The 2024 Community Book Recs List
Turns out I am extremely lucky and have a LOT of readers in my life. I asked them what their favorite books were in 2024 and compiled their recommendations into a list of over 180 books they loved this past year. Check out the dashboard below to see and filter through the entire list to find your next book recommendation. Or click through the infographic images at the end of this post to drill down into highlights & other interesting data.
Huge thanks to my dad, Leah, Rachel and Katie for all your help making this project happen!
If you find something you think you’d like to read, click on the title and it will take you to the book on Bookshop.org. Every purchase on the Bookshop.org site financially supports independent bookstores. I will also get a (small!) commission for any purchase made through the Bookshop.org links.
Check out highlights & other interesting data from the 2024 book list by clicking the right-hand arrows to scroll through the 12 images below.
2024 Book Recs Highlights
Top-recommended books:
James by Percival Everett
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kinsolver
The Broken Earth Trilogy (The Fifth Season, Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky) by N.K. Jemison
The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Madeleine’s Favorites:
The Broken Earth Trilogy (The Fifth Season, Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky) by N.K. Jemison
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kinsolver
The Winternight Trilogy (The Bear and the Nightingale, The Girl in the Tower, The Winter of the Witch) by Katherine Arden
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Most popular book series:
The Broken Earth Trilogy (The Fifth Season, Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky) by N.K. Jemison
The Emperyean (Fourth Wing and Iron Flame) by Rebecca Yarros
The Emily Wilde Trilogy (Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries and Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands) by Heather Fawcett
ACOTAR (A Court of Thorns and Roses, A Court of Mist and Fury, A Court of Wings and Ruin, A Court of Frost and Starlight, A Court of Silver Flames) by Sarah J. Maas
Books on the New York Times (NYT) Bestsellers List
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
The Women by Kristin Hannah
Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
Funny Story by Emily Henry
James by Percival Everett
The Wager by David Grann
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten
The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson