And that’s a wrap on 2024… a little tardily, but here we are! Here’s my year in reading, and time to shout out some of my favorite titles read this last year, so here goes!
–Marissa
Number of books read in 2024: 123 titles
Number of books read in 2023 (for comparison): 135 titles
Average of books read per month: 10.25 books
Average of books read per week: 2.4 books
Daily average: 1 book read every 3 days
Percent of fiction read: 81%
Percent of nonfiction read: 19%
Percent of audiobooks read: 25%
And now, for the best books of the year (in my humble opinion, of course!), in author alphabetical order. In picking the best books I read, I always try to think… “Did this book stick with me? Do I still remember the characters or plot? Did I have to talk to someone about it who also read it? Did I think about it after I closed the cover?”…
Center, Katherine. The Rom-Commers. F, K.
Cobb, May. The Hollywood Assistant. F, AB.
Dyer, Alli. Strange Folk. F, K.
Elston, Ashley. First Lie Wins. F, K.
Espach, Alison. The Wedding People. F.
Garten, Ina. Be Ready When the Luck Happens. NF.
Genova, Lisa. More or Less Maddy. F, K.
Gramazio, Holly. The Husbands. F.
Greenwood, Kirsty. The Love of My Afterlife. F, AB.
Hannah, Kristin. The Women. F, K.
Henry, Emily. Funny Story. F, K.
Jimenez, Abby. Just for the Summer. F, K.
Lin, Amy. Here After. NF, E.
Michaelides, Alex. The Fury. F, K.
Moore, Liz. The God of the Woods. F, K.
Newman, Catherine. Sandwich. F, K.
Presley, Lisa Marie. From Here to the Great Unknown. NF.
Reed, Shannon. Why We Read. NF, K.
Tintera, Amy. Listen for the Lie. F, K.
Waxman, Abbi. Christa Comes Out Of Her Shell. F, K.
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