Books Read: 2024
All This Could be Different Sarah Thakem Matthews
*Darius the Great is Not Okay Adib Khorram
*Oh William! Elizabeth Strout
Alice Sadie Celine Sarah Blakely-Cartwright
Central Places Delia Cai
*Martyr Kaveh Akbar
The Cost of Living Deborah Levy
Civil Service Claire Schwartz
Come and Get It Kiley Reid
People We Meet on Vacation Emily Henry
*They’re Going to Love You Meg Howrey
Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood Gretchen Sisson
This American Ex-Wife Lyz Lenz
*Legacy Uche Blackstock MD
Family Life Akil Sharma
The Right Kind of White Garrett Bucks
Safe: A Memoir of Fatherhood, Foster Care, and the Risks We Take for Family Mark Daley
Pineapple Street Jenny Jackson
Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma Care Dederer
*Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a student, and a Life-Changing Friendship Michelle Kuo
Hijab Butch Blues Lamaya H
More: A Memoir of Open Marriage Molly Roden Winter
Family Family Laurie Frankel
Women and Children First Alina Grabowski
Tom Lake Ann Patchett
Forces of Nature: A Memoir of Family, Loss, and Finding Home Gina Demillo Wagner
Between Two Trailers J. Dana Trent
*Ambition Monster Jennifer Romolini
Heaven and Earth Grocery Store James McBride
*The Most Fun We Ever Had Claire Lombardo
Pete and Alice in Maine Caitlin Shetterly
*My Name is Lucy Barton Elizabeth Strout
Sandwich Catherine Newman
I am homeless if this is not my home Lorrie Moore
Little Earthquakes Sarah Mandel
Giovanni’s Room James Baldwin
The Fire Next Time James Baldwin
The Rachel Incident Caroline O’Donoghue
Consent Jill Ciment
The Mothers Brit Bennett
In the Likely Event Rebecca Yarros
The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides
How to Keep House While Drowning KC Davis
Travelers to Unimaginable Lands: Stories of Dementia, the Caregiver, and the Human Brain Dana Kiper
Shred Sisters Betsy Lerner
Twenty-four Seconds from Now Jason Reynolds
Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win Jessica Valenti
Men Have Called her Crazy Anna Marie Tendler
A Reason to See You Again Jami Attenberg
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Message Ta-Nehishi Coates
*Tell Me Everything Elizabeth Strout
Our Secret Society: Molly Moon, and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement Tanisha C. Ford
Everything I know about Love Dolly Alderton
The Wedding People Alison Espach
Rodham Curtis Sittenfeld
100 Essays I Don’t Have Time to Write
Heartbreak is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music Rob Sheffield
My Parents’ Marriage Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
(asterisk — books I especially loved; in truth, I enjoyed all but the McBride — sorry to all who loved it)
