I wouldn’t say that 2024 was my best year of reading. When I looked back over my list, there were several I could barely remember. I also listened to fewer audiobooks and didn’t find many memoirs that I loved, which is unusual. I did try more mystery than normal and had some success. So, here’s a loose list of the nine best fiction books I read last year:
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A few highlights. . .
- The Best of Everything by Rona Jaffe I think I might have seen this one on Sarah Jessica Parker’s Instagram account, which makes sense because it reads like a mix of Sex And the City and Mad Men. It was written in 1958 and was one of my favorite books of the year.
- Father of the Rain by Lily King A coming of age story about a young girl that navigates her way through her parents’ divorce and her father’s alcoholism and how it affects her relationships and decisions into adulthood.
- The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters The story of a family of berry pickers in the 1960s and the disappearance of their young daughter during one of those summers. It’s a story about a family’s heartache, long held secrets and how race affects it all.
What was the best book you read last year?
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