Best Books I've Read in 2024... per month! || Reviews & Recommendations

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

What are your best books of the year if you can only choose one per month?

[@nanimaonovi2528]

Ow. I work at a Library, only one a month? I'm picking the 5 star for Emily books. 'How to Say Babylon' Safiyah Sinclair, 'The Brief History of the Dead' Kevin Brockmeier, 'The Summer Book' Tove Jaansen, 'The Wonder Engine' by T Kingfisher, 'Names For the Sea' Sara Moss, 'In Praise of Difficult Women' Karen Karbo, 'Why Fish Don't Exist' Lulu Miller, 'The Girl Who Kept the Castle' Ryan Graudin, 'Of Time and Turtles' Sy Montgomery. So far this month 'Diavola' by Jennifer Thorne is in the top spot, it's a perfect Halloween read.

[@mayh233]

January - Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen February - Convenience Store Qoman by Sayaka Murata March - The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte April - Kindred by Octavia E Butler May - The Night Ship by Jess Kidd June - Spirits Rebellious by Kahlil Gibran July - I Who Have Never Known Men by Jaqueline Harpman August - Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo September - Ghost Hunter by Michelle Paver I'm leaving October for now, I'm in the middle of some 5 star potential books!!

[@Lena_Chris]

Lessons in Chemstry, The Other Bennet Sister, 84 Charring Cross Road, Three Act Tragedy, Funny Story, Carrie Soto is Back, (skipped june because of work), The Last Devil to Die, We Solve Murders

[@sarahmuller9482]

This is tough because I've read 99 books this year and 13 of them have been five star reads but I'd say: In the Middle of Hickory Lane The Book of Doors The Blueprint Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting Funny Story How to Age Disgracefully Lula Dean's little Library of Banned Books The Spellshop Business Casual And so far this month, The Lost Story

[@Kronkgirl]

Honestly I'm in an awful slump this year. Probably my favorite is bright young women

[@imperfected6513]

I'm so excited for all of those end of the year booktok videos, they are my favorite 😃 It was very fun to try to predict which books you would pick each month and I got quite a few right! Yey!

[@vianeymontagner9749]

I’m about to start the Neapolitan series and I’m sooo excited! Thank you for bringing it to my attention 🫶

[@arya0553]

I was in a reading slump and immediately put down two books just Today. I saw your videp, remembered i had purchased „All the colours in the dark“ and started reading it. I am at Page 125 now, after less then an hour🙂‍↔️ so far so good!

[@pamelastephens73]

I love your end-of-year bracket to pick your “best book of the year.” I’d like to see a bracket where you take your top 3-5 books from each year you’ve been on KZbin and narrow them down to your top book of the decade.

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

I have a new series coming up starting Sunday that you will love!

[@Elocinandnoved]

Currently adding books to my Libby tag of Emily's recommendations

[@Cpw819]

Omg I love this and I think I'm going to do this video too!! Great picks as always.

[@Lv-bw7dq]

I am not sure what I searched that led me to this video, but I had bought The Will of the Many based on your recommendation and I started reading immediately after I got my copy. I’m almost done and came back to say thank you. I’m not usually a fantasy fan, but was looking for something different that may get me excited about reading again. Which I am a big reader, always have a book with me. But lately I hadn’t been loving any of the books I was reading.

[@MediocreAtBesd]

My best books of the year so far are "The Will of the Many", "The Sword of Kaigen" and "Into the Drowning Deep" !! (I listened to both of them on audiobook while at work)

[@DJYoue]

Oooh I was thinking of Into the Drowning Deep next!

[@justwonder1404]

I'd agree that One Dark Window feels as YA, didn't stop me from loving it.

[@jodycrone7869]

All The Colors of the Dark has been MY favorite book of the year! Loved it! ❤

[@monisharmuk]

I can also vouch that The Wil of the Many was absolutely brilliant! Thanks to you, I read The Goblin Emperor and thoroughly enjoyed it. Just the names were a little bit of a challenge, but otherwise, it was a fabulous book.

[@365ghughes]

Was trying to figure out where one of my cats was crying from, got confused because they're both sitting on me. But of course, Clawdia 😅

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

I’m so used to editing with them screaming that I didn’t notice you could still hear them in the video 😂

[@365ghughes]

@@BookswithEmilyFox I like to think she's just checking in to let the internet know that she's still there. It's good of her.

[@lindacasalgrandi292]

Elema Ferrante is fantastic . I love her books and I think the tv series is great❤

[@lenajeonghwalee7430]

Emily, I do love your voice!!!🙆🏻‍♀️🙆🏻‍♀️🙆🏻‍♀️ (Can you let me know what type/model of mic you used for this video?)❤❤

[@angelaroberts-757]

I have to recommend The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen. Great story about a spy who is retired but is pulled back in on a case. 😊

[@inoselkie7842]

So excited for the recommendations 👏👏👏

[@WatermelonSugar1209]

Reading my brilliant friend currently

[@nikolahetn944]

For me it would be: Pride and Prejudice In Other Lands Arrows of the Queen Fellowship of the Ring Fruits Basket You Should be so Lucky The Blade Itself Funny Story Emily Wilde (book 1)

[@kristenr563]

Currently reading your October 5⭐️. So good so far!

[@eheider8820]

This is so helpful! Thank you! I will get a copy of My Brilliant Friend and check it out.

[@mariannaingegneri]

an amazing book where the main character dies right at the beginning: the posthumous memoirs of brás cubas, by machado de assis. it's a brazilian novel, I love it, it's not fantasy or scifi but it's so clever and well written!! I read it in portuguese, as it is my first language, but I have friends reading it in english and also really enjoying!!

[@MichelleP-t7o]

The only "new" book i read this year that i recommend is Shogun. I need to keep up with what i read. I'll do that next year

[@ericapoe]

I love your sweater.. beautiful color

[@deborajohnson5717]

All The Colors of The Dark is my favorite book of the year!

[@kathleendudek2955]

I read Atonement way back when, but I don't remember the whole story. I did like it though. I liked Gone Girl too, read it when it first came out. I want to read The Story of the Lost Child. I remember one line from Gone Girl, "I knew he didn't love me anymore, but this is ridiculous." It was funny and stuck with me. All the Colors of the Dark was something! I wanted still more from it. So good. Where in Canada are you from?

[@drergplant]

Started hearing cat(s) meowing at around 8 minutes, I can’t imagine how much they are just begging to follow you!! 😂

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Clawdia hates closed door 😂

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

I want to read one dark window! I’ve heard such good things!

[@badfaith4u]

Funny Story by Emily Henry was the best book.

[@jackiel5000]

The third book of the Licanius trilogy is good (chef kiss). I actually like it even more than The Shadow of What Was Lost, which has never happened for series

[@ohlula]

LOVE Elena Ferrante ❤

[@LeMetronomeEnPapier]

J’ai l’intention de lire certains livres préférés de booktube 2024 et je crois que tu feras partie des influenceuses de ma vidéo parce qu’il y a pas mal de livres que tu as lu et apprécié ou carrément adoré que j’ai dans ma PAL donc… j’ai hâte de voir le résultat ! Et hâte de voir tes favoris définitifs de 2024 !

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

J'espère que tu les aimeras autant que moi!

[@lindyhargis7391]

I went straight to the library to get the Goblin Emperor

[@joyceredman2136]

So out of the first three quarters of the year, do you have a favorite per quarter? This is what I have been doing this year in order to see which one will be my favorite for 2024. I have Winter Solstice, Private Equity, and Brotherless Night for each quarter so far.

[@amelielovesnoodles]

Hey Emily! :) So I just finished a book I really liked and I thought you might enjoy it too. Everything You Ever Wanted by Luiza Sauma. 🖤

[@laurenschenck5355]

Funny story by Emily Herny best book of the summer 🎃📙📚📚📖📚🎃🎃📚🤎🤎🍁🍂🧡👻👻❤️🤎🖤👻👻❤️❤️🤎🤎🖤🍂🍃🍃📙📙📙🎃📙📖📖📚🎃🍃🧡🍂🍂

[@kyraderossi1313]

Emily's cat is all of us when she chose One Dark Window over Funny Story 8:35 😂

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

That’s why I didn’t want to pick in advance… no time to overthink it haha Funny Story was a bit disappointing for me. Not as good as Beach Read and Book Lovers

[@andrewstorm8240]

Yes!!

[@joodii99]

Such a unique video idea.. i wonder why you posted it before the end of the year tho 😭

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Like I mentioned in the intro it's just a fun preview. I won't have time for it as my December schedule is already full!

[@anitaoszczypaa660]

Hi, is your link for Twitter /X is correct here under video? :)

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

No I deleted my account once it became X!

[@scarlettesc]

Hi, I wanted to see the chat gpt video again and can’t find it! Was it deleted? 😮

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

I put it on private

[@scarlettesc]

@@BookswithEmilyFox oh ok thanks! I hope you didn’t put it private because of something bad:(

[@LibrariesandLattes]

I just read One Dark Window and loved it! Absolutely no shame about that 😂 Really need to read The Will of the Many and Gone Girl. This was a fun video to watch, love it!

[@MadoCar-n4s]

❤📚📚📚

[@ItsRoseForYou]

The Housemaid cover in the thumbnail is such a lie hahaha 😂

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

The thumbnail simply contains some of the books I’ve read this year 🤷‍♀️

[@BookReviewsWithBecky]

It's sooo hard to pick one per month! LOL

[@BirgitHaeupl]

❤️📚🐱

[@romelamaleksetian4861]

I hear different noises in your video.

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Does it sound like an indignant cat behind a door? Because that would be Clawdia

[@val.teacup]

Lol at the cat yelling at around 10:00 is that Clawdia

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Always 😂

[@SunilSharma-qw7um]

Hi sister 🎉 I m From India Can you guide me Which app i should try to read books and earn money Wait for yr reply

[@sophiel.7930]

One Dark Window was one of the worst books I've attempted to read this year. Everything feelt overdone and falsely deep, very « I’m 14 in 2010 and on Tumblr » vibes 😬 I mean, Chapter two's opening line is "Nothing is free. Nothing is safe. Magic is love, but also, it's hate. It comes at a cost; You're found, and you're lost. Magic is love, but also, it's hate". And she’s an orphan with a very meaaaaan stepmother and twin sisters but it’s not her dad’s fault even if he lets everyone be mean to her and not live with them. Also she has two different kinds of magic we don’t know anything about despite numerous info dumps and obtains it exactly in the same way twice through chapters 1 & 2, meaning fainting and getting them from a mysterious entity each time *eyeroll intensifies*. I event tried to look up later in the book if the style got better but the first line I got my eyes on was « Even in the darkness of my blindfold, the black was distinct. Black like my eyes - black like magic». I mean, COME ON Such a shame because the first two-three pages were pretty atmospheric.