TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2024

here are 10 of my favorite books i read in 2024 in no particular order, along with a little explanation of why i loved them. i read 18 books in 2024 and almost every book i read this year ruled! consider everything on this list to be a recommendation and check out my reading round up if you want a more in-depth look at everything i read this year!

Ghost Summer: Stories by Tananarive Due

"In her debut collection of short fiction, Due takes us to Gracetown, a small Florida town that has both literal and figurative ghost; into future scenarios that seem all too real; and provides empathetic portraits of those whose lives are touched by Otherness. Featuring an award-winning novella and fifteen stories-one of which has never been published before-GHOST SUMMER: STORIES, is sure to both haunt and delight."

this was the last book i read of 2024 and also one of the best i've read in a long time. i was enchanted by Due's prose and reading her work made me want to write because i felt so inspired. the afterword of the book is written by her husband and writing partner and he goes into detail about how Due's work has a poetry about it that is unmatched and we seek that poetry and i couldn't agree more. there's no author i can think of more worthy of the description of "evocative". and beyond just her impressive sentences, the structures of the stories, as well as the themes that connected them felt masterfully built. i adored this book.