The best books of 2024

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Eastbound

Yvonne Osborne ❤️ loved this book because...

I loved the setting (Trans Siberian Train) the drama, and originality.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Emotions
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Maylis De Kerangal, Jessica Moore (translator),

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

** SELECTED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AS 1 OF THE 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR **

** INCLUDED ON THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 **

“At The New York Times Book Review, I think it's fair to say we were dazzled by the way the author creates . . . a miniature masterpiece of narrative tension and compression” – Emily Eakin, "The Book Review" podcast

In this gripping tale, a Russian conscript and a French woman cross paths on the Trans-Siberian railroad, each fleeing to the east for their own reasons

Perfect for fans of Maggie…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Long Bright River

Yvonne Osborne ❤️ loved this book because...

It took me into the underbelly of Philadelpia, a city I was unfamiliar with, from the pov of a female police officer.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Character(s) 🥈 Immersion
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By Liz Moore,

Why should I read it?

6 authors picked Long Bright River as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, PARADE, REAL SIMPLE, and BUZZFEED

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK

"[Moore’s] careful balance of the hard-bitten with the heartfelt is what elevates Long Bright River from entertaining page-turner to a book that makes you want to call someone you love.” – The New York Times Book Review
 
"This is police procedural and a thriller par excellence, one in which the city of Philadelphia itself is a character (think Boston and Mystic River). But it’s…


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Hunter's Moon

Yvonne Osborne ❤️ loved this book because...

Hunter's Moon is a novel of intertwining stories, both poignant and heartbreaking. The setting, wild and beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan, drew me in and wouldn't let go.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Emotions
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Philip Caputo,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Hunter's Moon as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

"Powerful....Caputo's wisdom runs deep. Few writers have better captured the emotional lives of men." ―The New York Times Book Review

From Philip Caputo―the author of A Rumor of War, The Longest Road, and Some Rise By Sin―comes a captivating mosaic of stories set in a small town where no act is private and the past is never really past

Hunter’s Moon is set in Michigan’s wild, starkly beautiful Upper Peninsula, where a cast of recurring characters move into and out of each other’s lives, building friendships, facing loss, confronting violence, trying to bury the past or seeking to unearth it.…


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Let Evening Come

By Yvonne Osborne,

Book cover of Let Evening Come

What is my book about?

After her mother is killed in a rare Michigan tornado, Sadie Wixom is left with only her father and grandfather to guide her through the pitfalls of young adulthood.

Hundreds of miles away in western Saskatchewan, Stefan Montegrand and his Indigenous family are forced off their land by multinational energy companies. They’re taken in by Sadie’s aunt, a human rights activist who heads a cultural exchange program.

Stefan, whose father died in prison while on a hunger strike, runs afoul of local authority, but Sadie, intrigued by him and captivated by his story, grows sympathetic to his cause and complicit in his pushback against prejudiced accusations. Together they combat suspicion and bigotry on both sides of the border and the cultural differences that separate them.

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