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# Jess's Books of 2024
- URL: https://www.thesignaturejess.com/jessica-books-of-2024/
- Published: 2024-12-31T18:16:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-23T07:27:21.000Z
- Description: I am book lover who is into romance, memoirs and is dipping her toes into thrillers as well. Here are the books I have read in 2024.
- Author: Jess
- Tags: Books & Audiobooks

I read and listened to 19 books in 2024\. I deeply fell for audiobook memoirs, especially [**these three**](https://open.substack.com/pub/thesignature/p/books-worth-being-listened-to?r=as5k8&utm%5Fcampaign=post&utm%5Fmedium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false). What were your 2024 pickings?

## December - 5 books read

#### **How to Win Friends & Influence People* \- Dale Carnegie (audiobook)

- Self help book
- Set in the 1930s
- Lots of tips to deal with several types of situations
- Professional setting

#### **The White Tiger* (50% book, 50% audiobook)

- Dark humour
- Harshness of life of the non-wealthy in India
- Elitism
- Murder
- Did not like it at all

#### **Spare* \- Prince Harry (audiobook)

- Autobiography
- Related to Royalty (British Royal Family)
- Grief and loss
- Military background

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#### **The Liar Next Door* \- Nicola Marsh (audiobook)

- Domestic Thriller
- Several Points of View
- Dealing with influencers (and the backstage)
- Betrayal

#### **Both/And* \- Huma Abedin (audiobook)

- Autobiography
- Multicultural upbringing (Pakistan, Saudia Arabia, United States)
- Political setting
- Betrayal

## April - 1 book read

#### **The Silent Woman* \- Minka Kent (audiobook)

- Domestic thriller
- Several points of view
- Getting deep into relationship dynamics
- Dealing with someone who isn't speaking any longer

## March - 11 books read

#### **Finding me* \- Viola Davis (audiobook)

- Book narrated by the author
- Autobiography
- Deep childhood trauma
- Story of life achievements

#### **We play Games* \- Sarah A. Denzil (audiobook)

- Narrated by great actors: Dan Stevens & Billie Piper
- Great on audio
- Domestic Thriller
- Several points of view

#### **Seatmate (Love Lines #3)* \- Cara Bastone (audiobook)

- Great on audio
- Before sunrise vibes
- Meet cute in a bus
- Being stranded with a stranger

#### ***Tout a commencé la veille de la Saint-Valentin** \- Jo Ann von Haff

- Epistolary style but with anonymous SMS
- Slow burn love story
- Absent parent trying to make it better
- Great friendships and sisterhood

#### ***Ask for Andrea** \- Noelle W. Ihli

- Thriller
- Ongoing investigation
- Several Points of View
- Supernatural

#### ***Majesty (American Royals #2)** \- Katharine McGee

- Light read
- Several points of view
- Parallel reality - if the USA was a monarchy
- Royalty

#### ***The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid #2)** \- Freida McCadden

- Domestic Thriller
- Several points of view
- Dealing with trauma and abuse
- Powerful female lead

#### ***Drunk on Love** \- Jasmine Guillory

- Romance
- Wineries
- Powerful female lead
- Family drama
- Not a part of the author's ***The Wedding Date** series [****I read in 2020**](https://www.thesignaturejess.com/my-book-picks-2020/), but you get the same flirtiness and love for food (and wine) in the storytelling

[Books That Carried Me Through 2020In 2020, I mostly stayed home working in the midst of the pandemic and its incertitude. I took most of my off-screen time to read. Here are my picks:![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/58/67/5867d415-55cd-4f42-962a-67b9b6110b2c/content/images/icon/VHColletion_02_vhcollection_03-390.png)The SignatureJess![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/58/67/5867d415-55cd-4f42-962a-67b9b6110b2c/content/images/thumbnail/photo-1598024055266-e772a5f8c128)](https://www.thesignaturejess.com/my-book-picks-2020/)

#### ***The Housemaid #1** \- Freida McCadden

- Domestic Thriller
- Several points of view
- Dealing with trauma and abuse
- Powerful female lead

#### ***En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule / The End of Eddy** \- Édouard Louis

- One of [****my favourite books ever**](https://www.thesignaturejess.com/the-signature-15/)
- A very poignant Memoir
- Deep childhood trauma
- Overcoming challenges
- LGBT

#### ***The No Show** \- Beth O'Leary

- Several points of view
- Romance
- Family drama
- Dealing with trauma and abuse
- From the same author, I read **The Flatshare** [****in 2020**](https://www.thesignaturejess.com/my-book-picks-2020/)

## February - 2 books read

#### ***The Soulmate** \- Sally Hepworth

- Thriller
- Family drama
- Several points of view
- Small chapters with lots of action
- From the same author, I read [***The Mother in Law**](https://www.thesignaturejess.com/my-book-picks-2020/) in 2020

#### ***The Thursday Murder Club #1** \- Richard Osman

- Thriller
- Elderly in action
- Dark humour
- Several points of view
- I read the second installment of the series [****in 2025**](https://www.thesignaturejess.com/jesss-books-of-2025/)

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