Best Books of 2024 Sampler

Best books of 2024 you may have missed, adult fiction and nonfiction

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Book cover for "Challenger"
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the ... dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on ... new archival research and in-depth reporting--a riveting history that reads like a thriller"--
Book cover for "Everyone who is gone is here"
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5 stars
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A "history of the ... humanitarian crisis at the southern border that tells the story of the migrants forced to risk everything and the policy makers determining their fate"--
Book cover for "Fire exit"
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"From the porch of his home, Charles Lamosway has watched the life he might have had unfold across the river on Maine's Penobscot Reservation. On the far bank, he caught brief moments of his neighbor Elizabeth's life -- from the day she came home from the hospital to her early twenties. But there's always been something deeper and more dangerous than the river that divides him from her and the rest of the tribal community. It's the secret that Elizabeth...
Book cover for "The fox wife"
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"A novel about dead bodies found in the snow, a mother seeking revenge, and old folk tales that may very well be true. New York Times bestselling author Yangsze Choo brilliantly explores a world of mortals and spirits, humans and beasts, and their dazzling intersection"--
Book cover for "Mina's matchbox"
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5 stars
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"In the spring of 1972, twelve-year-old Tomoko leaves her mother behind in Tokyo and boards a train alone for Ashiya, a coastal town in Japan, to stay with her aunt's family. Tomoko's aunt is an enigma and an outlier in her working-class family, and her magnificent home--and handsome, foreign husband, the president of a soft drink company--are symbols of that status. ... The family is just as beguiling as their mansion--Tomoko's dignified and devoted...
Book cover for "There's always this year"
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5 stars
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A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James..."--