The best books of 2024

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Women

Myra Johnson ❤️ loved this book because...

There was so much I was never aware of regarding women serving in Vietnam. The book took me on a personal journey into the lives of nurses who survived and then tried to rebuild their lives after the war—only to be doubted and discounted and left to cope on their own.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Emotions
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Kristin Hannah,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

The missing. The forgotten. The brave… The women.

From master storyteller Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds, comes the story of a turbulent, transformative era in America: the 1960s. The Women is that rarest of novels—at once an intimate portrait of a woman coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided by war and broken by politics, of a generation both fueled by dreams and lost on the battlefield.

“Women can be heroes, too.”

When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these unexpected…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family

Myra Johnson ❤️ loved this book because...

An emotionally riveting story of how one little girl's short life changed the hearts of everyone she encountered.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Emotions 🥈 Outlook
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Mitch Albom,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

FROM THE MASTER STORYTELLER WHOSE BOOKS HAVE TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF OVER 40 MILLION READERS

'Mitch Albom sees the magical in the ordinary' Cecilia Ahern
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Chika Jeune came into Mitch Albom's life by chance. Growing up in the aftermath of the devastating 2010 Haiti Earthquake, at three years old she tragically lost her mother and was brought to the orphanage run by Mitch and his wife, Janine.

Chika made a quick impression. Brave and self-assured, she delighted those around her. But everything changed when Chika was diagnosed with a terminal disease that no doctor in Haiti could treat.

This…


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Every Waking Moment

Myra Johnson ❤️ loved this book because...

A moving and thought-provoking story that kept me turning pages. There is a special and sweet relationship between the central characters as they each discover deeper truths about themselves and change as a result.

The chapters where the documentary makers recorded the individual stories of the retirement home residents served as a poignant reminder that everyone has a deeper story. There is so much more to each one of us that what we allow others to see.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Emotions
  • Writing style

    👍 Liked it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Chris Fabry,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

A 2014 Christianity Today Award of Merit winner from the best-selling author of War Room!
Devin Hillis is a struggling documentary filmmaker who stumbles onto the story of a lifetime while interviewing subjects at an Arizona retirement home. One of the employees―a seemingly ordinary young woman named Treha Langsam―has no family and little memory of her childhood. She does, however, possess an extraordinary gift for connecting with dementia patients. Even more gripping is the story that begins to unravel when a cryptic letter from one of the home’s residents reveals clues to Treha’s shrouded past, setting into motion a chain…


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One Glance of Your Eyes

By Myra Johnson,

Book cover of One Glance of Your Eyes

What is my book about?

One chance . . . one glance . . . and their lives will never be the same.

With a heart for lifting men out of homelessness, Carl Anderson is a dedicated counselor-in-residence in a transitional home. When recent setbacks threaten the program’s continuation, he proposes an innovative plan to increase success by pairing at-risk residents with shelter dogs.

One glance from Carl’s stunning new supervisor, and he’s convinced his proposal doesn’t stand a chance. Rae Caldwell admires Carl’s passion, but for her, every canine encounter is a heart-rending reminder of her late daughter’s final months and the loyal service dog who never left her side . . . and the tragic end of a marriage too shattered by grief to heal.

As they collaborate on the pilot program, Carl catches glimpses of the vulnerable woman beneath Rae’s chilly façade. Reluctant smiles turn to stolen glances and unspoken hopes for something more—until their carefully guarded pasts intrude and everything goes awry.

Can two wounded souls find the courage to open their hearts? With God’s help, along with a very persistent canine, Carl and Rae may discover that it’s never too late for a second chance at love.

Escape to scenic Montana in this faith-filled later-in-life romance novel, and be inspired!

Book cover of The Women
Book cover of Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family
Book cover of Every Waking Moment

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