best books of 2024 so far

the 8 best books i've read so far in 2024, featuring classics, horror, manga, lit fic and the all-time most disturbing piece of fiction i have ever read (ᴗ ͜ʖ ᴗ) ✲ﾟƬʜᵃℕҡ ყօϋ for being here ! ! ✫・*。Call me Sam (๑❛ᴗ❛๑) Subscribe if you wanna! ✧˖°
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✧ Garden by Usamaru Furuya
✧ Stoner by John Williams
✧ Bonding by Maggie Siebert
✧ Butcher's Crossing by John Williams
✧ A Girl on the Shore by Inio Asano
✧ The Summer Hikaru Died by Mokumokuren
✧ Happy Sugar Life by Tomiyaki Kagisora
✧ Hell Hound by Ken Greenhall
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[@EricfromBloatGames]

Hi Sam, thanks for the recs! I enjoy horror/ extreme horror/ and weird fiction and am always on the lookout for new stuff to check out. Subscribed. :)

[@biblioobscura]

Added so many to my TBR! Summer Hikaru Died, Bonding, and Sugar Happy Life 🎉 Thanks for the recs ❤

[@superblomper]

I hope you love them!! Summer Hikaru Died has subtle BL undertones too, which I forgot to mention.

[@rayniebee]

I love love LOVE how you read small excerpts; it's such a great way of sampling the vibes as a view, but also gives some insight into why you - as fellow reader who I enjoy following - resonated with it. It's really neat exchange. 💖

[@superblomper]

yay im glad! it's so true, it's kinda vulnerable to share passages i annotate from a book i loved!! it feels like baring a lil sliver of my soul. (*´∀`*)

[@blending_in]

I'll definitely check some of these out. New subscriber here! ✨

[@soda_fairy]

Pffft if no one‘s asking, I’ll ask. Please keep telling me about your favorite books Sam. I enjoy hearing about it.

[@superblomper]

@@soda_fairy (*´∀`*) ಥᴗಥ ty!!

[@Tetsujin-28]

Best book: I've read a number of great books this year so I'll go with Julia (Sandra Newman) since I have mentioned Strange Sally Diamond (Liz Nugent). I'm up to vol6 of Asadora. Wild ride. I can't find Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist (Asumiko Nakamura) out in the wild. Bonding (Maggie Siebert) will be read when I finish Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell (Nathan Ballingrud). Loved Tampa (Alissa Nutting) and Swanna in Love (Jennifer Belle). Same comedic insanity. Love the channel.

[@superblomper]

i haven't heard of most of these, so i will definitely check them out! i hope you end up liking bonding, i had a lot of fun with it (´◡`)

[@michellesmelancholia]

I love short stories so I guess I need Bonding hehe

[@superblomper]

you do!! the stories were a nice balance of common horror tropes and fresh, unique ideas.

[@thevoidbender]

Hellhounddddddd I’ve heard such good things about it I need to read it

[@superblomper]

it was a ton o fun!!!

[@cryingaboutbooks]

🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

[@thevoidbender]

The summer Hikaru died 🎉🎉🎉 so gut punchy.

[@superblomper]

i know, the opening few pages i was like oh damn this is good!! ! been hooked ever since (◡‿◡✿)