Library staff (mostly) love to read! Here are the best books of 2024 (in our opinions). Some of us couldn't choose just one!
Happy New Year- here's to another year of reading!
Kristen and Jolee, and Tammy and Sarah from Marshall County Public Library are hosting a best of the year discussion here at the library january 11th if you would like to join! They will be talking about trends in literature and publishing and discussing favorites and least favorites.
MCLIB Staff Picks from 2024:
Nonfiction
The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us by Rachelle Bergstein -Gina
All In Her Head by Elizabeth Comen MD -Sandy
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty -Ashley
Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey -Gina
The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson -Brian
What a Fool Believes : A Memoir by Michael McDonald -Bobbie
Where the Deer and The Antelope Play by Nick Offerman -Justin B
The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger -Devin
Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life by Arnold Schwarzenegger -Justin B
What I Ate in One Year (eBook) by Stanley Tucci -Bobbie
Fiction
The Book Censor's Library by Bothayna Al-Essa -Clare
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennet -Emma
Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum -Sandy
The Ministry of Time (audiobook) by Kaliane Bradley, George Weightman (Narrator), Katie Leung (Narrator) -Lea
The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier -Erin
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier -Ashley
Death Behind Every Door by Heather Graham -Patti
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer -Kristen
The Women by Kristin Hannah -Patti, Amanda
The Women (audiobook) by Kristin Hannah, Julia Whelan (Narrator) -Erin
The Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins -Amanda
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover -Allison, Patti
The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison -Clare
Scissors, Paper, Rock by Fenton Johnson -Ashley
You Like it Darker: Stories by Stephen King -Lea
Just Once by Karen Kingsbury -Sarah
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon -Gina, Pam, Erin
The Last Exchange by Charles Martin -Sarah
The Housemaid and The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden -Allison
God of the Woods by Liz Moore -Dana
Fever House by Keith Rosson -Shaun
Middle of the Night by Riley Sager -Dana
The Truth about the Devlins by Lisa Scotline -Patti
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout -Pam
I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue -Pam
Heir by Sabaa Tahir -Emma
Jackie by Dawn Tripp -Gina
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams -Kristen
