The best books of 2024

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Vegetarian

Taha Kehar ❤️ loved this book because...

The Vegetarian brilliantly captures how the mind and the body can launch a spirited revolt against unwanted surveillance. The novel examines the intricate ways in which people can become each other’s enemies when they meddle in matters that don't concern them.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Immersion
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Han Kang, Deborah Smith (translator),

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

Yeong-hye and her husband are ordinary people. He is an office worker with moderate ambitions and mild manners; she is an uninspired but dutiful wife. The acceptable flatline of their marriage is interrupted when Yeong-hye, seeking a more 'plant-like' existence, decides to become a vegetarian, prompted by grotesque recurring nightmares. In South Korea, where vegetarianism is almost unheard-of and societal mores are strictly obeyed, Yeong-hye's decision is a shocking act of subversion. Her passive rebellion manifests in ever more bizarre and frightening forms, leading her bland husband to self-justified acts of sexual sadism. His cruelties drive her towards attempted suicide…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Intermezzo

Taha Kehar 👍 liked this book because...

'Intermezzo' explores grief as a complex phenomenon that can mould our personalities in unpredictable ways. Rooney doesn't view grief as a linear process or an emotion that openly announces its presence. Instead, she perceives loss as a creeping threat -- something people have to remain wary of as they go on with the business of living. I admire the author's ability to depict this theme in realistic hues.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Thoughts 🥈 Emotions
  • Writing style

    👍 Liked it
  • Pace

    🐌 It was slow at times

By Sally Rooney,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | A National Indie Bestseller

An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family―but especially love―from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.

Aside from the fact that they are brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek seem to have little in common.

Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties―successful, competent, and apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father’s death, he’s medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships with two very different women―his enduring first love, Sylvia, and Naomi, a college student for whom life is one long joke.

Ivan is a…


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Under the Tamarind Tree

Taha Kehar 👍 liked this book because...

Fuelled by a generous pinch of drama and mystery, 'Under the Tamarind Tree' examines the intergenerational effects of Partition. The narrative, with its unexpected twists and turns, is compelling. Alam evokes a forgotten era with sensitivity and grace.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Emotions
  • Writing style

    👍 Liked it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Nigar Alam,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Under the Tamarind Tree as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A compellingly heartbreaking debut novel about the echoes of Partition and four friends whose dark secrets lead to a life-changing night that comes back to haunt them decades later.

One night. Four friends. Countless secrets.

1964. Karachi, Pakistan.Rozeena is running out of time. She'll lose her home—her parents' safe haven since fleeing India and the terrors of Partition—if her medical career doesn't take off soon. But success may come with an unexpected price. Meanwhile the interwoven lives of her childhood best friends—Haaris, Aalya, and Zohair—seem to be unraveling with each passing day. The once small and inconsequential differences between their…


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No Funeral for Nazia

By Taha Kehar,

Book cover of No Funeral for Nazia

What is my book about?

A witty and theatrical South Asian mystery novel set over the course of one single electrifying night, exploring the unfinished business death leaves in its wake.

Nazia Sami is a celebrated author, but perhaps her greatest plot twist is yet to be produced. In her final days, she wields a pen one last time as she fills her diary with instructions for her sister and writes six letters to be delivered after her death.

There is to be no funeral for Nazia. Instead, only six invitees are invited to a party, one of whom is a mystery guest. Over the course of an extraordinary evening, secrets are revealed, pasts reconsidered, and lives are forever changed