Hi friends. If I’m being honest, "Happy” New Year feels a bit strong, but I hope your return to the grind has been as gentle as possible.

Most anticipated lists can be anxiety-inducing for writers. If you’re on them, there’s hype around your book, which is great, but there’s also some accompanying pressure. If you’re not on them, there’s that endless internal wail of why am I not on the list? Is everyone hanging out without me? There are, no doubt, a bunch of arbitrary reasons—personal, political, publi$hing—why a book may or may not appear on a certain list, the compilation processes for which vary widely and into which I can offer absolutely no insight.

But for readers, most anticipated lists are fun. They give us something to look forward to; they put new books and authors on our radar, and remind us of old favorites. Since I’ve got nothing coming out this year, I have the pleasure of engaging with these things purely as a reader…and of making one myself.

So, without further ado I present to you, my low-stakes, super subjective, most anticipated books of 2024!

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