Best books of 2024 (so far!) || Reviews & Recommendations

Hey Booktube, first quarter of the year has come and gone so here are the best books I've read so far! I'd love to hear your own reviews and recommendations too!

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[BookswithEmilyFox]

What are the best books you’ve read so far in 2024?

[Nico-lkhb]

3 videos in one week?! 🤯 this is Christmas 🔥🔥🔥 thank u so much

[renee_]

10 minutes and 38 seconds was soooo good. It was one of my favourite reads of 2019 and I still think about it randomly from time to time.

[arya]

Just finished “10 minutes and 38 seconds” yesterday! İ really like Elif Shafak’s work and this was no exception. İ can highly recommend “Honour” to you. İt’s as traumatizing but definitely her best work!

[ericapoe]

I’m proud of you for dipping your toes more into the Romance genre

[Daisyyy]

Just borrowed the audiobook of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds! I’m excited to listen to that one after I finish Jade Legacy. Your vlog really got me so interested in it! It sounds sad but with the purpose of making some social commentary and showcasing the importance of friendships. Heavy books work for me because I feel like they depict society more accurately, tbh. I tend to really enjoy books like that. Thank you for all your awesome recommendations Emily! 😊

[badfaithu]

I watch your videos for your reviews even though we have different tastes and of course, the cats. 📚🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛📚

[MoreMandyJ]

You are one of the best book reviewers on yt so glad I found your channel

[wordswordswords]

English is not your first language? Wow, you can't tell. You speak so well. Very interesting books you are recommending. Will have to check some of these out. Thanks!

[amelielovesnoodles]

Random comment but that dark green colour looks amazing on you! 🖤

[lenani]

Hello, I have some favourites recommendations:

- Non-fiction: Humankind. A hopeful history
- Historical fiction: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peal Pie Society (LISTEN, I don't usually pick up WWII books either BUT this one was sooo cozy! My favourite read of that year!)
- Fantasy: The Neverending Story

Why you should read them? Because most of my top 20 reads you also like!

[GlassesBooksCookies]

I've read some amazing books so far this year!

For non-fiction I would definitely recommend "Invisible Women" by Caroline Criado Perez, (which explores how the modern world - from infrastructure to jobs to housing to medicine - has been designed primarily with men in mind) and " Messalina: A Story of Empire, Slander and Adultery" by Honor Cargill-Martin, (which examines the facts around the Roman empire's most maligned emperial woman)

For fiction "Love in the Big City" by Park Sang Young was a re-read and I got even more out of it this second time (and even, by some twist of fate, got to talk to the English translator about it!!!). I also couldn't put down "His Only Wife" by Peace Adzo Medie, I'm not sure I agree with all the blurbs that call it hilarious but it was definitely a compelling read!

[witching.teaching]

Hi! I'm so glad I found you here! I used to watch your YouTube about makeup (would still love to see new videos btw)

[heatherm]

My favorite so far is A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon. I know I am late in the game lol. It's even better than Priory somehow! Right now I am finishing One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (I love magical realism) with I Who Have Never Known Men next up. Woot!

[Katiedora]

I haven't had a fantastic reading year so far, and most of my top rated books have been nonfiction, but my best books have been Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands, Bookshops & Bonedust, Starter Villain, and Romancing the Duke (which I picked up on a whim because I haven't been in a historical romance mood for a long time and it was a pleasant surprise). My biggest disappointments have been Interesting Facts About Space and The Last Unicorn.

[christinacampbellbooks]

I really like Elif Shafak's writing. My favourite book by her is The Island of Missing Trees. It's beautifully written 😀

[Europa]

I normally can't stomach romance books; however, the Jimenez one sounds like it might be fun and something light to throw in my bag.

[imaginarycosmetics]

my favorites so far this year are Kindred and all three books in the Green Bone Saga.

[pepperwings]

I'm finally reading The Fifth Season, and I'm really enjoying it. I just finished Alex & Me, which I thought wasn't going to be that engaging, but I really liked learning about the scientist's journey with parrots, Alex in particular.

[bujobyfilo]

I read Part of your world last month and it's also one of my favorites this year!
Otherwise I would say the Scythe trilogy, I loved all 3 books!