Read With Me - 2024

by Endora Weatherwax August 12, 2024

Welcome to my 2024 booklist, where you'll find a little bit of everything—from page-turning novels and thought-provoking non-fiction to manga that’ll keep you up all night and cook books you’ll want to devour cover to cover. Whether you’re looking to learn something new, escape into another world, or just find your next favorite read, this list has got you covered.

And hey, I’d love to hear from you! Drop me a message on IG @Element_of_Ah with your favorite books, manga, or magazines—I’m always on the lookout for new recommendations. Let’s keep the bookish love going in 2024!

Before you rush off to add more books to your cart (and trust me, I get the urge), let me share a little secret: you don’t need to spend a dime to dive into an amazing reading adventure. I didn’t go out and buy a bunch of new books—though, let’s be honest, that’s always tempting. Instead, I've been hitting my local library hard and exploring my bookshelf, rediscovering some hidden gems I’d meant to read for ages.

Some of these books seriously blew me away. Look for the starred items—they’re the ones that really left an impact. Ready to get inspired?

Career & Finance

Kari Chapin – Grow Your Handmade Business
Jessie DaSilva – ⭐ The Witch's Way to Wealth
Michael Dobson – Creative Project Management
Renee Evenson – Powerful Phrases for Dealing With Difficult People
Michael Gerber - The E-Myth Revisited
Robert Greene – ⭐ The Laws of Human Nature, Mastery, The 48 Laws of Power
Amy Jones – Novel & Short Story Writer's Market
Jennifer Merritt – The Wall Street Guide to Building Your Career
Shaun Richman – Tell the Bosses We're Coming
Frank Sesno - Ask More
Vivian Tu – Rich AF
Marcia Layton Turner – The Complete Idiot's Guide to Selling Your Crafts on Etsy
Alan Weiss – ⭐ Million Dollar Consulting, Million Dollar Proposals
William Zinsser - On Writing Well

Cooking

America's Test Kitchen – The Complete Autumn and Winter Cookbook
Molly Gilbert – Sheet Pan Suppers
Jacques Pépin – Quick & Simple

Crafting

Creative Publishing International – First Time Sewing
Dandy Donovan – Thrift Shopping
Lia Griffith – Cutting Machine Crafts with Your Cricut, Sizzix, or Silhouette
Arnold Grummer – Trash to Treasure Papermaking
Petra Hoeksema – A Year of Creativity
Julie Jackson – Super Subversive Cross Stitch
Christi Johnson – ⭐ Mystical Stitches
Kim-Joy – Christmas with Kim-Joy
Arounna Khounnoraj – Visible Mending
Minki Kim – Zakka from the Heart
Alex Kuskowski – Cool Knitting for Kids
Claire Leslie – Keeping a Nature Journal
LK Ludwig – True Vision
Denise Peck – 101 Wire Earrings
Haley Pierson-Cox – Feminist Stitches
Lynn Stein – Shedding the Shackles
Martha Stewart – Martha Stewart's Encyclopedia of Crafts
Jennifer Traig – Crafty Girl
Louise Walker – Faux Taxidermy Knits

Drawing & Painting

Emma Block – The Joy of Watercolor
Peggy Dean – Botanical Line Drawing
Christopher Hart – Manga for the Beginner: Shoujo
Kamo – ⭐ How to Draw Anything Anytime
Tadashi Koda – How to Draw Manga!
Flora Waycott – Draw Every Little Thing

Philosophy & Personal Development

Carla Bergman & Nick Montgomery – Joyful Militancy
Dr. Neeta Bhushan – That Sucked. Now What?
Elliott E. Connie – The Solution Focused Brief Therapy Diamond
Scott Cunningham – Cunningham's Book of Shadows
Andrea Debbnick – Think for Yourself
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer – Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life
Renee Evenson – Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Difficult People
Perdita Finn – Take Back the Magic
Shakti Gawain - Creative Visualization
Gina Gomez – The Enneagram & You
Seth Godin - Lynchpin
Gail Godwin - Getting to Know Death
Anastasia Greywolf – Witchcraft
Shawn Robbins & Leanna Greenaway – The Witch's Way
Gay Hendricks – ⭐ The Big Leap, The Genius Zone
Robin Wall Kimmerer – Braiding Sweetgrass
Harold Kushner – Conquering Fear
Davina Mackail – Feng Shui Made Easy
Llewellyn & Susan Pesznecker – Samhain, Mabon, Yule
Frank Sesno – Ask More
Merlin Sheldrake – Entangled Life
Lao Tse – Tao Te Ching
Eric Weiner – ⭐ The Socrates Express
Xenophon – The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates

Fiction

Morgan Llewellyn – ⭐ 1916
Megan Abbott – Dare Me
Ann Aguirre - The Only Purple House in Town
Linda Aicher - After Hours
G.A. Aiken - The Princess Knight
R.G. Angel - Her Ruthless Warrior
Maya Angelou – I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Kelley Armstrong – ⭐ A Rip in Time, The Poisoner's Ring, A Twist of Fate, A Turn of the Tide, A Castle in the Air, Bitten
Lauren Asher - Throttled, The Fine Print
Victoria Aveyard - Red Queen
Maya Banks - Sweet Surrender
Leigh Bardugo – ⭐ The Familiar, Crooked Kingdom, Siege and Storm, Six of Crows
Lauren Beukes – The Shining Girls
Libba Bray – A Great and Terrible Beauty
Lauren Burniac – Fierce Reads
Dakota Cassidy – The Accidental Werewolf, Forbidden Alpha
Anna Carven - Dark Planet Warriors, Dark Planet Falling
Caroline Cauchi - Queen of the Mist
Kate Chopin – The Awakening
Jay Crownover – Rule, Jet, Nash, Rowdy, The Silence of Monsters, Better When He's Bad, Better When He's Bold, Honor, Dignity,
MaryJanice Davidson – Hello, Gorgeous, Derik's Bane, Undead and Unemployed
Ruby Dixon - Barbarian's Taming
Azalea Ellis – ⭐ A Conjuring of Ravens, A Binding of Blood,
Ana Huang - Twisted Love, Twisted Games, Twisted Hate
Lauren Kate - Teardrop, Waterfall, Last Day of Love
Sophie Keetch – Morgan Is My Name
Elle Kennedy - The Dixon Rule
Stephen King – Fairy Tale
Sam Esmail & Courtney Looney – Mr. Robot
Janet Evanovich – The Shell Game, Pros and Cons, The Heist, The Chase, The Job, The Scam, The Pursuit, The Bounty, Going Rogue, The Recovery Agent, Troublemaker
Laurie Forest – The Black Witch Chronicles V.1
J.T Geissinger - Ruthless Creatures
Deborah Harkness – Shadow of Night, The Book of Life, Time's Convert
Ali Hazelwood – Check & Mate, Love, Theoretically
Mick Herron – Slow Horses, Dead Lions, The List, Standing by the Wall, Real Tigers, Spook Street, London Rules, Joe Country, Slough House, Bad Actors, The Catch, The Secret Hours, Dolphin Junction, This is What Happened
Shelly Laurenston - Better When He's Bad
Geneva Lee - Three Queens
Lora Leigh - Ultimate Sins
Elle Lincoln - Surrender, Submission
Sarah Maas - A Court of Thorns and Roses, A Court of Mist and Fury, Throne of Glass
Melissa Marr - Wicked Lovely
Catherine McKenzie - Six Weeks to Live
Sarah Penner - The London Seance Society
Sarah Piper - Shadow Kissed
Tegan and Sara Quin - Tegan & Sara
Madeleine Roux - The Book of Living Secrets
Rebecca Royce - A Ship Called Malice
Elizabeth SaFleur - It Was All The Pie's Fault, Finally Yours, For You Anything
Lyla Sage - Done and Dusted
Lynsay Sands - Single, White Vampire, Twice Bitten
V.E. Schwab - A Darker Shade of Magic, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Rebecca Serle - Expiration Dates
Lucy Smoke - Burn With Me, Expressionate
Stacia Stark - A Court This Cruel and Lovely
Maggie Steifvater - Raven Boys
Eden Summers - Playing Pretend
Lexi Timms - Love Notes, Fine Print, Over Time
Anna Todd - After
Albany Walker - The Infinity Chronicles
Charissa Weaks - City of Ruin, The Witch Collector
Isla Winter - With This Witch
Tracy Wolff - Charm, Starbringer
Rebecca Yarros - Iron Flame, Iron Flame Part 2, Great and Precious Things
Lidia Yuknavich - Thrust

Kids & Teens

Katie Alender – Bad Girls Don't Die
Leigh Bardugo – Demon in the Wood, Shadow and Bone
BeKa – The Love Report Volume 1 & 2
Victoria Bond & T.R. Simon – Zora and Me
Soman Chainani – The School for Good and Evil
Brittney Cooper, Chanel Tanner, Susana Morris – Feminist AF
Miranda Kenneally – ⭐ Stealing Parker
Laurie Marks – Fire Logic
C.K. Kelly Martin – My Beating Teenage Heart
Daven McQueen – The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones
Francine Pascal – Double Love
Gretchen Woelfle – Mumbet's Declaration of Independence