Best Books of 2024 – A Year in Review

Every year, at the end of the year, I look back on all the books I have read the year before and list my favorites overall. This year, as always, my goal was 100 books. For the first time in many years, I didn’t make my goal. I only finished 85. The bonus of this post is that you don’t have to bother to read any of my other posts over the course of the year. This year I had nine 5-star books and fourteen 4.5-star choices.

2024 reading stats:

Books finished: 85
Fiction: 73 (86%)
Non-fiction: 12 (14%), including 9 memoirs
Authors of color: 11 (12%)
Male/Female authors: 67 female (79%), 18 male (21%)
Audiobooks: 8
Average rating: 3.9
Repeat authors: 32 (39%)

5-Star Books