10 Best Books of 2024 (so far...)

[@Sayantika_Sarkar]

As soon as I received the notification for this video, I grabbed my writing pad and pen, fully aware that I would be adding a few more titles to my ever-expanding TBR list. I haven't been on KZbin for a while, so I was delighted when your video appeared in my feed.

[@hedwigblythe3476]

Me too! This channel is such a valuable resource!

[@WillowTalksBooks]

🥹🥹🥹

[@danielaweberdani]

"a botanical daughter", "lost in the garden", "private rites" and "a woman of pleasure" will probably be among my next readings, due to your contagious enthusiasm! 😊 (the banana break, so funny!)

[@renee_3364]

I love that Private Rites and Alien Clay both were featured. Both are in my top 5 of the year so far too, and I've heard far too little love for it on Booktube. Private Rites is currently tied with another book as my favourite read of the year. Funnily enought, it's also a Frankenstein retelling just like yours: Our Hideous Progeny by CE McGill

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Reading and enjoying Lost in the Garden at the moment. It has the same trippy, threatening summer fever-dream vibe as Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked or The Bridge by Iain Banks👍 The world of the novel feels both comfortably familiar yet disturbingly off kilter, and the fact that the characters don’t question this unsettling strangeness is what gives it that dreamlike quality. And the cover is gorgeous.

[@Stillnothereanymore]

Glad to see the love for Alien Clay!

[@groofay]

I don't read enough new books. I did read Aftershock at your -insistence- recommendation, and it completely blew me away. And I'm sure I'll love Private Rites when it's out in the US in December. I'm looking into some of the others in the meantime.

[@heatherbocks]

I’ve only read two 2024 releases so far, and both were just okay 😅 I will be reading Private Rites as soon as I can get my hands on it though! It sounds so fantastic, and I loved Our Wives Under the Sea. I’ve also been meaning to pick up A Botanical Daughter. I should get on that

[@EvieM1]

‘A Botanical Daughter’ is going on my TBR.

[@jstamps9578]

Great video. As you talked about each book I thought to myself I'll start with that one, no wait this one, no the one from the Argentinian, wait Korean, no no the Chinese writer Aftershock, because I live in California and we're overdue plus I like books about ordinary people and their past relatives. Dammit I'll just get them all, (except the ones I've already bought because of your earlier reviews), you make them all sound excellent and intriguing.

[@WillowTalksBooks]

This is so lovely, thank you 💜

[@Darksilviah]

Hi Willow and thank you so much for this video!! I was wondering if you have read Eynhallow by Tim McGregor - since you are a Frankenstein fan I think you might enjoy it. I was very pleasantly surprised, I did not know ANYTHING before reading it and I loved everyting: the writing, the scenery, the characters, the overall mood. Let us know if you give it a try! ( the majority of the books you are talking about in this video went straight into my TBR !! Thank you!! Lots of love. Silvia 😘

[@WillowTalksBooks]

I’ve never heard of it but I’ll check it out!

[@read-a-long]

As someone who doesn't tend to read recently published books, I appreciate you discussing some of the best you've read from this year. Added a couple to the list, and who knows, perhaps I'll read some this year (cough*Not a River, Private Rites, Aftershock*cough). There are also a couple writers on your list I want to read, so I will at a minimum pick up one of their books. As an aside, love your shirt and background bunny.

[@karakask5488]

I just requested that my library acquire Aftershock so I can check it out!

[@RichardCharter]

Not A River was my favourite surprise of the year. When I saw it in the shop I didn't know she'd published it - and promptly lunged for it. I'm so enamoured by the conflict here between determination, obstinacy, identity, and the hopelessness that's still staring them in the face. So much crammed into an 85 page book.

[@Nooby_246]

Hello! I recently discovered your channel because after finishing Private Rites, I was so starved for any discussion surrounding the book, I scoured the internet for every review I could find and stumbled onto yours. I'd like to ask you if you could recommend any books that have a similar feeling to that of Private Rites, or just any books that remind you of it. Bonus points for being sapphic haha. Also, this list seems to have some interesting picks, I'll definitely be expanding my TBR!

[@badger-1984]

I've cleared my stash of library books so I'm excited to start my copy of A Woman Of Pleasure tonight

[@Agostoic]

Great reviews/recommendations as usual. To be clear, my fave Almada is Not a river. Btw, you're supposed to peel it the other way around to avoid the 'strings', trust me. 🍌 😅

[@WillowTalksBooks]

YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO WHAT

[@isirlasplace91]

Willow says to give love to a book she adores aka Aftershock = I buy the book😄

[@sridattagupta]

Hei. I love your videos and book suggestions. I had one request. May be some day you can do a video with your favourites about Indie books. Will love to check out that list.

[@HowardsHaunt]

Ordered Botanical Daughter & Jelly Massacre in an instant after watching. 🙏

[@lostmoon2007]

Me emociona ver No es un río de Selva Almada, lo compré hace poco por tu recomendación. Irónicamente nunca había escuchado de ella por personas hispanohablantes

[@br1na332]

10 Best Books of 2024 (So Far) Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung (2017) (Anton Hur Translation 2021) Your Utopia by Bora Chung (2021) (Anton Hur Translation 2024) Lost in the Garden by Adam S. Leslie (2024) Not a River by Selva Almada (2020) (Annie McDermott Translation 2024) Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay (2024) A Woman of Pleasure by Kiyoko Murata (2013) (Juliet Winters Carpenter Translation 2024) Private Rites by Julia Armfield (2024) The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre by Cho yeeun (2019) (Yewon Jung Translation 2024) Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2024) Aftershock by Zhang Ling (2010) (Shelly Bryant translation 2024) A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock (2024)

[@thelibrarianofalexandria6200]

Wow. Not only did you Meet an author you interviwed them. Lucky you. Dont think I have read 10 books published this year. I tend to do backlist books,not on purpose it just happens.

[@chloelefeufollet]

I wasn’t sure about lost in the garden because I couldn’t put my finger on what it was about and thanks to you I think I’m finally convinced to read it 🌸 Soooo interested by a botanical daughter as well 🤩 Thank you for this video Amazing as always and Have a nice month of july 🐳🐌🦋

[@Livinglikejulie]

As usual, you have added books to my list 😊

[@camiloflores1592]

I want to read Tchaikovsky but have no idea were to start, any recommendation? (would be a good video too, I think)

[@ReinReads]

You really can’t go wrong. Everything I’ve read by Tchaikovsky has been stellar. If you’d prefer a shorter novel/novella then maybe Elder Race. If you prefer longer books and series than Children of Time trilogy is something special.

[@nathanielkunitsky5530]

Was about to ask this myself!

[@camiloflores1592]

@@nathanielkunitsky5530I finally started with Guns of the Dawn, and it became one of my favourites books. Then I read the Children of trilogy and that was fine, liked it a lot. But mind you, I'm not at all a Sci-Fi lover, and Guns of the Dawn checked all the boxes for me (Pride and Prejudice + Full Metal Alchemist lol)

[@isirlasplace91]

I hate the stringy bits too 😂

[@israaahmed7168]

I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO HATES THE BANANA STRINGS 😭😭😭 THANK GOD I’M NOT ALONE

[@ms_hansel]

Stopped at 1:03 to have a banana with you! 🍌

[@Gen-yh1jz]

All the books sound great, Thanks for the recommendations, but what does the banana mean? Is it code for, these books are Bananas!

[@WillowTalksBooks]

She named herself after the banana tree because it has beautiful flowers :)

[@sailormiu]

dear Willow, i would appreciate if you added a segment in your video of your position about Palestine or reccomended Palestinian authors :]

[@WillowTalksBooks]

I already have :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnLdq6donrOUj5Y

[@sailormiu]

@@WillowTalksBooks that's wonderful!🫂❤️‍🔥 i should have properly gone through your videos!

[@TheKickasskatie]

I really loved the vibes/ atmosphere of lost in the garden. The slow build. It felt like a perpetual summer. The book as a whole was sort of ruined for me though by Heather. I've never read a more annoying character in my life and you have to spend so much time with her

[@merissamakesstuff]

Peel the banana from the bottom. No stringy bits...

[@skisjsnan]

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[@WillowTalksBooks]

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[@skisjsnan]

@@WillowTalksBooks I just want to make people aware

[@パンダの死体]

idk.. from all those Aftershock sounds like the least interesting one

[@WillowTalksBooks]

Okay