My Top 10 Reads of 2024, So Far …

Hello Everyone! It is already the middle of 2024, if you can believe that. And that means, Best of the Year, So Far Lists! So, I am here today to tell you about my top 10 reads of 2024 so far. I think that this is a pretty diverse list, full of books that look at our world from many different perspectives. I hope I can convince you to pick up one or two (or all of them). So, let’s get started.

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Books Discussed
Bear by Julia Phillips (Hogarth) 282 Pages
Come & Get It by Kiley Reid (Putnam) 286 Pages
Hombrecito by Santiago Jose Sanchez (Riverhead) 326 Pages
Exhibit by R.O. Kwon (Riverhead) 205 Pages
In Tongues by Thomas Grattan (MCD) 276 Pages
Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy (Godine) 220 Pages
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout (Random House) 324 Pages
Martyr by Kaveh Akbar (Knopf) 331 Pages
James by Percival Everett (DoubleDay) 303 Pages
Real Americans by Rachel Khong (Knopf) 399 Pages

[susan]

Loved your gushing! I’m going to have to live forever to get through my TBR list which increases every time I watch you. 😉

[BookishAdventuresInWellbeing]

Bear sounds wonderful and that cover is beautiful! 😍

[Girlytang]

Russell, you are a joy to listen to. You have a gift for succinctly condensing the gist of books without gimmicks or artifice, and I appreciate that. It’s like listening to a friend who also loves books but is much better read. I’ve finished 4 from your list and added several others to my TBR list. Thank you. 😊

[CGyog]

I would love an entire video about your favorite books featuring little old ladies! In the meantime, I am going to look for Sipsworth! (Among others you mentioned)

[lupitaochoa]

I recently added Sipsworth to my TBR from an Ann Patchett recommendation. 😃

[scotthacker]

Enjoyed Bear, Come &Get It. Loved James.

[hollyalbonesi]

I really enjoy your insights into books. I have read so many of your suggestions and have never been let down. Your enthusiasm for books and reading is so contagious. Keep up the good work!

[CGyog]

Great review - I found a new title to read, and will also move Real Americans up on my TBR! Still need to read James, but decided to revisit Huckleberry Finn first. Thank you for sharing your love of good books!

[shelleybell]

Totally convinced me to buy James! Can't wait to read it. Thanks for the reviews!

[jessicat]

I loved Sipsworth too! Can’t wait for Elizabeth Strout’s new book and want to read Bear too! So many on the To Read list. 🤓

[curioushmm]

i particularly love the seredipity of the bookstore find!

[louisep]

Oh, I loved this! I haven't even thought about my top 10 of the year, mostly because I can't believe it's July!
I added Sipworth and Bear to my TBR. I have Martyr and Real Americans on my shelf already. I too loved James.
I just finished one I think is a very Russell book - How to Read a Book by Monica Wood. Have you read it? I loved everything about it. Plus, it has older(ish) characters, which we both like. FYI, it is not an instruction manual 😂
It's friggin' hot here too (34°C today); stay cool!

[joanneorrico]

Thank you for another delightful video. Adding Bear and Come And Get It to my TBR. While waiting for my library hold of Real Americans, I picked up Goodbye, Vitamin, which you mentioned in a previous video. I loved it so much. Five stars. Can’t wait for Real Americans. Looking forward to Kiley Reid’s book. She was the main speaker at our annual book festival a couple of years ago and was a delight! Very inspiring, funny, insightful, and down-to-earth. I enjoyed Such A Fun Age. Looking forward to this one as well. I adored In Tongues, which was another great recommendation by you. Stay cool, and thanks again for a great video. I love the way you talk about books.

[oaklrl]

Just got real Americans from library. Thanks for the review. Now excited to get started reading. Great to find you!

[GregHarness]

Hi Russell. It's good to see you again. I haven't read any of these, but "James" is at the top of my list.. I loved "The Trees" and I'm looking forward more of Everett. Your AC didn't bother me because I couldn't hear it over sound of my own AC. My great-grandfather was born in Norway inside the Arctic Circle, and I am not built for 100 degree weather.

[christopherberry]

Hey there!

The only one on your list that I read was Martyr, which I really liked! I will have to check out the others! Right now I am reading The Road to the Country by Chigozie Obioma..currently 140 some pages in and liking it so far!

[jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

Hope the second half of 2024 is just as amazing.

[readandre-read]

This list is terrific and now I want to read them all. James is my best read so far this year. I am counting the days until Tell Me Everything appears. I've been apologizing for my noisy AC in every video!

[neetupd]

Hombrecito and Real Americans are on my tbr list...😊