10 Best English Language Books of 2024

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0:00 Intro
1:05 Welcome to Dorley Hall
3:18 Lost in the Garden
5:33 Orbital
8:01 Compound Fracture
9:58 Alien Clay
11:43 James
14:22 Monstrilio
16:25 My Darling Dreadful Thing
18:51 A Botanical Daughter
21:11 Blood Over Bright Haven

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[Adam-qino]

Thank you - and thank you so much for your support for Lost in the Garden, it means a lot. Amazingly, somehow, it's shortlisted for the Nero fiction award this year, which is quite mind-boggling. This has all been a fantastic adventure. Thanks for being part of it!

[teasbian]

Just signed up for channel member. Been enjoying your content this year. Me and my wife love watching your reviews together especially the giggly ones

[valala]

I can't get over the Lidl Christmas sweater XD

[themerryspinster]

I've been watching you for a few months now, and am really enjoying your videos. I am older, and have felt a bit stuck in what I gravitate towards reading. You have helped me explore new authors. Thank you so much for that!

[ruthz]

Hi, I'm new on this channel AND Patreon. Thanks for your amazing work!

[SM-vrdz]

Willow!!! I love your lists! Have you ever thought of doing best backlist books you read this year? I would be, and likely the rest of your fans, interested in that too. ❤

[jenniferlovesbooks]

I recently read My Darling Dreadful Thing following your recommendation and i loved it! It fed my gothic heart 💜 Thank you

[jessidawn]

How dare YouTube hide this from me for 15 minutes

[TabithaPearson-os]

😂Oh my god! I want a Lidl sweater! I have1 audible credit burning a hole in my pocket. So excited about this video.

[badger-]

Lost in the Garden took me by surprise. I'd heard good things but wasn't expecting to fall in love with that book as much as I did. I'm picking up a copy of James from the library next week and am looking forward to reading it

[literarylove]

I read Lost in the Garden and Botanical Daughter after hearing you talk about them. I loved both!

[Ms.HGL.]

So glad to be back watching your videos 🫶

[ericneff]

OK. I supported you on Patreon, but only because of the sweater. 🙂

[heatherbocks]

Read Blood Over Bright Haven because of this video. Your recs just don’t miss ❤️

[katesherrod]

My favorite on your list is Alien Clay (for which I have a wacky head-canon idea that this is a prequel to Jeff Vandermeer's Area X, meaning Kiln is the originator of what's going on in the Forgotten Coast), with James a close second or tie. My favorite this year is one I don't think I've seen you encounter yet, Francis Spufford's Cahokia Jazz, an alternate history detective story in which a big chunk of the US is still indigenous because more Native Americans survived smallpox etc and were able to stave off colonization. It's incredible and seems to have gotten lost in the shuffle in what was really a great year for books.

Btw I agree 100% about the Booker.

And, I've got to say, I kept bouncing off Blood Over Bright Haven because the jacket copy makes it sound like it's just not for me. But you finally talked me into giving it a try.

Good luck on the move, and thanks.

[verydistractedreader]

Adam Leslie is a personal friend of mine, I’m so so glad you like his book!! I’ll send him the link to this video 😁😁

[mariareadsssf]

Loved both parts of your best books of the year. Last year "Blood Over Bright Haven" was one of my favorite reading experiences, only surpassed by the conclusion to "The Dandelion Dynasty", "Speaking Bones". Looking forward to your videos in 2025 as well.

[roma-teclea]

My TBR list can only get so LONG, Willow. My poor Wishlist!

[nicolerenee]

I'm so glad you did a video on Blood Over Bright Haven. It was on my list but I bumped it up because of your review. I'm almost finished with it and I'm in love! Thank you so much for giving me the nudge I needed to read it. You know, it might give your channel a boost to read and review the Wicked book. Right now, about half the videos on my homepage are related to The Wizard of Oz in some form. Seems the algorithm is really pushing any related content.

[Geekman]

I was waiting this and now im gonna fully enjoy it :))