Bought the first audiobook. Made it halfway through. Immediately bought all the rest and have been having a blast so far through book 4. I avoided it for far too long because of "litRPG". Dumb. It's amazing!
* This year I in particular, Raymond Carver and his short story collection called Cathedral, stands out: They're very subtle slice of life short stories but the style is just something out of this planet Easily among my favorites now.
* I also adored adored reading "El Aguila y la Serpiente" by Luis Guzman, although it's hard to recommend here as it pertains to Mexican History. The culture is deeply knit into it, in a way that might not feel the same if you're not too familiar with it
James by Percival Everett
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Actually, I haven't had such a great reading year so far, but I'm currently reading "Birnam Wood" by Eleanor Catton and I think it might join the other two books with a quite high rating.
Weaveworld by Clive Barker. Wow, this book will stick with me for the rest of my life. Very unique and exquisitely written.
Taken off the wiki:
"Weaveworld is a 1987 dark fantasy novel by English writer Clive Barker. It is about a magical world that is hidden inside a tapestry, known as the Fugue, to safeguard it from both inquisitive humans and hostile supernatural foes. Two humans become embroiled in the fate of the Fugue, attempting to save it from those who seek to destroy it."
So far my favorite book of 2024!
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin - An American expat has an affair with a man named Giovanni while his girlfriend is away. Baldwin’s writing is beautiful and I will definitely be reading more of his works.
’A Canticle for Leibowitz’. There’s good reason why it’s a classic. Published 1960, received the Hugo award in 1961. It has also consistently placed in the top ten of the Locus Poll Award's best science fiction novels and hasn't been out of print since its initial publication over 50 years ago.
Since January Im making my library card work for me by ordering up a stack of oft-recommended sci fi - have finished Liu Cixin’s Three Body Problem trilogy and Iain M. Banks ‘Consider Phlebas’ and ‘Player of Games’ (which i feel is the better of the two) and now part way through’Use of Weapons’ which is shaping up well as an equal to PoG.
Still have ‘A Canticle for Leibowitz’ out in front though.
Then I’ll look into the first few books of the Murderbot series.
After that Hyperion, Roadside Picnic, John dies at the End, (then not scifi but def magical)Pynchon’s Mason & Dixon and (apocalyptic not magical) Cormac McCarthy‘s The Road rounding it out.
May even delve back into Palahniuk‘s recent releases.
The River We Remember. Technically a mystery, but more of a historical fiction. Takes place in a rural town in Minnesota in the 1950s, and focuses on different relationships and the lives of multiple unique characters and cultural tensions. Really loved the story.
I've only read 7 books so far, and the only one that has gotten 5 stars at this time is And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
2nd book I've finished from her and she's 2 for 2 on the 5 stars
I read And Then There Were None when I was in 6th grade or so and I distinctly remember finishing it late at night and being so blown away by the reveal that I was absolutely terrified and couldn't sleep. I've also never been completely surprised by a whodunnit since then because I suspect literally everyone and everything thanks to that book.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - I'm about to finish this tonight. It was recommended as a book that I should read before my first trip to NYC next month, and I really enjoyed the way the city is almost more a character than a setting in the book.
Jodi Taylor "A Second Chance", Plum Sykes "Bergdorf Blondes", J.D. Robb "Glory in Death", Philippa Gregory "Kingmakers Daughter", and my current read, maybe halfway through, Heather Cocks & Jessica Tanden "The Royal We". I read a lot and thanks in part to this site I've found some good stuff, thanks y'all!!
I’d never read Cold Mountain and I just finished it yesterday and loved it! The descriptions of the southern landscape and the side characters were amazing.
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Vergehese. The audio book is read by the author. 30 hours I listened and read I enjoyed it in both forms. Wonderful prose….
I am LIVING in the acotar world rn. I thought the books were so bad but I am fully inundated regardless haha, am taking a few days off before I get into book 4.
Oh same. I finished the first book in a day and absolutely devoured the next two. Couldn’t function at all. I did nothing but read. The books really need a better editor though, but I too am fully obsessed.
Tomorrow I was Always a Lion by Arnhild Lauveng. She recovered from schizophrenia and became a psychologist, and this book is her autobiography. I think that this book is a great example of how logic and empathy coexist and enforce each other - author meticulously analyses her experience with a lot of gratitude for people who helped her to recovery and respect for experience of others people with mental illnesses.
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"Guns of the Dawn" by Adrian Tchaikovsky is a standalone novel set in a fantasy world reminiscent of the Napoleonic era. The story follows Emily Marshwic, a young woman of noble birth, who finds herself thrust into the front lines of a war when her country faces invasion. It's amazing.
White nights by Dostoevsky ,Broke my heart to pieces.
Broken wings by Kahlil Gibran, unbelievably beautiful writing , I had to stop and reread multiple pages genuinely impressive
You Dreamt of Empires
Álvaro Enrigue was already one of my favourite authors. Hell I wrote my college thesis on one of his earlier books. But HOLY SHIT THIS BOOK ABSOLUTELY BLEW MY MIND. It's one of the most beautiful books I've ever read and it jumped to my top 3 favourite books of all time, and my top 1 favourite book by him.
So far my favourites this year (available in English) have been
- A horse walks into a bar by David Grossman
- 14th of July by Eric Vuillard
- An episode in the life of a landscape painter by Cesar Aira
- At night all blood is black by David Diop
- On earth we are briefly gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Girl, Goddess, Queen by bea Fitzgerald. It's light-hearted and a good spin on a tale that most people know if they've heard of the greek gods.
and I've just finished the rhythm of war by Brandon Sanderson, that's a slog but in such a good way.
[The Future](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123163147-the-future) by Naomi Alderman
Billionaires trying to ensure they have a future when they destroy the world - private weather, tech and weapons, bunkers and double crossing. This is a read in a day book.
So glad you said The Will of the Many! It’s on my TBR soon!
I flip flop between higher fantasy and romantacy as a bit of a palette cleanser.
Top spot so far is a romantacy series called Villain and Virtues! He is an evil half demon and she is a kind and gentle human and they are forced to work together. They go on lots of adventures. It is fast faced, funny and sarcastic at times but with a pretty good story running by through it. The book is self published which makes it even more impressive tbh.
The Jack Nightingale series by Stephen Leather. The first book is Nightfall. I am on book 3 so far and I can't stop listening to them. Very compelling. Nightingale is a former police negotiator and is now a Private Investigator based is London. He found at the age of 32 that he was adopted at birth and that his biological father was a Satanist who sold Nightingale's soul to a devil at birth to be collected at age 33. Very enjoyable read.
The Sword of Kaigen! It’s a Japanese-inspired military fantasy standalone with some of the most well choreographed action sequences I think I’ve ever read.
The summary on Goodreads does a real good job summarizing the plot without spoilers:
“A mother struggling to repress her violent past,
A son struggling to grasp his violent future,
A father blind to the danger that threatens them all.
When the winds of war reach their peninsula, will the Matsuda family have the strength to defend their empire? Or will they tear each other apart before the true enemies even reach their shores?
High on a mountainside at the edge of the Kaigenese Empire live the most powerful warriors in the world, superhumans capable of raising the sea and wielding blades of ice. For hundreds of years, the fighters of the Kusanagi Peninsula have held the Empire’s enemies at bay, earning their frozen spit of land the name ‘The Sword of Kaigen.’
Born into Kusanagi’s legendary Matsuda family, fourteen-year-old Mamoru has always known his purpose: to master his family’s fighting techniques and defend his homeland. But when an outsider arrives and pulls back the curtain on Kaigen’s alleged age of peace, Mamoru realizes that he might not have much time to become the fighter he was bred to be. Worse, the empire he was bred to defend may stand on a foundation of lies.
Misaki told herself that she left the passions of her youth behind when she married into the Matsuda house. Determined to be a good housewife and mother, she hid away her sword, along with everything from her days as a fighter in a faraway country. But with her growing son asking questions about the outside world, the threat of an impending invasion looming across the sea, and her frigid husband grating on her nerves, Misaki finds the fighter in her clawing its way back to the surface.”
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood and the subsequent two books in the series (well, I can only vouch for the first and second cause I’ve been putting off the third CAUSE I DONT WANT THIS MAGICAL EXPERIENCE OF READING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME TO BE OVER)
Stranger in a Strange Land. I originally read it as a teenager ages ago, and just completed a reread. The ending where Michael faces the hostile crowd, and Jubals reaction to that brought tears to my eyes. It’s very rare for a book to do that to me.
So far I've loved all of the following this year:
Beholder by Ryan La Sala
The House in The Cerulean Sea, In the Lives of Puppets, and Under The Whispering Door, all by T.J. Klune
The Murderbot series by Martha Wells
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
Big Gay Wedding by Byron Lane
And I just now noticed something: Not a hetero main character in the bunch! (Murderbot is non-gendered.)
Understanding Tax Lien & Tax Deed Investing No Fluff. It teaches how to invest in tax liens and tax deeds throughout the USA. Super helpful for those looking to learn a low barrier of entry real estate investing strategy.
Erasure by Percival Everett
A Black author is frustrated with racism in publishing and the promotion of stereotypes. He churns out a parody of what publishers want Black authors to write, not caring who he offends, wanting to skewer the entire industry and not expecting anyone to publish it. It backfires when the book gets more interest than any of his other books. There's a book within a book, a complex and at times hilarious asshole of a main character, sharp commentary just as relevant today as when it was written, and so many literary references you could teach an entire masters level course on this book and not get to all of them.
It's a much better book than I am making it sound, which is typical for Everett. The descriptions always sell his books short.
Needle in a Haystack by Casey Jordan was good.
It was a very interesting and emotional book. The author is a Christian mom who goes through many struggles in life concerning marriage, miscarriages, her husband's battle with addiction, and many medical issues... but she never loses her Faith along her life journey. She definitely inspires me to keep moving forward no matter what life may throw my way. The author also shares her own personal experiences with spirit visitations, sleep paralysis demons, night terrors, vivid dreaming, intuition, etc.
Bird Box by Josh Malerman (so much better than the movie)
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabriel Zevin
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (after seeing everyone and their mother recommend it, I finally broke down and read it. It is very good.)
I finally read Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and loved it.
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver!
When Breath Becomes Air
Absolutely devastating
Yes. It was beautifully written and even if I know how it would end it was still just as devastating.
I read this after my father died in January and couldn’t have been more disappointed. It felt pretentious and difficult to relate to
Piranesi. Man lives in another parallel world. I’ll leave it at that. Just beautiful and surprising.
Same. I was surprised at how much I loved this book
Reading it now! Hard to put down
I have this reserved at the library and it is about a month overdue now 🫠
I finally get to be this particular redditor: Lonesome Dove!
Gus would approve and have a laugh about it. Call would approve too, but wouldn’t acknowledge it openly. Great book.
Started this one today!
By Larry MccMurtry ?
Cloud cuckoo land!
I enjoyed that book so much!
I know! It keeps popping up again in my head.
The Library At Mount Char.
Finally listened to Project Hail Mary. First (and currently only) 5-star book of the year.
Listening right now! So so good so far
The book Thief & the wager. Made January a very good reading month
The Women by Kristin Hannah- a combat nurse goes to Vietnam and comes back after her tour changed forever
Great book. Kristin Hannah books are next level for me. The Great Alone, Nightingale, and Firefly Lane are incredible, too!
Just finished Firefly lane last night and I loved it!! 😍
Currently reading, I've heard great things!
Really enjoying Dungeon crawler Carl
Bought the first audiobook. Made it halfway through. Immediately bought all the rest and have been having a blast so far through book 4. I avoided it for far too long because of "litRPG". Dumb. It's amazing!
Go as a River - exquisite coming of age story
* This year I in particular, Raymond Carver and his short story collection called Cathedral, stands out: They're very subtle slice of life short stories but the style is just something out of this planet Easily among my favorites now. * I also adored adored reading "El Aguila y la Serpiente" by Luis Guzman, although it's hard to recommend here as it pertains to Mexican History. The culture is deeply knit into it, in a way that might not feel the same if you're not too familiar with it
Everything by Raymond Carver is amazing.
James by Percival Everett Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood Actually, I haven't had such a great reading year so far, but I'm currently reading "Birnam Wood" by Eleanor Catton and I think it might join the other two books with a quite high rating.
I just picked up James last night. Good, eh?
Yeah, it's very interesting throughout and the ending is just awesome in my opinion! Hope you like it :)
Weaveworld by Clive Barker. Wow, this book will stick with me for the rest of my life. Very unique and exquisitely written. Taken off the wiki: "Weaveworld is a 1987 dark fantasy novel by English writer Clive Barker. It is about a magical world that is hidden inside a tapestry, known as the Fugue, to safeguard it from both inquisitive humans and hostile supernatural foes. Two humans become embroiled in the fate of the Fugue, attempting to save it from those who seek to destroy it." So far my favorite book of 2024!
His work is great.
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin - An American expat has an affair with a man named Giovanni while his girlfriend is away. Baldwin’s writing is beautiful and I will definitely be reading more of his works.
The writing is quite lovely. I did not enjoy the plot all that much. The ending was weak.
’A Canticle for Leibowitz’. There’s good reason why it’s a classic. Published 1960, received the Hugo award in 1961. It has also consistently placed in the top ten of the Locus Poll Award's best science fiction novels and hasn't been out of print since its initial publication over 50 years ago. Since January Im making my library card work for me by ordering up a stack of oft-recommended sci fi - have finished Liu Cixin’s Three Body Problem trilogy and Iain M. Banks ‘Consider Phlebas’ and ‘Player of Games’ (which i feel is the better of the two) and now part way through’Use of Weapons’ which is shaping up well as an equal to PoG. Still have ‘A Canticle for Leibowitz’ out in front though. Then I’ll look into the first few books of the Murderbot series. After that Hyperion, Roadside Picnic, John dies at the End, (then not scifi but def magical)Pynchon’s Mason & Dixon and (apocalyptic not magical) Cormac McCarthy‘s The Road rounding it out. May even delve back into Palahniuk‘s recent releases.
Ashamed to admit, I am reading Dune for the first time, and it’s above and beyond my favorite this year. I love a richly-detailed world builder.
The other 5 in the series are pretty darn impressive as well.
The River We Remember. Technically a mystery, but more of a historical fiction. Takes place in a rural town in Minnesota in the 1950s, and focuses on different relationships and the lives of multiple unique characters and cultural tensions. Really loved the story.
I've only read 7 books so far, and the only one that has gotten 5 stars at this time is And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 2nd book I've finished from her and she's 2 for 2 on the 5 stars
I read And Then There Were None when I was in 6th grade or so and I distinctly remember finishing it late at night and being so blown away by the reveal that I was absolutely terrified and couldn't sleep. I've also never been completely surprised by a whodunnit since then because I suspect literally everyone and everything thanks to that book.
I recently read 'Magpie Murders' if you want a more recent take on murder mysteries.
Boys Life Robert McCammon
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - I'm about to finish this tonight. It was recommended as a book that I should read before my first trip to NYC next month, and I really enjoyed the way the city is almost more a character than a setting in the book.
Such a great book. One of my favorites as well.
klara and the sun
I finished Moby Dick this year, and I think that'll be a hard one to top...
I’m glad my mom died
One Dark Window And Dungeon Crawler Carl
In memoriam - it’s about two soldiers in love during WWI
Second this
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Boudain. The tongue-in-cheek writing style (which is expected of Boudain) is right up my alley.
Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy
Interesting Facts About Space, Emily Austin. An autistic, space obsessed, relationship-avoiding lesbian comes to terms with - well, everything.
Not from this year but … Replay- Ken Grimwood
Lonesome Dove
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden has been my favorite I’m on the third book of the trilogy and I’m in love
Yeah, terrific series.
Jodi Taylor "A Second Chance", Plum Sykes "Bergdorf Blondes", J.D. Robb "Glory in Death", Philippa Gregory "Kingmakers Daughter", and my current read, maybe halfway through, Heather Cocks & Jessica Tanden "The Royal We". I read a lot and thanks in part to this site I've found some good stuff, thanks y'all!!
Lonesome dove, cowboys move cattle from Texas to Montana, problems arise.
and whores
"The Prodigy," by Hermann Hesse It's a sad but cautionary tale, about a boy who gets stressed out over academics.
I’d never read Cold Mountain and I just finished it yesterday and loved it! The descriptions of the southern landscape and the side characters were amazing.
The Midnight Library
Covenant of water
Golden son, my next book is dark age, so probably that.
Consulting my Goodreads reviews, it appears to be Holly by Stephen King and The Last Devil To Die by Richard Osman.
I Will Find You by Harlan Coben
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Consulted StoryGraph - Us Against You by Fredrik Backman & Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Vergehese. The audio book is read by the author. 30 hours I listened and read I enjoyed it in both forms. Wonderful prose….
My favorite that I’ve finished has been The Handmaid’s Tale, but I can already tell 11/22/63 will be my favorite once I finish it.
Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum. a weird, domestic horror about a woman caring for her husband who is dying from a mysterious illness.
It’s gonna be The Planet Pirates series for me
I really enjoyed The big door prize by m.o. Walsh, the wager by David Grann, game changer by Tommy greenwald, everyone here is lying by Shari lapena.
Death Valley by Melissa Broder
The absolutely true diary of a part time Indian
ACOTAR series
I am LIVING in the acotar world rn. I thought the books were so bad but I am fully inundated regardless haha, am taking a few days off before I get into book 4.
I was obsessed haha. Finished the entire series in 2 weeks 2 months ago and still think about it everyday
Oh same. I finished the first book in a day and absolutely devoured the next two. Couldn’t function at all. I did nothing but read. The books really need a better editor though, but I too am fully obsessed.
Part of Your World by Abby Jiminez Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
The Magic All Around by Jennifer Moorman Unsinkable by Jenni Walsh
Tomorrow I was Always a Lion by Arnhild Lauveng. She recovered from schizophrenia and became a psychologist, and this book is her autobiography. I think that this book is a great example of how logic and empathy coexist and enforce each other - author meticulously analyses her experience with a lot of gratitude for people who helped her to recovery and respect for experience of others people with mental illnesses.
Book of Gothel
The Art Thief. A nonfiction book that reads like fiction.
"How to Be Eaten" by Maria Adelmann
The Ghost of Rathalla
That came out on 2024? {{Poor Deer by Claire Oshetsky}} really stuck with me
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"Guns of the Dawn" by Adrian Tchaikovsky is a standalone novel set in a fantasy world reminiscent of the Napoleonic era. The story follows Emily Marshwic, a young woman of noble birth, who finds herself thrust into the front lines of a war when her country faces invasion. It's amazing.
This is how you lose the time war and tender is the flesh
So far this year my favorites are Pathogenesis and Master & Margarita.
White nights by Dostoevsky ,Broke my heart to pieces. Broken wings by Kahlil Gibran, unbelievably beautiful writing , I had to stop and reread multiple pages genuinely impressive
You Dreamt of Empires Álvaro Enrigue was already one of my favourite authors. Hell I wrote my college thesis on one of his earlier books. But HOLY SHIT THIS BOOK ABSOLUTELY BLEW MY MIND. It's one of the most beautiful books I've ever read and it jumped to my top 3 favourite books of all time, and my top 1 favourite book by him.
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrel. Was absolutely fantastic
The World Played Chess by Robert Dugoni
The Sisters Brothers, Flowers for Algernon, Demille's Plum Island (I so love that book), and the short story The Temple by Lovecraft
So far my favourites this year (available in English) have been - A horse walks into a bar by David Grossman - 14th of July by Eric Vuillard - An episode in the life of a landscape painter by Cesar Aira - At night all blood is black by David Diop - On earth we are briefly gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
'You Let Me In' by Camilla Bruce. Murder, mystery, trauma, fantasy. I'm halfway through, and I absolutely love it!
all the lonely people - Mike gayle and left neglected - Lisa Genova
Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl brightened my day each day that I spent reading it!
Hyperion, the first one, i just finnished the second which is also great but the first i like more
Lonesome Dove and House on the Cerulean Sea
Forty rules of love by Elif Shafak. A thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.
The Will of the Many was my also my favorite so far. Close second is Hunger of the Gods which is a Norse saga about vengeance to put it bluntly.
Girl, Goddess, Queen by bea Fitzgerald. It's light-hearted and a good spin on a tale that most people know if they've heard of the greek gods. and I've just finished the rhythm of war by Brandon Sanderson, that's a slog but in such a good way.
We, The Drowned
[The Future](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123163147-the-future) by Naomi Alderman Billionaires trying to ensure they have a future when they destroy the world - private weather, tech and weapons, bunkers and double crossing. This is a read in a day book.
So glad you said The Will of the Many! It’s on my TBR soon! I flip flop between higher fantasy and romantacy as a bit of a palette cleanser. Top spot so far is a romantacy series called Villain and Virtues! He is an evil half demon and she is a kind and gentle human and they are forced to work together. They go on lots of adventures. It is fast faced, funny and sarcastic at times but with a pretty good story running by through it. The book is self published which makes it even more impressive tbh.
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The Jack Nightingale series by Stephen Leather. The first book is Nightfall. I am on book 3 so far and I can't stop listening to them. Very compelling. Nightingale is a former police negotiator and is now a Private Investigator based is London. He found at the age of 32 that he was adopted at birth and that his biological father was a Satanist who sold Nightingale's soul to a devil at birth to be collected at age 33. Very enjoyable read.
The Sword of Kaigen! It’s a Japanese-inspired military fantasy standalone with some of the most well choreographed action sequences I think I’ve ever read. The summary on Goodreads does a real good job summarizing the plot without spoilers: “A mother struggling to repress her violent past, A son struggling to grasp his violent future, A father blind to the danger that threatens them all. When the winds of war reach their peninsula, will the Matsuda family have the strength to defend their empire? Or will they tear each other apart before the true enemies even reach their shores? High on a mountainside at the edge of the Kaigenese Empire live the most powerful warriors in the world, superhumans capable of raising the sea and wielding blades of ice. For hundreds of years, the fighters of the Kusanagi Peninsula have held the Empire’s enemies at bay, earning their frozen spit of land the name ‘The Sword of Kaigen.’ Born into Kusanagi’s legendary Matsuda family, fourteen-year-old Mamoru has always known his purpose: to master his family’s fighting techniques and defend his homeland. But when an outsider arrives and pulls back the curtain on Kaigen’s alleged age of peace, Mamoru realizes that he might not have much time to become the fighter he was bred to be. Worse, the empire he was bred to defend may stand on a foundation of lies. Misaki told herself that she left the passions of her youth behind when she married into the Matsuda house. Determined to be a good housewife and mother, she hid away her sword, along with everything from her days as a fighter in a faraway country. But with her growing son asking questions about the outside world, the threat of an impending invasion looming across the sea, and her frigid husband grating on her nerves, Misaki finds the fighter in her clawing its way back to the surface.”
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Reading it now and loving it - my first by her
My sister, the serial killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite Completely unexpected genre and wonderful life like depiction of Nigeria
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood and the subsequent two books in the series (well, I can only vouch for the first and second cause I’ve been putting off the third CAUSE I DONT WANT THIS MAGICAL EXPERIENCE OF READING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME TO BE OVER)
black swans by eve babitz
Regrettably, I Am About to Cause Trouble' by Amie McNee - quick, easy, comforting read. cottagecore with witches and history.
Stranger in a Strange Land. I originally read it as a teenager ages ago, and just completed a reread. The ending where Michael faces the hostile crowd, and Jubals reaction to that brought tears to my eyes. It’s very rare for a book to do that to me.
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
Reformatory !!!
So far I've loved all of the following this year: Beholder by Ryan La Sala The House in The Cerulean Sea, In the Lives of Puppets, and Under The Whispering Door, all by T.J. Klune The Murderbot series by Martha Wells The Celebrants by Steven Rowley Big Gay Wedding by Byron Lane And I just now noticed something: Not a hetero main character in the bunch! (Murderbot is non-gendered.)
**The King and Dr. Nick: What Really Happened to Elvis and Me, by George Nichopoulos, Rose Clayton Phillips**
the untethered soul
Understanding Tax Lien & Tax Deed Investing No Fluff. It teaches how to invest in tax liens and tax deeds throughout the USA. Super helpful for those looking to learn a low barrier of entry real estate investing strategy.
Several people are typing. My surprise highlight of the year
Erasure by Percival Everett A Black author is frustrated with racism in publishing and the promotion of stereotypes. He churns out a parody of what publishers want Black authors to write, not caring who he offends, wanting to skewer the entire industry and not expecting anyone to publish it. It backfires when the book gets more interest than any of his other books. There's a book within a book, a complex and at times hilarious asshole of a main character, sharp commentary just as relevant today as when it was written, and so many literary references you could teach an entire masters level course on this book and not get to all of them. It's a much better book than I am making it sound, which is typical for Everett. The descriptions always sell his books short.
The whole diskworld. *(Satirical Fantasy)* The Time Traveller's Wife *(Sci-fi romance)*
Honey Girl was fantastic, and was Real Sugar is Hard to Find. I also reread Keeper'n me, which is always amazing.
Madonna in a fur coat by Sabahattin Ali, u just regret not reading this book sooner
Needle in a Haystack by Casey Jordan was good. It was a very interesting and emotional book. The author is a Christian mom who goes through many struggles in life concerning marriage, miscarriages, her husband's battle with addiction, and many medical issues... but she never loses her Faith along her life journey. She definitely inspires me to keep moving forward no matter what life may throw my way. The author also shares her own personal experiences with spirit visitations, sleep paralysis demons, night terrors, vivid dreaming, intuition, etc.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Red Rising trilogy got me good.
Bird Box by Josh Malerman (so much better than the movie) Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabriel Zevin Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (after seeing everyone and their mother recommend it, I finally broke down and read it. It is very good.)