The best books of 2024

This list is part of the best books of 2024.

Join 325 readers and share your 3 favorite reads of the year.

My favorite read in 2024…

Book cover of The Hunter: A Novel

Peter David Shapiro I ❤️ loved this book because...

Beautiful writing!

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Writing 🥈 Immersion
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down
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My 2nd favorite read in 2024…

Book cover of What Happened to Nina?

Peter David Shapiro I ❤️ loved this book because...

Writer drew you in, and the she had you... and you had to see what happened.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Writing 🥈 Character(s)
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down
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My 3rd favorite read in 2024…

Book cover of Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Peter David Shapiro I 👍 liked this book because...

Inside perspective on tech from consummate insider.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Teach 🥈 Outlook
  • Writing style

    👍 Liked it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Kara Swisher,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

Instant New York Times Bestseller

From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech industry and its founders who wanted to change the world but broke it instead.

“Swisher, the bad-ass journalist and OG chronicler of Silicon Valley…takes no prisoners in this highly readable look at the evolution of the digital world…Bawdy, brash, and compulsively thought-provoking, just like its author, Burn Book sizzles” (Booklist, starred review).

Part memoir, part history, Burn Book is a necessary chronicle of tech’s most powerful players. From “the queen of all media” (Walt Mossberg, The Wall Street Journal), this…


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

Teacher's Pet

By Peter David Shapiro,

Book cover of Teacher's Pet

What is my book about?

High school teacher, her student, their affair. 

Esme Linde, 23, a new teacher in a small-town high school in Vermont, is accused of having an affair with one of her students, Noah Beemer, 17. The accusation ends Esme's nascent career as a teacher. Plus it could lead to her being prosecuted for statutory rape. Noah's parents have big ambitions for their talented son. Fearing that the controversy will damage his prospects, they pressure Esme to remove herself from his life. Noah has other ideas.