7 Must-Read Books Of 2024!

7 Must-Read Books Of 2024

Books let you travel without moving your feet. In the era of internet where book readers are declining, its surprising to see the amount of good books and the amount of people reading them, which is very less. Whether fiction or non-fiction books can entertain, inspire, educate making them valuable tools for growth and success. They are bundle of knowledge and right book can change your life.

But it is often a bit difficult to find good books. So here are top 7 book recommendations of 2024: 

1. The Anthropologists, by Aysegül Savas (Bloomsbury)

The Anthropologists Aysegül Savaş is a novel which mainly focus on two women and their struggles of identity, culture and belonging. The story revolves around an unnamed narrator and her friendship with Yvonne, an anthropologist researching displacement. As their lives interwine, the narrator starts questioning her own feeling of isolation and the possibilities of forming human relations in a world.

2. An Image of My Name Enters America, by Lucy Ives (Graywolf)

Lucy Ives is a poet, and her book An Image of My Name Enters America is a work of poetry, and exploration of themes like identity, migration, history, and the nature of the individual. In a collection of essays, prose and poems, Ives gives a perspective on what happens when a name, which is an embodiment of individual's cultural identity and taking that into another country. The book raises the issues concerning belonging, change, and the symbolism of names.

3. The Book of Love, by Kelly Link (Random House)

In The Book of Love, Kelly Linkprovides a supernatural setting in the coastal town of Lovesend, Massachusetts. The story revolves around three characters who are high school students Laura, Daniel, and Mo, when they come back to life from the dead almost one year later. Their return is made possible by their equally mysterious high school music teacher, Mr Anabin, who sets them some magical challenges. In doing so, they need to hide the reality from their families and other forces wanting their revival. Along with the themes of love, identity and the afterlife the prose of the novel is unmistakably Link, where the everyday is intertwined with the supernatural.

4. Say Hello to My Little Friend, by Jennine Capó Crucet (Simon & Schuester)

Say Hello to My Little Friend by Jennine Capó Crucet is a dark comic novel that intertwines the lives of Ismael "Izzy" Reyes, who is a young Cuban American in Miami, and Lolita, a captive orca at the Miami Seaquarium. After receiving a cease-and-desist letter, Izzy admires Tony Montana from Scarface, and seeks power in addition to being, an identity. His odyssean trip brings him to an intimate relationship with Lolita exploring themes of ambition and serach of belonging.

5. The Light Eaters, by Zoë Schlanger (Harper)

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen world of Plant Intelligence Offers A New Understanding of Life on Earth by Zoë Schlanger is an analysis of the astonishing potential of plants. Schlanger looks at scientific studies that show that plants can signal and know one another, react to noises, and alter shapes based on shapes in their vicinity. Studying these elaborate actions, the book questions what is means to be intelligent and conscious, and questions the reader’s perception of the connection between man and plant.

6. How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang

Yulin Kuang’s How to End a Love Story is a novel of love, which opens up issues of mourning, apology, and assortment of love. The basic idea of the plot is devoted to Helen Zhang, the young adult author, and Grant Shepard, the screenwriter, who met each other more than 10 years after the car accident that affected Helen’s sister, Michelle. It impacts Helen and Grant emotionally unsettling them and losing touch with each other till they are both assigned to work on the TV adaptation of Helen’s book series. In the working process they are faced with the past, emotions, and potential forgiveness.

7. Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

Presently with issues and a heroine struggling financially and with motherhood, Rufi Thorpe’s novel Margo’s Got Money Troubles is a work of modern fiction. After an affair with her married British literature professor, Margo Millet, a twenty year old single mother to be, chooses to raise the baby on her own. Facing financial hardships, Margo turns to OnlyFans, drawing inspiration from her estranged father, a retired professional wrestler, to create a compelling online presence. As her online presence grows, she navigates the challenges of single motherhood, societal expectations, and the evolving dynamics with her family and ex-partner.