Our Most Anticipated Books of 2024 (The First Bit of It, At Least)
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01/10/24
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Jeff and Rebecca run through some of their personally most-anticipated books of the first-ish half of 2024. Plus, they have some other Book Riot editors weigh in with their picks.
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2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up.
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Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson
The Bloodied Nightgown by Joan Acocella
Until August by Gabriel García Márquez
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
The Unicorn Woman by Gayl Jones
The Z Word by Lindsay King-Miller
State of Paradise by Laura Van Den Burg
A Chance Meeting by Rachel Cohen
The Fine Art of Literary Fist-Fighting by Lee Gutkind
The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez
The Last Fire Season by Manjula Martin
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinksy talk about Obama's favorite books of 2023, the best-selling books of 2023 in the U.S., some good news in Iowa, our winter reading, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Key parts of Iowa book ban bill cannot be enforced Excerpt of The Waters by Bonnie Jo Campbell, the new “Read With Jenna” pick Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Jeff and Rebecca kick themselves for not seeing the obvious reason Oprah might be stumping extra-hard for The Covenant of Water, marvel at Keanu Reeves, lament banning the dictionary, and are unsurprised, mostly, with a list of the most popular books of the last ten years. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books daily newsletter! 2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up. Sign up for Better Living Through Books and the BR Pod newsletter Book Riot contributors’ most anticipated books of 2024 This might be the reason Oprah wanted to sell a lot of copies of Covenant of Water Open AI says it can’t train LLMs without copyright material Florida county bans the dictionary Swifties fuel another literary conspiracy theory Keanu Reeves collabs on sci-fi novel with China Miéville Goodreads members’ 76 most popular books of the last decade Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesPrevious Episode
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