Best Books of 2024 || My Favourite Reads of the Year [CC]

[@MaryAmongStories]

this list looks amazing! and aaaah A Tale of Two Cities. I loved that book so much when I read it years ago! omg Dorian Gray made it 🥹 I love how passionate you are about your favourites ❤️

[@OliviasCatastrophe]

A tale of two cities was such a gem 💎 And Dorian Gray is going to be one that stays with me for a long time!! Thank you Mary 🥹

[@bebella9005]

I put Forest of Noise on my tbr as soon as I saw your review on instagram stories, but hearing you talk about it now made me bump it up on the tbr! I’m not really a poetry person, but it sounds fantastic

[@novellenovels]

You read so many great books. Do need to finally get to wolfsong. Under the whispering door Is in my favourites 😊

[@OliviasCatastrophe]

Can’t wait to see what you think of Wolfsong! I need to get to under the whispering door this year for sure 😇

[@ThatsSoPoe]

That's awesome that you reread Sierra Simone so much. I completely get that urge to just reread something that brought you so much joy! 😊

[@OliviasCatastrophe]

When something is making us happy we definitely shouldn’t be setting any limits with it! (Or so I learned last year) 😇

[@ChanelChapters]

Sounds like you’ve found a few poetry collections that really hit. Fab finds

[@OliviasCatastrophe]

there’s so much good poetry out there 😊 it makes me happy!

[@OnlyIfForAPage]

Oh I see what you did what the number 1 spot haha! Glad that Mr. Loverman made it onto the list as that is the one book from the list on my current physical TBR :- )

[@starlitreader]

omg olivia i randomly found Harry August in an op shop and reread it!! so true about the frenemies element, i liked all the characters and relationships! i love the sierra simone obsession, ive only ever had that kind of experience with romance movie bc i haven’t quite found the romance subgenre or stye that works for me but seriously when the relationship dynamic/story hits it HITS !!!

[@dimilolaluz]

What a great list of diverse reads, thanks so much for sharing❤

[@OliviasCatastrophe]

Always always happy to rave about my favourites 🫶🏾

[@CaughtBetweenPages]

“the year of poetry” as though you’re not THE poetry reader/reviewer every year♥️ Just hearing you talk about Forest of Noise put a lump in my throat, and I’m glad that Antrobus, though super accessible for poetry beginners, still made your top books of the year list. As a forever Dorian Gray fan who got eye-rolled at when I talked to anyone who’d listen about it in high school, your eloquent appreciation of the thematic resonances in the story was so affirming and satisfying 😂 I just got myself a copy of Model Home to read with my partner and we’re both champing at the bit to get to it! Rivers Solomon can’t miss, I think. I think a lot of folks don’t understand that being abled is a temporary state of being, and that becoming disabled can happen to anyone. Hopefully Sing if You Can’t Dance will work to help folks with that barrier to empathy recognize that. Ok that ending twist? That makes so much sense. Because I was getting more and more suspicious the longer Sierra Simone didn’t feature in the rest of the video 😂 your excitement when you talk about her is my favorite thing and I’m so glad Simone has continued to make you so happy!! Hope 2025 brings even more fantastic books for you, Olivia!!

[@OliviasCatastrophe]

Aww, you're making me smile 🥹 I do really love poetry. I need to read Mosab Abu Toha's other poetry collection as I know he has one more. I can just imagine you in secondary school being a fangirl team of one person for everything Dorian Gray. I am very happy to join you on that bandwagon now! Ah, I hope Model Home works as well for you as it did for me 💫 YES to everything you said about how being able bodied is only a temporary state of being! Couldn't go without praising the queen of my reading year 😉

[@BaReader]

Your description of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August definitely got me intrigued, adding it to my TBR :)

[@OliviasCatastrophe]

Ooh yay! I hope you enjoy it too when you get around to giving Harry August’s story a go 💚

[@spreadbookjoy]

I’ve wanted to read A Tale of Two Cities for some time and must get to it this year. Me, My Dad… is such a wonderful book. The Picture of Dorian Grey was about so much more than I thought it would be and I agree so beautifully written. Model Home sounds great! What White People Can Do Next is going on my wish list. So are Sing if You Can’t Dance, Wolfsong and Harry August (love time travel) - they all sound wonderful. Love that you found a favourite author - I’m not really a fan of steamy romance but your enthusiasm for those books is joyful to watch! 😂

[@OliviasCatastrophe]

A tale of two cities is so good, I highly recommend it! I agree that Dorian Grey is even more than you can expect. So honoured those books all made it to your wishlist 🥹 I hope you enjoy them as you get around to them in due time x

[@YourTrueShelf]

I added sing if you can't dance to my wishlist 😊 sounds like you've read some extremely powerful poetry last year. What white people can do next made it to my books of the year list in 2022/23. I thought it was an incredible book and Emma Dabiri wrote so powerfully, fearlessly and with such honesty and originality. I really couldn't praise it highly enough either - due a re-read!

[@OliviasCatastrophe]

I hope you’ll enjoy sing if you can’t dance as well 💚 Yess, couldn’t agree more either everything you said on Emma Dabiri! I’ve read all her nonfiction now and am patiently awaiting whatever comes next ☺️

[@WhatVictoriaRead]

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[@OliviasCatastrophe]

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[@ChattieTheMadChatter]

Oh and how can i gorget how excited i was to see Mr Loverman appear on your favourites list 😍💜📚 I really need to watch the tv adaption

[@OliviasCatastrophe]

Thank you so much for passing on your copy to me 😇 it is very well loved in this home!! I need to watch the adaption too…

[@ChattieTheMadChatter]

@OliviasCatastrophe So happy to hear it 😃💜📚

[@TheBookSanctum]

I just knew Seirra Simone was going to be on the list 😂 Harry August sounds really interesting - I'll be keeping an eye out for it for sure!

[@OliviasCatastrophe]

Oh yeah, she absolutely had to make it 😂 yess please do 🔥

[@Catsandcamera]

I love that you loved a book so much you read it that many times!!!!

[@OliviasCatastrophe]

I honestly couldn’t stop!! It made me so happy 😄

[@rasaslase]

I read The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August few years ago and also really liked it.

[@OliviasCatastrophe]

I’m so glad you did because you mentioned it in videos and that kept me interested in it all this time ☺️

[@dbsguidetothegalaxy602]

I need to get to Model Home! Every Time you talk about it I want to read it more ❤. Wolfsong gave me all the feels 😭😭

[@OliviasCatastrophe]

Yess read Model Home! And let me know what you think 😉 Ah you read Wolfsong! Any favourite characters? 👀

[@dbsguidetothegalaxy602]

@OliviasCatastrophe will do! I can't choose, they're all my babies 😭😭😭😭 but probably Ox because he's so sweet

[@OliviasCatastrophe]

@ he is very sweet 🥹 and so genuine

[@CharlieBrookReads]

Can’t wait to read Model Home!! The number one spot is THE MOST OLIVIA thing EVER 😂🥰🥰🥰❤️ One of the Best things I read in 2024 was Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy 😊❤

[@OliviasCatastrophe]

Hehe I had to do it 😉 I can’t wait for your review of Model Home! I’ve never read any Thomas hardy before and I really need to change that 😱

[@ChattieTheMadChatter]

33:18 - if it was not "her works" i would have qurstioned everuthing i know about you 😂 Love that this was the year of great poetry for you. You have convinced me to pick up Clare North and Emma Dabiri's books 💜📚

[@OliviasCatastrophe]

Haha yes, it had to be her and no one else 😉 Yess Emma Dabiri is fantastic and the first fifteen lives of Harry august is brilliant storytelling 😌

[@ChattieTheMadChatter]

@OliviasCatastrophe When adding to storygraph i hadn't realised Emma Dabiri also wrote Don't touch my hair! I need to start buying the non-fiction i want, libraries alas are lacking!...but next year this is the year if readibg physical TBR 💪🦾😆💜📚

[@shaynemonroeauthor]

I really want to read Fire Rush. I tried the audiobook last year but found it hard to concentrate on it. I think I’m going to have to do the immersive thing where I listen to it and read it at the same time. I did that with a couple books last year and it was amazing.

[@OliviasCatastrophe]

Ooh I’ve heard that works for a lot of people! If you give it a second go that way, I hope you can enjoy it more 💚

[@SH-is9xl]

My TBR list is now significantly longer! I love your videos and watching your reading journey over the year as I also embark upon my own! The only comment I would have is that TJ Klune is also the author of the series which supports the taking away of Indigenous children by white families which happened (and is still happening) in countries like Canada and Australia. The series you loved sounds up my alley but I don’t really feel comfortable supporting the author because of that!

[@OliviasCatastrophe]

Honoured that I could grow your tbr list somewhat 🥹 and thank you for the lovely words about my channel! And yes, I do know about that regarding TJ Klune and less that it supports that notion and more so that that’s where he got some of the inspiration while researching! I did some extensive research on it read some Indigenous own voices reviewers before continuing to read on with his books, but I respect everyone’s choices and you should do what you feel comfortable with too ✨

[@LeanneRose]

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[@OliviasCatastrophe]

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