For this year’s Top Fiction books, I introduced a few rules to attempt to help me narrow down from the 100+ fiction books I read this year to a list of just 24. Namely, sequels or other books later in a series were out. Also, one book per author. And, since it *did* come up… one book per release day. Just as a National Champion in a sport should at minimum be its League/ Conference champion as well, so too should a “best book of the year” be the best book that released on its release day. Oh, and the book had to be both released and 2024 and I had to read it in 2024.
Even with these rules in place, I still had over 60 candidate books, and y’all, the decisions to arrive at just these 24 were *tough*. In all honesty, that entire 60+ book “short list” probably deserved to be listed here. But that would be *too* much, and I really wanted to get this list to a “manageable” 24. So I made the tough calls, and the following books are the ones that made the cut this time. 🙂
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