The best books of 2024

This list is part of the best books of 2024.

Join 1,355 readers and share your 3 favorite reads of the year.

My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers

S A Bodeen ❤️ loved this book because...

The characters drew me in and didn’t let me go. There was such a sense of quirkiness and unexpected events that I was charmed by the story.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Story/Plot
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Samuel Burr,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

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THE INSTANT TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!

'Utterly beautiful. I adored it' JOANNA CANNON

'Hugely uplifting and wonderful' AJ PEARCE

'Truly heartwarming' THE TIMES

Sometimes finding your place in the world is the greatest puzzle of all...

Clayton Stumper is an enigma.

He might be twenty-five years old, but he dresses like your grandad and drinks sherry like your aunt.

Abandoned at birth on the steps of the Fellowship of Puzzlemakers, he was raised by the sharpest minds in the British Isles…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of All the Colors of the Dark

S A Bodeen ❤️ loved this book because...

The twists and turns kept me riveted and the characters broke my heart.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Story/Plot 🥈 Immersion
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Chris Whitaker,

Why should I read it?

7 authors picked All the Colors of the Dark as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A missing persons mystery, a serial killer thriller, and an epic love story - with a unique twist on each...

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Late one summer, the town of Monta Clare is shattered by the abduction of local teenager Joseph 'Patch' Macauley. Nobody more so than Saint Brown, who is broken by her best friend's disappearance. Soon, she will eat, sleep, breathe, only to find him.

But when she it will break her heart.

Patch lies in a pitch-black room - all alone - for days or maybe weeks. Until he feels a hand in his. Her name…


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Solito

S A Bodeen ❤️ loved this book because...

This story of bravery against all odds was riveting.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Character(s)
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Javier Zamora,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR

'Solito is my travel book of the year.' Telegraph

'Heartbreaking... A rare, eye-opening rendition of the brutal reality of border-crossing.' Lea Ypi

'If there's any justice, Solito will someday be considered a classic.' Rumaan Alam

Young Javier dreams of eating orange sherbet ice cream with his parents in the United States. For this to happen, he must embark on a three-thousand-mile journey alone. It should last only two weeks. But it takes seven.

In limbo, Javier learns what people will do to survive - and what they will forfeit to save someone else. This…


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

The Compound

By S A Bodeen,

Book cover of The Compound

What is my book about?

Eli and his family have in the underground compound for six years. The world they know is gone. Eli’s father built the compound to keep them safe. But are they safe—really?

Book cover of The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers
Book cover of All the Colors of the Dark
Book cover of Solito

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