The best books I read in 2024!

This year was pure chaos and not the cute and funny kind. 

I traveled a bit, read a bit, and was mostly rotting in my office chair in front of a few screens, trying to make sense of the world and dealing with existential dread.

But I read well, and that’s what matters the most. 

This year’s list is different because I have a few special shout-outs, rereads, and a very interesting list of books that made me feel something other than my usual dread. 

So, here you go!

Special shout-outs to:

1. What We See in the Stars: An Illustrated Tour of the Night Sky by Kelsey Oseid

2. Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky

3. Parenting Advice to Ignore in Art and Life by Nicole Tersigni

4. Fearless: Stories of Amazing Women from Pakistan by Amneh Shaikh-Farooqui

5. Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen

My favorite rereads:

1. A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf 

2. Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne

3. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

4. The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

5. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

6. Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild

And here are the best books of 2024, in no particular order. 

1. Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid

2. Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum

3. Idol, Burning by Rin Usami

4. Orange World and Other Stories by Karen Russell

5. Tiny Moons: A Year of Eating in Shanghai by Nina Mingya Powles 

6. How Kyoto Breaks Your Heart by Florentyna Leow

7. Strangers by Taichi Yamada

8. Galatea by Madeline Miller

9. The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty 

10. The River of Silver by Shannon Chakraborty 

11. The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt

12. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

13. Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett

14. What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

15. Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

16. Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain

17. All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury

18. The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow 

19. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport

20. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

What was your favorite read from this year? I would love to know!

Happy New Year!