I read 110 books in 2024 & these were the best | literary fiction & non fiction

[@disisally]

I love the limited cuts and simple video style, it feels like listening to a podcast 🎧

[@hannahmay11]

Thank you!! 🥰

[@whatsdozdoing]

I’ve been waiting for this to drop tbh. Sensational list as always. I just picked up private rites in the charity shop the other day so I’ll circle back to you with thoughts

[@hannahmay11]

Wow chazza shop deal of the day!

[@luceinthelibrary]

Loved this list! There were several that I had never heard of, so those ended up on my TBR. I always love finding Booktubers that recommend books outside of the usual popular releases. Thanks for the vid

[@hannahmay11]

🤗🤗🤗 thank you for watching

[@jacquelinemcmenamin8204]

Love that green jumper Hannah ❤

[@hannahmay11]

Thank you!! 🌞

[@lotsyyyy]

thanks for your amazing recs :) seeing some of my favs in here makes me trust your taste hehe

[@lotsyyyy]

also cute you have a Nijntje tattoo, greetings from NL!

[@hannahmay11]

I'm so glad!📚📚

[@hannahmay11]

& thank you, I got it the year we moved to Amsterdam to mark living here & also because my mum and I are huge Miffy people 😊👼🏻

[@raptor_pal]

my favorite book of 2024 was bedrock faith by eric charles may. such a vibrant portrayal of a neighborhood and it really sucked me in despite the length. i also loved rattlebone by maxine clair. there was one story in there involving how a family handled the care of a son with down syndrome in 1950's kansas that really moved me

[@ErinLouisee]

I just bought greta and valdin I found it half price in waterstones happy to hear you loved it!! I'm patiently waiting for the paperback of evenings and weekends! body friend sounds good too, sending my love x

[@hannahmay11]

Oh what a win hope it makes you laugh in this grey jan !! Sending love always Erin 🤞🏼🤞🏼🥰

[@Michelelynnreads]

I have Body Friend on my TBR after you reviewed it last year. I am behind the times on Julia Armfield and haven’t read any of her work yet. Currently a few chapters into In Ordinary Time and engrossed in the story and the writing. Great list! Hope you’re getting some good rest! My current fiction read is A Little Luck by Claudia Pineiro. So good! My favorite fiction of 2024 was A House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune and my favorite nonfiction was The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton. Two backlist books that I’m glad I finally read!

[@hannahmay11]

i must get to the new Pineiro this year thank you for reminding me!! glad you are enjoying In Ordinary Time too!!

[@x-F-I-G-S-x]

Private Rites was my book of the year! Adding Gender Theory to be my tbr, thanks for the recs

[@hannahmay11]

A great pick 🤞🏼🤞🏼

[@maoribookworm]

Stunning list as always Hannah! My top 5 fiction are Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange, Intermezzo by Sally Rooney, True Biz by Sara Novic, Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson & Amma by Saraid de Silva. My top 5 non-fic are Strong Female Character by Fern Brady, In Ordinary Time By Carmel McMahon, Arrangements in Blue by Amy Key, The Lasting Harm by Lucia Osborne-Crowley & What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo. Most of my top reads this year are your fav from 2024 & 2025! Thanks for all the fab recs over the years

[@hannahmay11]

We are so aligned 😅🫶🏻 I need to get to wandering stars & new Rooney asap ! I’m sure they will then hit my favs too

[@p_p_p_p_7732]

I thought Liars was great too! I had a lot of issues with Evenings & Weekends, and you know when you're not enjoying a book and a minor thing makes you dislike it even more. I got really annoyed when it said that they hadn't had sex in 12 weeks as the woman was 12 weeks pregnant, that's factually incorrect as the first few weeks of pregnancy are the time inbetween the last period and ovulation etc, so it would have been more like 7/8 weeks. I was in my first trimester when I read it and it irked me haha. Even though I am very pro all the topics discussed in the book (maybe even more so than the author) I thought it wasn't really ever delved into very much and more just mentioned as a tickbox exercise or read as someone who had just learnt about the issues.

[@valerieserrano1245]

Where did you get your sweater?!

[@hannahmay11]

its an old one from Arket - i think they make the shape still but i dont think the colour! x

[@lavenderlady7441]

hello hanna😊

[@hannahmay11]

🤗🤗🤗