors.

Louise Erdrich's latest novel, The Sentence, asks what we owe to the living, the dead, to the reader and to the book. A small independent bookstore in Minneapolis is haunted from November 2019 to November 2020 by the store's most annoying customer. Flora dies on All Souls' Day, but…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

Molly Stevens ❤️ loved this book because...

Essential for anyone who cares about what makes good writing.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Writing 🥈 Teach
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By George Saunders,

Why should I read it?

4 authors picked A Swim in a Pond in the Rain as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December comes a literary master class on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about ourselves—and our world today.

LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, Time, San Francisco Chronicle, Esquire, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Town & Country, The Rumpus, Electric Lit, Thrillist, BookPage • “[A] worship song to writers and readers.”—Oprah Daily

For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian…


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Secret of Cooking: Recipes for an Easier Life in the Kitchen

Molly Stevens ❤️ loved this book because...

Full of kitchen wisdom and inspiration gleaned from a lifetime of cooking, writing, reading, and eating.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Writing 🥈 Teach
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Bee Wilson,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

Do you wish you could cook more, but don't know where to start? Bee Wilson has spent years collecting cooking "secrets": ways of speeding cooking up or slowing it down, strategies for days when you are stretched for time, and other ideas for when you can luxuriate in kitchen therapy. Bee holds out a hand to anyone who wants doable, delicious recipes, the kind of unfussy food that makes every day taste better: quick feasts from a can of beans; fast, medium, and slow ragus; and seven ways to cook a carrot.

Alongside thoughts on how to cook when you're…


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

All about Dinner: Simple Meals, Expert Advice

By Molly Stevens,

Book cover of All about Dinner: Simple Meals, Expert Advice

What is my book about?

Over 150 recipes for vegetables, grains, meat, fish, and sweets that will invigorate your everyday menus and build your kitchen know-how. Whether you’re hungry for butter-poached shrimp with garlic and tomatoes, chipotle pork tacos, Parmesan risotto, or a triple-ginger apple crisp, each recipe is written to anticipate your questions and inspire improvisation. Cooking your way through All About Dinner will guarantee countless delicious meals—and leave you a better cook.

Book cover of The Sentence
Book cover of A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
Book cover of The Secret of Cooking: Recipes for an Easier Life in the Kitchen

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