best books of 2024 📚

my favourite books of 2024, presented to you in the style of a book award show!

00:00 best at soothing in my existential crisis
3:15 best fantasy to escape in
5:24 best romantasy
7:55 best weird book
10:06 best non fiction
12:30 best romance couple
15:26 best short story
17:44 best classic
19:49 best book of 2024

🌼 s o c i a l m e d i a
• twitter: @thebookleo
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🌺 a b o u t m e
Hi! My name is Leonie and I am a 25 year old girl from the Netherlands who loves talking about books! From YA to non-fiction to classics, I read it all (although fantasy will always be my fave).

🌹 m u s i c
Music, art, and video by Jokabi

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[tvnet]

whipping out a full sword not even a 1 minute in is a+

[artryanrock]

The Award for best BOOKTUBE of 2024 goes to... The Book Leo

[fifty]

The Award Show format with the cuts and the giggling about how silly you're being, to take it seriously, is REALLY FUN, just genuine joy radiating from the screen. I think more video makers should do this, just have fun, make their childhood dreams come true! You CAN host an award show, in your own living room! To an audience of thousands, for real! :D

[itsdivyag]

Waited all year for this video 🙂‍↕️

“Not necessarily a very good book” but one where you want people to react to it is part of the joys of reading imo . Going to pick up all about love I have been influenced

[SharanyaBhattacharya-hpgg]

The earrings? Slay
The hair? Slay
The video? SLAY
Srsly I loved ur 2023 video and I love ur 2024 video, u really inspired me to read more thsi year❤❤

[tabeatamm]

I LOVE Emily Wilde's and seeing it nominated so many times, but never winning a category made my heart ache.

[jnark]

Yesss I’m so glad This Is How You Lose The Time War got its flowers. One of my favorite books ever. Confusing and inspiring and sexy.

[SahindeZerrin]

never thought I’d learn this much from a video but the true knowledge is in forbidden money printing method it’s the gamechanger you need

[raccoonsnacks]

This is such a unique take on the best books of the year video, absolutely loved the element of having nominees for each category.

[liverpulsiti]

I suggest reading a book Whispers of Astrology by Ethan Parker if you want to know real thruth of the stars. Just read everything writer suggests in there, it's one of the best reads I had in a while.

[thehappyheartwanders]

Love seeing This is How You Lose the Time War getting an award. I read that book in 2023 and it was so so so good. The prose! The romance! The confusing plot! Iconic

[janne-c]

You have to check out “Red Code” by Keezano! 📚✨ This book dives into the dynamics between men and women, offering insights on charisma and leading a joyful life. It’s been a total game-changer for me, and I just know you’ll love it too! A must-read for sure!

[sofiagarrigos]

The anxiety I got from seeing the letter opener so close to your face💀💀💀 I was so scared you were gonna trip over and poke yourself

[annapodgornova]

Oh my God, this was one incredible video! Such a good idea to do a “Book awards” and such marvellous execution of it. Just genius! The first book video ever that I couldn’t take my eyes off! Thank you!

[clarahoney_b]

"The perfect Book Video doesn't exist." Leonie: Hold my sword.

I agree 100% with One Dark Window & Two Twisted Crowns. Just inhaled those books in November, with no sun, just mist. Perfection. BUT after a while I noticed it's basically just the Plot of the OG Yu-Gi-Oh Anime wrapped up in a Fantasy. And I loved it all the more for it.

[purple_ghost_orchid]

My fav books of the year "As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow" and "Pride and Prejudice". Happy new year!

[Guyonabench]

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow was my favorite book that I read the past year. I picked up reading as a hobby in 2024 and this one made the biggest impact^^

[OKHolly]

I'm so glad that you nominated The Familiar for Best Fantasy and Best Romance Couple! That was one of the last books I read in 2024 and I devoured it with relish. Luzia and Santangel are definitely in my top tier of book ships now! Also, I noticed that you called Santangel a "shadowy entity", rather than a "shadow daddy", which made me laugh.

[Book.Lab.Partners]

I have my own category for my awards called “books I read because of Leonie in 2024” because you seem to be the most influential booktuber I watch. The nominees are the monk and robot series, the shepherd king duology, and the cruel prince series. And my favorite of those was One Dark Window, with a Psalm for the Wild-Built as a runner up!! thank you for a year of amazing recs, and I can’t wait for more this year💜💜

[tetyanalux]

Your yearly Book Award is a true highlight on BookTube!
Thanks to your recommendation I’ve read The Sheppard King duology, and it became my favorite fantasy so far. Thank you very much!