I read 49 novels in 2024, here were my favorites (I'm both reading very recent fiction, but also making my way through 'the best novels' ever written), in no order:
1. The Saint of Bright Doors. By Vajra Chandrasekera.
2. Dead in Long Beach, California. By Venita Blackburn.
3. The Known World. By Edward P. Jones.
4. Never Let Me Go. By Kazuo Ishiguro.
5. The Scarlet Letter. By Nathaniel Hawthorne.
6 . Blackouts. By Justin Torres.
links to my (non-spoiler) descriptions in the replies.
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reviews of favorite 2024 reads:
The Saint of Bright Doors.
https://mastodon.world/@kenthompson/113215893325358096
Dead in Long Beach, California.
https://mastodon.world/@kenthompson/113646694207138861
The Known World.
https://mastodon.world/@kenthompson/112997498813815242
Never Let Me Go.
https://mastodon.world/@kenthompson/112265018311833934
The Scarlet Letter.
https://mastodon.world/@kenthompson/112027839055989518
Blackouts.
https://mastodon.world/@kenthompson/111954353407383276
BONUS:
Spadework for a Palace, by Laszlo Krasznahorkai, trans John Batki.
https://mastodon.world/@kenthompson/111744402204801025
Attached: 1 image The Saint of Bright Doors, by Vajra Chandrasekera. You are a young man, trained by your mother to assassinate your absent father who is the living prophet of a major religion and the second strongest magician on the continent (after yourself), but, understandably, you’d rather chart your own less murdery path in life, which proves challenging. 5 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🐈 🐈. @[email protected] #bookstodon #books #reading #fantasy #magic #lgbtq
Ken Thompson