My 2023 reading included over 100 books, encompassing short stories, novellas, and anthologies across audio, digital, and physical media. Due to the mental pressure of organizing and campaigning for mutual aid, I didn’t read as much in 2024. This was something I had prepared myself for, as my organizing efforts had started in 2023, making me well aware of how much time I had to spend on reading. Despite that, I still managed to read 55 books in 2024! Here you’ll find a collection of my top reads in 2024.


TOP YOUNG ADULT READS

ACROSS MULTIPLE GENRES

Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury

#1

Title: Delicious Monsters
Author: Liselle Sambury
Genre: Horror

Past and present timelines bring the stories and lives of two young Black women together in a haunted house story with a lot of heart.


TOP HORROR READS

YOUNG ADULT AND ADULT

#1

Title: Grey Dog
Author: Elliot Gish
Genre: Horror

A school teacher begins a steady decent into madness when an entity seems to follow her.


TOP FICTION READS

OVERALL

Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury

#1

Title: Delicious Monsters
Author: Liselle Sambury
Genre: Horror

Past and present timelines bring the stories and lives of two young Black women together in a haunted house story with a lot of heart.

#6

Title: Good Mourning, Darling
Author: Azalea Browley
Genre: Cozy horror, romance

A human and a monster meet at a funeral home, fall in love, and uncover a dangerous plot…

Good Mourning, Darling by Azalea Crowley

TOP NONFICTION READS

#1

Title: Calling In
Author: Loretta J Ross
Subject: Feminism, race, sociology

Calling In presents a practical method for navigating conflict and maintaining relationships we’re inclined to leave behind.

#6

Title: Cultish
Author: Amanda Montell
Subject: Feminism, sociology

Montell reveals how certain language creates “cultish” communities from Heaven’s Gate to modern start-ups.


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