Episode 12: Best of 2024 and More

Dec 09, 06:18 PM

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