Posted by Becky on Sunday, Dec 1, 2024
The Best of the Best for 2024 is coming soon! ICPL staff nominated nearly 150 titles released this year as their favorite reads of 2024. Follow us daily on social media as we recommend titles, share lists of great reads and announce the winning title for the year!
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Timeline
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What to Look For
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Description
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December 1-21
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Honorable Mention Titles
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We will highlight one title each day as an honorable mention. Honorable mentions will have earned multiple nominations by ICPL staff, but didn’t quite rise to the highest ranking for their genre (check out the upcoming Staff Genre Lists for those staff favorites!).
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December 22-30
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Staff Genre Lists
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One list will be shared each day, containing all nominated titles from one of the following categories: Children’s, Young Adult, Graphic Novels, Mystery, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Romance, Nonfiction, Biography/Memoir, and Fiction. Browse these lists to see recommended titles and to satiate your curiosity on which title received the greatest number of votes for that genre.
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December 31
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Best of the Best Announcement
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Find out the title of the book that was nominated more frequently than any other, our Best of the Best for 2024.
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Interested in browsing past lists? Take a look at these staff favorites from 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. Enjoy discovering your next great read!
About the Author
Becky works as a Page Supervisor in Community and Access Services. You'll see her at the Help Desk and Info Desk.
“The Tiger’s Wife” is a tale where the real and the fantastical are intertwined, a great example of magical realism. While the story follows Natalia, the main storyline builds upon the death of her grandfather. Natalia reexamines memories and stories shared by her grandfather to come to a better understanding surrounding the mysteriousness of his disappearance and death. Through those memories, we are introduced to the Deathless Man and the Tiger’s Wife, both are characters rooted in fantasy and superstition. It is through the Deathless Man and the Tiger’s Wife that Natalia deals with her grief and learns more about her grandfather. -Becky