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My Favorite Reads From 2024: They All Make Great Gifts

Or buy them for yourself

Mary DeVries
7 min readDec 11, 2024
Photo by Alana Sousa: https://www.pexels.com/photo/pile-of-books-formed-circle-3409497/

We live in interesting times, and not in a good way. Cope by reading a great book. 2024 necessitated a larger than greater reading volume so listed below are the best of the best.

There are no Amazon links because the less money flowing to mega billionaires the better. Instead, for more information, I direct you to Storygraph, a vastly superior Goodreads alternative which is owned by a Black woman and not Bezos.

To buy or borrow these books, hit up your favorite bookseller or library.

Note: several of these came out before 2024 but I didn’t find them until this year. Listed in reverse order of when I read them because ranking is too hard.

My recommendations

If horror, fantasy, comedy, and strong compelling female characters are your thing, you’ll love this one. Even if those aren’t your usual lanes, give this a go.

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Mary DeVries
Mary DeVries

Written by Mary DeVries

I delight, despair and write about a life lived around the world. Fueled by Yorkshire Gold tea.

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