Episode 12: Best of 2024 and More

Book Bound

Year end, Best ofs, and ultimately… read what you want!
Cheryl’s Books:
Vanishing Creatures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures by Katherine Rundell
Still Life with Remorse: Family Stories by Maira Kalman
James by Percival Everett
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer
In Praise of Mystery by Ada Limón and illustrated by Peter Sís
Mentioned:
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
And books by:
Katherine Rundell
Maira Kalman
Percival Everett
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Ada Limón
Jessica’s Books:
The Resurrectionist by A. Rae Dunlap
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
Exactly as Planned by Tao Nyeu
Reduce! Reuse! Recycle! by TJ Klune
Mentioned:
In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune
Mari’s Books:
The Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion by Anne Bausum
Kareem Between by Shifa Saltagi Safadi
Gold Rush: The Untold Story of the First Nations Woman Who Started the Klondike Gold Rush by Flora Delargy
CADL Staff Best Books of 2024 Lists: Catalog Home | Capital Area District Libraries
A selection of titles from CADL Facebook page followers about their favorite books of 2024 (that aren’t included already in the lists above):
The Wedding People by Allison Espach
Burn by Peter Heller
Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor
The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk
Annihilation by Michel Houllebecq
The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James
First Frost and Tooth and Claw by Craig Johnson
Zhou Enlai: A Life by Chen Jian
Selling the Dream: The Billion Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans by Jane Marie
Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley
All Fours by Miranda July
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates