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Angie's Best Books of 2024

Looking back at it now, it was a really solid reading year. I mean, it did its usual (for me) thing and meandered its merry way, here and there, up and down, and in fits and starts across the span of all twelve months. But it really did shape up nicely. Which is a good thing, because it was—shockingly, I know—another year in which we so desperately needed the authors and books and words of the world to come through for us. And they did, didn't they? 

I am, as ever, so grateful for them and their willingness to push through every barrier and battle that I know must try to keep them from putting their visions on paper. And so, as has long been my custom, I record here my list of published books that saw me through the year. Gifts, every one.

 


(listed in the order in which I read them)

The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake

Bride by Ali Hazelwood

You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian

Once Persuaded, Twice Shy by Melodie Edwards

Lucky Bounce by Cait Nary

Lips Like Sugar by Jess K. Hardy

The Other Side of Disappearing by Kate Clayborn

The Love Remedy by Elizabeth Everett

Funny Story by Emily Henry

Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood

The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center

Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

My Season of Scandal by Julie Anne Long

The Beast Takes a Bride by Julie Anne Long

One Burning Heart by Elizabeth Kingston

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 8 by Beth Brower

The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter

FYI, that's 10 contemporaries, 5 historicals, 3 fantasies, and 1 scifi. Of those, 8 are romances, 3 are mysteries, 2 are retellings, and 1 is an urban fantasy. This list includes 11 standalones, while the other 8 are part of a series or duology. Of the 17 authors featured, one is a debut author (which always thrills me) and two appear twice (always a rare treat). Six authors from my Best of 2023 list make appearances on this year's list as well. 

Best New Discovery of 2024

Kaliane Bradley

When I say that The Ministry of Time is A RIDE, I mean it. There was no point while reading that book that I had any idea how it was going to play out. Which thing I love. But even better than that, I couldn't feel the strings being pulled. I was so absorbed, and the whole thing was so carefully and quietly crafted, that I was completely knocked flat by the emotion I felt as I read the final pages. To find that in a debut novel is truly the biggest treat for a reader. I look forward to many more to come.

Best Books I Read in 2024 That Were Published in a Different Year

The Atlas Six, The Atlas Paradox, and One for My Enemy by Olivie Blake

The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen

American Dreamer and American Love Story by Adriana Herrera

Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison

Happy New Year!

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  1. Anonymous1:49 PM

    Ooooh! New to me books. Thank you! I look forward to your lists every year.

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    1. Angiegirl8:30 PM

      Yay! I'm so happy to hear that. It is my pleasure.

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  2. Tiffany S.12:20 AM

    I look forward to this post every year. I'm so excited to see it and add new books to read on my own tbr as well as to see what we both enjoyed. Thank you!

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    1. Angiegirl4:20 PM

      It's always a delight to put together and then see which titles we share!

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