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Your favorite book of 2024 ?
Posted on 1/2/25 at 4:28 pm
Posted on 1/2/25 at 4:28 pm
Thread title says it all.
What’s your favorite book you read last year and if you could recommend one book to someone what would it be with a small blurb as to why ?
Shameful plug for myself as I started this thread for ideas of books to read that you all seem to like so I will likely read what’s recommended here in the thread
Looking back over my list of books read, some hits and a few misses… my top book from 2024 I read was “ warmth of other suns” about 3 black people at various points in the civil rights era and how they left the south and went to various places in the north
Absolutely captivating book written in 2010 by Isabel Wilkerson about the great migration .
Edit: honorable mention for Challenger by Adam higganbotham. I did an audio book over the summer and it was great. I learned a lot about the disaster but the history of nasa and everything that led up to that fateful day.
What’s your favorite book you read last year and if you could recommend one book to someone what would it be with a small blurb as to why ?
Shameful plug for myself as I started this thread for ideas of books to read that you all seem to like so I will likely read what’s recommended here in the thread
Looking back over my list of books read, some hits and a few misses… my top book from 2024 I read was “ warmth of other suns” about 3 black people at various points in the civil rights era and how they left the south and went to various places in the north
Absolutely captivating book written in 2010 by Isabel Wilkerson about the great migration .
Edit: honorable mention for Challenger by Adam higganbotham. I did an audio book over the summer and it was great. I learned a lot about the disaster but the history of nasa and everything that led up to that fateful day.
This post was edited on 1/2/25 at 4:31 pm
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Posted on 1/2/25 at 5:29 pm to Lawyered
This book really took me by surprise. It was heart warming at times but could absolutely blindside you with moments of unexpected feeling. I really enjoyed it and the way the lives of the characters were interconnected.
Posted on 1/2/25 at 7:38 pm to Lawyered
I'm obviously thirty years behind the curve, but Hunt for Red October was my favorite.
In some of the Clancy novels (ie Sum of All Fears), some characters have a very anticlimactic exit from the story (looking at you, Liz Elliot), but Red October had none of that to my recollection. A solid storyline throughout and was my first Clancy novel in a long, long time. Ended up reading 5 of his in 2024.
An extremely close second was Fearless by Eric Blehm. I've always been fascinated with JSOC and reading Adam Brown's story was truly unbelievable.
In some of the Clancy novels (ie Sum of All Fears), some characters have a very anticlimactic exit from the story (looking at you, Liz Elliot), but Red October had none of that to my recollection. A solid storyline throughout and was my first Clancy novel in a long, long time. Ended up reading 5 of his in 2024.
An extremely close second was Fearless by Eric Blehm. I've always been fascinated with JSOC and reading Adam Brown's story was truly unbelievable.
This post was edited on 1/2/25 at 7:39 pm
Posted on 1/2/25 at 10:46 pm to Lawyered
Dungeon Crawler Carl.
It's freaking hilarious. Audiobook.
It's freaking hilarious. Audiobook.
Posted on 1/2/25 at 11:04 pm to Lawyered
The Wager by Daniel Grann. Best book I have read in years. Finished it in 3 days. Couldn’t put it down. Compelling the entire way. Fantastic true story that was true. Can’t imagine how they survived that.
Posted on 1/3/25 at 9:47 am to Lsudx256
Either the Dungeon Crawler Carl series...
or more "serious" would be Polostan by Neal Stephenson.
or more "serious" would be Polostan by Neal Stephenson.
Posted on 1/3/25 at 11:32 am to hogfly
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
Amazing book full of details of an extremely long, difficult and cold journey to and near Antarctica. Lansing adds in all the minute details of day to day life as the team survives stranded on an ice floe. One bit of trouble comes up and it keeps going and going and going. You think they have a break, but then some other hardship emerges. From the decisions they had to make, the cold endured, the food they had to eat, resourcefulness, and just sheer bravery... It is a great read.
A high recommendation for people who enjoy history
Amazing book full of details of an extremely long, difficult and cold journey to and near Antarctica. Lansing adds in all the minute details of day to day life as the team survives stranded on an ice floe. One bit of trouble comes up and it keeps going and going and going. You think they have a break, but then some other hardship emerges. From the decisions they had to make, the cold endured, the food they had to eat, resourcefulness, and just sheer bravery... It is a great read.
A high recommendation for people who enjoy history
Posted on 1/3/25 at 11:39 am to StTiger
Sanderson fan so Wind and Truth won. Outside of him Golden son or Lightbringer by Pierce brown in Red Rising series was the best of last year. Worse was the Poppy War series. Heard it was great, did not really care for at all.
Posted on 1/3/25 at 12:07 pm to hogfly
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or more "serious" would be Polostan by Neal Stephenson
I really liked Polostan, not a typical Stephenson but it's some of his best writing.
For me it's pretty much a tie between Polostan and The Ocean and the Stars by Mark Helprin. It's the best thing Helprin has written in decades. I'm a big fan of his Winter's Tale and A Soldier of the Great War and this one comes close to those heights.
Posted on 1/3/25 at 1:48 pm to Tigris
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles. I gifted it to two people for Christmas. Honorable mention to Remarkably Bright Creatures, as mentioned above, a great book that I didn't see coming. Hoping for more of those in 2025
Posted on 1/3/25 at 3:20 pm to Lawyered
I don't think I read one that stands head and shoulders above the rest but I think I enjoyed these two the most:
The Wide, Wide Sea by Hampton Sides.
Hampton Sides just knows how to write a story. His narrative style is so compelling and easily readable. I've always found true sailing adventures to be fascinating. Endurance, The Wager, and Skeletons of the Zahara are other excellent examples.
Esrahaddon by Michael Sullivan.
This is the best fantasy novel I've read in some time. The final installment of his Rise and Fall Triology. I'm not sure it would work as a standalone though. I would recommend reading the First Empire series first as Rise and Fall happens about a thousand years after First Empire but with many references and a few carryover characters. Some play a major part in Esrahaddon.
The Wide, Wide Sea by Hampton Sides.
Hampton Sides just knows how to write a story. His narrative style is so compelling and easily readable. I've always found true sailing adventures to be fascinating. Endurance, The Wager, and Skeletons of the Zahara are other excellent examples.
Esrahaddon by Michael Sullivan.
This is the best fantasy novel I've read in some time. The final installment of his Rise and Fall Triology. I'm not sure it would work as a standalone though. I would recommend reading the First Empire series first as Rise and Fall happens about a thousand years after First Empire but with many references and a few carryover characters. Some play a major part in Esrahaddon.
Posted on 1/4/25 at 10:47 am to Lawyered
Babylon Berlin. I really got into historical fiction this year. It's an interesting way to learn about the histories of other places. I just hope the last five books in the series will get translated sometime.
Posted on 1/5/25 at 9:56 am to PikesPeak
Fearless is probably the best book I have ever read.
Posted on 1/5/25 at 1:42 pm to spehog
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Sanderson fan so Wind and Truth won.
Yeah as far as books that came out in 2024, I think this wins. I can’t recall any other 2024 books I read. Was Tress released in 2024? I liked that a lot.
As far as the book I most enjoyed in 2024, it was the Kingfountain series by Jeff Wheeler. Totally gripped me. It’s low fantasy inspired by the War of the Roses, in particular Richard III, and in this series the Richard III character won at Bosworth.
Wheeler has another series set in the same world based on William Marshall and tracks with the reigns of Henry II, Richard Lionheart, and John. I loved it too.
Wheeler’s other series centered around Muirwood was good but not as good. Felt a little more YA.
Posted on 1/7/25 at 7:59 am to Lawyered
Drowning by TJ Newman
About a plane that crashes in the ocean. The survivors have a small air pocket in the plane under water. and the rescue team trying to save them. It can be kind of tedious as the writer talks a lot about some of the tech stuff in the air plane and the rescue equipment. but I really enjoyed the book.
The Eddie Flynn series by Steve Cavanagh.
The plea, The Defense, and Thirteen.
Thirteen probably the better one. A murderer gets him self on the jury of his own murder trial after framing the boy friend. The lawyer, Eddie Flynn has to save his client and his family as he digs for the truth.
About a plane that crashes in the ocean. The survivors have a small air pocket in the plane under water. and the rescue team trying to save them. It can be kind of tedious as the writer talks a lot about some of the tech stuff in the air plane and the rescue equipment. but I really enjoyed the book.
The Eddie Flynn series by Steve Cavanagh.
The plea, The Defense, and Thirteen.
Thirteen probably the better one. A murderer gets him self on the jury of his own murder trial after framing the boy friend. The lawyer, Eddie Flynn has to save his client and his family as he digs for the truth.
Posted on 1/7/25 at 5:27 pm to Pelicans15
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The Eddie Flynn series by Steve Cavanagh
A very good series.
Posted on 1/9/25 at 10:42 pm to Lawyered
Hard call for me.. I'm a huge Roucchio(sun eater) and Abercrombie fan. But based on all the books read in 2024 I must give it to The Failures by Benjamin Liar
Posted on 1/13/25 at 4:59 pm to Lawyered
Drumindor
The Riyria Chronicles #5
The Riyria Chronicles #5
Posted on 1/13/25 at 5:55 pm to Corinthians420
Going to read this one soon. I'm starting a re-read of Ryria Chronicles and Revelation as soon as I finish my current book. Recently finished Esrahaddon I thought it was one of his best.
This post was edited on 1/13/25 at 5:58 pm
Posted on 1/13/25 at 7:21 pm to Lawyered
East of Eden, John Steinbeck.
Obviously a classic but I had never read it.
Riveting.
Obviously a classic but I had never read it.
Riveting.
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