{"id":7725,"date":"2024-08-13T18:14:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T16:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readwithstefani.com\/?p=7725"},"modified":"2024-08-13T18:59:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T16:59:44","slug":"best-reads-of-2024-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readwithstefani.com\/mk\/best-reads-of-2024-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Reads of 2024 So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Click the image to be taken to the blog hosting Top Ten Tuesday<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not feeling particularly inspired by the topic this week, so I’ll talk a bit about my favorite reads of 2024 so far instead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos #0) by Samantha Shannon – prequel to The Priory of the Orange Tree – both fantastic fantasy reads; <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton – a bit of a different read \/ genre for me but I’m glad I gave the author another chance after not really liking The Luminaries (another book by this author before); <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Part of Your World (Part of Your World #1) by Abby Jimenez – my highest rated contemporary romance read of the year so far; <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. The Ink Black Heart (Cormoran Strike #6) by Robert Galbraith – possibly my favorite book in the Cormoran Strike series, very suspenseful and long but worth a read; <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang – a fantastic fantasy book and the best I’ve read in the genre in a while; <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell – how have I not read this sooner? The story of a great horse and much more; <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson – my first and definitely not last Larson read. The story of the sinking of the Lusitania portraying characters on the crossing itself but also other related characters; <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Notes from a Big Country by Bill Bryson – I love Bryson’s humor and find his books hilarious most of the time. I have read several this year and this is my highest rated one;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes #0) by Travis Baldree – a cozy, low stakes fantasy is all you need sometimes; <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. The Jade Setter of Janloon (The Green Bone Saga #0.5) by Fonda Lee – a short story I hadn’t realized I’d missed reading. It was so good to be back in the world of Janloon albeit via a short stories. I’m looking forward to reading whatever Lee writes next. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Not all of these are five stars, in fact, only 1 or 2 of them I’ve actually rated 5 stars but they are the best of the 80 books I’ve read so far this year. Putting this together, I was a bit surprised no historical fiction has made an appearance but I’ve not read much historical fiction anyway. I seem to be in a fantasy \/ memoir \/ contemporary romance books for the time being. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It’ll be interesting to see which of these will make my favorite reads of 2024 list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Have you read any of these? Leave your thoughts and TTT in the comments\/.\/ <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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