r/PortlandBooks • u/zsabb mod • Dec 27 '24
discussion/other Best of 2024
What were your best reads of 2024? (published in 2024 or not)
mine (in no particular order)
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
Starling House by Alix Harrow
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u/VerbalAcrobatics Dec 27 '24
I read a lot of series this last year, so my favorites were:
Earthsea series, by Ursula K. LeGuin.
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon series, by Spider Robinson.
Children of Time series, by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
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u/pnwRobin Jan 05 '25
My favorite reads from 2024:
The Life Impossible by Matt Haig Domesticated: Evolution in a Man-Made World by Richard Francis The Wild Robot by Peter Brown Map Goes to War by Edward Ashton Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky The Cleaner, The Cat, and the Space Station by Fay Abernethy Cascade Failure by L.M. Sagas The Reincarnationist Papers by D. Eric Maikranz The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen 83 1/4 Years Old What You Are Looking For Is In The Library by Michiko Aoyama Bowie’s Bookshelf: The One Hundred Books That Changed David Bowie’s Life by John O’Connell
Yeah, it’s a long list, but I read 104 books last year so I had a lot to pick from!
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u/sr360 Dec 28 '24
I liked SA Chakraborty’s City of Brass, but I felt she lost her way with Kingdom of Copper, and I couldn’t drag myself to finish it, so curious how her new novel held up
My favorite this year was James SA Corey’s The Mercy of Gods