Jamie Canavés is the Tailored Book Recommendations coordinator and Unusual Suspects mystery newsletter writer–in case you’re wondering what you do with a Liberal Arts degree. She’s never met a beach she didn’t like, always says yes to dessert, loves ‘80s nostalgia, all forms of entertainment, and can hold a conversation using only gifs. You can definitely talk books with her on Litsy and Goodreads. Depending on social media’s stability maybe also Twitter and Bluesky.
Amazon’s Best Books of 2024
Amazon has put out their Best of 2024 book list, with a focus on editors’ choices who actually give blurbs (more of this, please!) and 20 books have been chosen for mystery and thriller readers: Best Mysteries, Thrillers and Suspense Books of 2024. And, out of the 20 books, they awarded one of the top winners of the year (no surprise in pick; it’s been the hot literary mystery of the year!).
Goodreads Choice Awards 2024
As I’m writing this, the Goodreads Choice Awards have opened for first-round voting. I think by the time this hits your inbox, we will now be in the final round of voting. Unsurprisingly, I’ve spotted quite a few book club picks throughout the categories, and, at least in the first-round nominees, the Readers’ Favorite Mystery & Thriller category has a GMA book club pick (Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera), Reese book club pick (Society of Lies by Lauren Ling Brown), and Reads With Jenna pick (All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker)
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