Top 20 Books I Read in 2024

The English title of Claudia Durastanti's novel is actually Strangers I Know. Sorry :( ! All twenty are fantastic and the top ten are absolute gems. What were YOUR favorite books you read in 2024? All the books mentioned in this video (from the top 20 and from the "highlights" in the early part of the video), with links to my review (if I've filmed one), in alphabetical order: Beard - Americanitis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kild5XHXDjA Cognetti - The Eight Mountains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkANV1695vM Durastanti - Strangers I Know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tSZy7becLI Erdrich - The Night Watchman Grouazel & Locard - Révolution vol. 1 Hazan - A People's History of the French Revolution Homes - The Unfolding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hPPxeu347E&t James - A Brief History of Seven Killings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5obDhY3tbg Kraushaar - La società degli uomini-barbagianni Mari - Verdigris: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX4tMHPiwdM McDowell - The Blackwater Saga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqfj3s-jsfQ McNeil & McCain - Please Kill Me Millhauser - Martin Dressler Oliveri - Sabato Champagne - my review (in Italian) on La Balena Bianca: https://www.labalenabianca.com/2024/10/07/berlusconismo-interstellare-sabato-champagne-di-alice-valeria-oliveri/ Reynolds - Rip It Up & Start Again Reza - Happy Are the Happy Rushdie - The Golden House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7w5Jri7I5A Schulz - The Complete Peanuts Scianna - Qualcosa c'inventeremo Tokarczuk - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKOsF39MHok Zambra - Chilean Poet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiETcSC5tmk Waldman - Help Wanted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pz3vtPPX8A Whitehead - Sag Harbor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHsX5_rYoSU Zeniter - The Art of Losing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XYRxRfN75w Zerocalcare - Quando muori resta a me Zola - The Belly of Paris If you enjoy my reviews, please consider supporting the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheBookchemist One-off donations are also always welcome: https://www.paypal.me/Bookchemist Follow me on GoodReads! https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15078502.Mattia_Ravasi Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/The_Bookchemist Drop me a line at [email protected]