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Our Top Books of 2024

Another year full of good reads has come and gone! The following were Killingworth’s 10 most popular fiction and nonfiction picks this year. Interested in any of the titles? Reserve a copy through our online catalog, or give us a call to request a hold!

Fiction

1. The Women, by Kristin Hannah

2. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride

3. Lessons in Chemistry, by Bonnie Garmus

4. Simply Lies, by David Baldacci

5. North Woods, by Daniel Mason

6. Broken Trust, by Mike Lupica

7. Missing Persons, by James Patterson

8. The Berry Pickers, by Amanda Peters

9. Resurrection Walk, by Michael Connelly

10. The Frozen River, by Ariel Lawhon

Nonfiction

1. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War, by Erik Larson

2. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen, by David Brooks

3. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness, by Jonathan Haidt

4. Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor, by Mark Harmon

5. Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics, by H.W. Brands

6. All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me, by Patrick Bringley

7. A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species, Rob R. Dunn

8. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder, by David Grann

9. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year, by Margaret Renkl

10. The Salad Lab: Whisk, Toss, Enjoy!, by Darlene Schrijver

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