Thank you to everyone who sent in a picture for First Book! For such a tipsy turny event this year, I am thrilled to see all the First Books! Below the Photos you will find the book list. While perusing through these great ready – be on the look out for authors – Heather Gudenkauf, Randy Sue Meyers, Lorna Landvik, Cary Griffith, Jill Hannah Anderson, and Fiona Davis who shared the book they are starting the New Year as well.
If you find me… you will see I went old school. There is something about the New year that makes me want to re-read an old favorite that brings back the warm fuzzies I had when I first read it. Books… make memories…
I hope your year is filled with great reads and amazing adventures.
Happy 2024.
~Sheila
- The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese (2)
- Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
- Run Rose, Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson
- What The River Knows by Isabel Ibanez
- Yellowface by RF Kuang
- The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young
- My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand (2)
- Where Are The Children by Mary Higgins Clark
- Question Seven by Richard Flanagan
- Last Circle Of Love by Lorna Landvik
- Night Of The Living Rev by Morgan Talty
- The Star Scroll by Melonie Rawn
- Jayne Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- The Searcher by Tana French
- Geneva by Richard Armitage
- The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore
- They Lurk by Robert Malfi
- Private Rome by James Patterson
- The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride (4)
- These Precious Days: Essays by Ann Patchett
- Eyeliner, A Cultural History by Zahra Hankir
- All That Remains by Sue Black
- The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger
- The Bell In The Fog by Lev AC Rosen
- Above Ground by Clint Smith
- Evil Eye by Etaf Rum
- The Weight Of Ink by Rachel Kadish
- Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross
- North Woods by Daniel Mason (2)
- Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
- Wellness by Nathan Hill
- The Truth About The Devlin’s by Lisa Scottoline
- Twenty-Seven Minutes by Ashley Tate
- The Dunes Hotel and Casino by Geno Munari
- Almost Just Friends by Jill Shalvis
- Carrie Soto Is back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Firekeepers Daughter by Angeline Boulley
- Dance Upon The Air by Nora Roberts
- Into The Bright Sunshine Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight For Civil Rights by Samuel G Freedman
- Inheritance by Nora Roberts
- BREATH by James Nestor
- All The Ever Afters: The Untold Story Of Cinderella’s Stepmother by Danielle Teller
- Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
- The Mostly True Story by Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley (3)
- Tangle Of Souls by Scott Cook
- A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Mass
- The Josiah Manifesto by Jonathan Cahn
- A Well Behaved Woman by Therese Ann Fowler
- Where Butterflies Wander by Suzanne Redfearn
- Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
- No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall
- The Book Club Hotel by Sarah Morgan
- The Devil You Know by PJ Tracy
- After Alice Fell by Kim Taylor Blakemore
- The To Hell and Back Club by Jill Hannah Anderson
- The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by VE Schwab
- Just Another Missing Person by Gillian Mcallister
- Quiet Hero by Rita Cosby
- The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis
- Homestead by Melinda Moustakis
- The House Of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
Book Journey 
So many great books in this post! It’s always so fun to see what everyone is choosing! Thanks again for hosting this fun kick off to the new year!
Thank you – I love to do it 🙂
Thank you!!
Such great books being featured!!
Happy New Year of Reading!!
I agree 🙂
Hey there fellow bookies! I’m 66 % through the Streisand memoir and have picked up 2 *she* has suggested. Now retired from ARC reading my plan is 150 books in 2024. Keep on turning those pages!
Wow – thats a lot of books!
Remember,I used to read 340 a year hun … The joys of retirement 😇🤓
Wow, lots of great books! Thanks for putting it all together once again! It’s so much fun to see what everyone chose! Happy New Year, Sheila!
Happy New year!
As always, thank you for doing this post! I love seeing what people are starting the year reading and it makes me feel connected to our community!
Me too! It gives me ideas 😉
Happy 2024! Thank you for collecting and posting the first books again this year! It’s my favorite book blogging tradition! 💕
Mine too!!
Love it!!
Awe, thank you!
Thanks for hosting once again Sheila. I truly love taking the time to think about which books I want to start a new year with. And it’s lovely to see all our smiling faces from all around the world 🙂
Happy New Year!
I agree! It also keeps my on this blog that I am never ready to give up on and always start the new year hopeful that this is the year i start reviewing more again 🙂
This blogging life is like that isn’t it? It never lets you go completely!
So many awesome pictures and so cool that some authors joined in too! Thanks for hosting! Happy New Year!
I love the authors that participate – its fun to see what they are reading!
I will likely be picking my first book today. I didn’t have reading time yesterday. Thanks for hosting. Love seeing what everyone is reading.
Sounds good – not too late 🙂
So fun! My first book of the year is The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World, by the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu (which is this month’s selection for The Contemplating Reading Project.)
OOh that sounds like a crazy good read to start the New year with!
I’ve got my book selected! Took me a bit, but I only have a PDF of this one from the publisher, but cannot wait to dig into it: https://savvyverseandwit.com/2024/01/first-book-of-2024.html
Thanks for the fun! Love your choice. I started reading it in 2022 (I think), but had to put it aside for some reason. Need to make a mental note to get back to it this year.