I read 164 books this year, a total of 45,312 pages. On Goodreads my average rating was 4.1.
The longest book was The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith at 950 pages.
I read 49 books as a judge for the first round of the Cybils Awards. I switched from nonfiction to middle school fiction this year. So many great books!
To keep this short I’m letting my Top Ten stand for themselves.
My favorite books of 2024…
Fiction- The Guncle by Steven Rowley
Historical Fiction- The Women by Kristin Hannah
Romance- Funny Story by Emily Henry
Historical Romance- Then Came You and Dreaming of You, companion books by Lisa Kleypas
Thriller/Mystery- Listen For the Lie by Amy Tintera
Fantasy- A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J Maas
Young Adult- Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon
Middle School- Tig by Heather Smith
Middle School nonfiction graphic novel- The Miracle Seed by Martin Lemelman
Nonfiction- The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chodron
Do We have any in common? What was your favorite in 2024 that I should add to my list in 2025?
Stacy's Books 
Wow, that is some picture!! You and all the books! Wonderful amount of books and I enjoyed your posts sharing your favorites. I have not (as yet) read any of your favorites listed here, but I did read The Running Grave. Here’s to more fun reading in 2025! I managed 97 books and my goal for 2025 is 100. Ha! Happy New Year to you and your guys!
What a great reading year you had, Stacy! I haven’t read any of your favorites–yet. I had hoped to get to The Women this past year but didn’t manage it. Maybe this year will be the year. Funny Story is also on my radar. I hope you have a Happy New Year!
How fun to create that photo! I’m assuming you checked out a lot of books from your library to make those stacks… or do you own all of them? Wow!
I enjoyed The Guncle and look forward to reading more by Rowley.
Happy New Year!
The only one I read is The Women. And it was definitely one of my favorites for the year.
Happy New Year!
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