Novel Neighbor's 2024 Reading Challenge - hosted by kassiereadsbooks

a bestselling book from a previous year
(you can use any year that isn’t 2024 and any bestselling list, including weekly NYT/USA Today lists, or even end of the year bestsellers from indie bookstores! we’re flexible!)
All books added
It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey

It Happened One Summer

Bellinger Sisters #1

Tessa Bailey

10 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Queenie

Candice Carty-Williams

387 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski

Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life

Emily Nagoski

11 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction feminism health psychology science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

Monk & Robot #2

Becky Chambers

152 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

The Stone Sky

The Broken Earth #3

N.K. Jemisin

416 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Mists of Avalon

Avalon #1

Marion Zimmer Bradley

912 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark slow-paced
Where Are the Children? by Mary Higgins Clark

Where Are the Children?

Where Are The Children #1

Mary Higgins Clark

6 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 1975 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

Hell Bent

Alex Stern #2

Leigh Bardugo

16 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy thriller adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Black Cake

Charmaine Wilkerson

12 hours, 2 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Spare by Prince Harry

Spare

Prince Harry

15 hours, 40 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced