Throughout 2024, there were many engaging books that offered insight about the world and allowed readers to escape to make-believe lands.
Check out the top books of this year, and even if you didn’t pick them up in 2024, it’s not too late to add them to your reading list for 2025.
Nonfiction
- “Good Reasonable People” by Keith Payne
- “Pets in the City” by Dr. Amy Attas
- “Selling the Dream” by Jane Marie
- “When Women Ran Fifth Avenue” by Julie Satow
- “The Witch’s Door” by Ryan Matthew Cohn and Regina M. Rossi
Fiction
- “Extinction” by Douglas Preston
- “Spirit Crossing” by William Kent Krueger
- “William” by Mason Coile
- “Fallen Fruit” by Shawntelle Madison
- “The Bullet Swallower” by Elizabeth Gonzalez James
Youth Literature
- “Telephone of the Tree” by Alison McGhee (Ages 8-13)
- “How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi” by Dr. Chris Balakrishnan and Matt Wasowski, illustrations by Kristen Orr (Teens)