🌟 Best Books of 2024 So Far 🌟

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In episode 157 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah share their favorite books of the year so far. As well as sharing their top 5 best books, they share some fun bookish superlatives, 2024 reading statistics, and what they want their reading life to look like for the rest of the year.

Loving Lately:
Top Chef (T)
Mollie Reads Book Club Kit (H)

Latest Read (BTE Community Read for June):
The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye | Briony Cameron (T + H)

Almost Made Its:
Homegoing (T)
The Gunners (T)
Dixon Descending (T)
Leaving (T)
Wolf at the Table (T)
Funny Story (H)
Maeve Fly (H)

Biggest Surprise:
We Used to Live Here (T)
@worldswithinpages
Funny Story (H)

Biggest Disappointment:
The Nature of Disappearing (T)
Never Saw Me Coming (H)

Best Audiobook:
The Women (H)
Listen for the Lie (T)

Most Original:
I Who Have Never Known Men (H)
I'm A Fan (H)
Annie Bot (T)

More People Should Read:
Jaded (T)
How the Word is Passed (H)
Age of Innocence (H)

Favorites:
The Frozen River (H)
Just for the Summer (H)
This Summer Will Be Different (H)
Last House (H)
I Who Have Never Known Men (H)
These Impossible Things (T)
What Happened to Nina (T)
A Place for Us (T)
James (T)
The Light Pirate (T)

Shelf Addition:
Whale Fall (T)
Blue Sisters (H)

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