Read With Me - 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:

Grow Your Handmade Business - Kari Chapin

⭐ The Witch's Way to Wealth - Jessie DaSilva

Creative Project Management - Michael Dobson

⭐ The Laws of Human Nature, Mastery, The 48 Laws of Power - Robert Greene

Novel & Short Story Writer's Market - Amy Jones

The Wall Street Guide to Building Your Career - Jennifer Merritt

Tell the Bosses We're Coming - Shaun Richman

Rich AF - Vivian Tu

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Selling Your Crafts on Etsy - Marcia Layton Turner

⭐ Million Dollar Consulting, Million Dollar Proposals - Alan Weiss

Cooking:

The Complete Autumn and Winter Cookbook - America's Test Kitchen

Sheet Pan Suppers - Molly Gilbert

Quick & Simple - Jacques Pepin

Crafting:

First Time Sewing - Creative Publishing International

Thrift Shopping - Dandy Donovan

Cutting Machine Crafts with Your Cricut, Sizzix, or Silhouette - Lia Griffith

Trash To Treasure Papermaking - Arnold Grummer

A Year of Creativity - Petra Hoeksema

Super Subversive Cross Stich - Julie Jackson

Mystical Stitches - Christi Johnson

Christmas with Kim-Joy -  Kim-Joy

Visible Mending - Arounna Khounnoraj

Zakka from the Heart - Minki Kim

Cool Knitting for Kids - Alex Kuskowski

Keeping a Nature Journal - Claire Leslie

True Vision - LK Ludwig

101 Wire Earrings - Denise Peck

Feminist Stiches - Haley Pierson-Cox

Shedding the Shackles - Lynn Stein

Martha Stewart's Encyclopedia of Crafts - Martha Stewart

Crafty Girl - Jennifer Traig

Faux Taxidermy Knits - Louise Walker

 

Drawing and Painting:

The Joy of Watercolor - Emma Block

Botanical Line Drawing - Peggy Dean

Manga For The Beginner: Shoujo - Christopher Hart

⭐ How to Draw Anything Anytime - Kamo

How to Draw Manga! - Tadashi Koda

Draw Every Little Thing - Flora Waycott

 

Philosophy:

Joyful Militancy - Carla Bergman, Nick Montgomery

That Sucked. Now What? - Dr. Neeta Bhushan

The Solution Focused Brief Therapy Diamond - Elliott E. Connie

Cunningham's Book of Shadows - Scott Cunningham

Think for Yourself - Andrea Debbnick

Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life - Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Difficult People - Renee Evenson

Take Back the Magic - Perdita Finn

The Enneagram & You - Gina Gomez

Witchcraft - Anastasia Greywolf

The Witch's Way - Shawn Robbins, Leanna Greenaway

⭐ The Big Leap, The Genius Zone - Gay Hendricks

Braiding Sweetgrass - Robin Wall Kimmerer

Conquering Fear - Harold Kushner

Feng Shui Made Easy - Davina Mackail

Samhain, Mabon, Yule - Llewellyn, Susan Pesznecker

Ask More - Frank Sesno

Entangled Life  - Merlin Sheldrake

Tao Te Ching - Lao Tse

⭐ The Socrates Express - Eric Weiner

The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates - Xenophon

Fiction:

Dare Me - Megan Abbott

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou

⭐ A Rip in Time, The Poisoner's Ring, A Twist of Fate, A Turn of the Tide, A Castle in the Air, Bitten - Kelley Armstrong

The Familiar - Leigh Bardugo

The Shining Girls - Lauren Beukes

Fierce Reads - Lauren Burniac

The Awakening - Kate Chopin

Rule, Jet, Nash, Rowdy, The Silence of Monsters - Jay Crownover

Hello, Gorgeous, Derik's Bane, Undead and Unemployed - MaryJanice Davidson

⭐ A Conjuring of Ravens +4 - Azalea Ellis

Morgan Is My Name - Sophie Keetch

Fairy Tale - Stephen King

Mr. Robot - Sam Esmail, Courtney Looney

The Shell Game, Pros and Cons, The Heist, The Chase, The Job, The Scam, The Pursuit, The Bounty, Going Rogue, The Recovery Agent, Troublemaker - Janet Evanovich

The Black Witch Chronicles V.1- Laurie Forest

Shadow of Night, The Book of Life, Time's Convert - Deborah Harkness

Check & Mate, Love, Theoretically - Ali Hazelwood

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 - Mick Herron

Squirm - Carl Hiaasen

The Five-Star Weekend - Elin Hilderbrand

The Fortune Seller - Rachel Kapelke-Dale

The Secret of the Old Clock, The Hidden Staircase - Carolyn Keene

The Dixon Rule - Elle Kennedy

The True Love Experiment - Christina Lauren

When He Was Bad, The Unyielding - Shelley Laurenston

The Mystery at Dark Cedars - Edith Lavell

Throne of Glass - Sarah Maas

The Happiness Plan - Susan Mallery

Six Weeks to Live - Catherine McKenzie

The London Seance Society - Sarah Penner

The Complete Elfquest, Volume 1 - Richard Pini, Wendy Pini

After the End, Until the Beginning - Amy Plum

Blood Countess, Poison Priestess, Wicked Like Wildfire - Lana Popovic

Story of O - Pauline Reage

⭐ Hunt on Dark Waters, Blood On The Tide - Katee Robert

Neon Gods - Katee Robert

Dark One Book 1 - Brandon Sanderson

The Near Witch, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, Vicious, Vengeful, City of Ghosts, Darker Shade of Magic - V.E. Schwab

Green Darkness - Anya Seton

Orange - Ichigo Takano

Spill Zone Book 1 - Scott Westerfield

Call Me A Cab - Donald Westlake

Crave, Crush, Covet, Court, Ruined - Tracy Wolff

⭐ Fourth Wing,  Iron Flame - Rebecca Yarrow

Thrust - Lidia Yuknavitch

Kids/Teens:

Bad Girls Don't Die - Katie Alender

Demon in the Wood, Shadow and Bone - Leigh Bardugo

The Love Report Volume 1 & 2 - BeKa

Zora and Me - Victoria Bond, T.R. Simon

The School for Good and Evil - Soman Chainani

Feminist AF - Brittney Cooper, Chanel Tanner, Susana Morris

⭐ Stealing Parker - Miranda Kenneally

Fire Logic - Laurie Marks

My Beating Teenage Heart - C.K. Kelly Martin

The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones - Daven McQueen

Double Love - Francine Pascal

Mumbet's Declaration of Independence - Gretchen Woelfle

Other:

The Calorie Myth - Jonathan Bailor

⭐ The Body - Bill Bryson

A Crack In Creation - Jennifer Doudna

Wild New World - Dan Flores

Atlas Obscura - Joshua Foer

Cryptanalysis - Helen Gaines

⭐The 1619 Project - Nikole Hannah-Jones

Feng Shui For Dummies - David Kennedy

The Capsule Wardrobe: 1,000 Outfits from 30 Pieces - Wendy Mak

Behave - Robert Sapolsky

Calypso - David Sedaris

Office Feng Shui - Darrin Zeer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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