Olive’s Top 5 Reads of 2024

I read a number of really good books in 2024. In total, I completed 53 books, I’m still in the middle of one, and I dropped a couple novels partway through because I just wasn’t enjoying fiction. Choosing my top 5 for this year was a challenge, but I have picked 5 and I will list my runners-up at the end because some are definitely worth mentioning.

Listed in order of when I read them, here are my top 5 reads from 2024 with honourable mentions at the end. I have linked the titles to the A...