Books I Want to Read in 2024

Hey Booktube! In 2024, I'm getting it together and finally picking up books that have been on my shelves for years and trying to see if they will be favorites! The Nebula and Hugo awards seem to have many favorites of mine so I thought it would be a good way to pick up some recent books that sound interesting and finally getting to some of the books that have been on my shelves for 5+ years...
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[@martinelanglois3158]

"Riot baby" could be the title for one of your cats biography. 🐈‍⬛

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

We’re currently in a middle of a snowstorm and that could be Chunkys name 😭

[@szalaizsofia7019]

Space Opera is basically "Eurovision in space", and I loved it because it was a joyous loveletter to Eurovision, but tbh if you are not familiar with that, you won't get half of the jokes.

[@JosephineLemonade]

oooh i own space opera and didn't know this!! that makes me even more excited to read it!

[@nonfictionfeminist]

I went to an octopus farm last year, I can confirm that the correct plural is "octopuses"

[@viridis7076]

I love the Goblin Emperor! It's definitely slower and you have to check what the new words mean especially in the beginning but it's very cozy and amazing. There's a second book but it's not about the emperor anymore, I think it's about a side character in that world..

[@lindqvistsandra]

Harrow the Ninth is maybe my favorite book ever. It´s wierd and difficult but so worth it!!! Even better on a re-read! Hope you enjoy it :)

[@dvckduckgoose]

emily: i will read it this year charlie: doubt emily: I WILL

[@badfaith4u]

Your cats in the background were so awesome. 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

[@ericapoe]

They are the cutest😊.

[@sparafucile9]

I highly recommend Ancillary Justice. The whole series is fantastic!

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

It's definitely higher on my TBR since everyone seems to have loved it!!

[@jadeclifton8806]

Love hearing your cat calling you out 😂😂

[@astridmargrethe1]

If you can get the audiobook for The Deep, do it. It has an unusual rhythm to it, and I found it much more enjoyable to listen to it.😊

[@Rainbopagn]

“Okay Emily. What are you adding to my TBR this time?” -me upon seeing the upload 😂😂

[@MrGreyseptember]

I read Ninefox Gambit last year and gave it 5 stars. And recently started Ancillary Justice, it's so good...

[@Stargazerlost]

For Silvia Moreno-Garcia, I’ve been struggling to finish Mexican Gothic for over a year, but I breezed through her other book, Gods of Jade and Shadow. I’ve heard wonderful things about her book The Beautiful Ones. Each of her books seems to be wildly different.

[@dearD4NI]

i loved the beautiful ones

[@devlyn873]

Mexican Gothic and Daughter of Doctor Moreau are my least liked books by her, and I generally like her books.

[@jopodie]

Definitely calculating stars!! That book broke me in the first few pages

[@becklebooks]

Ooh I forgot all about The Jasmine Throne! I hope my library has it. Best of luck, here’s to finding some fab books in 2024!

[@elizabethgrace7796]

I read the trilogy for Ancillary Justice and then immediately read Provinance and Translation State. It is sooooo good. It was in my top 5 series I read last year and was just amazing and I cannot recommend it enough.

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Definitely picking it up this year!!

[@christinamashura211]

I liked The Ten Thousand Doors of January and Horrow The Ninth.

[@9gagHasMySoul]

Harrow the Ninth is such a trip (in a good way)! Though i recommend taking notes or reading it twice before expecting to understand what's happening

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Everyone says that and now I'm even more nervous haha

[@JiniaParkerMeanwhileinflorida]

Seveneves is one of my favorite books ever. I’ve read it a few times and still love it. Collapsing Empire and Ancillary Justice are also top Sci-fi! So many good choices.

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

I'm so intimidated by them!!

[@sarahwhite4227]

I'm VERY excited for all of the books! All of them sound amazing and have many of them on my tbr as well, but would love to hear more about Unbroken, Goblin Emperor, Witchmarked and Seveneves.

[@Books_BrewsandBeyond]

I would highly recommend The Ten Thousand Doors Of January. I hope you enjoy all the books Emily.

[@knittygirlone3391]

Loved the Mountain in the Sea.

[@accidentalspaceexplorer]

I think you'll really enjoy a lot of these! I would definitely recommend The Collapsing Empire too

[@jio5680]

Yay, Seveneves is on my tbr too!

[@imaginarycosmetics]

Ninefox Gambit has been on my TBR for a while too, but I never got around to it. I liked Phoenix Extravagant by the same author. The Locked Tomb series and Grace of Kings are on my 2024 TBR, I heard great things about both. I'm surprised you haven't read All The Birds In The Sky yet, because I'm pretty sure I read it because you mentioned it in a video. It's not an all time favorite, but I enjoyed it. It's pretty unique and quite weird.

[@momplans2read]

Love the Calculating Stars! Excited to see what you think.

[@tinareads9880]

Same! The trilogy is all on my five star list and I am impatiently awaiting book four. I hope you love it!

[@kayleigha9595]

I’ve been reading Seveneves and I’m loving it!

[@laurenschenck5355]

The deep I am planning on finally reading it too this year I am so excited 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉📖🩵🩵📖📚📖🩵🩵📖📙📚📖🩵🩵📚📖🩵🩵📖📚📖🩵🩵📚📙📙📙📚📖🩵🩵🩵🩵📖📚📙📙

[@sirgnome]

So excited for you to get to The Goblin Emperor! Not sure if anyone has warned you yet, but there are a lot of titles (like this world’s version of dukes, emperors, etc.) that are completely made up and names that can be a bit difficult, but you get used to it after a bit. They’re all made up so it doesn’t really matter what pronunciation you come up with when you’re reading lol. I’m also excited to hear more about Calculating the Stars and The Deep.

[@tinareads9880]

Agreed! The Goblin Emperor is wonderful, but the titles take a bit to get used to. There are more books in the series, but they're based on a minor character introduced in the book, so this could technically be a stand alone. 😊

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Thanks for the heads up!

[@oonam3519]

Many of these sound very interesting. Exited to hear which ones you end up recommending!

[@rosannebowman2592]

The Goblin Emperor has been on my Kindle forever. I need to read that one this year!

[@raielschwartz6837]

Hey there! Just stumbled upon your video and I'm so excited about your 2024 reading goals. It's always intriguing to delve into books that have been sitting on our shelves for too long, isn't it? I'm particularly interested in hearing your thoughts on the Nebula and Hugo awards selections. Keep up the good work, and happy reading! Looking forward to your future book reviews.

[@essier5]

I loved The Collapsing Empire! Great characters and fun/interesting plot

[@awkwardkiwi]

Seconded - such a fun series

[@bookishpothos7649]

Cannot wait to see how you handle all the weirdness of Harrow which Muir dials up to 11 and then some compared to Gideon. Your brain will end up scrambled eggs half way through.

[@laim8121]

I haven’t read the ten thousand doors of January but would def recommend the six deaths of the saint by the same author. It’s only 30 some pages but it’s able to pack so much in to there without it feeling bloated or like it needed to be longer

[@CluelessWonder]

I dnf’d Ten Thousand Doors of January, but I love The Six Deaths of the Saint. It made me cry in 30 pages. It is on Kindle Unlimited.

[@Amy1437]

Ive also had Seveneves on my TBR pile since you talked about it 5 years ago 😂 maybe ill read it when you read it

[@Reesespiecesomar]

“Ringshout” is soooooo good!

[@Windkandi]

I try to get to the books that have won both the Hugo and the Nebula, and tbh they have all been great! Including The Calculating Stars, Ancillary Justice, Among Others, Every Heart a Doorway, All Systems Red and Paladin of Souls (although I enjoyed its prequel, Curse of Chalion, even more!)

[@ktglick]

This looks like a great list. Of the ones I have read, I really liked all of them, except for Seveneves. I liked the first 2/3, it the last part went way off the rails and I couldn’t finish it because i was getting too angry, haha. My husband finished it and said it didn’t get better, so I feel good about my decisions.I hope you have a better experience with it!

[@ninsiana0]

Some of my favorite books & authors!

[@amn384]

Mexican Gothic’s MC Noemí is 22, so idk if it can be categorized as YA, but still it wasn’t my favorite either. Too bad because the cover of Mexican Gothic and The Daughter of Doctor Moreau are stunning! I think you might enjoy Gods of Jade and Shadow (jazz age in Mexico with Mayan folklore/myths) or Silver Nitrate (Mexican horror meets Nazi occultism… I know you’re not a huge horror fan and although I gave it 3.75⭐️s I found it super unique and intriguing) by the same author though?

[@amn384]

Also The Ten Thousand Doors of January is a personal favorite, but having said that and having followed you for many years… I’m not sure it will be something you enjoy. It’s slower and meandering (which does not bother me one bit), kind of reminds me of The Starless Sea but isn’t super confusing, at least for me. But I feel like Alix E Harrow might not be for you. 😅 I’ve heard The Calculating Stars has…. really comical sex scenes. 🤣 Like it was so bad comical (I heard an excerpt), but the premise of the book intrigued me. Interested to see what you think. I’ve added The Goblin Emperor to my tbr, it looks so good! I also own The Unbroken. Seeing it compared to The Jasmine Throne made me pause though and I still haven’t picked it up because that was one of my most disappointing reads. 🙈 I also thought The Deep was horror for the longest time, probably because the title is similar to Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant, or Seanan McGuire, but also the cover totally looks like it would be horror.

[@angelaarcher2355]

Calculating Stars and Witchmark are on my TBR.

[@roserobb]

Really excited for this challenge! I have to mention that The Paper Menagerie IS on the lists, but because it's a short story collection, the short stories were, not the whole collection. IIRC the titular story won all 3 major SFF awards. The Locked Tomb series (Gideon the Ninth, etc) is great and at the end of each book it reframes the previous and it makes you want to reread them. Seveneves is great and I've been meaning to reread it! The ending isn't as strong as the first 80-90% of the book imo, but it's not Stephen King weak either.

[@allisonc5348]

I'm definitely focusing on unread shelves and want to get then down to a reasonable number

[@sarahfield995]

All the birds in the sky was so good! Highly recommend. Also I really didn’t like that witch one by alix harrow but ten thousand doors was so good! Also recommend.

[@ravent3016]

Interesting reading challenge. I know you have reviewed some of these, but I think you should do an update in June as a halfway point check-in.

[@cristinbruggeman9600]

I also DNF'd The Once and Future Witches, but I adored The Ten Thousand Doors of January and gave it 5 stars.

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

That's good to know!

[@tinareads9880]

I'm doing a World Fantasy awards challenge this year and will also be reading Witchmark. I've also got Ninefox Gambit on my list. I'm leery of any Stephenson, because I DNF'd Snow Crash so hard that its awfulness has been imprinted upon my soul. That said, there's some great reads on your list! I hope you love The Calculating Stars and the Mountain in the Sea.

[@arya0553]

İ just started reading “The Atlas Complex” and İ already love it🥺♥️

[@nanimaonovi2528]

Check trigger warnings for 'All The Birds in the Sky'. Ring Shout has some body horror, but the battle grannies are so bada$$

[@rachelcartwright3371]

A really cool reading challenge would be a coloured reading challenge, one with a red cover, green cover etc. That would be so fun!!

[@laurenschenck5355]

Hope you love and enjoy your 2024 readings Emily wish you all the best hope you love it so much 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉📚📖🩵📚📙📙📚📖🩵📙📚📖🩵🩵📖📚📖🩵🩵🩵📖📖🩵🩵🩵🩵📖📚📚🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵📖📚📙📙📚📖

[@devlyn873]

I LOVED Ninefox Gambit. So far I've now loved everything that Yoon Ha Lee has written and am still working my way through his back list. I'd personally recommend skipping Wheel of Time however...i read them all (for some reason) and can honestly say that they were a waste of my time.

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

I definitely want to try book 2 but I don't think I'll read the whole series!

[@jaclynsutherland4327]

Ken Liu is also the same person who translated Three Body Problem and the rest of that series :)

[@andthatsondana]

I’m currently 250 pages into The Great Hunt (the second wheel of time book) and I think it’s a lot better than the first one so far. I read The Eye of the World in 2021 and thought it was just okay - I think the second improves on what I call “ incessant walking” (basically characters spending the whole book walking from one place to another). It feels like what’s been in the book so far feels important to the story and not just travel filler. Again I’m only 250 pages in but I feel like it’s paced better so far

[@lobkeh4067]

I read The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie last year and it was one of my 5 star reads of 2023!! I haven't read her other books yet but if they're anything like The Raven Tower I'm sure her trilogy will be fantastic! ❤

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

It's one of my forgotten kindle book!! One day... lol

[@erinasarutobi2206]

im sure others already commented this but Ring shout is has a lot of action so just a heads up! but it was good!

[@JaneTheBrain.]

Ancillary Justice! pls read it asap!

[@jennifermcgill5131]

Ring Shout is great

[@zachreads]

I'm currently reading "A Restless Truth" by Freya Marske, I think it's going to be my fires 5☆ this year! It's a witchy sapphic romance and a historical murder mystery on a boat. Started it having forgotten it was book 2 in a series, but so far that hasn't hurt it at all.

[@erinasarutobi2206]

I haven't read the Witchmark by C L Polk but I've read two of their books (The midnight bargain and Even though i knew the end) and they were solid 4 stars! i love their writing style but there's just a few things i find lacking that prevents them from being full 5 stars.

[@teishabee1993]

The Deep was soooo good.

[@womenwotreads]

The ten thousand doors of January was was of my favourite reads last year. I loved it. Having said that we often disagree so you may hate it😂It's not always the case though. Ancillary Justice has been on my shelf for years too and I've just bought The grace of kings. I've never heard a bad word about that series !

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Everyone seems to be divided about that author so I might as well give her another shot!

[@franziskawilms9289]

"Seveneves" is one of my all time favourite books 🤩

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

I've heard it's slow so I'm nervous lol

[@lilybirdfly]

Ancillary Justice is great on audio.

[@_ashleylh]

@bookswithbrittany's number one fantasy that she read in 2023 was the Dandelion Dynasty series. I wouldn't usually pick up something like The Grace of Kings, but she convinced me to give it a try one day (it nay be next year though by the time I get to it)

[@margaretdyal1380]

I loved The Goblin Emperor and Ringshout. I was slightly disappointed in The Deep. I want to read Gideon the Ninth but I really need to finish some series I already started first.

[@ChaosandComics]

I liked the Goblin Emperor. But I could see how some might find it boring.

[@andrewf7732]

You have to read The Grace on Kings. It’s sequel, The Wall of Storms is the best fantasy sequel I’ve ever read, even better than Words of Radiance. I hope you love the series. Ken Liu is an amazing writer.

[@AureliaIsBored]

You need to listen to the audiobook for The Deep if you possibly can. I have read and listened and it is an experience.

[@jenriv89]

If you give Silvia Moreno Garcia another shot, read Gods of Jade and Shadow. I LOVED that book but was disappointed with the Moreau reimagining. I'm choosing not to read any other books by her though.

[@dotKaydot]

I recently reorganized my bookshelves too, and made a favourites shelf for the first time. Space Opera, The Mountain in the Sea, and the Ancillary Justice trilogy are all on it!

[@AuthorJgDow]

Did you try Cracking Ibiza last year? Have a go this year if not 🙂

[@shapotter3]

The calculating stars!!!!!!! And the grace of kings

[@readswithlauren]

I've managed three of the Wheel of Time books but Robert Jordan's writing puts me to sleep! I want to push through because I know it gets better and I love Brandon so desperate to read how he writes the end. If you jump back into it, I'll be prompted to read them. You're a go to recommendations KZbinr! 😂😂 keep being you, love your videos!

[@ejderhaz]

Have you heard of These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs ? I haven't read it yet but from the way it's described I feel like it might potentially be a future favorite for you!

[@toweringtbr]

Catherine M. Valente has a very unique style of writing. You'll either love it or hate it. I DNFd Space Opera on page 2 because I didn't like the 20+ word sentences. Ring Shout is good though it does contain body horror. I just finished Seveneves and while good, the pacing is very uneven. The Mountain in the Sea disappointed me but I know several who loved it.

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

I’ll always think that DNFing a book that early is iconic haha

[@biankatoth1786]

I've already started Seveneves and it's really interesting but slow for sure, and very long 🤣 I'm still around page 200 out of 800 (?). Slowly...

[@Juli6SS]

Don't know about "better and better" but the second Gideon book was even more difficult to comprehend than the first one😅 I was entertained, and the world seems interesting, but I understood less than 60% of what the hell was going on all the time...

[@ac9938]

Great video but can you share with us the lipstick you use 😂❤

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Maybelline liquid lipstick in shot caller!

[@dvckduckgoose]

harrow the ninth is intentionally so fucking confusing and you really gotta push through if you’re not feeling it because you don’t understand what’s happening, the ending is ridiculously insane and you’re just like “OHHH”

[@marystuart83]

Who else has a cat that turned around when Charlie chirped? XD

[@AndiBfishbowlwoman]

FYI: All the Birds in the Sky starts out feeling very young, like younger YA or even Middle Grade, but the style morphs as it goes along. And yes, I too have bought the entire Ann Leckie trilogy and haven't read the first one!

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Thanks for the warning!

[@thishouseofwalls]

Ten Thousand Doors has been the only book from the author that I liked.. but it was a couple years ago. 🤷‍♀️

[@Senidhr]

Except for The Unbroken, Wheel of time, Gideon the ninth and The deep, don't know any of the others. But i do think, just like you, that these awards are more aligned with my tastes.

[@jackiesliterarycorner]

I also will buy almost all the books in a series, but will take years to read the series.

[@dpier6]

I’m not finished with The Grace of Kings, but I’m enjoying it so much. I read The Calculating Stars and for me, it’s kind of meh. Also there are a lot of cringy rocket euphemisms during sex scenes 🙃

[@goster4070]

The Ten Thousand Doors of January taught me to DNF. I knew from one of the first chapters that the story was not going to go the way I wanted it to go, and I silently gave it 2-3 stars only. Then I struggled to finish it because of being a completionist, and yeah, a 2 star read it was. After that, I ended up DNF'ing 6 books in total last year, and I'm so happy with that. 🥳 I went into the book with completely the wrong expectations. Visiting other worlds sounds cool (in my defence, look at that title! You'd think you'd be going places!), but you won't be getting Stargate out of this. Nor will you learn much about other worlds (that would be super interesting), because the story I found was more tell than show. The book's tags are Fantasy and Historical Fiction with some Magical Realism mixed in. Not Sci-Fi. I have learned that when the Magical Realism tag is used on a book, I need it more up front and central (Piranesi, The Ocean at the end of the Lane) than what this novel gave me, otherwise it's a DNF for me. I will probably also from now on avoid books that claim to have exploration of other worlds in it, but are not tagged Sci-Fi. 😭🙄 /end rant (I hope you'll like this book much more than I did.) Good luck on all the other books, because that Hugo/Nebula challenge sounds awesome. I have some of those books on my own TBR as well. Oh, I hope I speak for more than myself, but I hope you'll take us with you when you are going to switch books around on your shelves, because I always find those videos very interesting (probably a pain to film, though).

[@keeva2176]

Le seul livre de Silvia Moreno-Garcia que j'ai apprécié (dans ce cas-ci, adoré !) est Gods of Jade and Shadow. Si la prémisse te dis, je recommande tellement plus celui là que The Daughter of Doctor Moreau 😊 The Beautiful Ones est aussi populaire, personnellement je ne m'attendais pas à ce que l'histoire soit ce qu'elle est donc j'ai été assez déçue (même si c'était beau à lire) 🤔

[@TN-xr7nu]

I haven’t read The Deep, but Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon was excellent, if you haven’t read it!

[@JMST8245]

J'ai aussi le projet de lire ''The mountain in the sea'' cette année. Qui peut résister à ce cover?? Aussi, je ne suis pas certaine si tu as eu la chance de lire ''The Luminous Dead'' par Caitlin Starling, mais c'est très bien comme histoire. Je n'ai pas encore terminé, mais j'avoue que je serai curieuse d'avoir ton opinion sur ce livre :)

[@glowingfalkor5246]

Things cat people find themselves saying way more than they ever thought they would: "STOP EATING THE TREE." 😆

[@insanebutterfly3439]

Has clawdia been helping you organize your book shelves?

[@spexi513]

Octopuses 🐙 💚

[@bookwormwithawitchface]

Ten Doors of January in my opinion is worse than The Future of Witches especially if the main gripe with the latter is that it is boring or that the language bumps you out of the book

[@samihess1183]

I really did not like The Deep, but I did only use the audiobook, so maybe I would have liked it more if I physically read it?

[@sophmeowbooks7382]

I loved Witchmark ❤️ read it as an audiobook. It is historical kinda but not really, but also talks about race and social issues 🙂. Hope you'll like it!

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

I have the audiobook on my waiting list at the library so hopefully I'll enjoy it too!

[@Marie45610]

Ring Shout was such a weird and disturbing book.

[@EddaPascher]

Vote for everything SciFi!

[@ItsVidaK]

I loved Gideon the Ninth and then had zero clue what Harrow the Ninth was even about haha, I read it without understanding a single sentence until the end. I'm curious to hear what you think!