The best books of 2024

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of How to Age Disgracefully

Vicky Earle ❤️ loved this book because...

I laughed out loud (which is a rare occurrence!). It's great fun.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Emotions
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Clare Pooley,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked How to Age Disgracefully as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

“An uproarious romp!” —People

“Pooley weaves together the most cleverly flawed and lovable characters and then sets them free to prove that we are limitless at any age.” —Annabel Monaghan, bestselling author of Summer Romance

A senior citizens’ center and a daycare collide with hilarious results in the new ensemble comedy from New York Times-bestselling author Clare Pooley

When Lydia takes a job running the Senior Citizens’ Social Club three afternoons a week, she assumes she’ll be spending her time drinking tea and playing gentle games of cards.

The members of the Social Club, however, are not at all what…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Fight Night

Vicky Earle ❤️ loved this book because...

Wonderful insight into human nature and I loved the eccentric characters. There are many heartwarming scenes but some hard reality as well. A great read!

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Emotions
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Miriam Toews,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

FROM THE WRITER OF THE OSCAR-WININNG WOMEN TALKING
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR
LONGLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD

'Go Grandma Elvira!' Margaret Atwood
'Wickedly funny and fearlessly honest.' The New Yorker
'Glorious.' Sarah Moss
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You are a small thing, and you must learn to fight.

Swiv has taken this advice too literally. Now she's suspended from school, in the care of her foul-mouthed, hilarious grandmother.

Mom is busy being pregnant, so Grandma gives Swiv a very different education. Swiv learns maths with Amish jigsaws and How to Dig a Winter Grave. Grandma's methods may be unorthodox, but she has faced…


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of The Jane Austen Society

Vicky Earle ❤️ loved this book because...

Beautiful, thoughtful writing and a fascinating story.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Writing
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Natalie Jenner,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

'A wonderful book, a wonderful read' Karen Joy Fowler, bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club

Only a few months after the end of the Second World War, a new battle is beginning in the little village of Chawton. Once the final home of Jane Austen, the Chawton estate is dwindling, and the last piece of Austen's heritage is at risk of being sold to the highest bidder...

Drawn together by their love of her novels, eight very different people - from a local farmer to a glamorous film star - must unite to attempt something…


Don‘t forget about my book 😀

What Happened to Frank?

By Vicky Earle,

Book cover of What Happened to Frank?

What is my book about?

Book One of the Meg Sheppard Mystery Series: On the dreaded anniversary of Frank's untimely death, Meg's conviction that it was no accident turns into a keen determination to find out who killed her husband. As she follows the bends in the road, she discovers who her true two-legged and four-legged friends are, but also unearths facts she finds tough to face.