Best Books of 2024! 📚

[@jenvcampbell]

Have you read any of these? Would you like to? What were your favourite books of 2024? x

[@wantonruminating4171]

Hullo Jen! Happy new year! I am planning on reading Butter soon and will probably recommend Pet to my book club. I really can't remember the last book that I absolutely loved last year. But we started January with 8 Lives of a Century Old Trickster and absolutely loved it!

[@jotyler8196]

I have read Enter Ghost, The Pachinko Parlour and Pet. However, my book of 2024 was Soldier Sailor. I’m a mother and a former antenatal teacher and nothing has encapsulated how complex motherhood is (for me anyway) as Soldier Sailor. I would also suggest reading Matrescence (sp?!) which gave me a similar feeling albeit NF.

[@jenvcampbell]

@ I've read Matrescence. And probably would have enjoyed Soldier Sailor more had I not read so close to giving birth.

[@matthewjohnson1035]

The Most by Jessica Anthony :)

[@cazishere11]

I also had a baby this year and please keep your picture book recommendations coming, your suggestions have been a real hit. She loves Dim Sum Palace especially.

[@gamewrit0058]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="780">13:00</a> Ooh, that really is a good first line! I've also got at least 3 or 4 of those picture books on my TBR already, thanks to you, and this is a good reminder to see if my library has them. 💕

[@Anonymous-x1j2f]

Thank you Jen, I wish you a happy 2025 reading year (an not only reading, actually...) ❤

[@macs3304]

The Fortnight in September was absolutely wonderful. One of my favourite books of all time

[@benreadsgood]

My main takeaway from this is… I need to read The Hopkins Manuscript! But loved the whole video as usual. The way you describe some of these books is magic. You definitely opened my eyes to stuff I didn’t notice in The Pachinko Parlour (which I enjoyed nonetheless!)

[@benreadsgood]

Having just gone to my notes to add The Hopkins Manuscript… I see you already recommended it to me earlier in the year. But always good to be reminded 😅

[@Hannnahldrew]

My favorites this year were Dayspring by Anthony Oliveira & Cain by José Saramago!

[@eviebeatricee]

My granddaughter loves the Mouse Wood and Mouse River books, she will be so excited to know there is a third book coming out📚

[@EllenFelicity]

I loved Pet, Stoneyard Devotional and River East River West too ❤ definitely want to read another Charlotte Wood novel soon. River east ... Is one of those I liked at the time i read it, but i did not anticipate how often i would think about it later

[@ninanavina10]

Hey Jen! I became a mom to my son a few weeks ago. I watch your videos when I do the late night and early morning feeds as I find so much comfort in them. I wanted to know if you have any good book recommendations centred around motherhood and post partum. I’m reading Soldier Sailor at the moment and though it’s so brutally honest, it’s been so cathartic to read.

[@jenvcampbell]

Matrescence by Lucy Jones and The Unfamiliar by Kirsty Logan - both great on audio! And congratulations ❤xx

[@ninanavina10]

@@jenvcampbellThank you so much! 😊

[@nolawernicke9078]

Thanks for the suggestions Jen, River East, River West sounds good (they all do) 😊

[@jenvcampbell]

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[@fillefilante]

Love A Fortnight in September so much! I think my favorite book of the year might be Sipsworth by Simon Van Buoy. It sounds very twee but really isn't in my opinion. Another cozy slice of life book about an elderly woman who saves a mouse OR does the mouse save her?? 😂 Describing it is very difficult and makes it sound like a Disney movie but it's not! I think you would enjoy it. Love the video as always!

[@fillefilante]

Whoops it's Simon Van Booy*

[@Emmareads15]

River East, River West and Enter Ghost were both in my books of the year as well, I thought both stood out from the Women's Prize list. I was really glad to find them both,

[@mariluzgil-cervantes1030]

Hi Jen!! I think my top 3 books I read last year were Prophet Song by Paul Lynch, Oryx and Crake by Atwood and also Enter Ghost! I really want to get my hands on Pet, it sounds so intriguing! Thank you as always!

[@vicenterosa25]

since I loved boy parts, the centre and day of the triffids because of your recommendations, I've added all of your faves to my TBR 😅 as for my favorites of last year: I adored Braiding Sweetgrass, one of my new favorite books of all time. moon of the crusted snow is also amazing! and some brazilian literature that hasn't been translated, unfortunately. looking forward to your next videos ❤

[@jenvcampbell]

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[@sheltercoordinator8387]

I'm currently reading Stone Yard Devotional and really loving it! Butter, Pet, and RC Sheriff are on my TBR. The Coast Road, The Safe Keep, Notes on a Silencing, All Fours, Clear, Nuclear War, and The Road to Dalton were some of my favorite reads in 2024.

[@jenvcampbell]

Glad that All Fours is one of your favourites! I plan to read that one soon. x

[@jacquelineturner7206]

Pet was on my list. Some of the others: Fayne; James; Mr. Loverman; silence of the Choir; Mina’s Matchbox; Ordinary Human Feelings. Fortnight in September is one of my favorites. Thanks for the suggestions.

[@jenvcampbell]

Ah! Glad to hear you enjoyed Mina's Matchbox so much. It's on my TBR x

[@pippajennings5856]

Thanks Jen, always look forward to your videos. I'm going to buy the R C Sheriff books I think, they sound great

[@BárbaraBianchiRolim]

every year waiting for this video to come up ❤ thank you jen xx

[@karenmoore4430]

Hi Jen my favourite read was There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak. I was given a Persephone Introduction box for Christmas which includes The Fortnight in September. Cannot wait to get to that one. Just finished The Safe Keep. Great twist.

[@jenvcampbell]

I enjoyed The Safe Keep, too ☺️ I hope you love The Fortnight in September. x

[@carollynch1277]

There are not enough good book reviewers that bring good children’s books. Thank you !

[@dorotheafinan2419]

Adored Enter Ghost. Also Happiness by Aminatta Forma. Couldn’t take the small rodents in Stoneyard Devotional but highly recommend Woods earlier novel The Weekend. Also hugely enjoyed The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller. Now loving Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevins even though I am old and the young characters are gamers. Thanks for all the lovely reviews and suggestions.

[@CionMohler]

Read The Hopkins Manuscript on your recommendation and lived it. Will read the September book soon. Favorite book of the year was Leonard and Hungry Paul because I love off beat characters, especially those who the defy the current day, or whatever this is. Read Sweet Bean Paste and the Harold Fry book much enjoyed. Also reading Richard Osman’s series.

[@sybilvane74]

Hi Jen, just before I started watching your video, I picked "Stone Yard Devotional" from my TBR stack. What a coincidence! Thank you for the great recommendations as always. The best book I read in 2024 was "Piranesi", loved it!

[@jenvcampbell]

It's a good'un! x

[@dodopapapa4557]

Thank you! My favorites read in 2024: Frayn “Towards the End of Morning”; Fremlin “The Long Shadow”; Thomas “God Bless You Otis Spunkmeyer”; & Taylor “Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont”; plus various Muriel Spark and “Bomber” and Sheila Heti. Reading “Fortnight…’ now!

[@CandySoulAndSoil]

Ooo I’ve added a few to my want to read list ❤

[@marieke_lk]

My favorite book was the Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden, which I find to be the best book by a Dutch author I've read for a long time!

[@jenvcampbell]

Definitely a great book!

[@Panagiotireads]

Thanks for sharing! Definitely adding all of these to my list. I just finished reading this phenomenal collection of fairy tales entitled ‘Sillies, Fancies and Trifles’ - it was just brilliant and perfect for the season. I think you would really love it. Keep up the great vids :)

[@bookishfairygodmother]

I am having bariatric surgery on Friday and strangely the book I want to read for that time is Butter! Ha ha! Can you tell the 2 week pre op liquid diet is getting to me? Ha!

[@ghanshyamsingh3653]

YAAYYY🎉🎉🎉 "Christmas is saved!"🥳😁🤗💙💙

[@kayleighjustreading4815]

Thanks for the recommendations, have Butter and trying to get into it, and will definitely pick up the fortnight in September! Wonder if you have any comforting audio recommendations for late pregnancy into early post partum when concentration is a challenge? Most of my usual tbr feels too much 🌵

[@jenvcampbell]

I really loved listening to thrillers - Frieda Klein series by Nicci French being my main recommendation. It does have a child abduction in the first one, though, thought it best to mention that! Other ones which are slightly easier reads and great on audio: Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo, The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow and All The Little Bird Hearts by Viktoria Lloyd Barlow x

[@jenvcampbell]

Ps Wishing you all the best!

[@NeetuSingh-eo4iu]

Absolutely amazing recommendations, added quite a few books to my TBR. Last year I absolutely loved The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl.

[@rudy679]

Are you saying 'menusha'?(a small or trivial details: from Late Latin mintiae, petty details, from Latin mintia, smallness, from mintus, small) That's a new word for me. Out of all the books you mentioned I only read 'Pet' but DNF'd it. My favourite reads of 2024 were 'My Year of Rest and Relaxation' by Ottessa Moshfegh, 'The Trees' by Percival Everett and 'In Memoriam' by Alice Winn.

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