Best books of 2024 (so far!) || Reviews & Recommendations

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Best books of 2024 (so far!) || Reviews & Recommendations

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BookswithEmilyFox

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@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

What are the best books you’ve read so far in 2024?

@cynthiafialka 4 ай бұрын

My favorites are The Passage (horror/sci fi) and Camelot (historical fiction/fantasy). Can’t wait to read The Will of the Many when I get it from my sister!

@annina7786 4 ай бұрын

Buzz, sting, bite: why we need insects. A non fiction book I picked up on a whim and enjoyed a lot! I learned a lot of fun facts. Highly recommend! I also really enjoyed the city of nightmare duology. I normally don’t read books in a series so quickly after another but these were such addicting reads and got me out of a slump. So I just have to mention them.

@taruolento 4 ай бұрын

I finally read the Themis Files -series and really enjoyed it! I think the first book was my favorite but all three were still totally worth it

@TheGremlinInTheLibrary 4 ай бұрын

One of my top books so far this year is from the same author as Part of Your World. Just for The Summer is her newest book, I preordered it and read it as soon as it arrived. Part of Your World is still my favorite but Just for The Summer is a close second. Abby Jimenez just seems to be really good at writing characters that feel like real people but also people I'd like to be friends with. They have an undercurrent of kindness to them.

@Kronkgirl 4 ай бұрын

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson and My mother the Psychopath

@Nico-lk5hb 4 ай бұрын

3 videos in one week?! 🤯 this is Christmas 🔥🔥🔥 thank u so much

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

I hadn’t had the time to edit all my videos lately and I’m trying to catch up 😂

@renee_3364 4 ай бұрын

10 minutes and 38 seconds was soooo good. It was one of my favourite reads of 2019 and I still think about it randomly from time to time.

@arya0553 4 ай бұрын

Just finished “10 minutes and 38 seconds” yesterday! İ really like Elif Shafak’s work and this was no exception. İ can highly recommend “Honour” to you. İt’s as traumatizing but definitely her best work!

@liligirl96 4 ай бұрын

Love this camera setup!

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

That’s good because the next video is also like this 😂❤️

@ericapoe 4 ай бұрын

I’m proud of you for dipping your toes more into the Romance genre

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

Just a toe though :P

@Daisyyy445 4 ай бұрын

Just borrowed the audiobook of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds! I’m excited to listen to that one after I finish Jade Legacy. Your vlog really got me so interested in it! It sounds sad but with the purpose of making some social commentary and showcasing the importance of friendships. Heavy books work for me because I feel like they depict society more accurately, tbh. I tend to really enjoy books like that. Thank you for all your awesome recommendations Emily! 😊

@vorgebrauchschutteln3859 4 ай бұрын

I also added that book to my tbr. I hope you like it!

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

Yes!! I love darker books for similar reasons. Once in a while a fluffy one is fun but I always go back lol

@emmilouwho1530 3 ай бұрын

Have you read the First Law Trilogy? The audiobooks are the best I've ever heard and I loved the parallels to our world's sad truths. Like violence and abuse are cycles, and the incompetence and self serving nature of those in power

@badfaith4u 4 ай бұрын

I watch your videos for your reviews even though we have different tastes and of course, the cats. 📚🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛📚

@MoreMandyJ 18 күн бұрын

You are one of the best book reviewers on yt so glad I found your channel

@BookswithEmilyFox 18 күн бұрын

Thank you ❤️

@susanalfieri4487 4 ай бұрын

Your reviews are so fun & lively.

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

Thank you

@wordswordswords8203 4 ай бұрын

English is not your first language? Wow, you can't tell. You speak so well. Very interesting books you are recommending. Will have to check some of these out. Thanks!

@amelielovesnoodles 4 ай бұрын

Random comment but that dark green colour looks amazing on you! 🖤

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@lenani9143 4 ай бұрын

Hello, I have some favourites recommendations: - Non-fiction: Humankind. A hopeful history - Historical fiction: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peal Pie Society (LISTEN, I don't usually pick up WWII books either BUT this one was sooo cozy! My favourite read of that year!) - Fantasy: The Neverending Story Why you should read them? Because most of my top 20 reads you also like!

@GlassesBooksCookies 4 ай бұрын

I've read some amazing books so far this year! For non-fiction I would definitely recommend "Invisible Women" by Caroline Criado Perez, (which explores how the modern world - from infrastructure to jobs to housing to medicine - has been designed primarily with men in mind) and " Messalina: A Story of Empire, Slander and Adultery" by Honor Cargill-Martin, (which examines the facts around the Roman empire's most maligned emperial woman) For fiction "Love in the Big City" by Park Sang Young was a re-read and I got even more out of it this second time (and even, by some twist of fate, got to talk to the English translator about it!!!). I also couldn't put down "His Only Wife" by Peace Adzo Medie, I'm not sure I agree with all the blurbs that call it hilarious but it was definitely a compelling read!

@witching.teaching 4 ай бұрын

Hi! I'm so glad I found you here! I used to watch your KZfaq about makeup (would still love to see new videos btw)

@heatherm561 4 ай бұрын

My favorite so far is A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon. I know I am late in the game lol. It's even better than Priory somehow! Right now I am finishing One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (I love magical realism) with I Who Have Never Known Men next up. Woot!

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

I liked the prequel better too!! Definitely let me know how "I Who..." goes!

@Katiedora122 4 ай бұрын

I haven't had a fantastic reading year so far, and most of my top rated books have been nonfiction, but my best books have been Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands, Bookshops & Bonedust, Starter Villain, and Romancing the Duke (which I picked up on a whim because I haven't been in a historical romance mood for a long time and it was a pleasant surprise). My biggest disappointments have been Interesting Facts About Space and The Last Unicorn.

@christinacampbellbooks 4 ай бұрын

I really like Elif Shafak's writing. My favourite book by her is The Island of Missing Trees. It's beautifully written 😀

@Europa1749 4 ай бұрын

I normally can't stomach romance books; however, the Jimenez one sounds like it might be fun and something light to throw in my bag.

@imaginarycosmetics 4 ай бұрын

my favorites so far this year are Kindred and all three books in the Green Bone Saga.

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

Oh you've been through it so far this year lol

@pepperwings 4 ай бұрын

I'm finally reading The Fifth Season, and I'm really enjoying it. I just finished Alex & Me, which I thought wasn't going to be that engaging, but I really liked learning about the scientist's journey with parrots, Alex in particular.

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

The Fifth Season is really something!

@bujobyfilo 4 ай бұрын

I read Part of your world last month and it's also one of my favorites this year! Otherwise I would say the Scythe trilogy, I loved all 3 books!

@adiaz2485 4 ай бұрын

Best novel I’ve read so far has been the stormlight archive, the best comic series has been Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo (I highly recommend this series even if you don’t read comics)

@deirdrebeecher3508 3 ай бұрын

I was wary of The Will of the Many because the blurb was a laundry list of things I dislike. But I gave it a try and really enjoyed it. Felt fresh, well executed and smart. My fave so far is probably The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett 100% my kind of thing.

@Jenbebookish 3 ай бұрын

Is part of your world Little Mermaid themed? And also I have to say, black is your color. You look absolutely gorg 🔥🔥

@rhondasruminationsonreading 4 ай бұрын

My best book so far this year was “What You Are Looking For is in the Library” by Michiko Aoyama. It is such a good, inspiring, cozy book!

@saxybrit 4 ай бұрын

I also thought of MLMs when I read The Will of the Many - it’s totally that! Didn’t help that I’d recently read Hey, Hun, a non-fiction with the author talking about her experience in MLMs 😂

@AndreaMGC 4 ай бұрын

I'm currently reading the Will of the Many right now!!! It's SOOO good!

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

Yay!!!

@SuperBondfan007 4 ай бұрын

I just finished The Will of the Many yesterday, and really enjoyed it. I also gave it 5 stars, despite some minor quibbles like the book never explained exactly why Vis's family was killed, and what lead up to it, and the ending was just a little screwy and confusing. But I guess we'll get more explanations in later books.

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

That's why I've been saying its a tentative 5 for me haha Lots of positives but a few bits that... I can look past if the second book is good!

@novelideea 4 ай бұрын

Best books so far: Augustus by John Williams The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith Bicentennial Man by Isaac Asimov I, Claudius by Robert Graves Neighbor Rosicky by Willa Cather & I love Goblin Emperor and can't stand the companion novels!

@FirstPrince1992 4 ай бұрын

My favorite fiction book so far this year has been The Physician's Daughter by Martha Conway. My favorite nonfiction so far was Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident by Donnie Eichar.

@Booksformonika 4 ай бұрын

I just read Just for the summer and now need to read part of your world 😊

@caitlinl2750 4 ай бұрын

Loved these both! Also recommend yours truly!

@nakedgijoestudios5901 4 ай бұрын

For fiction book by far Nicola Vath: The Rule of Three. I can't wait for the 2nd book in the trilogy.

@sakurahan91 4 ай бұрын

So fsr my favourites have been Barbarian Lover by Ruby Dixon and A Court Of Silver Flames by Sarah J Maas! .

@reynardthefox9072 4 ай бұрын

we have such similar tastes. we love and hate the exact same books, it's insane. btw, I read "Blood over bright haven" in a SINGLE day. It's a record for me and I loved it.

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

In a day!! I’m glad you loved it too!!

@zachreads 4 ай бұрын

Check out "No Gods No Monsters" by Cadwell Turnbull its like if S.A. Cosby wrote an Octavia E Butler book. The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec was a great norse myth retelling from Loki's wife's perspective. And it made me cry. Just finished Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes, 4☆ I liked it about as much as Dead Silence.

@becklebooks 4 ай бұрын

A reading AND an enjoyment slump maybe? You're still reading heaps! :) The best books that I've read this year have been re-reads, so... that's how my 2024 is going.

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

So many of us are struggling XD

@sandraareads 4 ай бұрын

I have a difficult time with romance too! I want to enjoy them but I noticed I get the ick with the dialog and certain tropes 😅

@annielapointe1050 4 ай бұрын

Hello! Just curious...how many hours a week/day you read.?

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

It really depends! I try to go to bed an hour early to read and I listen to audiobooks while doing chores/getting ready.

@msellenandrea 4 ай бұрын

I have had few 5 stars so far this year too, and I'm normally quite generous! A recent 5 star was The Bodyguard by Katherine Center, a very sweet romance.

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

Fine you win, I’ll add it to my library waiting list 🙄 I need some romance books for this summer 😂

@msellenandrea 4 ай бұрын

@@BookswithEmilyFox hahaha 😂 I giggled and cried

@camiloflores1592 4 ай бұрын

I'm on the same train as you but with Blood Over Bright Haven; first book I read this year (per your recommendation) and it's still the best one

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

It’s so bitter sweet because what will top this??

@laurenschenck5355 4 ай бұрын

Great reviews Emily thanks for the recommendations 📙🩷📚📚🩷📙🩷🩵📖📖💙💙💖💖❣️🌸🌞🪷💚💓💜💜💛💛🌹🌹💘💕🌈🌈🫶🏻💘🌻🌼🌸💛💖❣️🩷📚📚🩵📙🧡🧡📙🩵📚📖💖💖💜💜❣️❣️💚💛💛💛💚💙💙🌞🌞

@khadijafatine5856 4 ай бұрын

Where's The Three Body Problem ?

@zachreads 4 ай бұрын

Happy Birthday! (late oops)

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!! I usually upload on my birthday but didn’t have time this year 😂 I appreciate it!

@booklover6963 4 ай бұрын

I am reading Ready or Not by Cara Bastone. Cozy romance you might like.

@BookofAD 3 ай бұрын

Can you please review the book ‘ the recipe to heal anxiety’ ?

@lakhesis08 4 ай бұрын

Part of Your World was THE book that made me delve into the romance genre! The main characters were mature so it isn't too cringey. I hope you like the 2nd book! The male lead is such a green flag and a "must protecc" person 💖

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

I was so happy that for once I liked the male character more than the female one! Looking forward to feeling like that again with book 2!

@barbaramoignard6082 4 ай бұрын

The Mars House by Natasha Pulley. You will love it.

@bobbyshields4810 4 ай бұрын

I read Other Birds and enjoyed.

@user-rx1rc6zp1h 4 ай бұрын

My best books so far this year are Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad, and Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan. Both quite heavy and violent, but important. Don't read them back to back!

@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm 4 ай бұрын

I need to get a copy of The Will of the many!!!

@leticiatoraci9855 4 ай бұрын

Of these I want to read "The Will of the Many".

@mentinfusion 4 ай бұрын

Emily, please let me know what lipstick you are wearing! 🤗 My favorite book that I have read this year is To the bright edge of the world by Eowyn Ivey, it is historical fiction so I don’t think you will enjoy it, but maybe give it a try?

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

It’s a makeup forever lip liner in Wherever Walnut with a clear gloss on top!

@mentinfusion 4 ай бұрын

@@BookswithEmilyFox Thank you!

@madisonyoung6720 4 ай бұрын

Part of Your World sounds like Hart of Dixie TV Show (maybe a little more mature than the TV show?). Can anyone confirm or deny this?!

@giulianavieiragoncalves1999 4 ай бұрын

Have you read The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan? It's amazing, I think you would really like it!

@Booksformonika 4 ай бұрын

Best book I read this year Canadian boyfriend 😊

@bookland_by_alice8379 4 ай бұрын

Oh what is your first language then? Cuz I've always thought that you're an native eng speaker

@BookswithEmilyFox 4 ай бұрын

French!

@bookland_by_alice8379 4 ай бұрын

@@BookswithEmilyFox merci beaucoup pour votre réponse :) (I had to write that just to feel the satisfaction of the fact that after 2 years of learning french I actually can say sth lmao)