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Our Favorite Books of 2024: December 17, 2024

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This week, Liberty and Emily discuss their favorite books of 2024, including Come and Get It, Beautyland, Headshot, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar 

Come and Get It by Kiley Reid

Interesting Facts about Space by Emily R. Austin 

Diavola by Jennifer Thorne

Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

Funny Story by Emily Henry

Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel 

I Was A Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

Weirdo by Tony Weaver Jr., with Jes and Cin Wibowo 

Detective Beans: and the Case of the Missing Hat by Li Chen

Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay

Mouth: Stories by Puloma Ghosh

The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim

Women and Children First by Alina Grabowski 

Roland Rogers Isn’t Dead Yet by Samantha Allen

Rainbow Black by Maggie Thrash

Ruin Road by Lamar Giles

What We’re Reading:

Model Home by Rivers Solomon

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman

Another by Paul Tremblay 

More Books Out This Week:

A Cruel Thirst by Angela Montoya

How Could You by Ren Strapp

North Is the Night: The Tuonela Duet by Emily Rath 

I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner

Spell of the Sinister (A Fairy Godmother Novel) by Danielle Paige