Book covers of the Favorite Kid Graphic Novels and Books that I read in 2024: Squire and Knight Wayward Travellers, The Great Turkey Walk, Drawn Onward, The Pale Queen, Rune, Impossible Creatures, Next Stop and Alterations.
Now that it is 2025, I want to share my favorite things that I read in 2024. These are my Favorite Kid Graphic Novels and Books #LibFaves24
Book covers of my Favorite Teen Graphic Novels and Books that I read in 2024: Your Letter, The Deep Dark, Sunhead, Plain Jane Mermaid, Woe, Brownstone, A Cat From Our World and Safe Passage.
Now that it is 2025, I want to share my favorite things that I read in 2024. These are my Favorite Teen Graphic Novels and Books #LibFaves24
Book covers of my Favorite Adult Fiction Books and Graphic Novels that I read in 2024: A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Erased, Trick Pony, The Last Queen, Mr Villain's Day Off, One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot, Hide and When Women Were Dragons.
Now that it is 2025, I want to share my favorite things that I read in 2024. These are my Favorite Adult Fiction Books and Graphic Novels #LibFaves24
Bookcovers of my favorite Adult Nonfiction Books and Graphic Novels that I read in 2024: The Wrong Stuff, Dark Wire, The Art Thief, The Other Significant Others, How to Completely Lose Your Mind, Ducks, Worm, Polar Vortex, The Hammer and A City on Mars.
Now that it is 2025, I want to share my favorite things that I read in 2024. There are my Favorite Adult Nonfiction Books and Graphic Novels #LibFaves24
The #LibFaves24 blog post is up on the EarlyWord website! Catch up on reading the best books of the year with the spreadsheet of recommendations from librarians, book sellers, and book lovers who voted for their favorite books published this year. www.earlyword.com/2024/12/27/l...
A slide labeled “2024 Fiction Honorable Mentions” with the book covers for: The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Naylor, Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness, The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki, The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark, When Among Crows by Veronica Roth, Hampton Heights by Dan Kois.
A slide labeled “2024 Non-Fiction Honorable Mentions” with the book covers for: Ingrained by Callum Robinson, I Heard There Was A Secret Chord by Daniel J. Levitin, A Passionate Mind In Relentless Pursuit by Noliwe Rooks, Bite By Bite by Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Sharks Don’t Sink by Jasmin Graham, Briefly Perfectly Human by Alua Arthur.
As previously stated, narrowing down to my top 10 #LibFaves24 was near impossible—also it’s not like I stopped reading. So, here’s a bunch of other titles I loved this year. Any one of them could have bumped something off my list. #Booksky #Librarysky
Thank YOU for organizing this event! it's so much fun to look back on the year...and grow TBR piles! #libFaves24
Thank you to all who participated in #LibFaves24! We’re about to sign off for the holidays, and will definitely be reading some of the things on this list.
It was so much fun to participate in #Libfaves24! Here is a tally and some statistics of all of the titles mentioned by library workers! I can't wait to do this again next year. I was reminded of some titles I hadn't gotten to yet, and added a few more to my "want to read" list 😁
#10 I recommend the cutest new Christmas picture book I've seen in awhile: A VERY MERRY, MUDDY CHRISTMAS by Melanie LaPlaca #LibFaves24 #kidlit www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
TOXIC TROPICS: A HORROR STORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE by Jessica Oublié, Nicola Gobbi, Kathrine Avraam, Vinciane Lebrun
And a #LibFaves24 special mention, that was in my top 10, but it has been delayed into 2025 and therefore doesn't REALLY count, so...
TOXIC TROPICS: A HORROR STORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE
by Jessica Oublié, Nicola Gobbi, Kathrine Avraam, Vinciane Lebrun
bookshop.org/a/1457/97819...
WIND AND TRUTH: BOOK FIVE OF THE STORMLIGHT ARCHIVE by Brandon Sanderson
#LibFaves24 Day 10:
WIND AND TRUTH: BOOK FIVE OF THE STORMLIGHT ARCHIVE
by Brandon Sanderson
bookshop.org/a/1457/97812...
My #LibFaves24, favorite books published in 2024, are up on my blog at jillsreads.com/2024-favorit...
A HAUNTED GIRL by Ethan Sacks, Naomi Sacks, Marco Lorenzana, Andres Mossa, and Jaime Martinez
#LibFaves24 Day 9:
A HAUNTED GIRL
by Ethan Sacks, Naomi Sacks, Marco Lorenzana, Andres Mossa, and Jaime Martinez
bookshop.org/a/1457/97815...
HERE I AM, I AM ME: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO MENTAL HEALTH by Cara Bean
#LibFaves24 Day 8:
HERE I AM, I AM ME: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO MENTAL HEALTH
by Cara Bean
bookshop.org/a/1457/97815...
The votes have been counted! See anything you want to read? Thanks to all who participated in #LibFaves24, please come back next year.
FEEDING GHOSTS: A GRAPHIC MEMOIR by Tessa Hulls
#LibFaves24 Day 6:
FEEDING GHOSTS: A GRAPHIC MEMOIR
by Tessa Hulls
bookshop.org/a/1457/97803...
YOKOHAMA KAIDASHI KIKOU: DELUXE EDITION(s) by Hitoshi Ashinano
YOKOHAMA KAIDASHI KIKOU: DELUXE EDITION(s) by Hitoshi Ashinano
#LibFaves24 Day 5:
YOKOHAMA KAIDASHI KIKOU: DELUXE EDITION(s)
by Hitoshi Ashinano
For tallying, let's say this is me counting Volume 5 - the final volume. Both volume 4 and 5 came out in 2024 and I devoured the entire series. It is lovely.
bookshop.org/a/1457/97816...
That Librarian by Amanda Jones
#LibFaves24 Day 4:
THAT LIBRARIAN: THE FIGHT AGAINST BOOK BANNING IN AMERICA
by Amanda Jones
bookshop.org/a/1457/97816...
The spreadsheet of all titles mentioned. So many wonderful books! Thanks again everyone! #LibFaves24 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
So many amazing titles! Look at #LibFaves24 to fill your TBR with the favorite books of 2024 as chosen by library folk. I may possibly be caught up by the time we do this again next year! 💙📚👀
LibFaves24 gold tier books: James, The Ministry of Time, Funny Story, Sandwich. Silver tier books: The Message, Margo's Got Money Troubles, The Mighty Red, The Spellshop, The Women
And the moment we've been waiting for *drum roll*... The most popular #LibFaves24 books with 8 votes each were JAMES and THE MINISTRY OF TIME! 🎉 FUNNY STORY and SANDWICH had 7 votes, THE MESSAGE had 6, and with 5 votes each: MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES, THE MIGHTY RED, THE SPELLSHOP, and THE WOMEN
LibFaves24 books: First Lie Wins, The Hunter, The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles, Martyr!, A Sorceress Comes to Call, The Tainted Cup, That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America, The Wedding People, All Fours, All the Colors of the Dark, Bury Your Gays, The God of the Woods, Intermezzo, The Light Eaters, The Mars House, The Pairing, Tell me Everything
I placed the top mentioned #LibFaves24 titles in 3 tiers. Bronze, Silver, Gold if you will. Our 3rd tier Bronze titles were mentioned either 3 or 4 times:
First, some fun #LibFaves24 numbers: We had 464 votes total with 346 unique book titles! Wow!
Thank you for organizing it all! I had a blast and can’t wait to read many of the recommended titles. #LibFaves24
.. (cont.) @danthebookman.bsky.social @bookletting.bsky.social you are all so amazing! Everyone, stay tuned- I’m doing the final number crunches and then I’ll share the top titles! (It’s a really great list!) #LibFaves24
Thanks everyone who participated in #LibFaves24 and EXTRA kudos to my incredible monitors who tallied the votes each day: @madpoptart.bsky.social @hartgami.bsky.social @mrlzbth.bsky.social @jesstlibrarian.bsky.social @jwbookworm.bsky.social @vnesting.bsky.social @pjgard.bsky.social (cont.)
