Best Books of 2024 Sampler

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

Showing 1 - 8 of 8  There are a total of 24 valid entries on the list.
Book cover for "Challenger"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"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"
Star rating for Everyone who is gone is here
Average Rating:
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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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"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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5 stars
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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 "Greta & Valdin"
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4.3 stars
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"It's been a year since his ex-boyfriend dumped him and moved from Auckland to Buenos Aires, and Valdin is doing fine. He has a good flat with his sister Greta, a good career where his colleagues only occasionally remind him that he is the sole Maaori person in the office, and a good friend who he only sleeps with when he's sad. But when work sends him to Argentina and he's thrown back in his former lover's orbit, Valdin is forced to confront the...
Book cover for "The light eaters"
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Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
"A book exploring the emerging science on plant intelligence, uncovering plants' complex and unimaginable capabilities and calling into question what we consider to be conscious agents in the natural world"--
Book cover for "Mina's matchbox"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"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"
Star rating for There's always this year
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James..."--